Russian State Library

The Russian State Library (Russian: Российская государственная библиотека, translit. Rossiyskaya Gosudarstvennaja biblioteka, former Lenin Library ) in Moscow is next to the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg, the second National Library of the Russian Federation. She is one of the largest libraries in the world.

History

The library was founded as Moscow's first toll- free and public library named library of the Public Museum of Moscow and Rumyantsev Museum or short Rumyantsev Library Pashkov House ( Дом Пашкова ) on 1 July 1862. In 1925, she became the National Library of the USSR and was from 1925 to 1945 simply Lenin Library. The library received a new building from the early 1930s until about 1960 on a neighboring property. From 1945 to 1992 she was named State Lenin Library of the USSR and was with 200,000 users per year, the most visited library world. In 1992 she was given its present name. Between 1922 and 1991, at least one copy of each laid in the Soviet Union, the book has been deposited in the library. Today, the library receives one such copy of each issued in Russia book.

After the death of the former Russian and the first post- Soviet president Boris Yeltsin, his successor Putin announced the end of April 2007 to build close to the Red Square, the new " Yeltsin Library " joined at the site of the removed Hotels Rossiya as all node of the Russian librarianship.

At the main entrance of the library is a monument to Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Stock

2011, the library media about 41.1 million, of which 12.7 million in foreign languages ​​. It has, among other 17.6 million Monographs, 13 million Periodicals 565 700 archival documents and handwritten documents, 350,000 music scores and sound files as well as 151,300 cards. The online catalog, which contains newer stocks, is also accessible via the web portal of The European Library. Much of the older stocks but until now only been about card catalogs, which include 70.5 million index cards. In the library, documents the cultural heritage of Russia, which are listed in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Memory of the World documents kept.

Staff

In the library working 2,081 people, including 1,291 librarians. The proportion of women is 84 percent.

Use

The Russian State Library is a reference library, ie the stocks may only be used in one of the 38 reading rooms. A library card is available to anyone who has reached the age of 18 years, an identity card and, if necessary, may submit a certificate of registration or certificate of degree. Users who do not have Russian citizenship must present their passport with the visa and possibly the registry. For visitors there is the possibility to apply for a day pass. The normal user card is issued for the period of 5 years and carries a photo of the user, which is produced when applying.

577,000 persons are registered as a user. The library contained in 2010 1.1 million visitors and 9.3 million loans in the reading room.

The use of laptops in the reading rooms is possible by logging in to the administration. Own books, computer printouts or copies may not be brought into the State Library and its branches.