Books Blog

Kainova Anna

an eco-activist, volunteer, traveler, participant of "F*ck da trash", a graduate of SumDU and AIESEC, works at IT company Brocoders, initiator of 17 projects in 11 countries around the world on responsible consumption together with Electrolux

Project "Ukrainian Language: History and Present" promotes preservation of the cultural heritage and popularization of the Ukrainian language.

Within the framework of the program "Decade of the Ukrainian Language" initiated by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in 2018, the SumDU Library holds a series of cultural and educational events and exhibitions of valuable Ukrainian-language publications for schoolchildren and students of the region.

Shvachunov Igor

Sumy painter, master of easel painting and graphics, watercolorist, photoartist, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, lecturer of SSPU named A. Makarenko. The artist's works are stored in the Würt Gallery of Contemporary Art (Germany), the Sumy Regional Art Museum named N. Onatsky, the Lebedyn City Art Museum, galleries, private collections of Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Germany, Holland, Italy, USA, Canada

Sidlyarenko Andriy

Head of Unicheck Ukraine Antiplagiate LLC, cybernetics specialist, lecturer at National Aviation University, disciplines: Software Visualization, Software Economics

Аrtyukhov Artem

Candidate of technical sciences, docent of the department "Processes and equipment of chemical and oil refineries", head of the group of promotion of academic integrity of SumDU, a fellowship of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Kidruk Max

Ukrainian writer, traveler, columnist for men's magazine "XXL". Author of 9 novels and a series of travelogues. His works have been translated into Polish, Russian, German and Czech.

The author's new book, "Until the Light Goes Out Forever," is interactive, it has augmented reality. Through a special mobile app, the reader can chat with the characters of the book, ask what is interesting or disturbing

At the SumDU Library, anyone can take an AR quest with their smartphone!
Read the QR code

go through the Library labyrinth, solve the Raccoon challenge and get prizes!

The starts from the main entrance.
Spend your free time with benefits! The raccoon is waiting for the erudite.

A virtual quest game created with the support of the E-Learning Technology Center, in particular, the Virtual and Augmented Reality Training Lab, aimed at attracting young people's attention to the library's novelties.

Despite changing the format of the Library in the modern digital age, the popularity of reading remains a main idea.

Within the project, "Reading Changes Us and Everything Around" has created a "Kitchen Reading" video featuring interviews with university and city celebrities.

Thanks to "Kitchens Reading" we learned about the attitude to reading famous Sumy citizens. What is the most popular literature nowadays? Will the books be relevant in the future?

Kipiani Vakhtang

Ukrainian journalist, historian, publicist, editor of the "Historical Truth" edition, presenter of the "Historical Truth" television program, teacher of the master's program in journalism at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, and the "PR" Chair at the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" press in Kyiv, winner of the Georgy Gongadze Prize (May 2019)

Michael Yudenkov

Professional artist, master of painting and landscape, who has an original and well-known painting style. He is called "Paul Cezanne's follower". He was twice awarded the diploma of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine "for his significant contribution to the creation of spiritual values and high professional skill"