bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Study on the Recycling of Steel Industry by-Product: Focusing on Blast Furnace Slag Recycling
Authors:   Liberal Arts Innovation Center, Park Sun Gyu
Published: August 2023

In this study, an experiment was conducted to reduce carbon dioxide emission which is the main cause of global warming in the construction industry. Blast furnace slag is used to replace cement that emits a large amount of carbon dioxide in the manufacturing process, and alkaline water was electrolyzed with potassium carbonate (K2CO3) as an electrolyte instead of an alkali activator to solve the problem of deterioration of initial strength and neutralization resistance of blast furnace slag. In other words, a series of experimental studies were conducted to reduce the amount of cement used by analyzing the compressive strength, micro structure analysis and neutralization test of concrete using blast furnace slag and electrolysis alkaline water. As a result, the compressive strength of mortar using alkaline water as the mixing water showed higher strength improvement than the mortar using general mixing water, and as a result of SEM analysis, more hydration products were generated inside the mortar test specimen using alkaline water as the mixing water. This is judged to be(by) the destruction of the glassy film through alkaline water and the elution of reactive substances from the blast furnace slag. In addition, as a result of the accelerated carbonation test, it was confirmed that the mortar using alkaline water as the mixing water had higher carbonation resistance than the mortar using general mixing water.
Time and temperature requirements for heat inactivation of pathogens to be applied to swine transport trailers
Authors: van Kessel Jill , Strom Stacy , Deason Hans , Van Moorlehem Elaine , Berube Nathalie , Hauta Shirley , Fernando Champika , Hill Janet , Fonstad Terry , Gerdts Volker
Published: August 2023

Objective: Biosecurity in swine transport trailers is of concern for spreading pathogens between premises, and as such, they require extensive cleaning and disinfection between loads. Our goal in this study was to find the optimal time and temperature required to heat inactivate swine pathogens of high concern to producers in a laboratory setting to then be extrapolated to transport trailers. Materials and methods: Using standard microbiological techniques for growth and purification, 5 bacterial and 5 viral pathogens important in swine health were produced and tested. Heat inactivation of these pathogens were tested in the lab using several time and temperature combinations. Fecal matter was added to test the effect of biological material on the time and temperatures required for inactivation. Results: Inactivation was complete for viruses and bacteria tested when heated to 75°C for 15 minutes. The presence of fecal matter resulted in increased time and temperature needed for pathogen inactivation. Implications: Heat baking of transport trailers is now being applied as a useful tool to reduce the transmission of pathogens commonly associated with swine disease. However, operators must ensure consistent heating to 75°C for a minimum of 15 minutes in all areas of the trailer for reliable inactivation. Cleaning trailers plays an important role prior to heat treatment, as the presence of fecal contamination will insulate the pathogens and inactivation may not be complete even at 75°C for 15 minutes.
A Study on Consumer Behavior and its Impact on Brand Perception and Purchase of Red Tape India Products
Authors: Kumar Akkshit
Published: August 2023

Intense competition has been observed within the footwear industry, involving multinational corporations, domestic enterprises, and local businesses. Comprehending the requirements and preferences of consumers is a critical factor, as it serves as an indicator of their potential purchase behavior. This study presents a conceptualized investigation into the impact of various constructs, namely Brand Experience, Convenience, Store Atmosphere, Perceived Risk, and Store Satisfaction, on customers' purchase intention towards Red Tape. The study employs the Stimulus- Organism-Response (SOR) framework to analyze these relationships. The aforementioned constructs were subsequently refined subsequent to our examination of customer reviews on social media platforms such as Twitter, as well as e-commerce websites like Amazon, and online review platforms such as Google Reviews. These reviews pertained to RedTape, its products, and its stores located in the Zirakpur region of Punjab. A word cloud was created in order to narrow down the potential constructs. The data collection process involved the utilization of a convenience random sampling technique, whereby a sample size of 200 respondents was selected. These respondents were chosen from various local locations, representing diverse classes. The data analysis and interpretation involved the utilization of parametric tests such as Factor Analysis and Regression, which were conducted using the Measurable Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study contribute to the identification of key variables that warrant increased consideration when formulating strategies pertaining to customers' purchasing intentions. Keywords — Consumer behavior, Brand Experience, Satisfaction, Perception, Red Tape, Footwear,
Ulus-Devlet Modernleşmesinin Taşraya Yansıması: Ağrı İlçe Halkevi Teşkilatları
Authors: UÇAR Uğur
Published: August 2023

