this collection are books and manuscripts, found during archaeographical expeditions in Siberia and the Russian Far East. The main function of SPSTL SB RAS is information provision of scientific research in the Siberian Branch of the RAS, information support of its 90 scientific institutions, as well as information and library servicing specialists all round Siberia. The Library ensures their right on free access to information and world cultural values. SPSTL SB RAS possesses the richest intellectual resources in the professional field. During the last 10 years more than 300 librarians graduated from The Highest librarian courses. The leading specialists are also professors, docents and tutors in the Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University where they teach future librarians. During the last 15 years at SRLCCE training seminars more than 5000 librarians improved their professional skills on information technologies, electronic resources and electronic libraries. The continuous training seminar on licensing and patenting is annually attended by 300 specialists. Since 2010 here works the Informational school for young scientist. In SPSTL SB RAS there are postgraduate courses and doctorate. The Dissertation Council works since 1995, where 85 theses have been defended. As an important cultural and educational center, it organizes lectures, academic conferences, seminars, presentations, exhibitions and excursions. As a center of international partnership SPSTL SB RAS has scientific and business relationships with many countries, including Germany, Great Britain, China, North Korea and others. A significant amount of foreign publications is received thanks to the international book exchange with more than 290 organizations in 39 countries. Publishing activities The Library has its own publishing base and issues current and retrospective indexes, analytic reviews on environment protection. As a research institute, it publishes collections of articles, monographs on bibliology, librarianship and informatics, guidelines and text-books, as well as the only beyond the Urals scientific journal on bibliology and librarianship, Bibliosphere. History SPSTL (firstly State Scientific Library (SSL) of the Presidium of Highest Council of national economy, Moscow) was established in 1918. Its first directors and organizers were L.A. Schlossberg, A.I. Yakovlev, D.I. Ulyanov. In 1927 SSL became the Central Library for Industry. In 1946 according to the Government decision the Library was transferred to the Ministry of Higher Education of USSR for servicing research workers and engineers, working in different ministries, institutions and enterprises of the country. In 1948 the Library got the right to get free obligatory copy of all printed production of USSR