Bibliology Research Department
General information
After the foundation of the BSSR Sate Library (September 15, 1922), the collection of early-printed and rare books was a part of the stock belonging to the General book keeping department. In 1961 the collection moved to a separate room; in July 1970, a section of the User service department was founded (staff 2 persons). On October 1, 1979, the Early-printed and rare books department was established. On September 1, 2005, it was renamed into the Bibliology department.
The department is located in the atrium on the 3rd floor. It provides services to all users of the Library having the reader’s card, except for schoolchildren.
Activity
The major tasks of the department are: user service; collection, arrangement, scientific processing and storing of manuscripts and archival materials, old-printed, rare and valuable editions and museum artifacts. Also, it participates in publishing activity and arrangement of cultural and educative events and excursions.
The department is a coordinating center of republican bibliology which carries out research, methodological and bibliographic work.
Structure and staff
Head of the department: Maryja Shopina
Теl: (+375 17) 293 27 81 (internal number 77 81)
E-mail: redkaja@nlb.by
Room 349
1. Stocks arrangement and scientific processing
Head of the section: Tatsiana Karnilava
Теl: (+375 17) 293 27 83 (internal number 77 83)
E-mail: redkaja@nlb.by
Room 348c
Specialists of the section:
Теl: (+375 17) 293 26 12, (+375 17) 293 27 82 (internal number 76 12, 77 79,77 82)
2. Stock keeping
Head of the section: Volha Kurylina
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 26 11 (internal number 76 11)
Room 810
Specialists of the section:
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 26 13(internal number 76 13)
3. User service
Head of the section: Neli Vieras
Теl: (+375 17) 293 27 79 (internal number 77 79)
Room 350, 351
Specialists of the section:
Теl: (+375 17) 293 27 84,(+375 17) 293 27 22 (internal numbers 77 84, 77 22, 77 83, 77 87)
Book Museum (room 347)
Tel: (+375 17) 293 25 85 (internal number 75 85)
Booking tours:
Tel: (+375 17) 293 27 22 (Monday – Friday, from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm)
Services
The department offers the services as follow:
- provision of documents from the Library’s stocks for filming and photography with user’s equipment inside the Library;
- scanning of fragments of documents from the Library’s stocks, without character recognition (PDF format);
- black-and-white photocopy of fragments of documents from the Library’s stocks;
- print of fragments of electronic copies of rare editions;
- examination of books and manuscripts (if a book or a manuscript are not acquired by the Library).
Publishing activity of the department
Reading rooms:
Manuscripts, rare publications and early printed books reading room
