Pedagogical Library Research Articles

Просопографічний портрет Антона Кухти (1923–1994)

The article highlights the educational, scientific, public, and educational activities of Anton Kukhta (1923–1994), a well-known educator in the Lviv region in the second half of the twentieth century. It outlines the main stages of the educator’s professional advancement, namely his studying at Sambir Teachers’ Seminary and at the Faculty of History of Lviv University, his teaching and management activities in secondary education institutions, educational authorities of Lviv region, and at Lviv University. Anton Kukhta worked for many years as a teacher, a vice-principle, and a principal in several secondary schools. He was also elected a head of the local education department in Lviv region, where his talents as an innovative teacher, a skillful manager, and a leader of the educational environment were clearly revealed. His creative personality was manifested and developed while working in the positions of the director of Lviv Scientific and Pedagogical Library, and later as the head of Lviv Regional Institute for Advanced Teacher Training. The author of the article examines A. Kukhta’s contribution to the development of the theory and practice of pedagogical science, and emphasizes his scientific interest in the issues of students’ teaching and training, which reflected the general trend and increasing attention of contemporary scholars to the issues of higher education pedagogy and its identification as a separate field of pedagogical science. A special attention is paid to Kukhta’s research work in the field of moral education of student youth and the need for continuity in the formation of moral traits and qualities of a young person, his ideas on the professional training of future teaching staff with the emphasized need for consistent and purposeful search and selection of talented young people with the appropriate potential to master the teaching profession. Noteworthy is A. Kukhta’s research on the historical role of Lviv University in the development of education and science alongside its famous scientists and graduates who worked in various educational centers of Eastern Europe in the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The prosopographical portrait of A. Kukhta is enriched by his social, cultural, and educational work among educators and students. Keywords: Anton Kukhta, historical and pedagogical research, regional perspective, education of Lviv region, secondary school, Lviv University, Pedagogy of Higher Education, students’ moral education, teacher training.

Hungarian minority education based on a review of the national curricula from 1777 to 1907

ABSTRACT This study is a systemic examination of three Hungarian national curricula and their effects on minority students’ education over 130 years beginning in 1777, when a uniform, state-regulated school system was created, accompanied by carefully drafted educational policies to which educational institutes had to adhere. The documents presented in this study are available in the Hungarian National Pedagogical Library and Museum. This study primarily focuses on the legislation defining minority language use in schools. Specifically, we analysed the extent to which educational policies and corresponding curricula either respected minority rights regarding native language use or forced students to acquire Hungarian language competencies and integrate them into the mainstream. Educational policies can only be understood through contemporary social and historical contexts. Thus, we highlight how social and historical circumstances, including an ever-changing political landscape and shifting political ideologies, have significantly affected the educational experiences of minorities residing in Hungary. Although our journey will be centuries past, this analysis is relevant to today’s demographically changing societies, which have increasingly become multicultural and multilingual. Highlighting the effect of educational policies on minority children’s instruction and, consequently, their first-language development can shape our discourse on current policies.

PEDAGOGICAL BIOGRAPHY IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC AREA IN WARTIME CONDITIONS

An informative review of the VIII All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference on the history of education with international participation «Pedagogical biography in the educational and scientific space in the conditions of wartime: new challenges and tasks», which took place on May 16, 2023, was carried out. The conference was organized by the department of pedagogical source studies and biography of the State Scientific – Pedagogical Library of Ukraine named after V.O. Sukhomlynsky National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in accordance with the Work Plan of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine within the framework of the All-Ukrainian Festival of Science.

Web-oriented encyclopedic edition as a tool for dissemination of verified knowledge in the field of education

The article deals with the problem of creating a Ukrainian web-oriented encyclopedia to support terminology of education and psychology. The project is designed by the Institute for Digitization of Education of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine (IDE NAES of Ukraine). The initial stages of the "Ukrainian Electronic Encyclopedia of Education" implementation procedure were presented. The structure of the encyclopedia website, its software platform, functionality, a search toolkit, articles typology, thematic sections, authors` team, and target audience were described. The authors analyzed the principal reference resources regarding encyclopedic editions (Corpus of Ukrainian Encyclopedias, Electronic library of the NAES of Ukraine, V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine, and ScienceDirect).A review of international scientific publications was carried out. The problem of open use the verified, scientific, and succinctly presented content is revealed. It is emphasized the need for technical and technological implementation of the following capabilities: content uploading, editing, and enhancing support; coordinated work of the international scientific authors’ team; open access anytime and anywhere for many users; search functions by various parameters on the site, etc.

