The object of the article is to reveal on the materials from the archive of I.P. Ladyzhnikow Publishing House (1905–1932), found by the author, various aspects of publishing literature in foreign languages.

The company was one of the largest Russian-language publishing houses in Berlin, which, in addition to the mass publication of books in Russian, published in large volumes in the first two decades of the 20th century books in foreign languages, mostly in German. They published Russian classical literature, works of contemporary authors. The main volume fell on the works by L.N. Tolstoy, A.M. Gorky, L.N. Andreev. In addition to Russian writers, the company collaborated with various foreign writers. In its activities, the publishing house always respected the rules of copyright in accordance with the rules of the Berne Literary Convention. When translating books into foreign languages, the company interacted with a large number of translators, with some of whom, for example, August Scholz, it had not only literary, but also business relations. The publishing house left a big mark in the history of familiarizing the European reader with the best examples of native literature.

The purpose of this study was to reconstruct the personal history of Mikhail Zinovievich Vinokurov (1894-1983), one of the brightest representatives of the Russian intelligentsia of Yakutia, as a biographical narrative. The biography and heritage of M. Z. Vinokurov are considered in the historiography of the topic under study, publications of foreign and Russian researchers. The article reveals the American period of M. Vinokurov life in emigration, cites documents from his collection, transferred in 1983 to the State Library of Alaska (Alaska, USA), copies of which are stored in the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). M. Z. Vinokurov was a writer and public figure who devoted his whole life to enlightenment and creative activity for the benefit of his motherland. While in exile, being a librarian of the US Library of Congress, he initiated and implemented a global project to form the Russian collection of books, ethnographic sources of Siberia, manuscripts, photographs, letters related to Russian America, the Orthodox Church and the literary heritage of the Russian emigration. In this work, he saw his patriot mission. Introduction of Mikhail Vinokurov’s biographical world to the scientific context dictates the need to turn to new archival, visual and personal sources. The article also presents materials on the perpetuation of the memory of M. Z. Vinokurov by the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the form of publishing documents from his collection. The plan-prospect of the collection of documents ”The Heritage of Mikhail Zinovievich Vinokurov” in 4 volumes was prepared and approved.

The c ollection will become an important step in preserving and promoting the rich cultural heritage of Yakutia and Russia as a whole, as well as in further studying the history of Russian intelligentsia and culture.

The economic, social and political transformations that took place in the country in the 21st century, including the reforms at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in 2013, significantly affected the activities of its information and library system, which is the subject of discussion at various forums of professionals. Experts are discussing the idea of the need to create a methodological association of library and information institutions, which are now under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, on the formation of regional methodological associations of scientific libraries for the sustainable development of the system of information and library support for science in the country. 
A brief description of the regional information and library system is presented – the system of scientific libraries of institutions of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the information and library council of scientific institutions - an advisory body designed to help library services to scientists, which operated in 1958–2012, and the experience of the State Public Scientific Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in information and methodological support for the activities of the libraries of institutes. The directions of reconstruction of the system of interaction between libraries of scientific institutions, the activities of the emerging Siberian Association of Academic Libraries are outlined.
The work of the SPSTL SB RAS – the largest scientific library in Siberia - to promote library and information resources for users of libraries of research institutions is described in detail and information is provided on the scientific and methodological support for the activities of scientific libraries carried out by the SPSTL SB RAS, which contributes to the successful implementation of the tasks of developing the scientific and information sphere.

The object of the article is to present the results of the analysis of the demand for information services provided by the Siberian Scientific Agricultural Library, the branch of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SibSAL– the branch of SPSTL SB RAS), for scientists of agricultural research institutions (SRI) in the context of continuing organizational and structural reorganization. The start point of reformation was initiated by the adoption of the Federal Law “On the Russian Academy of Sciences, Reorganization of State Academies of Sciences and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” (September 27, 2013), which introduced fundamental changes in the organizational system of the branch of domestic science. Because of the termination of the activities of the Agricultural Academy, the departmental subordination of agricultural research institutes was fundamentally modified by transferring them to the existing and established federal research scientific centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences and regional branch centers. The ­result of the study revealed the trends of increasing demand for SibSAL services, confirmed that, despite the process of departmental reassignment, a steadily functioning library and information environment is a unifying and driving factor in conducting scientific research, stimulating the development and search for new forms and methods of information support.

The objective of the article is to present the results of a study of scientists’ attitude to communication between science and society by means of libraries. The working method of the study was an online questionnaire of academic specialists of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) research institutes. Data collection took place in early 2023. The questionnaire consisted of 20 questions, divided into four thematic blocks: 1) the main science popularizers in Russia (researchers’ opinion); 2) participation of SB RAS research institutes in communication with society and the most important directions of this activity; 3) attitude of scientists to necessity of interaction with society aimed at popularization of science; 4) attitude of scientists to libraries as science and society communication participants including science popularization. Basing on the data obtained, Siberian scientists appear to be, in general, positive about libraries as popularizers of domestic science and technology achievements. However, they consider scientists themselves and media the main actors in this field, as well as scientific societies, research and educational institutions, museums and professional science communicators. A number of respondents noted low attendance of libraries, their archaic and closed nature, and lack of sufficient competence of library specialists to promote science at a high level. Nevertheless, most of the researchers highly appreciated library as a full-fledged science and society communication participant. Many SB RAS scientists have experience of cooperation with libraries, such as, for example, reading popular science lectures and preparing exhibitions. The survey showed that researchers are not well aware of the activities and opportunities of modern libraries, therefore library institutions are invited to be active in building effective interaction with science and society.

