Results of the Interregional Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation "Libraries in the Era of Digital Transformation: Opportunities and Prospects"
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 17:38Library Information Search in the Age of Digital Transformation: The Potential of Neural Networks and Generative Artificial Intelligence
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 17:38Today, as the information society evolves and libraries undergo digital transformation, there is a pressing need to find a balance between the vast volume of electronic information and the personalized needs of users. Existing traditional information retrieval models are no longer able to cope with the complex networks of user interactions with information resource objects and do not fully explore the deep connections between user preferences and content.
Unofficial Printing of the Magadan Region the Second Half of the XX Century (Local History Aspect)
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 17:38The article examines unofficial printed publications that were first identified in the collections of the State Archive of the Magadan Region, the Magadan Museum of Local History and the Magadan Regional Universal Scientific Library named after A. S. Pushkin. The purpose of the work is to reveal the subject of alternative printing in the designated region, the circulation, authors, and the period of publication. The article attempts to classify unofficial, amateur, low-circulation publications of the Magadan region that are not associated with the official (state) press.
IV International Bibliographic Congress
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 17:38Library in Social Media: The Experience of the Cultural and Educational Center of the Baltic Federal University
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 17:38This paper analyzes the mechanisms for integrating social media into library services, with a particular focus on attracting young audiences. The aim of the article is to study the net marketing experience of the Cultural and Educational Center (CEC) of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University and propose ways to successfully integrate it into library practice. It examines ways to implement the educational function of libraries in the digital age, amid competition for user attention with entertainment c0ntent and social media.
Officers' Library at the Military Assembly of the Life Guards Horse Grenadier Regiment
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 17:38The purpose of the article is to reconstruct the history of the formation and functioning of the officer library at the military assembly of the Life Guards of the Horse Grenadier regiment. The analysis of its rules, compiled by the librarian staff captain I. I. Luther (1893), have made it possible to identify indicators of the library's work.
The Works by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin in the Libraries of Siberia and the Far East in the Late XIX – Early XX Centuries (on the 200th Anniversary of the Writer's Birth)
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 17:38The goal of the study to recreate the picture of the presence of SaltykovShchedrin’s works in the funds of Siberian and Far Eastern libraries in the late XIX–early XX centuries. Its tasks are: counting the number of volumes with the writer's works and reconstructing the repertoire of his literary work in the libraries of the region in the pre-revolutionary period. The article presents data on 39 libraries operating in 19 cities of Siberia and the Far East – provincial, regional and county centers. The source base consists on 67 printed library catalogs.
A Communicative Model of the “Librarian – Artificial Intelligence – User” System in the Context of Modern Library Transformation
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 17:38This article deals the transformation of library communication amid the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The relevance of the research is connected with the need to reconceptualize traditional interaction models within the library system and to integrate AI as a new (instrumental) subject of communication. A conceptual communication model of the “Librarian – Artificial Intelligence – User” (LAIU) system is proposed, in which AI is treated as a participant in the communication process.
Collection "Book. Research and Materials" and the Study of the Reading History in 1959–1991 in Russia. Part 2
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 17:38The second part of the article concludes the analysis of the publications from “Book. Research and Materials” (published in 1959–1991, collections 1–63), devoted to both an “external” and “internal” history of reading. It examines the publications that reveal the history of individual reader biographies and reading practices of prominent figures, as well as materials related to the history of publishing houses, periodicals and individual works with references to information and facts about readership, circulation and cost.