New Services in the Libraries Activities in Australia and New Zealand

Abstract

Studying the world experience in libraries activities gives Ukrainian institutions the opportunity to use the best, tested and promising ideas for working with their users. In this study, the authors pay attention to the project activities and interaction with readers in Australian and New Zealand libraries through new services. The article examines providing project activities and new services for the users of public libraries in Australia and New Zealand. The tasks were solved by using general scientific research methods. The analysis of sources was carried out to determine the main concepts of the topic; content analysis of websites and social networks of selected institutions; historical and comparative method of formation of public libraries in Australia and New Zealand. Considering the analysis of foreign experience, the approaches to socio-cultural transformations of public libraries in Australia and New Zealand are investigated. In the future, the main research findings can be implemented in the activities of Ukrainian book repositories and help in established cooperation with the public libraries of these countries. The main provisions, materials and research results can be used in the interaction of public book repositories with libraries in Australia and New Zealand. Comparing the activities of libraries in these countries, we can come to the conclusion that although Australian and New Zealand libraries have a much larger amount of material resources, the areas of activity are generally similar. Special attention is paid to the education and leisure of users, and famous people are also involved for this. Ukrainian public libraries can implement similar projects in their work and use new services to interact with their users and communities.