Modern research into manuscript heritage of Ukraine in V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine (2020-2024): directions and achievements

The purpose of the work is to reveal the main directions and achievements in the field of studying manuscript heritage from the fonds of the Institute of Manuscript of the V.I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine, which is a national treasure of Ukraine and an important segment of the informational scientific and cultural space of world humanities. Methodology. The research is based on the principles of historicism, scientificity, and objectivity, as well as on the application of methods of analysis, synthesis, and generalization, classification, and systematization, and special historical disciplines. Scientific novelty. New scientific knowledge in the field of the history of science and culture of Ukraine is being brought into scientific circulation, and with the help of special historical disciplines and theoretical generalizations, the resource of sources of manuscript historical and cultural heritage of the 16th-20th centuries, stored in the fonds of the Institute of Manuscript of the V.I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine as a scientific archival and library institution, is beingrevealed. Conclusions. Today, in the context of Russian armed aggression on the territory of Ukraine, an important scientific direction of the V.I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine that requires special attention is the preservation and study of manuscript heritageas an important segment of the national historical and cultural heritage. Manuscript sources of different periods, varieties and languages, monuments of history and culture (manuscript books, official documents, personal archival fonds, collections of historical institutions, etc.) are being studied, which are being included in scientific circulation for the first time and form the basis for further fundamental research into the history, culture, science and education of Ukraine and European countries. The results of the study of the Institute of Manuscript fonds have attracted significant amounts of new information, deepened the theoretical foundations of such special historical disciplines as codicology, paleography, archaeography, archival studies, source studies, as well as important aspects of the specifics of the historical development of manuscript culture and scientific and practical principles of attribution of scientific description of metadata and accounting of manuscript monuments and documents of personal origin, taking into account modern achievements of the humanities and the latest information technologies, the features of creating digital resources and popularizing manuscript sources are revealed.