Abstract
The author chose librarianship as a profession during his school years, and has worked in libraries before admission to Institute. After studying at the Moscow State Libray Institute author served in the army, he taught at the Krasnodar Institute of Culture, worked at the Lenin State Library of the USSR (Russian State Library), was head of department and deputy director, continues the chief editor of Library Bibliographical Classification. We talked about interesting trips abroad, about the activities of the Russian Library Association, in international organizations, on the pedagogical work for almost a lifetime. On the paper attached a list of the author's publications for the years 2012-2016.