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Aref'ev, A. L. – Russian Education and Society, 2012
There has been an increase in the number of students from China studying in Russia, but still less than 2 percent of Chinese who study abroad do so in Russia. A third of these students would not encourage others to do so, on the grounds that educational conditions are not good and that they feel unwelcome in Russia. Most of these students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Foreign Students
Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter – American Libraries, 1998
A delegate with the People to People Ambassador program describes her visit to Russia in 1997, focusing on facilities, collections, and services of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Fundamentals Library of St. Petersburg State Technical University and Open Library Systems Center, National Library of Russia (St. Petersburg), and Russian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Libraries
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Ronayne, Betty – World Libraries, 2000
Describes the library at Far Eastern State Technical University in Vladivostok (Russia) based on a visit that was part of a collaborative project with California State University, Sacramento. Highlights include staffing; problems with funding, space, and technology; library collections in the Department of World Politics and Law; and the nearby…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Collections
Binnington, John P., Ed. – 1967
Articles included in this document are: (1) The Backgrounds of the Exchanges, by John P. Binnington, (2) Structure of the Soviet Scientific Information System, by Winifred Sewell, (3) Standards, Patents and Technical Reports, by Frank E. McKenna, (4) The Flow of Information to Users, by William S. Budington, (5) Research in Libraries and…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Systems
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Accart, Jean-Philippe – International Information and Library Review, 1992
Discussion of libraries in Russia focuses on science and medical libraries. Topics addressed include historical background; library science education; a consortium formed to build national databases and disseminate information; producers of scientific and medical information; international cooperation; interlibrary loans; the Russian Medical…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Consortia, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Spain, Victoria – Library Hi Tech News, 1996
Reports on a symposium that was held at Hofstra University (New York) in March 1996 on library systems in Russia and international cooperation. Topics include automation; the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology; and the Russian-American Information, Library, and Analytical Center for interlibrary loan and online document…
Descriptors: Conferences, Document Delivery, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
Ronayne, Betty Lee – 1999
This paper describes experiences of a reference librarian at California State University (Sacramento) who spent three weeks in Vladivostok (Russia) to assess the library and research needs of faculty and students at the Far Eastern State Technical University. After briefly describing the city of Vladivostok and its military role in the Soviet…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Clapp, Verner W. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1973
The cataloging in source experiment of the United States Library of Congress ended in 1959. Studies on the feasibility of another pre-publication cataloging program were undertaken and a new cataloging in publication program was started in 1971. Other programs for pre-publication cataloging in Brazil and Russia are described. (21 references)…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Science, Library Technical Processes, Publishing Industry