Charged and free services in the libraries of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation within the theory of patronized goods
https://doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2023-6-58-72
Abstract
The purpose of the article is to analyze the ratio of charged and free services provided by central libraries of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (i. e. republican, territorial and regional libraries). The problem of library charged user services is examined through the optics of professional library community and the government. The authors attempt to expand theoretical foundations of library services with the new ideas of national economists focusing on the humanitarian sector and, in particular, those developing the theory of patronized goods. The theoretical analysis is complemented with the large-scale empirical study of services presented at the official websites of 77 central libraries in the RF constituent entities. The findings demonstrate that the charged services dominate while the share of free services has drastically decreased. The charged services in these libraries exceed the free ones by a factor 8.4. The authors conclude that massive and mechanistic implementation of charged services is a dangerous challenge for the libraries as it exposes them to a risk of abandoning the principle of common availability of libraries and, in long run, of users exodus.
Keywords
central libraries of RF constituent entities,
libraries’ official websites,
library services,
library services classification,
services diversification,
service economy,
culture commercialization,
charged services,
free services,
theory of markets of patronized goods,
humanitarian sector of economy
About the Authors
N. I. Gendina
Moscow State Institute of Culture
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalya I. Gendina – Dr. Sc. (Pedagogy), Professor, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies.
Khimki, Moscow Region
N. I. Kolkova
Kemerovo State Institute of Culture
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nadezhda I. Kolkova – Cand. Sc. (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Professor of the Chair of Digital Technologies and Resources.
Kemerovo
L. N. Ryabtseva
Kemerovo State Institute of Culture
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Larisa N. Ryabtseva – Cand. Sc. (Pedagogy), Associate Professor of the Chair of Communications Technology.
Kemerovo
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Gendina N.I., Kolkova N.I., Ryabtseva L.N. Charged and free services in the libraries of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation within the theory of patronized goods. Scientific and Technical Libraries. 2023;(6):58-72. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2023-6-58-72
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