"Reading. The encyclopedic dictionary"

Abstract

The reading encyclopedia has been published for the first time in Russia. It generalizes the accumulated knowledge of the reading phenomenon in various science domains (philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, philology, bibliology, library studies, physiology, etc.) and represent it in its true scale – as the foundation, along with writing, of the civilization and a component of political, economical, humanitarian development of any state, as a keystone of full-fledged personal development. The dictionary comprises 371 definitions revealing various aspects of reading as a concept. The dictionary is intended for scientists and researchers, lecturers, teachers, librarians, under- and post-graduate students, for everyone who regards reading as “invaluable treasure” for a person and the humankind on the whole.