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Fund of scientific and technical literature

The fund of scientific and technical literature counts over 600 thousands of copies and includes thematically almost all of branches of science and technique (physics-mathematics sciences, chemistry and chemical technology, energy, engineer, metallurgy, informatics, mountain matter, economy, history, philosophy et al), beginning from the end of XIX century and for our time. Monographs, materials of scientific conferences, collections of scientific labours, edition of universities and academic institutes, foreign literature by many languages of the world are presented in a fund.
The fund of scientific and technical literature was founded in 1898 year and is a library main body. A library organizer was become by the Ukrainian archaeologist, ethnographer and art critic, academician AS Ukraine M.F. Bilyashivskiy. Relationships which he had with domestic and foreign book firms provided permanent completion to the library funds recent additions. Representative KPI set forth to Germany for the purchase of scientific literature every year. In the first years of existence a library got in a gift from private individuals and state organizations to 50% receipts. Among grantors are teachers of the Kiev Polytechnical Institute professors of V.L. Kirpichev, O.O. Radcig, K.G. Shindler, I.D. Zhukov, Ò. Butkevich, Gramme. Proskurov, E.O. Paton, D.P. Ruzskiy, K.K. Siminskiy, P.R. Slezkin, N.V. Terpugov, P.O. Wide, P.S. Chekhovich, S.P. Timoshenko and a lot of other.
Such establishments, as Emperor's Russian Technical Society, Ministry of Finance, Kharkov and Kazan Universities, Warsaw University and Polytechnical Institute, Saint Petersburg Polytechnical Institute and University, Tomsk Technological Institute and University, Academy of Sciences, Emperor's Free Economic Society, Kiev Spiritual Academy, Legal Society at the Kharkov University, Physic-Mathematic Society at the Kazan University, Sonth Russian Society of Technologists et al sent to the library free of charge the different editions.
Among the rarities of fund of scientific and technical literature are in one's life-time editions of labours of world-wide scientists of D.I. Mendeleyev and A.M. Butlerova, mathematicians of V.A. Steklova and P.L. Chebisheva, physicists of A.G. Stoletova and Í. Condition, mechanics of I.A. Time and S.P. Timoshenko. Beginning of XX century is presented by works of V.I. Vernadskogo, K.E. Ciolkovskogo, N.E. Joukovsky, E.O. Patona.
The constituent of fund of scientific and technical literature is unique collection of «Labour of scientists of KPI», and also literature from history of university and library.
From 1946 to 1991 year a library got the obligatory requiring payment copy of scientific editions on the type of institute, that guaranteed the high-quality filling of fund of scientific and technical literature, in a that number by unique editions which went out limited print run. Today the permanent sources of purposeful addition to the fund is a purchase of literature in publishing houses and library supplier firms, book loan. Good tradition was become by gift to the library of books by the teachers of university and private individuals.
Last years scientific literature enters obligatory to the fund of scientific and technical literature, regardless of subject.
Opening of fund is carried out through an electronic catalogue and system of traditional catalogues and card files.
Maintenance of library users is carried out through loans: scientific and technical literature and ILL; reading-rooms: №11 and «Labours of scientists of KPI». The order of literature is possible also over the Internet.