Software and Technical Support of Library Specialists Training in the Context of Digitalization
The article presents the main priorities for the evolvement of library and information education at the Faculty of Information and Library Technologies of the Kemerovo State Institute of Culture: digitalization of education and digitalization of library activities. They affect on the system of training the specialists at the Kemerovo library school. The inclusion of the university into the Federal Project “Creative People” and the National Project “Culture” provided ability of technical equipment modernization of educational activities and scientific library. It was reflected in the content of educational programs: new training courses were introduced, and the content of certain academic disciplines was changed. Thus, the processes of the formation of “digital” competencies of library and information specialists have deepened. The draft of educational standard “Specialist in Library and Information Activities” was analyzed. It allowed identifying directions of activities related to digitalization. Advanced educational training programs proposed for implementation within the “Creative People” federal project of the “Culture” national project form the digital competence of a specialist regulated in the draft of the standard. It makes possible to define educational trends in the Kemerovo State Institute of Culture. The article concludes that in the conditions of digitalization it is worth focusing on the deepening of professional knowledge, using the digital technologies as a means in library and information activities.