The Science of Culture in the Structure of Library-Bibliographical Classification

Abstract

The article is devoted to the section “Culture. Cultural Science” of the Russian Library-Bibliographical Classifi cation. The author pays special attention to the history of culturology formation as a science from the 19th century, various approaches to the science of culture in foreign and Russian studies. The necessity to revise the created in the middle of the 20th century section is caused by the nature of the literature published in the post-Soviet space. The article substantiates the location of the section in the national classifi cation, its relevance and potential for integrated refl ection of the literature on culture, as well as the role it plays in meeting the readers’ needs on the subject. There are reviewed in detail the structural transformations that were made, the new substantive and terminological content in accordance with the radical changes occurring in this branch of knowledge, and the principles of delimitation of this section with other sections existing in the classifi cation, such as history, sociology, ethnology. The updated schedules refl ect the current state of cultu ral knowledge, contribute to a more complete content disclo sure of the publications on culture, and provide an oppor tunity to explore the heritage of the world science and cul ture, and new directions in the development of scienti fi c knowledge in general.