Biblioteka pedagogiczna w środowisku lokalnym. Komunikat

Pedagogical libraries meet the specific needs of a particular group of users. As a network, they have always played an extremely important role in the initial education, continued education, and professional development, as well as in the scientific and auto-didactic work of teachers. The regulation of the Minister of National Education of 28 February 2013 imposes the following tasks on pedagogical libraries: to organise and support schools and school libraries in carrying out their activities. These tasks can be divided into two groups: planning and carrying out activities aimed at improving the quality of work in relation to the needs of the school, and the organisation of networks and related cooperation and self-education for teachers, based on improvement, exchange of experience and best practices. The development of libraries gives librarians the incentive to constantly train, learn new methods and techniques for working with users, most of whom belong to the educational community. The pedagogical library is a service institution that also cares about its image. The image will decide whether the pedagogical library will become a link in the local education system for the local community.

BOLALAR POETIK MATNLARINI PEDAGOGIK DIZAYN VOSITASIDA O‘RGATISH

BOLALAR POETIK MATNLARINI PEDAGOGIK DIZAYN VOSITASIDA O‘RGATISH

DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFORMATION POTENTIAL OF PEDAGOGICAL PUBLICATIONS XIX – THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE COLLECTION OF RARE PUBLICATIONS THE FOUNDATION OF THE V. O. SUKHOMLYNSKY STATE SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL LIBRARY OF UKRAINE)

A structural and semantic analysis of the scientific and auxiliary bibliographic index “Pedagogical publications in German in the second half of the nineteenth century. – 1917 in the fund of the V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine. The main textual, typical features and innovative methods practiced in the process of its compilation are considered, namely: a professional translation of the titles of eight hundred and twenty editions from German into Ukrainian was prepared, illustrative appendices to the scientific and auxiliary bibliographic index were developed. Theoretical principles of bibliographic identification, selection and further bibliographic processing of documents are outlined. The directions of elaboration of rare editions from the collection «Editions of the XVII – early XX centuries. in foreign languages» of the fund of the V. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific Pedagogical Library of Ukraine during 2005–2018. German-language pedagogical publications of the second half of the XIX century are presented. – early XX century. through the prism of bibliographic reconstruction of pedagogical sources. It is established that the most constructive for this genre of publication, taking into account the subject of research, is the systematization of selected publications by type and composition and according to the nature of information. Their value as a source base for scientific research is described.

Bibliographical aspects of scientific research of pedagogical editions of XIX — early XX centuries

A structural and semantic analysis of the scientific and auxiliary bibliographic index "Pedagogical publications in German in the second half of the ХІХ century — 1917 in the fund of the V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine. The main textual, typical features and innovative methods practiced in the process of its compilation are considered, namely: a professional translation of the titles of eight hundred and twenty editions from German into Ukrainian was prepared, illustrative appendices to the scientific and auxiliary bibliographic index were developed. Theoretical principles of bibliographic identification, selection and further bibliographic processing of documents are outlined. The directions of elaboration of rare editions from the collection "Editions of the XVII — early XX centuries. in foreign languages" of the fund of the V. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific Pedagogical Library of Ukraine during 2005—2018. German-language pedagogical publications of the second half of the XIX century — early XX century are presented through the prism of bibliographic reconstruction of pedagogical sources. It is established that the most constructive for this genre of publication, taking into account the subject of research, is the systematization of selected publications by type and composition and according to the nature of information. Their value as a source base for scientific research is described.

