The program Living Library aims at activating the Johannissyan Library as a vital environment for circulation and exchange of scholarly work and ideas. The public discussions and readings of ongoing research and the lectures related to the publications of the Johanissyan Institute promote the necessary links between scholarly research, the library and the archives.
The project makes the books housed in the library accessible to the public while helping the reader to get acquainted to contemproary international scholarly thinking. It also preserves and publicizes Armenian literary heritage and instills a new culture of using archival material. On the road to becoming a scholarly and cultural environment the library values the involvement of both prominent and young researchers in its activities.
The project is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia.