Benchmarking of Electronic Information Resources of Libraries of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine

The relevance of the article lies in conducting a comparative analysis of electronic information resources provided during quarantine restrictions and martial law by the libraries of higher education institutions of Ukraine, which were determined by the leaders, based on the results of previous stages of the research. The purpose of the study is to determine the library of the university of Ukraine, which is leader in the provision of electronic information resources in the conditions of quarantine and martial law. The methodology. The research includes synthesis, the method of complexity, comparative analysis, information diagnostics, generalization, abstraction and systematization, survey-analytical and benchmarking methods. The results of the previous stages of the research proved that the library of Sumy State University occupies the first place among the scientific libraries of classical universities of Ukraine. Among the scientific libraries of technical institutions of higher education are the Scientific Library of Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University and Chernihiv Polytechnic National University. The leader among scientific libraries conventionally called special institutions of higher education of Ukraine is the library of Borys Hrinchenko Kyiv University. The library of Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University ranks first among the libraries of pedagogical institutions of higher education in Ukraine. The practical significance. The identification of a leading library will allow other libraries of higher education institutions to adopt the experience of implementing various electronic information resources. The scientific novelty. The previous stages of the study of electronic information resources of libraries of higher education institutions of Ukraine allowed us to determine the leading libraries in providing users with access to a wide range of electronic information resources during quarantine restrictions and martial law. The conclusions. The research made it possible to identify the library of Sumy State University as a leading library that provides users with access to the largest set of electronic information resources, which includes: electronic catalogue, electronic archive of scientific works of university employees, full-text databases and resources available on open platforms, the own full-text collections, Facebook page, Instagram page, Telegram channel, Youtube channel, new arrivals, digests, audiobooks.