THE CONTRIBUTION OF LIBRARIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The article examines the regulatory and legal security of environmental education. It defines the content of the basic concepts of “environmental information”, “environmental education.” Domestic libraries of various types carry out environmental education in the traditional natural science understanding using various forms of events. The analysis of the repertoire shows that library events activate the behavior of the audience to a lesser extent than, for example, museums and nature reserves. Environmental actions do not develop an interest in reading, analyzing information, and do not teach how to counter information threats. The author shares the opinion of experts that the informational and humanitarian (cultural) approach to understanding the tasks of environmental education is gaining strength. The presented material allows concluding that libraries are gradually mastering the understanding of library ecology in the context of cultural ecology. Abroad, the terms “ecology of the library” and “ecology of information” are used synonymously. The author believes that it is possible to develop the ecology of information as interdisciplinary knowledge. Domestic legislation and the activities of Russian libraries indicate the public need to ensure the information security of the reader. Thus, the importance of the information component of the ecology of culture is increasing, both in practical library work and for improving training programs.