Synthesis of National Research on School Climate in Czech Republic: A Scoping Review

Educators have been attuned to the importance of school climate for more than 100 years (Cohen, McCabe, Michelli, & Pickeral, 2009). School climate is an ecologically informed idea that recognizes individual, small and large group trends about a range of safety, relationships, teaching & learning and environmental issues that shape student learning and their development. School climate is measurable. Over the last three decades, school climate has become a growing focus for educational practice and policy leaders around the world (Ruiz et al, 2021; Cohen & Espelage, 2020; Thapa et al, 2013). As a result, we suggest that school climate and school-climate informed improvement efforts need to be studied on national levels (Vicente et al, 2021). Berkowitz's recent national-level study on positive school climate and its relationship to socioeconomic status and achievement of Arabic speaking students in Israel (Berkowitz, 2017 & 2020), has proved to be highly relevant bringing solutions to global issues (Bradshaw, et al. 2021). Our scoping review was conducted to advocate for the importance of school climate and for its role to inform national policy. It took place in the Czech Pedagogical Bibliographic Database of the J. A. Komenský Pedagogical Library in June 2020. The reasons for choosing this database were its terminologically unified annotation of bibliographic records using the Czech Pedagogical Thesaurus and its intentional scope to cover pedagogical literature (Email communication, Petišková, May 6th, 2020; Petrovičová, 2012). In the first step, we searched by the keyword "school climate" (in Czech) and identified a total of 383 bibliographic records. Using a programming script created for the purpose of our study by a university librarian, we identified a total of 2550 keyword combinations with the keyword "school climate." The keyword "school climate" was most often associated with the keyword "primary school" (N = 113). The second most frequent combination was "school climate" and "school environment" (N = 103). The third most numerous combination was "school climate" and "interpersonal relationships" (N = 92). The fourth most numerous combination was "school climate" and "teacher-student relationship" (N = 92). School climate is being studied in the Czech Republic on the primary and lower secondary school level, as well as in relational contexts.

CREATION OF INFORMATION AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCE "OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS OF UKRAINE AND THE WORLD" AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL HUMANITIES

The article reveals the specifics of creation, content, functions and value of the electronic information and bibliographic resource "Outstanding Educators of Ukraine and the World" of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine in a comparative dimension with similar Ukrainian and foreign electronic biographical resources. The goals of the development of the electronic biographical resource have been formulated; the specifics of formation of its content and structure have been characterized; the importance of electronic biographical resources in the domestic and foreign educational and scientific space as a component of digital humanities has been substantiated. The influence of the use of electronic biographical resources on public opinion and on a person in the educational dimension has been investigated. It has been proven that in the context of the digital transformation of the scientific sphere and the integration of the Ukrainian education into the European educational and scientific space, the development of electronic information and specialized bibliographic resources, dedicated to well-known personalities in the sphere of education, history and culture, got significant repercussions. We have substantiated why the electronic resource "Outstanding Educators of Ukraine and the World", containing information about Ukrainian and foreign educators and public figures, is a unique specialist resource without analogues. It is a significant contribution to the development of digital pedagogical biographics and it makes it possible, through the prism of scientific biographies, to trace systematically the development of the Ukrainian and foreign education, pedagogical thought in both macrohistorical and microhistorical dimensions and to contribute to the restoration of the national pedagogical memory. The representation via the electronic resource of the generalized knowledge about the humanistic ideas of the Ukrainian and foreign educators and public figures of the past is of great importance for education in general, in particular for pedagogical education in Ukraine, namely in the system of professional training; it is a source of formation of a pedagogical worldview in students who will be teachers in the future, increasing their spiritual culture in the face of global civilizational challenges. We have revealed that the information and bibliographic resource requires further updating, taking into account the new achievements of the Ukrainian and foreign historical, educational and biographical studies and the latest information technologies. The priority tasks for improving the electronic resource have been identified, in particular: the prospects for the content and the ways of updating information and making qualitative changes in the functionality of the electronic educational resource.

