Librarian teacher competencies in promoting reading in the digital environment

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. Reading promotion is one of the main functions of library professionals in schools. The digitalization of the economy, education, and culture is increasing the ability of school libraries to provide access to Internet information resources, educational, fiction, and popular science literature for schoolchildren. However, effective use of the digital environment requires the ability to identify valuable sources of information, knowledge of the highest quality, most extensive and legitimate online libraries for children, skills to develop an interest in reading, and competence to work in a digital environment. The goal of the research is to identify the competencies of teacher-librarians necessary to promote reading in the context of digitalization of education, as well as to identify areas of advanced training that contribute to the development of these competencies. The article provides a review of publications reflecting the state of digitalization of school libraries in the Chelyabinsk region, modeling in the field of reading promotion, reading promotion competencies. Methodology. Performed an analysis of publications on the problem of research and summarized the practical work of school libraries to promote reading in modern conditions. Results. Objective and subjective reasons for the weak promotion of reading in the digital environment by school librarians were identified. Similarities and differences in competencies for promoting reading in print and digital environments are identified. Practical significance of the study lies in the identified areas of improvement of advanced training courses for librarians and teacher-librarians of schools.