Bibliographer and Librarian V.P. Kruglikova: Activities During the Great Patriotic War

The article is devoted to the scientific, methodological, bibliographical and organizational activities of V.P. Kruglikova during the Great Patriotic War. Vera Petrovna Kruglikova (1889—1972) was one of the leading national subject specialists of the Soviet period, a graduate of the Faculty of History and Philosophy (Department of Russian History) of the Moscow Higher Courses for Women, and fluent in three foreign languages (French, German and English). She began her professional career in the field of bibliography at the V.I. Lenin State Library of the USSR. In 1930—1934, she worked as a cataloger (subject specialist) in various departments; with her participation, the library’s subject catalogue was prepared before its display in the reading room. V.P. Kruglikova was included in a special systematization group sent to the State Central Book Chamber (SCBC) to organize centralized subject cataloging. In early 1935, V.P. Kruglikova transferred to work at the State Central Collective Office, where by the beginning of the war she had become a leading specialist in the field of centralized subject cataloging. The article focuses on V.P. Kruglikova’s work under the difficult conditions of the Great Patriotic War, when the building of the All-Union Book Chamber (UBC, formerly SCBC) and most of its operational materials (catalogues and card indexes) were destroyed after the bombing in July 1941, and a significant portion of the staff was evacuated to Chkalov (Orenburg). Remaining as part of the Moscow group, V.P. Kruglikova significantly contributed to the restoration of the centralized subject cataloging and cataloging base, without which it was impossible to maintain the quality of all state bibliographic indexes (Chronicles) published during the war. It was she who headed all the methodological work of the UBC during this period, acting not only as a talented organizer, but also as the author of fundamental methodological works. For her dedicated work during the Great Patriotic War, the chief bibliographer of the UBC, V.P. Kruglikova was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in June 1945.

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