Background
Vera Aleksandrovna was born on March 28, 1907.
Vera Aleksandrovna was born on March 28, 1907.
Vera Aleksandrovna graduated from Polytechnic University in Blagoveshchensk-on-Amur.
The first position of Vera Aleksandrovna was the head of the library of the Amur house’s educators, then she worked in the Khabarovsk regional library. Since 1929 - she was already in Saratov - the head of the general department of the Saratov University’s Fundamental Library. In 1931, Vera Aleksandrovna was appointed Director of the library until the end of her days.
According to Vera Aleksandrovna Artisiewich, the director of the library should have organizational talent, sharpness, quick reaction, also he must be able to work with people, care for their professional development and spiritual growth.
According to Vera Aleksandrovna, librarians should be people not only educated, with professional knowledge, erudite, but also attractive, beautiful, polite and attentive to the needs of readers who know how to dress modestly, but with taste.
Among the qualities that a librarian must possess, she called the desire for self-improvement, concentration, sense of duty, responsibility, friendliness, decency and tact. The librarian should not be afraid of hard working. She emphasized that the one who pursues only personal interests, who are closed, rude, evil, lazy, irresponsible, slow, unbalanced and soulless should not choose this profession.
Vera Aleksandrovna is a Honorary member of the International academy of information.
Quotes from others about the person
According to outstanding librarian-Margarita Ivanovna Rudomino, Artisevich was able to work with people, to win the audience’s trust. She spoke well, with conviction and argument. She was strict to herself and to subordinates. She was characterized by what is called the "instant executive". She was a miscellaneous person with the organizer's talent, with a broad outlook, erudite, educated, friendly, loving book, with an extraordinary mind, able to communicate with people, to delve into the work of subordinates.
Yu.N. Stolyarov in his article "The pioneer of soviet library science" called Vera Alexandrovna a rarity person in the profession deserving to be included in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest library worker and the oldest library director.