Scientific approach to popularization of agricultural knowledge: from the experience of the Belarusian Agricultural Library

The paper deals with the activities of the Belarusian Agricultural Library named after I.S. Lupinovich of the National Academy of Sciences of Belaruson popularization of agricultural knowledge and agrarian science realized on the basis of scientific approach and expressed through socio-cultural communications. Theessence of the work within the framework of this activity is briefly described: scientific and organizational coordination of popular science events (a part of anevent); elaboration of popular science events for different target audiences; conducting popular science events; post-support, analysis and evaluation of events.The article highlights the role of ethnological science and the study of traditional Belarusian culture as sources of increasing interest in the development of agriculture.The peculiarities of the scientific approach to information broadcasting depending on the characteristics of the audience are analyzed. The most optimal categories ofscientific literature for solving the set tasks are defined and illustrated, the role of fiction is mentioned. A description of methodical forms of educational activities ispresented. Special attention is paid to the pedagogical aspects of working with schoolchildren and students. The role of the modern library in issues of scientificmultidisciplinarity is noted.