This article presents a terminological analisis of the concept of the personai library. It notes the lack of presision and uniformity in the way the term is used in bibliographical studies and indicates how this phenomenon of the 'personai library' is understood by Russian library scholars. In case is made for the view that the term 'personai (lichnaja) /ibrary' better conveys the essential character of such libraries than consepts such as 'private (chastnaja) library', 'family (semejnaja) library'.
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