Functional potential of model children library

The article discusses the main functions that children’s libraries perform, their importance and potential for further development. A retrospective analysis of the functional structure of children’s libraries in different eras of the formation of society is analyzed. The article examines how children’s libraries have adapted to the changing conditions and demands of society. The dominant functions are identified: educational, cultural and educational, social and related. Related groups include entertainment, creative, digital. The direction of further research has been determined, focused on finding a new form of children’s library, taking into account the expansion of the functional composition in modern socio-economic conditions of the development of society in Russia. A definition of model children’s libraries is given as a new typological model of libraries in architectural design. A vector for further research into the space-planning components of the architectural solution of these objects has been outlined.