ORGANIZATIONAL AND METHODICAL ASPECTS OF PERSONNEL EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES
The authors of the article make an attempt to highlight the issues of organizational and methodological support for personnel education for school libraries. They also describe the tendencies of development of higher education in the Russian Federation and characterize the innovative pedagogical activity of the Library and Informational faculty of St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Art. The article highlights a new programme of the faculty "Communication activity of public and school libraries". The organizational and methodological foundations of the two disciplines taught within the programme are presented by the authors. They also note the need for a more detailed study of the development of the innovative educational landscape of higher schools in modern Russia.