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TOMSK, Oct 22 – RIA Tomsk. Scientific and technical library of Tomsk Polytechnic University (STL TPU) has to be reconstructed to the 125 anniversary of the university to correspond to world level; works are planned to be carried out with assistance of sponsors, the rector of the university said at a meeting of the Academic council of TPU on Monday.
Earlier it was reported that the rector of TPU submitted the program of development of the university for 2019-2023 on the Academic council based on the Scientific and Technological Development Strategy of the Russian Federation till 2035 and the national projects "Science" and "Education". According to Chubik, realization will require not so much additional financing, but new ideas and the involvement of personnel into overcoming the calls, which the university face.
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As the correspondent of RIA Tomsk reported who was at the meeting, the program, in particular, means reconstruction of STL where there has to be the round-the-clock reading room and extend access to external information resources and databases, According to Chubik, it is necessary to create a modern environment for independent and group work of students in the library in the next five years.
"We signed the agreement with Surgutneftegas. I asked Surgutneftegas – the letter was already sent to the general director – to invest in reconstruction of our library. I don't know how we will succeed, but it would be great if we would be helped with it. At least, it would be desirable to have the library corresponding to world level to the 125 anniversary of the university", – Chubik told.
TPU was founded in 1896 by the emperor Nicholas II as the Tomsk practical institute of technology; it became the fourth technical college in the country and the first in its Asian part.