PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE DISCOURSE OF INFORMATION CULTURE (from work experience of the Centralized Library System of Mariupol)

Abstract

The article considers the problem of effective functioning of public libraries in the modern globalized information environment using the Ukrainian and international experience of library and information services on the example of the Centralized library system in Mariupol.

It is established that the main tool for achieving positive results is to provide libraries with equal access to all segments of the region's population to information, knowledge, historical and cultural heritage, to form a modern system of library and information resources and to promote the development of information culture of users.