On the Way to the Digital Transformation of Library and Information Activities

The article presents the review of the monograph “Transformation of library and information activities under the influence of the digital environment” (2021), prepared by the team of authors of the Kemerovo State Institute of Culture and the V.D. Fedorov State Scientific Library of Kuzbass. The review reveals the content of the monograph — the trends in the development of library and information activities in the context of digitalization; transformation of local history library services in the electronic environment; user service by means of multimedia; promotion of reading of young people in the conditions of digitalization; virtualization of methodological support in libraries. The chapters of the publication, based on the results of serious research by the authors, show the trends of transformation of library and information activities. The content of the monograph is based on the analysis of existing experience, the disclosure of the characteristic features of the problem, its solution and prospects. The book has an extensive reference apparatus. It is recommended to make the monograph more accessible to users in the digital environment.