THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY OF
THE UKRAINIAN STATE LIBRARY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
(The Pages of History)

The history of the Library research activity is shortly presented in the publication. It is recommended to librarians, library scientists, teachers and students of the colleges and universities of culture.
THE YOUTH AND AIDS: A SERIOUS VIEW
THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
The bibliographical index "The Youth and AIDS: A Serious View" is the next issue of the "Non-Secret Information" publications series. The different aspects of the AIDS problem in the community of young people are described in it, namely: the rates and the ways of the spreading of decease, and also the ways of its possible prevention.
The publication consists of three chapters, and within these the sources of information are placed in alphabetical order. The first chapter is devoted to the state of legal base concerning AIDS. In the second chapter the books and the articles from periodicals are presented that elucidate as exhaustively as possible those problems (history and current state of the AIDS spreading, especially among the young people) which the youth, so to say "the prime of nation", without fail must know in order to protect themselves and their keen against this terrible evil. The third chapter deals with the prophylactic measures against AIDS. The information sources in two last chapters are annotated.
The auxiliary and factual materials are the useful supplement to the main body of text.
This index can be recommended to librarians, school and university teachers, students and all those who interests in the above mentioned problems.

THE COZY WORLD OF SOFIA MAIDANSKA
(In honor of her 55th birthday)
THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
The publications of the works and the literature about the life and creative activity of Sofia Maidanska are collected in this index for the first time. The materials of the separate chapters are placed in the alphabetical order.
The edition is recommended to librarians, theorists of literature and all those who interests in the culture of our native land.

THE EDITORIAL ACTIVITY OF THE UKRAINIAN LIBRARIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
The Second Issue
This issue includes the best publications by the regional libraries for young people prepared in 2001. We hope that the information concerning these publications would allow the readers to learn better the progressive experience of the Ukrainian libraries for young people and to use this experience in their further professional work.
The Contents
Introduction
The Editorial Products
The Vinnytsia Regional Library for Young People
The Volhynian Regional Library for Young People
The Dnipropetrovsk Regional Library for Young People named after M.Svetlov
The Donetsk Regional Library for Young People
The Zhitomyr Regional Library for Young People
The Transcarpathian Regional Library for Young People
The Zaporizhya Regional Library for Young People
The Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Library for Young People
The Kyiv Regional Library for Young People
The Kirovograd Regional Library for Young People named after O. Boychenko
The Crimean Republican Library for Young People
The Lugansk Regional Library for Young People
The Lviv Regional Library for Young People
The Mykolaiv Regional Library for Young People
The Odessa Regional Library for Young People named after V. Mayakovsky
The Poltava Regional Library for Young People named after O. Honchar
The Ternopil Regional Library for Young People
The Kharkiv Regional Library for Young People
The Kherson Regional Library for Young People
The Khmelnytski Regional Library for Young People
The Cherkassy Regional Library for Young People

THE EDITORIAL PRODUCTS OF THE REGIONAL LIBRARIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
The Spiritual Leader of the Great Nation: A Historical Hour Scenario: (In Honor of M. Drahomanov's 160th Birthday)/ The Volhynian Regional Library for Young People; Prepared by Z. Korchynska. - Lutsk, 2001. - 14 P.
The material is devoted to Mykhailo Drahomanov, the great scientist, researcher of Ukrainian folklore, literary critic, brilliant publicist who was an "apostle of truth and science" for Ukraine.

To the Conscience and Reason of Men: An Ecological Literary Soiree/ The Zhitomyr Regional Library for Young People; Prepared by N. Polonska, I. Telypska. - Zhitomyr, 2001. - 11 P.
The scenario of the soiree devoted to the nature preservation and based on the Ukrainian classical and contemporary poetry, famous songs and melodies.

The Arms of Word are Stronger Ones: A Literary and Musical Soiree (In Honor of Lesya Ukrainka 130th Birthday)/ The Zhitomyr Regional Library for Young People; Prepared by T. Kozarenko. - Zhitomyr, 2001. - 6 P.
The poetry by Lesya Ukrainka, fragments of her belletristic biography by A. Kostenko and of historical articles about Zhitomyr Region published in 1997 are used in the scenario.

And Adhered He to the Village with All His Heart: A Methodical Advices Concerning Vasyl Stefanyk 130th Birthday/ The Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Library for Young People. - Ivano-Frankivsk, 2001. - 9 P.
The Flare of Word: A Bibliographical Note Concerning Poetess Neonila Stefurak 50th Birthday/ The Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Library for Young People. - Ivano-Frankivsk, 2001. - 4 P.

The Warmth of My Palms, Mind and Heart I Give to My Dear Ukraine / The Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Library for Young People. - Ivano-Frankivsk, 2001. - 15 P.
The Scenario of the 10th Anniversary of Ukrainian Independence Celebration.