Latifa Mammadova
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Latifa Adil gizi Mammadova (Azerbaijani: Lətifə Adil qızı Məmmədova; born August 19, 1961) is an Azerbaijani public figure and administrator. She worked as head of the Library Sector of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2004-2018), Chairman of the Azerbaijan Committee of the Information for All Programme (IFAP) of UNESCO (2011-2018). She is director of the Central Office of the Centralized Library System of the Yasamal District of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[1]
Biography[edit]
Latifa Mammadova was born on August 19, 1961 in Baku. After graduating from the faculty of history of Azerbaijan State University (now Baku State University), she worked in the Komsomol, party and Soviet bodies.[2]
Latifa Mammadova was elected a deputy of the Baku City Council of People's Deputies (XVII, XVIII, XIX convocations) in 1980-1989. In 1985-1989 she was elected to the position of deputy of the Baku City Council of Amirjan (XIX and XX convocations) and executive secretary of the Executive Committee. In 1989-1990 she worked as an instructor of the Ordconikidze (Surakhani) district party committee in Baku. In 1990-1992 she studied at the Baku Higher Party School, then in the Baku Institute of Social Management and Political Science with a degree in politology and graduated with honors from the Institute. Qualitatively, she is a political scientist, a teacher of public policy. In 1992-1999 she worked at Baku Institute of Social Management and Political Sciences as a research associate, senior teacher of the history department, at the same time engaged in scientific activities. In 1997 she defended her thesis on the topic: "The activities of Armenian political organizations in Azerbaijan in 1918-1920."[3][4][5]
From 1999 to 2007 Latifa Mammadova was the head teacher of the History Department of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (DIA), and in 2002-2004 she worked as the director of the Scientific Library of the DIA and became a member of the Scientific Council.[3] In December 2004 she was appointed as the Head of the Library Sector of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, during which time the Azerbaijani government funded improvements in the library sector.[6] Due to the abolition of the Ministry of Culture and structural reforms, the library sector was abolished and since June 2018 she works as the Director of the Centralized Library System of Yasamal District.[7]
Library activities[edit]
Latifa Mammadova is the creator of the "Virtual Library of Azerbaijani Literature", executive Director of the first and only National Summary Catalog in Azerbaijan, the author of the project and the general director of the National Library and Information Center AZLIBNET. Under her leadership, the State Program for the Development and Modernization of Libraries in Azerbaijan was implemented. She has also been involved in the creation of mobile rural library programs and other modernization efforts.[8]
Latifa Mammadova is member of many international library fora, such as the third forum of the CIS countries.[9] She is member of the Board of the International Association ELNIT[10], member of the editorial board of the newspaper "Vyshka". Mammadova was one of three jury members from Azerbaijan to be selected to judge the 2019 #PushkinLike competition, an international poetry-reading event in honor of Alexander Pushkin.[11]
Awards[edit]
Latifa Mammadova was awarded with Honorary orders of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Trade Union of Cultural Employees for various years in the field of library services. In 2016, under the order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, she was awarded "Medal for Distinction in Public Service"[12], as well as a badge of Honorary Worker of Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Books and scientific works[edit]
Latifa Mammadova is the author of 5 books and more than 100 articles on the development of the library-information area.
The following collections were published under the leadership of L.Mammadova:
- "Heydar Aliyev and culture" three volumes. Baku, 2007 (editor)
- "President Ilham Aliyev and Culture 2003-2008" two volumes. Baku, 2008 (co-author)
- "Protector of our culture and cultural pearls". Baku, 2007. In Azerbaijani, Russian, English and Arabic (head of editorial board)
- "President Ilham Aliyev and culture (2008-2013)" two volumes. Baku, 2013 (co-author)
- "President Ilham Aliyev and culture (2013-2018)" two volumes. Baku, 2018 (co-author)
- Culture and cultural masterpieces of Azerbaijan - a unique mood for future hopes. Baku, 2009.
- "Youth-Innovations-Libraries-Youth Innovations-Library" (Materials of the Azerbaijan-Russia Scientific-Practical Conference, Baku, 2016.
- "Libraries are a source of revival of national culture, the library is a resource for national-cultural evolution." Baku, 2011.
- Encyclopedia of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. I vol. Baku, 2004.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Libraries and Intercultural Cooperation: First Results of Interregional Conference at National Library of Udmurt Republic". National Library of the Udmurt Republic. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ "Lətifə Məmmədova". Elm və Təhsil (45). 15 December 2018. p. 19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Teymur Əhmədov (2004). XX əsr Azərbaycan yazıçıları. Baku: «Nurlar» Nəşriyyat-Poliqrafiya Mərkəzi. p. 515. ISBN 9952-403-38-0. Search this book on
- ↑ Women of Azerbaijan. II. Baku. 2002. p. 164. Search this book on
- ↑ Azerbaijan Library Encyclopedia. Baku: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 2015. p. 418. ISBN 978 9952 504 27 9. Search this book on
- ↑ Sharma, Ravindra, ed. (2011). Libraries in the early 21st century, volume 1: An international perspective. Libraries in the early 21st century. Walter de Gruyter. p. 76. ISBN 9783110270631. Search this book on
- ↑ "Baş İdarənin şəbəkəsinə daxil olan kitabxanalarda kadr dəyişikləri edilib". Azərbaycan Respublikasi Mədəniyyət Nazirliyi (in Azerbaijani). 2 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Библиотеки Баку: в битве за читателей" [Libraries of Baku: in the battle for readers]. Книжная индустрия (in Russian). 9 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Деятели искусства Азербайджана участвуют в третьем форуме стран СНГ" [Artists of Azerbaijan participate in the third forum of the CIS countries]. Sputnik News (in Russian). Baku. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Правление - Мамедова Лятифа (in русский). elnit.org. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Центральная библиотечная система Ясамальского района Баку примет участие в Международном конкурсе «#ПушкинLike»" [The central library system of Yasamal district of Baku will take part in the international competition "#PushkinLike"]. Azerbaijan State News Agency (in Russian). Baku. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Dövlət qulluqçularının təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı" (in azərbaycanca). president.az. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
External links[edit]
- Centralized Library System of Yasamal District (in Azerbaijani)
- Мамедова, Лятифа Алиевна - Азербайджан: культурный симбиоз и многообразие традиций (in Russian)
- О развитии культурных связей между Азербайджаном и Удмуртией (in Russian)
- 18 азербайджанских библиотекарей участвуют в международной конференции «Крым 2010» (in Russian)
- В Азербайджане будут модернизированы библиотеки (in Russian)
- Международная библиотечная философская школа ПРОГРАММА (in Russian)
- В Азербайджане обнародованы критерии объединения филиалов библиотек (in Russian)
- В Якутске готовятся к проведению международной конференции «Сохранение языков народов мира и развитие языкового многообразия в киберпространстве: контекст, политика, практика» (in Russian)
- Азербайджан принимает участие в Международной конференции в Москве (in Russian)
- AMEA Mərkəzi Elmi Kitabxanasında "Müasir Rusiya nəyi mütaliə edir?" mövzusunda tədbir keçirilib (in Azerbaijani)
- Священный храм живых печатных слов (in Russian)
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