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On April 29, 2020, International Online Library Forum on "Reading in the quarantine: Libraries in a new format" was held at the Azerbaijan National Library with the participation of the directors of National Libraries of the CIS countries and a number of other countries. The Forum was attended by the directors of national libraries of Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Italy (Rome), Malaysia, France, China, Moldova, Bulgaria, Georgia and other countries. Directors of the national libraries spoke in detail about the activities and projects  of libraries during the coronavirus pandemic. In his speech on the "National libraries during the quarantine: new services in new conditions", the Director of the Azerbaijan National Library prof.Karim Tahirov presented the new online services created by the National Library in these difficult conditions, and spoke about the increasing number of users during the period of quarantine.