All materials were brought from Los Angeles. The Calouste Gulbenkian Library of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem will be one of the libraries visited during the IFLA Conference in Jerusalem on August 17, 2000. A 3-hour tour, program, and reception in the Armenian Quarter was discussed with Professor Sarah Japheth, Local Arrangements Coordinator, and presented and approved by His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. More information on the 66th IFLA General Conference can be obtained from the Conference Web Page . Danila Terpanjian spoke of the organization of small Armenian collections and the role of the Consortium of Armenian Libraries of New England.
Armenian libraries organize themselves better.
Achieve standardization for more efficient networking, both offline and online. The process includes needs assessment, online catalog for each library, estimated costs for requirements, report on online system use, planning and implementation, and contacting automation systems representatives for demonstrations. Astghik Harutyunyan spoke of linking the past, present, and future of Armenian libraries. She is a bibliographer at Yerevan State University for two years during the political upheaval caused by the breakup of the Soviet Union. Since 1997, has been working at the American University of Armenia's Papazian Library, a fully automated library which serves students, scholars, and the general public.