Cultural and historical value of librarianship in the 1920s-1960s (by the material of the Dagestan Republic)
The characteristic of librarianship as a cultural and historical phenomenon is given in the article. The author notes the democratic tendencies of perfection of the state system of librarianship management in the 1920s-1960s. Special attention is paid to the First congress of library workers of Dagestan (1962), which summarized the native librarianship development.