The rare collection of the Perm Regional Library named after A. M. Gorky: history and contemporary state

The article is devoted to the vectors and marks in the development of the Perm State Regional Universal Library named after A.M. Gorky rare collection for a long historical period: from its foundation in 1836–1935 to the formation of all traditional for rare collections areas of activity. Particular attention is paid to the changes that the rare collection is undergoing in recent years in connection with the introduction of the concept of “book monuments”, the formation of a new approach to conservation, accounting, state registration and promotion of rare collections and book monuments. The author shows the transformation of approaches to the accessibility of rare collections, dwells on the concept of “open rare collection”, which is embodied in the work of the library. Separately, the activities of the Regional Center “Book Monuments of the Perm Territory” are shown, aimed at identifying, cataloging and by the piece scientific description of handwritten books and early printed publications, methodological work on training personnel to work with rare collections and book monuments. The work on presenting book monuments in the “National Electronic Library”, in printed collections and catalogs of individual stocks and collections, on partnership cooperation in implementing exhibition and educational projects of recent years is described.
Modern approaches to organizing collections storage, creating exhibition space and work with researchers in the reading room and in the virtual space facilitate preservation of collections, promotion of knowledge about the rare collection of the Perm State Regional Universal Library named after A.M. Gorky and information openness.

1. Yatsunok E. I. On the concept definition of “valuable book of the XIX-XX centuries”: some results of studying the valuable and rare edition collection of V. I. Lenin USSR State Library. Kniga i sotsial’nyi progress: tez. dokl. Pyatoi Vsesoyuz. nauch. konf. po problemam knigovedeniya. Sekts teor. problem bibliofil’stva. Moscow, 1984: 21–24. (In Russ.).

2. Yatsunok E. I. Knizhnye pamyatniki v kul’turnom nasledii Rossii: sovremennoe sostoyanie i problem [Book monuments in the cultural heritage of Russia: current state and problems.]. Moscow, Pashkov dom, 2008. 154 p. (In Russ.).

3. Rabota s redkimi i tsennymi izdaniyami: metod. rekomendatsii [Working with rare and valuable publications: method. recommendations]. Moscow, 1985. 44 p. (In Russ.).

4. Kondakova T. I., Petrova L. N, Yatsunok E. I. (comps.) Formirovanie, sokhranenie i ispol’zovanie edinogo fonda knizhny’kh pamyatnikov strany: metod. rekomendatsii [Formation, preservation and use of a united fund of the country book monuments: method. recommendations]. Moscow, 1997. 59 p. (In Russ.).

5. Yatsunok E. I. (ed.) Knigovedcheskoe annotirovanie i sistematizatsiya knizhnykh pamyatnikov: metod. rekomendatsii [Book history annotation and systematization of book monuments: method. recommendations]. Moscow, 1997. 82 p. (In Russ.).

6. Sedykh N. P. Permskaya gorodskaya obshchestvennaya biblioteka za 50-tiletnii period eyo sushchestvovaniya (1863–1913 gg.) [Perm Municipal Public Library for the 50-year period of its existence (1863–1913)]. Perm, 1913. IV, 139 p. (In Russ.).

7. Afanas’eva O. T. Molotovskaya gosudarstvennaya publichnaya biblioteka im. M. Gor’kogo: ist. ocherk, 1831–1950 gg. [M. Gor’ky Molotov State Public Library: hist. sketch, 1831–1950]. Molotov, 1950. 181 sh. (In Russ.).

8. Averina N. F. Istoriya permskoi knigi: ocherk [History of Perm book: essay]. Perm, 1989. 222 p. (In Russ.).

9. Barinova T. V., Pigaleva S. V. Collections of rare books in Perm Region: problems of scientific description and use. Knizhnye sobraniya Russkogo Severa: problemy izucheniya, obespecheniya sokhrannosti i dostupnosti. Arkhangelsk, 2013, 6: 124–130. (In Russ.).

