Legal provision of the national cultural policy for the libraries: Novelties of 2016, trends for 2017

Abstract

The 2016 legislative innovations for public libraries are discussed. “The Basic Principles of the State Cultural Policy” is examined as the core document for developing and improving legal acts and regulations. The goals of the document implantation are: to provide for cultural processes in Russia; to advance the unity of the Russian society through the priority cultural and humanitarian development; to foster civil identity; to educate active citizens; to preserve historical and cultural heritage and to use it in educational and civilizing efforts; to transfer Russian civilizational values and norms, traditions, customs, and behavioral patterns from generation to generation; to build environment for everyone’s creative potential implementation; to provide everyone with the access to knowledge, information, cultural values and benefits. The tasks to be accomplished to achieve these goals are formulated. The federal laws “On amendments to the Federal Library Law in the Respect to Building the State Information System “The National Electronic Library” and “On Amending the Federal Law On Mandatory Copies” are highlighted.