The National Electronic Library: Connecting the Libraries-Participants

Abstract

The article presents the information on holding the “Teleconference on questions of connecting the libraries-participants to the National Electronic Library”. There are shown the main areas of activity of the Russian State Library as operator of the National Electronic Library. There are considered the categories of libraries, which are going to become participants of the National Electronic Library. There are specifically highlighted the conditions under which libraries have the right to grant access to the digital documents. There are presented the data on statistical observations of the libraries of the Russian Federation, conducted in 2009—2011.