FORMATION OF READING CULTURE IN THE UKRAINIAN SOCIETY: HISTORICAL ASPECT

Abstract

Introduction Nowdays, reading has acquired a qualitative new form due to the spreading of e-books and online media. Modern realities indicate that books change their place in the system of values and reading culture is declining due to the number of political, social and economic reasons, which leads to negative trends, related to the level of education and spirituality of society. Therefore, educational institutions, libraries, publishing houses have to find the best ways to solve this problem. Now the implementation of a New Ukrainian school has begun. The «Conceptual Basis of Secondary Education Reforming», in particular, emphasized: «Every school will have a modern library in its structure, which will become a resource center and a test site for pupils and teachers, will provide a free access to a quality electronic textbooks, encyclopedias, libraries, laboratories» 1 . All of the above determines the topicality of this research.