An exhibition "The History of bookmarks" was opened on the 7th of April 2011 in the Russian State Library for Foreign Literature named after M. Rudomino
The exhibition "The History of bookmarks" represents a private collection of Elena Bulkina, as well as the products of the company "Nevsky znak".
The exhibition took place from April 7th to May 10th 2011 in the hall of the literature on the art of the Russian State Library for Foreign Literature named after M. Rudomino at Nikoloyamskaya street, 1 (metro "Taganskaya").
Opening of the exhibition was dedicated to the scientific and practical conference "The museum libraries in modern society", organized by the Russian State Library for Foreign Literature named after M. Rudomino with the State Historical and Cultural Museum "Moscow Kremlin".
The conference was held on 5th and 6th April, 2011 in the State Armoury Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin Museums and on the 7th April, 2011 - in the hall of the literature on the art of the Russian State Library for Foreign Literature named after M. Rudomino.
The conference theme in 2011: "Non-book materials in the collections of the museum libraries."
Participants discussed the following issues:
- Collection of prints and postcards in the collections of the museum libraries;
- Special features of the collections of book bindings and bookmarks;
- Collection of the ex-librises;
- audio-visual materials in the libraries collections;
- Digital collections in museum libraries;
- Modern methods of processing and storage of non-traditional library materials.
