To Save a Library! About a New Book by Yu. Stolyarov

Author: Marina Kolesnikova, Department Chairman of library science and theory of reading at the St.-Petersburg State Culture and Arts University, EdD
E-mail: marik007@newmail.ru

Annotation: Review on «The library in an extreme situation: the teaching and practical aid» book of Yu. Stoljarov, the Russian-wide reputation librarian professor, is given. (Moscow., 2007, 463 p.) The appearance of this new work demonstrates the increase of professional interest to the issues of safety and protection of libraries. Often libraries find themselves in the situations leading to tough and sometimes even irreversible consequences. This sort of problem is caused not only by difficult problems of modern life — it was typical for all the times. Efficient protection is necessary not only for preservation of material assets, like unique library collections, the equipment, or the building, but also for making employees and readers feel comfortable at work.

Key words: library protection and safety, types of extreme situations, main reasons, program of action.

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