The article is devoted to the new form of education-distance learning. It discussed the practical implementation questions and the implementation of the method in the University in general, and in the scientific library in particular. Great attention is paid to the problem of creating of electronic library systems, methods of replenishment of its fund and providing for the united forms of remote access to electronic educational resources. The publication also presents the interim results of their own experience of the work of library in the development of distance learning technologies.