IV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Homo Legens in the Past and the Present”

The article is devoted to the IV International scientific and practical conference "Homo legens in the past and the present" held in Novosibirsk and Nizhny Tagil on March 23-25, 2023 in hybrid format. The author aims to provide a general overview of events held within the framework of the scientific forum and to characterize the speeches of researchers, teachers, librarians and students, who took part in it. The relevance of the described event is related to the changes that reading practices are undergoing during the explosive spread of screen culture. The outflow of readers from libraries and the decline in print editions led to the interest of specialists in such problems as forms of reading support, the interaction between reader and book in the library space, issues related to the book design. This review can be beneficial for both to theorists and practitioners working in the field of book and library business as well as for specialists engaged in serving readers and popularizing reading.