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Popular science books in Russian libraries: Status, problems and prospects

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Fri, 10/25/2024 - 18:38

The authors discuss the findings of the study “Popular science books in Russian libraries”. The purpose of the study was to get data on the existence, quantity and relevancy of these publications in the libraries. The authors cite the results of the survey and provide their conclusions on the libraries’ managing their popular science collections and related user services. The digital survey was based on Yandex Forms service and comprised quantitative data acquisition and analysis.

“The Kids Nobel” Project as the platform for scientific knowledge popularization at modern scientific libraries

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sun, 04/23/2023 - 15:38

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The National Library Association “Libraries of the Future” (NALF) supported through the RF Presidential Grant for Civil Society Development approved by the Presidential Grants Foundation, has been implementing the All-Russian Scientific and Educational Project “The Kids Nobel”. The Project main goals are to promote scientific knowledge and to engage 7–8 grade students in urban and rural settlements in research. At this stage, four pilot RF subjects are selected, namely Arkhangelsk, Kaluga, Ryazan and Saratov regions.

The role of libraries in promoting knowledge: How to make science truly open?

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 18:38

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The modern open science makes an ecosystem comprising open scientific knowledge, science infrastructure, dialogue with other systems of knowledge and engaged social actors. The latter is channelized through the concept of wide social involvement in scientific research – the civil science concept. Despite the libraries are mostly oriented toward the former two components, which is due to their information functions, they are also able to build themselves in the ecosystem through collaboration with civil science project.

Knowledge pulling through the epoch

Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 08/24/2022 - 19:57

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