The festival of school libraries

News From Russia has a Short Piece that says The wife of the Russian President, Ludmila Putin, has opened a festival of school libraries – “Bibliobraz.” The aim of the festival is to draw the attention of the whole country to “the difficult but so important profession of librarians,” said the wife of the President, as addressing the participants in the festival.

The festival of school libraries which will be held from September 30 to October 2 in Moscow, will be attended by the winners of the school-library contest from all regions of Russia, the workers of literature and art, schoolchildren and representatives of the Education Ministry.