Ukrainian Journal of Library Science and Information Sciences

List of Papers (Total 199)

Digital Competence of Librarians as a Factor of Library Activity in the Context of Digital Transformation

The aim of the research is to prove the role of digital competence as a factor of library activity in the context of digital transformation and the need to ensure the development of digital competence in the improvement of the content of educational programmes. The research methodology is based on general scientific principles of unity of theory and practice, consistency...

Place of Public Libraries of Ukraine in the Modern Information Space

The aim of the article is to reveal the current areas of representation of domestic public libraries on the Internet and social networks in the context of digitalisation. The research methodology of the article was based on the use of the optimal set of general and special research methods. In particular, the broad scientific principles of systematisation and comprehensiveness of...

Digital Mentoring as a Social and Educational Activity of a Librarian

The aim of the article is to characterise the socio-pedagogical content of the activity and the necessary competencies of a specialist in «digital mentoring» in the social and educational activities of libraries in the context of the digitalisation of society. The research methodology is based on a set of general scientific methods of generalisation, systematisation and...

Foreign Experience and Practice of Ensuring the Confidentiality of Information and Creating Secure Conditions for the Functioning of Documents

The aim of the article is to find out the safest conditions for the functioning of documents, as well as to find the most effective ways to avoid potential risks and dangers in the domestic information space. The research methodology consisted of a set of general scientific and special methods of studying the issue. The review and analytical method was used to work on the...

Operational (Online) Analytics: New Technologies and Opportunities

The aim of the article is to systematise and generalise new knowledge on operational ana­lytics and consider specific automated information systems in terms of the present and prospects for its development. The research methodology was based on the general scientific principles of unity of theory and practice, systematics, complexity, and comprehensiveness of knowledge. The use...

Ukrainian Library Association: Adjusting to the Next Normal Ecosystem

On 17-18 November, the Ukrainian Library Association (ULA) held a wrap-up electing conference on the UBA Development Strategy implementation for 2019-2021, a ULA award official ceremony, and the presidential, the Expert Board and the Association Control Commission votes for the next three years. A new visual identity and logo for the Ukrainian Library Association appeared during...

The Information and Analytical Component of the Activities of Diplomatic Institutions

The purpose of the article is to reveal the essence of the information and analytical component of the activities of diplomatic institutions. The research methodology is based on a set of general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, generalisation and systematisation, which made it possible to achieve the goal of the article. The scientific novelty of the findings...

Information Component of Branding: Case of Public Catering Institutions

Given the widespread penetration of Internet technology in marketing practices, one of which is branding, accelerating the internetization of business processes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the requirements of social distancing, continuous improvement and expansion of online branding tools, the task of defining and justifying of the role of branding informational component...

The Notion of "Research Data": Types and Kinds of Research Data in the Context of Data Management Practice

With the rapid development of the concept of Open Science, the quantitative growth of data obtained during the research, scientific attention to the practice of research data management (research data management) increases, which actualizes the definition of “research data” and identifying types of research data within the practice of their management, justification and coverage...

Innovative Methods of Teaching the Course "Standardization in Information, Library and Archival Studies" in the Context of Blended Learning

The article is devoted to the disclosure of approaches to the application of innovative methods that are implemented using cloud services during the teaching of the discipline “Information, Library and Archival Studies” for students majoring in 029 “Information, Library and Archival Studies” at the first (bachelor’s) level at Zaporizhzhia National University in the conditions of...

Training of Future Specialists in Programme Subject Area 029 "Information, Library and Archival Studies": Main Trends of the Formation of Educational Literature Fund

It is the first articulation of the problem of forming a fund of educational literature as a theoretical and methodological basis for a successful educational process for students majoring in 029 “Information, Library, and Archival Studies” based on the example of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (hereinafter KNUCA). By applying general scientific (analysis, synthesis...

The Epistolarium as an Information Source: (on the Example of Panteleimon Kulish’s Letters to Motrona Bilozerska)

The purpose of the article is to scientifically reconstruct the epistolary dialogue of P. Kulish with the mother of his wife Oleksandra Bilozerska – mother-in-law – Motrona Bilozerska. The research methodology is based primarily on the methods of archival and source studies, as well as on biographical and historical analysis (for the reconstruction of P. Kulish’s life and...

