The authors accomplished the study of the information needs of students, one of the components of the educational and cognitive tasks of the lifelong education system. The authors reviewed the theoretical and methodological foundations of the information needs of students; the main directions of information competence of future specialists were analyzed.

The purpose of the study is to define the role of the information needs of future specialists as a method of solving educational and cognitive tasks of students, the essence of which is continuity and independence in the educational process. To achieve the goal of the study, the following tasks were considered: the need for training students, mastering skills and technologies for working with information; assessment of effectiveness in developing practical skills for the information needs of students, characterized by the information explosion and crisis of the 21st century and problems in the information training of students and society as a whole.

The study is based on the publications focused on the information needs of future specialists as an important part of the vocational and educational skills. A complex of pedagogical research methods, both theoretical and practical, was used. As a result of the study, the authors noted the expected results of vocational and educational skills of students in the course “Educational Practice”, where digital educational learning technologies were developing as a method of solving educational and cognitive problems in the context of continuous education. The scientific value of the study lies in the conclusions based on the analysis (experimental control) that enable to assess the level of formation of the information needs of specialists-to-be (students' research work).

The results of the study can serve as the basis for solving educational and cognitive problems of lifelong education, since today not a single serious economic, social, or technical problem can be successfully solved without processing significant amounts of information.

The article continues on the topic raised in the Part I. In the Part I, the model library user digital profile (DP) is introduced, and the options for its structuring and application are discussed. The following issues are examined: a) user digital profile structure with specifying the layers, namely, subject, object, domain, communications, – and b) layer function – identification, clusterization, filtration, or collaboration. While the DP subject and object layers and the dominating factors were discussed in the Part I, the Part II details the DP domain and communications layers which would enable to meet library user information needs proactively.

The article is prepared under the Government Order to RNPLS&T No. 1021062311368-2-5.8.3 “Development of e-librarianship as a scientific and academic discipline in the circumstances of transforming library collections, reference and bibliographic and document services in the digital environment” (FNEG-2022-0004) for 2022-2024.

The foreign providers’ exit from the market of information resources and services in 2022 affected Belarus libraries significantly. The academic libraries still have to provide basic support of higher education with relevant and quality scientific and educational content. Under the new circumstances, the library professional community has been examining alternative technological and program solutions. The Scientific Library of Belarus National Technical University has been developing its user services and introducing efficient instruments.

The integrated search increases the efficiency of financial investments into the library collections and digital resources. The library management systems and search services provide the common user access to databases. The software products fulfil the tasks of instant search, discovery, delivery and intensive use of information accessible through the library. The author analyzes the dynamics of investments in database and services packages, quantity of purchased packages and their relevancy for BNTU in 2016-2022. The findings of the analyses would enable to choose among the integrated search systems depending on library’s resources and missions. Google programmable search system is discussed in detail. Bibliopoisk and EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) are characterized.

In this publication, we examined the range of issues that the libraries face during the transfer of traditional collections into digital format, and provided examples of efficient technological solutions.

Preserving scientific information in libraries is a complex task encompassing many factors, such as: media obsolescence, changes in device designs, software obsolescence and updates, format compatibility, data security and access to information.

The issues of selecting documents for digitization in accordance with the specific requirements of the library and user needs are discussed, and several options for preparing selected data for preservation are proposed.

One of the main problems is related to the difficulties of data migration, data loss or damage during the migration process, incorrect configuration or insufficient data verification before migration. The conclusions are made on the prospects for technologies with machine analysis and machine learning algorithms designed for various library services, including data preservation. The need for integration of various library departments in the process of transferring data into digital formats is emphasized.

The author analyzes the approaches to structuring open access resources (OAR). The study is aimed at increasing the efficiency of library information user services through integrating OAR into the system of science and education information support. Within the research project “Design of the model of scientific library operation within the open science ecosystem”, over 200 heterogeneous OAR were examined to conclude on the efficiency of the libraries’ user information support with OAR. The analysis of OAR features and navigation systems on the libraries’ websites, both foreign and national, enables to suggest approaches to OAR structuring by various characteristics, as well as structural options (with examples) depending on the content (subject), types of included documents, and national/ territorial affiliation. The efficient search in the increasing OAR flow is possible with building the systems of user interactive access to heterogeneous resources through the single access point, OAR integration into databases ofautomated library information systems; designing of OAR navigators (by various characteristics); introduction of alternative technological solutions. Access to OARs based on user information needs, organization of their efficient use make the tasks that would set up ‘new norms” of information library services.

The study is accomplished within the framework of the RAS SB SPSTL research project “Design of the model of scientific library operation within the open science ecosystem” No. 122041100150-3 (2022–2026).

The problems of the book publishing in the languages of the peoples of  Russia appeared to be pressing within the context of the national language policy of the Russian Federation. The market conditions in the contemporary book publishing business have negatively influenced this sector of the All-Russian publisher's repertory in many respects. The state publishing statistics evidences on this and enables to define the obvious leaders and outsiders among the concrete regions and languages: the Tatarian, Yakutian and Bashkirian, etc. languages are among the leaders, and practically all languages of the small peoples of the North and the East of Russia belong to the latter group. This is also true for the printed periodicals, i.e. newspapers, magazines and journals. At the same time, the negative trends exist in the sphere of reading because the motivation for the developing reading decreases with dominating «light», or leisure-time reading. The authors propose to improve the situation through cooperation of publishing activities of former autonomous republics and regions and/or by establishment of the specialized All-Russian publishing house «Friendship of Peoples» with appropriate resources.

he article is prepared on the occasion of the 125th ann iversary of Yury Vladimirovich Grigoriev, prominent Russian librarian. The authors outline the circle of scientific and friendly contacts of the scientist based on the analysis of gift inscriptions on books in Grigoriev’s personal book collection, now preserved in the library collection of Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin. The authors introduce new factual data about the scientist's personal book collection into scientific circulation. The personal library numbers over 6,000 copies, among them 326 editions with inscriptions. Based on the sociological concept of inscriptions as representatives of social relations, and on the methods of statistical analysis of the corpus of inscriptions, the authors review the chronological range of inscriptions, geographical area and status representation of donators, which reflects a wide range of sustained scientific contacts with library specialists all over the country. The analysis of the content of the inscriptions and their emotional coloring confirms the authority and recognition of Yu. V. Grigoriev among the colleagues from the very first years of his professional activity in the library field, reveals the business and personal qualities of the scientist. In general, the collection of inscriptions addressed to Yu. V. Grigoriev demonstrates the specificity of his communicative space, uniting representatives of different-level status groups, i. e. students, colleagues, teachers and supervisors.