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-I'm off to the scientific halls Lenin Library I got the pass.
- For what?
- Can you imagine what a contingent! Academicians, doctors, philosophers.
- So what? Will you watch them read?
- You understand a lot! There's also a smoking room there"
Learned? “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears”, set in 1958.
Modern girls, of course, are looking for promising suitors in other places. And in general, visiting libraries has become somehow unfashionable... But it’s still worth visiting this Library - even if not for knowledge, then at least for an excursion. I'm sure it will be interesting!
Muscovites don’t need to explain “how to get to the library” - I think everyone knows these buildings on Mokhovaya and Vozdvizhenka, a stone’s throw from the Kremlin. It’s also not difficult to get inside - you just need to be over 18 years old and have a passport with you. A small electronic queue, a few minutes to issue a library card - and all the treasures of Leninka are at your service...
In fact, this cultural institution is no longer “Lenin” (State Library of the USSR named after V.I. Lenin), but the Russian State Library - since 1991. But for faithful and long-time readers (and even more so for old employees) it will still be “Leninka”. Probably the same thing happened in the 20s and 30s of the last century, when “old regime” readers continued to call it the library of the Rumyantsev Museum...
Over the past 20 years, not only the name has changed. In this age of the Internet and e-books It’s not easy for libraries in general, but I want to believe that they will survive, albeit in a changed form. The old “paper” catalog has been replaced by an online catalogue, more and more magazines, newspapers and books are coming to the Library in in electronic format, computerized reading rooms appear. The old generation of readers does not like “these newfangled things” that destroy the spirit of the Library. Young people, on the contrary, think that the Library “lives in the past.” And “outdated” librarians, in turn, complain that “crushed” readers do not need serious literature... Everyone is right in their own way... It is difficult for the “Old Guard” to retrain, but the Library so needs “fresh blood”! But which educated youth will be seduced by a very modest library salary?
“A house without books is like a body without a soul” (Cicero). There are not just a lot of books in this house, there are a lot of them. The RSL collection consists of more than 43 million “storage units” (as they are called in library terms). These are not only books, magazines and newspapers, they are also geographic Maps, sheet music, sound recordings, manuscripts, postcards, photographs, engravings, posters... This is the largest library in Russia and Europe and the second in the world - after the US Library of Congress. However, many Russian librarians will not agree with the “second place” and will argue “that it’s all about different systems counting" of these same storage units. In Russia, magazines and newspapers are considered annual sets, and in the USA - each individual issue. I’m not sure that our patriots are right, but the fact remains - the Leninsky fund is huge! And it will grow every year, since any book published in our country must be presented in the Library. However, in the post-Soviet years, the “legal deposit” system regularly fails - many publishing houses do not consider it necessary to comply with the law and provide their books. The Library also stores a huge collection of foreign books. (in 247 languages, by the way!).
Its real pride is its unique collections of manuscripts and ancient books. Manuscripts of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, autographs of Peter I, Suvorov, Lomonosov are kept here... The list can be continued endlessly. First printed Russian and unique European books, starting from the 15th century (including about 5 thousand incunabula - books published before 1500). And more than 400 books from the Library’s collections exist in a single copy in the world. And they are stored with us...
Where do we start the tour? Perhaps we'll go to the Book Museum. And we’ll take our children with us - there are special programs for them. During the excursion, you will be told about the history of books, both printed and handwritten, and will be shown unique copies of books from different centuries, samples of bindings and illustrations. There are even displays with bookmarks and antique page cutters.
Unfortunately, the Museum has a very small premises, and it displays its treasures one by one. But let's hope for the best - the design of the new Library building includes a real large museum...
We enter the new Library building. It is a sad sign of the times that a huge advertising sign on the book depository building is visible from everywhere. The building with columns and sculptures is not so new - its construction began in the 30s. And in the autumn of the terrible 1941, when the enemy was approaching Moscow, modest librarians carried almost the entire book collection from Pashkov’s house into the concrete storage building (they evacuated only its most valuable part). And they were on duty on the roof of the Library, dropping incendiary bombs down. And the Library worked! In 1942, they even opened a Children's Reading Room.
