MISSION OF CULTURAL SERVICE: ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT THAT TRAINS INFORMATION SPECIALISTS (to the 50th anniversary of VP «Nikolaev branch of KNUCA)

Purpose of the Article. The research raises questions of history and generalization of experience of preparation of experts of information sphere in the Separate division «The Nikolaev branch of the Kyiv national university of culture and arts». The methodology of the study were methods of analysis, synthesis, comparative history, and retrospective, which allowed to study the history of the Department of Information, Library, and Archival Affairs for 50 years. The scientific novelty of the work is that for the first time the history of the departments that trained information specialists (librarians and documentologists) was comprehensively studied. Conclusions. The Mykolaiv Educational School of Library and Documentation which was the only one in the South of Ukraine for many decades has extensive experience in training information specialists and occupies a leading place in the half-century history of the Mykolaiv Branch of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. The department, which trains specialists in the field of information, makes a significant contribution to the scientific development of problems of the documentary, history of library and book business, customer service. The department celebrates its anniversary at a new stage of its development, implementing new projects, startups, forms of work with students in a transformational educational environmentwhile maintaining a high professional level. Keywords: Mykolaiv branch of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Department of Information, Library and Archival Affairs, Information Education.