Kashuba, S. V.Bazyey, N. V.Kashuba, V. I.Andrievsky, Serhii M.Андрієвський, Сергій МихайловичАндриевский, Сергей Михайлович2020-02-182020-02-182019Past, Present, and Future (Astroplate III) (Germany, Bamberg, march 11–13, 2019)https://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/27233Currently Observatory of I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University owns collections of astronegatives obtained with its own instruments (about 100000 glass plates), as well as those obtained with instruments from other observatories (about 10000 plates). According to Bulgarian web-page WFPDB (wfpdb.org) Odessa collection of astroplates is second in Europe (after Sonneberg collection) and third in the world (after Harvard and Sonneberg). In this poster we describe the current condition of our collection and consider our plans for how to maintain this important astronomical heritage. We are also discussing our first steps in digitizing part of a collection in accordance with the decision of the world virtual observatory and WFPDB standards.enObservatory of I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National Universityastronegatives obtainedOdessa collection ofArticle