Materials and presentations of the conference held in Belarus Agricultural Library on 1-2 December, 2016, were published.

The proceedings were published:

B59 Libraries in the Information Society: Preservation of Traditions and Development of New Technologies: Effective Use of Information Technologies and Scientometric Tools in Library Information, Scientific and Educational Activities: proceedings of the II International. Scientific Conf., Minsk, 1-2 Dec. 2016 / State Institution "I.S. Lupinovich Belarus Agricultural Library” of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus; Ed.: V. V. Yurchenko [et al.]; scientific ed. and ed. board I. B. Strelkova; Rev .: R. B. Grigyanets, E. E. Dolgopolova. – Minsk: Kovcheg, 2016. – 249 p.

ISBN 978-985-7121-12-0.

The proceedings of materials of the scientific conference include reports of participants of the II International Scientific Conference “Libraries in the Information Society: Preservation of Traditions and Development of New Technologies” (The theme for 2016 is “Effective Use of Information Technologies and Scientometric Tools in Library Information, Scientific and Educational Activities”). The authors of the articles are the heads and leading specialists of academic research institutions, the largest information centers, special scientific and university libraries of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

The collection is considered to be of theoretical and practical interest to a wide range of scientists and specialists in the field of scientometrics, library and information business, information technology; teachers, graduate students, masters and students, as well as for anyone who is interested in measuring and evaluating the development of science and technology.