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Central Scientific Library
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The Central Scientific Library was founded in 1804 on the initiative of the prominent educator, public figure and scholar V. N. Karazin.
The general collection of the library includes more than 3,500,000 items of educational, scientific literature and periodicals.
The collection of rare editions and manuscripts is included in the State Register of Scientific Objects of the National Heritage (Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated August 28, 2013 № 650- р., “On the classification of scientific objects as national heritage”, letter of the State Agency for Science, Innovation and Informatization of Ukraine to the State Informational Science of Ukraine “On inclusion in the State Register of Scientific Objects of the National Heritage”).
This collection is a particularly valuable part of the general collection of the Central Scientific Library and already have the status of national heritage and classifies it as part of the national & global book heritage of historical and cultural significance.
The most valuable part of the book collection consists of about 85,000 items: manuscripts, handwritten books, archival documents of the XII-XX centuries (2,000 items), old printed books of the XV-XVIII centuries (3,4000 items), rare and valuable editions of the XIX-XX centuries, including personal libraries (24,000 items), a collection of periodicals of the XVII-XX centuries. The oldest manuscript in the collection is a Greek manuscript on parchment from the ХІІth century - a collection of theological treatises by church fathers, interpretations of the Song of Songs by Solomon, the Book of Daniel, the Book of Habakkuk, and others.
The Library holds publications of Kharkiv University Printing House founded in 1804. Among them are Ukraine’s first magazines and newspapers, published by the University Printing House.
There are 4 loan departments and 14 reading rooms for readers, including: reading room of literature on the history of the university, reading room of reference books, the Window on America Center, supported by the US Embassy in Ukraine; the Hellas Center, created with the support of the A. Leventis Foundation (Cyprus); the Cyril and Methodius Center, opened with the assistance of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Ukraine, and others.
