Altai Regional Universal Scientific Library named after V. Ya. Shishkov

For the first time, speech about the library goes in the mid-80s. XIX century., Long before the time of its appearance. The public school in Barnaul, limited by the catalogs of the Ministry of Public Education, and the private library of the mining department official P.I. Vesnin with rather high fees for reading, as well as private collections and book collections, could not fully satisfy requests for reading everything the population of the city, which led to the idea of ​​creating a public library that provides citizens who are financially incapable of writing literature on their own, the opportunity to use their funds for not Olsha fee. For more than 100 years of its existence, the library has been going through pogroms, fires, the Great Patriotic War, perestroika, the collapse of the USSR, and many other events that influenced the life of the library.

Library Opening

In March 1887, at a meeting of the Board of the Society for the Care of Primary Education, assistant chairman Vasily Konstantinovich Shtilke suggested opening a public library in Barnaul. The first contribution to this matter was made by Vasily Nikiforovich Sukhov, donating 400 rubles. The council then sent out announcements to various individuals asking them to support the "emerging book depository." Innokenty Mikhailovich Sibiryakov responded to the announcement and a letter explaining all the details of the library business in Barnaul, who donated 1800 rubles to the city, of which 300 went to the library and 1,500 to buy books.

The issue of the public library was moved to the City Duma. V.K.Shtilke, being a member of the City Duma, drew the attention of the city fathers to such an important source of public education, which was still missing in the city, as a public library - a book depository open to all. The City Duma recognized the development of librarianship as “worthy of full attention”, asked the Society for Primary Education to take charge of the library, allocated an annual subsidy to the public library of 200 rubles, and also allocated it temporarily in the lower floor of the Duma building (on the corner of Moskovsky and Lane . Big Tobolskoy) apartment for the library.

In 1887, the Tomsk governor gave permission to the city to open a public library. The task of the library was defined as follows: "... to enable people who do not have the means to write books and magazines, use them for a small fee and through this get acquainted with useful knowledge." The library reader could be any resident of Barnaul who could pay for reading. The organizers of the library did not pursue commercial goals when they opened the library, so the fee for using books was low - from 6 rubles (1 time), up to 2 rubles 50 kopecks (3 times) per year, or from 60 kopecks to 25 kopecks per month. This made it possible to make the library accessible to the townspeople and thereby attract a larger number of readers. In addition, there were many readers from among employees of urban public self-government, primary school teachers, as well as students in the city who read books for free. Many residents of the city and organizations took part in the formation of library collections. In addition to the book collections presented by V.K.Shtilka and the City Council, members of the school community, employees of public self-government, and city residents donated from 1 to 40 books and a selection of magazines to the library. Among them were M. Bykov, N. A. Davidovich-Nashchinsky, N.I. Zhurin, V. Karpinsky, D. Ponikarovsky, V. Sukhov, D. Funk, A.A. Cherkasov, M.V. Shvetsova, N. Schuldal and others. All this allowed the library to have 2160 copies in the opening year. books.

Early Years

The first librarian was V.K.Shtilke, who successfully combined his social activities as assistant chairman of the Society with the post of librarian of the school and city public libraries (they were in the same room). In addition to the librarian, affairs were supervised by a board consisting of a council of the Society and two members from among the vowels of the City Duma. The Management Board annually reported on its activities at general meetings of the Company. The proceeds consisted of reading fees, subsidies from the City Duma, proceeds from making plays in favor of the library, private donations, penalties, selling catalogs, etc. All these revenues were random and uncertain, which prevented the library from having a solid estimate of income and expenses.

In the first 8 years, the library spent 700-800 rubles a year, but this does not mean that such were its needs. Even with the most severe savings, the library often ended the year with a deficit. Due to limited funds, she could not systematically replenish the fund with new books, regularly print the catalog and, therefore, satisfy readers' requests. The report of the Society for 1903 noted that "... the library directly stopped in its development." At this time, the library fund left 5616 copies, the room in which it was located was crowded. However, in the same year, the Duma rejected three applications of the Company to double the annual subsidy, to allocate 200 rubles for printing the catalog and to provide the library with the upper floor of the city building at 78 Biyskaya Street (now Nikitina St.). Apparently, the Society itself decided to expand the library, since by 1905 it was located in the house of V.K. Shtilke, on the street. Korolenko, who was spacious enough to host the library.

