NATIONAL LIBRARY OF UZBEKISTAN: from the history of formation and the current stage of development (To the 150th anniversary of the founding of the National Library of Uzbekistan)
The article is devoted to the history of the Tashkent Public Library, at the origins of which were proeminent scientists of that time, to the present day of the National Library of Uzbekistan. The library fund has more than 7.5 million items in 75 languages of the world. The National Library is the main methodological center of information and library institutions of the Republic. Creation of favorable conditions for readers is one of the priority tasks of the library, which is improved every year by the introduction of new technologies for obtaining information in an operational way. Thanks to membership in the International Consortium «eIFL», users have access to 38 foreign educational databases, 12 of which are licensed. Alsa, library readers get access to national and world educational collections in different languages of the world.