Celebrating RNPLS&T’s jubilee (Brief review)

Abstract

The ceremonial and special events held on the occasion of RNPL&T’s 60th anniversary on October 17, 2018, are reviewed. At the festive evening, the RNPLS&T received testimonials and congratulatory addresses from legislative and executive authorities, figures in science and culture, among them directors of national libraries, universities, publishers, museums, bookselling companies; it has received over 60 congratulatory telegrams. Presented are the greetings by Olga Yarilova, First Deptuty Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation; Grigory Trubnikov, First Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education; Timur Bronnitsky, Director of Monitoring, Analysis and Forecast Department of the RF Ministry of Science and Higher Education; Svetlana Zhurova, First Deputy Chair of the International Affairs Committee of the RF State Duma Federal Assembly, Chair of RNPLS&T Supervisory Board; Andrey Guskov, Director of SB RAS State Public Scientific and Technological Library; Mikhail Afanasyev, President of the Russian Library Association; Oleg Belyavsky, Director of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research; Elena Nogina, Director General of the Russian Book Chamber; Asdaa Kutani, Vice President of Springer Nature; Vladimir Grachev, President of V. I. Vernadsky, and others.