Local history direction in social activity of rural libraries (on example of Tomsk region)

Activity of any libraries founded on humanistic potential, which is necessary and integral part of one. Rural public libraries appeal for social activity and local history activity for realization this potential. Social work ensures the viability of the community. At the end of XX - beginning of XXI centuries it has become a must direction of library work in Russia. The importance of social activity is noted in the Manifesto of the Russian Library Association Public Library. World practice has considerable experience of social work in libraries. Currently, European libraries are actively working with refugees. Children and adolescents can be studied as a particular risk group. Experience of social work in Russian libraries contained in the publications devoted to working with children, disabled children, disabled people, pensioners, the unemployed and other socially vulnerable groups of the population. Authors note that present-day libraries are organizing its activities focusing on the interests of local communities. For each individual library is characterized by its direction of social activities and priorities in the social support for the population. Rural libraries of Tomsk region work in areas such as: support and development of children's reading; providing educational programs; work on vocational guidance of schoolchildren; the organization of cultural activities for the local population; support of creative self-realization for the local population; Information support for the older generation; legal support for the local population; promotion for healthy lifestyles. As part of some of these areas of the library are often used local history material relating to environmental, patriotic, historical, aesthetic, literary regional studies as the most relevant for the locals. Local history activity, as well as social work libraries contribute to improving the well-being of local communities. Libraries of Tomsk region organize the activities of local history clubs, clubs for socializing socially vulnerable layers of population, published works by local authors, publish the results of research of local history students and adults. Libraries often use local history material in organizing all kinds of anniversaries. Literary and musical meetings with local authors, exhibitions of creative works of local residents contribute to creative self-realization for the local population and the promotion of local creative achievements. Libraries attached to the reading of children and adults, promoting in particular works of local authors. Libraries contribute to the formation of local lore in the work with students. In addition, they use the biographies of local residents to assist in vocational guidance. Libraries appeal to the local history within the social work because local history is relevance for all categories of the population. According to the annual reports of libraries, in the Tomsk region, about half of the rural population is involved in various areas of social and local history activity of libraries.

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