LIBRARY

The Institute Library (headed by Lubov I. Leibovich) is a division of the Central Library of the FEB RAS. It was established in 1967 simultaneously with foundation of the Department of Marine Biology. It contains books and journals on marine biology, zoology, ecology, embryology, cytology, plant physiology, genetics and biochemistry. Now its stocks include 31 500 items, 14 000 of them are foreign publications. Part of the literature came from personal collections of Academician E.N. Pavlovsky, Prof. D.M. Fedotov, as well as from libraries of the Zoological Institute and the Institute of Cytology of RAS. Many books were gifted to the Library by Academician Alexey V. Zhirmunsky. Literature exchange with research institutions of the World contributes much to development of the Library.