THE STRATEGY OF A SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
The topic of the paper is an innovation activity of a modern university library which must represent suitably contemporary main responses of the university in general. The subject of the study is elucidation of modernization of traditional activity of the Scientific Library of the Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University. Using analytic method the author viewed the main kinds of innovation activity of a library: an informational and analytic support of research and publishing activities of the university and transfer of these activities to the field of library responsibility; working out on websites; forming and upgrading of library culture of periodicals; integration of the university editions and results of scientific studies of university scientists to domestic and international databases; strategy and tactics of forming the library stocks; setting a priority of scientific studies of book monuments. The result of monitoring of library activity consists in elaboration of the strategy of development of a modern university scientific library in the context of informatization of the society. It was proved that a library is an influential participant of the modern information society, its activity is extremely important for all educational and scientific departments of the university, which must communicate with a library in informational and analytic area. The findings of the study may be used for elaboration of recommendations for further development of such important university department as scientific library is.