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Hider, Philip. "Catalogue Use at the State Library of Victoria." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 39, no. 1 (March 2008): 14–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.2008.10721321.
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Waller, Vivienne. "What do the Public Search for on the Catalogue of the State Library of Victoria?" Australian Academic & Research Libraries 40, no. 4 (December 2009): 266–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.2009.10721417.
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Morozov, Alexey N., Natalya V. Vaganova, Evgeniya V. Shakhova, Yana V. Konechnaya, Vladimir E. Asming, Galina N. Antonovskaya, and Zinaida A. Evtyugina. "Seismicity of the Arctic in the Early Twentieth Century: Relocation of the 1904–1920 Earthquakes." Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 109, no. 5 (July 23, 2019): 2000–2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0120190018.
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Abstract The parameters of earthquake hypocenters in the Arctic at the beginning of the twentieth century, published by researchers in the first half of the twentieth century, are still used today for building maps of epicenters of instrumental earthquakes. However, they are based on bulletins that did not use data from all seismic stations operating during that period, and on approximate ideas about the propagation of seismic waves in the Earth. We relocated earthquakes recorded within the Arctic region beginning from the early twentieth century with a view to creating a relocated catalog. For the relocation, we collected all available seismic bulletins from the global network using data acquired for the International Seismological Centre–Global Earthquake Model (ISC‐GEM) catalog, the EuroSeismos project, the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Russian State Library. The relocation was performed using a modified method of generalized beamforming and the ak135 velocity model. The relocation procedure was applied to 18 of 25 earthquakes in the Arctic region. The new coordinates of some earthquakes turned out to be significantly different from those that were determined previously. As a result, this may have a significant impact on the final seismic hazard assessment of the territory of the Severnaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land archipelagoes, which are characterized by weak seismicity. Most of the relocated earthquake epicenters are confined to major seismic zones in the Arctic, namely, mid‐ocean ridges, the Svalbard Archipelago, and the Laptev Sea shelf. One earthquake, that of 14 October 1914 with magnitude Mw(ISC‐GEM)=6.6, occurred in the shelf of the Barents Sea in the “continent–ocean” transition zone near the Franz Victoria graben.
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Stukalova, A. A. "Library e-catalogs: The current state and modes." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 4 (April 26, 2022): 105–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2022-4-105-125.
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Modern functionality of library e-catalogs and union catalogs is discussed. The e-catalogs are examined for the features of new generation. However, many features are lacking in e-catalogs. Almost all e-catalogs under examinations are comfortable for use and feature facet navigation, several search modes, instructions and search guides. On the other hand, not many e-catalogs cover the library collection completely, and have to be checked for spelling. Just few ecatalogs offer fonts for visually impaired people, recommendations orthe possibility to add information to bibliographic records. Definitely, e-catalog bibliographic records comprise additional information, i. e. book cover images, annotations, and less frequently – lists of contents. However, as a rule, this data is included into blbliographic records of modern publications. Many e-catalogs comprise full texts or links to full texts. The study findings evidence on the need to improve ecatalog functionality to offer users more powerful and attractive search tools.
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Stukalova, A. A. "Library e-catalogs: The current state and modes." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 4 (April 26, 2022): 105–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2022-4-105-125.
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Modern functionality of library e-catalogs and union catalogs is discussed. The e-catalogs are examined for the features of new generation. However, many features are lacking in e-catalogs. Almost all e-catalogs under examinations are comfortable for use and feature facet navigation, several search modes, instructions and search guides. On the other hand, not many e-catalogs cover the library collection completely, and have to be checked for spelling. Just few ecatalogs offer fonts for visually impaired people, recommendations orthe possibility to add information to bibliographic records. Definitely, e-catalog bibliographic records comprise additional information, i. e. book cover images, annotations, and less frequently – lists of contents. However, as a rule, this data is included into blbliographic records of modern publications. Many e-catalogs comprise full texts or links to full texts. The study findings evidence on the need to improve ecatalog functionality to offer users more powerful and attractive search tools.
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Pryor, Lynn. "The State Library of Victoria." ANZTLA EJournal, no. 42 (April 18, 2019): 17–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.31046/anztla.v0i42.1128.
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Stolyarov, Yury. "Office for People’s Education at the Lenin Library (USSR State Library) (1926-1930)." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 2 (February 1, 2017): 132–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2017-2-132-145.
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The history of establishment and dissolution of the Office for People’s Education - that succeeded the Russian State Library for People’s Education established on the initiative of prominent pedagogue and bibliographer V. I. Charnolusky - is discussed. The shady role of People’s Commissariat of Education (Narkompros) and the Lenin Library that undertook the Office’ staff, collections and card catalogs, is revealed.
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Cuthbert, Sheena. "Library industry competency standards: state of the art—State Library of Victoria." Australian Library Journal 46, no. 3 (January 1997): 322–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049670.1997.10755812.
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Van De Velde, Janice. "The State Library of Victoria Foundation: A Perspective." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 34, no. 4 (January 2003): 243–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.2003.10755244.
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Meshechak, Natalia, and Alexander Karaush. "Improving friendliness on Web-IRBIS interface." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 4 (April 1, 2016): 43–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2016-4-43-55.
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Main vectors of improving friendliness of using search interface of digital and full-text catalogs at Siberian State Medical University Research Medical Library are discussed. Main tasks and solutions to increase attractiveness of the bibliographic sources for users are defined. The design technology for medical researchers’ personal pages with computerized publications list-building with IRBIS and technologies of their linking to digital and full-text catalogs are introduced.
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Braziūnienė, Alma. "Lithuanian Old Personal Library Research: Status Quo." Bibliotheca Lituana 2 (October 25, 2012): 33–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/bibllita.2012.2.15580.
