The reputation of the Scientific and Technical Library named after Hryhorii Denysenko – Rector of the
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute from 1971 to 1987 – continues to expand, gaining increasing recognition not only in Ukraine but beyond its borders.
Recently, the Kyiv Polytechnic’s library hosted special guests from Sweden comprising Dr Lars Ilshammar, former Deputy Director of the National Library of Sweden; Thord Eriksson, Editor-in-Chief of Biblioteksbladet published by the Swedish Library Association; and photojournalist Åke Ericson.
They were gathering materials for a special issue of the Biblioteksbladet journal, dedicated to the activities of Ukrainian libraries during the war and the preservation of Ukraine's cultural heritage.
The guests were impressed by how quickly and efficiently the library adapted to difficult, unsafe conditions, proactively applying the cutting-edge technologies to render services to users, the unprecedented scale of the CLUST SPACE smart air raid shelter, as well as by a policy of library's energy independence.
Kyiv Polytechnic librarians are proud that the resilience and great achievements of the Hryhorii Denysenko Scientific and Technical Library are already recognised in Sweden, and the article about it will reach Biblioteksbladet readers sometime soon.
