DIGITAL LIBRARY
LIBRARIES FOR THE FUTURE: THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY MANAGER
University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (ULSIT) (BULGARIA)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN19 Proceedings
Publication year: 2019
Pages: 6340-6344
ISBN: 978-84-09-12031-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2019.1516
Conference name: 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 1-3 July, 2019
Location: Palma, Spain
Abstract:
The formulated aims and content of library activities in modern society stemming from their role of social institutions, have been closely linked to the current social attitudes. Respectively, the orientation towards development based on innovations has been one of the major factors for their function as a part of the contemporary social system. The nature of the innovative library activity is expressed in the holistic and systematic aptitude towards qualitative changes corresponding to the needs for realization of a new content.

The article looks at the role of the library manager in the application of contemporary approaches in libraries in order to achieve high efficiency in all spheres of the library activity but also to solve a number of practical issues related to the future of the library as a symbiosis between tradition and innovation in its services.

Acknowledgement:
This paper is one of the outcomes of the research project "Event and project management for internationalization and intergenerational dialogue in the field of library and information education and research", (Contract Number NIP-2019-04, MES).
Keywords:
Library, modern society, social institutions, innovations, library manager.