Information technology and libraries: Electronic reading room is opened in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra Library

Electronic Reading Room is opened on December 5, 2015 in the public library of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra (St. Petersburg). The new library space provided abbot of the monastery, Bishop of Kronstadt Nazariy.

Bishop said today on the eve of the monastery of the holiday - Day of Remembrance of the monastery patron saint Alexander Nevsky - in Lavra in the library there is an important, albeit a virtual event that will mark the beginning of a large and important affairs. He recalled that the public library was opened in Laurel not so long ago, its funds are still replenished, but today it is over 20 000 items. That in comparison with other parish libraries do is one of the largest in St. Petersburg diocese.

"Society is constantly evolving, moving forward, learning new technology. And of course, the Church cannot stand by", - said Bishop Nazarius. According to Bishop, one of the main tasks, including Lavra library - generously share knowledge and open their assets to others. Thus, there is a development library, and it can serve as a large number of readers, through the use of new technologies.

In the new reading room visitors of the Lavra library have access to the collection of electronic publications on the library server to the electronic catalog of publications and the Orthodox Internet resources. The collection of electronic publications is made up of scanned by the Presidential Library "Church statements published by the Holy Synod" for the 1888-1918. (array is updated), the scanned staff of the Lavra library "St. Petersburg Diocesan sheets" for 1990-2009, custom-made copies of small parts of the monastery archive documents, now located in the RSHA, books on theology, biblical studies, church history, linguistics, clicked in general use and obtained by the web archive, as well as electronic copies of the most common textbooks and manuals for Orthodox schools and courses.