Managing the Effective Acquisition of Libraries of Universities of Culture by Means Electronic Library Systems: Model, Conditions, Experiment

Abstract

The article is devoted to the topical problem of interaction of the electronic library systems (ELS) with electronic information-educational environment (EIEE) of higher education institutions belonging to the cultural sector. Among the most significant drawbacks of electronic library systems identified on the basis of the analysis carried out in the Universities of culture, are: sufficiently high cost of connection to the systems and a poor quality of specialized content that does not allow to significantly increase the share of publications in electronic form in the process of acquisition of educational literature. Based on the model idea and organizational conditions of interaction between ELS and EIEE of Universities of culture proposed earlier, there are presented the results of practical experiment, conducted during in 2015—2016. The results of the research largely confirmed the proposed model and set of conditions aimed at the effective solution of the actual problem, which resulted in the substantial increase of the share of disciplines supplied with educational publications in electronic form in the total volume of disciplines. Herewith, the total expenditure of educational organization for acquisition of literature did not increase — it redistributed in the direction of greater availability of publications in electronic form.