The article considers the structural and content aspect of University education for bachelors and masters of library and information activities in the field of project management and socio-cultural design. The article presents the universal, General professional and professional project competences formed at different levels of higher industry education, which are provided by the current Federal state educational standards and official projects of approximate basic educational programs. the basic indicators of their achievement are indicated. Characterized taught at the Moscow state Institute of culture bibliotekovedenie profile of the discipline “Project workshop” (BA) “Theory and methodology of socio-cultural design with the participation of the library” (master): objectified perspective and range of educational tasks allocated to the competence generated and designated indicators of evidence of their development.  “Project workshop” is focused on the formation of the project culture of future bachelors of library and information activities, taking into account the current trends of socio-cultural design and the capabilities of libraries. The main types of contact work with students are practical classes, including individualized small groups. A large place is given to extracurricular independent work on the material of the training course. The master's course “Theory and methodology of socio-cultural design with the participation of the library” is aimed at further development of students' fundamental and applied aspects of project knowledge. The study of educational material by undergraduates is carried out through an optimal combination of problem lectures and thematic discussion seminars, which allow to give a coherent system of scientific knowledge in the discipline, to form a scientific approach to the students' project activities of libraries. An important place in the process of studying the course is occupied by group and individualized tasks in the framework of classroom and extracurricular (including field) practical classes, as well as active independent search activity of students. It is concluded that there is sufficient educational and methodological base for the formation of students in the framework of two-level training complex project competencies that allow effective professional activities, logical continuity of special project training of students studying in the bachelor's and master's degree in the direction of “Library and information activities”.

The article presents the results of a study on the use of reading strategies among students of the information and library faculty The developed method is based on the types of reading (by purpose and methods), information resources necessary for each type. The types of “reading for educational purposes” in this strategy are arranged according to their priority: for undergraduate students, first comes educational, then general cultural, self-educational, scientific and leisure reading; for graduate students – scientific, educational, self-educational, general cultural and leisure reading. It was revealed that the differentiation of “reading for educational purposes” is a condition for the implementation of a strategic approach in the formation of the reader’s competency for the future librarian, and allows one to successfully master all the competencies necessary for professional activity and the development of a holistic system of training library staff on a single conceptual basis. The authors reveal the methodology of working with types of reading separately for undergraduate and graduate students. The experimental results of control and experimental groups of students are given. Particular attention is paid to the relationship of reading types with the generated competencies required by future library specialists. The article is intended for teachers and specialists in the field of library and information activities.

The government requirements toward digital content acquisition and use in libraries have been changing. The standards and regulations comprising the indicators of library activities in the digital environment are characterized. The findings of the study of the official websites of the central libraries of 85 subjects of the Russian Federation (22 republics, 46 regions, 9 territories, 4 autonomous districts, 1 autonomous region, and three cities of federal status), are cited. The goals of the study were: to examine the structure of local history digital content on the websites of central libraries of the RF subjects; to identify typical errors in acquiring the local history digital content that actually breaks down the barriers for remote users. The Russian libraries’ experience in generating local lore electronic information resources available to remote users, is discussed. The most popular types of electronic information resources are analyzed. The lack of unified terminology for digital content and the polysemy of the type names are emphasized. The presentation of local history digital content in the headings of websites of the RF central libraries of various federal status, is considered. Prospects for research of local history digital content optimization on the websites of RF central libraries are outlined.

The key provisions of the strategy of providing access to the digital resources developed by the Periodicals Department of RAS SB SPSTL and several implementation aspects are discussed. Understanding the trends within the Library’s social environment makes the foundation for designing efficient criteria for building the Library’s heterogeneous collection and meeting information demands in science and technology of its community. Today the Library’s strategic goal is to design an efficient regional library and information system to serve not only scientists, research, R&D and industrial organizations but also the city’s and region’s higher institutes and universities. The priority of digital resources against the traditional ones makes the fundamental principle of developing the library collection. The significance of trial access aimed at improving digital subscription parameters is emphasized. The experience of implementing the project of corporate access of scientific and research organization to digital resources is discussed. This vector is seen as a promising one along with other strategic solutions that contribute to increasing time efficiency, completeness and service quality within the new information environment.

The libraries’ web-outposts open up new opportunities, enable libraries to interact efficiently with their users and to promote their information products in the virtual space. The systematic assessment is integral to high performance of libraries’ web-divisions. The author explores the intensity of applying evaluation methods to the libraries’ web-sites. She examines the current state and popular trends in libraries’ representation in the virtual space using the relevant methods of web-analytics. The findings of the 2019 survey “Modern trends in the development of library resources in the web space”, comprising 387 Russian and foreign libraries of various organizational and legal status, are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the presence of libraries in the web space and resource management using web-analytic instruments. Based on her research findings, the author concludes that the major accomplishment for the libraries today is the very fact of their presence in the web space in the form of official websites and accounts in social media. Though the respondents confirmed that they used web-based analytical tools to evaluate their own web-based representation, the survey demonstrates that just a small part of the analytical tools potentiality is actually used.