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The article analyzes the state of research on the old historical Lithuanian personal libraries, including the means of inquiry and sources. The author also analyzes the similarities between personal library research and institutional library research.It was found that book ownership marks are the main and most widely applicable personal library research source. This resource is used productively after Lithuanian scientific libraries have accelerated the scientific cataloging of the old books and started recording the provenance of each item (such catalogs include catalogs of the Elsevier, the Aldine, paleotypes, Bibliotheca Sapiehana by Vilnius University Library, Lituanica catalog by the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, and the catalog of the 15th and 16th century books in Kaunas libraries by Kaunas County Public Library). The main and most widely applied Lithuanian historical personal library method is the provenance method, although good results are obtained using the hybrid method. The author concludes that most publications on old personal historic Lithuanian libraries limit their subjects to the personal libraries of nobility, state and religious actors (till the 19th Century) and the 19th century Lithuanian intellectuals. Historic personal libraries of lower-class individuals warrant more research (one example is Zigmantas Kiaupa’s publication about the book collections of ordinary old Kaunas’ citizens, published in 1985).
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Smirnov, Yu V. "Subject search in modern library information retrieval systems." Scientific and Technical Libraries 1, no. 7 (August 7, 2021): 87–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2021-7-87-96.
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The author reviews in brief the library catalogs as the origins of subject search in the modern search systems. He examines the concept of “subject search”, offers its definition (lacking in the state standards – GOSTs), specifies the types (subject search, search by keywords, systematic search) and characterizes them. The libraries use intensively all three types of subject search while the Internet-based search engines offer just one type, i.e. search by keywords. The universal search systems, like Google and Yandex, do not entail cataloguing, however the possibility of subject search by keywords is designed within html-code and tagging system. The author investigates into the application of systematic search on the Internet. He concludes that this search type emphasizes is intensively applied to the resources related to libraries or science and research (library e-catalogs, abstract databases, etc.). He suggests that in time tagging, the Internet popular subject search system, will tend to classifying and systematic search.
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Salzman, Paul. "The John Emmerson Collection in the State Library of Victoria." Library 22, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 225–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/library/22.2.225.
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Honeyman, Greg. "The Fridge: internal communications at the State Library of Victoria." Electronic Library 27, no. 5 (October 2, 2009): 863–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02640470910998588.
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Brenner, Michaela. "Discovering the Library with Google Earth." Information Technology and Libraries 27, no. 2 (June 1, 2008): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v27i2.3256.
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Libraries need to provide attractive and exciting discovery tools to draw patrons to the valuable resources in their catalogs. The authors conducted a pilot project to explore the free version of Google Earth as such a discover tool for Portland State Library’s digital collection of urban planning documents. They created eye-catching placemarks with links to parts of this collection, as well as to other pertinent materials like books, images, and historical background information. The detailed how-to-do part of this article is preceded by a discussion about discovery of library materials and followed by possible applications of this Google Earth project.
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Syarif, Najlaa, Evi Nursanti Rukmana, and Asep Saeful Rohman. "KATALOGISASI KOLEKSI PERPUSTAKAAN KECIL DAERAH SINDANGLAYA." Info Bibliotheca: Jurnal Perpustakaan dan Ilmu Informasi 3, no. 1 (January 8, 2022): 121–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/ib.v3i1.282.
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Library services are an illustration of the fulfillment of library functions. One of the services that must be provided in the library is a catalog service. A service that makes it easier for users to find the collection they need in addition to asking a reference service. The catalog has three objects as mentioned by Cutter, namely the find function, the collect function, and the select function. In addition, the existence of a catalog can facilitate librarians in the collection development process. Therefore, a catalog should be in every library. The purpose of writing is to find out whether the use of catalogs in the intended library has been effective? Has the library implemented a catalog service? Is the SLiMS application in the Library effective to use? The author uses qualitative research methods so that the results obtained can be in accordance with the facts that appear and are seen when researchers observe the state of the object, namely the Sindanglaya Small Library. With the results of the study that the Sindanglaya Regional Small Library has not applied catalog services properly, only relying on the arrangement on the bookshelves so that researchers work with managers to use online catalogs by inputting data collections from the library using the SLiMS application.
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Hudson, Hugh. "Lifelong Learning: The Pilgrimage Manuscript in the State Library of Victoria." Scriptorium 66, no. 2 (2012): 382–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/scrip.2012.4184.
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Alsuhaibani, Reham Ali. "One hundred tweets from library land: A case study of RMIT University Library (academic library) and State Library of Victoria (public state library) in Australia." Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 52, no. 1 (August 23, 2018): 197–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961000618792367.
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Twitter is used by different library types to communicate and engage with their community. This case study focuses on content choices in tweets and the level of engagement generated, in the context of two different types of library. The current study attempts to examine the contents of Library Twitter account of two libraries (academic and public) with the aim of evaluating in a comparative mode, their themes and levels of user engagement. This research used a mixed method research approach. For quantitative approach, this study analyzed 100 Tweets from each library, i.e. RMIT University Library and State Library of Victoria. Also, the study analyzed a number of tweets and levels of engagement by recording numbers of likes, replies and retweets. The qualitative aspect analyzed each Tweet to determine engagement level and type of content shared by each library. The results demonstrate that the public and academic libraries publish different types of content. The varied nature, audience and mandate of each library appear to influence the focus of their tweets. Also, the results show that the level of engagement is a factor of the numbers of tweets in any theme. The limitation of this study is the data set contained only 100 tweets for each library. Moreover, the number of users and registered library accounts had probably increased since the study was conducted.
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Bitter, Colin, and Yuji Tosaka. "Genre/Form Access in Library Catalogs: A Survey on the Current State of LCGFT Usage." Library Resources & Technical Services 64, no. 2 (May 8, 2020): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.64n2.44.
