Manuscript and Book Heritage of Ukraine: Archeographic Studies of Unique Archival and Librarian Fonds (ISSN: 2222-4203)

Description

Within the periodical we publish articles presenting studies of contents and history of fonds, documental complexes, separate manuscripts and books, publications of uknown or little known documents, scientific referential and scientific informational materials (fonds reviews, archeographic and librarian descriptions, indices, messages), articles dealing with manuscripts storage and records, as well as with the issues of creation of automated technologies of processing, description and use of manuscripts and books.
The vast majority of materials cover the studies of books and manuscripts associated with the history of Ukraine and encompass the sources different in their chronology, contents, characteristics and consistence, deposited in the Institute of Manuscript of VNLU. The series also includes research of Russian, Eastern and West-European sources.
Archival fonds reviews are of prior importance as they introduce the fonds to scientists. The actuality of the problem of manuscript and book fonds preservation, particularly their physical state, and provision of proper conditions for unique librarian and archival documents storage, studies of the issues of their restoration and conservation are submitted. The series also inludes articles dealing with the issues of automation and improvement of the general level of data retrieval systems in librarian and archival studies.