Let's walk through the reading rooms (just don't make noise!), breathe in the smell of books and dust - so characteristic of all libraries... Let's remember the words of Marietta Shaginyan, a faithful reader of Leninka: " Best watch I spent my life under the green lampshade of her lamps, in the silence of her reading room..." And the table lamp shades are still green!
Let's go out onto the main marble staircase. On both sides of it is an old “paper” catalog intended for readers. It is not yet possible to refuse it - the electronic version does not yet cover the entire array of books. Although, it seems to me that even then “old-school” librarians will not agree to get rid of it. And the point here is not a lack of trust in technology, but in old library traditions. There is also a service catalog – the holy of holies; readers are not allowed there. For old times’ sake, in previous years lazy readers pulled cards out of catalogs so as not to rewrite information. And there is also a unique “Old Catalog” - a real museum exhibit - ancient catalog boxes with handwritten cards from the century before last...
You won't be allowed into the book depository either. Not all employees are allowed there - you need to have a special stamp on your pass. Still would! Such values! It’s a pity - from the upper tiers of storage (namely tiers, not floors) there is a stunning view of the Kremlin... And thousands of shelves with millions of books make an impression... But it’s impossible, it’s impossible!
But you can and should go to the amazing department of Russian Abroad. Thousands of foreign books about Russia are collected here, and the department’s special pride is the unique publications of Russian emigrants published in Paris, Berlin, New York, Prague, Harbin, Shanghai and even Buenos Aires. And in the Art Publishing department we are waiting for you and ready to offer you not only books and albums on art, but also engravings, postcards, photographs, theater posters and posters.
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| Pashkov's house in an engraving from 1799 |
You can get into the old Library building (the famous Pashkov House) without going outside - both buildings are connected by a tunnel. True, employees do not like to use it. IN last years it was put in order, but the legends about the “dungeon inhabitants” - from rats to ghosts - are not afraid of any reconstruction. By the way, Pashkov’s house is also home to a “classic library ghost” - the spirit of N. A. Rubakin, a bibliologist and writer, whose collection of 80,000 books is kept in Leninka. But jokes aside! We will walk along Mokhovaya (and we will see another library building along the way - former museum M.I. Kalinin, where the Center for Oriental Literature with its unique collections books from Asian and African countries) or along Starovagankovsky Lane, where the main entrance to Pashkov’s house is located next to the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
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| Pashkov's house. Modern look |
There are so many legends and stories associated with this building! People have been settling on Vagankovsky Hill since time immemorial, long before the famous mansion was built here. Systematic archaeological excavations have never been carried out, so romantics believe that the hill can hide anything - even the library of Ivan the Terrible. It is generally accepted that the author of the Pashkov house is V.I. Bazhenov, but from a historical point of view this can also be considered a legend - there is no evidence that it was this famous architect who built the mansion. The building had a turbulent history - frequent changes of owners and a fire in 1812 in past times, and today, the house, which was not damaged in the bombing of the Great Patriotic War, almost collapsed during the construction of the Borovitskaya metro station and barely survived the devastation of the 1990s.
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| Count N.P. Rumyantsev |
This is where the Library was born. On July 1, 1862 (almost 150 years ago!) Alexander II signed the “Regulations on the Moscow Public Museum and the Rumyantsev Museum.” It was the first public museum in Moscow with a public library. Although the “Rumyantsev Museum” arose much earlier - back in 1828, when, according to the will of Count Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev, an educator, philanthropist and collector, his richest collection of paintings, books and various rarities was transferred to the treasury. In 1831, the Museum in St. Petersburg was opened to visitors - “for the benefit of the Fatherland and good education.” And only thirty years later, in 1861, he would be transferred to Moscow, thereby laying the foundation for the Library.
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| N.F. Fedorov |
What visitors the Library has had over the years! Great writers, poets and scientists worked here, its funds were replenished with gifts from famous patrons of the arts (including those from the Imperial family). And what kind of librarians served here... Let us remember at least a few - translator and publisher E. F. Korsh, lawyer and ethnographer V. A. Dashkov, the great Russian philosopher and close friend of L. N. Tolstoy N. F. Fedorov (apparently, work in the library contributes to philosophical thought, because Immanuel Kant was a librarian!). One of the directors was I.V. Tsvetaev, the future founder of the Museum of Fine Arts. I was amazed by the story last director Rumyantsev Museum - Prince Vasily Dmitrievich Golitsyn. He became director in 1910 and remained in office even after the revolution. Many did not understand Golitsyn - a representative of an old princely family found it possible to work for the Bolsheviks! But it was his choice - preserving and saving great values turned out to be most important... In 1921, Golitsyn was arrested, but unexpectedly released (they say that the Library staff was very worried about “their prince”), he even returned to his native walls - however, already not the director, but the head of the art department.
