Requesting, Receiving, and Renewing Publications
You can learn more about the procedure for requesting, receiving, and reserving publications here
Request Publications
Orders can be placed via the Electronic Catalogue 24/7. If the required document is not found in the catalogue, you can use the order form.
Orders for documents from the Central Book Repository are accepted by phone: +7 (499) 557-04-70, ext. 43-56, from 9:00 to 18:30 for the current day.
Receive Publications
Items from the RSL holdings can only be used in the library’s Reading Rooms.
You can collect them in Reading Rooms at the following service points:
Main Building, 1st Entrance, 2nd Floor:
Printed documents from the Central Book Repository
Delivery time: at least 40 minutes
Low-use documents from the Central Book Repository held at the Khimki Complex
Delivery available on: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Confirmation of the exact delivery date will be sent to the user's email. For further information on order status, please call:
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 45−34
Reference and bibliographic documents from the repository of the Central Reference Library
Documents delivered from other libraries via Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Collection time depends on delivery from the holding library.
For delivery information, please call:
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 17−30
Service Desk in the Reading Room of Electronic Resources and Microforms
Main Building, 1st Entrance, 1st Floor, Room A-116г
Documents on optical compact discs from the Central Book Repository
Delivery time: at least 30 minutes
Microform documents from the Central Book Repository
Delivery time: at least 40 minutes
Service Desk in the Oak Reading Room
Main Building, 1st Entrance, 3rd Floor, Room A-309
Documents from the collection of the Department of Art Publications, available from 12:00 to 20:00
Restricted access documents from the Central Book Repository, available from 12:00 to 20:00
For advance enquiries, please call:
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 46−85
Delivery time: at least 30 minutes
Additional Service Desk in the Dissertations Department at the Khimki Complex
15 Bibliotechnaya Street, 2nd Floor, Room X-228, Khimki, Moscow Region
Low-use documents from the Central Book Repository
Delivery time: at least 30 minutes
Circulation Desks for the Repositories of Specialised Department in the Departments’ Reading Rooms:
Department of Newspapers
15 Bibliotechnaya Street, 2nd Floor, Rooms X-205, X-206, X-207, Khimki, Moscow Region
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 13−08, 13−21
Delivery time: at least 30 minutes
Department of Dissertations
15 Bibliotechnaya Street, 1st and 2nd Floors, Rooms X-143, X-146, X-228, Khimki, Moscow Region
+7 (495) 570−03−66
Delivery time: at least 60 minutes
Department of Art Publications
The temporary service desk is located in the Oak Reading Room of the Main Building, 1st Entrance, 3rd Floor, Room A-309, from 12:00 to 20:00
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 44−36
Delivery time: at least 30 minutes
Department of Cartographic Publications
3/5 Vozdvizhenka Street, Building 1, Pashkov House, 1st Floor, Left Wing
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 45−65
Delivery time: at least 30 minutes
Department of Music Publications and Audio Recordings
3/5 Vozdvizhenka Street, Building 1, Pashkov House, 1st Floor, Left Wing
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 43−35
Delivery time: at least 30 minutes
Research Department of Rare Books (Book Museum)
3/5 Vozdvizhenka Street, Main Building, 3rd Entrance, 4th Floor, Room Г -405, Moscow
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 46−79
Delivery time: at least 30 minutes
For originals held in special storage conditions or on display in the Book Museum – up to 3 days
For 19th–20th century Cyrillic printed books – next working day
Department of Manuscripts
3/5 Vozdvizhenka Street, Building 1, Pashkov House, 1st Floor, Right Wing
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 43−38
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 12:00 to 20:00; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10:00 to 18:00
Delivery time: at least 24 hours. Delivery time may be longer for certain documents – see the Procedure for Library and Information Services for Readers in the Department of Manuscripts for details.
Centre for Oriental Literature
6-8 Mokhovaya Street, Moscow
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 14−59
Delivery time: at least 20 minutes; for newspapers – at least 60 minutes
Sector at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre (documents from the Schneerson Family Library), Sunday – Thursday: 12:00 to 22:00
11 Obraztsova Street, Moscow
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 19−46
Delivery time: at least 15 minutes
Reserve and Renew
Documents from the repository can be reserved (held on the Reserved Shelf), with the option to extend the reservation period. Reservations are made at the following service points:
Main Circulation Desk
Main Building, 1st Entrance, 2nd Floor
Reservation period for printed documents (including low-use items) from the Central Book Repository: 6 working days from the date of order.
To extend the reservation period, please notify us by 19:00 the day before the return date
— At the service desk
+7 (499) 557−0470 ext. 17−29
Service Desk in the Reading Room of Electronic Resources and Microforms
Reservation period for documents on optical compact discs and microforms from the Central Book Repository: 6 working days from the date of order placed at the service desk
+7 (499) 557−04−70 ext. 46−54
Unclaimed documents are returned to the repository once the reservation period has expired.
Reservations for documents held in the repositories of specialised departments are handled at the service desks located in the corresponding Reading Rooms:
Department of Newspapers
Reservation period: 5 working days from the date of order; extension period: 3 days
+7 (495) 570−05−77
Department of Dissertations
Reservation period: 5 working days from the date of order; extension period: 5 days
+7 (495) 570−05−55
Department of Art Publications
Reservation period: 5 working days from the date of order; extension period: 5 days
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 44−36
Monday to Saturday: 12:00 to 20:00
Department of Cartographic Publications
Reservation period: 10 working days from the date of order; extension period: 5 days
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 45−65
Department of Music Publications and Audio Recordings
Reservation period: 30 working days from the date of order; extension period: 10 days
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 43−35
Research Department of Rare Books (Book Museum)
Reservation period: 5 working days from the date of order; extension period: 5 days
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 46−79
Department of Manuscripts
Archival documents: reservation period 1 month from the date of order; large format items: 2 weeks
Particularly valuable documents: reservation period 3 days from the date of order
Extension period: 5 days
+7 (499) 557−04−70, ext. 43−38.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 12:00 to 20:00; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10:00 to 18:00
Centre for Oriental Literature
6-8 Mokhovaya Street, Moscow
Reservation period: 14 working days from the date of order; extension period: 14 days
+7 (495) 695−88−12
Unclaimed documents are returned to the repository once the reservation period has expired.