Features of the methodology for organizing the work of libraries in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War

Abstract

During the Great Patriotic War, the methodical work of the libraries of our country was completely rebuilt. The work of libraries was subordinated to the interests of the country’s defense. Library workers organized readings of newspapers and magazines, developed book exhibitions on military subjects. The large republican and regional libraries were evacuated to the eastern regions of the country. But millions of valuable books in the occupied territory were irretrievably lost. Since 1943, the process of restoring the national economy of the country, including libraries, has begun. Errors in working with trophy literature were made. The libraries of the country made their contribution to the Great Victory.