UrFU provides rare books to the presidential library

10:59, November 25, 2015

Rector of the university named after Yeltsin and the head of the library named after Yeltsin met in Ekaterinburg

On November 24, the head of the library Alexander Vershinin and the rector of Ural Federal University Victor Koksharov met in UrFU campus on Lenina in order to discuss the participation of the university in a project of Synod books established by Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.

According to experts, the university has a rich collection of valuable copies; it is planned to digitize them and pass to colleagues from St. Petersburg, who will gather their collection for the study.

The Head of the Presidential Library visited the Edition Archaeography Laboratory of the Institute of Humanities and Arts and restoration workshop of the university and the department of rare books, which contain many interesting materials.

Koksharov and Vershinin also discussed higher education: the activities of the association of leading universities, the project 5-100 and the development of federal universities.

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Presidential Library named after Boris Yeltsin was opened on May 27, 2009 as a multi-functional information center, which has the status of the National Library of Russia.

The library is located in the heart of St. Petersburg in the historical building of Synod; the presidential library has structural units in Moscow (reserve center) and Tyumen (branch in Tyumen region).