Baku, March 2, AZERTAC

bp has presented a modern digital library to the Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University joining the university’s centenary celebrations. The library will enable the university to provide remote and instant access to about 700,000 digitized copies of books, educational materials and other content allowing its users to perform sophisticated search operations as well as share content with others.

The new facility also includes all necessary physical infrastructure required for the effective functioning of the library system. It uses an electronic tool which will help the university improve its library management processes.

Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli, bp’s vice president for the Caspian region, communications and advocacy, said: “We are pleased to join the 100th anniversary celebrations of Azerbaijan’s oldest and most prestigious pedagogical university. We hope the digital library we are launching today will support the university’s efforts to raise the quality of education serving as an easily accessible source of a wealth of learning, teaching and research content. We believe this modern digital facility will also boost scientific research activities of both students and teachers raising the quality of research works at the university.”

The total cost of the project is around 421,000 AZN and it covers the development of the necessary software to enable the library`s digital operation, establishment of an effective inventory management process and installation of the required physical infrastructure.