Information Resources of the State Historical Public Library of Russia for Slavists: The Practice of Using

Abstract

The round table, “Information resources of the State Historical Public Library of Russia for Slavists: the practice of using” was held on 25 February 2020 at the State Historical Public Library of Russia. It was opened by the director of the Historical Public Library, Mikhail D. Afanasiev, and by the director of the Institute of Slavic Studies, Konstantin V. Nikiforov, who underscored the importance of libraries for education, historical science, and Slavic studies in Russia. Specialists from the Historical Public Library discussed ways of acquiring foreign literature for Slavic studies and of networking with colleagues, libraries, and science centres in other Slavic countries; and provided information regarding Slavic studies in Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Croatia, Montenegro, and the Czech Republic. For the Round table, an exhibition of foreign literature for Slavic studies was opened, which included items acquired by the Historical Public Library in 2018 and 2019. The exhibition contained more than 700 publications. Colleagues from the Institute of Slavic Studies presented some books published by the Institute of Slavic Studies, including “Slaves and Russia”. They have been publishing since 2013, when they released the translation of M. Sekulich’s book “Knin failed in Belgrad. Why did the Serb Republic of Krajina die?” and N. Vujović’s memoirs “The last fl ight from Dayton. Closed-door negotiations”.