Are library environment and library space synonymous? (Some problems of modern library terminology)

Abstract

The article describes main directions of the national library terminology development. The first one is an active use of foreign, mainly Anglo-American concepts and terms. Among the approaches to this issue stand out: introducing new terms, which are absent in the Russian language; using foreign terms to clarify existing Russian ones; replacing Russian words with foreign calques. The second direction is application of various science concepts and terms in the library science. Its characteristic feature is the reliance on theoretical philosophical ideas and concepts. The author discusses such philosophical notions as «environment» and «space», and their adaptation to the library science, shows the difference of such terms as «space of library» and «library space», «inner and outer library spaces». In frames of «library space» a real, virtual, and imaginary space are considered