Providing library and information support for education

Abstract

The library’s strategies for improving the information and library support of the innovative processes in Ukraine’s educational sphere in the context of European integration have been defined in the article. Among the main achievements of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine of the NAPS of Ukraine, a system of library and information support for national education has been emphasized. It has been noted that the activity of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi SSPL of Ukraine of the NAPS of Ukraine is aimed at improving library and information support for education by forming a new socio-cultural image of the library, which can effectively meet the needs of modern users; which has powerful databases that provide free and unlimited access to global information networks and data banks due to the widespread use of new information and communication technologies. It has been stressed that the main goal of the libraries network is the development of a single sector of information resources, the creation of a system of scientific and information support for education by integrating the information resources of educational libraries. It has been emphasized that the library network serves more than 7.7 million users, who annually receive about 49 million copies of documents. The presence of rare and valuable publications in the SSPL of Ukraine, which are an important component of the educational libraries’ information resources as well as the national property of Ukraine, has also been noted. The attention has been focused on the positive developments in the library and information support for education, observed in recent years. At the same time, a number of serious problems have been noted that affect the quality of library and information support for education, and a number of effective solutions have been suggested for improving library and information support and the introduction of innovations in the field of education in Ukraine within the framework of the European integration society.