Sociocultural project activities of libraries: current tasks of study

The article is devoted to the issues of sociocultural design, the development of conceptual approaches to the study of library project activities at the interdisciplinary level, and the methodology of innovation dissemination in the library and information sphere. The understanding of the sociocultural design of the library environment for the self-realization of young people and the inclusion of library users in project activities as "agents of social influence" is presented on the example of the grant activities of municipal libraries in Maykop (Republic of Adygea). The development of professional project competencies of a library specialist is considered in the context of cultural diffusion, and the results of the additional professional educational program for advanced training of library specialists, "Innovative Project and Grant Activities of Libraries," implemented by the Krasnodar State Institute of Culture, are presented.