In implementation of the decisions of the CPSU Central Committee "On Measures to Prevent Drunkenness and Alcoholism" unfolds extensive propaganda of literature on sober lifestyle.

• Completes systematization of subject catalogues and bibliographical description of printed documents from Ilyin collection (in Russian and Ukrainian).

Receives the Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the staff's active work for preservation and promotion of Ukrainian and world literary heritage.

These are mainly encyclopedias, essays and term papers, documents of popular and entertaining nature, audio books.

This department uses various forms of informing users: thematic literature exhibitions, displays of new editions, presentations of publications with authors’ participation.

Thanks to joint library projects, the department has received a large number of books and documents in electronic form from the U.S., UK, Germany, Canada, Japan and France.

Department partners include the Goethe Institute, The Library of Congress, the British Council in Ukraine, and "Sabre-Svitlo" Foundation.

Department patrons actively use computers, search for information on the Internet, and watch educational and feature films in their original languages.

The Department of Rare and Valuable Documents has more than 17,000 publications in its collection, including: ancient manuscripts of the 15th century in Old Slavonic language; early printed books by Fedorov, P. Mstislavets; Kiev-Pechersk editions with handwritten notes on the marginalia.

The Reference and Information Department offers access to the library's bibliographic resources (catalogs, card files, bibliography, encyclopedias, CD-ROMs).

The Department gives full insight on the Library fund and allows one to select and order the necessary information, get factual and thematic references (either directly or with the help of a librarian-consultant).

Reference, encyclopedic, bibliographic publications and CD-ROMs from various fields of knowledge, info-discs «Ukrainian Legislation" and Internet resources can satisfy all patrons's needs.

The department also conducts investigative and research work and maintains direct contacts with local publishing organizations, scientists, ethnographers, and writers.

It is one of the largest and most visited divisions in the Library where patrons can find books, reference editions and periodicals on history, philosophy, psychology, law, linguistics, medicine, literature.

The department is also responsible for organizing and maintaining the systems of electronic and card catalogs and the creation of specialized directories, which provide greater flexibility when taking into account the interests of users and significantly accelerate search for necessary publications.

- Provides information about the USA; - Promotes the cultural, political, and economic diversity of the USA; - Conducts informational and educational activities; - Hosts weekly movie club, where Native American speakers show films in English and lead post-film discussions; - Provide free English-language classes, taught by native speakers using the newest educational methods.

to its collection, from sources as diverse as publishers, bookstores, subscriptions, book exchanges (both domestic and international), and donations from public institutions, authors and sponsors.

The Department annually prepares short information and analytical materials following the results of regional libraries work.

The department conducted the 1st stage of all-republican research "distribution among the regions of the books received under the state program of development and functioning of Ukrainian language for 2004-2010."

Latest sociological studies are aimed at clarifying readers' assessment of search and content characteristics of electronic library resources, at defining priorities of patrons in the election of search sources "Internet by users eyes," "Needs and requests of city loan department users and extent to which the fund satisfies them" and others.

Every year the Library conducts trainings of the Region's librarians using seminars, workshops, creative laboratories, and master classes.

The library is involved in project work that draws off-budget sources of financing, provides additional opportunities for replenishing information and material resources not only for D.I.

The project "Network of Civic Education" realized in cooperation with the NGO Regional Information Service for contemporary Women's Issues (OZHIS), and which lasts for more than 10 years now, can be given as an example of a success story.

The information on the project "Network of Civic Education" and in general on the activities of the regional information service for Women's Issues can be found at https://web.archive.org/web/20111227102115/http://www.ozis.kr.ua/ The EC project "Usage in Culture: Local institutions as intermediaries in organizing access to electronic resources» (CALIMERA) was among the most important and resonant.

The project involved 47 countries: full and associate members of the European Union, it also envisaged participation of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan.

The project was aimed at giving citizens access to modern information services in any European country through coordination of actions of cultural institutions (libraries, museums, archives), creation of advanced networks and systems helping to use various databases on knowledge and education.

Studying of the best innovative experience, organization of a stable pan-European infrastructure accumulating and disseminating via the Internet digitized information on cultural heritage at local and European levels became the key elements of the project.

Another International scientific - practical conference “Library contribution to forming tolerant and highly spiritual society” took place in September 2010.

Our Polish partners from Dolnoslaska public Library, Wroclaw, took part in these conferences held at a high professional level.

Employees from the Central Library of Riga Iris Araya and Gunta Ozola exchanged their work experience with our colleagues.