Pedagogical editions in the german Language from the foundation of the V. O. Sukhomlynskyi state scientific and pedagogical Library: bibliographical context

Pedagogical editions in the german Language from the foundation of the V. O. Sukhomlynskyi state scientific and pedagogical Library: bibliographical context

СТОРІНКА «О. Я. САВЧЕНКО (1942–2020)» ЯК СКЛАДНИК ЕЛЕКТРОННОГО РЕСУРСУ «ВИДАТНІ ПЕДАГОГИ УКРАЇНИ ТА СВІТУ»

The article presents a segment of the virtual information and bibliographic resource "Outstanding Teachers of Ukraine and the World" of the V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine , dedicated to the famous scientist of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, specialist in the field of general pedagogy and didactics of primary school Oleksandra Yakivna Savchenko (1942–2020). The components of the resource: "Biography", "Bibliography of Works", "Bibliography of Works About the Life and Activities of the Scientist", "Full-text Documents", "Photo Gallery" were analyzed in detail, and their content was analyzed. It is proven that the resource page reveals the contribution of O. Ya. Savchenko to the evolution of primary education, actually the educational process itself in primary school, to the preparation of the legislative framework and the formation of the strategy for the development of Ukrainian education and science. Attention is focused on the scientist’s research on instilling reading abilities and skills in younger schoolchildren, on the experimental work that was carried out in connection with the transition of the primary level of school from a four-year to a three-year term of study. It was noted that in the creative heritage of Oleksandra Yakivna, the works on the study of the scientific and pedagogical heritage of the Ukrainian pedagogue-humanist V. O. Sukhomlynskyi stand out: "Faces of the Didactic System of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi" (1993), "Development of Pupil’s Creativity – the Core Problem of V.O. Sukhomlynskyi’s Creativity" (2011), "Students’ Ability to Learn in the Didactic System of V.O. Sukhomlynskyi" (2013), "V. Sukhomlynskyi’s Ideas in the Space of Ukrainian Education" (2018). The biobibliographic information of the works of O. Ya. Savchenko is summarized. Based on the bibliography and analysis of the scientist’s works, a conclusion is made about the broad pedagogical outlook of the pedagogue. Biobibliographic studies contribute to a better knowledge of the past, understanding the present and predicting the future, ensuring the unity, continuity and inheritance of the experience of generations. It is shown that the electronic resource can be used as a source base for researching the life and scientific heritage of scientists of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine.

БІБЛІОГРАФІЧНИЙ ПОКАЖЧИК «ПЕДАГОГІЧНІ ВИДАННЯ НІМЕЦЬКОЮ МОВОЮ ДРУГОЇ ПОЛОВИНИ ХІХ СТ. – 1917 Р. У ФОНДІ ДЕРЖАВНОЇ НАУКОВО-ПЕДАГОГІЧНОЇ БІБЛІОТЕКИ УКРАЇНИ ІМЕНІ В. О. СУХОМЛИНСЬКОГО» ЯК ІННОВАЦІЙНИЙ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНИЙ РЕСУРС

Review to the scientific auxiliary bibliographic index: "Pedagogical editions in the German language of the second half of the 19th century – 1917 in the fund of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine".

КАТАЛОГ ЯК ФОРМА РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦІЇ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ДИТЯЧИХ ПЕРІОДИЧНИХ ВИДАНЬ 20-Х – ПОЧАТКУ 40-Х РОКІВ XX СТ. З ФОНДУ ДЕРЖАВНОЇ НАУКОВО-ПЕДАГОГІЧНОЇ БІБЛІОТЕКИ УКРАЇНИ ІМЕНІ В. О. СУХОМЛИНСЬКОГО

