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05/06/2019. The National Library of the Republic of Karelia has summed up the results of XII Summer School for Rural Librarians of the region
May 27–31, 2019:
The National Library of the Republic of Karelia together with Karelian College of Culture and Arts with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Karelia, held XII Summer School for Rural Librarians of Karelia – the Republican summer seminar of rural librarians "Modern rural library". This year the theme was “Reference for renewal: actual directions of development of rural libraries in Karelia”.
25 specialists engaged in library services for villagers from 15 municipal districts and 2 municipal urban districts of Karelia actively received new knowledge, exchanged work experience, participated in quick round of questions, seminars, workshops, visited the Kondopoga District, made presentations at interactive forums and received certificates of advanced training of the Karelian College of Culture and Arts.
The School participants familiarized themselves with information on the implementation of the National Project “Culture” in the Republic of Karelia for 2019–2024, as well as with new forms of work, effective practices and successful experience of Karelian rural libraries, including model municipal libraries of new generation.
Both theorists, specialists in psychology and pedagogy of Petrozavodsk State University, and practitioners, specialists of the National Library of the Republic of Karelia, told the participants of the Summer School about the development of interest in reading among children through creative activities
Specialists of the National Library showed the rural librarians creative and interactive programs aimed at popularizing knowledge about the native land, at promoting children's and family reading. They told about modern approaches to serving the blind and visually impaired, about the organization of this process in the National Library, showed new tactile books and manuals for visually impaired children and invited to participate in a master class on the creation of tactile textbook.
One day was dedicated to the on-site professional program “Library scene for education and leisure: the library of the Kondopoga municipal district in the Year of Theater in Russia.” Students of the Summer School visited the Central Library of Kondopoga District, which is one of successful and modern libraries in Karelia, and the Yanishpole Rural Library, which is one of the best rural libraries in Kondopoga District. This day also became the day of discoveries and revelations for students of the school.
When parting, the rural librarians thanked the organizers for the benevolent atmosphere and “very interesting ideas”, stressing that they “were delighted with everything they saw and heard.” Summer School is a bright event in life of Karelian librarians. It has been held annually since 2008. Students of the school return to their libraries with gifts, new books, videos, information documents, manuals, teaching materials, and most importantly, full of enthusiasm, new forces and ideas.