Political exiles left a noticeable mark in the history of the library. All those who were expelled to Barnaul for political reasons, took an active part in its formation, supported her financially. Among them were librarians (managers): Vasily Konstantinovich Shtilke and Mikhail Onisiforovich Kursky, Alexander Frantsevich Veronsky and K. Vilkonsky, Juliania Pavlovna Yakovleva and Anna Alexandrovna Zefirova. They clearly showed their public sympathies and antipathies, became involved in political disputes, took part in various politicized entities, which immediately affected their performance. So, in 1903 the librarian K. Vilkonsky was dismissed from service as unreliable, during the October pogrom of 1905 M.O. Kursky and A.F. Veronsky were beaten, the house of V. Shtilke was destroyed and a significant part of it was destroyed city ​​library.

The dismissal of K. Vilkonsky from the post of librarian entailed a number of organizational measures: checking the availability of the fund, transferring the library to another person. The City Duma urgently demanded from the Council of the School Society a detailed report on the management of the library for the entire time of its existence, which it had never previously required. A.F. Veronsky, who had just returned from a Russo-Japanese war, was wounded as a librarian. The six years he served in the library were not the brightest for her. The situation was difficult, it was further aggravated by the advent of 1905, which became a tragic page in its history.

Recovering a Library from Smash

After the defeat of the library in October 1905, the library commission appealed to the City Duma for help in its restoration and transfer to the jurisdiction of the city government. This time, the Duma accepted all the proposals of the commission and took care of the city public library.

Already in November 1905, the lower floor of the house of P. D. Sukhov on the street was rented for the library. Big Tobolsk. The library committee, consisting of 5 elective vowels, began to deal with library affairs with the head. It was recovering slowly, despite the fact that the city public took a hot part in this. A new stage has begun in the history of the library. By 1910, its fund had grown to 8039 copies, and the number of subscribers reached 250. The revenue of libraries also increased. However, there were again problems with the room: "... it was crowded, dark, damp and dirty." The library committee resumed the application to the City Duma for the provision of the library of the upper floor on the street. Biysk, 78, to which he received a positive response. For the first time in all the years of its existence, the library was housed in an adapted, dry, spacious room with electric lighting. For the maintenance of the library, 4630 rubles were allocated for this goal, which, in addition to acquiring books, magazines and newspapers, made it possible to make small repairs of the premises, to buy special furniture: 4 bookcases, 4 bookcases, shelves and a bookcase.

The work of the librarian was very interesting, but poorly fed, so A.F. Veronsky, having studied topography, switched to the service of the land management department. And in the new building of the library a new director appeared - I.P. Yakovleva, "... a little woman in big dark glasses that made her look like a bat." The interiors of the library were decorated with portraits of Russian writers and public figures of Siberia, in the reading room of the library was a bust of N. M. Yadrintsev. In 1913, the state consisted of 5 people: the head, 2 assistants, a watchman and a cleaner. The head of the library worked 11 hours a day and all holidays. Her work was complex and diverse: she gave out books, “gave all readers useful tips about self-education”, compiled lists of books, magazines and newspapers, handed over and accepted books from binding, kept statistics, compiled funds, visited bookstores, and compiled reports. In 1911, "... for private and much-needed official contacts of the manager with various organizations," a telephone was installed in the library.

In April 1914, the City Duma sent I.P. Yakovlev to Moscow for a four-week library course at the People's University. A. L. Shanyavsky, upon returning from whom she continued with great enthusiasm to work in the library. At this time, the department of anthrax studies was created, where all available books about Siberia and Altai were collected. The library grew, its fund and number of readers increased, and the shortage of money increased in parallel with them. In recent years, the amount of expenses has significantly exceeded incomes, since salaries for library employees have been increased, prices for binding and booklet have increased, and every year the library has increased the amount for extracting newspapers, magazines and books. So in 1916, the library revenue amounted to 1940 rubles. 27 cop., And the expense of 7107 rubles. 42 kopecks .. According to estimates for 1917, it was planned to receive an income of 1,500 rubles, and an expense of 7,107 rubles. In February 1917, the library increased the fee for using books and canceled the free use of city employees (1 grade - 90 kopecks per month, 5 times - 15 kopecks per month). These worlds were forced, and therefore temporary. In March I.P. Yakovleva left the library, she "... can no longer bear the duties of a librarian." In April, the assistant (with a trial period) was her assistant A. A. Zefirova.

