National Archive of Armenia to purchase new digitization equipmentFebruary 8, 2011 - 16:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In 2011, the National Archive of Armenia (NAA) plans to purchase new digitization equipment in England, Germany or Russia, allowing to significantly speed up paper archives digitization process, completing it within 10 years, the NAA director stated. As Amatuni Virabyan told a news conference in Yerevan, the USD 40 000 funding for the equipment purchase was provided by former Prime Minister Armen Sargsyan. A present, NAA contains 350 million documents. 41,711 cases were donated to the archive for eternal safekeeping; 30 000 provided for 50-year safekeeping. 871 documentaries were digitized in 2009-2010, with the remaining 1129 to be digitized within 2 years. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |