Someone today will never part with modern gadgets, preferring electronic versions of newspapers and magazines to their paper counterparts. There are those for whom there is nothing more pleasant than the usual rustling of book pages. Oddly enough, libraries in Moscow try to take into account the requests of both.
The new look of libraries
They are engaged not only in the issuance of books, but also offer a lot of opportunities for a pleasant and useful pastime: language courses, interest clubs, meeting with diverse people, teaching the basics of computer literacy and even conducting photo shoots. Undergoing changes in the architectural appearance of the library of Moscow are differently suited to the holding of events.
So different readers
The presence of free services, individual design, comfortable furniture attracts readers of different ages, social and professional status: unemployed, students, specialists, pensioners. Each of them finds something to their liking. A separate area of work is working with special readers. Those who do not always manage to lead a full life due to their state of health.
Libraries in Moscow are centers of cultural and social life, striving to provide their readers with a wide range of publications, access to electronic resources, reference and legal systems. If necessary, library staff provide advice.
Excursion to unusual metropolitan libraries
The most unusual libraries in Moscow. What are they like? Let's find out together. And we will start with an institution whose main audience is youth. A modern and comfortable interior, computers and free Wi-Fi, electronic libraries - all this is at the service of readers of the Russian State Library for Youth.
Service at the Russian City Library is built using RFID technology. When all the operations of taking books in the library and returning them are carried out by readers on their own. In the lobby area of the lobby there are a photocopier, scanner, and information kiosk. Everyone can use them, even in the absence of a record in the library. In addition, the library is attractive due to the presence of a psychologist in it and operating interest clubs. As for the needs of people with disabilities, special ramps, lifts and toilets are equipped for them.
The real treasury that stores printed manuscripts, ancient folios, modern scientific works and publications is the Lenin Library. Moscow is a city where several branches of this library are located, with over 45 million publications in its collection. The participation of the RSL in programs aimed at the reconstruction and reconstruction of ancient books has become traditional. It also provides storage space for the latter in compliance with the necessary conditions.
A full "third" place today is the Library. Dostoevsky. Its attractive features include the presence of a pleasant informal atmosphere, nice furniture, personal lockers with a key, coworking. The main “feature” of the library is its mode of operation: visiting the institution is possible at night. Only subject to payment. By the way, the year the library was opened is 1907. Its opening after reconstruction took place in 2013. Moreover, the format of the institution has become completely different.
In the Library of Urban Stories, visitors will be offered to read books on urban topics, participate in discussions, chat with guest storytellers, and board games. Periodically, film screenings are held here, lectures are heard.
For little readers
Seeking to diversify the leisure of readers and children's libraries in Moscow. So, for example, in “Gaydarovka” work studios, circles, clubs. Their number roughly reaches 20. Chuck and Huck - that is the name of the two biblio-robots - help librarians. By the way, the first library fund in Gaydarovka was represented by the personal library of V. O. Klyuchevsky (Russian historian). He bequeathed it to the city. Today, there are a large number of fluffy and soft books, rattle books and toy books, music books and books for the bathroom.
Visiting libraries in Moscow is becoming a fashionable activity, akin to going to an anticafe. It is unlikely that in the near future these institutions will be crowded out by others. After all, just as a large cinema screen cannot be replaced by the atmosphere of a cinema, electronic books can not supplant the world of books and libraries.