The Presidential Library supports new projects on Yamal

Integration of resources of libraries, museums and archives of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District in the digital environment will be carried out through interaction of the Governor Regional and Presidential Library.

This was announced at the launch of the project, "Governor's e-library of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District." As noted the Deputy Director Deneral of the Presidential Library for Corporate Development, Sergey Makeev, for many people in Russia the region is still "a mysterious land", hence we need to disclose the most distinctive feature of this area. It should be vividly presented in the digital environment. Therefore, the importance of the project is very high, and cooperation between the Presidential Library and the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District is quite relevant. The Presidential Library and the National Library of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District will sign an agreement on cooperation.

It was noted that the e-library of the Governor of Yamal accumulated various knowledge about the North as a whole and the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District in particular. This project brings together rare books on history, geography, ethnography, and economy of the region. Among them - inaccessible works of one of the largest domestic ethnographers, specialist in the study of Ostyaks, S. K. Patkanov, zoologist N. N. Adelung, geo-botanist B. N. Gorodkov, curator of the Museum of Tobolsk, agronomist N. L. Skalozubov, known travelers and explorers of the North and Siberia. There is an extensive set of collected works on the history of Tobolsk diocese and Tobolsk province, many of which are the most valuable sources for the study of the region.

Electronic copies of these materials, as planned, will join the collection of the Presidential Library – the nationwide repository of documents on the development of the Russian state and territory of the country.

To date, the holdings of the Presidential Library include more than 250,000 digital items. A significant portion of these materials are documents, books and photos delivered by regions.