About Us

The State Institution Republican Scientific Medical Library (RSML) is an information center for library and bibliographic services for researchers and healthcare professionals in the Republic of Belarus.

RSML serves as the national repository of medical and healthcare-related documents, the sectoral center for interlibrary and international loan services, as well as the national depository of medical and healthcare literature.
It also functions as a scientific, methodological, and coordination center for medical libraries across the Republic of Belarus.
The library acts as a regional documentation center of the World Health Organization in Belarus.

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Its activities are focused on the development and preservation of information resources, meeting the library and bibliographic needs of healthcare professionals, as well as providing information support for scientific research and development in the field of medical science.

The collection of the RSML is a national asset, comprising about one million domestic and international scientific publications. The library also holds a unique collection of rare medical editions, the earliest dating back to 1809.

Traditional user services are provided through reading rooms and personalized service areas. Remote users are offered access to the Electronic Medical Library, interlibrary loan, electronic document delivery, and a virtual reference service.

The library provides access to both national and international information resources, including through telecommunications networks.