“Methods and practice of development of digital content of the Presidential Library” seminar in Tambov

May 14, 2013, in the framework of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS on Culture, Information, Tourism and Sport, the events related to the opening of the renovated the Pushkin Regional Universal Scientific Library of Tambov and the regional centre of access to the resources of the Presidential Library began.

To the same event is timed the seminar "Methods and practice of development of digital content of the Presidential Library," which was attended by over 100 participants from libraries, universities and museums of the city Tambov and the Tambov region, Lipetsk and Voronezh regions – from the Regional Universal Scientific Library of Lipetsk, the Regional Universal Scientific Library of Voronezh, the Regional Universal Scientific Library of Tambov, the Library of the Tambov diocese, a representative of the Tambov Archdiocese, the Derzhavin State University of Tambov, the Tambov State Technical University, Tambov regional local history museum, the Tambov Regional Children's Library, as well as municipal and regional libraries; representatives of regional libraries of Voronezh and Lipetsk. Deputy Head of the Department of Culture and Archives of the Tambov Region, V. I. Ivlieva, director of the Pushkin Regional Universal Scientific Library of Tambov, V. M. Ivanov addressed welcoming speeches to the participants of the seminar. Digital copies of the periodical "Tambov Diocesan Gazette", magazines of the Tambov Provincial Zemstvo Assembly and reports of Tambov city government were granted to the Presidential Library. On the whole 256 titles of local history publications of pre-revolutionary period were given over to the library.

For the record:

The Pushkin Regional Universal Scientific Library of Tambov is the direct heir and successor of two old libraries - Tambov Public library and Naryshkin library. The public library was founded in 1830, and opened to readers in 1833. The library was one of the few provincial libraries, which remained in service since its opening.

In the early years the library was housed in the rooms of the governor. In 1844, the construction of the own building of the Public Library was completed. With the establishment of Soviet power in 1918, it moved to Naryshkin Reading Room. In 1928, due to the liquidation of the Tambov Province, the library becomes lower in its rank - the central city library. In March 1937, upon the decision of the city executive committee it is given the name of Alexander Pushkin. In autumn of the same year, when the Tambov region was formed, it becomes the regional library.

May 29, 1979, a new building of the library opened. In 2006, the decision to start reconstruction was taken.

Today the library has a new appearance. All the utilities have been completely replaced. Modern air conditioning and ventilation equipment provide the statutory conditions of storage and security of literary monuments. The system of targeted delivery of documents connects the library’s repository with all the reading rooms. The library has open access to the Internet via wireless technology Wi-Fi. This service can be used by up to 255 visitors to the library simultaneously. The rooms are equipped with comfortable individual workstations.

During the six years of renovation the library not only did not close, but acquired and created new information resources. There has been created the Tambov regional centre of access to the information resources of the Presidential Library. About 2,000 unique rare books and local history publications have been digitized. The library’s specialists created and made available through the Internet, "Digital Library of the Tambov Region." The website of the institution has been recognized as a model for cultural institutions of the national level.

As part of the presentation of the library May 14, 2013, is held the flash mob "Book farmstead" (book trade, book crossing, book exhibition "The Joy of Creativity"; work of literary associations, "Tootpath", "Tregulyaevskiy Wednesdays", "Literary Fridays", "AZ"; "Youth meadow "(bards, young poets, photographers, artists, historical reenactment club); poetry marathon "Open microphone - a poem as a gift"; parade of literary characters).

The exhibition hall will host such exhibitions as, "About the land of Tambov with love" (editions of cultural institutions of the Tambov Region), exhibition of photographs of Sergei Rudakov. Other venues will feature book exhibitions: "I love to rummage through books, enlightening my mind and heart" (from the personal collection of Derzhavin), "L. A. Voyeykov - Tambov first bibliographer," "The Year of Culture in the Tambov Region", "A. S. Pushkin in miniature", "Lifetime editions of Pushkin: "Eugene Onegin", "Poets of the Union republics in miniature", "Lifetime editions of the French writers of the 19th century", "Rakhmaninov - a great composer, a great musician," "New Arrivals." Book exhibitions will include expositions of sculptural miniatures "Everybody is reading," living pictures "Two times - two books," artworks of Boris Olshansky.

The presentation of the library is attended by the head of the regional administration, Oleg Betin, participants of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS on Culture, Information, Tourism and Sport, poets and writers of Tambov, participants of the regional seminar of the Presidential Library, librarians of the region, teachers, pupils and students, residents of the city.