The VI International Scientific and Practical Online Conference "The Role of Libraries in Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Past and Present" was held at the Scientific Library of UzhNU

At the invitation of the library, the University Library in Bratislava (Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave) acted as a co-organiser of the event. The sections of the scholarly meeting were as follows:

1. Modernisation of libraries of higher education institutions of Ukraine.
2. Preservation of holdings as a priority area in the activities of libraries under martial law.
3. The role of the library in meeting the reader's information needs in the context of the digitalisation of society.
4. The library in the realities of war: new opportunities and new responsibilities.
5. The present of European and world libraries: experience of foreign countries.
6. Library holdings as part of Ukraine's information space.
7. Library services – the key to the effective operation of libraries.
8. Methodology and methods of researching the problem of preserving book monuments in the library environment.
9. Celebrated and little-known figures in library, book and publishing affairs in Ukraine and abroad.

More than 100 library specialists from both Ukraine and abroad took part in the conference. Namely, representatives of libraries from Slovakia, Australia and Azerbaijan. Welcoming addresses were given by the Acting Vice-Rector for Research of UzhNU Ivan Myroniuk, the Director General of the University Library in Bratislava Silvia Shtaselova (Ing. Silvia Stasselová generálna riaditeľka Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave) and the Head of the Department of Slovak Philology of UzhNU, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Nataliia Petritsa.

The best library specialists from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and Lviv gave presentations. The initiative to discuss important library strategies was also supported by scholars of Uzhhorod University: Professor of the Department of General Pedagogy and Pedagogy of Higher School of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences Volodymyr Starosta and Senior Lecturer of the Department of Modern History of Ukraine and Foreign Countries of the Faculty of History and International Relations Serhii Hanus. The lively dialogue between speakers and listeners attested to the interest in the topics. The concluding address was given by the Head of the Scientific and Methodological Centre (Kyiv), which provides general methodological guidance for libraries of higher education institutions of all systems and departments of Ukraine – Nataliia Yakunina, who emphasised the high level and significance of the chosen theme of the conference and the relevance of its presentations.

The materials of the collection will be published on the official website of the Conference https://libconf.uzhnu.edu.ua/issue/view/ipp_2025 on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. The conference materials are distributed under the Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0), which allows free access to, use and distribution of research results, provided that a correct reference to the author of the work is given.