Ukrainian and international experience of formation of information competences by means of library practices

Abstract

The relevance of the research problem is explained by active digitization, which places modern libraries tasks to apply new information and communication technologies in their work to increase the level of information competencies of employees and readers. The purpose of the article is to determine the main forms and methods of forming information competencies through library practices in the context of Ukrainian and international experience. The research methodology is based on a combination of source analysis, comparative analysis, and systematic and logical methods of scientific research. As a result of the study, it was noted that the concept of information literacy encompasses a set of technological skills that contribute to effective information search and processing, enhance the ability to interact effectively in the media space, understanding the essence of media texts, and the ability to protect against negative media influences. Based on the analysis of the legislative framework, the content of the concepts of “digital competence” and “media competence”, which are components of information competence, was determined. The article defines the specifics of forms and methods of increasing the level of information competencies in public and academic libraries. In public libraries, work on increasing the level of information competencies includes skills and abilities to use information and communication technologies; search for information on the Internet; safe and responsible work in the virtual space; critical processing of information obtained from media resources. In academic libraries, in addition to the above, work is aimed at expanding knowledge services, strengthening interaction between teachers, students, and librarians for the effective conduct of innovative research and the quality assimilation of new knowledge. For librarians as knowledge managers, increasing the level of information competencies encompasses a complex of technological, information legal, methodological, moral-ethical knowledge with the involvement of security components. The practical significance of the research lies in the possibility of more effectively using the analyzed practices of forming information competencies by Ukrainian libraries