The Presidential Library signed a cooperation agreement with Saint-Petersburg

February 26, 2018, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Presidential Library and the Government of St. Petersburg. The document was signed by Director General of the Presidential Library Alexander Vershinin and Governor of Saint-Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko.

The key point of the agreement was the formation of a common information space in the field of history, theory and practice of Russian statehood and the Russian language as the state language of the Russian Federation. The document, in particular, provides for the operation of the center for remote access to the information resources of the Presidential Library on the basis of the Saint-Petersburg State Cultural Institution "The Mayakovski Central City Public Library". The agreement also prescribes the constant replenishment and storage of the information array of the Presidential Library, including the regional component of Saint-Petersburg, created on the basis of the funds of the Mayakovski State Library and other leading libraries, as well as the museums of Saint-Petersburg, the implementation of joint educational and cultural-educational projects, preparation and holding of events.

Let us recall  that the Center for Remote Access to the Resources of the Presidential Library in the Mayakovski Central City Public Library was opened on November 13, 2017. This event was the first step towards a fruitful joint activity. Regional documents, Olympiads and contests, excursion routes, as well as many other projects implemented by the Presidential Library, are also of interest to the Mayakovski library, and joint methodical work on organizing and using access to electronic resources is in demand in Saint-Petersburg and promotes the development of a local information and library network.

In total, 35 centers of remote access to information resources of the Presidential Library are open and successfully functioning in St. Petersburg. In general, in all 85 regions of the country there are about 500 such centers.

The Presidential Library today is the country's largest information, innovation and cultural center, a nationwide repository of materials on the history of Russia. Its fund has about 600 thousand units of storage. Saint-Petersburg on the website of the Presidential Library is represented by a number of collections: "Saint-Petersburg: pages of history", "Saint-Petersburg and Russian avant-garde", "Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad region. Perpetuation of memory of the Great Patriotic War", "Senatskaya Square in postcards", "Alexander Column" and others.