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The '''ANAS Central Library of Science''' ([[Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences]]) is a library founded in 1923 in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]].
The '''ANAS Central Library of Science''' ([[Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences]]) was founded in 1923 in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]].


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Mərkəzi Elmi Kitabxananın binası.jpg|thumb|right|Central Library Building of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences]]
The Central Scientific Library (CSL) started functioning as a Bibliography Bureau under "Azerbaijan Society of Research and Investigation" ("Azərbaycanı Tədqiq və Tətəbbö Cəmiyyəti" ATTC) with initiative and support of prominent Azerbaijani intellectuals – [[Nariman Narimanov]], [[Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev]], Taghi Shahbazi, Hanafi Zeynalli and others in 1924. The "Bibliography Bureau" (1924) was established under the guidance of outstanding literary-bibliographer, Professor Alexander Vasilyevich Baqriyin was the primary basis for the formation of the CSL.
After the biggest Library in Transcaucasia was shut down for some years in 1920,{{Contradict-inline|reason=1920 is a single year; a closure in 1920 cannot, therefore, be a closure “for some years”.|date=July 2019}} Baku needed a new library. In November 1923, the ANAS Central Library of Science began as the office of bibliography of the Azerbaijan Society of Research and Investigation (Azərbaycanı Tədqiq və Tətəbbö Cəmiyyəti) or ATTC. It was supported by individuals including [[Nariman Narimanov]], [[Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev]], Taghi Shahbazi, and Hanafi Zeynalli. The founding director was Alexander Vasilyevich Baqriyin.


The Library was established at a meeting held by the "Azerbaijan Society of Research and Investigation" in November 1923, and functioned under it. At that time, the library collection consisted of 430 copies of books and 1200 pieces of precious manuscripts. In August, 1925, in order to prevent the Library and Bibliography Bureau duplicating work, the two were merged into the "Library-Bibliography Bureau". Hanafi Zeynalli (1896-1938) - became a Chairman of the Bureau.
On opening, the library held 430 books and 1200 manuscripts. In August 1925, in order to prevent duplication, the library and the bibliography office became one, the Library-Bibliography Bureau. Hanafi Zeynalli (1896-1938) became the chairman.


Founded in 1925 under the leadership of Hanafi Zeynalli, the Central Scientific Library (CSL) has become one of the largest library and information institutions in the country for 90 years and has played an invaluable role in the development of science and training of scientific personnel. The Central Scientific Library was headed by SM Yahyazade, YITahirov, Nazim Akhundov, Rasim Kazimov, Mahbuba Hasanova, Amin Efendiyev, Aybaniz Aliyeva-Kangarli, Leyla Imanova, Mammad Aliyev in different years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.preslib.az/en/news_YyWZm.php|title=Director of the ANAS Central Scientific Library Leyla Imanova visited the Presidential Library|date=September 11, 2015|website=Presidential Library|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anl.az/new/en/news-view/412|title=On May 18, the 85th anniversary of the prominent scholar, pedagogue Rasim Kazimov was celebrated in the Central Scientific Library of ANAS.|date=May 18, 2017|website=National Library News|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref> At present, the director of the Central Scientific Library is Huseyn Huseynov.<ref>[https://teleqraf.com/news/toplum/269427.html Mərkəzi Elmi Kitabxanaya yeni direktor təyin edildi]</ref>
The first steps towards the establishment of the Central Library were carried out in the years of 1923-1924. In 1945, in connection with establishment of independent Academy of Sciences, The Central Scientific Library underwent further development. ANAS Central Scientific Library was called the Fundamental Library between 1963 and 1984. Since 1984, the Fundamental Library has been called Central Scientific Library.


ANAS Central Scientific Library (CSL) developed during the presidency of [[Heydar Aliyev]]. Referring to the 54th item of the Article 5 of Charter of ANAS, a decree on January 4, 2003 by President Heydar Aliyev, the Central Scientific Library (CSL) got the status of scientific institution.
On January 4, 2003, the president, [[Heydar Aliyev]] ratified the 54th item of the Article 5 of the Charter of ANAS, giving the library the status of a scientific institution.


