About the library

Collections

Holdings amount to 1 million and 270 thousand of volumes
in Russian and foreign languages.

Types of materials:

- about 1 million books;
- more than 800 thousand newspaper and magazine titles;
- more than 52 thousand  music sheets;
- more than 3 thousand  CD's and DVD's;
- more than 3800  audio and video cassettes;
- more than 9 thousand  LP's;
- more than 80 thousand electronic full-text documents.

Unique book collections:

- middle XVI early XX century books and magazines from 
the Kolyvan and Voskresensk library (including West European editions);
- manuscripts dated XVII - XVIII centuries;
- hand-written and black-letter editions;
- lifetime editions of Russian classical writers;
- regional history collection "Sibirika";
- collection of local press (documents published in the Novosibirsk region);
- pre-revolution newspapers and magazines;
- books and brochures published in Novosibirsk during WWII;
- book collections from private libraries of professor N. Novombergsky, 
  publisher N. Litvinov, engineer G. Schyukin and others.