Art-Therapeutic Methods in the Practice of a Modern Public Library

The relevance of the topic is due to the transformation of the requirements of modern users to the level of library services. The task of modern information services is to stimulate visits to public libraries. Art-therapeutic methods (bibliotherapy, fairy tale therapy, music therapy, color therapy, etc.) can not only attract users, but also maximize the productivity of their work. The presence of such methods in the library’s arsenal makes it a cosy and at the same time creative space in demand by different categories of the population. The novelty of the article is the processing of the results of a sociological survey of users and library specialists about the optimal parameters of the working art space. Two modern ways to solve this problem are shown (in Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don).