National Library of the Komi Republic is located in Syktyvkar is one of the biggest in the whole country. The library is located in the Soviet street and is a unique architectural monument. Most residents of the city calls it Library. Lenin, after all so it was named in 1958 - as soon became located in this building. National Library has more than 170 years - during this period she had several times changed its name, priority, status, and even make the necessary changes in the work that have been associated with the cultural, social change, and a significant increase in the flow coming into the archive of documents.

The library building was built according to a design by architects and Lopatto Lysyakova. In 1991 it was taken under state protection as an architectural monument of regional significance.

Currently, the National Library of the Komi Republic is an authentic culture, local history, information and research center of Syktyvkar. It has become the largest repository of books, located in the Northwest region of the Russian Federation. The book fund totals about 2, 4 million units of storage, with 1260 titles issued as newspapers and magazines. Considerable value carry religious books, ancient manuscripts, newspapers and magazines of the 19th century, as well as valuable books such as "Encyclopedia Britannica: Dictionary of Sciences, Arts and Letters", published in 25 volumes during the years 1875-1888, published in 1823, 1885 in the Komi language "gospel." Especially rich foundation dedicated to foreign literature, which includes about 26 thousand different documents issued for 72 languages.

Library of Syktyvkar - is unique to the keeper descriptions copyright certificates and patents that have been registered on the territory of Russia and the USSR. Fund information and technical documentation is 1, 5 million. Storage units, which is the largest in the entire country.

One of the most important functions of the National Library was to provide citizens with the necessary information, which is associated with access not only to journals and books. There are so-called Sheet Music Foundation, which keeps a record of the foreign and Russian music, classical and modern, as well as the music of different peoples of the world. Provided videoabonement - more than four adaptations of classic literature, films, performances, dedicated to the art.

The library operates the International Information Center, entitled "The World without Borders", located on the second floor and to provide information and news about the political, cultural, economic and social life in different countries. The center consists of three rooms: the German-French, American and Finno-Ugric. One of the objectives of the center is the development of artistic, intellectual and scientific and educational abilities and contacts between the Komi Republic and leading foreign countries.

The first of its kind became a center dedicated to information and marketing business, which helps to learn about all matters relating to the registration and management of business, as well as the necessary documentation. Here you can get a free consultation at the Centre for Labour Relations, licensing, running a small business and business planning. Paid services center linked to the provision of assistance for the registration of the declaration of income of individuals, including the preparation of necessary documents.

A special pride of the National Library was the existence of access to information by using the most modern technology - a complete electronic catalog of new acquisitions, an electronic library of rare natural history books, electronic databases bibliographical and more. For the implementation of information and reference services provided by the use of information and legal systems "Garant", "Consultant Plus", "Legislation of Russia", the "Code", as well as various and numerous online resources.