Development of professional competencies of a teacher-librarian in the digital educational environment: the experience of the advanced training program

The research problem and the rationale for its relevance. The article deals with the problem of development of professional competencies of school librarians and information and library centers in the digital transformation of education and modernization of the libraries of general education. The goal of research. We will determine the directions of development of digital competencies of library professionals in the system of advanced training and present the possibilities of the electronic educational platform of Chelyabinsk Institute of Retraining and Improvement of Professional Skill of Educators for the implementation of these directions. Methodology. The analytical method of generalized assessment and the method of statistical processing of the obtained data were used as methods of research in the work. Results. The article analyzes the conditions for the formation of digital competencies of the students of the additional professional program, implemented in a digital learning environment. Presented the experience of implementing the program, proposed and argued forms of work in a digital learning environment for the development of professional competencies of library professionals in general education.