Celebrating Three Historic Slavic Collections On Their Anniversary Year: New York, Prague, and Helsinki

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

The Slavonic Division of the New York Public Library was established in 1899, while both the Slavonic Library (Slovanská knihovna) in Prague, now a part of the National Library of the Czech Republic, and the Slavonic Library (Slaavavilainen kirjasto) in Helsinki, a part of the National Library of Finland were established in 1924. The three panelists will discuss the current situation of these distinguished collections, as well as their historical evolution from their origins as Russian collections to their transformation into broader Slavic repositories of international significance.

Sub Unit

• Library/Information Sciences

Chair

• Bogdan Horbal, New York Public Library

Papers

• 'No Matter Who You Are or What Your Business': NYPL's Slavic Collections at 125 - Robert Harding Davis, Columbia U / Cornell U

• The Slavonic Library (Prague) and Its Transformations: 1924-2024 - Lukáš Babka, National Library of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

• Milestones in the History of the Slavonic Library at the National Library of Finland - Irma Reijonen, U of Helsinki (Finland)