Scientific Library
of Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Olga A. Akimova
Head of Library

2, Nakhimov av., Sevastopol, 99011, Crimea, Ukraine
Tel.: (380-692) 54-05-50
E-mail: akimova@ibss.iuf.net

Library. Was founded in 1871. Rich funds of the library contain literature on hydrobiology, ecology, ichthyology, biology, physiology, zoology, microbiology, parasitology and radioecology. The main attention is paid to gathering the publications and information on the Black and Azov sea studies. At present time the fund consists of 150 000 exemplaries, including 75 000 in foreign languages. The fund of rare and captured issues, consisting of 3000 exemplaries is interesting scientifically and historically.
There are inner and outer informational bases in the library. The inner bases: catalogues and card indices. The bibliographic indices, prepared and published on the base of the library, were: “Biology of the Black and Azov seas”; they depicted literature from 1917 to 1988, from 1995 they produce electronic versions of the index: “Anthropogenic eutrophication of the Black sea and its consequences”; “Hydrogen sulphide of the Black sea”.
They issue electronic bibliographic databases: electronic library catalogue; works of the Institute researches; works of SBS – IBSS; electronic catalogue of foreign periodic editions (Internet – version).
Outer informative bases: VINITI summary journals up to 1994; ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts) – monthly summary journal (on paper) – 1971 – 1995 current contents. Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences – informative editions of the journals titles (on paper) from 1990. CD – ROMs ASFA – for a period from 1978. From 1999 there is on-line access to ASFA data.
The library cooperates with international organizations. It makes part of a working group on preparation of analytical – bibliographical information about water sciences for the World bank of ASFA. It is an active member of the European association of libraries and informative centers of marine and water problems (EURASLIC). It participates in the projects of the International fund “Recreation” library programme and British Council at Ukraine.