Lenin on library organisation in socialist society

Pateman, Joe

Abstract

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, founder of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and leader of the first Socialist State in the world, devoted great attention from the very first days of the soviet power to the education of the people, to organising the work of cultural and educational institutions, libraries and reading rooms. He considered libraries as the most massive and accessible centres of political education for the workers, propagation of knowledge, and the raising of the peoples cultural and technical level. Lenin’s works, reports and speeches, notes and draft resolutions of Party and state organisations contained a detailed programme for constructing the Soviet socialist system of library services for the people.

Citation

Pateman, J. (2019). Lenin on library organisation in socialist society. Library and Information History, 35(2), 98-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/17583489.2019.1632575

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 19, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jul 26, 2019
• Publication Date: Jul 26, 2019
• Deposit Date: May 22, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 27, 2021
• Journal: Library & Information History
• Print ISSN: 1758-3489
• Electronic ISSN: 1758-3497
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 98-109
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17583489.2019.1632575
• Keywords: History and Philosophy of Science
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2079210
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17583489.2019.1632575
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Library and Information History on 26/07/2019, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17583489.2019.1632575