On May 5, 2014, a new library building was opened by the president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.president.az/articles/11646|title=Ilham Aliyev attends opening ceremony of new building of Central Library of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences|date=May 5, 2014|website=President of Azerbaijan official website}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://science.gov.az/en/news/open/877 |title=ANAS Central Library was presented in a meeting of the Presidium of ANAS |date=May 15, 2014 |website=Azerbaijan National Academy of Science |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref>
In 1925, the Central Scientific Library (CSL) established under the guidance of Hanafi Zeynalli in 90 years, became one of the country's largest libraries and played an irreplaceable role in the development of a science and in the training of scientific personnel. In different years, the Central Scientific Library was headed by S.M.Yahyazade, Y.İ.Tahirov, Nazim Akhundov, Rasim Kazimov, Mahbube Hasanova, Amin Efendiyev, Aybeniz Aliyeva-Kengerli. Currently, the director of ANAS CSL is Leyla Bekir Imanova, [[PhD]] in Medicine.


ANAS CSL, which is considered the largest library on natural, technical and humanitarian sciences in Azerbaijan, obtains rich, universal book fund storing up to 3 million copies of book in more than 50 languages of world peoples.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mek.az/en/about-library/history|title=History|last=Administrator|website=mek.az|access-date=2016-07-25}}</ref>
== International relations ==
== International relations ==
The CSL was elected a member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions in 1993. [24] In 2012, ANAS SCL was received as a full member of the Association of Scientific Libraries under the Council of Europe - the first in Azerbaijan.
In 1993, the CSL became a member of the [[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]]. In 2012, ANAS SCL became a full member of the Association of Scientific Libraries, [[Council of Europe]]. The library provides a service for international book exchange. The library invites international guests and ambassadors to visit the library. The library also sends members abroad to study librarianship and attend conferences and exhibitions in other nations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kqkiamea.az/en/news/80/|title=ANAS Central Scientific Library celebrated Press Day|date=July 21, 2016|website=Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry at ANAS|access-date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>


== Collections ==
The CSL is a centre of international book exchange in the republic. It has built relationships with academic institutions and public figures in the United States, England, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Iran, [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Egypt]] and the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], and implements literature and information exchange.
The library's collections include works in Azerbaijani language, works in Russian, and works in eastern languages. Georg Hazai's private collection of works in Turkish is housed in the library. Other private collections at the library include those of Y. E. Bertels, Y. A. Belyayev, B. N. Zaxoder, Zahid Huseynzade and gifts of Niyazi and others. There are also books and journals in Western European languages.


The rare book collection is noted for the personal collection of the numismatic scholar, Y. A. Pakhomov and the copies of encyclopaedia sets from many nations. The library holds periodicals and dissertations in hard and electronic copies. Other entities such as the Azerbaijan Society of Petroleum Geologists, the Nakhchivan section of ANAS, and the National History Museum also keep collections in the library.
More than 80 partners are located in the United States. The most active include the Library of Congress in Washington, the Library of the University of Michigan, the University of California in Los Angeles and the Library of the University of Illinois. The CSL exchanges books with the London Institute of Geography, Asia Society, British Museum the National Library in Paris, the Hamburg Institute of Zoology, Japan's Earthquake Research Institute in Tokyo and the Library of the Institute of Mathematics, amongst others.


== Library spaces ==
The CSL held meetings with representatives of several embassies during 2015 within the framework of these relationships.

The library has fourteen reading rooms of various sizes catering for 1,000 visitors, spread through the floors of the library. The Academicians' Hall is a special work area for members of the Academy of Sciences. The Dissertation Hall provides a space for presentation and discussion of papers and proposals, especially those directed to the innovation department of the ANAS. The Zəkalı Discussion Room is a space for discussion among board members, experts, designers, and working groups with technological fittings to assist them. The Conference Hall caters for national and international events, meetings with scientists and writers, anniversaries, conferences, and presentations.
*Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Morocco to Azerbaijan Hassan Hami (April 9, 2015)
* Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates to Azerbaijan Abdulla Yasim Al-Shamsi (April 21, 2015)
* Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Taqi Khalili (April 23, 2015)
* Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden to Azerbaijan, Thomas Danestad (April 30, 2015)
* Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Iraq to Azerbaijan, Heydar Shiya Gubeyshi Al-Barrak (May 4, 2015)
* Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan, Toyli Komekov (May 5, 2015)
* Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Palestine to Azerbaijan, Nasser Abdul Karim (May 6, 2015)
* Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Korea to Azerbaijan, Choi Suk-inn (May 20, 2015)
* Deputy permanent of the Embassy of Colombia to Azerbaijan, Jose Khater Pena (May 29, 2015)
* Chief Advisor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijan, Alexander Gladkov (May 29, 2015)

A CSL group visited the United Kingdom on January 8, 2015. During the visit, a number of important meetings were held and studied the experience of libraries in the British Libraries situated in London and in New York. On September 28, 2015 a CSL group participated in the "X International Book Fair" and an international scientific conference on the theme that "The book is the way of progress and cooperation" held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The CSL was represented at the 34th international book exhibition on November 7, 2015. A CSL group visited the Russian State Library and the Presidential Library named after Yeltsin. As a result of the visit, colleagues became acquainted with the experiences in the field of library staff management, bibliography-information technology and programming, with their the Russian colleagues.

