The Central Scientific Library of Georgian Academy of Sciences

Address:

M. Aleksidse str.1-4,
Tbilisi, 380093
Georgia
Tel: + (995-32) 330019 or 330135
Fax: + (995-32) 998823
E-mail: [email protected]

Library was founded in 1941. It is one of the biggest and popular libraries in Georgia. It's collections contain more than 3 million units. CSL has 8 reading halls and abont 28.000 readers. CSL is the main library in the Academic system. It has wide international relations. CSL keeps book exchange with about 1000 scientific institutions from 55 foreign countries - USA, England, Germany, France, Italy and others. CSL has two branches: the Grishashvili library museum and the library at the Tbilisi aviation factory.

• Administration
• Acquisition Department
• Catalog and Classification Department
• Information Bibliographic Department
• Book-stock
• Loan Department a Service
• Georgica
• Exhibitions Department
• Library loan Department
• Restoration Department
• Automation Department
• Exchange Department
• Current Periodics Department

1. Administration

Director: academician Zaalishvili Malkhaz

Tel: +(995 32) 360019 Fax: +(995-32) 998823
E-mail: [email protected]

Deputies on Library:
1. Ms. Nana Pirtskhalava
2. Guram Tetradze

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2. Acquisition Department

Head: Ms. Makvala Varazashvili
Activity: Current acquisition, formation and updating of the library collections.

3. Cataloguing and Classification Department.

Head: Ms. Medea Kipiani
Activity: Classification and indexing all materials, control, updating and restoration of the traditional card catalog.

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4. Information Bibliographic Department

Head: Aleksander Iremashvili
Activity: Reference-bibliographic service for readers, organization and updating of reference and information editions.

5. Book-stock. Collection Development.

Head: Ms. Darejan Tatishvili
Activity: Comprehensive organization and provision of long-term stock safety, current service for readers.

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6. Loan Department and Service.

Head: Ms. Tamar Lolua
Activity: Circulation of the materials in house and outdoors, lending services, reader services in reading halls.

7. Georgica.

Head: Ms. Tinatin Imnaishvili
Activity: Collection of the foreign publications about Georgia.

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8. Exhibitions Department.

Head: Ms. Natela Kuparashvili
Activity: Organization of exhibitions, presentations of production of foreign and national companies.

9. Library Loan Department.

Head: Ms. Luara Koberidze
Activity: Individual and collection lending services, interlibrary and international loans.

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10. Restoration Department.

Head: Ms. Eteri Gvaramadze
Activity: Restoration and sanitary treat of the books.

11. Automation Department.

Head:
E-mail: [email protected]
Activity: Computer-aided information technologies, electronic catalogues, data bases, networking.

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12. Exchange Department.

Head: Ms. Inga Kobuladze.
Activity: Receives only foreign literature, distributes them for academic libraries and sends required publications to foreign countries, forms reserve-exchange stock.

13. Current periodics department.

Head: Ms. Ia Inasaridze.
Activity: Keeps all new acquisitions of periodicals in open-access reading hall to provide their use before standard cataloguing procedure.

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