Laureates of "Best friend of the RSL" contest 25.03.2014
 
Dear readers and colleagues! The team of the Administrative department of management and monitoring service for clients of the RSL congratulates you heartily on the Day of Worker of Culture! We wish you good health, happiness, prosperity, success in work and new achievements!
 
Summing up the results of our cooperative work, we are glad to point out that in the contest among the RSL readers who had signed the contract on the conditions of offer to access the DDL RSL resource, one of the “Best friend of the RSL” titles was awarded to Svetlana Baranova. In addition the winner got a one – year access to DDL RSL –  free of charge, of course.
 
Svetlana Baranova, a teacher of English:
 
“Most of my life I have lived in Vladimir. Having graduated from the Department of foreign languages of Vladimir State Teacher Training Institute I taught English in school and institute. During all these years I tried to keep abreast of pedagogical views of our nation and from abroad. I visited our regional library, used inter-library subscription, went to different libraries in Moscow. In 1988 I participated in Soviet and American march of peace which was a chance not only to apply my knowledge in communication with American representatives from 50 states, but also to acquire a new opinion on numerous aspects of inter – cultural relations.
Having returned from the USA I decided to write a manual on American English and a dissertation. 
To realized that I had to address myself to full and diverse collections of the Russian State Library, while access to a virtual reading room for studying dissertations became my dream, too. I hope the modernized Digital Dissertation Library of the RSL will help me to realize my plans and to finish my work. 
 Seizing the opportunity I congratulate the RSL with the arrived spring and the Day of Worker of Culture. I wish to everyone further success in work and prosperity in their lives”.