Fundamental Library of St.Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Contact information

Address: 5 Popova str., St.Petersburg, 197376, Russia
Phone: +7-(812)-234-89-58
Fax: +7-(812)-346-27-58
E-mail: postmaster@lib.etu.spb.ru

Organizational structure

Management

• Director. Elena Afanasieva.Tel: +7-(812)-234-89-58
• Reference. Olga Kolmakova. Tel: +7-(812)-234-89-58

Department of acquisition. Galina Manushina. Tel: +7-(812)-234-05-96
Department of scientific processing of the literature. Galina Ol. Tel: +7-(812)-234-89-35
Department of the scientific literature. Alevtina Vodopshina. Tel: +7-(812)-234-84-19
Department of the educational literature. Galina Krasnova. Tel: +7-(812)-234-84-75
Department "The General reading hall". Ljubov Iljina.
Department of the art literature. Marina Kusneschova. Tel: +7-(812)-234-84-76
Seintific bibliographical a department. Galina Sushkova. Tel: +7-(812)-234-84-14
Interlibrary subscription. Alevtina Vodopshina. Tel: +7-(812)-234-84-19
Department of social-political literature. Galina Levenscyova. Tel: +7-(812)-234-89-78
Information system of Library. Vladimir Kirchik. Tel: +7-(812)-234-03-22

Library information

Library Staff. Total: 84, 33 advanced library education, 17 university degree, 20 technical school
Year Library Founded - 1886
Previous Names

• Librdary of the St.Petersburg Electrotechnical Institute of Alexander 3
• Library of the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute of V.I.Ulyanov (Lenin)

Library Building - 1553 sq. m
Registered Users: 34450 in 1995, 35300 in 1994
Circulation: 375000 in 1995, 414000 in 1994
Population Served: students, lecturers, engineers
Restrictions on use

• Open only to faculty and students
• Outside researches may use holdings through interlibrary loan

Number of Book Volumes - 98.000 book volumes; 1128000 units
Periodicals - 300000 printed issues
Language of Publications - printed materials in 10 languages, 90% in Russian, 10% in other languages
Audio-visuals - 1500 microfishes and microfilms
Types of Catalogs: alphabetical, systematic, periodicals, subjects
Computers in Library

• 3-IBM PC/AT-386
• 6-IBM PC/XT

Automated Catalog - automated catalog was started in 1993
Interlibrary Loans - yes, with 12 libraries
Funding Source - fund Electrotechnical University, sponsors

Future Plans

• new building for library
• the plans are to automate more library procsses
• open Internet access

Problems and needs

• unsufficient financing
• lack of computers for further automation of library information processes

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