1917 Fire

1917 left an indelible mark on the history of the library - it burned out, and not in the fire of the October Revolution, but on May 2, due to careless handling of fire in windy weather, one of the inhabitants of Barnaul burned out most of the city. Only the stone skeleton has been preserved from the library building. On May 16, 1917, the executive committee of the Barnaul City National Assembly discussed the location of the burnt institutions of the city and decided to place the city public library in the building of the Altai District, occupied by the Museum of the Geographical Society. The burnt library building was subject to priority restoration along with the city government, an outpatient clinic and a real school. The restoration of the library building of the city council required 19 thousand rubles. The city treasury was not able to pay all the expenses, and the assistance of the Provisional Government of Barnaul turned out to be insignificant. Therefore, the Ministry of Public Education was involved in the restoration of the library, it allocated 10 thousand rubles to restore the library, the public of Tomsk, Barnaul and Barnaul district. A Book Day was held, during which there was a “circle collection” of library donations. Pupils of the Barnaul Real School of Nicholas II collected donations, traveling by rail to Tomsk itself. Many owners of private city libraries donated books from their private collections to the library. The city government allocated 100 rubles. and instructed V.P. Monyushko, who was going to Petrograd, to petition the book chamber to replenish the city library with books. The care of the city and the townspeople about its library always manifested itself in difficult times for it. As a result, by October 1917 the book stock already amounted to 6870 copies, of which 353 copies. were returned by readers after the fire.

In April 1918, in connection with the centralization of library work in the Altai province, the city public library was reorganized into the Barnaul Central Library. Its tasks are becoming wider: the library is now called upon to fully promote public education and the development of knowledge among the general public. However, already in May of this year, the centralization process was interrupted by the establishment of the Kolchak regime in Barnaul. The library again passed into the jurisdiction of the city government.

The years of the First World War, revolutions, followed by the civil war, as well as multiple administrative and territorial reorganizations, in many respects changed the usual course of life of the city book depository. For eight years, the library several times passed from urban to provincial subordination and vice versa. The fund was significantly reduced, dilapidated even more, there was nothing to buy new books, magazines, newspapers and bind existing ones, since the funding of the library was significantly reduced. Those appropriations that were allocated came from time to time to some dates. Rising prices and the difficult financial situation of the city again prompted the City Duma to several times increase the subscription fee for using books. Until November 1, 1918, 1 category. made 1.50 rubles., 2 - 1 rubles., 3 - 60 kopecks. per month, which gave the library 285 rubles. income per month; meanwhile, expenses amounted to 1505 rubles. monthly. To prevent unprofitable libraries, the City Duma in March 1919 established a monthly fee for 1 bit. 6 rub., 2 - 4 rub., 3 - 2 rub. per month., and since October, this fee was increased respectively in the amount of 15, 10, 5 rubles. per month.

Library after the liberation of the city

In December 1919, Barnaul was released from Kolchak. The library was tasked with organizing work on a broad democratic basis. In other words, she had to "... serve mainly those demolition of the population, which until now have been deprived of all the blessings of life." The issue of centralizing libraries was again raised on the agenda. A. A. Zefirova was a supporter of the idea of ​​centralizing library work in the city and province and considered it her moral long-term help in this matter with her knowledge and experience. In 1920-1921 in Barnaul, more than thirty libraries of various institutions and organizations were closed. The fund of the central library at this time grew to 24950 copies. The staff also increased: in addition to the manager, two assistants worked in it - A. S. Shurugin and A. V. Kuznetsov, the librarian V. P. Zalesov and the watchman V. L. Loginov.

