Libraries as the cultural heritage of mankind carry important historical milestones and revive ingenious eras for future generations. One of such creations of the world was the state reading room of Rostov-on-Don. We’ll talk about her today.
May the centuries-old work of ancestors not die!
Today, the Internet has enslaved, it seems, all the thinking of mankind. Networked, made available communication, animation and video, music and games, reading online and learning in general. But is it true that this carries at least some semantic load, the ability to think and move convolutions? But what about the good old books, smelling of resin binding and singing with bewitching rustling of pages?
I recall the thick “Treasure Island” by Jules Verne, the glossy sheets of “A Thousand and One Nights of Scheherazade, ” the intricate investigations of James Headley Chase and Arthur Conan Doyle. And what a wonderful illustrated encyclopedia, scientific literature, works of great people can be found in the libraries of the countries of the world! Of course, it’s not a problem to find it in the digital form on the Internet today, but nobody has ever canceled the real woven, leather and original covers. And it is considered good fortune to pick up a work of art and read it from cover to cover.
One of the wonders of the world - Rostov public library
The city of honors and military glory of Rostov-on-Don has a unique architecture of Russian culture - a state reading room that bore the name of Karl Marx from 1886 to 1921. After that, it began to be called the public regional library of the Russian people. Although the creations that the “book repository” contains are collected from all over the international world. There you can read both the ancient manuscripts of the Vatican itself, as well as rare copies of the sages and the biblical life, as well as modern best-selling writers of all countries.
You simply wonder how carefully the ancient canons and the latest editions were carefully stored and arranged in racks, how the servants of the book palace are so calm about their “wards”, and how neatly they are arranged according to the register. The mode of operation of the public library is also being executed. Rostov is generally famous for its values in terms of human communication and proper pastime. Everything always opens and closes by the hour. If the working day has come - everything is at work, if it is a holiday or a holiday - then no obligations other than household chores.
All to the exhibition in the Rostov library
And of course, what chic exhibitions are held in the heart of the manuscript palace, which is the Rostov public library! Here are cultural events of writers and poets, art galleries of famous and newly grown authors, photo shoots and interesting landscape and human images, films, concerts and humorous festivals. People usefully and rapture spend creative evenings. And all this allows you to place the public library of Rostov-on-Don in its halls.
Amazing exhibitions are dedicated to the anniversaries of the reading room itself. So, every year on the birthday of the "temple of the soul and education" shows are opened, and people are given the opportunity to see the historical documents of the book depository. Polite guides tell tourists and citizens about the invaluable national fund of the reading museum, which has been accumulating knowledge and age-old wisdom for 130 years. There are also promotions and raffles among visitors to celebrations. And many residents of the glorious city on the Don help to collect the catalog in order to leave an indelible legacy to their distant descendants. Therefore, all local people know about such phenomena and try to book a free tour to the place where such a significant event as an exhibition in a public library is planned. Rostov seemed to come to life at once, and a good mood is read on everyone's face.
How does the book kingdom bloom?
It is clear that behind such a powerful "empire", which is the scientific and artistic fund of book formation, care and vigilance are needed. The staff of the museum library with huge reading rooms and rooms for the exhibition of arts works tirelessly. Each booklet must be dust-wiped, the floors washed, the premises cleaned properly.
Many visitors daily go through this paradise on earth and irrigate their brains with divine nectar, which exudes the Don Public Library. Rostov-on-Don, thanks to such a center of energy and spiritual nutrition, is enlightened and receives great knowledge of civilizations.
Well, if still not a library, but the World Wide Web? What's better?
From ancient times it was known that reading yourself is much more effective than listening to stories from the outside. When a reading person delves into the lines, running through their eyes and exploring the mind, he remembers and absorbs the information several times more than “it flew into one ear, flew into the other.” So is the Internet. It gives a visual representation of events that are mixed with distracting maneuvers on other aspects, such as music, films, games, desktop notifications, push mailings, and lenses of attention. The reader is completely immersed in the book and until then bears episodes in his head until he finishes the next chapter or the whole story. He will remember the studied masterpiece for his whole life and will retell it to others. And here insurmountable circumstances and forces come into the process.
A deal with conscience, or a Craving of Wits. Continuing on the Internet and libraries
Following the above let us summarize a healthy and fat line. Any paper work is easily perceived at home, in nature, on a trip and wherever it “desires” to engage in reading or continuing an unfinished section. And on smartphones, laptops and tablets, there is no such zeal and never will be. Thrust is not that, interest is not that. Yes, and netbooks with PCs quickly get tired.
Unfortunately or fortunately, electronic gadgets are not intended for inspired scooping of knowledge and therefore can never replace a real and “live” book. Today, many people of the older generation and most of the golden youth, despite the information age, prefer to attend such necessary universities as the Rostov Public Library. Only there with the help of scientific and fiction real geniuses of their times grow. Although modern poets and prose writers have adapted to easily compose and type poems, poems, and vaudeville on keyboards. But knocking on the keys is by no means read.
Where is this street, where is this house?
And this miracle is located on the southern borders of the Russian Empire, as mentioned above, in the glorious city of Rostov-on-Don. It is not difficult to find an institution so significant in the life of Rostovites. Every countryman, from small to old, knows the way to him and tells you how to quickly get to this wonderful place. Now write down the address of the public library in Rostov. Details are as follows: index 344049, Rostov Region, Rostov-on-Don, ul. Pushkinskaya, 175. The head is Evgenia Mikhailovna Kolesnikova.
Center working hours:
- Monday is a day off;
- From Tuesday to Friday the library is open from 9.00 to 19.00 hours;
- Saturday and Sunday working hours - from 10.00 to 18.00;
- the last Friday of every month is a sanitary day.
In the summer, from June to August, the following mode:
- from Monday to Friday and Sunday, the working interval is from 10.00 to 18.00 hours;
- Saturday is a day off;
- the last Friday of every month is a sanitary day.
The library is closed and resting during the holidays on the announcement of the Government of the Russian Federation. All information is presented on the official website of the institution. A modest but zest-made site, which housed the Rostov public library, contains documents, events and facts, as well as news, electronic services, catalogs and databases. Everything is simple and clear for using materials on this wonderful resource. There is also a portal to the administration of Rostov. Here you can get acquainted with other city services and news, where one of the first achievements is rightfully owned by the Don “book reader”.
