Today so often there are complaints about the fact that the youth today is not the same. And boys and girls don't read books at all. In the foreground of the modern public is television and the Internet. The World Wide Web allows you to draw any information from different sources, just sitting at home in front of the monitor. Works today can be listened to through the earpiece of a mobile. But is everything so critical of this book? The Youth Library has taken on this stereotype.
Founding History
The Russian State Library for Youth is the largest reading room in the country, aimed at working with this difficult target audience. Today in Russia there are 8 similar institutions of the federal level.
The administration classifies people aged 14 to 99+ as "young".
This institution was founded in the post-war period. In 1966, a branch of the capital's public historical reading room separated into an independent organization.
Autonomy has benefited. Russian State Library for Youthreceived the status of an information institution for work with applicants, students and schoolchildren. It is on its basis that the development, study and primary implementation of modern and experimental methods of work are being carried out today. Only after being fully tested here, the tested methods are introduced in other public reading rooms.
Modern Opportunities
The Moscow reading room works with the most advanced stratum of the population. In order to keep your reader, you have to keep up with the times and even strive to get ahead of it.
All visitors are provided with access to the Internet, electronic reader forums number more than 1 million publications. Boys and girls can work from desktop computers, as well as from their laptops, using free Wi-Fi.
Readers can use the help of employees, but at the same time, the process of self-service is well established. The book return window is open around the clock, located on the outside side, at the entrance to the reading room.
Great attention is paid to providing access for people with disabilities. Ramps, sliding automatic doors, equipped restroom, special lift. All this provides the possibility of movement not only for wheelchair users, but even for such a category of readers as mothers with small children.
For the visually impaired provided: audio books, reading scanners, electronic magnifiers. A selection of videos with sub titles is given to the hearing impaired.
Here everyone canfind all the necessary information from a variety of sources that exist in the world. And do it in the most comfortable conditions for him.
In the reading room there is even an absolutely unusual for our country, but such a necessary room for feeding and swaddling babies. There is also a playroom for guests with older children. Surely young parents also go to the library for some interesting work or light reading. All this proves that the youth library is friendly and open to all.
WGBM online
The Russian State Library for Youth, whose actual address is well known (Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya, 4, building 1), is also absolutely accessible when working remotely on the network. Registered users can work with the resources of electronic library systems, which is called - RSSL online.
And this is very convenient. The library also has its own official website and is represented in social networks. A lot of remote features for registered users are available in their "Personal Account".
Events
Many free events are held by the Russian State Library for Youth. Moscow is developing not only as a business capital, but also as a cultural city.
The variety of events is not just amazing, but mesmerizing. Literary circles? expected. Psychological training? Maybe. Meetings with interesting lecturers, round tables of culturologists,teachers and more? All this surprises and inspires to visit the reading room.
Truly unexpected and entertaining meetings attract many visitors every day. Many of them cost absolutely nothing to library card holders. Almost all events can be accessed without being an active member of the Chamber of Readers.
So don't think too long. If you don’t know where in the capital you can borrow a book to read in an interesting environment among like-minded people, then the halls of the Moscow reading room are always at your service!
