THE PLACE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE MNAU IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
Modern Internet technologies influence forming of contemporary models of scientific communication. Constant transformations in a global informational space make a library to play a key role in realization of alternative model of scientific communication. The opinion poll “The mission of a library in the system of scientific communications” was conducted to determine the place of the library of the MNAU in the system of scientific communications and to define the trends of refinement and the role of the library in the exchange of scientific knowledge. Within the scope of this study it was questioned 105 respondents (scientific and pedagogical workers). An overwhelming majority (94,1%) supposes that scientific communications are a leading hand of development of science and formation of a scientist. The conducted poll gave an opportunity not only to sketch the general drift in the system of scientific communications and to study our scientists’ thoughts about place of the library in this system, but also helped to define problem aspects of organization of communication by means of the library.