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This study provides analysis of a large online survey that was distributed to the cataloging community in 2018. The survey aimed to answer a number of important research questions to gain a general sense of the current state of Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT) usage. Findings include an overall broad acceptance of LCGFT, suggesting that the LCGFT project has been successfully embraced as a new controlled vocabulary; however, the adoption of the vocabulary remains uneven, especially between different types of institutions and different areas of the LCGFT vocabulary. Additionally, training points to a much-needed area for improvement as the survey found that the vast majority of non-users of LCGFT had never received vocabulary training. Survey results also suggest that retrospective LCGFT application, particularly using automated means, presents forthcoming challenges for librarians and library IT staff. Despite these limitations and challenges, survey results make it clear that LCGFT has become a widely accepted part of the bibliographic universe that helps to make genre and form information explicitly accessible to library users.
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Lavrik, O. L., L. A. Mandrinina, and V. V. Rykova. "Electronic union catalog of the Siberian and Far Eastern books as a historical information resource." Bibliosphere, no. 2 (June 30, 2018): 63–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/1815-3186-2018-2-63-68.
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The article gives a brief overview of research on the problems of preparing union catalogs; it shows that the creation of the national union catalogs’ system is a strategic direction for the library and information science development in Russia. The paper characterizes Database (DB) «Siberian and Far Eastern book. XVIII century - 1930: a union catalog» as an integral part of the Russian national bibliography created by the Department of Scientific Bibliography of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Providing information on the availability of publications in the collections of book depositories, the DB opens access to the collections of libraries and archives of Siberia and the Far East for a wide range of researchers-historians. Union catalogs of Siberian and the Far Eastern books as a part of the Russian retrospective national bibliography contribute to preserving the cultural and intellectual heritage of the country, making it accessible to modern and future users. The article demonstrates possibilities of DB using as a research tool, and a historical source. The authors present the analysis results of the DB documentary flow, some comparative results of studying book business development in Asian Russia in preand post-revolutionary periods.
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Tyutyunnik, V. M., and Hanan Shegree. "The libraries of Syrian higher education institutions: Current state and ways of development." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 3 (April 18, 2022): 73–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2022-3-73-84.
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Syria is one of the countries that was in the process of development at all levels, including education, but the war that began in 2011 led to the decline in the level of education and academic libraries activities. The features of Syrian higher education institutions and their libraries are described, with the focus on the four largest state universities (Damascus, Aleppo, Tishrin and Al-Ba'ath). The main characteristics including library collections of 8 public and 22 private higher education institutions are given. The organization of the libraries of Syrian educational institutions differs: a universitywide library plus the faculty (college) libraries, while the private universities have only one library. Modified and Arabicized Dewey decimal classification used in all libraries for indexing, catalogs are maintained on paper cards, modern information technologies are not implemented, there are still unsuccessful attempts to introduce ALIS Koha and Horizon. The authors show the prerequisites for designing conceptual, information and functional models of networked information system of university libraries to upgrade library and information processes to the modern level.
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Chisman, Janet, Karen Diller, and Sharon Walbridge. "Usability Testing: A Case Study." College & Research Libraries 60, no. 6 (November 1, 1999): 552–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl.60.6.552.
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Usability testing is a technique for identifying difficulty that individuals may have using a product. Usability tests of the Washington State University (WSU) Libraries’ online public access catalog (OPAC), Article Indexes, Full Text, More, and Other Library Catalogs sections revealed problem areas. A task force used test findings to recommend solutions that led to the participation of the working group involved in designing search screens, the libraries’ User Education Department, and Innovative Interfaces Inc., the OPAC vendor. Solutions are currently being implemented.
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Antelman, Kristen, Emily Lynema, and Andrew K. Pace. "Toward a Twenty-First Century Catalog." Information Technology and Libraries 25, no. 3 (September 1, 2006): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v25i3.3342.
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Library catalogs have represented stagnant technology for close to twenty years. Moving toward a next-generation catalog, North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries purchased Endeca’s Information Access Platform to give its users relevance-ranked keyword search results and to leverage the rich metadata trapped in the MARC record to enhance collection browsing. This paper discusses the new functionality that has been enabled, the implementation process and system architecture, assessment of the new catalog’s performance, and future directions.
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Hudson, Hugh. "Further Research on the Italian Medieval Manuscripts in the State Library of Victoria." Manuscripta 58, no. 1 (January 2014): 1–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/j.mms.1.103951.
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Murphy, Jock. "The development of the Australian Manuscripts Collection at the State Library of Victoria." Australian Library Journal 47, no. 4 (January 1998): 335–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049670.1998.10755860.
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Goncharov, M. V., and K. A. Kolosov. "Calculating altmetrics based on the data obtained at users’ accessing library e-catalogs." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 11 (January 16, 2021): 73–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2020-11-73-88.
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The authors examine the libraries’ independent calculations and analysis of alternative metrics to determine user-defined relevancy of publications. Logfiles collected by web-servers at users’ accessing e-catalogs may be used for such calculations and analysis. The almetrics’ key advantages as compared to traditional bibliometrics and webometrics are: real-time representation; openness and transparency; coverage of wider non-academic audience; coverage of various sources and research findings. The web-server log-files enable to analyze number of user views of bibliographic records in e-catalog, to rate authors, individual publications and topical queries for a time period. In case of links to full texts, the number of pdf. documents loaded by users and n umber of p ages viewed ( when library computer-based system supports full-text document scrolling mode) may be defined. The authors also discuss specificity of handling log-files for various analysis types: statistical, content addressable, defining sequential sets, clustering. The functionality and table structure of RNPLST’s software module for advanced bibliometric analysis is described. The further task of the study will be to define trends of user behavior and forecasts for user group behavior when using e-catalog.The article is prepared within the framework of the State Order to Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology “Development and improvement of the system of Open Archive of integrated information and library resources of Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology as modern knowledge management system in digital environment: on the way to Open Science” № 075-01300-20-00 for 2020–2022.
