Fine arts reading room

General information

3rd floor, room 306

The reading room provides service to students and specialists in fine arts. Documents are delivered from the main stock and the deposit collection.
The deposit collection of the reading room is available to all users of the library; publications are delivered by request. The deposit collection holds more than 13 thousand documents (books and magazines) on all kinds of arts: architecture, painting, design, arts and crafts, cinema, circus and theater.

Reference and search tools:

• deposit collection book alphabetical catalog;
• graphic editions alphabetical catalog;
• graphic editions subject catalog;
• portrait file.

Access to electronic resources

• Electronic resources of the Library:
  • electronic catalog;
  • subject databases "Belarus: from past to present", "Chernobyl", "The History of Belarus", "Culture and Art of Belarus";
  • electronic library of theses and abstracts;
  • electronic archive of national periodicals;
  • electronic library;
  • CD library.
• corporate databases;
• databases of the major world information companies;
• the Internet.

• the team work hall (holds 22 places) fitted up with a projection display, a TV set (coworking room 306a)

Additional services:

• photocopying of fragments of printed editions;
• color copying of graphic documents;
• copying of information from databases onto users’ data media;
• scanning of printed editions;
• scanning of graphic documents;
• print of electronic information;
• photography of graphic documents with user's device;
• free of charge download of full text English-language electronic books from eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) onto user's  device.

The opening hours of the reading room correspond to the opening hours of the Library.

Terms of Use

Contacts:

Librarian on duty
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 27 53 (internal number: 77 53)
Head of section
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 27 91 (internal number: 77 91)
Head of the Special Collections Service Department
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 27 02 (internal number: 77 02)