N. V. Lopatina - an outstanding scholar and science leader
The article is written on the jubilee of Natalia Viktorovna Lopatina, Russian scholar, pedagogue, and science leader. Her biography and key activities are reviewed. N. V. Lopatina graduated from Moscow State Institute of Culture (MGIK) in 1992, and since that she has been teaching at the institute; in 1998 she became an associate professor, and later, in 2005, a professor. In 2011, Natalia V. Lopatina was appointed an academic secretary of MGIK Dissertation Board, and since 2020, she has been heading it. Her role in improving the Dissertation Board activities is emphasized. In March 2015, N. V. Lopatina completed her doctoral dissertation in pedagogy. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the professional journal «Culture: Theory and practice»; she also heads the chair of library and information studies (previously, the chair of library studies and bibliology). Today, the chair comprises seven Ph. D. and D. Sc. who are able to solve the most challenging educational, research and intellectual problems. Selected research and academic works by N. V. Lopatina are reviewed in brief.