The Lenin Russian Library is the national book depository of the Russian Federation. Among other things, it is the leading research institution, methodological and advisory center of the country. The Lenin Library is located in Moscow. What is the history of this institution? Who stood at its origins? How many books does the Moscow Lenin Library keep? About this and much more later in the article.
National Book Depository 1924 to present
The Lenin State Library (whose opening hours will be given below) was formed on the basis of the Rumyantsev Museum. Since 1932, the book depository has been included in the list of research centers of republican significance. In the first days of the 2nd World War, the most valuable funds were evacuated from the institution. About 700 thousand rare manuscripts were packed and taken out, which were kept by the Lenin Library. Nizhny Novgorod became a place of evacuation of valuable collections. I must say that there is also a fairly large book depository in Gorky - the main one in the region.
Chronology
From JulyBetween 1941 and March 1942, the Lenin Library sent more than 500 exchange letters to various, mostly English-speaking, countries. Consent was obtained from a number of states. In 1942, the book depository established book exchange relationships with 16 countries and 189 organizations. Of greatest interest were relations with the US and England.
By May of the same year, the leadership of the institution began "passportization", which was completed before the end of hostilities. As a result, file cabinets and catalogs were taken into account and brought into proper form. The first reading room of the book depository was opened in 1942, on May 24th. In the next year, 1943, a department of youth and children's literature was formed. By 1944, the Lenin Library returned valuable funds evacuated at the beginning of the war. In the same year, the Board and Book of Honor were created.
In February 44, a department of restoration and hygiene was established in the book depository. Under him, a research laboratory was formed. In the same year, the issues of transferring doctoral and candidate's dissertations to the book depository were resolved. The active formation of the fund was carried out mainly through the acquisition of antiquarian world and domestic literature. In 1945, on May 29, the book depository was awarded the Order of Lenin for an outstanding contribution to the storage and collection of publications and serving the general public. Along with this, a large number of employees of the institution received medals and orders.
The development of the book depository in the post-waryears
By 1946, the question arose of forming a unified catalog of Russian publications. On April 18 of the same year, the Lenin State Library became the venue for the reader's conference. By the next year, 1947, a regulation was approved that established the rules for compiling a consolidated catalog of Russian editions of the major book depositories of the Soviet Union.
To carry out this activity, a methodological council was created on the basis of the book depository. It included representatives of various public libraries (named after S altykov-Shchedrin, the book depository of the Academy of Sciences, and others). As a result of all the activities, the preparation of the base for the catalog of Russian publications of the 19th century began. Also in 1947, a belt conveyor and an electric train were launched to deliver requirements to the book storage from reading rooms and a fifty-meter conveyor for transporting publications.
Structural transformation of the institution
At the end of 1952, the Charter of the book depository was approved. In April 1953, in connection with the dissolution of the Committee that de alt with the affairs of cultural and educational institutions, and the formation of the Ministry of Culture in the RSFSR, the Lenin Library was transferred to the newly formed department of state administration. By 1955, the cartography sector began issuing and distributing a printed card for incoming atlases and maps by legal deposit. At the same time, the international season ticket was renewed.
From 1957 to 1958, several reading rooms were opened. AccordingWith the Order issued by the Ministry of Culture, an editorial board was established in 1959, whose activities included the publication of tables of library and bibliographic classification. During 1959-60, the auxiliary funds related to the scientific halls were transferred to open access. Thus, by the mid-60s, more than 20 reading rooms with more than 2300 seats functioned in the book depository.
Achievements
In 1973, the Lenin Library received Bulgaria's highest award, the Order of Dmitrov. At the beginning of 1975, the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the transformation of the Rumyantsev public book depository into a national one took place. In early 1992, the library received the status of the Russian. In the following year, 1993, the department of art publications was one of the founders of MABIS (Moscow Association of Art Book Depositories). In 1995, the State Library launched the "Memory of Russia" project. By the following year, a project to modernize the institution was approved. In 2001, the updated Charter of the Book Depository was approved. At the same time, new information media were introduced, which significantly changed the technological processes within the library structure.
Funds of the book depository
The first collection of the library was the collection of Rumyantsev. It included more than 28 thousand publications, 1000 maps, 700 manuscripts. In one of the first Regulations governing the work of the book depository, it was stated that all literature that was and will be published inRussian Empire. So, from 1862, the legal deposit began to arrive.
Subsequently, donations and donations became the most important source of funds replenishment. At the beginning of 1917, the library kept about 1 million 200 thousand publications. As of January 1, 2013, the volume of the fund is already 44 million 800 thousand copies. This includes serial and periodicals, books, manuscripts, newspaper archives, art publications (including reproductions), early printed samples, as well as documentation on non-traditional information media. The Russian Library named after Lenin has a collection of foreign and domestic documents in more than 360 languages of the world, universal in terms of typological and specific content.
Research activities
The Lenin Library (a photo of the book depository is presented in the article) is the country's leading center in the field of book, library and bibliography. Scientists working in the institution are engaged in the development, implementation and development of various projects. Among them are the "National Fund of Official Documents", "Recording, identification and protection of book monuments of the Russian Federation", "Memory of Russia" and others.
In addition, the development of theoretical, methodological foundations of librarianship, preparation of methodological and legal documentation in the field of library science is constantly underway. The research department is engaged in the creation of databases, indexes, reviews of vocational, scientific and auxiliary, national,advisory nature. Questions on the theory, methodology, history, technology, organization and methodology of bibliography are also being developed here. The library regularly conducts interdisciplinary research into the historical aspects of book culture.
Measures to expand the activities of the book depository
The tasks of the Research Department of Reading and Books include analytical support for the functioning of the library as an instrument of information policy of national importance. In addition, the department is engaged in the development of cultural methods and principles for identifying the most valuable copies of documents and books, the introduction of recommendations into the practical activities of the institution, the development of programs and projects for the disclosure of library funds. Along with this, work is being carried out on research and practical introduction of methods for the restoration and conservation of library documentation, surveys of storage facilities, methodological and consulting activities.
Modern Lenin Library
The official website of the institution contains information about the history of the emergence and development of the book depository. Here you can also get acquainted with catalogues, services, events and projects. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 8 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm. Day off - Sunday.
The library today operates a training center for additional and postgraduate professional education of specialists. Activities are carried out onon the basis of a license of the Federal Assembly for supervision in the field of science and education. On the basis of the center, there is a postgraduate school that trains personnel in the speci alties of "book science", "bibliography" and "library science". The Dissertation Council operates in the same areas, whose competence includes the awarding of the academic degrees of Doctor and Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences. This department is allowed to accept for defense the work of specialization in educational and historical sciences.
Recording rules
The reading rooms (of which there are 36 in the book depository today) can be used by all citizens - both of the Russian Federation and foreign countries - upon reaching the age of eighteen. The recording is made in an automated mode, which provides for the issuance of a plastic ticket to readers, where there is a personal photograph of a citizen. To receive a library card, you must present a passport with a residence permit (or registration at the place of residence), for students - a grade book or student ID, for graduates - a document of education.
Remote and online registration
The library has a remote entry system. In this case, an electronic library card is created. For registration, foreign citizens will need a document proving their identity, translated into Russian. To register an electronic ticket, a person will have to send the entire package of necessary papers by mail. In addition, online registration is available. It is available to those registered on the site.readers. Online registration is carried out from the Personal Account.
