The jubilee of Yury N. Stolyarov
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sat, 11/04/2023 - 13:38.
Methodological background of electronic (digital) library collection studies
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sat, 11/04/2023 - 13:38Before defining the essence and features of the electronic library collection, it is necessary to remove the issues related to the concept of an electronic document and a document as a more general concept and collection-building element. The regulatory documents – the Law on Information, Informatization and Information Protection, the Law on Librarianship, the Law on mandatory copies of documents, as well as state standards for information, library, bibliographic activities – make the significant foundation for the theory and practice.
Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology. The past, present and future. (The 65-th anniversary)
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sat, 11/04/2023 - 13:38The foundation, development and activities of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (RNPLS&T) are examined in the historical aspect. The precedent events, the origins of the library and development from the initial library collections in science and technology in the early 20-th century are described. The RNPLS&T (the USSR State Public Library for Science and Technology, SPLS&T USSR, at the time of its establishment) has inherited the legacy and, partially, the collections of the State Science Library.
Detecting demands of public library users: The growth points and perception stereotypes
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sat, 11/04/2023 - 13:38The authors investigate into inconsistency between the purpose of the library as a social institution and stereotypical perception of libraries by involved and uninvolved audiences. The libraries modernizing and transforming themselves into digital ecosystems along with accomplishing their traditional mission of information archive, are becoming the centers of cultural life, interactive spaces offering users wide variety of information services and resources, and multimedia areas for co-working, communication, and learning.
The role of Aliajhdar Seyidzade (1899–1970), a library scientist, bibliographer and literature scholar, in developing librarianship in Azerbaijan
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sat, 11/04/2023 - 13:38The political, economic and cultural aspects of the Soviet era heritage, best pieces of culture, literature, applied and fine arts make the universal human values that bring people together and unite them. We have to study and appreciate the work, role and merits of individuals who play an important role in building and developing cultural environment. Aliajhdar Seyidzade was a progressive intellectual who devoted his life to culture, book and reading popularization, libraries, and extending literary ties in the hard periods during the Soviet era.
Characterizing national document flow in the domain of open access to information
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sat, 11/04/2023 - 13:38The author discusses the findings of the bibliometric study of the national document flow (as presented in the RISC database) on the issues of open access to scientific and research information. The general volume of microflow made 1,076 publications of various types, including articles in periodicals and serials, as well as books, conference proceedings, reports, theses, and deposited manuscripts. The journal articles made the main bulk (74%) followed by the proceedings (20%). The dynamics demonstrates the upward trend though the growth rate is rather low.
Author and organization profiles in Dimensions and Lens information systems: The study of functionality
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sat, 11/04/2023 - 13:38The paper demonstrates the features of author and organizational publication profiles in Dimensions and Lens information systems. In recent years, these systems have been successfully competing with many subscription-based systems. The authors discuss the advantages of these databases in terms of coverage of research content in publication profiles as compared to that of commercial bibliographic platforms, as well as the wide range of functional capabilities.
Living zealously (On Alexander Mazuritsky’s 70th anniversary)
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 13:08The author gives credits to Alexander Mikhailovich Mazuritsky’s educational efforts. A. Mazuritsky is a prominent library scholar, expert in the library history, Doctor of Science in Pedagogy, Dean of the Library Information Department of Moscow State Institute of Culture (MSIC), Professor of the Information Analytics Chair of Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU). The author reviews Mazuritsky’s professional and public efforts as a historian, pedagogue and educator in the sphere of higher professional training.
The fundamentals of the book studies (The review of the book “Neurobibliology: The first effort of the cognitive study” by V. P. Leonov)
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 13:08The book [in Russian] comprises three chapters, i. e. “The book as a human innate program”, “The bibliology in search of the meanings: The book is an outer cognitome?”, “The bibliology and music as an outer cognitome and form of knowledge”, “On the reading neurobiology and “brain book”, “Neurphilosophy and neurobibliology: The problems at the interface of disciplines”, “On the interdisciplinarity of bibliology: From Bibliologos to Neurobibliology”, and “Neurbibliology as the interdisciplinary studies of the book and cognitive processes”.
Alexander M. Mazuritsky – The heights taken
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 13:08The biography of Alexander Mikhailovich Mazuritskiy, a prominent Russian librarian, teacher, manager of library education, is discussed. In 1973, upon the graduation from the Moscow State Institute of Culture (MSIC), Mazuritsky took a job at Lenin State Library of the USSR, then he worked as an instructor for the State Republican Juvenile Library. In 1977, he started work at Moscow State Institute of Culture Library, and took the post-graduate program at the Institute. In 1982, A. Mazuritsky defended his candidate’s thesis and became a lecturer.