Local Historical E-resources in the Educational Process

Digitization and mediatization of information raise the issue of user access to electronic information resources. Given the need to form and strengthen the regional and national identity, study and promote historical and local lore information and providing access to it, the integration of such information into educational practices to master it by young people has become more...

Functional Potential of the Activity of the NGO Ukrainian Library Association for the Development of Library Studies

The article is devoted to disclosing the functional potential of the Ukrainian Library Association (UBA) as an open professional organization that focuses its efforts on developing librarianship in Ukraine and strengthening the democratic foundations of social development in the country. The use of a set of research methods, the main of which were socio-communicative, systemic...

Research of Comics in Modern Humanities

The growing popularity of comics in Ukraine and worldwide increases scientific attention to this type of information product. The article is devoted to generalising the leading tendencies in the Comics Study and researching comics in modern humanities. Based on the study devoted to comics professional publications, profile resources of world comics research centres and the...

Open Access, Open Science, Open Data: How it Was and Where We are Going: (To the 20th Anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Declaration)

Open Access to scientific information, transparency of research processes and data is one of the most important conditions for the progress of science and scientific communication, the basis of international collaboration of researchers globally. The COVID-19 global pandemic has once again highlighted the need for open, efficient and equal access to scientific information for...

Towards Fair Principles for Research Information: Report on a Series of Workshops

This is a summary report of the series of workshops on FAIR research information in open infrastructures that was jointly organised by the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine (SSTL) and Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology (TIB) which have been collaborating under the framework of Joint German-Ukrainian project supported by the Federal Ministry of...

Messenger Marketing as a Direction of the Company Online Reputation Management (ORM)

The article is devoted to the substantiation of messenger marketing as an independent direction and a specific tool in the management of the company’s online reputation (Online Reputation Management – ORM). On the basis of the empirical method of the included observation (five-year author’ experience of practical activity on online marketing), the analysis of professional...

Library’s Augmented Reality (AR) Projects: Foreign Experience

The article analyzes the positive foreign experience of implementing augmented reality (AR) library projects. It has been found out that the most common uses of augmented reality in libraries today are providing access to information products with augmented reality and their promotion, navigation of library space and resources, promoting user education through the creation of...

Interdependencies in Citation Metrics Using Dimensions (Case Study of Two NAUKMA Journals)

Quantitative data are increasingly influencing the evaluation of the effectiveness of research and researchers. Citations may be the main metric to assess the quality and value of a publication, the number of which evaluates the academic impact. Who and how is citing Ukrainian scholarly journals? And speaking about citations, what are the main connections and trends? To study...

Theoretical and Methodological Fundamentals of Internet Marketing Training in Specialty 029 “Information, Library and Archival Affairs”

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations of educational innovation which is educational and professional program «Management of social and communication networks. Digital marketing», specialty 029 «Information, Library and Archival Affairs». The research methodology is based on a set of general scientific methods of...

“Digital” Professions of the Information Specialist: Educational Prospects and Labor Market Requirements

The topicality of the study is caused to the contradiction that arises due to the separation of new types of information activities in the digital environment against the background of the uncertainty of the specialties that correspond to them and for which the training of higher education. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the correlation between the qualification...

Comics in the Practical Activity of Ukraine Libraries

The amount increasing of produced information raises the issue of its effective perception and assimilation and increases attention to graphic information products as effective communication tools, including, in particular, comic books, and library practices built around comics. The article is devoted to the disclosure of modern domestic library experience in activities related...

Information Literacy Programmes: the Experience of Research Libraries in Hong Kong and Ukraine

The article is devoted to the analysis of information literacy programmes developed by libraries of higher education institutions in Hong Kong and Ukraine. The application of such theoretical and empirical methods as an analysis of sources, the method of external observation over the foreign and Ukrainian experience of the information literacy programmes developing, as well as a...

Reading Paper Books: Being in the Space of Intercommunication

The article is devoted to substantiation from the standpoint of intercommunication as a social practice of the essential advantage of reading paper books and the relevance of book practices of the library service. The methodological tools of the study were based on the methods of hypothesis, included and external observation, extrapolation, survey, comparative and analytical...