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TThe Latvian National Library Foundation is a public non-profit organization created in 1998 in order to promote the Latvian National Library (LNL) project and raise funds in Latvia and abroad. The foundation consists of over 140 prominent people from Latvian society, representing
the humanities, architecture, journalism, science, universities, the arts, the IT sector, and private business. The Law on the Latvian National Library states that the foundation is represented in the project’s supervisory council. The law entitles the foundation to raise funds.
The aims of the Latvian National Library Foundation are as follows:
to promote a contemporary and functional library system in Latvia;
to explain the essence and topicality of the project to the general public and to inform the public on its progress;
to raises funds for the project;
to supervise the project.
The Latvian National Library Foundation has organized various campaigns to popularize and raise funds for the project. These have included projects to generate support for the library collection, to acquire children’s books for Latvian libraries, and to release an educational computer game for children called “Raise the Castle of Light!”. The foundation has also organized excursions to the Castle of Light construction site, produced live broadcasts from the construction site for its website (www.light.lv), and immortalized donors’ names inside the Castle of Light.
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