The goal of the work. To determine the trends in the functioning of higher education in the field of social communications and the essence of the humanization of professional training of specialists in information, library and archival affairs, under conditions of forced distance learning of students during martial law. The research methodology consists in the application of the scienific methods and systematic method of research. The scientific novelty of the work is to expand the understanding of online learning, strategic approaches that create an inclusive climate of the online course, able to maintain cognitive and affective differences that coexist in training specialists in information, library and archival affairs in higher education. Conclusions. It was found that the system of professional training requires significant optimization, revision of the pedagogical paradigm of effective educational process, increasing attention to the study of the basics of general culture, the formation of economic, legal, political, psychological, pedagogical and informational cultures. Scientifically substantiated need for humanization of professional training of future specialists in information, library and archival affairs, special attention is paid to providing formal and informal online education, awareness of internal needs and at the same time objective need for mobile self-development, ability to adequately and dynamically communicate with others and yourself. It has been established that humanization supplies the strict, practical education strategy for online education, which creates an inclusive online course environment, which is able to support the cognitive and affective differences, that coexisted within the courses of the high education institutions. It is defined that the education humanization actualizes the issue of the improvement of the organizational and management of the future specialist culture on the basis of self-oriented technologies development, ensures self-developing conditions for the student, for his self-realization in professional activity, contributes to the growth of the mental potential, philosophy formation, moral behavior pattern. Keywords: humanization, professional training, online courses, culturally responsible training, specialists in information, library and archival affairs.