Modular libraries: advantages and perspectives of usein Ukraine
Modular libraries: advantages and perspectives of usein Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the proposed article is to analyze and highlight the development and peculiarities of the activity of modular libraries; characterization of the essence and specifics of their functioning, as well as their importance in the development of socio-cultural activities of libraries, in particular in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine.The methodological basis of the article was structural-functional, systemic and socio-communication approaches. In his work, the author widely used general scientific and historical research methods: comparison, analogy, deduction, induction, analysis; descriptive, analytical, typological methods, as well as historical-comparative, historical-genetic, historical-typological, chronological and other methods of scientific research. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the expansion of ideas about the activity of modular libraries; in highlighting and characterizing the essence of the concept of «modular library»;substantiating the need for the spread and development of modular libraries, in accordance with the requirements of wartime and the transformation of the work of libraries in Ukraine in the conditions of the transition to a digital society and electronic technologies.Conclusions: Modular libraries quickly respond to changes in information and communication activities and promptly change the forms of library and information service, filling it with new services and products in the changing conditions of martial law. Thanks to the latest technologies, the modular library is quickly transformed from a book storehouse into a social institution that ensures the accumulation and preservation of knowledge. Modular libraries are easily adapted to any changes in social conditions and can be effectively used under certain circumstances to significantly adjust the content of the concept of «library» as a social phenomenon and approaches to the organization of its activities. After all, the more functions (tasks, areas of activity) a modern library implements, in particular, a modular library, as a full-fledged socio-cultural and economic subject of the modern social and communication space, the better it meets the needs of each of its users. Projects of modular libraries are very dynamic and constantly evolving, therefore, the compactness of the building and the efficiency of using the structural designs of modular libraries allow, among other things, to optimize and increase the effectiveness of the work of the library staff and the functioning of the library as a whole.

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