Online Information Resources for Culture and Art of the Federal Libraries of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The activities of the libraries on creation of the electronic information resources for culture and art are considered. The study was conducted on the basis of search and selection of information on the resources on the websites of 15 federal libraries. There were revealed 23 online resources created by the Russian State Library, the Russian National Library, the Russian State Art Library, the Russian State Library for Young Adults, the Russian State Children’s Library, the Scientific Pedagogical Library named after K.D. Ushinsky, the State Public Historical Library and the Russian State Library for the Blind. As a result of the research, it was revealed that the libraries currently to a greater extent provide information resources in traditional forms of presentation (card file, local database, printed publication), rather than in electronic form (remote open access resources). There prevail the resources of universal nature, including the resources for culture and art. Among the features there is noted the development of the new modern forms of presentation of resources in the form of virtual exhibitions, electronic collections, catalogues, that include digitized documents from library collections. Herewith, the documents are available both in the public domain and in the restricted access; and there is possible to acquaint with the document content in the reading rooms of libraries. On the basis of monitoring of libraries’ websites, it is made the conclusion on the need of intensification of activities to create specialized thematic resources for culture and art with the aim of further development of information culture and support of the information literacy of users, as well as for the professional competence of specialists.