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Identity Sharing System enables online sharing the information which is stored on the database of the Central Population Management System by the Ministry of Interior General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs to public institutions, in a framework of principles and procedures specified in the relevant legislation and twenty-four hours for seven days. Identity Sharing System Regulation which was prepared within the scope of "reducing bureaucracy and administrative simplification" in the public sector came into force on December 8, 2006. Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate for Libraries and Publications made an application to the Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs for their citizens to benefit from libraries easier. Thus Identity Sharing System was opened for the public libraries. When Identity Sharing System began to be implemented at the process of the recording of public library members, library users do not need to bring certified document and library membership procedures that cause delays has been eliminated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the story behind the making of a documentary about the extraordinary patrons of public libraries located throughout Turkey. The documentary explored in this article was the result of collaboration between the Libraries of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the General Directorate of Libraries and Publications, and the Turkish Librarians' Association. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Visually impaired users of libraries and information centres have exactly the same rights of independent selection of reading material and also equal access of information as other users. The article is about the historical development of this special service in Turkey. Provement of this special service by assistive technological solution and information technology has removed the barriers to information access for his user group. In Turkey, in recent years, it has been observed that the Departments of Information and Documentation Management, National Library and university libraries are also successfully involved in this special service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]