Features of library communication in epoch of cifrovizacii.

Abstract

The article analyzes the social communication of libraries in the conditions of digitalization of the information sphere. The world and domestic experience of creating electronic libraries, their access to the global level is shown. The European model with a distributed library system is more stable, reliable and secure. The American model of a centralized collection enables the creation of better metadata, more stringent unification and harmonization of metadata formats and electronic resources themselves. The task of modern libraries is found – creation of electronic virtual libraries on the principle of information gateways. The social and communicative function of libraries in the conditions of digital economy, the place of library institutions in the social structure of the community is determined.