Nikolay Kartashov’s heritage today

Abstract

The author reviews the subject scope and the presentations of the inter-university research and practical conference hold on the occasion of the 90-th anniversary of Professor Nikolay Kartashov (1928–2011), a prominent library scientist, an architect of the USSR librarianship, the USSR Honored Worker of Culture. It is Nikolay Kartashov who was the first to substantiate the system approach principle in the library studies, and to develop the concepts of regional and comparative library studies.At the conference, the significance of Kartashov’s personality and science concepts were objectified within the context of modern library science. The participants focused on characterizing Kartashov as a scholar, administrator, and pedagogue. In their discussion, problematic, and practice-oriented papers, theoretical, methodological and methodical aspects were analyzed. The participants were examining the term “regional library studies” within the modern context and the possibility to apply this relevant concept in the professional library education and library practice.The Conference specific feature was the wide range of poster papers; the speakers revealed Kartashov’s contribution into the library science and practice, in particular, methodological approaches and theoretical tools of the regional library studies, the concepts of library management based on functional modeling, revamping the system of territorial library services, etc.