The Board of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Volyn Regional State Administration has published an appeal inviting all concerned people, admirers of the native word, connoisseurs of books and owners of home libraries to take an active part in the regional campaign "Let's Help the Village Library!", which will last throughout 2006. This was reported on April 17 by a ZIK correspondent.
"Due to limited financial possibilities in recent years, the book collections of rural libraries in the region have become very impoverished... Meanwhile, in many homes of Volyn residents, a considerable amount of literature has accumulated that for one reason or another is no longer needed, although it has not lost its value. Moreover, many city residents prefer to use modern information systems that have become possible thanks to the progress of computer technologies," the appeal states.
The Board appeals to local self-government bodies, enterprises and institutions, political parties and public organizations, patrons and sponsors with a request to help rural libraries, which need literature from various fields of knowledge, reference books, textbooks, especially those published in recent years. It is emphasized that libraries will accept both targeted financial assistance and donated books.
Collection points for literature for rural libraries will operate in Lutsk at each regional library – the scientific, youth and children's libraries.