ACTIVITIES OF THE INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTER Gulistan State University Information Resource Center operates on the basis of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, laws, decisions of the governing body of Education, orders, Charter of the educational institution, orders and orders of the management, rules of internal order and regulations of the IRC, work plan, instructions and obligations of the position. The total fund of printed publications of the Information Resource Center is 40223 titles and 408753 copies. From this: educational literature: 15,168 titles in 248,633 copies; scientific literature: 78,241 copies in 6,510 titles; belles-lettres: 14,700 titles in 42,218 copies; others: 36491 copies in 3845 titles. In addition, the IRC fund has 41,500 titles of electronic and 294 titles of audio (mainly fiction) resources. The department for working with electronic information resources has 100 computers (including branches) and 1 server for providing services to users, which are connected to local and Internet networks. Internet speed is 500 mb/sec. There is Unilibrary.uz - the only electronic library information system, which provides the possibility of quick search of information for internal and remote use through the electronic catalog of the Information Resource Center, which contains 41,500 full-text electronic resources. All types of services provided to users in IRC are free. In the hall, work is carried out in the open fund method, all computers are connected to the Internet, there are Wi-Fi zones. It has been established to provide users with books in the traditional way and to provide services through telegram channels. In addition, there are copying and scanning options for users. The study hall serves users every day from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. IRC branches have been established in student residences 1 and 2, Institute of Production Technologies of the university, Faculties of Pedagogy and Physical Culture, and External Department. In addition, corners of basic literature have been formed in all departments. The total number of users is 14617, of which: 495 are professors and teachers, 14122 are students. For university professors-teachers and students, the American EbsicoHost - Information Resource Company and the National Library of Uzbekistan have organized a free subscription to the full-text resource of the world's largest dissertations and diploma theses based on the contract concluded with the Information Resource Center of Gulistan State University. . The Ministry of Higher Education provides free access to Scopus (Elsevier) and Ebsicohoct international scientific databases for all students, masters, doctoral students and professors of the university upon registration. In addition, researchers can post their scientific articles by registering on the academia.edu.uz website. A total of 111 computers, 5 scanners, 4 printers, 1 3x1 duplicating equipment, 2 televisions, video projectors, and surveillance cameras are constantly working in the IRC. 11 computers are intended for employees, and the remaining 100 computers are intended for library users. Center branches: 1. In students dormitory number 1 2. In students dormitory number 2 3. In the Institute of Production Technologies 4. Faculty of Pedagogy 5. At the Faculty of Physical Culture 6. In the faculty of external education General services: * Preparation of data packages according to library members. * Electronic catalog. * Prepare copies of articles from popular scientific magazines from the library fund and send them in electronic form. * Remote user service, delivery of documents (articles, various data sets, electronic catalogs) to consumers by e-mail. * Providing a media library (trainings, educational programs and databases on SD disks). * Training courses on working with a computer, using the Internet and databases, "IRCIT", unilibrary.uz, portal.guldu.uz and other automated library-information systems. * Abstracts of dissertations defended in Uzbekistan. Providing information through the library's telegram channels and e-mail at the request of scientists, post-graduate students and master's students.