Author: Sokolov A., Professor, the St.-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts, Doctor of Education
Abstract: The socially-demographic and political features of an information society influencing libraries on the basis of information and globalisation megatendencies are characterized in the paper. Mission of libraries as humanistic symbol of the nation is specified.
Key words: Library, Megatendency, Globalisation, Socialisation, Information society, Socially-demographic feature, Political feature, Humanisation, Dehumanization, Global threat, Humanism, Magic of Book, «обиблиотечивание», Nation symbol.
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