The new economic policy has made serious adjustments to the whole future life of the library. In 1922 she was transferred to mixed supply - state, local and self-supply. At this time, at the general meeting of library subscribers, an economic council was elected, which included representatives of the GubONO, the Gubprofsoviet, the Political Enlightenment, the library and readers. The library needed to expand the premises, heating, lighting, the acquisition of books, furniture, etc. These were the issues that the economic council was involved in.

In the years 1923-1925. there came a period of stabilization financially and economically. The position of the library has also improved. In 1923, the staff increased to 9 people, staffing was established, the library began to develop methodological activities. A “seminary institute of internship” of 2 groups was created under her.

This year, the commission on the struggle against the Mensheviks dismisses A. Zefirova, the head of the library, as a former Socialist-Revolutionary. Temporarily, the post of manager is taken by her assistant D.I. Vasiliev, then E.M. Goleva replaces him. The library fund at this time totals 35367 copies. books, but the composition is “random," since it is replenished with books requisitioned from Barnaul citizens who retreated with the whites. The library and Glavpolitprosvet were replenished according to the order in which, according to the manager, it was "not what was needed." So, in 1923, the library received 2568 copies. books, half of which were taken from the stock of Glavpolitprosvet, and they were very dilapidated. At the same time, a book collector was working at the library. In 1923, 7889 copies were distributed. books, of which 4394 are distributed in the city, in the district - 3385, in Rubtsovsk - 56, in - Zmeinogorsk 1924. In 1924, the City Council allocated only 300 rubles to the library. for the purchase of books. This amount was hardly enough only to issue newspapers and magazines. Therefore, it is not surprising that it was in the late 1920s. self-imposition was introduced in the library: readers paid depending on income from 15 to 50 kopecks. in month for using books. The money went to purchase new literature and extract periodicals.

In 1925, L. F. Sukhorukova (Smirnova), an educated, intelligent and well-read man, was appointed to the post of manager. In 1926, she went to Moscow for a meeting of heads of district libraries, and met with N.K. Krupskaya.

Obtaining a new status

Big changes in the life of the library came after September 1927. The Barnaul Central Library received the status of a regional library and began to be called the Altai Regional Library. Its functions expanded, the volume of work and staff increased to 16 people. The library was headed by Maria Efimovna Tarasova. At this time, funding for the library started and intensive replenishment of its fund began. In 1938, 40 thousand rubles were allocated for manning, in addition, at the direction of N.K. Krupskaya, the People's Commissariat released 25 thousand rubles. By the beginning of World War II, the library had a book fund of more than 100 thousand copies. All activities were built in full accordance with the political settings of the time. The library was assisted in its work by a reader asset, which took part in all public events.

In 1938, due to the lack of premises in the city to accommodate the newly created regional institutions, the library was relocated to the building previously occupied by Altgubarhiv on ul. Republic, 37 (now ul.Polzunova). It was suitable for all technical and cultural conditions. The library is located on the second floor of the building, previously owned by the Office of the Kolyvano-Voskresensky factories. Up to 350 people visited it daily, the fund totaled 83 thousand copies.

Library during World War II

With the outbreak of World War II, the work of the library was significantly complicated. The provision for manning has decreased, the number of sources of manning has decreased. During the war years, the library staff decreased by 9 people. The remaining employees were often distracted by agricultural work and logging. So, in 1942, out of 13 library workers, 6 people for four months, and in 1943, from May to November, five of the 8 employees performed agricultural work. There were interruptions in the library with lighting, lacked light bulbs, not enough coal and firewood. In 1943, the library was not heated until December 15; in the report for 1944 we read: “The library received 3 tons of coal, which will end by February 1st. Only one room is heated. The reading room is closed. The subscription works at a temperature of 13 degrees below zero. " Due to the low temperature in the room, library workers were often sick. In the winter of 1944, 2-3 people were constantly absent due to illness. But, despite all the difficulties of wartime, the library did not stop working: it served readers, organized exhibitions, it held loud readings and conversations, lectures and reports on the current situation. Each librarian had socialist obligations to improve work with the military book, to strengthen its propaganda. This was the contribution of library workers to the common cause in the name of Victory.

