Advancement in Library and Information Science

Changes in the social and economic life required new approaches to the development and advancement of the library and information science. In libraries, the leaders-innovators turned out to be specialists who have ten to twenty years of practical experience. This, undoubtedly, became a deterrent, which protected the library from an unreasonable running forward without looking back. The book presents information on the conceptual model of the modern library, which is one of the oldest cultural institutions.

At the start of the book in the first chapter of the book introduces function of library; it presents that over the long period of human history, its social functions have undergone significant changes. The purpose of the ancient libraries was the storage of documents. Since its inception until today, the library has passed the first stage of the evolution of the public mission: from serving the needs of the ruling elite to meeting public needs. The library has become a social institution, which includes information and cultural components and ensures the stability of ties and relations within the society. Second chapter of the book is transformation of the library as a social institution: The term institute (or social institution) is one of the fundamental when considering the social structure of society. The social institute is a stable form of organization of joint activities of people, characteristic for a certain historical epoch, the country, the community. Institutes organize a variety of human activities in order to meet human needs.

Third chapter of the book is focused on analysis of existing models of modern libraries: The countries of the world have different opportunities and are at different stages on the way to the knowledge society. They are developing their own strategies for building this society. Each of them developed its understanding of the role of the modern library, and various library models operate. However, they are all similar in the use of approaches to understanding the public role of modern libraries proposed at the international level. The fourth chapter is focused on conceptual model of the library and it defines that under the model in the broad sense of science is understood as an analog deputy of the original (the fragment of reality), which under certain conditions produces...