Information Support for the Reform of the Scientific Sphere of Ukraine: the Role of National Libraries (from the experience of the Service of Information and Analytical Support of Public Authorities, V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine)

Abstract

The integration of Ukrainian science into the world scientific and European research space presupposes the implementation of the set of measures to reform the scientific sphere of Ukraine. Current processes of reforming the Ukrainian sector of research and development are taking place in a difficult time for the Ukrainian state and Ukrainian science. Despite the numerous proposals for the course of reform, some politicians and media for a long time understood the reform as the liquidation of the academic sector of Ukrainian science, which gave rise to recurrent manipulative materials in the media about the work of national academies, most notably the leading research center in our state - the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In these circumstances, issues of prompt and high-quality informing of government agencies and the public about the processes of reforming Ukrainian scientific sphere, in particular specific measures to improve the efficiency of scientific institutions of the academic sector, are becoming especially relevant. The paper considers the work of the Service of information and analytical support of public authorities of V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, notably in informing public and government agencies about the situation in the scientific sphere in our country. In particular, an example of effective activity in informing the public about reforming of the research sphere, assessing its effectiveness and development, and important results of scientific, technical and innovative work of Ukrainian scientists, is the publication and dissemination of the materials of the information and analytical bulletin based on the operational information Ways of development of Ukrainian science: public discourse. The experience of the Service of information and analytical support of public authorities on information support of reforming the scientific sphere of Ukraine, namely the publication of the information and analytical bulletin Ways of development of Ukrainian science: public discourse, allows us to conclude that information and analytical departments of national libraries have a significant potential in solving the problem of developing an information ground for management decisions.

Keywords

• scientific reform, public authorities, nas of ukraine, national libraries, information and analytical structures, information and analytical products.