The information review of the recently published catalog "Ukrainian children's periodicals of the 20s – early 40s of the 20th century in the fund of the V. Sukhomlynskyі State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine", in which an array of Ukrainian periodicals for children of the mentioned chronological period is comprehensively presented as part of the source complex on the history of education, upbringing, pedagogical thought, children's literature to enrich the source base of scientific studies is done in article. The state of research of children's periodicals is analyzed. The updating of the arrangement of reference and bibliographic publications are determined.The purpose of the article is definition of the structure, thematic range, and information content of the catalog, which systematizes bibliographic information about 9 children's magazines: "Little Bolsheviks" ("Bilshovycheniata"), "Be alert!" ("Bud Napohotovi! "), "Happy team" ("Vesela Bryhada"), “Children’s movement” (“Dytiachy Rukh”), "A friend of children” ("Druh Ditey"), "October shoots" ("Oktiabrskie vskhody"), "Pioneria", "Red Flowers" ("Chervoni kvity"). Information certificates about the investigated journals are created. Their content is analyzed. The characteristic and specific features are determined. It was established that the informational content of the publications presented in the catalog illustrates the influence of ideological propaganda on the education of a person in the Soviet era, the formation of a citizen's personality in the conditions of one-sided coverage of the events of social-political and public-cultural life.The importance of the catalog in the information provision of scientific studies for the objective coverage and rethinking of the history of education in the Soviet period is argued. Further prospects for popularization of the catalog and creation of digital content of the magazines presented in it are described. The article is supplemented with systematized information about the availability of children's magazines by year and number in the fund of the V. Sukhomlynskyі State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine.

ПЕДАГОГІЧНІ ВИДАННЯ НІМЕЦЬКОЮ МОВОЮ ДРУГОЇ ПОЛОВИНИ ХІХ – ПОЧАТКУ ХХ СТ. У ФОНДІ ДНПБ УКРАЇНИ ІМЕНІ В. О. СУХОМЛИНСЬКОГО: ДЖЕРЕЛОЗНАВЧИЙ АСПЕКТ

The article highlights the results of the analysis of the content of pedagogical editions in the German language of the second half of the 19th – the early of the 20th centuries from the collection of rare editions in foreign languages of the fund of the V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine, which is determined by the purpose of the article. The analyzed sources are systematized according to the classification features of the distribution of publications into types according to the nature of the information. Accordingly, seven groups of sources are distinguished: official, scientific, production-practical, educational, reference, literary editions, epistolary sources. The results of generalization and systematization of these documents are presented in the scientific auxiliary bibliographic index "Pedagogical editions in the German language of the second half of the 19th century – 1917 in the fund of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine", which was prepared by scientists of the pedagogical source studies and biographistics department during the scientific research "Pedagogical science and education in persons, documents, bibliography" (2020–2022).The role of rare publications in foreign languages in the formation of holistic scientific knowledge about the development of the historical-pedagogical process, taking into account social trends and socio-economic conditions of the country under study, is highlighted. Based on the analysis of the content of pedagogical editions in the German language of the second half of the 19th – the early of the 20th centuries the following conclusions were drawn: this historical period was marked by significant reformation transformations in the education systems of German-speaking countries; the crisis of social existence in Germany and Austria caused the need to revise the contemporary theory and practice of education; as a result of discussions in the German-speaking scientific and pedagogical space, a whole series of personally oriented concepts of education and upbringing emerged; the development of child-centered concepts is a significant contribution of reformer teachers from Germany and Austria to world humanistic pedagogy; the commonality of their pedagogical positions is the call to abandon the authoritarianism of the traditional school due to the inhumane treatment of the child’s personality and the leveling of his natural potential; reformer teachers set the school the task of developing the creative powers of each child, taking into account the individual pace of development, and providing the opportunity to acquire one’s own experience.

Sztuka (nie)znanych kobiet. Scenografka Aniela Wojciechowska w świetle unikatowych źródeł ze zbiorów specjalnych Książnicy Pedagogicznej im. A. Parczewskiego w Kaliszu

Art of (un) famous women. Set designer Aniela Wojciechowska in the light of unique historic collection of the Alfons Parczewski Pedagogical Library in Kalisz The article is and attempt to get acquainted with the creative output of Aniela Wojciechowska, Polish set designer. Material traces related to Wojciechowska are kept, among others, in the special collections of the Alfons Parczewski Pedagogical Library in Kalisz. These materials, donated to the library by Fr. Andrzej Gładysz, became part of the legacy of the Wiłkomirski family collection. Aniela Wojciechowska was the daughter of Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (1900-1995), a world-famous musician, cellist, conductor, composer and teacher. Her work as a set designer remains mostly forgotten.

