On December 11-12 at the Scientific and Technical G.I. Denisenko Library (STL) Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute passed the International Scientific and Practical Seminar "Strategy for the Development of Libraries: From Idea to Implementation", which involved more than 120 leaders and leading specialists in libraries, information, educational and socio-cultural institutions from all over Ukraine. The organizers of the seminar were STL and the Ukrainian Library Associatio (ULA). The official partner is Goethe-Institut in Ukraine.
The reports at the seminar were made by the heads and advisers of library specialists from Ukraine and abroad.
Director of the Library of the Humboldt University(Berlin, Germany) Professor Andreas Degliktz delivered a speech "Open Science - A New Paradigm for Research and Education," in which it was emphasized on the need for free and continuous access to the results of scientific research.
Report of the Director of the Scientific Library named after M.Maksymovych, Doctor of Social Communication Sciences - Oleg Serbin and associate professor of the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University - Maxim Sytnitsky, was devoted to find the answer to the question: what can the library of a research university do to be interesting for students and scholars?
Oleg Yaskiv- the director of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Center of the Ukrainian Catholic University- told about its concept, where the library and cultural space are combined.
Larisa Berezivska, Doctor of Education, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the State Scientific-Pedagogical Library of Ukraine named after V.O. Sukhomlynsky NAPS of Ukraine presented to the participants of the seminar a strategy for the development of their library in 2017-2026.
Elena Voskoboinikova-Guzeva, Doctor of Social Communication Sciences. Communications, Head of the Department of Library Science and Informatics of the Borys Hrinchenko Kyiv University, in her report, spoke about The British Library strategy, the leader of European libraries.
Oksana Bruy, director of STL of KPI shared with his colleagues practical experience in developing and implementing the strategy of our library development.
Petr Lapo, deputy director of the Nazarbayev Library of the University (Astana, Kazakhstan), who joined our skype-inclusion seminar, spoke about the Strategy for the Development of the Kazakhstan University Libraries Network for 2018-2020.
The first day of the seminar ended with a useful and interesting master-class "Definition of the mission of the modern library", conducted by the coach - Marina Maslova- Executive MBA director of kmbs Kyiv-Mohyla Business School.
The second day of the seminar began with the report of the leading librarian of the V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine - Anna Veniidiktova. The theme of the project was "Young scientists-agents of positive change in Ukraine". The chief librarian of the methodical department of the Yaroslav the Wise NLU Svetlana Kravchenko spoke about the project "Public Library of the United Territorial Community: Achievements and Problems". Marina Druchenko, deputy director of the G.I. Denisenko NLU shared the practical experience of setting up the Center for Information Support for Education and Research in our library. Its leader, Candidate of Social Communication Sciences -Eugene Kulik-told about her working experience at this Center.
Oksana Matviychuk, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences , the associate professor of Boris Grinchenko Kyiv University ,made a statement about the strategy of the development of school libraries under the new educational law. Director of the P.Vasilenko Kharkiv National Technical University library of Agriculture ,Candidate of Social Communication Sciences -Natalia Nikolayenko – gave a speech on "Providing Innovation Activity in Libraries of Higher Educational Institutions". Lesya Babenko, librarian of the school library in Buzhanka, Cherkassy region told about the realities of Ukrainian school libraries.
The results of the work were written by Olena Kobets, head of the STL department and Oksana Bruy, director of our library. The participants approved the recommendations of the seminar. It was decided, in particular, to continue research and exchange of practical experience in strategic management of libraries and to start in 2018 the Annual Scientific and Practical Conference on Library Development Strategies on the basis of the STL of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
Inf. the press service of the STL of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.