“I Come from a Heroic Generation”: A Jubilee Symposium Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Librarian, Front-Line Soldier Anatoly Nikolaevich Vaneev

The symposium “I Come from a Heroic Generation” was held on January 30, 2025 at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture (SPbGIK). The event was timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941—1945 and the 100th anniversary of the outstanding scholar-librarian and methodologist, talented teacher of higher education, front-line worker Anatoly Nikolaevich Vaneev (1925—2019). At the solemn opening of the anniversary event there was a demonstration of films dedicated to A.N. Vaneev. The film “A.N. Vaneev. The Beginning of the Way” was made by the Kirov State Universal Regional Scientific Library named after A.I. Herzen, the film “Defender of the Fatherland. Librarian. Pedagogue” — by the Department of Library Science and Theory of Reading of SPbGIK. The welcome speech was delivered by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Rector of SPbGIK A.S. Turgaev and Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Dean of the Library and Information Faculty of SPbGIK V.V. Brezhneva.

A special issue of the professional journal “Librarianship” (No. 2, 2025) was prepared for A.N. Vaneev’s jubilee, which included a part of the reports of the symposium participants and several works by A.N. Vaneev related to the programme of the symposium. There was a presentation of the biobibliographical index compiled by N.V. Ponomareva and published for the 100th anniversary of A.N. Vaneev with the support of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The first section of the scientific part of the symposium was “Library Studies: Modern Science and Practice in the Context of A.N. Vaneev’s Scientific Heritage”. The reports were divided into thematic blocks concerning the biography of the scientist, the methodological concept of library and information activity, touched upon historical librarianship in his works, as well as his contribution to the methodology of library science, reading promotion and research activities of libraries.

The second section of the symposium contained a theoretical discussion “Object and Subject of Library Science: Towards the Formation of the Methodological Paradigm of Russian Library Science of the 21st Century” based on the report of S.A. Basov, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Vice-President of the St. Petersburg Library Society. He argued his point of view on the object and subject of library science, proposing to consider the first as a library social institute, the second as cognition of regularities of structure, functioning and development of a library social institute; formation of a system of knowledge about the structure, functioning and development of a library social institute.

At the end of the forum the grandson of the scientist — A.S. Vaneev, the participant of the special military operation, battles on liberation of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), made a speech with words of gratitude. A.S. Vaneev, like his grandfather, a participant of the Great Patriotic War of 1941—1945, was awarded the medal “For Bravery”.

1. Vaneev A.N., Kreidenko V.S. On the Object and Subject of Library Studies, Bibliosfera [Bibliosphere], 2009, no. 3, pp. 3—6 (in Russ.).

2. Vaneev A.N. On the Object of Library Science (Polemical Notes), Bibliosfera [Bibliosphere], 2012, no. 1, pp. 89—91 (in Russ.).

3. Ponomareva N.V., Kolpakova N.V., Kolesnikova M.N. (eds.) Anatolii Nikolaevich Vaneev: 1925—2019: K 100-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya: ukazatel’ publikatsii professora A.N. Vaneeva i literatury o nem [Anatoly Nikolaevich Vaneev: 1925—2019: On the 100th Anniversary of His Birth: Index of Professor A.N. Vaneev’s Publications and Literature About Him]. St. Petersburg, 2025, 112 p.

4. Balkova I.V. A Place of Historical Materials in Library Studies: On the Anniversary of A.N. Vaneev, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 24—25 (in Russ.).

5. Borodina V.A. Guided Reading Theory in Development of Scientific and Pedagogical Thought of A.N. Vaneev, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 11—15 (in Russ.).

6. Borisova E.I. To the Dear Teacher from a Grateful Student, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 21—22 (in Russ.).

7. Kolesnikova M.N. Contribution to Library Science: A.N. Vaneyev’s Scientific School, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 2—6 (in Russ.).

8. Vaneev A.N. Razvitie bibliotekovedcheskoi mysli v SSSR [Evolution of Library Science Thought in the USSR]. Moscow, Kniga Publ., 1980, 232 p.

9. Vaneev A.N. Metodicheskoe obespechenie bibliotechnoi deyatel’nosti: uchebnoe posobie [Methodical Support for Library Activity: textbook]. Moscow, Profizdat Publ., 2000, 139 p.

10. Vaneev A.N. Studying Problems of Guided Reading in Russian Librarianship (1988) (published for the first time), Istoriya bibliotechnogo dela i bibliotekovedeniya: sbornik statei [History of Librarianship and Library Science: collected articles]. St. Petersburg, 2013, pp. 66—72 (in Russ.).

11. Povarnin S.I. Kak chitat’ knigi dlya samoobrazovaniya [How to Read Books for Self-Education]. Leningrad, Nachatki Znanii Publ., 1924, 47 p.

12. Askarova V.Ya. A Very Russian Man, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), p. 33 (in Russ.).

13. Gushul Yu.V. Anatoly Nikolaevich Vaneev and the Southern Urals, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 34—36 (in Russ.).

14. Dresher Yu.N. The First Memorable Meetings with My Teacher A.N. Vaneev, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 23.

15. Zuparova L.B. Epistolary Heritage of the Famous Librarians Anatoly Nikolaevich Vaneyev and Yury Nikolaevich Stolyarov, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 7—10 (in Russ.).

16. Kalegina O.A., Savich L.E. A Scientist. An Organizer. A Teacher, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 31—32 (in Russ.).

17. Klyuev V.K. Intellectual in Mind and Manners, a Professional at What He Does..., Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 16—18 (in Russ.).

18. Orlov V.V. Traditions and Innovations of Anatoly Nikolaevich Vaneev, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 28—30 (in Russ.).

19. Strelnikova N.V. Becoming a Scientist: Anatoly Nikolaevich Vaneev, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 19—20 (in Russ.).

20. Lukyanova S.A. From Theoretical Principles to Practical Activity, Bibliotechnoe delo [Librarianship], 2025, no. 2 (476), pp. 26—27 (in Russ.).