Children's libraries act as keepers of memory in the dialog of generations through local history work. Libraries accumulate local history documents, which help to preserve the historical memory of the native land, its geography, population, historical experience, to pass on knowledge about the past of the family, relatives, their city, district, as well as to restore the lost historical connection between generations, to popularize the history, culture and literature of the native land.
Moderator:
- Svetlana Koroleva, Director of the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution of Culture "St. Petersburg Special Central Children's Library named after A. S. Pushkin".
- Natalia Nikolaeva, Deputy Director for Library Work, St. Petersburg State Budgetary Cultural Institution "A. S. Pushkin St. Petersburg Special Central Children's Library.
Speakers:
- Natalia Feklistova, Director of the Murmansk Regional Children's and Youth Library named after V. P. Makhaeva.
- Irina Zhgileva, Director, Amur Regional Children’s Library;
- Tatyana Shved, Director of the Central City Children's Library named after N. Ostrovsky, State Institution "Centralized System of Children's Libraries of Minsk";
- Yulia Bakaeva, Senior Librarian and Regional Curator of Local History Projects, State Budgetary Cultural Institution “Samara Regional Children’s Library”;
- Anna Starikova, Head of the 3rd District Library of the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "Centralized Library System of Petrogradsky District".