Features and prospects for the development of organic agriculture in the Russian Federation
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Tue, 03/11/2025 - 19:38The growing interest of the population in a healthy lifestyle contributes to the rapid growth of consumption of environmentally friendly products. In accordance with the Strategic Plan for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation, one of the priorities in the agricultural sector for the coming years is the transition to high-productive organic agriculture. According to the FIBL Institute, the global organic market is estimated at $230 billion with an annual growth of 7–8%. About 187 countries in the world are involved in the production of organic products.
The Eighth World Professional Forum «The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations» («Gelendzhik-2024»): The review of events
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 19:38The Eighth World Professional Forum «The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations» («Gelendzhik-2024») was held on June 9–15, 2024. The forum subject scope comprised the issues of developing and using artificial intelligence in library services, staffing and practical training of library professionals, scientometrics and bibliometrics, patent information, e-libraries, electronic archives and online resources, library educational projects in Russia, developing digital environment and other vital problems of the library, information, scientific, educational and cultural communities.
Copyright in respect of the works created through the generative artificial intelligence tools
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 19:38In the recent years, since the introduction into the market of generative artificial development (AI) tools, the discussions of copyright as related to AIgenerated works have aroused more questions than answers. The creative activity, the humans’ exclusive province before, has been now changing. The problems of AI-generated works have become the concern of the creative industries, education, library acquisitions, etc. At the same time, the conflict has blazed up around using copyrighted works for educating AI systems.
The library as a resource for university’s scientific and technological potential development
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 19:38The authors discuss the experience of the scientific library of the basic university of Omsk region, i. e. Omsk State Technical University, in support of research and innovations. The main directions of the library's work are examined: information services, consulting and methodological support for users, information delivery and analytics. Based on the analysis of the situation and understanding of the university’s development trajectory, the need for anticipatory information support is substantiated.
One hundred years of Yakub Kolas Central Scientific Library of Belarus National Academy of Sciences: The areas of focus
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 19:38The authors examine the two focus areas of the Central Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, namely, information support of scientific research and scientific communication. They are inseparably connected with the library’s history. The library has been always focused on supporting scientific research and research teams. At the present stage, this support is actualized through collection development and acquisition of traditional information resources, online access and databases, through onsite and offsite library services.
Digital evolution of AvtoVAZ «cultural workshop» – the library of Avtograd Cultural Center (1967–2024)
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 19:38The library of Avtograd Cultural Center in the city of Tolyatti, Samara Region, Russian Federation, traces its history from the trade-union library at Volga auto plant. The goal of the study is to examine library transformations and further digitalization of library and bibliographic processes and to analyze the functionality of automated library management system designed by the library’s specialists with due regard to the latest trends. The author compares the historical events that influenced the trade union libraries in Volga Federal Ditrict, their development and current status.
Development of an algorithm for automating retroconversion for creating an electronic catalog
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 19:38The authors substantiate the need for electronic catalogs that significantly simplify users’ access to relevant information. They formulate the difficulties of this process. The mentioned problems become especially acute for the libraries with a long history and large collections when they start conversion to the digital. The authors discuss the possibilities of bibliographic search expansion through scanning paper catalog cards. The ways to convert paper cards into digital format are described.
Origins and development of the state regulation of science popularization in Russia
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 19:38Today, the government pays special attention to science and science popularization. This includes legal regulation, in particular, and makes the focus of the humanities scholars. However, the issues of the origins of science education of the community, including via the librarianship, are understudied. The goal of this study is to reveal and analyze the legislative acts on non-formal education regulations adopted in 1725–1917. The study focused on the documents comprising definitions related to the science popularization in its modern sense.
The comprehensive multimodal approach to the popularization of mathematics in the Russian State Library for the Blind
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 03/05/2025 - 19:38The author reviews the history and current state of library and information support for the system of teaching mathematics to the blind students. The comprehensive multimodal approach is applied to develop of mathematical document collection intended for blind schoolchildren and students, as well as for specialists working with this category of learners. The techniques of increasing the efficiency of perception of the contents by readers with different sensory limitations is discussed.