Kursk State University Library
| Country | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1934 |
| Location | 33 Radischev St., Kursk |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines and prints |
| Size | 700 000 items (approx.) |
| Criteria for collection | academic and scientific publications |
| Access and use | |
| Members | more than 12 000 |
| Other information | |
| Director | Ms. Alla V. Alyabyeva |
| Staff | 70 |
| Website | http://lib.kursksu.ru/ |
The Kursk State University Library is a library in Kursk State University (KGU). The library was founded in 1934 simultaneously with the opening of Kursk State Pedagogical Institute.
Overview
The Kursk State University Library was founded July 22, 1934. Today more than 60 people work in the library. The Kursk State University Library is a research information center for the libraries of state universities of Kursk and Kursk Oblast. The structure of the Kursk State University Library includes a circulating library, reading and electronic reading rooms, a point of issue of art-graphic faculty. Every year the library serves more than 40 000 members — students, teachers, university employees. It was issued more than 1.3 million copies.
Collection
The library сollection has more than 700 000 units. It presents the scientific, academic and fiction publications, normative documents, theses and author's abstract of theses, electronic publications in various formats, etc. More than 10 000 copies of new publications and 400 titles of periodicals receive to the сollection each year.
Information technology
The library uses the automated library-information system "Ruslan", which contains the online public access catalog of library collections, full-text electronic versions of the publications of the scientists of the University, full-text publications of the antique сollection (rare books and limited editions) of the academic library.[1] The users of the library have access to the various legal reference systems and the various remote information resources.
References
- ↑ Shpakov I. (2013). Программное обеспечение бизнес-процессов [Business Processes Software] (PDF). Biblioteka (in Russian). 2: 15–19. ISSN 0869-4915.
Further reading
- Sysoeva E., Nepobedniy M (2010). Роль библиотечного фонда в формировании правовой, технологической и графической культуры школьников и студентов [The Role of the Library Collection in the Formation of Legal, Technological and Graphic Culture of Schoolchildren and Students] (PDF). Bibliotekovedenie (in Russian). 2: 28–33. ISSN 0869-608X.
External links
- Kursk State University Library website (Russian)
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