THE LIBRARY AS A COMPONENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL POTENTIAL OF THE TERRITORY

Abstract

The analysis of publications on the sociology of education revealed the contradictions in the educational space under the influence of which the role of the library is changing: 1. Equality of rights to education and social differentiation. The contradiction between the declared equality of rights to education and socio-territorial barriers to obtaining education is reduced by libraries that provide free access to socially significant information and knowledge. 2. "Demographic pit" and the decline in education. A decrease in the number of enrollee at the beginning of the ХХI century led to lower requirements for enrollees and to a decrease in the quality of higher education. Modern GEF establish strict requirements for information support for educational programs of universities. The task of libraries in these conditions is to evolve along with the development of education. Libraries are included in the knowledge management process, developing services aimed at servicing new research practices. 3. Disproportions in the structure of education. The structure of educational programs does not fully satisfy the needs of the economy in specialists of the coincident profile. This creates the need for additional education, self-education, lifelong education. Libraries can promote lifelong education and self-education in various areas: – traditional informational support of training programs; – development of disciplinary discourses for teachers and students; – deepening personalization in service; – analysis of open resources for remote users and the creation of tools for their differentiation and use; – participation in the information culture formation; – Promoting the humanization of education; – project activities in popular areas; – informing about educational programs of the territory. 4. The formation of the cultural "capital" of the individual and the "products" of education. In addition to knowledge, abilities and skills in the course of education, the cultural capital of the individual and a special creative environment are formed. The library, associated with the knowledge of a new text, discourse, becomes an instrument of "cultural creation": it facilitates the search and creation of new meanings, forms and supports the creative environment. The formation of the intellectual potential of the territory is based on the interaction and development of scientific, educational and cultural spaces. The library, integrated with all its elements into this complex, dynamic sphere, is changing after its transformation. Library activities are enriched in new directions and expanding functionally, new tasks and intellectual practices appear. The library also retains its immanent functions, which no one else can perform in a changed environment: creating a content resource in the sociocultural and educational discourse of the territory and managing these collections, ensuring equal access to these resources for all users, their organization, presentation and preservation.