Valentyna Rakytianska (15 October 1948 – 23 October 2021) was a Ukrainian librarian who served as the director of the Kharkiv Korolenko State Scientific Library.

Rakytianska was born in Tighina, Moldavian SSR (now Bender, under unrecognized Transnistrian control) in 1948.

[1] In 1995, she became the director of the Kharkiv Korolenko State Scientific Library.

[1] Using funding from the United States Embassy, she modernized the library.

[2] Between 2004 and 2005, she expanded the local library network, making 27 book collections available.