Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, INION RAN is a major center for research in social studies and humanities. The research center was created in 1969 as a successor to the Russian Academy's Fundamental Library of Social Sciences, which was established in 1918.
History
The information center is known in the Russian and international scientific community for its abstract periodicals, bibliographies, and analytical reports, and for its Fundamental research library holding over 14 million items. The INION maintains and expands its contacts with foreign scientific research and library centers in various countries, including Germany, France, U.S.A., India, and Chinese People’s Republic. Cooperation is maintained on a bilateral basis, as well as within the framework of international projects. The INION’s main structural units are centers that are involved in the scientific information, research, bibliography, library activities aimed at developing the social sciences and humanities.
Structure
The Center of Scientific Information Studies in the Social Sciences
The Center of Scientific Information Studies in the Humanities
The Center of Scientific Information Studies on Global and Regional Issues
The Center of Scientific Information Studies in Science, Education and Technologies
Providing comprehensive information support of basic and applied research in the social sciences and humanities;
Coordinating information activities in the field of social sciences and humanities with the purpose to establish the common information space in Russia;
Preparing, publishing and disseminating scientific analytical, abstract, bibliographic and reference papers;
Automating information and library operations, creating and developing automated data bases;
Procuring library science stocks, information library support of Russian and foreign users;
Providing copies of scientific information materials from the Institute library stock.
2015 Fire
The library was partially destroyed by fire on January 30, 2015. In the fire, 5.42 million items were lost, 2.32 million of which were unique copies.
Current situation
Currently, INION RAN is a major research center, which also provides library, information and analytical support for scientific activities within Social Sciences and Humanities. Since the summer of 2019 its main building is under reconstruction. The INION RAN stuff consists of more than five hundred people. The average number of full-time scientists of INION RAN is more than 150 people. Users have access to about 3.7 million units in the halls of 18 library departments and bibliographic services at scientific institutes around Moscow. Since May 9, 2019, the Acting Director of the Institute is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Science in Economics Alexey V. Kuznetsov.