== Collections of the library ==
The library contains a number of funds:
* Literature fund in Azerbaijani language – There are 79 171 pieces of books in the fund. Also, there are 18 530 journals, 1 514 newspapers, 5 856 dissertations, 15 993 abstracts and 56 334 continuous publications in the fund.
* Literature fund in Russian language – includes over 600 thousand copies. It contains various scientific and artistic literatures, dictionaries, photocopies and the press publications belonging the period from the Middle Ages to the present day.
* Literature fund in eastern languages - includes over 73 855 thousand copies. The appreciable books and journals (respectively 427 and 847 pieces) and private archive materials of the turklogy section of Georg Hazai's private library are stored in the fund. In the fund, Orientalist, Associate member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, State Prize Laureate of the USSR, Y.E. Bertels's 4 384 books, Professor, World-renowned orientalist Y.A. Belyayev's 233 books, Orientalist scholar B.N.Zaxoder's 2 115 books, diplomat Zahid Huseynzade's 478 books and Maestro Niyazi's 62 books gifted are stored.
* Literature fund in Western European languages – owns 59 503 copies of book, 150 500 journals. The fund carries out book exchange with great libraries, organizations, universities and scientists of states of Western Europe.
* Rare book fund - there are 14 215 copies of publication. Personal collection of numismatic scholar Y.A.Pakhomov deserves attention. There is scientific literature about archeology, ethnography, numismatic of Azerbaijan in the collection. There are universal encyclopedias such as "Encyclopaedia of Americana", "Encyclopaedia of Britannica", "Alpha encyclopaedia", "La grande encyclopaedigue universelle en couleure" and etc., social science encyclopedias such as "Encyclopaedia of İslam", "Encyclopaedia İranica" and etc.
* Periodical press fund - 2 757 newspapers, 303 320 magazines, 640 photocopies, 9 062 press chronicles and 66 561 continuing publications in Azerbaijani, Russian and foreign languages are stored. • Dissertation Fund - is consist of 51 168 copies. The fund includes in addition to dissertations in Azerbaijan, Russian and other languages, abstracts. There are electronic versions (in discs) of dissertations with their printed versions.
* Exchange fund - the volume is not constant. The Fund implements literature and information exchange by contacting with libraries, academies, scientific-research institutes, universities, publishing houses of USA, many European countries as well as Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the CIS countries.
* Secondary fund - volume is 2 181 copies.
* Private collections fund - includes 4 178 print products. The fund owns collections of well-known intellectuals, such as Eugenie Bertels, Boris Zakhoder, Zahid Huseynzade, Maestro Niyazi, Georg Hazai, Rodob Ivanov, Pokhomov, Imam Mustafayev, Mirza Ibrahimov, Michael Useynov, Khudu Mammadov, Rasim Kerimov, Abbas Zamanov as well as collections of Azerbaijan Society of Petroleum Geologists, Nakhchivan section of ANAS, National History Museum of ANAS.

== Halls of the library ==
* There are reading rooms on each floor of the library and their total number is 14. In each hall, there is self-check equipment, scanner, open book storage, access to electronic and traditional catalog and rest rooms. The reading rooms can serve for more than 1,000 readers at the same time. The reading rooms vary in terms of their capacity: a 10-person reading room (for the persons with poor sight abilities), the 50-person Dissertation and Academicians halls and the 160-person reading rooms.
* Academicians' hall - creates a special work condition for the scientists who are academicians of Academy of Sciences, and provides the fast access to the wide range literature and the space of international information.
* Dissertation hall - Dissertations and auto-synopsis are submitted for use in the open book of dissertation hall. In this hall, scientific works and dissertations (if their subjects are not closed) are discussed in format of report for public and it is planned collecting innovative proposals and submitting them to innovation department of ANAS.
* "Zəkalı" ("Intelligent") discussion room was supplied with modern equipment. It can simultaneously reflect and concentrate suggestions, corrections, design and etc. of 20 experts and provides possibilities for "hearing" all of fast discussions and opinions by VHV screen facilitator. It is used while discussions of Board members, experts, designers, working groups.
* In Conference hall, national and international events, meetings with scientists and writers, anniversaries, conferences, presentations of scientific researchers are carried out in a specific format.