Cumhuriyetin ilanıyla birlikte yeni devlet anlayışı çağdaş medeniyetler seviyesine ulaşmayı amaçlamıştı. Modern devlet yapısına ulaşmak için öncelikle halkın bu alana dahil edilmesi gerekliydi. Bunun için çeşitli adımlar atılmaya başlanmıştır. Cumhuriyet rejiminin yerleşmesinde, gerçekleştirilen inkılâpların toplumun büyük kesimleri tarafından kabul görmesinde ve ülkenin sosyal ve kültürel alanlarda belirlenen hedeflere ulaşmasında halkevleri önemli rol oynamıştır. Bu kurumların açılmasında dönemin siyasi, ekonomik, kültürel ve toplumsal gelişmeleri etkili olmuştur. Halkevleri, gerekli araştırmalar yapıldıktan sonra çeşitli ülkelerin halk eğitimi uygulamaları da dikkate alınarak 19 Şubat 1932 tarihinde resmi olarak kurulmuştur. Halkla bütünleşmeyi sağlamak amacıyla Eleşkirt, Tutak ve Doğubayazıt’ta halkevleri açılmıştır. Bu çalışmada, cumhuriyet döneminin yaygın eğitim kurumu olan halkevlerinin Ağrı’daki ilçe halkevi teşkilatları ve faaliyetleri ele alınmaktadır. Bu kurumlar, cumhuriyet döneminde yapılan inkılâpları ilçelerin her bölgesine yayma ve halkın bunları benimsemesine yönelik faaliyetler gerçekleştirmiştir. İlçe halkevi teşkilatları özellikle bölgenin kültürel ve coğrafi koşullarına uygun çalışmalar gerçekleştirmiştir. Ağrı ilçe halkevlerinde, halka Türkçe okuma yazma öğrenmeleri için kurslar açılmış, halkın kültürel olarak kaynaşması için spor ve temsil şubeleri tarafından organizasyonlar yapılmıştır. Yakın köylere geziler düzenlenmiş, yoksul olan hastalara ilaçlar dağıtılmış, köy gezilerinde halka günlük işler, ziraat ve hayvan bakımı, üretimin artması hakkında konferans verilmiştir.
Politik Primordial dan Politik Identitas dalam Perkembangan Demokrasi dan Politik Lokal Di Indonesia
Authors: Satryo Pringgo Sejati  , Ahmad Burhan Hakim
Published: August 2023

Indonesia is one of the Muslim countries in the world that is able to gradually implement democracy in its political system. In the 25 years after the reform, Indonesia has tried various schemes to be able to carry out democratization so that it can be accepted by the Indonesian people themselves and even aims to get a positive international image. In the dynamics that occur, the development of political democracy in Indonesia gives rise to a social and political dynamics known as primordial politics and identity politics. These two approaches become true when we look at the conditions and dynamics of politics and democracy that occur in Indonesia. Moreover, the position of the regions has a significant role in contributing to the development of democracy and politics at the center. The region is an interesting area to discuss considering that the region is part of the political administration which has a strong influence on the center. This happened during the Indonesian reformation that occurred in 1998. Where the centralized concept became decentralized with the emergence of regional autonomy. In other words, the region has full power and authority to determine its political and economic direction. Of course, under other conditions it would be better. But on the other hand there are sociological consequences that must be accepted after the reform. The development of democracy in Indonesia actually produces primordial politics and identity politics, which are difficult to avoid. So it could be that Indonesia itself is aware that these two approaches are indeed taking place and cannot be avoided. Therefore, it is necessary for us to understand that primordial politics and identity politics today are a social reality and fact that occur in the dynamics of politics and democracy in Indonesia.
Soil Stabilization Using Crumb Rubber Powder
Authors: Manikanta Adusumalli , Rao Birudula Nageswara , Reddy K.Swathi , Charan I.Manikanta Sai , Mahesh M. , Shankar N.Siva , Kiran P.Usha
Published: August 2023

Because there are more used car tyres produced each year, disposing of them has become a significant environmental issue on a global scale. Utilizing used tyres will reduce the effect on the environment and increase resource preservation. The stabilisation of soils using CRP (5%, 10%, 15%) is discussed in this article. The conduct and effectiveness of the stabilised soil were evaluated using the soil properties, compaction, California bearing ratio (CBR), and direct shear test. When soil and CRP are combined, it is seen that the maximum dry density and ideal moisture content decline as the percentage of crumb rubber in the soil increases. Bearing capacity and tensile strength are barely affected by blending. Nevertheless, the numbers stayed within reasonable bounds.
Experimental Study on Potential Use of Recycled Aggregates in Concrete
Authors: Reddy M. Venkata Naga Siva Sankar , Kumar K. Manoj , Prathyusha B. , Angel Y. Aeronika , Akhil B. , Bhanu N. , Reddy S. Ajay
Published: August 2023

Use of recycled aggregate in bonds may be advantageous for specialized security. The building blocks for the future are recycled aggregates. Numerous development projects being conducted in various European, American, Russian, and Asian nations have begun using recycled aggregate. Various nations are easing infrastructure regulations to encourage more use of recycled aggregate. The main characteristics of recycled fine aggregate and recycled coarse aggregate are reported in this study, along with a distinction between these characteristics and trademark sums. All aggregate attributes' fundamental modifications are resolved, and their implications for setting up work are finally explored. The qualities of concrete using recycled aggregate are further chosen in accordance with this. Fundamental strong properties like compressive quality, flexural quality, workability etc are elucidated here for different mixes of reused aggregate with standard aggregate. Codal standards of reused sums concrete in various countries are communicated here with their effects, on establishing work. All things considered, show status of reused aggregate in India close by its future need and its viable utilize are discussed here.
Self-Compacting Concrete Using Ggbs with Addition of Steel Fibers on M30 Grade of Concrete
Authors: Mani E. , bhargav K. Showri , Nagaraju Y. , Sailaja V. , venu P. Rudhra
Published: August 2023

