METHODICAL SUPPORT OPTIMIZATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS OF CULTURE

Abstract

The interaction with the methodical department is the most important element of the cultural institutions’ work in fulfilling a number of specific functions, including educational activities. The article considers the problem of imple-menting the goals and objectives of the methodical support of socio-cultural activities in the municipalities in modern changing conditions. The stages of formation and development of the methodical service, which ensures the rela-tions and continuity of the principles and content of the methodical centers’ work from the beginning of the XX century to the present day, have been ana-lyzed. The issue of the necessity of optimizing the activities of methodical ser-vices is raised, confirmed by the results of the sociological study of the em-ployees of the rural municipal cultural institutions of the Cheremkhovsky dis-trict of the Irkutsk region.