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Kalwara, James, Melody Dale, and Marty Coleman. "Notes on Operations: GMD or No GMD: RDA Implementation for a Consortial Catalog." Library Resources & Technical Services 61, no. 3 (July 14, 2017): 162. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/lrts.61n3.162.
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This paper explores the benefits of establishing item-specific terms for General Material Designations (GMDs) for library consortia implementing Resource Description and Access (RDA). While RDA includes a new approach towards the description and categorization of an item’s physical medium through the assignment of content, media, and carrier types (CMCs), thus replacing the GMD, libraries may still benefit from GMD retention in their online catalogs to help support user tasks and help contextualize CMC information. This paper presents the challenges that Mississippi State University Libraries experienced in leading RDA enrichment for the Mississippi Library Partnership (MLP) consortium. Additionally, it discusses parameters for libraries to consider when working with a vendor for RDA enrichment in a consortial environment.
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Salzman, Paul. "‘Sidney Volumes in the John Emmerson Collection at the State Library of Victoria, Australia’." Notes and Queries 66, no. 1 (January 23, 2019): 116–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjy211.
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Bradford, Clare. "(Re)Constructing Australian Childhood: The Pound Collection at the State Library of Victoria, Australia." Lion and the Unicorn 22, no. 3 (1998): 327–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/uni.1998.0038.
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Scala, Jane La. "‘Glorious Ornament or Victoria's Shame?’: The State Library of Victoria Facing the 21st Century." Australian Academic & Research Libraries 23, no. 2 (January 1992): 78–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048623.1992.10754767.
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Shapkalova, Svetla, and Georgeta Nazarska. "Use of Electronic Resources in Teaching Religion in Higher Education: Best Practices from the SULSIT, Bulgaria." Central European Journal of Educational Research 2, no. 2 (July 13, 2020): 56–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.37441/cejer/2020/2/2/7914.
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This paper describes actually methodical attempts to use library electronic resources in academic education. Some opportunities for improving the teaching of religious cultural heritage and for diversify the methods of assessment of students in Bulgarian universities are commented. The text describes the personal experience of the authors with students of 3rd-4th grades from the State University of Library Studies and IT (SULSIT), Bulgaria. Among the “best practices” are tasks of performing on-line survey of digital resources of periodicals from the digital resources of the “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” National Library, of making content analysis of the database on a particular subject, of preparing bibliographic descriptions of the new discovered resources, of writing historical analyses, of generating thematic bibliographies on topics related to religion, using the resources of the electronic catalogs of regional public libraries in the country.
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Hallam, Gillian, and Robyn Ellard. "Our Future, Our Skills: Using Evidence to Drive Practice in Public Libraries." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 10, no. 4 (December 13, 2015): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8fg6w.
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Objective – The public library sector’s future prosperity is contingent upon a well-trained, experienced, and valued workforce. In a collaborative initiative, State Library Victoria (SLV) and the Public Libraries Victoria Network (PLVN) commissioned an in-depth research study to examine the skills requirements of staff across the State. The Our Future, Our Skills project sought to identify the range of skills used by public library staff today, to anticipate the range of skills that would be needed in five years’ time, and to present a skills gap analysis to inform future training and development strategies.
Methods – The project encompassed qualitative and quantitative research activities: literature review and environmental scan, stakeholder interviews, focus groups and a workforce skills audit. The research populations were staff (Individual survey) and managers (Management survey) employed in 47 library services, including metropolitan, outer metropolitan and regional library services in Victoria.
Results – The high response rate (45%) reflected the relevance of the study, with 1,334 individual and 77 management respondents. The data captured their views related to the value of their skillsets, both now and in five years’ time, and the perceived levels of confidence using their skills. The sector now has a bank of baseline evidence which has contributed to a meaningful analysis of the anticipated skills gaps.
Conclusions – This paper focuses on the critical importance of implementing evidence-based practice in public libraries. In an interactive workshop, managers determined the skills priorities at both the local and sectoral levels to inform staff development programs and recruitment activities. A collaborative SLV/PLVN project workgroup will implement the report’s recommendations with a state-wide workforce development plan rolled out during 2015-17. This plan will include a training matrix designed to bridge the skills gap, with a focus on evaluation strategies to monitor progress towards objectives. The paper provides insights into the different ways in which the project workgroup is using research evidence to drive practice.
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Gedrimovich, G. "The true professionals. Reminiscences of authority bibliographers." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 6 (June 3, 2019): 95–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2019-6-95-105.
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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the National Library of Russia, the reminiscences by Gertruda Vasilyevna Gedrimovich, the oldest and prominent Russian bibliographer, of her first mentors in the profession. The portraits of Elena Vladimirovna Iуenish (1926–2008), Victor Isidorovich Gransky (1903–1970), and Lyudmila Veniaminovna Zilbermintz (1909–1972) – outstanding staff members of Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library (today – National Library of Russia), are given. Some interesting facts in their biographies are cited; their contribution to the library science and leadership are appraised. The author emphasizes their spacious intellect, principles of work and mentorship. Their work made the essence and way of their living. All of them were talented persons with their individual characteristic features. Special attention is given to their ability to achieve high goals and professional results. The author also focuses on the timeless value of the profession of bibliographer and expresses her hope that it will last and develop: today, professional and experienced bibliographers of the National Library of Russia, its general catalogs, group processing department, periodicals reading rooms, Central Reference Library, Library Studies Office, and E-library efficiently execute queries and orders.
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Yu, Holly, and Margo Young. "The Impact of Web Search Engines on Subject Searching in OPAC." Information Technology and Libraries 23, no. 4 (September 17, 2017): 168–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v23i4.9658.
