Evaluating the Strategy for Development of Academic Library of Research University in the Context of Practical Implementation and Determining Further Prospects

Abstract

The article presents the development of scientific thought through the prism of an analysis of the works by authoritative scientists of the world level concerning approaches to evaluation of the strategy of development of libraries of universities of research type. The comparison method was applied to allocate the differences between the traditional academic library and a modern academic library as the contrasts that slow down the course of strategic development. The article defines and systematizes the criteria, according to which an academic library of a research university be evaluated. The authors have proposed an approach on the basis of applying the method of SPACE analysis in order to provide evaluation of strategy for development of Mykhaylo Maksymovych Academic Library of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the strategic recommendations for the further reforming have been suggested.

Keywords

• development strategy
• academic library
• research university
• criteria for evaluation of strategy
• Mykhaylo Maksymovych Academic Library of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv