Abstract:

Nowadays, integration between types of modern technologies on the Internet and creation of a new generation technology causes great transformations in many spheres of social life. At the same time during the transition from management of flows and arrays of documents to management of knowledge there takes place a reconsideration of library functions, and university libraries change their activities and priorities.

The present development of the library-information and scientific and educational infrastructure is inseparably connected with the status and level of development of information and communication technologies (in particular – cloud services). The role, place and importance of university libraries, which are an inseparable part of the university information environment and place for education and social contacts, change.

The report introduces and addresses issues related to: analysing the transformations that take place in the field of library technologies as well as their role in resolving tasks, related to the management of the innovation processes in contemporary scientific and educational space; exploring, researching and developing solutions that help to organize intelligent scientific and educational library resources; defining key technological approaches to knowledge management in university libraries and in the educational environment.

The object of investigation in the report is transformation of library activities and processes during the recent years, with the accent on activities of university libraries. Some of the essential problems connected with trends to continuous improvement of innovative technologies and their increasing role in modernization of the educational sphere as a carrier, creator and catalyst of innovations are considered.

Changes in the vision and essence of the university library as a library information center are presented. They include providing both of free access to information, knowledge and information resources presented in the physical and virtual environment, and of the use of its functions and role as a center of education and major part of the university educational environment.

Keywords:

University libraries, innovation processes, library resources.