State regulation of public libraries in Russia in the first half of the XIX century
The article reveals the content of state regulation of the activities of public libraries in Russia in the first half of the 19th century. It is shown that the government showed interest in involving the public in the development of the cultural life of urban centers, and therefore created relati...
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| Language: | English |
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2023/%D0%A2.8,%20%E2%84%964%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/13-18%20%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%94.%20%D0%98..pdf |
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| Summary: | The article reveals the content of state regulation of the activities of public libraries
in Russia in the first half of the 19th century. It is shown that the government
showed interest in involving the public in the development of the cultural life of
urban centers, and therefore created relatively comfortable legal conditions and an
organizational environment for the work of public libraries.
In the 1830, the authorities tried, using bureaucratic methods, to introduce a public
initiative to create public libraries in provincial cities. In response to the proposal
of the head of the Free Economic Society P. S. Mordvinova, the Minister of Internal
Affairs attracted the heads of regions — governors — to create a kind of library
partnership. Local authorities, for their part, had to guarantee legal status to
provincial libraries, provide them with organizational assistance, and representatives
of the public, for their part, had to accept funding and carry out ongoing library
work.
The government established a licensing procedure for opening public libraries, which
received legal status and the ability to independently stock book depositories. In
an effort to prevent public libraries from becoming centers of anti-government
propaganda, the authorities exercised administrative and police supervision over
them.
The results of the implementation of the ministerial project turned out to be modest:
instead of the planned fifty-two, only twenty-nine public libraries were opened,
most of which ceased to exist within 10–15 years. However, the general principles
of state regulation of the activities of provincial libraries were extended to all other
public libraries in Russia. In the middle of the 19th century, a library boom began in
the country, which was caused by numerous public initiatives from below |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |