Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –
The scientific library has begun moving to a new building of flow auditoriums, which is part of the second stage of the modern NSU campus, built within the framework of the national project “Youth and Children”. In total, over 600 thousand copies of books with a total weight of approximately 180 tons will have to be moved over the summer. In the new building, the library will have a reading room and a book depository with a capacity of up to 1 million copies.
The NSU Scientific Library is located on the first floor of the flow auditorium building and is part of a multifunctional space with an area of about 2.5 thousand square meters. Furniture and multimedia equipment have already been assembled, shelves have been installed in the reading room, so the library has the opportunity to begin moving. It will be necessary to pack all 600 thousand copies, transport them and arrange them in their places in three summer months.
— We will have a modern library that will operate 24/7. The children will be able to use self-service stations to check out books that will appear in the open collection. In the reading room, all literature will also be in open access. In addition, the library will have modern technical capabilities for employees. Publications with open access will be equipped with radio frequency tags that will allow for an automated inventory of this part of the collection, — commented Tatyana Markova, head of the NSU Scientific Library.
The book depositories in the new building will be equipped with mobile shelves with an electric drive and computer control. The compact storage system will allow free placement of the existing library collections.
The library’s special pride is its rare book collection, which was organized and opened in 2008 and contains about 6,000 volumes from the 18th to early 20th centuries. The specially equipped room contains domestic and foreign publications, representing a collection of scientific, popular science, and fiction literature. An important part of this collection is made up of magazines published in the 19th to early 20th centuries.
— Of great value are encyclopedias, encyclopedic publications, and various 19th-century dictionaries. The collection includes such famous publications as the Encyclopedic Dictionary of F. A. Brockhaus and I. A. Efron, the Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Russian Bibliographic Institute Granat, and the Russian Encyclopedia published in 1911 in St. Petersburg. We also have the first Complete Works of Voltaire in French in 92 volumes, published just 7 years after the author’s death. In addition, the collection is the owner of memorable book collections, including the library of Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences V. A. Avrorin, the first dean of the Humanities Faculty of NSU, — said Tatyana Markova.
The most valuable and interesting specimens will be located in a specially designated room where excursions can be conducted, students can be introduced to primary sources, and specialists can work with rare editions.
On the instructions of President Vladimir Putin, a network of modern campuses is being created in Russia. By 2030, a constellation of 25 campuses should appear in the country. Work in this area is being carried out by the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. Currently, 24 such campuses are being designed and built with the support of the national project “Youth and Children”, by 2036 the number of campuses will increase to 40. The project is financed by federal and regional budgets, as well as by extra-budgetary sources.
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