The national library of the Komi Republic Syktyvkar is in and is one of the biggest in the Republic. The library is located on Sovetskaya street and is a unique monument of architecture. Most residents of the city calls it the library. Lenin, because she was named in 1958 – once was located in this building. The national library has more than 170 years – during this period she had several times changed its name, priorities, status, and even to make the necessary changes in the work associated with cultural, social changes and the significant increase in flow in the archive documents.

The library building was built according to the project of architects of Lopatto and Lysakova. In 1991 it was taken under state protection as an architectural monument of regional significance.

At present, the national library of the Republic of Komi is a genuine cultural, local history, information and research centre of Syktyvkar. It has become the largest repository of books, located in the Northwest region of the Russian Federation. Book collections include about 2, 4 million units of storage, with 1260 titles issued as Newspapers and magazines. Great value carry religious books, old books, Newspapers and magazines of the 19th century, as well as such valuable books as the encyclopedia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, Sciences, and literature", published in 25 volumes within 1875-1888, published in 1823, and 1885 on the Komi language "gospel". Especially rich Foundation, dedicated to foreign literature, which includes about 26 thousand different documents issued in 72 languages of the world.

Library of the city of Syktyvkar is one of a kind Keeper descriptions to patents and copyright certificates that have been registered on the territory of Russia and the USSR. Fund information and technical documentation is 1, 5 million units, which is the largest in the whole country.

One of the major functions of the National library began providing citizens with necessary information, which is associated with access not only to the magazines and books. There is a so-called musical Foundation, which stores records of foreign and Russian music, contemporary and classical, and music of different peoples of the world. Provided videoelement is more than four hundred adaptations of classic literature, films, performances, dedicated to the art.

The library has international information centre called "World without borders", located on the second floor and representing information and news about political, cultural, economic and social life of various countries. The center includes three halls: German-French, American and Finno-Ugric. One of the objectives of the centre is the development of artistic, intellectual and educational abilities and contacts between Komi and leading foreign countries.

The first of its kind became a center devoted to information and marketing enterprise, which will help you learn about all matters relating to the registration and conduct of business, as well as the necessary documentation. Here it is possible to get a free consultation with center staff on labour relations, licensing, small business and business planning. Paid services associated with assisting in the registration of the Declaration on incomes of natural persons, including drafting the necessary documents.

A special pride of the National library was the existence of access to information by using the most modern technology is a full electronic catalogue of all new acquisitions, electronic library of rare local history publications, electronic databases of bibliographic nature, and much more. For the implementation of information service is provided the use of legal information systems "Garant", "Consultant Plus", "Legislation of Russia", "Code", and various and numerous online resources.