Now the restored Pashkov house is again open to readers. The restoration, however, does not delight everyone; some contemptuously call it “European-quality renovation,” but if you remember what happened in the building in the 90s, you can already rejoice. The story is told that a huge jasper vase, a gift from Emperor Alexander II, mysteriously disappeared from the almost unguarded mansion in 1992. Then, fortunately, she was found. And now you can see a vase, restored parquet flooring, stairs, a former ballroom (now a prestigious concert and exhibition venue overlooking the Kremlin) and a reconstructed ancient reading room (but the computers on the tables “don’t fit in”).
In Pashkov’s house there is a department of Manuscripts, the treasures of which I have already spoken about, a department of Cartography with its huge collection maps, atlases and unique globes, a department of Music and Sound Recordings (special equipment was purchased for listening to old records, and there is a grand piano in the hall!).
Fortunately, the idea of opening a restaurant in the tower above did not come to fruition. Exploiting the “fashion for Bulgakov,” the restaurant was going to be called “Woland.” It was here “at sunset high above the city, on the stone terrace of one of the most beautiful buildings in Moscow, a building built about one and a half hundred years ago, there were two: Woland and Azazello. They were not visible from the street, as the balustrade with plaster vases and plaster flowers blocked them from unnecessary views. But they could see the city to the very edges" (M. A. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita") And now Bulgakov's manuscripts are stored in this building. And the manuscripts of Gogol, who, admiring the festive illumination from the belvedere of the Pashkov house in honor of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Nicholas I, compared Moscow with The Eternal City, are also collected here.
This is the connection between times... Let me end the tour here. And come to the Library...
Svetlana Vetka , especially for Etoya.ru
Materials used:
Legendary house with a view of the Kremlin. M., Pashkov House, 2007.
Vaskin A. A. Oh, if only we could burn it all (published on the website www.exlibris.ng.ru)
Stories from library staff.
IN Russian State Library valid since 2013 remote recording service for readers. You can enroll in the RSL and use the library’s resources without visiting its buildings on Vozdvizhenka and Khimki. All data necessary for recording can be sent by mail or via online access.
The RSL has been developing its electronic resources for several years: the digitization of its multimillion-dollar book fund is underway, it is successfully developing dissertation library project, new virtual reading rooms are opening in Russian cities and abroad. Already today, digitized documents of the RSL, free from copyright, can be read anywhere in the world where there is Internet access.
Until 2013, publications and dissertations that were closed to public viewing and stored in the Russian State Library could be read only after receiving a library card at Vozdvizhenka or Khimki, or from the virtual reading rooms of the RSL opened in other libraries. The library card provided both regular access to the library’s reading rooms and remote access to the RSL’s electronic library of dissertations.
Since 2013, any Internet user can become the owner of an RSL library card - just send the necessary documents by registered mail, or send them by email. When registering remotely, the user receives an electronic library card with a unique number, which allows access to library services. For example, in this moment Readers can already work remotely with the dissertation library, and in the future other library resources will become available to e-ticket holders.
Further by number electronic ticket You can get a plastic card for access to the reading rooms of the RSL. The remote recording service is valid for all Russian citizens over 18 years of age, as well as for higher education students educational institutions who have not reached this age.
Source: http://www.rsl.ru/ru/news/2312132/
Registration on the RSL website
Registration on the RSL website provides access to some of the services of the RSL online store:
- Uploading documents using a dedicated channel;
- Copying documents from the RSL Electronic Library;
- Acquisition of publications written off from the RSL funds;
- Purchasing electronic copies of books from the Pashkov House publishing house;
The account is linked to an email address; the user's passport data is not required. Registration on the RSL website is the first step when registering with the RSL. If you received a ticket in a reader registration group, additional registration on the site is not required.