10. Kostitsina A. V. Books of the Smyshlyaevs’ personal library in the rare fund of A. M. Gorky Perm Regional Universal Library. Permskii sbornik: materialy 17-kh Smyshlyaev. chtenii (19 maya 2021 g.). Perm, 2021, 6: 165–170. (In Russ.).

11. Pigaleva S. V. Libraries of Perm provincial city during the reforms of the 1860s–70s. Stroganovskoe istoricheskoe sobranie: materialy Vseros. Nauch. Konf. «Reformy 1860-kh–1870-kh gg. v kontekste modernizats. protsessov na Urale» (10–11 iyunya 2011 g.). Ekaterinburg, Perm, 2011, 6: 176–186. (In Russ.).

12. Pigaleva S. V. Libraries of educational institutions in Perm (the XIX - early XX centuries). Bibliotekovedenie, 2012, 5: 103–109. (In Russ.).

13. Shpakova M. V. Collection of ex-librises of Perm Region: books with ex-librises in the fund of A. M. Gorky Perm Regional Universal Library. Rossiiskii ekslibrisnyi zhurnal, 2018, 25: 26–32. (In Russ.).

14. Pozdeeva I. V. (ed.) Kirillicheskie izdaniya XVI–XVII vekov v khranilishchakh Permskoi oblasti: katalog [Cyrillic editions of the XVI–XVII centuries in Perm Region stocks: catalog]. Perm: Perm Bk. Publ. House, 2003. 487 p. (In Russ.).

15. Pozdeeva I. V. (ed.) Kirillicheskie izdaniya XVIII v. v khranilishchakh Permskoi oblasti: katalog [Cyrillic editions of the XVIII century in Perm Region stocks: catalog]. Perm: Pushka, 2008. 797 p. (In Russ.).

16. Pozdeeva I. V., Belyankin Yu. S. (eds.) Kirillicheskie rukopisi XV–XVII vekov v khranilishchakh Permskogo kraya: katalog [Cyrillic manuscripts of the XV–XVII centuries in Perm Region stocks: catalog]. Perm: Pushka, 2014. 575 p. (In Russ.).

17. A. K. On Perm Public Library. Permskie gubernskie vedomosti, 1863, 24 (26 Jul.): 2–3. (In Russ.).

18. S. P. A few words about the passing year of 1859. Permskie gubernskie vedomosti, 1860, 1 (1 Jan.): 10–11. (In Russ.).

19. On opening the library for reading at Perm Treasury Chamber. Permskie gubernskie vedomosti, 1861, 33 (18 Aug.): 5–10. (In Russ.).

20. Begunov Yu. K. Archeographic expeditions of the Institute of Russian Literature in 1961. Voprosy arkhivovedeniya, 1962, 1: 90–92. (In Russ.).

21. Begunov Yu. K. Review of Old Russian Manuscripts in Perm. Die Welt der Slawen (Slavyanskii mir). Visbaden, 1970: 191–214. (In Russ.).

22. Barinova T. V., Pigaleva S. V. Interdepartmental partnership of the book monument keepers in Perm Region. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Kul’turologiya i iskusstvovedenie, 2014, 3: 53–58. (In Russ.).

23. Shpakova M. V. A “Window to the past” or new space of the Department of Rare Books of A. M. Gorky Perm Regional Library. Kniga. Kul’tura. Obrazovanie. Innovatsii: materialy` Pyatogo Mezhdunar. prof. foruma «Krym–2019») (Sudak, 8–16 iyunya 2019 g.). Moscow, 2019: 218–221. CD-ROM. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.33186/978-5-85638-223-4-2020-218-221.

24. Pigaleva S. V. (comp.) Redkie knigi v Nauchnoi biblioteke Permskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta: sb. materialov po ist. formirovaniya fonda [Rare books in Perm State University Scientific Library: materials on the fund formation history]. Perm: Pushka, 2016. 254 p. (In Russ.).

25. Pigaleva S. V. (comp.) Bestsennyi dar: K. T. Khlebnikov i ego biblioteka [Priceless gift: K. T. Khlebnikov and his library]. Perm: Pushka, 2020. 237 p. (In Russ.).