Contribution of M. V. Dovnar-Zapolsky to the organization and acquisition of the Fundamental Library of the Kyiv Commercial Institute (1906-1917).

Zoya Borisovna Afanasyeva

doi:10.59400/lf.v1i1.257

Zoya Borisovna Afanasyeva Department of Library and Historical Collections, Institute of Book Studies, V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine, Kyiv 03039, Ukraine

Ariticle ID: 257

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59400/lf.v1i1.257

Keywords: M. V. Dovnar-Zapolsky; library; KCI; acquisitions; V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (NBUV)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the director of the first private educational institution—the Kyiv Commercial Institute (KCI), Professor of the University of St. Vladimir Mitrofan Viktorovich Dovnar-Zapolsky—in the creation and acquisition of the book fund of the Fundamental Library of the educational institution, with an extensive system of specialized libraries in two departments (faculties) of the institute: the Student Library of textbooks, the Seminary of Financial and Economic Sciences, and the Museum of Commodity Science, with laboratories, specialized studies, and libraries. The purpose of the article is to highlight the role of M. V. Dovnar-Zapolsky in the acquisition of the Fundamental Library of the Institute and specialized libraries of educational support units’ studies on the basis of archival and published materials. The research methodology consists of the use of scientific methods: systemic, historical, and bibliographic; biographical and heuristic; analysis; and synthesis. The practical significance and scientific novelty of the article lie in the new and authentic knowledge obtained as a result of processing and analyzing a large array of archival documents and published materials about the personality of Professor Mitrofan Viktorovich Dovnar-Zapolsky, director of the KCI, as an initiator and active participant in the acquisition of the Institute’s library. Results and conclusions: on the basis of published and archival-historical materials, revealing the role of the director of the KCI, Professor Mitrofan Viktorovich, as an organizer and active participant in the acquisition of the necessary literature for the library of the Institute, which makes it possible for a wide range of modern biographers and scientists to obtain new information about the scientific and organizational activity of M. V. Dovnar-Zapolsky in the KCI.

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