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Books from the Private Library of the Priest Ioann Kirikov (1720–1770) in the Collection of the Kolyvan-Voskresensk Mining Plants

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The purpose of the study is to characterize books from the priest Ioann Kirikov’s private library as a part of the KolyvanVoskresensk mining plants’ book collection, reconstruct the history of their existence and analyze Father Ioann’s approaches to collecting his library. The article examines printed and handwritten documents of the second half of the 18th century, which belonged to the priest Ioann Kirikov (1720–1770) and included in the book collection of the Kolyvan-Voskresensk mining plants.

International Scientific and Practical Conference «Science, Technology, Information in Libraries (Libway-2025)», March 24-28, 2025: results

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The purpose of the article is to present information about the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Science, Technology, Information in Libraries (Libway-2025)», held at the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on March 24-28, 2025, to characterize the events with a brief overview of reports and messages.

Officers’ Library of the 72nd Tula Infantry Regiment (1862–1914)

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 16:38

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The purpose of the article is to present the history of the creation and activities of the officers’ library of the 72 nd Tula Infantry Regiment. The initial local legal documents regulating its establishment and functioning were revealed: „Regulation on the regimental library“ and „Rules for issuing books from the regimental library“.

Manuscripts in the Book Collection of Kolyvan-Voskresensk Mining Plants

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The article examines the manuscripts of the XVIII–XIX centuries, which are the part of the book collection of Kolyvan-Voskresensk mining plants. The most extensive and valuable part of this collection is located in the department of valuable and rare books of the Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library (NSRSL). Most of the manuscripts, mentioned in the article, were not previously available for researchers. For the first time, the author has attempted to reconstruct the composition of the manuscripts that were part of the book collection of the KolyvanVoskresensk mining plants.

Book Culture Ecology: Looking for a Concept

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 13:08

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The authors have attempted to comprehend the ecological component of book culture, its importance for social development and evolution of human needs. This problem updating is closely connected with the modern state of book culture, characterized by minimization of state management, absolutist commercial approach, appearance of the great amount of players on the book market, multiformity of book products and modes of their advancement, transformation and re-estimation of activities of institutes of reading infrastructure, etc.

The document theory by Yu. N. Stolyarov as the methodological foundation of modern bibliology

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Tue, 06/04/2024 - 17:08

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The author focuses on the enormous contribution made by Yury N. Stolyarov to the development of the methodology of modern bibliology, discusses the basic provisions of Stolyarov’s document theory as applied to the studies of special bibliological problems. The author substantiates the priority of documentological approach to the study of the concept of the book, based on the method “from the abstract to the concrete”, which was used by Yu. N. Stolyarov to study the document.

About the Medialogical Understanding of the Concept of “Book Culture”

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The concept of “book culture”, which entered the domestic book-study discourse in the 1980s, is currently one of the central ones for both historical-book and theoretical-book studies. However, it has not yet received a conventional definition in Russian science. The purpose of the article is to formulate a definition of book culture based on the interpretative theory of culture and theoretical and methodological achievements of medialogy dominating in modern socio-humanitarian knowledge. The authors show the general theoretical context of the formation of the concept of “book culture”.

The Military Research Library of Imperial Engineering Academy and School

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 04/04/2024 - 19:08

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The comprehensive studies on the history of military research libraries are scarce. The authors discuss the history of the library of Imperial Engineering Academy and School; analyze the development of library collection of this institution. The authors chronologize t he h istory o f t he A cademy a nd i ts l ibrary. The relevant regulatory and legal documents that defined the library operation and development, as well as the Academy’s and School’s annual reports, made the basis of the study.

Rediscovering classics: Robert Darnton’s communications circuit

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Many scholars point to the crisis in the Russian bibliology. Meanwhile, those involved in the discussion specify the origins of the crisis in the discipline differently. One possible way to overcome the theoretical crisis of bibliology is to turn to Robert Darnton’s conceptual model of communications circuit. Robert Darnton is well known for his studies in the history of book culture of the modern era yet his model, which has long been recognized as a classic in international historical book studies, has been ignored by Russian bibliologists.

Search for Ways to Develop Regional Book Culture

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 19:08

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The objective of the article is to give an overview of the materials of the Public Hearings on the problems of books and reading «The Reader: Global Challenges and Personal Stories» held on March 24, 2023 in Novosibirsk in the frames of the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Homo legens in the Past and Present”. They brought together about 30 representatives of the government and administration, book theorists and practitioners, heads of higher educational institutions, representatives of the library community, and public organizations.