The current trends in academic libraries (content analysis of research publications)

Т. В. Еременко

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This article presents the findings of the study and comparative analysis of the leading trends in the development of academic libraries. The study is based on the content analysis of generalizing research publications of the recent eighteen months (2024–2025). The array of 28 works was selected from open scientific literature databases: Dimensions, Open Alex, GoogleScholar, and eLIBRARY.RU. The four-element library model developed by renowned Russian librarian Yu. N. Stolyarov served as the methodological basis for identifying categories in the content analysis. The library model elements served as the starting point for the analysis; the total of 32 semantic units were identified through categorization. The results of the content analysis are visualized in the tables, where each semantic unit is illustrated with corresponding citations from the selected publications. The comparison of categories and semantic units revealed eight relevant areas for the development of academic libraries today. The word cloud (Wordcloud.online) is used to visualize the results of content analysis. The findings evidence on the potential of Yu. N. Stolyarov's four-element model for the studies of academic libraries at the current stage of their evolution.

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