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This paper analyzes the results of transaction logs at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) and studies the effects of implementing a Web-based OPAC along with interface changes. The authors find that user success in subject searching remains problematic. A major increase in the frequency of searches that would have been more successful in resources other than the library catalog is noted over the time period 2000-2002. The authors attribute this increase to the prevalence of Web search engines and suggest that metasearching, relevance-ranked results, and relevance feedback ( "more like this") are now expected in user searching and should be integrated into online catalogs as search options.
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Voigts, Linda Ehrsam, and Anna Welch. "A Trilingual Medical Compendium from Medieval Oxford, Now in the Collection of the State Library Victoria." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 94, no. 3 (2020): 459–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/bhm.2020.0072.
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Beaumont, Nicholas. "The proposed use of an automated storage and retrieval system at the State Library of Victoria." Australian Library Journal 42, no. 4 (January 1993): 264–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049670.1993.10755659.
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Wagner, Robin. "What Munn Missed: The Queensland Schools of Arts." Queensland Review 20, no. 2 (October 30, 2013): 187–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2013.20.
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American Librarian Ralph Munn's historic tour of Australian libraries in 1934 is well documented. Along with Ernest Pitt, Chief Librarian of the State Library of Victoria, he spent nearly ten weeks travelling from Sydney and back again, visiting libraries in all the state capitals and many regional towns throughout the country. Munn's trip was funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was then, through its Dominions fund, turning attention to philanthropic opportunities in the Antipodes. The resulting report, Australian Libraries: A Survey of Conditions and Suggestions for their Improvement (commonly referred to as the Munn–Pitt Report) is often credited with initiating the public library movement in Australia.
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Pigaleva, S. V. "The rare collection of the Perm Regional Library named after A. M. Gorky: history and contemporary state." Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS, no. 3 (July 27, 2022): 58–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/2618-7515-2022-3-58-68.
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The article is devoted to the vectors and marks in the development of the Perm State Regional Universal Library named after A.M. Gorky rare collection for a long historical period: from its foundation in 1836–1935 to the formation of all traditional for rare collections areas of activity. Particular attention is paid to the changes that the rare collection is undergoing in recent years in connection with the introduction of the concept of “book monuments”, the formation of a new approach to conservation, accounting, state registration and promotion of rare collections and book monuments. The author shows the transformation of approaches to the accessibility of rare collections, dwells on the concept of “open rare collection”, which is embodied in the work of the library. Separately, the activities of the Regional Center “Book Monuments of the Perm Territory” are shown, aimed at identifying, cataloging and by the piece scientific description of handwritten books and early printed publications, methodological work on training personnel to work with rare collections and book monuments. The work on presenting book monuments in the “National Electronic Library”, in printed collections and catalogs of individual stocks and collections, on partnership cooperation in implementing exhibition and educational projects of recent years is described.Modern approaches to organizing collections storage, creating exhibition space and work with researchers in the reading room and in the virtual space facilitate preservation of collections, promotion of knowledge about the rare collection of the Perm State Regional Universal Library named after A.M. Gorky and information openness.
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Maslovskaya, N. S. "Russian State Library as the Center for Coordination and Regulatory and Methodological Support of Bibliographic Activities in the Country." Bibliosphere, no. 1 (March 18, 2022): 113–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/1815-3186-2022-1-113-122.
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An important direction in the implementation of the functional activities of libraries at various levels is the coordination of bibliographic work and mandatory methodological support. The issues of coordination interactions are poorly covered in the professional press. For library science, information about the activities of domestic libraries in this area remains not only a source of information, but also an object of scientific study. The purpose of the article is to study and analyze the activities of the Russian State Library as a coordination center at the national (interlibrary) level. It is established that the 1960s–1980s were the period of the highest level of development of national coordination. The analysis of existing methodological and instructional documents made it possible to determine that the leading role in the complex of such products belongs to methodological recommendations. The study of published documents for the intended and reader purpose was carried out. The practical application of the recommendations by libraries made it possible to improve the processes of bibliographic service, optimize reference and bibliographic funds, develop common principles and approaches to the scientific processing of catalogs and card files. The influence of the Russian State Library on the interrelationships of libraries in the humanitarian branch allowed us to establish a stable stage of development of coordination based on the distribution of forces in optimal conditions for scientific activity. Basing on modern realities, it is necessary to study the existing experience and resume coordination cooperation at the Russian level.
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Keppel, Emily. "Nineteenth-century Islamic Manuscripts and Printed Books: Revisiting a survey of the Michael Abbott Collection, State Library Victoria." AICCM Bulletin 40, no. 1 (January 2, 2019): 3–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2019.1672950.
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Krishnamoorthy, P., and C. Muthusamy. "Usage of Online Public Access Catalogue by Faculty Members of Jeppiaar Maamallan Engineering College: A Case Study." Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology 8, no. 3 (November 5, 2018): 15–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2018.8.3.209.
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This paper aims to gift the results of a survey conducted to see the effective use of online Public Access Catalogs (OPAC) at the library of Jeppiaar Maamallan Engineering College in Chennai. The paper examines the result from a questionnaire based survey conducted at the library. 50 samples of the form were distributed in a random way between the employees of Jeppiaar Maamallan Engineering College in Chennai out of which 48 completed and valid questionnaires (96.00 %) were received for analysis. The information received from the respondents through these questionnaires was analyzed. Thus, the study clearly highlighted the requirement for associate degree education programme module for users to market the effective use of OPAC. An effort is formed through this study to gift the difficulties Janus-faced by users at engineering college libraries, in looking for data victimization OPAC. This paper provides helpful empirical proof for librarians and therefore the analysis community on the usage of OPAC in libraries of engineering colleges. The results of this study are going to be helpful for librarians at Jeppiaar Maamallan Engineering College in Chennai and additionally to different librarians around the state and country. This paper provides original information from library finish users in engineering college, relating to their expertise whiles victimization OPAC.
