State Public Science and Technical Library (Moscow)
Encyclopedia
The State Public Science and Technical Library (abbr. GPNTB, ) is the national library of Russia
, located in Moscow
. Founded 1958 on the basis of the State Science Library of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Soviet Union. It is in central Moscow (about 2 km from the Kremlin
).
The mission of the library is in obtaining and storing national and foreign science
and technical
literature
, informational and bibliographical services for individual readers
, enterprises
, organisations and other institution
s of the Russian Federation and foreign countries, development and application of up-to-date automated information technologies.
The Library has a status of Scientific Research Institute with an academic council consisting of 30 well-known scientists and specialists in information technologies.
The Library has an integrated complex system "IRBIS" for the automatization of data processing
. This system became the official standard
for the other libraries. The Library was one of the leaders in using a technology of barcode
s.
Departments include an Internet cafe
, information center, and an education department.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. Founded 1958 on the basis of the State Science Library of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Soviet Union. It is in central Moscow (about 2 km from the Kremlin
Kremlin
A kremlin , same root as in kremen is a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. This word is often used to refer to the best-known one, the Moscow Kremlin, or metonymically to the government that is based there...
).
The mission of the library is in obtaining and storing national and foreign science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and technical
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, informational and bibliographical services for individual readers
Reading (process)
Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols for the intention of constructing or deriving meaning . It is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information and ideas...
, enterprises
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
, organisations and other institution
Institution
An institution is any structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community...
s of the Russian Federation and foreign countries, development and application of up-to-date automated information technologies.
The Library has a status of Scientific Research Institute with an academic council consisting of 30 well-known scientists and specialists in information technologies.
The Library has an integrated complex system "IRBIS" for the automatization of data processing
Data processing
Computer data processing is any process that a computer program does to enter data and summarise, analyse or otherwise convert data into usable information. The process may be automated and run on a computer. It involves recording, analysing, sorting, summarising, calculating, disseminating and...
. This system became the official standard
Standardization
Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....
for the other libraries. The Library was one of the leaders in using a technology of barcode
Barcode
A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1 dimensional . Later they evolved into rectangles,...
s.
Departments include an Internet cafe
Internet cafe
An Internet café or cybercafé is a place which provides internet access to the public, usually for a fee. These businesses usually provide snacks and drinks, hence the café in the name...
, information center, and an education department.