Names of Libraries: Trends in Sociocultural Context
https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2017-66-2-220-227
Abstract
There is established the task to reveal the totality of current names (personalized and nonpersonalized) of the Russian public libraries localized in the urban space. The process of selection of new name or decision to abandon the old name are interpreted from the point of view of the reflection in it of the contemporary social consciousness, influence of the authorities, relevant to the reading public, as well as for the libraries as a form of search of the best survival strategy adequate to the needs of time. There is made the conclusion on the presence of two trends in the current library naming practice. Within the first one (prevailing at the moment) — the priority is to follow the tradition, the desire to focus on the specific value-historic vertical. Another trend of selecting the name is associated with the skills of creation of image in the urban environment and the desire to occupy its own niche in the space of intellectual and leisure services.
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Irina V. Babich
Russian State Library
Russian Federation
3/5 Vozdvizhenka Str., Moscow, 119019, Russia
Russian Federation
3/5 Vozdvizhenka Str., Moscow, 119019, Russia
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Babich I.V. Names of Libraries: Trends in Sociocultural Context. Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science]. 2017;66(2):220-227. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2017-66-2-220-227
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