Research Trends in Library Science in Ukrainian and European Researches

Abstract

Library research is not the most popular area of book publishing, so the article is based on only a few dozen books published over the past five years. Ukrainian publications are very conservative in subjects and most of them relates mainly to the history of libraries or librarianship, as well as descriptions of various collections. Exceptions are the Kharkiv poll on library journalism and the practical manuals published by Halyna Shvetsova-Vodka, who is one of the most popular authors in the field of library studies. The review of library literature was carried out using electronic catalogs of Poland and Czech Republic, which determines a certain bias of the analyzed literature towards the national characteristics of these countries. European publications, much more diverse in subjects, although historical and fundraising aspects, are also very common. To a large extent, books contain a popular component, most of which already in the title raise questions, mainly in favor of libraries, for example, the British edition: “Libraries and Reading: Intellectual Disability and the Extent of Library Diversity”, or the philosophical title of the Polish book “Biblioteka w chmurze czy chmury nad biblioteką” (“Library in the Clouds or Clouds over Libraries”), in which the authors try to solve current problems of modern libraries. Moreover, in European library science of recent years we can find innovative research topics, in particular, relating to the organization of library conditions for people with Alzheimer’s disease and addressed to the profession of librarian in the Czech Republic and his experience: “Knihovna v mém životě: spojili s knihovnou” (“The Library in My Life: Conversations with People Who Combined Their Lives with the Library”) or addressed to the experience of readers of British libraries.