Foreign book science: analysis of research approaches (on the example of translated monographs)

The fourth article in a series of publications devoted to the current state of affairs and prospects for the development of book history sources, used in educational programs in Russian and foreign universities, substantiates the need to analyze monographic publications. The works prepared in the framework of the American-Canadian, Polish, and French bibliological schools in the second half of the XX - early XXI centuries and translated into Russian are explored in detail. Despite the inconsistency of some publications, it is concluded that multiple research approaches (functional, systematic, semiotic, medialogical) coexist productively, allowing to unfold the heuristic potential of the discipline from different perspectives. It is a continuation of the article «Publications on book science and history of the book, used in the educational process abroad. Part 1. Study materials»