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Iacovelli, Francesco, Michele Mancarella, Stefano Foffa, and Michele Maggiore. "GWFAST: A Fisher Information Matrix Python Code for Third-generation Gravitational-wave Detectors." Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 263, no. 1 (October 21, 2022): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ac9129.
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Abstract We introduce GWFAST (https://github.com/CosmoStatGW/gwfast), a Fisher information matrix Python code that allows for easy and efficient estimation of signal-to-noise ratios and parameter measurement errors for large catalogs of resolved sources observed by networks of gravitational-wave (GW) detectors. In particular, GWFAST includes the effects of the Earth’s motion during the evolution of the signal, supports parallel computation, and relies on automatic differentiation rather than on finite differences techniques, which makes possible the computation of derivatives with accuracy close to machine precision. We also release the library WF4Py (https://github.com/CosmoStatGW/WF4Py) implementing state-of-the-art GW waveforms in Python. In this paper we provide a documentation of GWFAST and WF4Py with practical examples and tests of performance and reliability. In the companion paper Iacovelli et al. we present forecasts for the detection capabilities of the second and third generation of ground-based GW detectors, obtained with GWFAST.
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Evdokimenkova, Yu B., and N. O. Soboleva. "Dissertations as important scientific legacy: Preservation and access (the case study of the Library of N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences)." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 1 (January 20, 2023): 69–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2023-1-69-84.
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The authors discuss the preservation of dissertations by national scientists in the libraries of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) research institutions. A share of theses defended in the Russian Empire before 1918 makes the part of the general collection. Since 1934, the scholarly manuscripts havebeen spinned off into a separate collection, since 1950, along with theses abstracts. The dissertations were transferred to the organizations where they were defended, therefore the collection comprises the works accomplished in different institutions. This could be the only location for the manuscripts of 1930–40s, as the Dissertation Collection of the Russian State Library was established after 1944. The authors argue that apart from their information value, the dissertations make the valuable source on the history of national science and society, demonstrate communications between academic organizations and continuity of scholar schools, and are of great memorial value. The mission of libraries is to preserve the scholar legacy of this country and to support accessibility of information on dissertations through e-catalogs and digitizing full texts of the Soviet-era theses.
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Levin, G. L. "BIBLIOGRAPHIC SUPPORT FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE." Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS, no. 1 (March 6, 2020): 41–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/2618-7515-2020-1-41-49.
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The provision of bibliographic resources for individual branches of science and / or practical activity is traditional and now it is one of the most developed areas of bibliography. The library and information sphere, including library, bibliographic and scientific information activities and the scientific disciplines that study them needs (library and information sciences) it as well. These areas are characterized by the proximity and significant concurrency of goals, objects, processes, methods, and results of activities. At present, their further integration, transformation of traditional libraries (first of all, scientific ones) into library and information centers is underway.The bibliography of library and information science and practice includes: 1) bibliography of literature on history, theory, methodology, organization, methodology and technology of these activities, 2) bibliography of publications and electronic resources of library and information institutions; for bibliography as such bibliography of bibliography is also of particular importance, 3) bio-bibliography of branch leaders (polybiobibliographic and monobibiographic (personal) resources).Since the 1940s the Russian State Library is the main center of the current bibliographic registration of literature on librarianship and bibliography (until 2015 – the release of current indexes, since 1989 – the formation of a thematic abstract bibliographic database). The library prepared many printed retrospective indexes and lists on the problems of library and bibliographic science and practice, which creation not only its bibliographic, but also research, methodical and production structural units took active part in.In the XXI century, the Library activities in the field of retrospective branch bibliography are limited to the creation of a series of indexes “Bibliography. Bibliographic science”, reflecting the scientifically significant array of native bibliographic literature in Russian since 1959. The main attention is paid to bibliographic registration of publications and electronic resources of the Library and about it, as well as works of its staff.Electronic catalogs and bibliographic indexes are being created that take into account the products of libraries of the Russian Federation, as well as countries – the former Soviet republics. Polybiobibliographic and personal indexes are being prepared.
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Khan, Afsana. "Anthony Arrowroot and Nutty Nutella: Advertising in Children’s Literature." Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature 22, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 42–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/pecl2012vol22no1art1131.
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Merchandising, product placement and advertising in children’s literature can be seen as distasteful, due to the obvious manipulation of the audience, who are likely to be too young to be able to critically assess their reading material. I suggest that marketing of products for adults and children through narratives for children addresses a dual readership with varying degrees of success. This article examines a selection of advertising material found in the Children’s Literature Collection at the State Library of Victoria, including works by well known artists such as Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, companies such as Arnott’s, and instructive or educational works such as safety booklets and encyclopedias.
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Baker, Victoria J., Anthony Jackson, Thomas Bargatzky, M. A. Bakel, W. E. A. Beek, Victor W. Turner, W. Broeke, et al. "Book Reviews." Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 145, no. 4 (1989): 567–608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134379-90003248.
