Библиотечная статистика в Узбекистане: состояние, проблемы, векторы развития

The development of any field of activity including librarianship is impossible without proper statistical support. Library statistics is aimed to reflect the importance of information-library institutions for users and society as a whole. Statistical data are necessary for an adequate assessment of the efficiency of information-library activities and modern management in this area. This paper presents an overview of the status and current problems of information-library statistics in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The processes of collecting, processing and publishing of library statistical data in Uzbekistan are characterized by some differences in approaches at the local, departmental and national levels. Information-library institutions of the Republic, acting as methodological centres, collect statistical data on an ongoing basis. However, statistical recording of countrywide library activities is carried out in conditions of weak organizational support, lack of unified methodological framework and fragmented automation. This naturally raises doubts about the completeness and reliability of statistics, which are becoming becoming open and publicly available. Implementation of possible solutions presented in the article will allow library statistics to become a real management tool, as well as means of influencing socio-economic environment

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