The Department of Library and Information Activities and Humanities prepares students with the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities to be in demand in a number of related fields, such as cultural institutions, education, science, public service and socio-social activities. Our highly qualified teachers offer high-quality training that provides scientific and fundamental professional knowledge, as well as promotes the development of critical thinking, a creative approach to problem solving and enable students to confidently apply acquired knowledge and skills in practice.
The history of the department dates back to 2000, when the specialized Department of Library Science and Bibliography was opened immediately after the establishment of the Institute. In 2016, on the basis of the merger with the Department of Humanities, it was transformed into the Department of Library and Information Activities and Humanities. The first head of the department was one of the leading specialists of the National Library of the RS (Ya), Candidate of Historical Sciences Sargylana Vasilyevna Maksimova, who headed the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in 2016. Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor E.P. Gulyaeva, associate professors, Candidates of Sciences G.F. Leveryeva, and Boitunova S.I., senior teachers T.S. Maksimova, A.N. Ivanova, and others contributed to the formation and development of the department.
Today, the department has a rich experience in training personnel for the whole Republic. For more than 20 years, more than 500 qualified specialists have been trained and work in many specialized institutions.
In 2019, a new level of specialist training was opened - the Master's degree in Library and Information Activities, which became a new stage in the training of specialists in the library and information sphere.
In recent years, the department has intensified its work on additional professional education. Retraining programs in Library and information activities, aimed at library staff with higher non-core education, are particularly in demand in order to form competent and creatively minded specialists for modern libraries.
