由于政治动荡、资金缺乏,加上西方科技信息源枯竭,独联体科学家面临与西方科技文献绝缘的恶境。1992年要再不采取紧急措施,大多数图书馆就将停订外文学报和外文图书。列宁图书馆作为国家图书馆,1992年就将不再有任何外文期刊了。最近这些年,至少是1988年以来,列宁图书馆所进外文出版物,数量一直猛 Due to political turmoil, lack of funding and the depletion of western sources of science and technology information, scientists in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) face the dilemma of being insulated from Western scientific and technological literature. In 1992, no further urgent measures will be taken. Most libraries will stop foreign-language journals and foreign-language books. As a national library, the Lenin Library will no longer have any foreign journals in 1992. In recent years, at least since 1988, the number of foreign publications entered by the Lenin Library has been fierce