Creating an Information System for the Russian State Library

Author(s):  
Monika Segbert ◽  
Alexander Vislyi

The Russian State Library, the national library of the Russian Federation (until 1992 known as Lenin State Library), began in 1862 when Count N.P. Rumyantsev bequeathed his collection of books, manuscripts, and other materials to the state. From the beginning the library received a free copy of all Russian publications. The library started to look into automation in the late 1960s. Eventually, after a series of false starts and small initiatives, a feasibility study was set up in 1995, funded by the European Commission, focusing on library automation while setting the issue in the wider context of collection development, building improvements, conservation, document supply and staff development. As a result of this study the Russian State Library was awarded a Tacis project and a budget of one million Euro over 18 months (later extended by six months, plus 300,000 Euro for the extension). Tacis fosters the development of links between EU countries and the states of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. A key area of Tacis activity is Know-How transfer, carried out through policy advice, consultancy teams, training studies and partnerships. Several other varied projects have been initiated. Many positive changes have occurred during the project, notably in the development of staff.

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-144
Author(s):  
Benjamin Richler

After the fall of the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, large depositories of Hebraic manuscripts in the former Soviet Union were opened to Western scholars. In this paper, the major collections are surveyed, with special emphasis on the Baron Guenzburg collection in the Russian State Library in Moscow and the microfilming activities of the Jewish National and University Library in Russia and Ukraine in general and in Moscow in particular.


Author(s):  
Irina A. Trushina

The article presents an overview of the Annual Meeting of the Heads of Federal and Central Regional Libraries of Russia - 2015, conducted by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the National Library of Russia and the Russian State Library on 20-21 October, 2015 in St. Petersburg. The theme of the Meeting “State Cultural Policy: the Role of Libraries” was closely connected with the activities of libraries in relation to the approval of “Basic Principals of State Cultural Policy”. There are considered the topical problems of the legislative framework of libraries, as well as their projects facilitating to implement the state cultural policy. There are summarized the results of the All-Russian Competition of Library Innovations and the II All-Russian Competition “The Library Analytics - 2015”. There are announced the names of the awarded with the Medal of the Russian Library Association (RBA) “For Contribution to the Development of Libraries” and awarded with the title of the RBA Honorary Member. There is published the Resolution of the Annual Meeting of the Heads of Federal and Central Regional Libraries of Russia.


Author(s):  
Alexander Yu. Samarin

On the International scientific conference The Rumyantsev Readings, taken place in the Russian state library on April, 20-22th, 2010.


Author(s):  
Article Editorial

Head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media Communications of the Russian Federation M. Seslavinsky (Rospechat) presented albums and collection of books to the Russian State Library on February, 4, 2009. These interesting examples of bookbinding and series of ex-librises were created by known artists for his private library.


Author(s):  
Semen M. Iakerson

Hebrew incunabula amount to a rather modest, in terms of number, group of around 150 editions that were printed within the period from the late 60s of the 15th century to January 1, 1501 in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Turkey. Despite such a small number of Hebrew incunabula, the role they played in the history of the formation of European printing cannot be overlooked. Even less possible is to overestimate the importance of Hebrew incunabula for understanding Jewish spiritual life as it evolved in Europe during the Renaissance.Russian depositories house 43 editions of Hebrew incunabula, in 113 copies and fragments. The latter are distributed as following: the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences — 67 items stored; the Russian State Library — 38 items; the National Library of Russia — 7 items; the Jewish Religious Community of Saint Petersburg — 1 item. The majority of these books came in public depositories at the late 19th — first half of the 20th century from private collections of St. Petersburg collectors: Moses Friedland (1826—1899), Daniel Chwolson (1819—1911) and David Günzburg (1857—1910). This article looks into the circumstances of how exactly these incunabula were acquired by the depositories. For the first time there are analysed publications of Russian scholars that either include descriptions of Hebrew incunabula (inventories, catalogues, lists) or related to various aspects of Hebrew incunabula studies. The article presents the first annotated bibliography of all domestic publications that are in any way connected with Hebrew incunabula, covering the period from 1893 (the first publication) to the present. In private collections, there was paid special attention to the formation of incunabula collections. It was expressed in the allocation of incunabula as a separate group of books in printed catalogues and the publication of research works on incunabula studies, which belonged to the pen of collectors themselves and haven’t lost their scientific relevance today.


Author(s):  
Maria I. Akilina

The article is devoted to the results of the research “Personnel of Methodologists of the Central Libraries of the Subjects of the Russian Federation”, conducted by the Center for Research on the Development of Libraries in the Information Society of the Russian State Library in 2017. The article presents the results of one of the aspects of the study related to the problems of education and professional development training of employees of methodical services of the Central Libraries of the Russian Federation. 97,9% employees of the methodical divisions have higher education that demonstrates high educational status of the methodical personnel. At the same time, almost one third of the staff does not have the specialized library training. Non-core education is represented by various disciplines, mainly of humanitarian area. Participants of the research also noted the discrepancy between the education of graduates of library qualification and modern requirements of methodical activities and the great need for continuous professional development training of staff of specialized methodical units. The author studied participation of methodologists in the activities of the professional development system, as well as the topics of these activities. There were almost no training events organized specifically for methodologists, and their participation in the numerous training events was not systematic. The analysis of educational needs of methodologists showed the greatest deficiency of events on legal subjects and organization of methodical activities. The results of the study are important for the subsequent development of the professional training strategy and system of professional development training of the personnel of methodical services.


Author(s):  
T. A. Zanko

This article provides an analysis of the legal status of diplomats in the Russian Federation with regard to their rights, safeguards and rewards. These elements are presented through the prism of comparative research of more than a dozen countries and consider the experience of diplomatic service legal regulation in the former Soviet Union countries as well as in other foreign countries.


2021 ◽  
pp. 354-361
Author(s):  
Mikhail Pridannikov

Abstract The potato tuber nematode (PTN), Ditylenchus destructor, is ranked second only to the potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, in importance in Russia. D. destructor is distributed throughout the former Soviet Union, now the Russian Federation, but has had no significant economic impact in the past. This historically low impact was due to the fact that around 80-90% of potato tuber yield had been produced on small private gardens or fields of approximately 600 square metres. This chapter discusses the economic importance, host range, distribution, biology and life cycle, symptoms of damage, interactions with other nematodes and pathogens, recommended integrated nematode management and management optimization of D. destructor. Future research requirements are also mentioned.


2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Erokina

PurposeThis paper aims to describe the document supply services of the Russian State Library.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is descriptive in nature.FindingsAfter the hiatus of the 1990s the document supply service has recovered and is developing new electronic services. Resource sharing is also growing.Originality/valueThe paper provides a historical and contemporary overview of the development of document supply in Russia and the Soviet Union.


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