Activities of Russian libraries in the field of retrospective scientific and auxiliary bibliography: issues of theory and modern practice

Libraries of various types and kinds, starting from the late 20s of the XX century, have been the main centres for the preparation of domestic bibliographic products, among which special place is taken by retrospective indexes of literature of a summarizing nature which require significant research work. Scientific and auxiliary bibliography acts as an organic part of scientific and information activity. Moreover, it represents an integral component of science as a social system. The article provides an overview of retrospective bibliographic resources of a fundamental nature published by federal and regional libraries of Russia in 2000-2023.