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Ilona Oleksiv, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Scientific Researcher in Ma­nuscript Department of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv

Reference and library activities by Myron Corduba (1876–1947) in scien­tific, cultural and educational, social and political societies of Galicia and Bukovyna

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37222/2524-0315-2024-16(32)-14

In the life of historian, bibliographer, archeographer, ethnologist, translator, pedagogue, publicist, and public and political figure, Professor Myron My­khailovych Korduba (1876–1947), professional and scholarly work in libraries occupied a significant place. The Ukrainian scholar collected books, owned a rich private library that housed valuable publications by many national ideologues and politicians, was passionate about bibliography and librarianship, and was also a member of the Bibliographic (later Bibliological) Commission.

Myron Korduba acquired basic competencies in abstracting as a type of scholarly activity while studying at the Lviv Academic Gymnasium, which he later developed and elevated to a professional level under the guidance of M. Hrushevskyi.

This article highlights previously little-known aspects of Myron Korduba’s scholarly and public-organizational activities as a library reference and a delegate from the Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) to international scientific congresses, conferences, conventions, and forums.

The modern interpretation of library reference is extrapolated to the rea­lities of the early 20th century. The paper explores the formation of competencies in library work and abstracting, and examines the main principles of the Ukrainian scholar’s librarianship and reference activities. It reflects his involvement in the functioning and development of libraries of Ukrainian societies that he headed. Particular attention is paid to Korduba’s reference and library work in the NTSh, specifically to abstracting articles by speakers at meetings, administrative work in the library, and his delegation as a representative of the NTSh Division, the Historical-Philosophical Section, and the Archaeological Section to international scientific events of various levels. The proposed study complements the established general image of Korduba’s scho­larly activities in Ukrainian and European educational institutions, political institutions of Galicia and Bukovyna, and draws the attention of Korduba scho­lars to the little-known library-reference and abstracting heritage of the Uk­rainian historian during his period of active scholarly activity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Keywords: library, library science, referencing, reference materials, reference activity, library clerk, NTSH administration, NTSH delegate, library debtors.

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