The authors of the article provide the main statistics of the Russian printed periodicals output in 2022, analyzing the typology of magazines, journals and newspapers, current state and trends in this sphere of the publishing business in Russia. The role of printed information in general and in the field of periodical publications — especially is outlined as the most reliable source of the social important information in the current conditions of the hybrid war with Western World. 13 tables with comments present the number of titles of magazines, journals and newspapers, their print runs, geography of issue, thematics and purpose. The acting normative base for the Russian state registration of printed periodicals and perspectives of its modernization is analyzed in accordance with the legislation about legal deposits, current state of publishing business and information needs of its main subjects. The article also tells about the main principles and historical traditions of the domestic statistics of printed periodicals which remain unchanged for many decades and such a situation provides the compatibility of statistical figures in this field of activities.

The article deals with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the publishing industry. Some modern generative neural network (NN) models are able to create different types of content: from text generation (GPT-3, Balaboba) to its visualization (Dall-E 2, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Russian DALL-E, Dream, etc.). Both the early cases of NN applications in book publishing and the latest ones due to the release in 2022 of new AI models that provoked a discussion about the creative revolution are discussed. Special attention is paid to the problems of authorship and copyright protection.

The article summarizes the results of monitoring of national (state) bibliographic resources on the websites of national libraries of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The peculiarities of the current national (state) bibliographic control in the republics of Russia are noted. The composition of the issues of state bibliographic indexes “Annals of the Press” by types of documents, differences in the periodicity of publishing, languages of the printed editions, included into “Annals”, presence of auxiliary indexes, as well as the form of presentation “Annals of the Press” (electronic editions, digitized printed editions, databases) are analyzed. The chronological framework of current and retrospective national (state) bibliographic indexes presented on the websites of national libraries of the subjects of the Russian Federation is determined.

The article reveals the peculiarities of the transformation of modern university libraries in connection with the ongoing changes in the sphere of higher education. The main difficulties in the implementation of integration into the electronic space are named (including such as limitations of the literature used in the university by year of publication, low attendance, a decrease in the level of information processing, an increase in the library funds the proportion of low-quality editions, the formalization of scientific knowledge, the lack of digital culture among users). This research is fulfilled on the basis of scientific articles and publications of the last years. The author emphasizes the necessity to support the idea of continuing education in the frames of the transformation of the university library as a multi-resource center for preparing materials for scientific researches and ensuring the educational process.

The article is devoted to E.G. Karhu, Doctor of Philology, Russian literature scholar, specialist in the literature of Karelia and Karelian-Finnish folklore, who worked at the Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre RAS. Special attention is paid to bibliography of his scholarly works. A detailed bibliography of the scientist’s papers published from 2013 to 2023 is presented. The actuality of the article is the analysis of E.G. Karhu’s scientific ideas and his bibliographic works. Such a study is carried out for the first time. Academic works of E.G. Karhu are an integral part of the literature of Karelia. His generalizing papers are of interest for both Russian and foreign researchers. The aim of this study is to spot E.G. Karhu’s publications and the literature about his life and work published in the 20th—21st centuries. Publications in Russian, Karelian, and Finnish languages published in Russia both in mass media and as separate books have been identified.

The article describes a little-known source — the literary almanac of 1886 “From day to day”, which includes 365 quotations from various works of M.Yu. Lermontov. Compiled by the Greek Queen Olga (nee Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna, granddaughter of Nicholas I), it had a limited printing and was intended for gifts to especially close people on memorable dates as a diary album for recordings. The history of the existence of each surviving copies of this rare edition is worthy of close study, so long as it gives the opportunity to verify a number of facts important for the native culture. This is a multi-level artifact containing autographs of famous people, reflecting a significant array of events, dates, names and poetic images. The article describes for the first time a copy from the library of the famous bibliophile N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky, in which most of the inscripts belong to representatives of the House of Romanov and their aristocratic entourage (some of the personalities are established for the first time). For this purpose different data have been used with the help and by means of archival and bibliographic heuristics, as well as historical genealogy.

On the basis of epistolary sources from 1895—1913 from the Department of Manuscripts of the Russian State Library and the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, the history of the relationships between D.V. Ulyaninsky and P.P. Shibanov is reconstructed. The letters contain information about the sources and principles of the formation of D.V. Ulyaninsky’s library, his bibliographic studies, prices for antique books, personal relations, as well as about the lifestyle and communication style of the bibliophile, who avoided ritual visits on the occasion of holidays and took care of replenishing his book collection constantly, even on vacation and during illness. The sources demonstrate exactly which defects D.V. Ulyaninsky considered unacceptable for the books of his collection. The article shows the source aspects of his scientific work: determining the authenticity of book monuments, establishing their authorship and the history of the text. The unapproved coat of arms of the Ulyaninskys, which the bibliophile used on his seal in 1902, is first described. It is concluded that the letters of D.V. Ulyaninsky to P.P. Shibanov have a significant cognitive potential for studying the history of bibliophilia, bibliography, trade in antique books and intellectual life of Russian at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries.

The critical review of the second, revised and added edition of biobibliographical index“Garold Davidovich Zlochevsky” is given (its authors: G.A. Melnichuk, N.V.Stepanova, A.I. Frolov). This book was published in 2021. It presents the whole mass of all literary works  and  publications  by  Moscow  bibliographer, bibliophile, expert  for  researching of Russian country  estates,  a talented   inventor  –  Garold   Davidovich  Zlochevsky. The  book  is  published  under  the  aegis  of  the  Russian  Estate  Research  Society and  the National Union of Bibliophiles. This edition is of great interest to the wide circle of readers and researchers: bibliographers, historians, local history researchers, literary critics, art critics, pedagogues, figures  of  humanitarian  sciences  as  well  as  specialists of engineering profile and inventors. A special place in publishing activities of this scientist and encyclopedic scholar was occupied and continues to be occupied by the scientific journal “Bibliography” (until 2015) changed later its  name  for “Bibliography and Bibliology”.

The article presents information about recent organizational solutions and events in the sphere of book business, such as: the development of libraries as cultural centres, including the new regional subjects of the Russian Federation; using of recommendatory bibliography of literature for children; acquisition of library collections for INION RAS; science and research activities of the central regional libraries. It is told about changes in the library legislation, aims and purposes of Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation for 2023 in the sphere of librarianship.

The article discusses the issues of the history of Russian bibliography, researched by Doctor of Historical Sciences A.Yu. Samarin and presented in his scientific publications. Drawing different archival documents this researcher made a great contribution into studies of the activities of the prominent figures of the Russian bibliorgraphy: V.S. Sopikov, metropolitan Evgeny (Bolkhovitinov), N.F. Bokachev, N.P. Smirnov, P.K. Simoni, D.V. Ulyaninsky, N.Yu. Ulyaninsky, N.N. Orlov, M.N. Kufaev, P.N. Berkov, E.L. Nemirovsky, L.I. Fursenko as well as historians dealing with the problems of bibliography such as A.A. Novoselsky, B.F. Porshnev, S.S. Ilizarov and others. The works by A.Yu. Samarin also present a new look on the formation of mandatory copy system in Russia and the results of studying the bibliographic activities of the Russian State Library in the field of rare book.