Head of Scientific and Methodical Department at the Oles Honchar Regional Universal Scientific Library of Kherson
I am a professional librarian. After graduating from the Kherson School of Culture in 1980, I embarked on working for the Kherson Regional Library for Children. I graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Culture with a degree in children’s literature bibliography.
Since 1983, I have been working for the Kherson Regional Universal Scientific Library, 35 years of which I spent in the scientific and methodological department. In my career, I started as a methodologist and eventually secured a position of the head of the department becoming a true professional.
As a methodologist, I oversee all the libraries of the region: city, town, rural, as well as school libraries. I advise and assist in organizing a network of public libraries, organizing services for community residents, and providing informational, cultural, and social services in libraries. I organize and conduct professional development activities for library workers in the region, usually held at our Regional Library Training Center.
I am actively involved in project activities. Besides, I work with grants and their implementation for the regional library, teach project activities to library staff in Kherson region.
I am also engaged in analytical work, and published papers in the press on the work of libraries in the region. I am the author of the Ukrainian Library Encyclopedia.
Obtained the title “Merited Culture Worker of Ukraine. Member of the Board of the Kherson Regional Library Society.”
Constantly improve my professional level and participate in professional development activities at the national level.
I am interested in reforming the libraries in my region, creating a modern model of a public library, improving the image of libraries and librarians in our communities.
Contact info: tsvatyla@gmail.com