This paper discusses trends in library network development in Russia
over the past twenty-five years. The major trends in libraries of
various types and levels, from national to local public libraries, are
analyzed. Statistical figures reflecting decreasing numbers of libraries
in Russia from 1991 to the present are presented and analyzed. A
special section is dedicated to the B. N. Yeltsin Presidential Library
in St. Petersburg, the electronic national library of Russia. The public
library development strategy in St. Petersburg is highlighted, along
with the reform of the network of public libraries in Moscow. The
two most recently renovated libraries in Moscow, the F. M. Dostoevsky
Library and the Prospekt Library and Information Center, are featured.
The major directions for Russian libraries desiring to go
“green” are presented, along with the conditions they are to meet.published or submitted for publicatio
