The New Challenges in the LibraryInformation Space: Contemporary Staff is the Responsibility of Library Itself

Abstract

The main objective of the publication is to show the approach to addressing the issue of increasing the professional level of librarians in the context of implementation of new information and communication technologies (ICT) and development of the market of electronic products and services. It is noted that basic education does not fully meet the challenges of the emerging electronic library-information environment. Therefore, libraries are looking for their own approaches to improving professional level of employees and service environment. There is considered the experience of the Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LNS RAS), concentrated on seminars/workshops and practical training classes. The main attention is paid to the following areas: mastering of rules and development of skills in the work with bibliometric and specialized databases, work with the resources of Open Access, condition of the market of electronic products and services, and the terms of access to them. It is shown that this approach is topical not only to library professionals, but also to the scientists of research institutes who are interested in the development of information literacy. There are presented the topics of particular trainings.