Support and development of children's and young people's reading as a priority area of library pedagogy

The theoretical and methodical aspects of library pedagogy, its role and possibilities in solving actual problems of reading the rising generation are considered in the article. The problems of reading are revealed in the context of the ideas of the “Concept of the Program for Support of Children and Youth Reading in the Russian Federation”. The contribution of scientists to the study of the problems of reading the younger generation is shown. The experience of university training of specialists in the field of children’s and youthful reading is revealed.