About us
In accordance with Order No. 101 of the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan dated March 2023 "On the establishment of the Dovletmammed Azadi Library in the city of Arkadag," this institution was established and began operating on March 20, 2023.
The administrative and other buildings of the Dovletmammed Azadi Library were constructed in the city of Arkadag in accordance with Decree No. T487 of the President of Turkmenistan, dated November 8, 2019. The library, which can store up to 3 million copies of various publications, is designed to accommodate 600 readers at a time. It is equipped with modern innovative technologies, has an electronic catalog system, and an observatory that allows observation of celestial bodies through a state-of-the-art telescope.
In accordance with Resolution No. 546-VI of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan dated March 18, 2023, the library in the city of Arkadag was named after the remarkable poet, classic of Turkmen literature, great thinker, and creator of the famous work "Vagzy-Azat" Dovletmammed Azadi. From now on, the library has been officially named the "Dovletmammed Azadi Library of the City of Arkadag."
Location and legal address: Arkadag, 5 Keymir Kor Street. The library has various reading rooms, including: a socio-political literature room, an art room, an agricultural literature room, a children's reading room, a room for elders decorated in accordance with national traditions, and a number of others.
Based on its collection of books, the library aims to provide information services to both readers and the general public. The library organizes special types of bibliographic and methodological services. The library has special catalogs, news and information cards for various groups of readers, various methodological aids, and also carries out explanatory and promotional activities. It also carries out relevant activities to educate and promote a culture of reading among the population, ensure the availability of books for all categories of readers, replenish its collections with new publications, and create library, information, bibliographic, and methodological aids.
The institution's staff provides library services to various groups of readers on a collective, group, and individual basis. Depending on its capabilities, the library supports primary organizations of public organizations in the city, departmental institutions, educational and educational institutions, other state institutions, and cultural and public organizations.
On behalf of cultural workers, we express our endless gratitude to the National Leader of the Turkmen people and the esteemed President of Turkmenistan for the beautiful, modern, and comfortable library building in the city of Arkadag, where all the necessary conditions have been created for readers and library workers, built for the citizens of a happy country during the Renaissance of a new era of a powerful state.