During the war years, the state of the library’s book stock has deteriorated significantly in quantitative and qualitative terms. Many books were not returned by military units, as well as by the evacuated population. In 1943-1945 20 thousand copies were sent. on the restoration of libraries in the Krasnodar Territory and Oryol Oblast.

Post-war years

In the post-war years, the tasks of the library were noticeably more complicated, the structure developed in the direction of further differentiation of its departments according to the nature of their activities. In 1945, director Efrosinya Nikitichna Semenova requested an increase in the library staff by 16 people for organizing 2-shift work and an uninterrupted week. In the same year, the library was removed from the leadership of the department of public education and transferred to the subordination of the department of cultural education of the executive committee of the regional Council of Workers' Deputies. Eight years later, the culture department of the regional executive committee was created and the library passed into its jurisdiction.

By 1947, 15,456 library readers were served by 27 librarians; the book stock was 120,859 copies. There was a problem of its storage and use. The upper floor and two lower rooms were only 320 square meters. By the decision of the regional executive committee of January 19, 1951, the building on the street was completely transferred to the library. Republic, 39. At that time, the library fund was 181883 copies., Book issuance reached 3321 thousand copies. After a major overhaul, two reading rooms opened, and the subscription and book depository expanded significantly. During these years, there has been a significant improvement in the state of manning the library: if in the war years new receipts delivered from 1 to 5 thousand copies of books, then in 1948-1950. - 21-33 thousand copies.

In 1959, the library was provided with additional premises at 53 Lenin Ave., which housed the newly created specialized departments and a spacious reading room. This contributed to a significant improvement in the service of readers, expanding the range of forms and methods of working with them. But over time, and these areas became small. The construction of a separate building for the library became an urgent need, it was included in the seven-year plan for the development of the national economy of the Altai Territory for 1959-1965. In 1964, the Siberian Research Institute of Experimental Design submitted a project for a library building project. At the end of 1970, construction was completed and the library moved to a new modern four-story building with a ten-story book depository for one million volumes. The useful area of ​​the library is 9 thousand square meters. m., at the same time 600 people could engage in it. A group of Altai artists composed of A. G. Vagin, Yu. G. Kabanov, V. P. Tumanov, L. R. Tsesyulevich, A. P. Shchebanov worked on the development of interiors and the decoration of the library.

In the 60s. the forms, contents and working methods of the library changed: all its activities were subordinated to the fulfillment of ideological tasks, the formation of a communist worldview. She contributed to the implementation of the political, economic and cultural tasks facing the country. The library service of the communist brigades was organized, work on aesthetic education was carried out jointly with the People's University of Culture. The library has become an organizational and methodological center, the main focus of which was the streamlining of the library network of the region. On the basis of the regional executive committee and the regional trade union committee No. 7 dated February 14, 1966, field trips were organized for employees, methodological materials were developed for library workers in the region.

70s marked by the reorganization of the library network, the creation of centralized library systems. This work was headed by the regional library: it developed regulatory documents for the Central Library System, drew up five-year plans for the development of library science in Altai. Since 1971, a socialist competition was organized in the region, which contributed to the strengthening of interdepartmental library relations. In 1974, an interdepartmental library commission was created by the decision of the regional executive committee, its members were library directors G. E. Zykov, and later M. I. Koshelev.

In 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1986. the library was the winner in the all-Russian socialist competition for the best staging of library services for the population.

In 1973, by a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, the library was named after Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Shishkov. The decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On enhancing the role of libraries in the communist education of workers and scientific and technological progress" significantly intensified the information work of the library. The library of the 70s is a complex of specialized departments that contribute to the solution of economic issues and the development of the cultural life of the region. In these years, the library has become a major local history depository.