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- Victoria J. Baker, Anthony Jackson, Anthropology at home, ASA monographs 25, London: Tavistock Publications, 1987, 221 pages. - Thomas Bargatzky, Martin A. van Bakel, Private politics; A multi-disciplinary approach to ‘Big-Man’ systems, Studies in Human Society, Vol. I, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1986. x, 220 pp., illustrations, maps, index., Renée R. Hagesteijn, Pieter van de Velde (eds.) - W.E.A. van Beek, Victor W. Turner, The anthropology of experience, (with an epilogue by Clifford Geertz). Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1986., Edward M. Bruner (eds.) - W. van den Broeke, H. Meyer, De Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij; Driekwart eeuw koloniaal spoor, Zutphen: Walburg Pers, met medewerking van F.A.J. Heckler. 1987; 152 blz. - R. Buijtenhuijs, S. Bernus et al., Le fils et le neveu: Jeux et enjeux de la parenté tourarègue, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge/Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, 1986, XI, 343 pp. - R. Buijtenhuijs, Dominique Casajus, La tente dans la solitude: La société et les morts chez les Touaregs Kel Ferwan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge/Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, 1987, 390 pp. - H.J.M. Claessen, Christine Ward Gailey, Kinship to kingship; Gender hierarchy and state formation in the Tongan Islands. Austin: University of Texas Press (Texas Press Sourcebooks in Anthropology, No. 14.), 1987. 326 pp., figs., index, bibl. - Alfred E. Daniëls, Richard B. Davis, Muang metaphysics, Bangkok: Pandora Press,1984. - Alfred E. Daniëls, Gehan Wijeyewardene, Place and emotion in northern Thai ritual behaviour, Bangkok: Pandora Press, 1986. - P.M.H. Groen, Jacques van Doorn, The process of decolonization 1945-1975; The military experience in comparitive perspective, CASP publications no. 17, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 1987, 46 pp., Willem J. Hendrix (eds.) - Rosemarijn Hoefte, Luis H. Daal, Antilliaans verhaal. Zutphen: De Walburg Pers, 1988, Ted Schouten (eds.) - W.L. Idema, Claudine Salmon, Literary migrations; Traditional Chinese fiction in Asia (17th-20th centuries), Beijing: International culture publishing corporation, 1987, 11 + vi + 661 pp. - P.E. de Josselin de Jong, Sharon A. Carstens, Cultural identity in Northern Peninsular Malaysia, Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Monographs in international studies, Southeast Asia series no. 63, 1986. 91 pp. - P.E. de Josselin de Jong, Robert Wessing, The soul of ambiguity: The tiger in Southeast Asia. Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian studies, Special report no. 24, 1986. 148 pp., glossary, bibliography. - G.W. Locher, Martine Segalen, Historical anthropology of the family, Cambridge University Press, 1986, 328 pp. - Bernd Nothofer, Hans Kähler, Enggano-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Aus dem Nachlass herausgegeben und mit einem Deutsch-Enggano-Wörterverzeichnis versehen von Hans Schmidt, Veröffentlichungen des Seminars für Indonesische und Südseesprachen der Universität Hamburg, Band 14, Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1987. XIII + 404 pp. - J.D.M. Platenkamp, Brigitte Renard-Clamagirand, Marobo; Une société ema de Timor. Langues et civillisations de l’Asie du sud-est et du monde insulindien no. 12, Paris: Selaf, 1983, 490 pp. - H.C.G. Schoenaker, Leo Frobenius, Ethnographische Notizen aus den Jahren 1905 und 1906; II: Kuba, Leele, Nord-Kete; III: Luluwa, Süd-Kete, Bena Mai, Pende, Cokwe. Bearb.u.hrsg. von Hildegard Klein. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1987; 1988. 223 S., 437 Zeichnungen, 11 fotos, 5 karten; 268 S., 500 Zeichnungen, 15 fotos, 12 karten. - M. Schoffeleers, I.M. Lewis, Religion in context: Cults and charisma, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, X + 139 pp. - B. Schuch, Ingrid Liebig-Hundius, Thailands Lehrer zwischen ‘Tradition’ und `Fortschritt’; Eine empirische Untersuchung politisch-sozialer und pädagogischer Einstellungen thailändischer Lehrerstudenten des Jahres 1974. Beiträge zur Südasienforschung, Band 85, Weisbaden: Steiner Verlag, 1984, 342 pp. - Henke Schulte Nordholt, S.J. Tambiah, Thought and social action; An anthropological perspective, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Univ. Press, 1985, 411 pp. - Nico G. Schulte Nordholt, Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, From British to Bumiputra rule: Local politics and rural development in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian studies, 1986. 282 pp. - A. Teeuw, I. Syukri, History of the Malay kingdom of Patani - Sejarah Kerajaan Melayu Patani, by Ibrahim Syukri (pseudonym), translated by Conner Bailey and John N. Miksic. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International studies, monographs in international studies Southeast Asia series number 68, 1985. xx + 90 pp. - Truong Quang, Andrew Vickerman, The fate of the peasantry: Premature `transition to socialism’ in the democratic republic of Vietnam, Monograph No. 28, Yale University, Southeast Asia studies, 1986. 373 pp., incl. bibliography. - Adrian Vickers, H.I.R. Hinzler, Catalogue of Balinese manuscripts in the library of the University of Leiden and other collections in the Netherlands, vol. I: Reproductions of the drawings from the Van der Tuuk collection; vol. II: Descriptions of the Balinese drawings form the Van der Tuuk collection. Leiden: E.J. Brill/Leiden University Press, 1987.
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Kozlenko, E. Yu, and N. Yu Vaytsekhovich. "Library and Information Education in the Digital Age: Students’ Expectations." Bibliosphere, no. 2 (April 25, 2022): 28–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/1815-3186-2022-2-28-37.
