The National Library of Romania: From Central State Library of the People's Republic to National Library

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermina G.B. Anghelescu
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
National Library ◽  
Central State ◽  
Additional Funding ◽  
Romanian Academy ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
State Library

In 1955, 54 years after the incorporation of the Central Library of the State into the Library of the Romanian Academy, the Central Library of the People's Republic of Romania was established. It was open to all Romanians over the age of 18. In 1990, various measures were introduced in an attempt to do away with the communist order, including changes in staff. The library's name was changed to the National Library of Romania. In 1995 the library was connected to the Internet, but only library staff had access. The library is still in a ‘temporary’ building occupied in 1957; collections continue to be moved around, and only one third is accessible. Following the December 2000 elections, it is hoped that there will now be additional funding for automation, collection development and staffing, and also finance to continue the construction of the new building for the library, which was started in 1987. However, so far the situation has become worse rather than better.

scholarly journals The National Library of Poland During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Brief History of The First Nine Months of the State of Emergency

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-56
Author(s):  
Tomasz Makowski
Keyword(s):  
Central Body ◽  
The State ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
National Library ◽  
Central State ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Library ◽  
Safe Access

Thesis/Objective – This article describes the situation of the National Library of Poland (BNP) during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The BNP played multiple roles at the same time: as the biggest library in Poland it provided readers with safe access to its unique collections; it acted as the central body for cataloguing the latest publications for libraries in Poland; and as the country’s central state library it issued recommendations for the 30,000+ libraries across Poland. Results/Conclusions – A paramount concern was ensuring the safety of the employees and readers of the BNP and other Polish libraries, as well as issuing instructions on what libraries should be doing during the pandemic. The BNP offered support for institutions which found themselves at a loss under these extraordinary circumstances. The BNP maintained its key activities during the period, especially cataloguing the legal deposit intake of new publications.

scholarly journals New Archival Materials Regards the “Odessa Periods” in the Biography of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian State (Hetmanate) G.E. Afanas’ev (1848-1925)

2017 ◽  
pp. 394-414
Author(s):  
Sergii Berezin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
National Library ◽  
Russian State ◽  
State Archives ◽  
State Library ◽  
First Time

The article is based on archival materials from the collections of the State Archives of Odessa Region, Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (Kiev) and the Russian State Library (Moscow). These materials provide documental confirmation of the little-known facts of the biography of George Afanas`ev, the famous historian and educator, journalist, banker and diplomat, public and state figure. The represented source base allows to refine and supplement the information from the historiography about the life and work of Afanas`ev in the period of his stay in Odessa and activity in the Novorossiysky University. Some of these documents are published and introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.

scholarly journals The Serbian manuscripts of the lader of divine ascent of St. John Sinaites (14th c.)

2016 ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Popova Georgievna
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
National Library ◽  
14Th Century ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Ancient Manuscripts ◽  
Romanian Academy ◽  
State Library ◽  
Ancient Manuscript ◽  
The University ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The Ladder of Divine Ascent of St. John Sinaites has been very popular among the Slaves in the Middle Ages. From the 14th century 66 manuscripts were kept, 29 of them are Serbian. Not less than seven ancient manuscripts are kept in the National Library of Serbia (in the collections of the monasteries of Decani and Pec and in the New collection). Two manuscripts are kept in the library of the University of Belgrade, in the collection of manuscripts Lesnovo monastery. Five Serbian manuscripts of the Ladder are kept in the Russian National Library (St. Petersburg). Three ancient Serbian books of the Ladder are kept in Moscow, in the Russian State Library. Six ancient Serbian manuscripts of the Ladder are kept in the libraries of Mount Athos: four in the Hilandar monastery and two in the Zograf monastery. Four manuscripts of the Serbian Ladder are kept in Bucharest, in the Library of the Romanian Academy of Sciences. One ancient manuscript is kept in Macedonia, in the Ohrid National Museum. One Serbian book of the Ladder is kept in Paris, in the Slavic Fund of the French National Library. Of course, the former number of ancient Serbian manuscripts of the Ladder was much more than 29. The Serbian manuscripts preserved all ancient Slavonic translations of the Ladder: Preslav (in two versions), Tarnovo, Serbian (in two versions) and Athos. The author gives a description of each manuscript, names its location, dating and the related manuscripts. The Ladder as a book has many components. The basics of this book are the Life of St. John Sinaites and his message to John of Raif and 30 homilies. In the Slavic tradition we added a lot of new texts to this, not Greek but Slavic. One of these texts is the dictionary ?Tolkovanie recem?. According to our observations, this dictionary appeared in the Serbian book culture not later than the second half of the 14th century. The text of this dictionary began to appear separately from the Ladder very early as a part of the ascetic Sammelbands. An example is a Sammelband of the library of the Hilandar Monastery, number 455. The text of this dictionary is in the appendix of the article.

