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The Department of Pedagogical Source Studies and Biographistics was established in 2015 (2016–2019 – Department of Educational History) upon the initiative of the Director of the V.  Sukhomlynsky State Scientific and Educational Library of Ukraine named after of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Larisa Dmytrivna Berezivska.

The department includes:

• Sector of Sukhomlynsky studies;
• Reading room of the V. Sukhomlynsky Fund.

The Sukhomlynsky Studies Sector, aimed at systematic and comprehensive study and popularization of the creative legacy and activities of the prominent Ukrainian educator V. Sukhomlynsky, was established for the first time in Ukraine in 2016.

Mission of the Department

The mission of the department is to conduct scientific research on the history of education, pedagogical source studies and biographistics, pedagogical bibliography; informational support for scientific research in the field of education, pedagogy, and educational/pedagogical history.

Activities of the Department

1. Scientific research.
2. Scientific and organizational work.
3. Scientific information work.
4. Cultural and educational work.

Main Tasks of the Department

• Scientific research in the field of educational history based on a wide range of sources, including those from the V. Sukhomlynsky Fund.
• Study and improvement of scientific methods of source studies; analytical research of individual sources or their complexes.
• Development of theoretical foundations of pedagogical bibliography and biographistics as a source base for educational history.
• Conducting biographical research, collecting, and scientifically processing biographical and bibliographical materials on the lives and activities of Ukrainian educators (past and present).
• Bibliographic support for the development of science: preparation and publication of scientific-auxiliary, advisory, personal bibliographic products in pedagogy, educational history; bibliographic services for scientists in the field, other specialized professionals of Ukraine for education and self-education in traditional and electronic forms.
• Study of the legacy of the prominent Ukrainian educator-humanist V.  Sukhomlynsky (Sukhomlynsky Studies Sector), which is an organic component of the development of modern education and pedagogy in Ukraine.
• Study, generalization, and implementation of the experience of leading domestic and foreign libraries, research institutions, higher educational institutions on issues of source studies, bibliography, biographistics, and Sukhomlynsky studies.

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