Informational support of scientific research on the subject of agriculture

The changes are analyzed in accordance with the trends of the current historical period in the forms and methods used by the Central Scientific Agricultural Library (CSAL) in providing information services to users to meet their professional needs. The transformation of information support for scientific research over the 95 years of the library’s existence has been identified and described. A significant impetus to accelerating the development of the library was the move to a new building, a multiple increase in space, which made it possible to widely expand exhibition activities within the library, make open access to some part of the collection, place and organize the collection in accordance with the rules and regulations. However, fundamental changes in the library’s activities occurred with the introduction of automated technologies, the creation of an automated library information system (ALIS), the transition from card catalogs to electronic information resources, the creation and development of the library’s website, which is an electronic analogue of a traditional library. All traditional services have become available remotely – from registering for the library to virtual exhibitions of literature from the library’s collections. The creation of electronic catalogs, abstract and full-text databases, and subject collections, digitization of stocks and creation of electronic copies of documents allow scientists to obtain the necessary information without physically visiting the library 24/7. Various electronic information resources provide support for scientific research from filing an application for a research topic to implementing the obtained results in production. The linguistic tools created in the CSAL provide effective and relevant search in the library’s electronic resources and allow scientists to independently obtain the necessary information through communication channels.