Library staff research activities of “top 5-100” Russian universities

Abstract

© 2020, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved. The main role in university competitiveness realizes a university library as one of the structural unit within Russian universities’ project “Top 5–100” to promote the mission of the university and its academic community, provide the best practices and innovations in education and research process, in managing and studying information and preserving the intellectual and cultural heritage. The authors discuss various ways to improve the research activity of university staff, explore the role of university libraries as centers of information resources, identifying trends in the development of modern university libraries that intend to increase the publication activity of university staff.