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III. East Slavic (titles as of 1 July, 2006)


1. Russian Language, etc. (*QC-*QCT)  

Billings
 43,085

Fixed Order
12,337
Total
55,422
 
       
Russian Literature, Arts (*QD-*QDZ)  

Billings
24,640

Fixed Order
36,993
Total
63,633
 
       
Russian Biography (*QE-QEB)    

Billings
3,720

Fixed Order
11,676
Total
15,396
 
       
Russian Geography (*QF-*QFP) NB: The Map Division is the Library's primary collector of maps and atlases in all of the Slavic, Baltic, and East European languages. A quantification of its holdings is NOT reflected here.

Billings
2,268

Fixed Order
2,461
Total
4,729
 
       
Russian History (*QG-*QGS)  

Billings
7,800

Fixed Order
13,237
Total
21,037
 
       
Russian Science & Technology (*QH-*QHA)    

Billings
1,840

Fixed Order
4,354
Total
6,184
 
       
Russian Social Sciences (*QI-*QIY)    

Billings
8,470

Fixed Order
14,650
Total
23,120
 
       
Sub-Total Russian:  

Billings
91,823

Fixed Order
95,798
Total
187,621
% of Collection
38%
       
Current Subject Foci: Anthropology, Economics, Education, Folklore, Geography, History, International Affairs, Language and Literature, Military History, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Social Life and Customs, and Sociology.
 
Endowments: The Dr. Herman Rosenthal Family Fund for Russian Collections.
     
2. Ukrainian (*QGA-*QGAA)    

Billings
10,120

Fixed Order
11,144
Total
21,264
% of Collection
4%
       
Current Subject Foci: Anthropology, Education, Folklore, Geography, History, International Affairs, Language and Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Social Life and Customs.
     
3. Belarusian (*QM-*QMA)    

Billings
1,800

Fixed Order
8,351
 Total
10,151
% of Collection
2%
       
Current Subject Foci: Education, Folklore, History, Language and Literature, Social Life and Customs.
 
Endowments: The Kipel Family Endowment for Belarusan Collections.
 
4. Carpatho-Rusyn (*QGB) (until 1996, cataloged under the classmark for Ukrainian-language materials).
  Fixed Order
105
Total
105
% of collection
n/a
       
Current Subject Foci: Education, Folklore, History, Language and Literature, Social Life and Customs.
Curators:  Edward Kasinec, Lev T. Chaban
   
Total East Slavic:  

Billings
103,743

Fixed Order
115,308
Total
219,051
% of Collection
44%
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