Library during the rebuild

Perestroika, which began in the country in the mid-80s, gradually involved the library in this process. Social changes in society affected the composition of readers, a decrease in library funding resulted in a reduction in new income to the fund, as well as the amount of methodological assistance to the libraries of the region. The search began for a conceptual update of the library, a new model of its structure.
In July 1988, the library solemnly celebrated its 100th anniversary. The library was awarded a high award - the Order of the Badge of Honor - a sign of recognition of its merits in the enlightenment of the population. The jubilee was welcomed by the public of the city and the region, colleagues from different territories of the country and the region. Newspapers and magazines devoted articles, publications, and photo materials to the library. In the days of the celebrations, the recognition of the high position that the library occupies in the cultural movement of the region, respect for the people who worked and work with its funds and readers, was clearly manifested.

In the 90s. there was a transition from global comprehensive five-year plans to programs in specific areas of the library: Memory of Altai, Library and Ecology, Computer Technologies in the Libraries of the Territory, etc. Book exchange with Russian and foreign libraries is becoming increasingly important. The main form of library reader service is the provision of literature in reading rooms - scientific and specialized. Since 1991, the computerization of the library began and successfully passed. Currently, the library has X computers connected to each other in a local network. In 1999, an online class was opened. Along with the introduction of new information technologies, the traditional methods of bibliographic search are fully preserved in the library. Departments of the library regularly prepare for publication current bibliographic indexes: “Literature on the Altai Territory”, “Literature on Ecological Problems”, “Literature on Medicine”, “Nature and Man”, “Attention: Drug Addiction!” And others. Readings, exhibitions are held in the library literature, etc.

Library today

• Administration
• Human Resources Department
• Bookkeeping
• Showroom
• Department of acquisition (Sector "Book of Altai", Sector of the exchange-reserve fund and acquisition of libraries of the region)
• Document Processing Department (Document Processing Sector in Foreign Languages)
• Book Storage Department
• User Service Department (User Registration and Library Statistics Sector, Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery)
• Department of rare books
• Department of Humanitarian Literature
• Scientific and Methodological Department
• Department of Cultural Programs (Sector "Reading Center")
• Department of Local History
• Department of Natural Scientific, Agricultural and Technical Literature (Sector of Technical and Economic Literature)
• Information and bibliographic department
• Automation Department (Digitization and Micrography Sector)
• Publishing Department
• Library Preservation Department
• Technical department
• Maintenance department

Directors 1888- (...) Shtilke Vasily Konstantinovich
(...) Kursky Mikhail Onisiforovich
(...) - 1902 Vilkonsky K.
1904-1910 Veronsky Alexander Frantsevich
1910-1917 Yakovleva Iuliania Pavlovna
1917-1923 Lazareva-Zefirova Anna Alexandrovna
1923-1925 (not established) 1925-1929 Sukhorukova (Smirnova) Lyubov Fedorovna
1929-1932 (not established) 1932-1935 Zubareva Afanasy Fedorovna
1935-1936 Iskoskova Sofya Andreevna
1936-1941 Tarasova Maria Efimovna
1941—1948 Semenova Efrosinya Nikitichna
1948 (Jan.-Sept.) Zakharov Mikhail Andreevich
1948-1949 Elkov Foma Pavlovich
1949-1950 Ladodo Maria Maksimovna
1951-1953 Elkov Foma Pavlovich
1953-1956 Murnin Vladimir Vladimirovich
1956-1980 Zykova Galina Efimovna
1981-1992 Kosheleva Maya Ivanovna
1992- ... Koynova Lidiya Grigoryevna

• The post of deputy director as an independent full-time unit was introduced in the early 50s.
• The post of deputy director for library work was introduced in 1971.

... - Egorova Tatyana Ivanovna

In 2014, the total revenue amounted to 22,009 copies. documents, written off 21 669 copies. documents (double copies). The growth of the fund amounted to 340 copies.

As of January 1, 2015, the volume of the library stock amounted to 1,409,037 copies. documents in Russian (1 381 035 copies) and foreign languages ​​(28 002 copies), in which 750 824 copies. (53.3%) - book editions.

By the species composition of new arrivals, 50.3% are books and brochures; 32% - periodicals; electronic documents - 13.7%; notes - 0.6%; cards - 0.1%, etc. The number of periodicals issued by AKUNB in ​​2014 increased by 2.4%.

