LIBRARIES FOR THE FUTURE: THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY MANAGER

The formulated aims and content of library activities in modern society stemming from their role of social institutions, have been closely linked to the current social attitudes. Respectively, the orientation towards development based on innovations has been one of the major factors for their function as a part of the contemporary social system. The nature of the innovative library activity is expressed in the holistic and systematic aptitude towards qualitative changes corresponding to the needs for realization of a new content. The article looks at the role of the library manager in the application of contemporary approaches in libraries in order to achieve high efficiency in all spheres of the library activity but also to solve a number of practical issues related to the future of the library as a symbiosis between tradition and innovation in its services.