INTELLECTUAL SPACE OF LIBRARIES WITHIN THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROVINCIAL CITY (THE CASE OF KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR LIBRARY NAMED AFTER N. OSTROVSKY)
An important goal of the intellectual and aesthetic development of the provincial city is to create the necessary conditions that contribute to the revitalization of the people’s cultural potential. Along with the most important cultural institutions such as theaters, museums, exhibition halls, etc., a special role belongs to the library, which currently represents a modern social institution, including the cultural and information components. In this article, the case of Komsomolsk-on-Amur library named after N. Ostrovsky is examined in the context of the intellectual library space impact on the social and cultural formation of the city at different historical stages of the development.