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In the context of an evolving digital environment of library education, it is important to study the needs and expectations of students as participants of the educational process and the direct consumers of educational services. This paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey of students studying on the specialty “Library and Information Activities” at the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts. The objective of the survey was to determine the students’ vision of new trends in educational practice and the prospects for the development of library education associated with digitalization. The study was conducted by the working group as a part of the contract research “Explore trends and ways of development of library and information education in the digital age”. The survey touched upon such research areas as a promising vector for the development of library education, students’ readiness for library activities in a digital environment, and the use of information and communication technologies in the learning process. It was found that the students consider the information and technological courses as a promising vector for the development of library education (information courses as the basis for training). In the courses taught at the Faculty of Information and Document Communications, students would like to focus on remote user service, programming, data analytics, digital technologies, neural networks, nanotechnologies, digital marketing, web design basics, the creation and design of electronic resources, the basics of working with graphic editors and other. Assessing the importance of various types of library work in the digital environment, students marked “Working with electronic catalogs and databases” as the most important one. Least of all, students consider themselves ready for the “Work to create electronic information resources” and “Work to provide access to electronic information resources”. In the process of distance learning during the epidemic COVID-19, the greatest difficulty was the increase of the workload, the complication of the learning process. Of less significance were the technical communication problems. А set of measures from the viewpoint of students to improve the quality and competitive advantages of library and information education in the digital age is defined.
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Lelwala, Ruvini V., Jason B. Scott, Peter K. Ades, and Paul W. J. Taylor. "Population Structure of Colletotrichum tanaceti in Australian Pyrethrum Reveals High Evolutionary Potential." Phytopathology® 109, no. 10 (October 2019): 1779–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/phyto-03-19-0091-r.
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Colletotrichum tanaceti, the causal agent of anthracnose, is an emerging pathogen of commercially grown pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium) in Australia. A microsatellite marker library was developed to understand the spatio-genetic structure over three sampled years and across two regions where pyrethrum is cultivated in Australia. Results indicated that C. tanaceti was highly diverse with a mixed reproductive mode; comprising both sexual and clonal reproduction. Sexual reproduction of C. tanaceti was more prevalent in Tasmania than in Victoria. Little differentiation was observed among field populations likely due to isolation by colonization but most of the genetic variation was occurring within populations. C. tanaceti was likely to have had a long-distance gene and genotype flow among distant populations within a state and between states. Anthropogenic transmission of propagules and wind dispersal of ascospores are the most probable mechanisms of long-distance dispersal of C. tanaceti. Evaluation of putative population histories suggested that C. tanaceti most likely originated in Tasmania and expanded from an unidentified host onto pyrethrum. Victoria was later invaded by the Tasmanian population. With the mixed mode of reproduction and possible long-distance gene flow, C. tanaceti is likely to have a high evolutionary potential and thereby has ability to adapt to management practices in the future.
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Chumak, Yevhenii. "Informational Resources Transformation of Ukrainian Public Libraries Current Conditions." Ukrainian Journal on Library and Information Science, no. 10 (December 28, 2022): 36–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.31866/2616-7654.10.2022.269445.
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The purpose of the article is to substantiate the transformation of information resources of public libraries of Ukraine in modern conditions.
The methodological basis of the article was based on systemic, information-service and modernist approaches and the application of the principles of objectivity and comprehensiveness of knowledge. The organic combination of structural-functional analysis, synthesis, and cognitive methods made it possible to successfully realize the set goal.
The scientific novelty consists in considering the main aspects of the formation of electronic information resources against the background of the aggression of the Russian Federation against the sovereign state of Ukraine, starting in 2014, arguing that public libraries actively participated in the information processes of creating a regional source base on events that take place in modern history of our state. The existing ones are analyzed and the author's understanding of the term "electronic library and information resources" is proposed.
Conclusions. Digitization stimulates the general trend of transformation of public libraries of Ukraine into hubs for comprehensive processing of all types of information on all media. The use of new media in library practice contributes to the production of relevant electronic information resources, which marks the third stage of the use of information and communication technologies in the work of libraries. The public libraries of Ukraine currently have the following types of electronic information resources: a) electronic catalogs; b) full-text databases; c) electronic collections of text analogues of printed publications; d) collections of digitized publications; e) electronic documents that do not have printed counterparts; f) electronic publications of audio and video information; g) multimedia products. Electronic information resources enrich the assortment and include the following audiovisual products: audio recordings, films, videos, slides, presentations, etc., including exhibitions and tours of the library, advertising of new arrivals, online meetings with famous people or solutions to current community issues, etc. Own accounts in social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram), messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber), video hosting (YouTube), on the one hand, have a significant potential for popularizing the library, on the other hand, are a platform for approving the demand for created electronic information resources.
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Rafeeva, M. S. "The republican library for science and technology in the service of science and production of Belarus. Traditions and new departure of activities." Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS, no. 4 (November 10, 2022): 54–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/2618-7515-2022-4-54-60.
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The purpose of the article is to reveal the functional features of the Republican Library for Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus as the main information structure ensuring the innovative activity of the country. In the modern conditions, the successful development of science and technology is one of the factors of national security. Achievement of the set government tasks is impossible without systematic analytical study of patents, scientific and technical literature, as well as technical normative legal acts. The necessary information base has been established in Belarus, which is located in the Republican Library for Science and Technology, which is the largest center of information on science and technology and the only one of the republican libraries of Belarus with its regional structure. Regional scientific and technical libraries operate as branches in each of the region centers. In each regional center there work, statured as branches, regional libraries for scientific and technical literature, which provide equal access to library resources for users from different parts of the country. One of the main tasks of RLST and its regional branches is library and information-bibliographic servicing enterprises, organizations and institutions of the republic – their collective subscribers. Since its establishment and for 45 years of its history, RLST has been providing information support for the scientific and technical sphere of Belarus, being the state repository of patents, the depository of technical normative legal acts and other documents in the field of standardization, industrial catalogs, scientific and technical publications, providing access to national and international resources, actively using electronic services in its work. The article briefly describes the contribution of RLST staff to the study of the history of invention in Belarus. Examples of resources created on the basis of case studies are given. Working with children and youth to increase their interest in scientific and technological activities and to promote the ideas of sustainable development in Belarus is one of the new vectors of RLST educational work.