Library entry
Registration in the library involves creating an RSL library card and providing access to:
- to the library reading rooms with the opportunity to order and receive books from the RSL collections;
- to all library services;
- To electronic resources, licensing databases and electronic versions publications
A library card is identified by a unique number and is issued for a period of five years.
When registering remotely in the library, an electronic library card is created. A plastic library card with a photo for access to the reading rooms of the RSL can be obtained upon a personal visit to the reader registration group.
In-person registration is carried out in the reader registration group. You will need the originals of your passport, document higher education or student card. Citizens of the Russian Federation fill out a registration card on the website to register online. You will need electronic copies of your passport, higher education document or student ID and bank card to confirm your identity. Citizens of the Russian Federation for records with sending documents by mail fill out and print out the reader registration card, make copies necessary documents and send them to the RSL by registered mail.
The RSL contacted me and offered to do a report about our main library, naturally, I happily agreed.
Within the walls of the Russian State Library there is a unique collection of domestic and foreign documents in 367 languages. There are specialized collections of maps, sheet music, sound recordings, rare books, dissertations, newspapers and other types of publications. The library provides the right to use its reading rooms to all citizens of Russia and other countries who have reached the age of 18. About 200 new readers sign up here every day. Almost 4 thousand people come to the RSL every day, and virtual reading rooms located in 80 cities of Russia and neighboring countries serve more than 8 thousand visitors daily.
Today is the first part big story about the Russian State Library. In it you will learn how to borrow a book from the library, look at the vaults and the secret underground passage to the Kremlin.
01. First you need to come to the metro station. "Library named after. Lenin". They still won't rename it. Previously, the RSL (Russian State Library) was also called the “Library named after. Lenin". To get into the library you need to have a library card; you can get one at the second entrance. In your hand: passport, student ID (if a student) and 100 rubles for a photo. Fill out the form and press the “electronic queue” button. A ticket comes out. Take it in your hands - it is yours. Numbers light up on the scoreboard above special small rooms. Wait for yours and come in. There, a specially trained woman will take your application form and take a photograph. You need to decide right away reading room, where you will be given books. It’s not very clear how to do this without seeing the halls. In 5 minutes the plastic card will be ready. It takes no more than 10 minutes to obtain a library card.
02. Login. The RSL is guarded by a special police regiment. Turnstiles are one of the latest innovations in the library, which, however, was received ambiguously by readers. Access is via a barcode on your library card. You are not allowed to carry books, cameras or large bags; they must be stored in a storage room. 
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04. If you already have a bibliography - that is, you know exactly what books you need, feel free to go to the card catalog room. 
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06. Leninka’s funds contain more than 43 million storage units. There are specialized collections of maps, sheet music, sound recordings, rare books, dissertations, newspapers and other types of publications. 
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08. There are always consultants in the hall who will help you navigate the huge amount of information. 
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11. After you have found the book you need in the catalogue, you need to obtain a requirement sheet from the consultant. 
12. And copy all the information about the book into it. 
13. For advanced readers, stands with the RSL electronic catalog have been installed. I honestly tried to take something from Pushkin... 
14. I guess I was too worried because I received a book about potatoes. By the way, since at present the process of transferring the paper catalog to electronic form has not yet been completed, not all books are there, so many people are looking in the old-fashioned way in the card index. 
16. Once every 15 minutes, a pneumatic mail operator comes to collect demand sheets. 
17. The operator is hiding from prying eyes behind this cabinet. 
18. And here is the pneumatic mail point itself. The system was installed in the library back in the 70s. 
19. The sheet is folded, placed in a “cartridge” and sent to the storage tier where the book you ordered is located. This is why we need codes on the cards. 
21. By the way, a requirement sheet is not always placed in the cartridge. You can use it to send cigarettes, a pen or a love note. Before the New Year, employees like to send candy. 
22. This is what the diagram of the receiving and sending station looks like. 
23. The pneumatic mail channels descend into the basements of the library. This, by the way, is a secret passage to the Kremlin, but they asked not to write about it. 
24. This is a pneumatic mail repairman. Sometimes careless employees try to pass prohibited items (for example, pens), the cartridge may open and then, in order to find and remove the pen, the pipes have to be opened. Often the caps simply fall off the cartridges, and getting them out is also problematic. 
