Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology explained

Library Name:Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (GPNTB)
Государственная публичная научно-техническая библиотека (ГПНТБ)
Country:Russia
Type:National library, Research library
Established:1958
Location:Moscow
Items Collected:books, journals, electronic media
Collection Size:8 million[1]
Director:Alexander Sergeevich Karaush
Num Employees:720

The Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (Russian: link=no|Государственная Публичная Научно-Техническая Библиотека России), abbreviated GPNTB (Russian: link=no|ГПНТБ) is a national library for engineering, science, and technology in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1958 on the basis of the State Science Library of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Soviet Union. It is located in Khoroshyovsky district of Moscow.

The mission of the library is to collect and store national and foreign science and technical literature, then disseminate information and bibliographical services for commercial, organisations and other institutions of the Russian Federation, development and application of up-to-date automated information technologies.

Notes and References

  1. Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology – facts and figures http://english.gpntb.ru/about-the-library/facts-and-figures.html