The compilation contains materials from the XXth International Bibliological Conference held at the National Library of Belarus on April 18–19.

It publishes reports by researchers and specialists on the history and current state of national and world book culture. The publication includes the texts of 52 reports. The materials of the collection reflect the topics that were discussed during the conference:

• Handwritten books
• Fransysk Skorina and his followers – Belarusian printers and publishers of the XVI–XVIII centuries
• Old printed editions of the XVI–XVIII centuries
• 395th anniversary of the birth of the enlightener, church and public figure Simeon Polotsky (1629–1680)
• The 210th anniversary of the birth of historian, archaeologist, ethnographer, local historian Evstafiy Tyshkevich (1814–1873)
• The 200th anniversary of the publication of the first collection of archaeological documents on the history of Belarus "Belarusian Archive of Ancient Letters" (Moscow, 1824), prepared by I. Grigorovich with the participation of Count M.P. Rumyantsev
• Belarusian book of the XIX–XX centuries
• Historical libraries and the development of librarianship in Belarus
• Belarusian book in domestic and foreign collections
• The art of the book
• Modern Belarusian book
• Book in a modern socio-cultural and information environment

The publication will be of great interest to researchers of book culture, librarians, museum workers, historians, archivists, philologists and art historians. You can purchase the collection at the library kiosk (on the 1st floor, near the main entrance).

The material was provided by the Scientific Research Department of Book Studies.