SCIENTISTS-EDUCATORS OF UKRAINE ON THE PAGES OF BIOBIBLIOGRAPHIC INDEXES

The article considers the priority area of the leading educational libraries scientific and bibliographic activities - methods of compiling, filling and publishing the serial personal (bio-bibliographic) indexes of leading scientists of Ukraine, works of the high educational establishment professors and teachers.
 The role of biobibliographic indexes is highlighted as to the process of searching for documents about the main publications of famous educators - a reliable source of historical and biographical research that facilitates the search for scientific information, gives a complete picture of current and past research status, outlines their future topics, as well as the possibility to satisfy the informational needs of users on a specific topic. The analysis of serial personal indexes of different form, structure and content is carried out. Emphasis is placed on the role of the State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine named after V.O. Sukhomlinsky in the preparation and publication of biobibliographic indexes, which reflect the creative heritage of the outstanding scientists and the implementation of their creative ideas in pedagogical activity. Particular attention is paid to the personal bibliographic indexes structure, ways of arranging the material and their content, which ensures the scientist holistic image creation, his scientific, state and public activities main results coverage, determination of their contribution to Ukrainian and world science development.
 Biobibliographic indexes highlight the accomplishments and scientific achievements of the Ukrainian education prominent representatives, information about which can be used in further research on the pedagogical science history, including of the Ukraine NAPS scientists-teachers, contribute to the further development of a new philosophy of education and upbringing. The scientific heritage of Ukrainian scientists, recorded in bio bibliographic indexes, makes it possible to study and objectively evaluate their achievements. Professionally prepared personal indexes are an integral part of the source base of Ukrainian science and have significant value for modern researchers and play a significant role in research.

Б.Є. ПАТОН — НАУКОВИЙ ЛІДЕР, ВИДАТНИЙ ОРГАНІЗАТОР І НЕВТОМНИЙ ОБОРОНЕЦЬ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ НАУКИ УКРАЇНИ

У виступі розкрито постать Б.Є. Патона як наукового лідера, видатного організатора і невтомного оборонця національної науки України. Наведено теплі спогади з особистого спілкування з всесвітньо визнаним і відомим ученим. Обґрунтовано ключові принципи діяльності Б.Є. Патона, дотримання яких дало змогу перетворити АН УРСР в одну із найбільш ефективних наукових організацій країни. Звернуто увагу на виняткову роль Б.Є. Патона в роки незалежної України, передусім, щодо створення національних галузевих академій наук. Представлено ініціативи Б.Є. Патона щодо започаткування Програми спільної діяльності НАН України і НАПН України на 2020-2022 роки, створення та законодавчого закріплення Ради президентів академій наук України. Висвітлено діяльність віртуальних виставок, створених у НАПН України: «Борис Євгенович Патон. Його життя — епоха в науці» Державної науково-педагогічної бібліотеки України імені В.О. Сухомлинського та «Борис Патон і українська гуманітаристика» Педагогічного музею України.

Librarianship study room of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State scientific pedagogical library of ukraine: results of 20 years of activity

Librarianship study room of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State scientific pedagogical library of ukraine: results of 20 years of activity

History of library websites

The history of foreign and Russian libraries’ websites in 1996—2017 is analyzed on the basis of professional publications and web-archive. The author analyzed the websites of Russian libraries, i. e. RASL Library for Natural Sciences, All-Russia Library for Foreign Literature, Russian State Library, Russian National Library, State National Pedagogical Library, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Central Scientific Medical Library, State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the RAS Siberian Branch and divisions, Central Scientific Agricultural Library, Russian Academy of Sciences Library, Far Eastern State Scientific Library, Nizhny Novgorod Regional Universal Scientific Library, Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library. The number of websites was limited due to many changed domain names which disables the analysis. The archive copies of the selected libraries’ home pages obtained through the Wayback Machine service were analyzed. The first (1996–1998) home pages of Russian and foreign libraries are compared and distinctions are identified. The dynamics of Russian libraries’ websites up to 2017 is characterized. The author concludes that the libraries have been regularly changing design, content, representation forms, and navigation and retrieval systems, which is often not welcome by their users. The libraries have to introduce and promote efficiently their content and resources with the focus on user friendliness. Internet technologies and libraries’ representing themselves on the World Wide Web have changed library practice, and the libraries have to think over how to design the website and how to assess it.