Subject information resource of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi state scientific and pedagogical library of Ukraine: present situation and ways of development

Abstract

The paper covers the main aspects of book acquisition at V. O. Sukhomlynskyi SSPL of Ukraine. It is noted that the library was based on the holdings of two special education libraries: the Scientific Library of the Institute of Pedagogy at the AES of Ukraine and the Central Education Library of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine, which were liquidated. The attention is paid to the book acquisition at V. O. Sukhomlynskyi SSPL of Ukraine, based on the law of correspondence (congruence). The law provides for the formation of the library holdings in accordance with the library tasks and purpose and taking into account user needs. The main ways of accession to the library holdings are analysed: required copy, subscription periodicals, book exchange, gifts, and document reproduction. The paper deals with e-journals acquisition as an alternative to traditional journals. The attention is paid to the peculiarities of the current situation in library document support, that is increasing the ways of acquisition by increasing the number of acquisition sources, changes in traditional acquisition technology in connection with the emergence of new technologies and opportunities to use information resources through the Internet, the economic partnership between the library and publishing houses under the conditions of limited budget financing. It is noted that the automation of acquisition furthers qualitative formation of the holdings, significantly accelerates the process of document processing, improves the accuracy of accounting and reporting information, and extends the possibility of organisation to use information resources.