The concept and term «bibliographic resource», correlation of terms «bibliographic resources» and «bibliographic products» are considered. Differentiation of non-traditional (format) and traditional (linear) bibliographic resources is revealed. The main directions of creation and dissemination of bibliographic products (catalogue, index, list, survey, database) in electronic formats in libraries of the Russian Federation are revealed, as wellas the means of control, search and orienting in electronic bibliographic resources (bibliography of electronic bibliographies).

The system use of STN International databases, that allows scientific and technical libraries to solve their complex tasks on information provision of scientific research, is shown.

Three investigation stages of documents flow devoted by S. P. Dyagilev and N. N. Evreinov are revealed. Peculiarities of texts analysis at each stage are shown. Analysis process is illustrated by the structural and functional scheme.

The review of approaches to the semantic analysis of texts is presented. The author's term and approach «texts sense analysis» is offered. It includes «consepts» of different levels, including situational, connected not only with scientific, but also business, reference texts, publications on leisure. The methodical scheme of this approach use in the bibliograph-analyst activity is given.

The author raises the question on the communicative role of visual signs used on library sites. Different approaches for studying information interaction of readers with a library site using non-verbal means are described. The analysis of visual signs on library sites allowed to reveal the diversity of signs, aims and ways of their use.

The possibilities of the use of the newest information-communication technologies in library's information activities as the nearest perspective of their development are shown.

The influence of innovation processes in the society upon the libraries activity and their reaction on these processes is considered. Innovation processes include both models of library management which the libraries for centuries willingly borrowed from the practice of large corporations, industrial enterprises, commercial structures of developed market economies, mainly that of the United States and Canada, as well as the implementation of computer technology, the cost of libraries on innovations, the purchase of software and digital electronic equipment, salaries specialists. The statistics of Research Libraries activities, published by Statistics Committee of the Association of Research Libraries USA and Canada is given.

The results of the survey of experts in library and information sphere are presented. Competences relevant for successful professional activities of library specialists and reviewed, the level of development of these skills in the learning process at the university is analyzed.

Article is devoted the analysis of competitiveness of library experts in the conditions of a modern society. The author offers the model of a competitive specialist, corresponding indexes are defined. The importance of professional skill of the expert under the conditions of social development complication is considered.

The main problems of bibliosphere are treated. The methodological meaning of the notion «corporative culture» both for analyzing bibliospheric problems and solving its practical tasks is revealed.

The characteristics of historiographical studies on the topic of library censorship and special depositories in Russia and abroad is given.

The use of web-services in a large research library for reference service of remote users is described.