25. This miracle machine was installed in the early 90s. They say she can beat Kasparov at chess, but now she simply manages the entire network of pneumatic mail in the RSL. 
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27. So, while your request is being processed, which is about 2 hours, you can go have fun. 
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29. For example, you can read periodicals - the RSL has all the magazines that are sold in print kiosks - including those for the current month. This can be done in the reading room of periodicals. 
30. Every minute the doors of the Library are opened by five visitors. 
31. According to the Law on Legal Deposit of Documents, the Russian State Library is the place of storage of the legal deposit of all printed materials published in Russia. 
32. There is also an excellent canteen in the RSL. Some people come here just to drink tea in a warm, comfortable environment. Tea costs 13 rubles, but boiling water is free, some “readers” take advantage of this. By the way, the smell in the dining room makes it difficult to stay there for too long. 
33. While you are drinking tea and absorbing the aromas of home cooking, your request is being processed at the book depository. 
34. total length bookshelves The RSL is about 275 kilometers. 
35. The ceilings are very low, once there was a case when a worker received a concussion, she was taken to the hospital. 
36. There is a story in the RSL that the ghost of Nikolai Rubakin lives in storage. At night, when the floors are locked and sealed with wax seals, the night guards hear someone walking, footsteps are clearly audible, doors open and close. Perhaps the fact is that in his will Rubakin indicated that he bequeathed his entire personal collection (which is 75,000 books) to the Lenin Library. After his death they did so. Only along with the books they brought an urn with his ashes and for some time it was kept here. Well, what is a personal collection? It’s a part of the soul, pencil marks in the margins, dog-eared pages and a lot of thoughts. Rubakin was buried in Moscow, but his ghost continues to wander the floors... perhaps turning pages, rearranging books... 
37. Rubakin - the creator of bibliopsychology - the science of text perception. Author of the book “Psychology of the Reader and the Book.” He developed the ideas of Emil Hennequin, the author of “Estoppsychology”. His ideas are widely used in psycholinguistics. 
38. The “note” is received by storage workers, they take your book and send it to the reading room using conveyors. There are two conveyors at the RSL: the vertical one was designed by Sukhanov in the 70s. 
39. Large chain conveyor, put into operation back in 1953. 
40. “This is Metrostroy, there are the same gears as on escalators in the subway.” Nevertheless, it is high time to replace the mechanism with much more modern analogue. But, as explained CEO RSL, in order to implement a new technical system, the conveyor must be stopped, and this threatens that the activities of the entire Library will actually be paralyzed. Only with the commissioning of a new building will it be possible to replace the conveyor. 
41. There is also a small version of the chain conveyor. To store 41,315,500 copies, premises with an area equal to 9 are used football fields, and for each library worker there are 29,830 copies stored. 
42. In 1987, the fund of the special storage department consisted of about 27,000 domestic books, 250,000 foreign books, 572,000 issues of foreign magazines, about 8,500 annual sets of foreign newspapers. These books and magazines could not be obtained by the common reader. 
43. Books from the storage room are waiting for readers. 
44. You can’t take books home. For reading, the RSL has 37 reading rooms with 2,238 seats, of which 437 are computerized. 
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46. Reading room No. 3 is the largest, it is a unique business card RSL, you can come to it with your laptop; on the side shelves there are dictionaries, for example, Ancient Greek-Russian. 
47. You can make a copy of a book, it costs 6 rubles per page, but you cannot take photographs. Nobody really explained to me the reason for the ban on photography; there was something incomprehensible about copyright, then about the fact that books are deteriorating. It seems to me that a photocopier spoils books more than a camera, and if you allow people to photograph illustrations, for example, they will be cut out less and pages will be torn out. 
48. One day indicators:
- registration of new users (including new users of EDB virtual reading rooms) - 330 people.
- attendance of reading rooms - 4.2 thousand people.
- number of hits to RSL websites - 8.2 thousand,
- issuance of documents from the RSL funds - 35.3 thousand copies.
- receipt of new documents - 1.8 thousand copies. 
49. At the beginning of 2010, the RSL employed 2,140 people, of which 1,228 were library workers. 
50. Women make up about 83% of total number RSL employees. Average age Library workers - 48.6 years. The average size wages- 13,824 rub. 
