Е. А. Плешкевич The article is devoted to the review of modern research on the activities of public libraries on popularization and promotion the achievements of Russian science and technology. Based on the analysis of 35 publications (from the mid-2010s to the present), two main directions have been identified. The first one is represented by scientific researchs conducted by scientists from the St. Petersburg and Moscow State Institutes of Culture during the preparation of dissertations. They consider the popularization of science 1) as a tool for developing the scientific literacy of readers of mass libraries through the management of reading popular science literature, and 2) as a technology for digitalizing cultural and leisure activities. The second direction has begun to take shape in the 2020s at the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is focused on the development of popularization activities of libraries of different types and library promotion of scientific and technical achievements with the help of scientific and popular science literature and its reading management, non-book forms are given a supporting role. This area is being implemented as a scientific project. The research of the second direction is of a complex, fundamental nature. Historical, theoretical and methodological researches are aimed at reconstructing the history of the formation and development of the Soviet educational model of librarianship. It studies the evolution of state policy in the field of enlightenment in relation to librarianship, the development of the concept of library promotion of scientific knowledge, as well as the study and development of popularization activities of libraries in social media. Empirical research is aimed at studying modern libraries and their readers, as well as methodological support for the creation of recommendatory bibliographic resources. The article summarizes the study results of library role in science communication: it shows achievements and discussion aspects in modern researchers’ investigations, thus updating studies on this theme.
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продвижение достижений науки и техники