Fereshtegan Library in Minab, Shiraz Opens / 450 Billion Toman Cost and 19,000 Books

The Fereshtegan Public Library in Minab, southeast Shiraz, was inaugurated in the presence of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, the Secretary General of the Libraries Network, and senior provincial officials. With a floor area of 1,700 square meters and a 19,000-volume collection, it is Shiraz's seventh public library. Over 450 billion tomans was spent by the municipality and the province's public library network.

According to Arjan's ambassador, Mohammad Hassan Asadi, the mayor of Shiraz, said at the opening ceremony of this library: "In a city named after Hafez and Saadi, which is considered a cultural, historical and ancient city, one of its infrastructures is definitely the book and reading centers and the library, and the place of the library with this size and quality was very empty in this area."

He added: Thank God, today, after nearly three years, this project has been finally completed in terms of construction and facilities, and the joint work that was carried out through the memorandum and agreement with the library institution, specialized equipment, supply of books, servicing, setting up and providing services is the responsibility of the library institution.

The mayor of Shiraz, appreciating the presence of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the Secretary General of Libraries, said: These loved ones showed the necessary diligence and with their presence, this project gained authority.

Esadi continued: This library is very good and multidimensional and different people from children and youth to the elderly can use it. Certainly, the desire of the people and the need that the east of Shiraz has for more libraries has made us to have several libraries available in other areas of the municipality as well.

He added: In the next month or two, we will pick up a few more libraries and start their implementation.

The section of wise men and the library of objects for the first time in the country

Mohammad Hossein Firouzi, Director General of Fars Public Libraries, also stated in this ceremony: Designing interior spaces based on the needs of the audience is one of our goals in the Directorate General of Public Libraries and we tried to design different parts in this big project.

He added: "For the first time in this library, we have a section for the wise, which provides special services for retirees, and we tried to place it next to the reservoir so that intergenerational exchange can take place in front of the audience." I hope it will be welcomed.

Firozi continued: We also have the object library department, which tries to provide the non-book tools and equipment needed by the audience. This work is being done for the first time in the country and I hope it will be used. This section has already been implemented in many European countries.

Director General of Fars Public Libraries said: We have other departments in the library; Apart from the general reading room, we have the VIP and CIP reading rooms, which are attractive parts, and in total, the halls can receive and provide services to about 200 people during the day.

Referring to the other sections of the library, he added: Our repository has 19,000 volumes of books, and the youth sections, mock-ups, science hall, technology section, which is being held for the first time, and the children's and games section are among the other designed sections.

Firouzi added: More than 450 billion Tomans have been spent in this library in 1700 meters of infrastructure by the municipality and the public libraries of the province, and we hope that it will be welcomed by the citizens and we will witness the development of the infrastructure of public libraries day by day more than in the past.

Smartening the library in the near future

The Director General of Fars Public Libraries said about the smartness of this project: The discussion of the smartness of this project has not been done yet, because we were supposed to open it a month later. Our effort is to have a better environment and space in energy control and various sectors that the library can help, and by Iranian knowledge-based companies to make the domestic energy management discussion smarter. All the infrastructure is ready and the library will be added in the near future.

150 thousand active members in Fars public libraries

Referring to the next libraries, Firouzi said: "After this library, we have other libraries in Shiraz, including the library in the village of Funan, which I promise will be operational by the end of the year." We have many other projects in the field of redesign, each of which has detailed discussions.

In the end, he said: In total, considering the drop we had during the war and the nationwide membership discussion that we started in public libraries, we now have a total of 150 thousand active members in the province.

Fereshtagan Minab Library, the first smart library of Fars, was opened by Seyyed Abbas Salehi, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, in the east of Shiraz.

Hossein Ali Amiri of Fars Governorate and Mohammad Hassan Asadi, Mayor of Shiraz Nair were present in this ceremony.

Minab Angels Public Library is a cultural complex with an infrastructure of 1,700 square meters, which is built and equipped on four floors.

This public library was created with the aim of developing the access of the citizens of the 11th district of Shiraz to cultural services and has 19,000 volumes of books and various study and educational spaces.

Minab Angels Library was built on Jhanbazan Blvd and Fal Asiri Street in Shiraz and by using modern facilities and spaces suitable for the needs of different age groups, it is going to become a center for learning, creativity and cultural interaction of citizens beyond a traditional space for borrowing books and reading.