51. Reading room of the electronic library. 
52. Here you can use remote resources and databases to which the RSL is connected - for example, the Cambridge library, and the databases of the Springer publishing house - an electronic library of foreign scientific and business journals, the EAST-VIEW database. The subject of the search is publications on social sciences and humanities. There is also access to Electronic library RSL and archive of dissertations. 
53. Reading room Internet and electronic documents. Here you can surf the Internet for 32 rubles per hour. There was also some kind of disgusting photo exhibition taking place here. Incomprehensible photographs hung from the ceiling so that they could not be seen from behind plastic sheets. 
54. Hall of official documents, here you can read files of old newspapers, codes of laws and all kinds of codes. Young people are interested in the extensive collection of UN documents (since 1946) and collections of acts, resolutions, and decisions of the international court on human rights. GOST standards for “any occasion” are also presented here - there is even one for the “cleaver axe”. Free legal consultations are organized for anyone in the FN reading room. 
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58. An old sports magazine, a lot of illustrations have been cut out. If we take, for example, the Ogonyok magazine from 1958, we will see Beria’s face painted over with ink. This is the work of the censors of the 1st department.
But in addition to political censorship, there was also “popular censorship” - readers observed morality. And the RSL is one of the few libraries during the Iron Curtain that received all the issues of foreign magazines. There was nothing like that there, of course, but diligent citizens lengthened their skirts and even glued the pages together so that no one would see examples of bourgeois life. More distinctive feature readers of those years - they cut out advertisements from magazines. 
59. Hall of Rare Books - this is where you can touch the most ancient copies from the RSL collection. "Study the materials of the fund (and only a small part of it is exhibited in the museum - 300 books), leaf through the pages of unique book monuments, can only be a reader of the RSL, who has good reason for this. The fund contains over 100 publications - absolute rarities, about 30 books - the only copies in the world. Here are some more examples of museum exhibits that you can work with in this reading room: “Don Quixote” by Cervantas (1616-1617), “Candide or Optimism” by Voltaire (1759), “The Moabit Notebook” (1969), by the Tatar poet Musa Jalid, written by him in the fascist Maobit prison, “The Archangel Gospel” (1092). Here there are the first copies of works by Pushkin and Shakespeare, books by publishers Gutenberg, Fedorov, Badoni, Maurice. From the point of view of the history of Russian books, Novikov, Suvorin, Marx, Sytin will be interesting. Cyrillic books are widely represented." 
60. Microfilms were made for some of the books. And, if the presence of the original source is not of paramount importance for the work (paper, ink, etc. are not important, but the content is valuable), microfilm will be issued in the reading room. The original is out of the question. 
62. As it turned out, many readers steal books, and quite often. Particularly inventive ones cut out a valuable book from the cover, and insert another one of similar size into it. Often they simply tear out pages or cut out illustrations. And although it is easy to identify a thief or vandal, it is almost impossible to bring him to justice; for this you need at least 2 witnesses who saw how the book was damaged. 
64. Cards and documents are sometimes forgotten in books. Once in the 80s, a forgotten chervonets was found. 
65. Pink Corridor" - one of the exhibition areas of the RSL. 
66. Remains from old telephone booths. 
67. Meeting room of the RSL - here the fate of the library is decided - the directorate meets weekly, the course of development is determined, decisions are made. 
68. The RSL is the fourth library in the world in terms of collection size, the British Library is in first place - 150 million items versus our 42. 
69. The windows of some reading rooms offer stunning views of the Kremlin. 
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72. Book depositories also open from the top floors good views, unfortunately, while I was going there, the weather turned bad. 
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73. Families work in libraries, for example Olga Viktorovna Serezhina, she has been working for 41 years, her mother worked here for 40 years. 
74. On the left is Natalya, her daughter, who has been working here for 7 years) 
75. And this is a policeman, he was extremely indignant that I took his photograph, and threatened to tear his head off. He urgently needs to be sent to the hall of official and regulatory documents so that he can read the laws. Otherwise that's all free time he spends it chatting on the phone with his wife. 
76. Soon there will be a separate story about how books are scanned, restored and repaired. 
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The library has two main websites - www.rsl.ru - there you can read about all the services and news - who came where, what exhibitions are taking place. And www.leninka.ru - here is the history of the RSL from the moment of its establishment
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Hello everyone, everyone, everyone! Friends, guess what we did this morning?
