YEREVAN AMERICAN CORNER LAUNCHES WEBSITE

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On April 19, the Yerevan American Corner, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Armenia, launched its website: yerevan.americancorners.am. The bilingual English-Armenian webpage provides information about the American Corner's mission, services, and upcoming events. It also includes an electronic database of the resources available at the American Corners in Armenia, allowing patrons to search for materials on the web.

American Corners are small American-style libraries located throughout the world that help increase mutual understanding between the United States and the host country. A network of about 400 American Corners is operating globally through partnerships between the U.S. Department of State and local host organizations. American Corners provide information about America in a variety of formats, including reference books, works of fiction, journals, and videos. These resources focus on such topics as studying in the United States, American society, U.S. history, conducting business in the United States, and English as a Second Language. The Corners also provide computers with Internet access, and offer a variety of public programs including speakers and workshops. The American Corners are open to the general public and access is free of charge.

There are currently two American Corners in Armenia--one in the Yerevan City Central Library and the other in the Gyumri Branch of the Armenian Center for Scientific and Technological Information.

The U.S. Embassy hopes to open additional Corners in Armenia in the future. American Corner Yerevan officially opened on April 20, 2005. This Corner currently houses four computers with Internet access and over 800 books. Over 20,000 patrons visited the American Corner in Yerevan within the last two years. The Corner also holds a variety of public events, including movie showings, presentations by Armenians who have lived or studied in the United States as part of the "Armenian at the American Corner" series, and lectures by an American every third Saturday of the month as part of the "American at the American Corner" series.

For more information, please visit www.americancorners.am.