In fact, RNPLS&T has been acquiring literature in ecology since its establishment in 1958.
The subjects of “ecology’, “nature management”, “environmental protection”, “natural resources", "sustainable development” receive wide coverage in publications in technology and natural sciences.
Since 2003, RNPLS&T, in cooperation with other organizations, has been building the single ecological information data bank of Russian and the CIS libraries. Please review the information resources of RNPLS&T’s partner libraries at "The libraries’ Green Pages". The section Russian regions is updated on the regular basis and comprises materials on ecological situation in Russian Federation entities and links to the information resources in regional ecology.
The RNPLS&T’s Group of Ecology and Sustainable Development Projects organizes thematic exhibitions and displays, workshops, library lessons and other events. Within the annual World Professional Forum “Crimea” (before 2014, “Crimea” International Conference), the section on ecology information support and ecological education of population, and since 2018, the International Conference in Ecology are held. The problems of ecology and sustainable development also get coverage at LIBCOM Conference. The reviews of the events are available through the Library’s website.
The proceedings of The Third International Online Conference “The libraries and ecological education: Theory and practice” held under the aegis of the World Professional Forum “The Book, Culture. Education. Innovations” are now accessible via the RNPLS&T’s website. The conference took place on the premises of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology on October 31, 202, and gathered the professionals in ecological education.
The publication comprises 36 papers on the current issues of library efforts in ecological education and advocacy of the sustainable development principles.
On October 31, 2024, the Third International Online Conference “The libraries and ecological education: Theory and practice” was held under the aegis of the World Professional Form “The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations” on the premises of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology. The professionals working in the area of ecological education took part in the conference.
On February 28, 2023, the 160th anniversary of Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky ( February 28 [March 12—January 6, 1954]) is celebrated.
In the year announced The Year of Teacher and Mentor in the Russian Federation, Vernadsky’s anniversary offers the opportunity to organize educational events in various areas.
The virtual QR-exhibition “In search of new lands” is opened in RNPLS&T on December 29, 2022. The patrons get acquainted with the publications on outstanding travelers and their geographical discoveries. In their first-hand reports on the expeditions, the nature and lifestyle of population in the 19th-early 20th centuries are described. The publications introduce readers to many geographical territories without need to go there immediately.
"Recycling. The close cycle logistics” exhibition is opened at RNPLS&T’s main building Ecology and Priority Trends in Science and TechnologyReading Room, on December 19, 2022 and will run through February 20, 2023. As compared to traditional utilization, recycling has multiple advantages, in particular, it doesn’tresult in exhausting of strategic economic resources; on the contrary, it initiates innovations and stipulates science endeavours in search of new solutions in domestic and industrial waste disposal.
On October 31, 2024, the Third International Online Conference “The libraries and ecological education: Theory and practice” was held under the aegis of the World Professional Form “The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations” on the premises of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology. The professionals working in the area of ecological education took part in the conference.
The virtual QR-exhibition “In search of new lands” is opened in RNPLS&T on December 29, 2022. The patrons get acquainted with the publications on outstanding travelers and their geographical discoveries. In their first-hand reports on the expeditions, the nature and lifestyle of population in the 19th-early 20th centuries are described. The publications introduce readers to many geographical territories without need to go there immediately.
"Recycling. The close cycle logistics” exhibition is opened at RNPLS&T’s main building Ecology and Priority Trends in Science and TechnologyReading Room, on December 19, 2022 and will run through February 20, 2023. As compared to traditional utilization, recycling has multiple advantages, in particular, it doesn’tresult in exhausting of strategic economic resources; on the contrary, it initiates innovations and stipulates science endeavours in search of new solutions in domestic and industrial waste disposal.