Lesson plan:
Required documents
What do you need to register?
We took my passport and a couple of children's birth certificates with us. One is Sashino, she is 10 years old and in fourth grade, and the other is Temino, he is 7 and is just about to enter first grade. The passport was useful, but there was no certificate. Since the registration of readers under the age of 14 is carried out according to the document of the parent or other legal representative of the child. The adult’s responsibility is to familiarize himself with the rules and guarantee that the child will follow them.
And from the age of 14, children can enroll in the library independently using their own passport.
First impressions
The children's library we came to is named after the writer Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin, as was written about at the entrance. We entered. Traditionally, the room was very quiet and not crowded.
At first we were even a little confused, to the left of us there was a door with the inscription “Teenage Room”, on the right - “Computer Room”, right there was a door with the inscription “Childhood”. Just like in a fairy tale, right? You'll go left... you'll go right... etc. It turns out that we had to go straight, which we learned from a very friendly librarian who rushed to help the newcomers.
From her we learned that young readers are assigned to one or another hall. Children up to the fourth grade attend the “Childhood” hall, and from the fifth grade they are transferred to teenagers. So my Alexandra doesn’t have long to hang out in the children’s room. The books in the halls are selected according to the age of the readers.
How we were recorded
We approached the librarian's desk and they asked me for my passport. Checked the registration. This important point. The fact is that without registration you can only use the services of reading rooms. In this case, books are not issued at home.
Then I filled out two forms (one for each kinder). I indicated my name, the name of the child, his date of birth, my place of work and position, and contact numbers. Based on these forms, subscriptions were opened for children. In the same forms, I agreed to the library rules.
And they told us about the rules in great detail.
Library rules
Books are issued for a specific period. For two weeks. So that the reader does not forget when the book is due, the date is written down on a control sheet, which is attached to the back of the book.
If you suddenly don’t have time to read a book in two weeks, you can extend the deadline. Extension options:
- Come to the library.
- Call the library.
- Go to the library website and use the on-line renewal service.
- Go to the VKontakte library group and renew your book there.
Very convenient, I think.
If you delay a book without warning, you will have to pay a fine of 10 kopecks per day. As the librarian said: “The amount is not large, but it’s still unpleasant.” Here I completely agree with her.
If suddenly something happens to a library book, it gets lost, for example, it accidentally flies into space or a dog eats it for dinner, then you will need to compensate for the damage. Buy a book no older than 3 years and bring it. And it doesn’t matter that the book you didn’t save was 10–20 years old. You’ll still need to bring a new one.
If suddenly the library doesn’t have a book that you really really need, you can make a reservation. That is, inform the librarian about your desire, and as soon as the book appears, they will call you back within three days.
They also warned that you need to behave civilly and quietly so as not to disturb other visitors.
How we chose books
I let the children choose books. Moreover, for very young readers, such as Artem, there are two special bookcases. He dealt with them.
Sasha headed in the other direction, towards the shelves with books for older children. The choice is large. My eyes, to be honest, are running wild. Moreover, you can take to read not only books, but also numerous children's magazines. And we love magazines very much!
For 30-40 minutes the children chose and chose, but still couldn’t choose. But, in the end, we decided. Everyone took one book. Alexandra liked A. Krumer’s book “A fun book for growing up,” and Artemka liked “Ilya Muromets and the Nightingale the Robber.”
Before going to check out the books, we decided to go to the reading room, which is called the “Comfortable Reading Room.” It really turned out to be comfortable and cozy there. There are chairs and tables. Take a book and sit down, read quietly. Some books can be taken home from the reading room, but not all. For example, very expensive books costing more than 500 rubles are not given at home; they can only be read on the spot.
Well, then we went to fill out the books. The girl wrote down their names on the subscription cards and put the return dates on the check sheets.
That's all! We could be free!
Biblio-events
It was also very nice to know that the library hosts numerous events. For example, every Thursday there are classes of the art group “DoMiSolki”. The children sing and dance there and, in general, have a fun time. By the way, the classes are free.
On the first and fourth Sundays of the month, meetings are held under the title “Read a book - watch a movie.” For example, have you watched the movie about Paddington Bear? It was still shown in cinemas. It turns out that it is based on Michael Bond's books about this bear cub.
