Museum activity of modern rural libraries (on an example of the Tomsk region)

Local history is one of the most important social functions of modern public libraries. Libraries obtain local history literature, conducts local lore catalogs and card files, creates and replenishes thematic folders and albums, conducts various mass events, creates and replenishes electronic local lore resources in the process of local history work. Local history activity is a reason of creation of new museum collections, museum rooms, permanent museum expositions, and local history stands in many libraries. Library museum collections participate in the preservation and popularization of the cultural heritage of the region, contribute to the formation of local lore culture of the individual's readership, contribute to the patriotic education of the youth. Library museum collections perform the functions of social memory, social reflection, social communication, social adaptation, social forecasting and social design. Researchers note the generality of these functions with the library ones, they say that the museumification of libraries is a natural process conditioned by the modern development of culture as a whole. Museum activity of libraries allows to collect and preserve unique local history material. For rural residents, museum collections in libraries are an opportunity to preserve and pass on to subsequent generations knowledge about the culture of ancestors, for librarians it is an opportunity to improve the status of a library in the local community. Almost all 274 rural libraries of the Tomsk region are carrying out museum work. Most libraries collect and present objects of everyday life of the XIX-XX centuries in the form of expositions. Other popular theme of museums of rural libraries of Tomsk region is a military glory, where exhibits of military themes, memorable albums are presented. M. L. Khalfina's library of Moryakovsky Zaton of Tomsk district and the Novo-Kuskovo' library of Asino district are libraries-museums of famous Tomsk writers, whose works in the Soviet Union were filmed. The activities of these libraries are aimed at preserving the memory of eminent countrymen. Museum activity of libraries promotes self-identification of the population in culture and history of Russia, allows to get acquainted with the life of ancestors, to update the memory of various historical events. The format of permanent museum expositions allows to avoid binding to memorable dates and create conditions for continuous social reflection, continuous updating of social memory.

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