The Important Page in the History of the Leningrad-Petersburg Library School

Abstract

Historical essay written by Anatoly Vaneev, the head of subdepartment of library science of the Saint-Petersburg University of Culture and Arts since 1974 to 1995, opens celebrations in honour of future centenary of the Saint-Petersburg University of Culture and Arts. Exactly thanks to the works of A. Vaneev the Russian library science was enriched by contribution of leningrad-saintpetersburg school. The author made in-depth and comprehensive account of his colleagues’ publications: M. Arkhipova, I. Barenbaum, E. Gorsh, V. Kreidenko, V. Sakharov, N. Skrypnev, G. Firsov, N. Chagina and many others whose works are in the list of the most important sources of the historical essay.