In addition to the documentary fund, AKUNB information resources are represented by traditional catalogs and file cabinets, an electronic catalog, an electronic library, and thematic databases.

AKUNB traditionally is the formation of card catalogs. In 2014, 41 711 cards were placed in the catalogs, including:

• in the alphabetical general catalog - 18,374;
• in the alphabetical reader's catalog - 2,499 (the catalog was mothballed in 2012);
• in the systematic catalog - 20,838.

In 2014, the electronic catalog (EC) of the library was replenished with 31,523 knowledge bases. The volume of EC as of 01.01.2015 amounted to 391 904 BZ.
The volume of the Altai Krai consolidated database was replenished by 9,500 BZ and amounted to 205,250 BZ.
The volume of electronic file cabinets of articles increased by 8,296 BZ and amounted to 153,186 BZ.
In 2014, the formation of thematic databases continued. The number of introduced knowledge bases in the Ecology database is 2,609, the Rare Book database is 2,311, the Food Technologies database is 1,462, and the Unpublished Culture Documents database is 843.
Systematic work is underway to form an electronic library. In 2014, the AKUNB Electronic Library was replenished with 5,078 documents and amounted to 13,830 publications. 3 new collections were created: “Altai Territory. Whole land. 1954-2014 ”(includes 82 documents, 22 photographs); "Altai region. World War I. 1914-1918. ”(Includes 8 books, 100 issues of the magazine“ Altai Peasant ”, 949 issues of the newspaper“ Life of Altai ”); “Shlatter Ivan Andreevich” (9 documents). The previously created collections were supplemented: “The History of Horticulture in Siberia” (42 documents, sub-collection “NIISS” 163 documents, sub-collection “M. A. Lisavenko” 68 documents); "BUT. P. Umansky ”(39 documents); “Calendars of significant and memorable dates” (1 document). Lists of books have been prepared and work is underway to conclude agreements with copyright holders of publications issued between 2009 and 2014. in the framework of the regional competition for the publication of literary works, Governor's publishing projects, under the patronage of the Altai Territory General Directorate of Economics and Investments and the Altai Territory Administration for their placement in the AKUNB Electronic Library.
In order to expand its informational capabilities to satisfy readers' requests, in 2014 the library provided users with access to the following electronic databases: RSL “Electronic Library of Dissertations”; RUNEB; Public Library CJSC; EBSCO Publishing. Due to a significant reduction in the budget allocated for acquisition and subscription for 2015, AKUNB only subscribed to the RSL database - “Electronic library of dissertations” and the RUNEB database (to publications that are part of the elibrary electronic library system).
In 2014, with the support of the General Directorate of Economics and Investments, the only access point in the Altai Territory at the Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) was for the following information resources: the Norms, Rules, Standards of Russia, Industrial Equipment databases electronic system "Tekhekspert"; Eurasian Patent Information System (EAPATIS).

• Shishkov, Vyacheslav Yakovlevich
• Barnaul fire
• Yadrintsev, Nikolai Mikhailovich

• On the assignment of the name of V. Ya. Shishkov to the Altai Regional Library: Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR of September 28, 1973 No. 514 // Collection of Decisions of the Government of the RSFSR. 1973. No. 21. Art. 169.P. 444; Altai truth. Oct 3
• On awarding the Altai Regional Library V. Ya. Shishkov Order of the Badge of Honor: Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of 05/10/1988. No. 20. Art. 312. S. 320; Soviet Russia. May 11; Soviet culture. 12 May; Altai truth. 12 May; Youth of Altai. may 13.
• On the required copy of documents of the Altai Territory: Alt. Krai dated 06.04.01 No. 15-ZS // Altai Pravda. 2001. Apr 20 C. 4.
• On librarianship in the Altai Territory: the law of Alt. Krai dated 10.04.07 No. 22-ЗС // Altai Pravda. 2007. Apr 19
• Altai Main Library, 1888-1998: bibliogr. decree / alt. edges. univers. scientific bk them. V. Ya. Shishkova, Dep. local history; [ed. M. L. Bortsova, V. S. Oleinik]. Barnaul: AKUNB, 1997.66 s. Bibliography: 591 titles.
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