Scientific library of the Ukrainian Academy of Banking

the Ukrainian Academy of Banking

The scientific library of the Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine is a structural division of the State higher educational institution "the Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine" of the IV level of accreditation. It is located in the town Sumy.

The scientific library of the Ukrainian Academy of Banking is a multifunctional educational, scientific, information and socio-cultural center with the modern equipment and the whole range of innovative technologies. It is a unique library for Ukraine. The new building of the scientific library was historically styled, becoming the dominating structure and architectural decoration of the historic part of Sumy. The Academy’s library is a harmonic combination of the print book and computer, traditional library resources and the possibilities of the virtual information and educational environment. The main principles of the library’s activity are the openness, accessibility, convenience and efficiency.

The services of the information resources of the scientific library are at the disposal of more than 8000 students, post-graduates and researchers of the region. Annually, the library is attended by nearly 120 thousand readers. 250 thousand copies of documents are lent each year.

The scientific library has 3 subscription departments (scientific, educational and literature in foreign languages), 3 reading-halls (scientific, educational and dissertations), multimedia and internet centres, small and big conference halls, students’ creative laboratory, literary lounge, places for individual work. The library’s users have 200 seats and 140 automated working places at their disposal.

All departments have an open access to the documents of all kinds on electronic carriers.

The basis of the library’s automation is a new technological complex, which consists of a structured cable system with the speed of data transfer at 1 Gigabyte a second, Wi-Fi wireless ports and a powerful server.

The library has implemented modern telecommunication technologies:

The Internet Centre has been created in order to facilitate E-learning, provide access to the training programs, electronic databases, comfortable servicing of the library’s users.

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