1. YugNIRO Scientific Library 2012
Preservation of Books and Other Media
Oostende, Belgium 21-25

2. YugNIRO Location Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine

3. YugNIRO Building

4. Library Reception Room: Windows need replacing

5. Reading Hall Bookstalls: mind the Canopy and Bookend Problem

6. Librarian Workplace: dust from the windows, lamps too close to the collection

7. Bookstore Room: books overhanging – we need shelves rearranging and resizing

8. Things to Do

9. Things to Do

10. Things to Do

11. Things to Work on

12. YugNIRO Library History
January 1921 – 6 books from the collection of Kerch Department of Russian Society of Fisheries and Fish Farming
September 1921 – 611 books, 37 maps and charts
1922 – private collection of the late ichthyologist Kavraysky F.F. was donated to the library, which now included 979 books in Russian and 911 in English and German
1925 – 3,670 books and journals
1941 – YugNIRO evacuation from Kerch due to the WWII, complete loss of the library collection
1943 – restoration began: 150 first books
1946 – 1,570 books

13. List of Rare Books

14. List Of Rare Books (2)

15. YugNIRO Proceedings (issues of 1926 and 1933)

16. YugNIRO Proceedings (issues of 1929 and 1930)

17. Statistics Books: 36,559 published within 1842-2012
Journals: 180 titles (30 – Ukrainian subscriptions, 150 – from abroad) published within
Microfilm rolls: 769 ( )
Microfiches: 633 ( )
Maps: 680

18. Target Audience YugNIRO Researchers
Students and faculty staff of two universities (TNU, KSMTU)
Postgraduates
Staff of the Regional Department of the Azov State Fish Protection Organization

19. Fields of Aquatic Sciences
Ichthyology
Commercial Oceanography
Hydrobiology
Fish Physiology
Oceanic Fisheries
Marine and Freshwater Fish Farming
Fish Products Technologies

20. Library Attendance Statistics for 2011
Number of readers: 236 (129 of them – from outer organizations)
Number of books loaned: 3,422
Number of visits: 656
Number of new books, journals, manuscripts and e-resources: 486
Number of new foreign literature: 105
Number of Information Days and Collection Exhibitions: 11

21. Thank you for attention!