Sokolov Viktor

Modular libraries: advantages and perspectives of use

Section: Organization and methodology of library affairs

Abstract: The purpose of the article is to highlight the development and features of the activities of modular libraries; to reveal the essence and specifics of their functioning, to clarify their rolein the transformation of the socio-cultural activities of libraries, in particular in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine. The methodological basis of the article was general scientific and historical research methods: comparison, analogy, deduction, induction, analysis; descriptive, analytical, typological methods. The scientific novelty of the study lies in expanding ideas about the activities of modular libraries; in highlighting and characterizing the essence of the concept of "modular library"; in substantiating the need for the spread and development of modular libraries, given the requirements of wartime and the transformation of the work of libraries in Ukraine in the conditions of the transition to a digital society and electronic technologies. Conclusions. Modular libraries quickly respond to changes in information and communication activities and promptly change the forms of library and information service, filling it with new services and products in the changing conditions of martial law. Thanks to the latest technologies, the modular library from a book repository is quickly transformed into a social institution that ensures the accumulation and preservation of knowledge. Modular libraries easily adapt to any changes in social conditions and can be effectively used in certain circumstances of significant adjustment of the content of the concept of "library" as a social phenomenon. The more functions (tasks, areas of activity) a modern library implements, in particular – a modular one as a full-fledged socio-cultural and economic subject of the social and communication space, the better it meets the needs of each of its users. Modular library projects are quite dynamic, they are constantly developing. The compactness of the building and the efficiency of using the structural structures of modular libraries allow, among other things, to optimize and increase the efficiency of the work of library staff, the functioning of the library as a whole.

Keywords: modular library, modular construction system, modern library space, sociocultural activity of modern libraries, innovations in information and library activities.

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• Sokolov Viktor (Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine), [email protected]) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0208-1292

Cite:
Sokolov Viktor (2025). Modular libraries: advantages and perspectives of use. Bibliotechnyi visnyk, (3) 55-72. (In Ukrainan). doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/bv2025.03.055

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