Library & publishing centre

The Scientific and Technical Library of Gorno-Altaisk State University was founded in 1949, concurrently with the establishment of Gorno-Altaisk Pedagogical Institute. It was created to house the collection of Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after K. Libkneht, which was evacuated during the Great Patriotic War. It donated almost 8 thousand various editions to the new Institute. This fund contained unique historical, scientific, and reference works as well as textbooks. As a result of this gift, the GASU library possesses a collection of rare books dating from the 18th century to the early 20th century, which are actively used by students, postgraduates, lecturers, and researchers. 

Today the GASU library is a modern automated division providing access to Russian and foreign printed and electronic publications. The library actively creates its own electronic resources: the electronic catalogue, bibliographic databases, and full-text electronic collections on various subjects. The library's book fund grows every year. Today it consists of over 500,000 units.

The GASU has its own printing house for publishing educational, methodological and scientific materials.

Updated 28.04.2025 by Z. Poletaeva