Libraries and the family: the practice of libraries of Tomsk region

This paper deals with the organization of work with the family as an integrated unit, understood as the library' user. At the same attention is paid to family reading and also to other areas of work with the family. The article highlighted the following areas of work with the family as a part of the implementation of library and information services: - promotion to alignment of communication between family members, which belongs to different generations; - work with children from dysfunctional families; - organization of library services for helping to family education. Considered the basic methods of implementation of service in libraries of Tomsk region within the framework of these directions. This direct servicing of library readers : the organization of exhibitions, mass and group actions with participation of families, but not certain readers; creation on the basis of libraries circles and clubs, which oriented to work with the families, as well as children from dysfunctional and broken families, and others. Also important area of work of libraries the help to families in ensuring collective family activities. First of allit is about assistance in the family education organization, interaction between family members. Besides, libraries provide assistance in the preparation of family members to participate in various competitions, directed to forming of more close family relations, provision of joint activities. Such competitions are organized at the levels of: individual settlements, districts, regions. Thus, in this article the family considered not as certain users of library, but as elements of peculiar «complex user» - family. One of the main directions of servicing during the work with a family is providing the platform, knowledge and opportunities for communication, of general subjects of communication, general views of activities which could strengthen intra family relations. Such communicative and activity platforms are organized both based on the library, and in a family. These directions of activities are considered on the example of the organization of library and information services libraries of the Tomsk region: district libraries, children's libraries and departments, libraries, municipal library networks of the Tomsk region.

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