Libraries of Byelorussia and aesthetic education

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Ljudmila Kiryukhina
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Education ◽  
The State ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
National Library ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
State Library ◽  
Former Ussr ◽  
Made In

Before becoming an independent state, the Republic of Byelorussia had initiated an extensive programme of aesthetic education which complemented activities elsewhere in the former USSR while stimulating a revival of interest in Byelorussian cultural traditions. Libraries, led by the National Library (now the State Library) at Minsk, contribute to this programme through the provision of publications, by organising or hosting activities, and by working closely with schools. Particular efforts are being made, in association with Melodiya, to improve acquisition of gramophone records. The acquisition of books benefits from a developing programme of international exchange.

scholarly journals Peter Carey's Laptop

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowan Wilken
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Image ◽  
The State ◽  
Laptop Computer ◽  
Public Display ◽  
Library Management ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
State Library

In 2001, the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne built on its holdings of Australian literary manuscripts by acquiring all the papers, drafts and other items associated with Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel, True History of the Kelly Gang. The centrepiece of this acquisition, and the focus of this article, is Carey’s Apple Mac Classic laptop computer. The argument that is developed in this article is that Carey’s laptop is a technological artefact that operates, especially at the time of its acquisition, as an important talisman in three interrelated senses. First, it was viewed by library staff as a key means of gaining access to the ‘true history’ of Carey’s own creative drive or creative unconscious. Second, its public display alongside other textual objects (mostly books) served to reinforce a reconstructed corporate image that endeavoured to reposition the library as a vital contemporary cultural site and key player in Melbourne’s institutional gallery scene. Third, it was a crucial symbolic acquisition insofar as it spoke to certain desires within library management at that time, and which responded to similar moves at major libraries elsewhere around the world, to embrace collection digitisation as the path forward.

Training of the Lenin Library Staff during the Great Patriotic War

2010 ◽  
pp. 122-126
Author(s):  
Ekaterina B. Dudareva
Keyword(s):  
Staff Training ◽  
The State ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
State Library

During the Great Patriotic War (1941—1945) of the staff training in the State Library of the USSR of V.I. Lenin continued on the base of its resources, though and in smaller volume, than before the War. The lecture system was replaced by seminars. This form of education allowed the Library to continue its activity on highly professional level.

Creating a 21st Century State Publications Depository

2014 ◽  
pp. 378-393
Author(s):  
Edith K. Beckett
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
21St Century ◽  
The State ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Electronic Documents ◽  
Additional Funding ◽  
State Library ◽  
Print Publications

The New Jersey State Library has managed a successful print depository program for the last 55 years. In the mid-1990s, many state government agencies began putting digital versions of their print publications on their Websites. Initially, the agencies continued to send print copies to the State Library, but by 1998, more and more agencies were using their Websites as the primary venue for their publications. State Library staff initially responded to this change by creating a Web page with a browsable list of links to publications. Technological changes resulted in more state government publications being produced in electronic formats and the list of Web page links became unsustainable. This chapter discusses the State Library’s efforts to transition a successful 20th century print depository program into an equally viable electronic documents depository using very limited staff and no additional funding.

Libraries and Environmental Information: Problems of Access and its Solution

2009 ◽  
pp. 26-29
Author(s):  
Nadezhda A. Egorova
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Scientific Technical ◽  
Technical Library ◽  
State Library

Acute problems of the improvement of library activity in the field of environmental education and of using the Internet to spread the reliable environmental information are considered. The projects in this direction of the Russian state library and of the State public scientific technical library of Russia are described.

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