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National Library opens its digital archive

15 October 2026

The National Library of Irad at Talas State University opened its digital archive on Thursday with scanned books, theses and Arsha Books titles. The Times’ own back numbers are not among them yet. The library says it is “in discussion” with the paper; the paper says it would be glad to lend its bound volumes, as long as all of them are scanned, including 2013.