The aim of the article is to reveal the social and cultural relations between the professional librarian groups, which have existed from the seventies to the present day, through the prism of practiced rituals and celebrations. During the research, from 2019 to 2020, 30 librarians living and working in different parts of Lithuania were interviewed. In total, 23 currently working and 7 retired librarians were interviewed. Material from ethnographic works, yearbooks, chronicles, photo archives, and library histories found in the libraries was also analysed. The study revealed that events, celebrations, gatherings of the work cycle, and staff evaluations were popular in libraries and strongly encouraged by various government agencies. After Lithuania regained its independence and the Lithuanian Librarians’ Association was restored, new and more varied celebrations began to emerge, but some of the previous traditions, such as staff awards, interaction with seniors, and visiting the graves of former colleagues, remained. After the restoration of independence, librarians began celebrating Christmas and professional celebrations such as National Library Week and Culture Day. Features of urban carnival culture can also be found in the events of the librarian community. Some of these events are closed and intended only for members of this community, while others are for the public, and there are more directed and demonstrative elements for a mass audience. After analysing the research data, it can be seen that Lithuanian librarians create and maintain relations of the community at the personal, institutional, and interregional levels.
This article analyses librarians’ life narratives about the importance of reading in their professional and personal lives during the Soviet period and the years of independence. Forms of popularization of reading and reading traditions that have changed in the course of time are discussed as well. The narratives show that librarians who worked during Soviet times popularized reading by organising various events: they brought books to travelling libraries, they personally took publications to people’s houses and various institutions. In the years of independence, librarians are more involved in various projects and non-traditional activities, and popularize their activity by using different modern technologies. The children’s reduced need for reading that nowadays is frequently replaced by information technologies was also observed in the narratives. Librarians of two age groups named reading as one of the most important things in their lives. The influence of children’s libraries and parents on the formation of the reading hobby was revealed. Most of the respondents used to read or still read to their children and grandchildren, which shows that attempts are made to maintain the tradition of reading in librarians’ families.
The article aims to show how cultural workers construct a place through both general historical moments of community life and through individual experience. This study used the methods of conversation, questionnaire, semi-structured and in-depth interview, and observational participation. The research reveals that the feeling of home is best revealed through the individual experience of each respondent in relation to other co-workers. Connected by local history, people, experiences and cultural features, cultural workers constantly recreate the local past through institutional festivities, commemorative activities, and communication between past and present community members. Past heroes of cultural institutions are not only important personalities who remember the local history and culture, but are also those who have a subjective influence on the professional identity and internal traditions of cultural workers.
AnotacijaStraipsnyje pateikiamas tyrimas, kokios tradicijos ir šventės paplitusios Ukmergės krašto kultūros darbuotojų bendruomenėse XX a. pradžioje -XXI a. pirmojoje pusėje. Remiantis lauko tyrimų medžiaga, surinkta 2019 m. Ukmergėje, galima teigti, kad kultūros darbuotojai yra susiję tiek profesiniais, tiek socialiniais ryšiais. Sovietiniais metais populiariausios buvo valdžios palaikomos šventės, kultūros darbuotojų seminarai, jubiliejai, o nepriklausomybės laikotarpiu išpopuliarėjo susibūrimai atskiruose įstaigų kolektyvuose, dažniau švenčiamos Kalėdos, organizuojamos įvairios profesinės bei pramoginės išvykos. Geriausių darbuotojų apdovanojimo tradicija, prasidėjusi nuo sovietmečiu vykusių socialistinių lenktynių, tebetęsiama ir šiandien renkant geriausią kultūros darbuotoją. PAGRINDINIAI ŽODŽIAI: kultūros darbuotojai, tradicijos, šventės, profesinės bendruomenės.
Anotacija Straipsnyje analizuojami ir lyginami 2016-2018 m. Ukmergės rajone užrašyti buvusių ir šiandien dirbančių bibliotekininkų gyvenimo pasakojimai. Nagrinėjamuose naratyvuose ryškiausiai atsiskleidžia bibliotekininko tapatybės bei profesinės veiklos sąsajos, atsispindi kultūrinio ir socialinio visuomenės gyvenimo realijos. Lyginant buvusių ir esamų bibliotekininkų pasakojimus galima matyti skirtingų kartų vienos profesijos atstovų patirtį ir suprasti, kaip žmogaus asmenybės ir profesijos ypatybės atsiskleidžia konkrečiu istoriniu laikotarpiu. Bibliotekininkų naratyvuose iškyla bendruomenės svarba priimant į savo tarpą ir palaikant kultūros darbuotoją, ryškėja bibliotekos kaip atstumtųjų visuomenės grupių "prieglobsčio" vieta, papildomi bibliotekininko visuomeniniai vaidmenys. PAGRINDINIAI ŽODŽIAI: gyvenimo istorijos, asmeninės patirties pasakojimai, bibliotekininkai, biblioteka.
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