The Russian scientific community has more than twenty years of experience in the formation and development of the common scientific and information space (CDSSK). The Ural scientists and experts have also made repeated attempts to adapt and implement this idea in the region. The presented research is aimed at forming the content base of the Ural CDSSK subspace by monitoring, systematizing, and analyzing the scientific infosphere of the region. The search and collection of information about the actors of the scientific information sphere of the Ural Economic Region (research organizations, universities, custodians of scientific knowledge – libraries, archives) and scientific information resources generated by them has been done. Based on the data obtained, the analysis of publishing and issuance activities of organizations and their level of representation on the Internet has been carried out. The article presents the preliminary results of the research of the scientific and educational information sphere of the Urals as a part of the Common Digital Space of Scientific Knowledge.

The Librarianship Organization Sector of the Scientific and Methodological Department of the National Library of Russia (NLR) annually monitors statistical indicators of the public libraries network activities run by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, which results are presented in analytical references on the library’s website, stated in scientific reports and articles. Under monitoring, the Department’s specialists carry on analytical and synthetic processing of materials provided by central libraries or information centers of the departments of culture of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Lately, special attention is paid to model libraries formation, which creation was initiated in 2019 by the Federal project “Cultural Environment” within the framework of the national project “Culture”. The paper objective is to trace the dynamics of model libraries number at the territory of the Ural, Siberian and the Far Eastern Federal Districts (FD) and the Federation constituent entities in them for 4 years of the project functioning (2019-2022). Separately, data on model libraries of the new generation are recorded. The author analyzes the following indicators by districts and regions of the Urals, Siberia and the Far East: the number, types of model libraries, as well as the share of municipal libraries, material and technical conditions of which make it possible to implement the tasks of the Model Standard of Public Library Activities. The article names the regions standing out in terms of individual parameters; identifies the leaders in creating model libraries among the subjects of the Russian Federation beyond the Urals: Chelyabinsk Region in the Ural Federal District, Altai Territory in the Siberian Federal District, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Far Eastern Federal District. It notes that the territories most remote from the center of the country – Sakhalin Region, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Territory – still have low amount of model libraries (especially model libraries of the new generation).

Being a traditional institution of culture, knowledge preservation and transfer, a relatively stable form of organizing social life, ensuring strength of ties and relationships within a society, in the context of its systemic transformations, developing digitalization of resources and communications, the library has the potential, the implementation of which can determine new models of action. In this regard, it becomes important to develop a model for adapting the activities of libraries in the region to the modern system of communications. For to elaborate a specific strategy, it is important to comprehend the development of library and information systems in the context of the historical and cultural development.
The libraries of Uzbekistan served as the research object of the paper. The process of their systematic formation in this region started in 1918. The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, which entered the USSR, was created in October 24, 1924. Since that time, there began active creation of mass, special scientific, university and scientific technological libraries. The policy of mass library centralization carried out in the USSR in the 1970s–1980s contributed to the centralized collection acquisition, improvement of library services for different population segments, and raising the library personnel qualification. The library system was formed in the republic, which was systematically supported by the state.
The article object is, basing on previously published and new information obtained from statistical collections and documents of state archives, which were not examined by specialists, to concretize concepts about forming and developing libraries in Uzbekistan as a part of the USSR library system for to determine future regularities and trends in the republican library and information system development.

The purpose of the article is to trace the retrospective of training for the library Master’s degree, to comprehend the accumulated experience in order to find new solutions for its development in the context of the rejection of the Bologna system of education. On the agenda is the restructuring of the entire education system in accordance with the proposals of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The transformation of the higher library education, including library Master’s degree, is also ahead. It arose and evolved in the 2000s, in line with the introduction of the Bologna system in the higher library education in Russia. The normative framework for regulating training for Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the field of library and information activities was consistently developed in the form of Federal State standards of higher professional education of the first, second and third generations, model educational programs for the library Master’s degree. The comparison of the mandatory part of the curricula for the preparation of masters of library and information activities in the leading specialized universities showed the existing significant discrepancies in the composition, number, volume of credits and sequence of disciplines taught. During the existence of the library Master’s degree, the model of its graduate has not finally developed, despite the overabundance of general cultural, general professional, professional competencies that, according to Federal State standards of higher professional education, he must cope with. The situation with the employment of graduates of the library Master’s degree has changed cardinally since March 1, 2023 due to the introduction of the Professional Standard of a specialist in library and information activities. At the present stage, many problems of the library magistracy functioning that arose earlier remain. The article presents them as requiring professional discussion and working out a coordinated approach to their solution.

The objective of the article is to give an overview of the materials of the Public Hearings on the problems of books and reading «The Reader: Global Challenges and Personal Stories» held on March 24, 2023 in Novosibirsk in the frames of the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Homo legens in the Past and Present”. They brought together about 30 representatives of the government and administration, book theorists and practitioners, heads of higher educational institutions, representatives of the library community, and public organizations. There were identified three directions for the development of the regional infrastructure for reading: the first one – related to the organization of regional studies of books and reading, search for tools to improve the quality of reading; the second – associated with the development of publishing (book, magazine) and bookselling practices, growth of their influence/ impact on the socio-cultural environment; the third direction – defining libraries as centers for organizing reading and formulating the problems of training library specialists. Resulting the Public Hearings, the resolution was prepared for the heads of legislative and executive authorities of the region with proposals for the development of the regional infrastructure for reading. The general outcome was the realization of the need to provide comprehensive support to all actors of book culture (writers, artists, publishers, critics, literary scholars, journalists and the media, bookstores, libraries and readers) and to strengthen partnerships, state, public and business initiatives in all areas of book business.