Various master classes are also held in the (now our) library. For example, at the end of March there was a master class on the book by A. Vvedensky “Meow”, it was called “The Most cat master class" If we had known about it, we would definitely have gone. Because we love tinkering very much. By the way, have you seen our and?
There are also meetings with writers, interactive game programs, “Book Name Days” and such general holidays as March 8 or Health Day are celebrated.
Great! There is something to do for both librarians and young readers. The main thing is to have a desire.
We don’t regret that we went, that we signed up. And we advise you. The library is interesting!
It is also difficult not to notice another huge advantage of libraries. Books are expensive these days, as are magazines. And then take it, read it, and everything is free. Total savings!
Boys and girls, as well as their parents, would you like to see funny stories? We discovered an issue of the film magazine “Yeralash” about the library. Let's see?
Are your children enrolled in the library? Maybe we’re the only ones who have delayed this for so long? We look forward to your comments and thank you in advance for them)
And not so long ago we visited the planet of robots, we talked about it in detail.
All the best!
Come visit again!
All you need is your passport!
Opening hours of the Main building of the Library named after. ON THE. Nekrasova
st. Baumanskaya, 58/25, building 14 (metro station "Baumanskaya")
Monday – Saturday: 10.00 – 22.00
Sunday: 10.00 – 20.00
last Tuesday of the month - sanitary day
Tel.: +7 499 261-88-08
Email:
Opening hours for all four Nekrasovka addresses.
Who can sign up for the library
- Citizens of the Russian Federation (passport required)
- Citizens of foreign countries (passport or identity certificate required)
- Children under 14 years old can register in the presence of parents, guardians or trustees
With a library card you can
- Take books home
- Work with publications in the reading room
- Use electronic resources
- Working on computers in the reading room
- Use wi-fi
How to order books
You can order books from our collections for collection in other library departments through. To do this, select:
- Transfer by subscription
- Required point of issue (“department”)
Delivery takes up to seven days, except for books from the DH fund (long-distance storage). You can check with the librarian on duty about the execution of your order. The status of your order can be tracked in .
Book issuance period and renewal
You can take home up to 15 books for 1 month. If necessary, you can extend the time you use the book:
- by phone +7 499 261-88-08
- through the self-service station in the library
- the maximum period during which you can use the publication is 30 days
- The publication can be renewed no more than 2 times if there is no increased demand for it
- we will remind you about the deadline for returning the publication by phone, SMS or email
You can receive and return books.
- If you suddenly lose your library card, we will replace it free of charge. The second time it will cost 120 rubles
- If you fail to return books to the library on time, please try to return them within the next 7 calendar days, otherwise you will not be able to take home new publications and you will have to compensate for the resulting debt at the rate of 1 ruble/day
**Full version of the List and amounts of compensation for violation of the Library Rules (Download PDF)
What You Can Do Even Without a Library Card
- Find the literature you need
- Get to an interesting event
Almost every day something interesting happens in the library. You can find out about the event in three ways: look on the calendar, make friends with us on social networks, or subscribe to our newsletter.
- Learn something new
New book arrivals, selections, reviews and much more can be read on home page our site.
- Receive a book as a gift
The “Decommissioned Books” portal was created to tell you about the books that Moscow libraries are ready to give you as a gift. You can see on the map what books the nearest library gives away, or select interesting books in the catalogue.
- Donate a book to us
You can bring us books, leave them with the attendants at the registration and book collection desk. Our address: st. Baumanskaya, 58/25, building 14 (metro station "Baumanskaya"). Opening hours: Mon–Sat: 10:00 – 22:00; Sun: 10:00 – 20:00.
- Restore a book or document
Professional Nekrasovki will determine the condition of your document or book, and then advise you on what to do next with it.
- Speak a foreign language
In the evenings you can speak English, German or Spanish.
- Talk to the director
Every Tuesday from 16:00 to 18:00 you can talk with Maria Alexandrovna on any issues related to the work of the Central Universal Scientific Library named after N. A. Nekrasov. Before the meeting, you need to make an appointment by phone: 8 495 916-90-68, and then come to the library at st. Baumanskaya, 58/25, building 14..
