Library and Information Sciences Journals (UDB-LIB)

The most influential library journals from Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

The Library and Information Sciences Journals (UDB-LIB) collection is the first full-text online database of the most authoritative Russian, Ukrainian, and Uzbek periodicals on library science and bibliography as well as on archives and museums. This collection offers researchers a wide range of resources, both current and archived, on the preservation of cultural legacies. Targeted to librarians, bibliographers and information specialists, UDB-LIB includes coverage of the current state of Russian, Ukrainian, and Uzbek libraries, bibliography standards, the operation of archives, and the role of new technologies, as well as historical essays and reviews of books on history, literature, folklore and more.

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Library and Information Sciences

Key Stats

  • Archive: 2001-present
  • Language: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
  • Country: Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  • Frequency: Varies
  • Updates: Continuous
  • Format: full text, some titles are PDF, article-based
  • Producer: East View Information Services
  • Platform: East View Universal Database

UDB-LIB Titles

Active titles in the Library and Information Sciences Journals collection include:

  • Bibliografiia i knigovedenie
  • Bibliosfera
  • Bibliotechnoe delo
  • Molodye v bibliotechnom dele
  • Muzei i my
  • Nauchnye i tekhnicheskie biblioteki
  • Sovremennaia biblioteka
  • Spravochnik rukovoditelia uchrezhdeniia kul’tury
  • Universitetskaia kniga
  • Vestnik arkhivista

Archived titles in the Library and Information Sciences Journals collection include:

  • Bibliotechnyi forum Ukrainy
  • Elektronnye biblioteki
  • Kniga v prostranstve kul’tury
  • Knizhnoe obozrenie
  • Otechestvennye arkhivy
  • Vlast’ knigi: biblioteka, izdatel’stvo, vuz
  • Vostochnaia kollektsiia

A full list of titles and holdings can be downloaded below.

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Related Resources

Krokodil Digital Archive
Russian Radio Engineering Journals
Illiustrirovannaia Rossiia Digital Archive

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