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Government
support is extremely low, limited almost to salaries for librarians (that are
about $20 USD per month)
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New
acquisitions are almost impossible even for the biggest libraries like National
Library (16 Mln items) or Central Scientific Library (3,5 Mln)
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Problems
with electric supply and heating of reading halls and archives
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Not
enough developed legislation
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State
education system is ignoring the role of libraries
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Poorly
developed communications and computer systems
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Librarians
are "disoriented" due to number and depth of the changes in
environment (political, organizational, language, technological, standards…)
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Number
of libraries reduced from 8 000 in 1991 to 5 000 in 2002
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