IMPROVING SSTI FOR INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIENCE OF BELARUS

The development of the state system of scientific and technical information of the Republic of Belarus (SSTI) in the context of the modern world trends, such as the transition of countries to the innovative economy, an increase in the volume of information exchange at the international level, liberalization of access to the results of scientific research, development of the Internet and IT-technologies, etc., is considered in the current article. The author observes the peculiarities of the development of the foreign scientific and technical information systems appealing to the decentralized STI systems in the United States of America, Germany, France, and Finland. A special emphasis is given to the history, prerequisites of its origin, organizational structure, and principles of the state system of scientific and technical information of the Republic of Belarus, which at the present stage is a growing and disordered set of resources with variable structures, themes, and functionalities. The article demonstrates advantages and disadvantages that are characteristic of the current stage of development of this system in the Republic of Belarus, and also lists some main directions in which it is planned to develop the SSTI of the Republic of Belarus to compose a single republican and world digital information space and to provide consumers with the scientific and technical information required in the context of the development of an innovative economy.