The culture of reading in a pandemic and the impact on the value of citizens

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the culture of reading and its role during the isolation of COVID-19. The study concludes that enhancing reading culture and stimulating reading during pandemics can prevent many psychological disorders. The pandemic, that is, COVID-19, has brought about many changes. During the pandemic, citizens could not attend cultural events. Now if we consider one side of its influence on the culture of reading and reading habits in Kazakhstan? Also, including how people read literature, how much are they connected with the library during the crisis? Have citizens used literature to help regulate emotions in a pandemic? How has changing living conditions changed the practice of reading books? In our reader survey, we wanted to look at people's experiences with literature during the pandemic and identify problems in the study. The findings of this study address practical issues related to a culture of isolation during a pandemic. Important conclusions from this study are an analysis of the stages of reading during isolation, a discussion of world experience in promoting reading, the development of cultural competence in reading, intellectual development, reading materials, as well as their reasons for reading. Recently, the role of books and reading in the life of society has significantly decreased. The need for information is mainly realized with the help of Internet resources. However, such an approach cannot contribute to the integration of a person into a multinational culture with a complex of spiritual, material and intellectual characteristics, traditions, and so on. The level of the concept of cultural and intellectual competence fully affects the politics, economy, national security and competitiveness of the state. It is possible to reverse the emerging negative changes only if we rethink the organization of librarianship. Today, a library is not just a collection and storage of book collections. First of all, this is a qualitative provision of intellectual information to the population. Every day of our activity increasingly confirms the importance of conscious, creative participation of all citizens in the life of the state. It should be noted that a characteristic feature of the concept of reading culture is the ability to understand what is read, to find the most important, important and valuable.