The article explores the information and bibliographic activities that were carried out in the National Scientific Agricultural Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine during the 60s – early 70s of the XX century in the context of the development of agricultural science and production of the Ukrainian SSR.

In preparing the article, the following research methods were used: general scientific – analysis and synthesis, classification; historical – problem-chronological, comparative-historical and retrospective.

It was established that in 1962, in order to coordinate research in the agricultural sector, the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR was created. Beginning in March 1965, the management and coordination of the activities of agricultural research institutes were the responsibility of the Republican Ministries of Agriculture. An important place in the information support of agricultural specialists belonged to the National Scientific Agricultural Library of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the fund of which in the mid-60s of the XX century was about 400 thousand copies and annually replenished with 15 thousand printed publications, including 500 titles of agricultural, biological and socio-political journals. The publishing house of the sectoral annotated bibliographic list of new literature, «Science for Agriculture», was launched. In order to meet the information needs of users, the library specialists formed indexes from various branches of agriculture. In the second half of the 60-s of the ХХ century there was a recession in the economy, which is associated with the industrialization of the country through the use of extensive methods of production growth without making the necessary changes. To improve the scientific and organizational management of agriculture and improve the quality of scientific research, in 1969 the Southern Branch of the All-Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Kiev) was organized. Transformations also took place in the library, which became the methodological center for the network of agricultural libraries in the Ukrainian SSR. In 1971, the library moved from Kharkov to Kyiv.

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