The history and the present state of the legal deposit, as a main source of the national library resources are reflected in the article. The reasons negatively influencing the quality of acquisition are marked by the author. The steps and measures to improve the effectiveness of legal deposit system are proposed.

The article describes the controversial situation of the national bibliography in the middle of 20th century and considers the basic concepts suggested during the theoretical discussion. Also it highlights the influence of social and political factors on the science development and the importance of discussion in the improving of the bibliography theory.

The author proves the importance of cooperation between librarians and information technologists to make a concept and design for the modern mobile library in the knowledge society. “Black square” by Malevich is one of the approaches to understanding the problem.

The article is devoted to the urgency and necessity of developing the theoretical base and practical recommendations for construction of the integrated library and information systems in science towns (ILIS “Science Town”). It describes the general framework of the information design model. The new approach to research of transition process from traditional libraries cooperation and information services to their alliance, based on the analysis of the impact the interacting elements have on changing the set of their properties and information characteristics.

The article describes the history of Zvezdniy Gorodok Library formation and the Orbital Station “Mir” library and also analyzes the reading circle of readers-cosmonauts.

Presents some editions of the memoirs and journalistic literature of 2000–2010 which describe professional values of military personnel, employees of the State Security Service of Russia and promote the patriotic education of Russian citizens. The books considered by the author may be especially useful for library experts and young people and for all those who take the keen interest in the modern political processes and socially-psychological mechanisms of organizations increasing activity.

The paper is about the outstanding Russian artist A. Kravchenko, who left an enormous artistic legacy. He went down in history of book graphics and bookplates of the 20th century as a creator of unique style of wood engraving, which characterized by a remarkably picturesque and poetic interpretation of the world literature images. The artist was also a great teacher, who trained a galaxy of his followers in the art of wood engraving, which made a significant contribution to the book art and bookplates of our time. Some of his students have risen to international fame.

The article is devoted to M. Dvorkina — a prominent expert of library science, doctor of education, professor. It reflects the main directions of her scientific and pedagogical work and the colleagues’ statements about her professional activity.

The article introduces readers to the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and tells about the meeting with Mr. Dirk Hebecker, OHCHR Human Rights Advisor in the Russian Federation, which took place on March, 10th, 2011 at the RSL. It also includes the interview with Mr. Dirk Hebecker.

The author presents different aspects of the current situation of the bibliographic activity of the National Library of Belarus (NLB) as the main state library and the republic information center. The article highlights the changes in the organization of bibliographic processes, the technology of the bibliographic entry formation, as well as the creation of various bibliographic and combined information products. He analyzes the peculiarities of the main bibliographic processes’ methodic and defines the perspectives of the NLB participation in the republic and international bibliographic projects and the approaches to the realized bibliographic processes’ improvement.

The paper highlights the activities of the Tatar public libraries and charitable organizations at the beginning of the 20th century in the Russian Empire.

The article is devoted to the first military-library courses in the Vilna Military District organized by the district command through the involvement of a librarian of the 27-th artillery brigade military assembly, a junior captain V. Piotrovich. The state of the military librarianship in the district is shown. This paper is a continuation of the journal previous publications on military library history of the Russian Army.

The article highlights the meeting devoted to discussion on the Regional Center creation of the B. Yeltsin Presidential Library in Moscow Region that held on February 25, 2011 at the Ministry of Culture of Moscow Region.

The article is about the IV All-Russian Theoretical and Practical Conference “The Children’s Book: Formation of Extracurricular Reading for Children and Teenagers Range”, which took place on February, 17, 2011 in the Nizhny Tagil State Social Pedagogical Academy.