Fire Recovery and Preservation of Collections at the Russian Academy of Sciences Library

Abstract

Founded by Peter the Great in 1714, the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences (BAN—Biblioteka Akademii Nauk) is the first library of Russia open to the public. At present it is the main scientific library of the Russian Academy of Sciences and due to the size and value of its collections, BAN is among the greatest libraries of the world including the Library of Congress (USA), the Russian State Library and the Russian National Library. Since 1783, it has received depository copies of all published works in the country.

Citation

Leonov, V.P., Belayaeva, I.M. and Nyuksha, J.P. (2009), "Fire Recovery and Preservation of Collections at the Russian Academy of Sciences Library", Lynden, F.C. (Ed.) Advances in Librarianship (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 27), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 199-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2830(03)27008-2