The article examines current problems of libraries in terms of modern globalized society and transformational processes associated with their transformation into important social institution that performs information and communication functions. It is one of the newest information systems that enables storing and using various collections of electronic documents is the electronic library, which has recently gained wide popularity. The purpose of the article is to analyze functioning of electronic library as a new form of information environment, which enables its transformation into a modern information center of society. Characteristic features of electronic libraries and their components are analyzed; the main objectives of their activity are outlined. Significant projects of the most popular electronic libraries in Ukraine are characterized, including those of “Ukrainika” of Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, “Ukrainian Culture” of Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine, “Historical Heritage of Ukraine” of the National Historical Library of Ukraine, “DIASPORIANA” of Ukrainian diaspora electronic library, and “LIBRARIA” of online library resource of Ukrainian periodicals archives. It is noted that institutions of higher education, along with availability of traditional paper funds, create their own electronic libraries, which not only facilitate searching for necessary information by scientists and students, thus compensating for the lack of necessary textbooks, but also contribute to preservation of the entire library fund. Thus, the sites of the scientific library of the National Academy of Culture and Arts Management (Kyiv) and scientific and technical library of the National University Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic (Poltava) were analyzed. The important role of electronic libraries under martial law in Ukraine caused by Russian aggression, in terms of access to the library fund, rare and unique documents and their preservation as sights of historical and cultural national memory and humanity in general, was also emphasized.
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