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The article substantiates the author’s own definition of the essence of economic category of «development of research university» as a transition of the management system of research university into a new status under the influence of irreversible, focused and natural changes of technique and technology of organization of educational and scientific activity. This has allowed to put forward and substantiate the hypothesis that the greatest efficiency of development is carried out by the strategy of perfection of priority potentials and spheres of research university at the expense of additional synergistic effect. Also a new management category of «strategic control of development of research university» is introduced and an author’s own definition of it is proposed: a process of formation and implementation of strategic goals and programs to ensure the transition of research university in a new quality as a way to respond to challenges in the internal and external environment to achieve the general mission of the institution. This model provides implementation of process of strategic management and comprehensively develops perspective potentials and spheres of activity of research university. This process is described in six main stages based on the change of the management system of research university at the point of bifurcation, when the old system of research university loses the dominant role under the influence of new attractors that bring the system to a new status of quality change.

The article substantiates the author’s vision of the mission of modern research university, which is based on the combination of scientific research, training, service to the State, and disclosure of competence of innovative thinking, which represents an effective synthesis of the processes of cognition and creation. The author proposes to add the fourth stage and component to the development of the research university mission, which has begun in 21st century and is characterized by rapid expansion of digital technologies. The new mission reflects the full divertissement of the university phenomenon, which synthesizes the research and training activities. The author’s definition of the category of «research university» and the suggestion of the author’s own understanding of the categories of «world class university», «national university», and «corporate university» have provided for disclosure of their comprehensive content in accordance with the real situation of the contemporary development of science and education at the global level. The generalized areas of manifestations of the phenomenon of research university have allowed to determine ten indicators of internal purpose for the social and economic benefit, which are carried out by research universities for the benefit of mankind. The author presents his own vision of the hierarchy of universities in the modern global environment, which is based on the dominant advantage of high-tech digital universities, which are already elaborating the future of science and education and create possibilities to perform new functions, which classical universities cannot implement.

The study rethinks the role of research university as a social and economic phenomenon. It has been determined that the phenomenon of research university consists in a versatile disclosure of innovation potential of talented personalities, capable of scientific inquiry. 45 literary sources, representing the opinions of authoritative scholars of the international level in the sphere of creation and development of research universities in different time periods, are systematized and analyzed. As determined by the author, research university had evolved and acquired new forms through the centuries, but its fundamental importance in the development of society remained unchanged, having no alternative. The development of 21st century is characterized by rapid expansion of digital technologies and, at the same time, there’s a new era of trials and transformations for the university phenomenon. Those universities, which lead the processes of development, implementation and wide use of digital technologies, can expect a successful strategic perspective along with consistent development. Regarding those which ignore digital technologies, the author notes that they will be bound to technological backwardness and gradual curtailment of their activities.

The key directions for the long-term development of scientific libraries of research universities in Ukraine are determined to improve their strategic management system on the way toward entry into the European competitive environment. The scientific ideas, practice and legislative bases in the field of the development of scientific libraries in the European Union are highlighted. There carried out comparative characteristic of the traditional library and the modern one with the purpose of revealing distinctions of their functioning and development. The content of the seventeen main contrasts that distinguish these libraries is identified and described. On the basis of the analysis of the European experience, there identified and characterized twelve key directions for the further strategic development of Ukraine’s scientific libraries, which are in the improvement of digital content; library space; systems of automation of service processes; observance of copyrights; commercialization of library services; international exchange of the library information; depository of master works; updating of equipment; a consolidated system for detecting plagiarism; introduction of new related services; alternative financing systems; systems for staff development. The results of this study will be useful for leaders of research universities and their scientific libraries, as well as scientists and practitioners in the field of strategic management of development of research universities.

The article presents the development of scientific thought through the prism of an analysis of the works by authoritative scientists of the world level concerning approaches to evaluation of the strategy of development of libraries of universities of research type. The comparison method was applied to allocate the differences between the traditional academic library and a modern academic library as the contrasts that slow down the course of strategic development. The article defines and systematizes the criteria, according to which an academic library of a research university be evaluated. The authors have proposed an approach on the basis of applying the method of SPACE analysis in order to provide evaluation of strategy for development of Mykhaylo Maksymovych Academic Library of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the strategic recommendations for the further reforming have been suggested.