Special features of building special libraries’ information resources

Abstract

Main trends in developing special libraries’ information resources are characterized, in particular, those of art and museum libraries, libraries of higher art schools. The projects for generating information resources undertaked by these libraries are discussed. User inquiries are analyzed; stages of information services development are compared. Modern online-services: “Ask-a-bibliographer”, e-mail inquiries, Internet-based services, subject databases are illustrated by the examples of the databases: M. Fokin Archive, Sketch collection, The Artist, Russian Drama, Modern Dramatic Art , etc. The author concludes on the demand for building integrated digital resource of the libraries, museums, and art schools.