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Monitoring of readers’ preferences to improve the quality of the scientific library collections
https://doi.org/10.20913/2224-1841-2025-3-9
Abstract
Introduction. Monitoring of readers' preferences is the necessary condition for improving the efficiency of library activities. The relevance of the study is due to the ongoing process of adapting the content, products and services of the scientific library to the needs, preferences and interests of the reading audience. Purpose setting. Statement of the problem and purpose of the article: to present the results of the study of scientists’ and specialists’ preferences for the traditional part of different fields of knowledge collections of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) and to assess the quality of the formation, disclosure and use of these collections by readers. Methods and methodology of the study. Research methodology and methods: theoretical analysis of literature on the issues of readers' preferences, statistical and analytical method (collection and analysis of statistical indicators of fields of knowledge literature circulation using statistical forms of IRBIS ABIS). Results. Trends in demand for different fields of knowledge segments of the collection are determined, readers' preferences by the type and nature of documents are presented, relevant and unclaimed types of publications are identified. The profile of SPSTL SB RAS collections due to the fields of knowledge is compiled, and an assessment of the composition and efficiency of usage is given. Conclusion. Recommendations for making rational management decisions on disclosing and promoting library collections, ensuring the high level of information support for scientific research are formulated.
About the Authors
E. B. ArtemyevaRussian Federation
Elena B. Artemyeva – doctor of pedagogical sciences, chief researcher, head department of research and methodological work
15 Voskhod str., Novosibirsk, 630102, Russian Federation
M. A. Shevchenko
Russian Federation
Mariya A. Shevchenko – junior researcher of department of research and methodological work, head of readers' services
department
15 Voskhod str., Novosibirsk, 630102, Russian Federation
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For citation: Artemyeva E.B., Shevchenko M.A. Monitoring of readers’ preferences to improve the quality of the scientific library collections. Professional education in the modern world. 2025;15(3):521–532. https://doi.org/10.20913/2224-1841-2025-3-9
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