CREATING A MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: AN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION APPROACH

Abstract

The article considers the specifics of a children’s library in conditions of digitalization of society, reveals the structure of its information space. The development of the main functions and mission of a modern children’s library as an institution of inculturation is considered from the standpoint of the information and communication approach. The article considers the means of promoting information resources of libraries, the contents of the multimedia environment, the prospects for its development from the point of view of formation of an advanced, high-tech library environment; the development of library communities in social networks and blogs; mobile technologies; increase in the availability of services provided by libraries; development of library multimedia resources and publications. The use of social networks by libraries is revealed as a means of promoting socially significant reference and bibliographic content among children and adolescents. The experience of modernizing the space of the children’s library, its multimedia environment is presented on the example of “Media Center” of the city of Krasnodar, the activities of the library specialized sector “Engineering Creative Laboratory”.