Open-shelf documents in the library

Most part of the library's 700 thousand-volume holdings is stored in closed stack rooms from which users may request items via our online catalogue. However, we have always tried to make the widest possible selection of books and periodicals available on open-shelves as well. At the moment we provide access to 40 thousand open-shelf documents in the Main Reading Room all of which may be browsed and used freely without any assistance.

A pile of books selected from the reference collection