The defective idea of transforming libraries into basically different institutions
https://doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2019-2-18-30
Abstract
The author analyzes and criticizes Vadim Stepanov's radical technocratic ideas of transforming libraries into basically different institutions. In particular, Vadim Stepanov promotes these ideas in his recent publications in the “Scientific and Technical Libraries” journal. The author proves that such views are not the news having been promoted a century ago and repeated many times. However, the attempts to implement them have demonstrated their bankruptcy. The author also considers the ideas of taming the document flow: it has been stabilized in the 20:80 ratio to the advantage of non-digital books. 99% users come to the library for printed (paper) books as they cannot afford buying them due to continuously increasing prices and imperfect book selling system. It means that the libraries shall not renounce of their documentive function. The libraries recognize the significance of their communicative function, and V. Stepanov’s appeals look beside the point. Thus, the appeal to transform libraries into basically different institutions shall be deemed counterproductive.
About the Author
Yu. N. Stolyarov
Science and Publishing Center «Nauka» of Russian Academy of Sciences;
Russian State Library
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yury Stolyarov, Dr. Sc. (Pedagogy), Professor, Chief Researcher
90 Profsoyuznaya st., 117864 Moscow, Russia
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Stolyarov Yu.N. The defective idea of transforming libraries into basically different institutions. Scientific and Technical Libraries. 2019;(2):18-30. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2019-2-18-30
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