The information library infrastructure of Uzbekistan: The three-level management model

Abstract

The current trends in information infrastructure and its component information library infrastructure (ILI) are analyzed. The specific characteristics of Uzbekistan ILI are: building libraries for modern technological applications and developing existing infrastructure. The main problems the ministries and library community face are revealed. The ILI organizational model based on hierarchy is discussed. The author considers the three-level system to be the most efficient for the libraries’ interdepartmental interaction. This would provide for information cooperation in building union resources (e-catalogs, databases), and library management. Taking into account the specific character of library management in the Republic of Uzbekistan, the ILI based on the corporate library networks of various departments would enable: to computerize information acquisition, accumulation and transfer at all levels for efficient management; to provide open access to union e-catalog for all libraries and users; to build libraries’ local digital resources; to increase efficiency of interaction and cooperation between the National Library and the libraries of various departments; to save money and human assets through excluded work duplication and intensive information exchange.