Posting information about electronic resources on the library website as a tool for their promotion

Abstract

The paper considers the problem of informing library users about electronic resources via the website. In connection with the expansion of the electronic subscription of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, an urgent task is to modernize the section of the website "Electronic Resources of Remote Access". The experience of Russian libraries in posting information about electronic resources on their websites was preliminarily studied. The analysis of the main technical and design techniques for organizing a section of the website dedicated to electronic resources that are important for perceiving information was performed. Examples of websites are given where sections are organized on the basis of a resource database or static HTML pages. The advantages and disadvantages of each method from the end user's point of view are analyzed. A comparative description of the sections of electronic resources of library websites is presented. A conclusion is made about the need to create a resource database as part of the section of the website "Electronic Resources of Remote Access" to improve user awareness, the functionality of the section and, as a result, the efficiency of resource use.