Information on the thesis

Organizational and legal principles of activities of pedagogical libraries in Lviv
in  1920s  –  1930s  have  been  analyzed.  The  peculiarities  of  acquisition  of  public
and school libraries, and libraries of Ukrainian teachers’, pedagogical and national
cultural  associations  («Shevchenko  Scientifi c  Society»,  «Prosvita»,  «Ukrainian
Pedagogical  Association»,  «Mother  school»,  «Teacher  community»,  «Mutual  aid
of  teachers  in  Ukrainian»)  have  been  defi ned.  It  has  been  proved  that  school  and
gymnasium  libraries  in  Lviv  during  the  interwar  period  were  formed  under  the
infl uence of specialization of the educational institution. These libraries played an
important role in the organization of educational process. It has been defi ned that
pedagogical libraries of public institutions and state libraries operated within the legal
fi eld of The Second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the funds of these libraries
were completed according to their own concept of development and their material
and fi nancial resources.
By the specifi c examples, the poor state of provision of education institutions in
Lviv  with  pedagogical  literature  has  been  shown;  governmental  measures  aimed  at
improvement of the material and technical level of school libraries, renewal of funds,
the bases of which in most libraries of  Lviv were the books that had been published
before the World War I have been defi ned. It has been emphasized that many textbooks
that humiliated dignity of Ukrainians, distorted historical past, provoked confl icts as
part  of  the  educational  process,  caused  natural  indignation  of  Ukrainian  youth  and
national consciousness of the public of the land in general.It has been emphasized the scientifi c, organizational and publishing activities of the
State Central Pedagogical Library that played very important role in social and cultural
life of Lviv during the interwar period. It has been indicated that library authorities and
library Council tried to collect literature that would represent not only various branches
of humanities but also main directions of public opinion at that time. The successes
and failures of the library authorities in the publishing fi eld have been summed up.
An important «еducational» component in its activities (holding specialized training
courses, conferences, book exhibitions and other thematically related to these activities)
has been emphasized.
Library cards of Ukrainian and Polish students in Lviv, their common and distinctive
features as well as the impact of national factors on literature choice for extracurricular
reading  have  been  analyzed.  Scientifi c  works,  fi ction  literature,  reference  works
that aroused the greatest interest among children have been also defi ned. It has been
confi rmed that reading preferences of the youth were effected by family environment,
national cultural associations and teachers of educational institutions, particularly their
extracurricular  activities  related  to  aesthetic  and  patriotic  education  of  the  younger
generation. The important role of school libraries in cultural and educational life of the
society at that time has been proved and their impact on the national consciousness of
the youth has been regarded.
Key words: library, Lviv, national cultural associations, school, reader’s interests,
Poland.