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5th Development Plan focus on expansion of E-publishing - Minister
5th Development Plan focus on expansion of E-publishing - Minister

Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology has said that a major agenda in the Fifth National Development Plan is to expand an Iranian-Islamic culture through E-publishing and vie the Internet. Reza Taqipur said his ministry was assigned by the law to build necessary infrastructure for the undertaking, adding that the infrastructure both applied to telecommunications and IT sectors. In the same regard, Taqipur said the ministry will undertake to grant university students and seminarians free access to publications online in ...

2010-05-12 08:30
Studies on national print history are meager, panel told
Studies on national print history are meager, panel told

A special panel to discuss the status of print industry in Iran was told that few studies were carried out on the history of national print industry.   Mazhab-Jafari, an expert, told the panel that a most recent work on the subject was authored in Russian 40 years ago and was lately translated into Persian. Entitled "A history of lithography in Iran," the book has been translated by Parvin Monzavi 40 years after original publishing, according to the expert.   ...

2010-05-11 08:30
President urges widening of Book Week ceremonies
President urges widening of Book Week ceremonies

Mohsen Parviz, president  of the 23 rd Tehran International Book Fair has urged for a lively staging of an upcoming calendar book week's ceremonies, adding that a committee in charge of the event would pursue ways to jazz up the ceremonies nationwide.   Parviz told Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) that the committee was assigned to draw a pack of programs to mark the week, urging related authorities to fast track the mission.   Also deputy of Minister of Culture ...

2010-05-11 08:30
Poor distribution, major factor facing publishing industry
Poor distribution, major factor facing publishing industry

Professor Hamid Mowlana, a prominent Iranian researcher and author told a panel on "needs and demands of society versus status quo in publishing sector" that the issue of distribution was a major problem facing the publishing sector in Iran, making the sector's less competitive than the European-based publishing rivals.   Mowlana hailed book as moist effective vehicle of expression, adding that Iran Civilization was on the vanguard of publishing affairs as well as an integration of verbal and written media. ...

2010-05-11 08:30
Wartime memoirs get more attractive once penned professionally
Wartime memoirs get more attractive once penned professionally

An official in charge of publication of wartime memoirs has said that an impressive sale of such wartime memoirs books as "Da" and "Memoirs of Commanders" proves that even interesting memoirs would get attractive only when they put on a professional authorial garment.   Mohammad Taqi Khademi, deputy of the national Foundation for Protection of Values and Works of the Sacred Defense (1980-88) has made the remarks during an inspection of the 23 rd Tehran Book Fair in an interview ...

2010-05-11 08:30
RFID technology facilitates library projects
RFID technology facilitates library projects

A Finnish expert in library affairs told a subject panel on "Applications of RFID technology in libraries" that the technology helps facilitate and expedite provision of services to library visitors. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification.   Ivar Tisin said the modern technology can help enhance a quality performance in libraries otherwise needing a dear cost to come about.   RFID according to the expert was a newer version of barcodes in use in many markets and shops to facilitate ...

2010-05-11 08:30
Pavilion set up to publicize provincial and overseas book fair
Pavilion set up to publicize provincial and overseas book fair

A pavilion has been set up by Iran Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI), the body in charge of Tehran book fair's executive operations, to furnish people with details of several upcoming fair books in provincial cities and overseas, the institute's managing director said.   Ehsanollah Hojjati who also serves as caretaker of Tehran Book Fair, told the fair's press office that his institute was scheduled to stage more than 20 book fairs in provinces across the country.   Hojjati invited applicant ...

2010-05-11 08:30
Major Omani publisher hails Tehran Book Fair as largest in region
Major Omani publisher hails Tehran Book Fair as largest in region

Director of Oman-based Maktab al-Esteqama publishers hailed Tehran International Book Fair as the largest one in the region.   He made the remarks during an inspection to pavilion of Iran Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI), the body in charge of the book fair's executive operations.   He said he had previously inspected numerous book exhibitions in different Arab countries including UAE, Libya, Egypt and Kuwait however none of them had been ever larger.   The Omani publisher then entered talks with ...

2010-05-11 08:30
Russian publisher surprised at an orderly Tehran Book Fair albeit packed with visitors
Russian publisher surprised at an orderly Tehran Book Fair albeit packed with visitors

Esenkin Boris, executive of a pavilion set up by major Russian publisher Biblo Globus was surprised that Tehran International Book Fair was operating smoothly despite being packed with hundreds of thousands of visitors.   He expressed his surprise during an inspection to pavilion of Iran Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI) in charge of the book fair's operations where he held a talk with Ebad Reza Eslami, director of financial affairs in Tehran book fair and caretaker of the ICFI.   Boris ...

2010-05-11 08:30
Vice Chairman of Expert Assembly lauds staging of pavilion on Hazrat Fatema (S.A.)
Vice Chairman of Expert Assembly lauds staging of pavilion on Hazrat Fatema (S.A.)

Ayatollah Sayyid Ahmad Khatami, Vice Chairman of IRI Leadership Assembly of Expert termed Tehran book fair as a "spring of culture" and lauded the book fair's managers for staging of a pavilion to offer religious publications themed with the lifestyle of Hazrat Fatema (A.S.), the revered daughter of the Last Messenger of Allah, Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).   In an inspection to Tehran Book Fair, Ayatollah Khatami urged grasping every opportunity at hand to extend presence to every corner of the ...

2010-05-11 08:30
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