Digital Humanities in Education: Practices at Lviv Polytechnic National University

The article examines the evolution of the Lviv educational and scientific school of library and information sciences, established at the department of Social Communications and Information Activities of Lviv Polytechnic National University, in the context of modernization processes within document-information and information-analytical institutions, as well as the penetration of digital technologies into administrative, socio-economic and humanitarian domains of society. The study explores the transformation of the content of the department’s educational and scientific activities in 2000–2024, from a culture-centered concept of training specialists in Documentation and Information Activity – Information, Library and Archival Science (DIA–ILAS) to a digitally oriented concept, reflected in the following key identification priorities: focusing the educational and scientific process on Digital Humanities (DH) technologies; consolidating the potential of the academic community; engaging students in research activities; and developing international scientific and academic communication. The modernization policy in training specialists in ILAS requires the continuous updating of curricula, aligning them with the development of contemporary digital technologies, enhancing the quality and competitiveness of young professionals and approximating the content and quality of education to global standards. The positioning of Lviv Polytechnic as a leader in the training of young professionals in social communications and information activities is the outcome of 25 years of systematic efforts to harmonize educational and scientific directions of activity with the current demands of the education and labor markets. The evolutionary changes in the content of ILAS education at Lviv Polytechnic correspond to the major trends observed in leading universities worldwide.