Demianiuk Liudmyla

Initiatives of International Organizations to Support the Library And Information Complex of Ukraine

Section: Library affair and science in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine: international support

Abstract: The purpose of the article is to investigate the initiatives of international organizations to support the library and information complex of Ukraine in the conditions of martial law, to analyze the main directions of their implementation and the importance of global resonance in the preservation of cultural heritage, ukrainian book libraries. Research methodology is based on systemic and structural approaches, methods of logical and structural-functional analysis, etc. Scientific novelty. The initiatives of international organizations to support the library and information complex of Ukraine under conditions of martial law are highlighted, the main directions of assistance and the importance of international resonance in the preservation of national libraries are analyzed. Conclusions. The research findings show that with the beginning of the full-scale military invasion of the russian federation, there was a consolidation of the international library community in support of the library and information complex of Ukraine. Initiatives proposed by international organizations are aimed at the protection of Ukrainian libraries in the preservation of their funds in connection with the threat of their possible destruction, support of librarians and library premises. Due to the implementation of projects initiated by authoritative organizations of the international level, the library and information complex of Ukraine continues to function unceasingly and carry out library and information processes in the conditions of martial law.

Keywords: russian aggression, world resonance, library and information complex of Ukraine under martial law, international support, assistance initiatives.

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• Demianiuk Liudmyla (V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, Ukraine, Kyiv, [email protected]) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4242-8390

Cite:
Demianiuk Liudmyla (2023). Initiatives of International Organizations to Support the Library And Information Complex of Ukraine. Bibliotechnyi visnyk, (2) 102-113. (In Ukrainan). doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/bv2023.02.102

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