Designing information system user interface with the cognitive approach
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:38The authors discuss the cognitive approach to designing easy-to-use intuitive user interface to access institutional information resources in comfortable working modes. In designing interfaces, the goals and tasks of users as information consumers must be prevalent. The authors propose to apply the cognitive approach to designing user interface which takes into consideration user’s cognitive activity and his/her cognitive processes in their interaction with an information system. This approach enables expeditious and friendly human-computer interaction.
Integrated system of automated bibliographic control of sci-tech literature: Technological approaches and prospective possibilities
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:38Based on the analysis of the global information support of science and technology, the author proposes solutions for radical reorganization of Russia’s system of sci-tech information which would provide nearly 100% coverage of the documentary flow and, at the same time, simultanenous user services relevant to every possible information need of researchers.
Classification of constraints of Hirsch index as a bibliometrical indicator
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:38Within the modern knowledge information ecosystem, the challenge of Hirsch index constraints clarification is relevant, particularly when the staffing, funding, and institutional decisions increasingly depend on quantitative metrics, and, at the same time, on emerging regulations of responsible assessment within the framework of DORA and CoARA initiatives and changing national regulative modes.
Library time and space. (Thoughts of the book: Leonov V. P. The time of libraries: Essays) / V. P. Leonov; RASL. St. Petersburg : RASL, 2025. 65 p.)
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:38The reviewer analyzes the ideas discussed in the book by Valery P. Leonov “The time of libraries”. Leonov’s study comprises 5 essays where the category of time is examined in the context of its perception in the humanitarian disciplines (library science, bibliography). Based on research publications, he identifies the models of time, namely functional, grammar, infinitive, speculative, verbal, mathematical, and constructive) and analyzes time – space and time – memory relations. V.
The libraries as world heritage objects: Analysis of UNESCO – IFLA cooperation and identification of gaps in the global and Russian scientific discourse
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:38The author offers the complex analysis of libraries as potential world heritage objects under UNESCO programs, as well of the barriers hindering the recognition of this status. He emphasizes the long collaboration between UNESCO and International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) as a key mechanism of libraries integration into the global system of world heritage preservation.
Metadata and metadata schemes in open access research resources
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:38The robust, standardized metadata generated strictly under the scheme make research findings discoverable and understandable for users and information retrieval systems. Acquiring high-quality metadata for open access scientific resources and their harmonization with schemes and standards enhance visibility and citation of research findings, retrieval performance, proliferation of research, cooperation, and thematic structures studies. The goal of this study is to identify the spectrum of metadata and metadata schemes as reflected in the open access resources (ROA).
Library ecological movement: Analyzing study first stage findings for future outlook
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:38The author discusses in detail the findings of the first stagе of the study of library ecological movement prospects. The study was accomplished by Ecology and Sustainable Development Group of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (RNPLS&T) in 2024. The author describes the survey structure and explores the feedback.
To Identify and register the actors of the Russian system of sci-tech information today
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:38The author examines the problems of resources and scientific communication actors as related to the idea of the revival of the Russian system of sci-tech information and the task of building the register of research resources. The author describes the RAS INION (Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences) project of such register in historical and philological disciplines. The goals, subjects and study area are defined.
To improve information retrieval systems for intellectual property
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:38Increasing insolvency requests to Rospatent demand improvements to be made to its data retrieval system. The authors discuss the general schemes of information system operation in processing queries received on paper, via email, or feedback platform. The main three drawbacks of technologies working simultaneously were identified. Their analysis enabled to enhance Rospatent information system and to allow insolvency officers to search independently for registered patentee (author) intellectual property items within the procedure of bankruptcy of legal entities and individuals.