Important Legislative Initiative (Draft Bill “On Amending the Federal Law ‘On Legal Deposit Copy of Documents’”)

Abstract

There is reviewed the Draft Bill, prepared by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, providing for introduction into the one of the basic Federal laws in the field of librarianship “On Legal Deposit Copy of Documents” the concept of “Electronic Copy of Printed Publications”, relating to the types of documents included into the Legal Deposit Copy. Special attention is paid to the proposal to significantly reduce the number of the hard copies of legal deposit publications to be sent to the largest libraries of the Russian Federation and other organizations.