The presentation of the Information Resource Center "Window on America", which was initiated and Financial supported by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, was held on the 26th of April 2002 at 1 p.m. in Kirovohrad Regional Universal Research Library named after D. Chizhevsky, Foreign Literature Division.

At that time the Project of Establishing of the Information Resource Centers was implemented only in four regional libraries in Ukraine and has the purpose:

• to provide up-to-date information on the USA;
• to popularize the cultural, economic and political diversity of the country;
• to provide access to the USA knowledge and experience with the help of computers and copy machines;
• to learn English language with the help of up-to-date materials;
• to conduct information-cultural activities for citizens of the region;
• to cooperate with American volunteer institutions.

The participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with information reference publications, presentation materials and CD-ROMs of the Information Resource Center "Window on America".

At the opening of the Information Resource Center were present Scott Urbom, Attache Assistant of the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine and Natalka Yasko, Information Assistant of the Information Resource Center of the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine were present at the opening of the Information Resource Center.

Матеріали преси:

• "Кіровоградське вікно в Америку". "21 канал", 1 травня, 2002.
• "Окно в Америку". "Наша газета", 2 мая, 2002.
• "Віднині Кіровоград має "Вікно в Америку". "Народне слово", 30 квітня, 2002.