Enhancing of the Information and Communication Activities of Libraries in Ukraine under Martial Law (case of the Information and Analytical Support Service (IASS) of V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine)

Abstract

During the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine, and in the context of post-war challenges to the Ukrainian state and society, the relevance of issues of operational cov erage of the activities of Ukrainian scientists, primarily those aimed at strengthening the defence and security of the state, has significantly increased. Accordingly, the need to intensify communication activities between the scientific community and society, public authorities, etc. has significantly increased under modern conditions.Today the library is the basic social and communicative structure that concentrates the communicative culture of society and provides communication processes with the use of documents, information and knowledge. It is noted that today in Ukraine the perception of information and analytical activity as an integral component of libraries’ scientific and informational work has been fully established, as well as the information and analytical products themselves have become an important means of communication between the library and the user, namely, the consumer of information. Attention is focused on the fact that under conditions of a full-scale war, unleashed by Russia against Ukraine, the role of library and information centers, which possess information and analytical resources capable to counteract the spread of enemy narratives, as well as forming and spreading the national narrative of Ukraine, is significantly strengthened.The article reflects the activity of the Service of information and analytical support of public authorities of V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine on the operative provision of users, in particular the authorities, with the materials on socially significant topics. In particular, as an example of effective activity in informing the society about the research and developments of Ukrainian scientists related to the strengthening of defence and security of the state, the publication and distribution of materials of the issue of information and analytical bulletin “Ways of Development of Ukrainian Science: Public Discourse” is considered.Thus, it was concluded that the activity of the Information and analytical support service (IASS) of V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, which operates in the field of operational provision of users with materials of socially significant topics, indicates that the library continues to play an important role as a communication institution even under martial law.

Keywords

• information and communication activities, ukrainian scientists, nas of ukraine, martial law, scientific libraries, information and analytical support service.