Evolution of the Siberian and Far Eastern Libraries from the Perspective of Cultural and Regional Research
The aim of the paper is to reveal how the cultural and sociological conceptions along with the results of regional researches influenced the development of library science; to identify approaches applied by specialists studying the libraries in Siberia and Far East. It was shown that libraries development in XVIII-XX centuries was viewed by the specialists in the context of the general historical process and evolution of the regional culture which had such characteristic features as openness, aspiration for dialogue, increment of values originated both within and beyond that culture. The author emphasized the fact that local libraries were not isolated from the national library system but functioned as its integral part.