January 28 marks the 80th birthday of Inessa Bikashova. She was a veteran of the National Library of Belarus.
The staff of the National Library of Belarus recalls Inessa Ivanovna with respect and awe as a highly qualified specialist, sensitive, responsive, conscientious and very talented person. She could tell the story of the library in prose or expose it in verse. And how many wonderful songs she knew ...
In 1961 she began her career as a librarian in the Minsk Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren after she had graduated Minsk State Pedagogical Institute named after M. Gorky. In the same year she moved to the State Library of the BSSR named after V. Lenin Five years later, Inessa Ivanovna was transferred to the post of the Senior Librarian of the Scientific Book Subscription Department. A complex area of work was conducted here to redirect unsatisfied requirements of the libraries of the republics, most of which were issued in foreign languages, to other libraries of the BSSR and the Soviet Union.
In 1961 she began her career as a librarian in the Minsk Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren after she had graduated Minsk State Pedagogical Institute named after M. Gorky. In the same year she moved to the State Library of the BSSR named after V. Lenin Five years later, Inessa Ivanovna was transferred to the post of the Senior Librarian of the Scientific Book Subscription Department. A complex area of work was conducted here to redirect unsatisfied requirements of the libraries of the republics, most of which were issued in foreign languages, to other libraries of the BSSR and the Soviet Union.
In 1974 I. Bikashova took up the post of the Head of the Nonresident Group of the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) sector.
Work experience and practical skills, professional knowledge and abilities, the quality of the work performance allowed Inessa Bikasheva in 1989 to become Head of the Department of Interlibrary Loan. She made a huge contribution to the development of the ILL system, which made it possible to ensure prompt and accurate execution of all incoming orders from libraries of the huge country.
I. Bikashova generously shared her experience with colleagues, made presentations at national and international conferences.
In addition to her professional activities, Inessa Bikashova took an active part in the public life of the staff: she was repeatedly elected as a member of the Trade Union Committee of the library and was the Trade Union Leader of the department. Her contribution did not go unnoticed in the development of the country's library services: she was awarded for her work, her photo could be seen more than once on the Library Honor Board.
Inessa Bikasheva with son
Inessa Bikashova devoted 38 beautiful years of her life to the library and contributed to its history. She recalled this time: “... For about forty years I worked at the library. It was like a home for me. I recall a lot of good, bright, and cheerful moments after I left. I wish everyone who will come to work in this home in the future to meet kind, smart, wise mentors, to go to work with pleasure and joy, and to keep the brightest feelings about our library and its people in their hearts. ”
Inessa Bikashova ended up her life journey on May 18, 2016. She was buried at the Western Cemetery of Minsk.
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