Open AccessOn the method of bibliographic reconstruction of lost library collections (case study of Orenburg Theological Seminary)
Author(s) -
A. V. Bezpalova
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
naučnye i tehničeskie biblioteki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-8601
pISSN - 1027-3689
DOI - 10.33186/1027-3689-2022-4-90-104
Subject(s) - special collections , library science , theological seminary , archival science , ideology , history , library catalog , computer science , collection development , philosophy , political science , theology , politics , law
The author discusses preservation of documented heritage through reconstruction of library collections. She refers to the experience of Orenburg Theological Seminary Library which collections were lost in 1919. While it is possible to reconstruct library collections and archives, reconstruction methods are much more well-developed and applied to lost archives. However in librarianship, the methods are applied primarily in practice rather than developed as research methods. This study is intended to substantiate the efficiency of the method of document collections reconstruction in reviving lost library collections. In all times, the books that do not meet certain criteria, e. g. ideological, have been annihilated physically, or removed and transferred to special depositories. It is most unlikely that these books can be detected and brought back to the libraries. The method of archival reconstruction is used to recreate descriptive model of lost library. The specific tools are used for this purpose; therefore, this method can be called library collection bibliographic reconstruction when the inventory or catalog comprising both preserved and irrevocably lost publications is conducted. This method was used to reconstruct the lost collection of Orenburg Theological Seminary Library