The Lenin Library

Abstract

During a recent visit of a few weeks to Moscow I made frequent use of the Lenin Library, and the Editor has asked me to supply a brief account of this institution from the reader's point of view. I am very happy to do so, as this affords an opportunity to express my appreciation of the very high standard of its organisation, the excellence of its services to readers, and the helpfulness of its staff. The library is open from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day, including Sundays, except on the last day of each calendar month, when most of its departments are closed for cleaning. Also, it is most conveniently situated, with a Metro station at its entrance and two others, on other lines, very near, while no less than fourteen bus routes have stops at its door. Thus, the fact that my use of the library had to be sporadic (often when only a free hour or less was available before, between or after the day's appointments) did not prevent me from getting through the complete back files of several publications which are not available outside the U.S.S.R.

Citation

MILLER, J. (1961), "The Lenin Library", Library Review, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 26-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012340