International Bibliographic Congresses: Through the Prism of History to the Future

The article presents the International Bibliographic Congress, scheduled for September 2025 in Yakutsk, which will continue the tradition of similar events in recent decades. The first International Bibliographic Congress was held in 2010 in St. Petersburg, the second — in 2015 in Moscow, the third — in 2021 in Novosibirsk. Each time they were cities, and respectively libraries (Russian National Library, Russian State Library, State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), preserving and developing rich bibliographic traditions. It is shown that by holding international bibliographic congresses, the bibliographic community of Russia aims to achieve several goals: 1) to identify the current (at the time of the next congress) state of bibliographic science and practice not only in Russia, but also in other countries of the world; 2) to discuss the most pressing problems facing bibliographers; 3) to outline ways of further development of bibliographic activity in the near future and in the distant future.