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The purpose of the research is to characterize the process of training librarian specialists based on the analysis of available historiographical research and archival sources at the Faculty of Political Education of O. O. Potebnia Kharkiv Institute of Public Education. The methodology. Methods of research that allow to solve the tasks and achieve the goal were historical approach, chronology, analysis and processing of archival documents, reconstruction, generalization and systematization. The results. Considering the history of the formation and implementation of the educational process at the library and book section of the Faculty of Political Education makes it possible to determine the specifics of the training of librarians of the highest category, its saturation in the field of socio-economic and narrow-profile issues. The Faculty of Political Education of Kharkiv Institute of Public Education was the founder of higher library education in Ukraine The scientific novelty. The training of a modern librarian and information specialist requires consideration of society’s requirements for access to information and provision of services. Overcoming the challenges of the time requires analyzing the experience of predecessors. The requirements for librarians were formulated in the second decade of the XX century., which were implemented on the basis of institutions of higher education. The used of the principle of the unity of theory and practice in the fields of library and book science contributed to the formation of specialists capable to of satisfy any needs of users of library services. Kharkiv State Academy of Culture is the successor of the traditions started by the Faculty of Political Education of Kharkiv Institute of Public Education. The practical significance. The practical significance consists of the study of the history of higher library education, its formation in Kharkiv. The analysis of the theoretical and practical component of student training contributed to the understanding of the development of the main trends in library education. In the future, this will help restore the history of library education in institutions of higher education that were the predecessors of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture.
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