The author examines innovations as an aspect of science advancement. This phenomenon is interpreted within the context of contemporary philosophic concepts which has an impact on building research strategies in library studies in the contemporary information postindustrial society.

The research productivity could be assessed both by absolute and relative metrics. The author explains the essence of the Hirsh index and demonstrates how it is calculated. The author refers to the Russian Citation Index database to demonstrate the personal bibliometric indices of the number of the well known in the library community authors, so one could compare his/her own evaluations with the bibliometric data. In conclusion, the bibliometry potential to evaluate large scale scientific trends is revealed.

The need for establishing situation centers and applying cross-technologies to manage libraries’ information resources is discussed. The example of large successful cultural and education project, namely, «Night in the Library» using cross-technologies is given. Its main components are described with a special focus on service team importance as that providing project management.

Problems of information support of research amid the financial crisis. Special attention is given to anti-crisis measures, e.g. open access to information.

The virtual reference services in the Central Scientific Library (Belarus NAS) enable remote users to get competent professional support and reliable information based on the library collection and Internet-resources. The authors examine the main functions of the virtual reference service and give statistical data based on fulfilled inquiries.

The author examines new concepts (structural and complex sciences) introduced into the theory of philosophical classification of sciences in the recent decades. We got used to speak about cycles of sciences - natural, social and humanities, about applied sciences (medical, agricultural, technical, etc.). We already know that in LBC the class of general scientific and interdisciplinary knowledge is developed. The author attempts to connect in uniform the system terms and concepts - known, already traditional, with new, offered recently, and to show how to use them in the Library and Bibliographic Classification (LBC).

The monograph by T.F. Karatygina «Sveti, i budet svetlo. Professiologicheskie shtudii» [ “Shine! and the light will be. Professiological studies” ] (Moscow: Econ-Inform, 2015. - 507 p.) is reviewed from the viewpoint of library professional training. T.F. Karatygina’s contribution in library professionology is examined within the context of historical personification. The relevance of forming professional mentality as the major factor of the high quality of library profession today is emphasized. The interconnection between facilitation of library and information education and learning motivation is characterized.

Review of the book: The Historical Library during the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945: Collection of documents and materials/ Author of the text K.A. Shaposhnikov; Science Editor M.D. Afanasyev]; State Public Hisotrical Library. - Moscow, 2015. - 338 p., [8] s. ill. - (70 years of the Great Victory).