Abstract
Objective. To study of the organizational information and analytical structures of libraries of top-rated universities in Ukraine, in particular, of 4 domestic universities that entered the World University Rankings 2019. Methods. The methodological basis of the study is the basic provisions of the general theory of social communications. Comparative analysis, sociocommunicative, information, adaptive and other approaches are used. Results. The form of organization of information and analytical activities in the library depends on its place in the library system and the existing organizational structure therein. There are two options for its organization. The first option involves the distribution of tasks between the existing library departments. The second one is the creation of an independent analytical unit in the organizational structure of the library. In the libraries of the universities under study, information and analytical functions are performed by other departments, primarily by the information and reference (bibliographic) units, information service as well as scientific and methodological (research) departments. Conclusions. Thus, information and analytical activity, even for scientific libraries of leading Ukrainian universities, remains primarily a tool for improving internal library processes, and not a separate product (service) that is purposefully produced and offered to readers. Meanwhile, the intensification of the use of information and analytical technologies in libraries, the creation of specialized units therein is one of the effective tools for optimizing library work.
Highlights
The complexity and ambiguity of processes occurring in the world, the diversity and redundancy of information, the need for its selection, the lack of reliable knowledge are prerequisites for activation of the information-analytical activity (IAA) in modern society
Among the range of issues solved by library analytics we can name the following: analysis and evaluation of rapidly growing data flows, including network ones, their processing and production of information and analytical products in accordance with the needs of the corresponding category of users; their preparation for use in a convenient form through the study and forecasting of the information needs of users, (Voroshilov, 2008; Gordukalova, 2009; Ilganaeva, 2007; Kobelev, 2012)
The evolution of the social communications system resulted in the establishment and development of library information and analytical production, the emergence of its new electronic forms – corporate information retrieval systems, virtual reference services, library systems based on multiple communication channels; abstract, factual databases, which in the information product and service market are gradually becoming competitors for its other entities; creation of special information and analytical services, the activities of which are based on the use of own generated resources as well as global network resources as information ones. (Kobelev, 2012; Kolesnykova, Matveyeva, Manashkin, & Mishchenko, 2019; Kolesnykova, Pominova, & Kolesnykov, 2016)
Summary
The complexity and ambiguity of processes occurring in the world, the diversity and redundancy of information, the need for its selection, the lack of reliable knowledge are prerequisites for activation of the information-analytical activity (IAA) in modern society. The study of which is necessary for the effective management of complex social systems, are associated with the analysis of such a volume of factual data that at a certain stage of the study there is a need for more advanced methods of concentrated presentation of this information.
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