Left this life Natal'ya Alyeksyeyevna Pritvits (29.05.1931-07.02.2019), Cand. Tech. Sci., water engineer, science writer, journalist, analyst, screen writer, consultant of the SB RAS Presidium press group.

A thematic literature exhibition «D.I.Mendeleev Periodic System of Elements: 150-year anniversary of the discovery» is shown. The exhibition demonstrates 34 publications.

A thematic literature exhibition «Bioeconomics» is shown. The exhibition demonstrates over 90 publications.

A thematic literature exhibition «New foreign books acquisitions in the Branch during 2018» is shown. The exhibition demonstrates over 60 publications.

Among the national priorities of Russia are Arctic Regions due to their geopolitical and military defensive importance. The details are in a bibliography «Problems of Arctic Regions reclamation» that has been extended by 158 new records.

The Branch of SPSL SB RAS opens a new creative resource for the readers. The project deals with the Akademgorodok literature face that unites the authors whose life is associated in some way with the Novosibirsk Scientific Center. Among them are scientists, journalists, poets, and writers, more than 200 personalities.

A.E.Guskov, director of SPSL SB RAS, ordered Markova Tat'yana Gyennad'yevna at the position of the manager of the Branch of SPSL SB RAS.

A thematic literature exhibition «Post-graduate study in Russia: challenges of the 21st century» is shown. The exhibition presents over 70 publications (the electronic version - 134 records) of 2014-2018.

The library of the Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, observing the 80-year anniversary of the library, held academic and research workshop named «Library development tendencies of contemporary society: prospects, opportunities, reality». The staff workers of the Branch have presented their reports.

The 24th session of the Siberian Scientometrics Seminar has been held. The subject: «Academic mobility: an assessment of influence, motivations, tendencies». The reporter: Guryeyev Vadim Nikolayevich.

The Branch of SPSL SB RAS held a ceremony of opening a memorial plate near a cedar that has been planted to commemorate Boris Styepanovich YElyepov, director of SPSL SB RAS, and presentation of Honorary Certificates of Sovetsky municipal region of the city of Novosibirsk to veterans of the information and library system of the NSC SB RAS for the centenary jubilee of SPSL SB RAS.

On September, 12-15, SPSL SB RAS held the International Academic and Research Conference «Science, Technologies, and Information in the libraries (LIBWAY-2018)» that was devoted to the centenary jubilee of SPSL SB RAS and 60-year jubilee of its including into the SB RAS. The staff of the Branch took part in the conference.

On September, 14, SPSL SB RAS (Voskhod street, 15) held the sessions in subdivisions «Scientometrics Studies» and «Repositories. Open Science» within the framework of the International Conference «Science, Technologies, and Information in the libraries, LIBWAY-2018» that was devoted to the centenary jubilee of SPSL SB RAS.

Up to December 31, 2018, an access is opened to the full texts of 2500 journals and 5000 books of Elsevier Publishers that includes 24 various subject fields in natural, technical, and medical sciences.

For the anniversary of the Branch, a literature exhibition has been prepared «Books with the autographs from the Branch stocks». The exposition shows more than 70 books with the donation inscriptions of the authors.

At 14.00 an anniversary meeting «Libraries of the Novosibirsk Scientific Center - 60 years for the service of science» dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Information Library System of the Novosibirsk Scientific Center of the SB RAS and the 50th anniversary of the Branch of the SB RAS State Public Scientific Technical Library was held at the SPSL SB RAS .

The Branch of SPSL SB RAS held a lection «The scientific success formula: "graphene", dance and learn!» within the project «Your way to science». Lector: Nadyezhda Alyeksandrovna Nyebogatikova, PhD in math, junior researcher of ISP SB RAS, Assistant Professor of the Chair of General Physics of NSU, a certified trainer in Pole dance, Stretching etc.

A literature exhibition «Museums of Sovetsky Municipal Region» is being shown. Nearly 90 titles of books and journals for the period of 1992 to 2018 are presented.

