The Lib Digest includes reviews of media publications about the Belarusian National Technical University, as well as news and event listings for the upcoming week. Find the most important information in the news flow and come to the library for reliable data and information that you can trust.
The full texts of the publications are available in the BNTU in the Media archive. The resource includes materials from online and print media, as well as photo and video content. Stay informed and proud of your university!
The BNTU Scientific Library has an unusual “employee” – the library’s mascot, Fyodor Lyagushkin. He doesn’t work at the department and doesn’t fill out forms, but he performs an equally important mission – helping students navigate the library space and adapt to student life more quickly.
Fyodor pays special attention to first-year students. On the library’s social media, he has launched a special library guide that helps newcomers easily and stress-free adapt to the new space. In the format of short, clear, and friendly publications, Fedya shows how the library works and what opportunities it offers to students.
You can get to know Fedya and his guide here.
The Belarusian National Technical University publishes five peer-reviewed scientific journals that are included in the list of VAK publications. All journals are placed in the open access on the BNTU scientific journals portal.
You can read about new issues of journals on the library website.
We are summarizing the results of 2025 and inviting you to evaluate the most striking events, projects, and results of the BNTU Scientific Library!
All achievements are available at the link.
On February 6, 2026, a real intellectual marathon took place at the "My Belarus" exhibition on the "Science and Innovation" platform. It was a lecture sprint of the "Science in Details" project. In three hours, the audience took a journey through history, pharmacology, and automotive technology, discovering that science can be both fascinating and captivating.
The event report can be found on the website.
During February, Reading Room No. 1 at 16 Yakub Kolas will showcase a selection of textbooks from the library's collection.
For more information about the exhibition, please visit the link.
Belarus has always been proud of its women. With their determination, integrity, and ability to take action, they have achieved success in spite of any circumstances, thanks to their extraordinary love for their work.
The exhibition features materials about talented and charismatic women from Belarus who have made a significant impact on history and are a source of national pride.
For more information about the exhibition, please visit the website.
451° Board Games Club, 18.02, 17:00
Welcome to immerse yourself in the world of board games on the basis of the Scientific Library of the BNTU, where the 451° Board Games Club operates.
The club is open from 17:00 to 20:00.
Location: KB-16 coworking space of the Scientific Library of the BNTU (16 Yakuba Kolas Street).
Admission: free.
Organizers: the primary organization of the BRSM and the Scientific Library of the BNTU.
Last time we talked about the balance between rational planning and living in the present moment, as well as how the external environment affects our desires and decisions. But behind this conversation there was a more fundamental question: how is our experience of perception and understanding of the world arranged in general?
The topic of the meeting: "brains in a barrel".
If perception can be replaced or distorted, what exactly are we perceiving – the world itself or just its interpretation? The philosophical thought experiment of "brains in a barrel" questions not only the validity of reality, but also the limits of our knowledge. We deal with images, meanings, signs, and expectations on a daily basis, which are largely shared with other people and learned through language, culture, and familiar ways of explaining the world. However, it is not always clear where in our experience we are dealing with what we actually see and where we are dealing with how our brain has learned to understand it. We recognize meaning where we have learned to recognize it, including in the context of other people and shared interpretations. If we see a name written by ants on the ground, do we know if they wrote it meaningfully? Or is the meaning created because we know these symbols and are accustomed to seeing orderly forms in the world? Would we pay attention to the same thing if we did not have a language, an alphabet, and a habit of explaining everything? What in our experience is real, and what is the result of perception and thought? Where is the boundary between the world and our way of understanding it? Is reality knowable in itself, or only in the forms in which we are able to experience it? And if our picture of the world is always, in some sense, assembled, what does this mean for the authenticity of life, responsibility, and freedom of choice?
Come to understand this topic. A lively mind seeking the truth is welcome.
Recommended reading: Putnam, H. Brains in a Barrel // Reason, Truth, and History. Moscow, 2002. Pp. 14–37. URL: https://tinyurl.com/34tdb4xc
Location: KB-16 coworking space of the BNTU Scientific Library (16 Yakub Kolas Street).
Admission: free.