== Photogallery ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 11:00, 25 August 2024

Central Scientific Library
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Typescientific
Established1924
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DirectorHuseyn Huseynov
Websitehttp://mek.az/default.aspx?lang=en

The ANAS Central Library of Science (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences) was founded in 1923 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

History

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Central Library Building of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

After the biggest Library in Transcaucasia was shut down for some years in 1920,[contradictory] Baku needed a new library. In November 1923, the ANAS Central Library of Science began as the office of bibliography of the Azerbaijan Society of Research and Investigation (Azərbaycanı Tədqiq və Tətəbbö Cəmiyyəti) or ATTC. It was supported by individuals including Nariman Narimanov, Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev, Taghi Shahbazi, and Hanafi Zeynalli. The founding director was Alexander Vasilyevich Baqriyin.

On opening, the library held 430 books and 1200 manuscripts. In August 1925, in order to prevent duplication, the library and the bibliography office became one, the Library-Bibliography Bureau. Hanafi Zeynalli (1896-1938) became the chairman.

Founded in 1925 under the leadership of Hanafi Zeynalli, the Central Scientific Library (CSL) has become one of the largest library and information institutions in the country for 90 years and has played an invaluable role in the development of science and training of scientific personnel. The Central Scientific Library was headed by SM Yahyazade, YITahirov, Nazim Akhundov, Rasim Kazimov, Mahbuba Hasanova, Amin Efendiyev, Aybaniz Aliyeva-Kangarli, Leyla Imanova, Mammad Aliyev in different years.[1][2] At present, the director of the Central Scientific Library is Huseyn Huseynov.[3]

On January 4, 2003, the president, Heydar Aliyev ratified the 54th item of the Article 5 of the Charter of ANAS, giving the library the status of a scientific institution.

On May 5, 2014, a new library building was opened by the president.[4][5]

International relations

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In 1993, the CSL became a member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. In 2012, ANAS SCL became a full member of the Association of Scientific Libraries, Council of Europe. The library provides a service for international book exchange. The library invites international guests and ambassadors to visit the library. The library also sends members abroad to study librarianship and attend conferences and exhibitions in other nations.[6]

Collections

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The library's collections include works in Azerbaijani language, works in Russian, and works in eastern languages. Georg Hazai's private collection of works in Turkish is housed in the library. Other private collections at the library include those of Y. E. Bertels, Y. A. Belyayev, B. N. Zaxoder, Zahid Huseynzade and gifts of Niyazi and others. There are also books and journals in Western European languages.

The rare book collection is noted for the personal collection of the numismatic scholar, Y. A. Pakhomov and the copies of encyclopaedia sets from many nations. The library holds periodicals and dissertations in hard and electronic copies. Other entities such as the Azerbaijan Society of Petroleum Geologists, the Nakhchivan section of ANAS, and the National History Museum also keep collections in the library.

Library spaces

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The library has fourteen reading rooms of various sizes catering for 1,000 visitors, spread through the floors of the library. The Academicians' Hall is a special work area for members of the Academy of Sciences. The Dissertation Hall provides a space for presentation and discussion of papers and proposals, especially those directed to the innovation department of the ANAS. The Zəkalı Discussion Room is a space for discussion among board members, experts, designers, and working groups with technological fittings to assist them. The Conference Hall caters for national and international events, meetings with scientists and writers, anniversaries, conferences, and presentations.

References

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  1. ^ "Director of the ANAS Central Scientific Library Leyla Imanova visited the Presidential Library". Presidential Library. September 11, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  2. ^ "On May 18, the 85th anniversary of the prominent scholar, pedagogue Rasim Kazimov was celebrated in the Central Scientific Library of ANAS". National Library News. May 18, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  3. ^ Mərkəzi Elmi Kitabxanaya yeni direktor təyin edildi
  4. ^ "Ilham Aliyev attends opening ceremony of new building of Central Library of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences". President of Azerbaijan official website. May 5, 2014.
  5. ^ "ANAS Central Library was presented in a meeting of the Presidium of ANAS". Azerbaijan National Academy of Science. May 15, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  6. ^ "ANAS Central Scientific Library celebrated Press Day". Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry at ANAS. July 21, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2017.