Historical and Informational Potential of the University Libraries Websites

Historically, the scientific library has always been an important component of structure higher educational institution in Russia. Development new technologies, creation electronic information environment and availability universities websites imposes on libraries certain responsibilities, associated not only with provision resources services to users, but also reflection various about themselves, particular, regarding their history. This affects formation library?s image, can become basis for conducting modern research field science. The presented is devoted studying history web space determining main trends development based librarianship. authors highlight results analysis content subordinate Ministry Science Higher Education Russian Federation. paper presents data obtained upon study (web pages) 252 libraries. was conducted from February April 2021. There identified five options representation materials librarianship: historical reference, essay, comprehensive product, presentation Microsoft PowerPoint, multimedia video presentation. Historical reference most common them is. Based dates establishment compared course study, it possible present dynamics general picture development.