After the amalgamation of two libraries - the Novgorod regional children's library (founded in 1959) and the Novgorod regional youth library (founded in 1969) the Library Center Chitay-Gorod has started its own history since 1996. The library Chitay-Gorod is a municipal public library, provides with equal free access to the achievements of world culture, contributes to the development of the personality, socialization and job orientation of the young readers and gives methodological assistance to adult users occupied with training, education and entertainment for children and young people. Today the library centre Chitay-Gorod is divided into several areas and located in different parts of the city. The library centre for children and youth Chitay-Gorod consists of 4 areas-library:
The library of world art culture and foreign languages
Library Services:
Internet-Classroom services:
Contacts:
World art culture department
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 61 64 41
The department of literature in foreign languages
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 33 15 16
Internet – class:
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 33 15 99
Editorial Publishing Sector:
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 33 15 99
Children’s library department serves children up to 10 years, parents, tutors and teachers. Service of readers is carried out by the use of the lending library.
Fund: Children's Fiction: world classical literature, fairy tales, fantasy and adventure books etc., semipopular books, pamphlets: «All about everything», «I learn the world», «How and Why Wonder Books» and others, best periodicals for children, books for babies, games and toys for kids, books for parents and teachers.
Our services:
Contacts:
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 77 51 62
Teens library department serves school age readers. Service of readers is carried out by the use of the lending library and the reading hall. The fund of the library includes: children's fiction and educational literature for school age readers, children's and youth magazines.
Fiction hall
Fund: children's fiction for school age readers.
Information and leisure hall (the green hall)
Fund: popular magazines for teenagers, books for leisure reading about sports, beauty, fashion, cars, technical work, pets, needlework, floriculture; a variety of crosswords and puzzles.
Hall of the educational literature
Fund: educational books and magazines for schoolchildren, including reference and encyclopedic media, editions on CD/DVD, a multimedia library «Novgorodica» (local history editions on CD/DVD and mp3).
Our services:
Fiction hall
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 77 54 27
Information and leisure hall (the green hall)
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 77 75 20
Hall of the educational literature
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 77 54 27
The department of storage, hygiene and funds restoration
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 77 54 27
Youth department of the library serves all categories of readers over 14 years, children's hall - serves children up to 10 years. A priority group is youth. Service of readers is carried out by the use of the lending library or the reading hall.
The hall of natural, technical and humanities sciences
Fund: specialized literature and periodicals of natural, technical and humanities sciences (publications of natural history, technique, medicine, sports, religion, philosophy, pedagogics, psychology, cultural science, etc., reference books). The modern popular fiction. Leisure books: about beauty and health, sports, cookery, needlework, floriculture, animals, holidays etc.
The hall of social science
Fund: specialized literature and periodicals of Social Studies, history, economy, politics, law, military science and local history. Popular historical and publicistic publication such as: «The World at Wars», «Historical silhouettes», «Military Secrets of the XX Century», «Biographies», «Dossier» , etc.
Children’s hall
Fund: children's fiction: world classical literature, fairy tales, fantasy and adventures, etc. Educational literature and brain development books for children ( «Winnie the Pooh», «Disney for kids», «A collection of ideas», «I am a designer»), books for kids, games and toys for children.
Magazines for teachers and tutors («Books, notes and toys», «Script and repertoire», «How to entertain guests»). The magazine «My child» is for parents. Popular Teen Magazines.
Services:
Children’s hall services:
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 61 61 55
Children’s hall
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 61 60 16
The department of fund arrangements and library catalogues
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 61 60 01