"Loud Readings" as a Tool for Forming the Worldview and Cultural Values of Youth (Based on the 1951 Library Reports)

The goal of the article is to analyze such student outreach program as “Loud readings” to identify the frequency of their organization, the range of authors and topics. The study based on the educational institutions reports of the State Labor Reserves System. Archival materials refer to “Loud readings” in vocational schools in the Sverdlovsk region in 1951 are introduced into scientific circulation. This type of library service was considered in Soviet times as an effective tool for forming the worldview and cultural values of future representatives of the working class who owned a profession and had a certain level of culture and education. “Loud readings” considered as an important component of student leisure time during extracurricular activities. This program contributed to the total regulation of a teenager’s life, clearly defining employment in his leisure time in favor of mass and collective. On the other hand, it also had a positive impact in terms of increasing the level of education and ideological literacy and literary taste of future workers.

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