The collection of literature on library science, bibliography, book knowledge dates from 1922, when a study of the library science was called into being within the precinctes of Szaniawski university. On closing down the university it was incorporated into Moscow public Rumyantsev museum. Nowadays the collection contains upward of 160 thousand units of storage, it is a stock of special literature, unique in terms of content and scholarly importance. The repertory of Russian publications is available here with the biggest fullness in that the collection has been receiving deposit copies of publications put out in Russia in conformity with its acquisition policy since 1940.
Professional periodicals feature widely there.