A thematic exhibition «Scholarly personnel migration» has been updated. 286 new records for 2010-2018 have been added.

The 23rd session of the Siberian scientometrics seminar has been held. The subject: «The Scientometrics System Dimensions: the opportunities and use prospects». The report authors: ГПНТБ СО РАН: A.V.Bagirova, N.V.Novikova, L.L.Sadovskaya, I.V.Syelivanova, P.A.CHyesnyalis.

The 22nd session of the Siberian scientometrics seminar has been held. The subject: «Urgent issues of using the data base Web of Science Core Collection and analytics tools developed around it». The report author: Kas'yanov Pavyel YEvgyen'yevich, scientometrics expert, Clarivate Analytics Company.

The Branch of SPSL SB RAS shows a literature exhibition «Legislation of scientific work: universal and national». The exhibition demonstrates about 90 books and journal contributions (the electronic version includes over 200 records from 2000 to 2017).

Russian Academy of Science and Publisher House «Nauka» granted open access to the archives of RAS journals that were published by Publisher House «Nauka». Access is granted also to journals of the current 2018 year.

From December, 25, the Branch of SPSL SB RAS shows a literature exhibition «New Foreign Books that have been acquired by the Branch during 2017». The exhibition presents about 90 books and journal contributions.

The 21st session of the Siberian scientometrics seminar has been held. The subject: «Scientific Activity Monitoring and Record-Keeping System SciAct: potentials and development prospects». Authors: B.L.Al'pyerin, A.A.Vyedyagin, I.V.Zibaryeva, L.YU.Il'ina (SB RAS Institute of Catalysis). Report: B.L.Al'pyerin.

The SB RAS House of Scientists held an opening ceremony of V All-Russia Science Festival NAUKA 0+ that was taking place with a motto «The Leaders Time». The Branch of SPSL SB RAS participated actively in the festival.

From October, 6, the Branch of SPSL SB RAS shows a literature exhibition «Fundamental Science for Medicine (the projects of SB RAS Scientists)». The exhibition presents about 80 books and journal contributions (the electronic version holds over 300 records from 2000 to 2017).

Within the context of «Book Siberia» International Festival, the National Library Association «Libraries of the Future» (NALF) held an autumn session of the school «Libraries, a road to knowledges» (the first semester) in SPSL SB RAS.

Within the context of the Year of Great Britain Science and Education in Russia, the Exhibition Centre of SB RAS held a workshop «Practice and methods to organize viable presentation and promotion of research». Reporter: Dr. Aiveen Finn, scholarly communication manager in press office of the accelerator complex Diamond Light Source (Great Britain).

Starting from August, 4, a literature exhibition «Ecology and natural resources: interactions and contradictions» is shown in the Branch of SPSL SB RAS. The exhibition presents 100 books and journal contributions (the electronic version contains 309 records from 2002 to 2017).

A jubilee 1962-2017 literature exhibition has been prepared. «Science. Akademgorodok. University». The exhibition shows 80 publications (the electronic version counts 327 records) that deal with the history and current state of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences.

On the opening ceremony of «Municipal Science Days – 2017», SPSL SB RAS made a presentation of SB RAS photo and video archive that had been prepared for the 60-year anniversary of SB RAS. The resource creation has been realized with the active participation of the employees of the Branch.

Within the context of Municipal Science Days – 2017, the Branch was visited by students of «Academic» High school № 121 . The leading specialists of the Branch held an excursion to help the students to get information on the history and current work of the library, and on the memorial collections of the outstanding Siberian scientists-academicians V.A.Koptyug and N.N.YAnyenko.

The 16th session of the Siberian scientometrics seminar has been held. The subject: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: solutions for education and science (the items: features for submitting papers for IEEE, efficient use of IEEE DB for science and education). Lectors: Eszter Lukacs, IEEE Client Services ManagerIEEE in Europe; Sokolov A.V., the Company representative «EBSCO Publishing».

A literature exhibition «New foreign books that were acquired in 2016» is shown. The exhibition includes about 90 publications.