Review of the book: Mazuritsky A. M. Libraries in the years of Great Patriotic War: A learning guide. – Orel, 2020. – 139 p.

The reviewed textbook introduces to the history of Russian librarianship during the Great Patriotic War. The structure of the manual is overviewed. The didactic analysis demonstrates the presentation logic which facilitates learning and is of great ethical educative value. In terms of scientific discussion, recommendations are given for further development of this subject scope to cover the following issues: 1) library support facilities for high morale and combative mood of the Red Army (the front-line and navy libraries); 2) library support of healing and bibliotherapy (hospital libraries); 3) library and information support of promising research and development projects (scientific and technical libraries of plants and factories); 4) libraries in the system of cultural, educational, moral and psychological support for the residents of blockaded Leningrad; 5) library support of high morale of the population and its faith in the victory over the enemy. The significance and relevance of the learning guide is emphasized. The reviewer recommends to prepare a textbook on the history of library construction during the Great Patriotic War.

In the review of the monograph by Yury Nikolayevich Stolyarov (Stolyarov Yu. N. Rubakin regained / Yu. N. Stolyarov. – Moscow: RSLA (Russian School Library Association), 2019. – 416 p. : il.)

Yu. Stolyarov’s contribution to studying N. A. Rubakin’s legacy is emphasized. This publication is a unique, large scale study of Nikolay (Nicholas) A. Rubakin’s comprehensive creative and social activities as a library scientist, bibliographer, bibliognost, expert in psychology and sociology of reading, science communicator, talented writer, educator and a person of encyclopedic knowledge. The author’ respectful and efficient use of the research potential of dialectical approach enables to prove, at the substantial methodological level, the viability of Rubakin's main scientific brainchild, the theory of bibliopsychology based on an objective research framework and an unprecedented empirical findings. For the first time, the monograph author introduces significant factual and documentary evidence into scientific discourse, and proves that the method developed by Rubakin interrelating the book and the reader was ahead of time by a century. The influence of N. A. Rubakin’s predecessors, his teachers and students and their contributions to the theory and methods of bibliopsychology are discussed. Rubakin’s bibliopsychological portraits of prominent figures of his time are also of great scientific and historical value. The reviewers emphasize that Yu. N. Stolyarov’s monograph enriches significantly the library science, and is to facilitate further understanding of N. A. Rubakin’s contribution to the world book culture. 

The publication is the main fragment of the report of the Swiss librarian and bibliographer Marcel Gaudet (fr. Marcel Gaudet; 1877, Switzerland – 1949, ibid.) at the Congress of the International Federation for Documentation (FID) 1939, translated by Lubov B. Khavkina, a classic of Russian and Soviet Librarianship. The Piece has a double interest: as rolling pins of your time when the Phenomenon of Documentation, as well as appeared in practice, documentation Centres, only comprehended and discussed, the activity Centers have been criticized, the relationship with the library functions was unclear; and as evidence of close attention to this issue Lubov B. Khavkina, too, only still developing its attitude to the innovation that appeared in the Western World.

The analytic report on the First Scientific and Practical Conference “Letter and Digit: Libraries on the way to Digitalization” (“BiblioPiter–2020”) is presented. The Conference took place in St. Petersburg on February 17–19, 2020. The Conference was organized by: Russian National Public Library for Science & Technology, Russian State Library, National Library Association “Libraries of the Future” (NALF), and International Association of Users and Developers of Electronic Libraries and New Information Technologies (ELNIT). The goal of the Conference was to join to get her the efforts by libraries and other academic, information and research institutions in developing new concepts, methods and technologies of the library and information sector in contemporary digital environment. The NALF School and IRBIS School “Digital Technologies and Services at Libraries” took place within the Conference program. The papers by known scientists and professionals in library science, information science, bibliography and cultural studies were delivered. The Conference also comprised the round tables “Special Patron at the Library” and “Intellects and Library Logos”, master class on patent search, special event on the Open Science issues, as well as the presentation of the monograph “Copyright at Libraries, Research and Academic Institutions” by Andrey I. Zemskov and Yakov L. Shrayberg. Totally over 30 papers were presented and over 100 participants attended the Conference. Over 600 users watched live Internet broad casts of the Conference events. The video records of every Conference event, as well as that of IRBIS School and NALF Schools are available in full on the YouTube channel of the Russian National Public Library for Science & Technology. Power point presentations are available on NALF website. The decision was made to organize the Conference annually. It will be hold every year in St. Petersburg in mid-February.