“Bibliosphere” Journal over Fifteen-Year Period: Analytical Review of Methodological and General Theoretical Articles

In 2005, the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences established the “Bibliosphere” Journal, well known in our sector multidisciplinary periodical on library science, bibliography, computer science, book studies and related cultural issues. It formed the synthetic heading covering issues common to the entire bibliosphere, and the word “Bibliosphere” has become a professional term with its own definition. The Journal constantly maintains the columns on library science, bibliology, bibliography science and others. The article presents the review of the publications of synthetic nature that have methodological and general theoretical significance for the complex of the related disciplines that form bibliosphere: library science, bibliography science, bibliology, book culture and computer science. Maintaining the column “Methodology of Scientific Research Works” is specific particular to “Bibliosphere” Journal and refers to its undoubted success. From the very first issues, the Journal crossed the planned regional scale and declared itself as a serious periodical of theoretical and methodological level.