MAPPING THE RESEARCH LANDSCAPE OF VIRTUAL REALITY USE IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN LIBRARY, INFORMATION, AND ARCHIVAL STUDIES

The current stage of development of higher education is characterised by the active integration of digital technologies, which significantly transform both educational practices and scholarly approaches to the study of professional training processes. In the context of the digitalisation of the information space and the growing role of electronic resources, virtual collections, and digital services, the issue of employing virtual reality in the training of future specialists in library, information, and archival studies has gained particular relevance. At the same time, the rapid increase in the number of studies in the field of VR has not been accompanied by a corresponding level of conceptual coherence, which necessitates the mapping of the research landscape as a means of systematically interpreting existing scholarly contributions.