Self-compacting concrete has emerged as a creative invention that is capable of solving the problem and making a remarkable advancement in the field of substantial innovation, which has led to the prior practise of substantial design free from vibration. Self-compacting concrete use today is focused on higher performance, better and more solid quality, and uniformity. Self-compacting concrete (SCC) with GGBS and blended steel strands is being created in this research. The goal of this work is to create M30 SCC with GGBS cream steel fibers and compare its strength to normal concrete. The IS 10262 2009 standard is used to produce regular cement, whereas the alter Nan Su approach is used to produce SCC. In order to increase the volume of cement, the significant is replaced by 0, 10, 20, 30, and 40% of GGBS with the addition of stable steel strands at a 0.5% expansion. The compressive strength of SCC is determined using 3D squares of size 150x150x150mm, while the split tensile strength is determined using cylinder-shaped examples of size 150x300mm, and the flexural strength of SCC is determined using crystals of size 100x100x500mm.
Pluralism Concepts and Reasons
Authors: Essa Karar Ibrahim , Badri Marwa Abd Al Khlaliq , Hasany Ali Jawad Al
Published: August 2023

Praise be to God who guided us and enabled us to do this, and prayers and peace be upon the master of the Messengers, Muhammad and his family his home, the pure and immaculate, and after: Plurality is a term used in Arabic dictionaries to refer to abundance and counting. Grammatical faces in singular parsing. What is meant by pluralism is the abundance of grammatical guidance in the syntax of the word. The syntactic diversity occurred as a result of several reasons that had a prominent role in the possibility of the singular in more than one grammatical aspect, some of which are related to submission and delay, and the multiplicity of the meaning of the structure, and some of them are related to the functions of the word, stopping and starting.
Beperkingen van de bestuursbevoegdheid
Authors: Blanco Fernández J.M.
Published: August 2023

Beperkingen van de bestuursbevoegdheid

Het is niet altijd duidelijk of de dissertatie van De Roo een standpunt inneemt ten aanzien van een bepaalde soort rechtspersoon of ten aanzien van alle rechtspersonen. Daarnaast bespreekt het artikel de mogelijkheid dat een beperking van de bestuursbevoegdheid haar grondslag vindt buiten de statuten, bijvoorbeeld in een overeenkomst.
Restorative justice and access to justice: critical reflections of the global North-South divide
Authors: Peacock Robert
Published: August 2023

Restorative justice and access to justice: critical reflections of the global North-South divide

Within the global North-South divide, there is little reason to assume that any interventions, development programmes or economic reforms can ever fully resolve the underlying causes of many victimological harms that affect the periphery or so-called ‘developing’ countries or regions of the world unless and until they lead to greater freedom, equality, inclusivity, dignity and access to justice. Within a critical decolonising framework, context, accountability, reparations and reconciliation would remain essential humanising components of restorative justice and variability across a range of historical, geo-political, cultural and social settings. To advance the intense humaneness of a universal personhood, a functional imperative would be to remain vigilant and critical of power relations and of the macro- and micro-links between interpersonal victimisation and victimisation in wider society. Localised workings of privilege and power and the hierarchies that inform these relationships remain connected on the colonial-postcolonial continuum to global patterns and consequences of structural subordination and institutional victimisation and require a broader engagement with access to justice, epistemic privilege and the narrow and restrictive aspirations of western law as procedural remedy.
Causes of DNA Damage and Genomic Instability: A Review
Authors:   Department of Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria, Okafor Sixtus, A.,
Published: August 2023

Genomic instability defines all genetic alterations resulting from excessive or high frequency of mutation; base pairs sequence alterations known as microsatellite instability (MSI) and aneuploidy also called chromosome instability (CIN), chromosomal re- arrangements within the genome or the susceptibility of genome to alterations that occur during cell division cycle. The genome of most cancer cells is highly unstable, mostly due to damage to tumour suppressor genes example tp53 which encodes p53 or other genes coordinating cell division. Telomere is a nucleoprotein complex which extends the physical ends of eukaryotic chromosomes, protecting it from degradation, counteracting sequence loss, protecting genes closer to the chromosomes end and inhibiting cell cycle arrest. Studies have implicated the dysfunction of telomere to the formation of sub-tetraploid aneuploid cells that exhibit tumourigenic capacity and formation of anueploid cells that can elude programmed cell death (apoptosis) and form tumour cells, thus initiating genomic instability. In this review, we presented an insight to the causes of DNA damage and its associated genomic instability. We found that many factors such as fragile sites, end replication problem, DNA double strand breaks, DNA replication defects, deletion, insertion and translocation all are responsible to the fragile nature of the genome.
Motivation and library management
Authors: Likar Tatjana
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe present article deals with motivation, its relation to management and its role and use in librarianship in our country and abroad. The countries where librarianship is well developed started to deal with library management and questions of motivation of library workers decades ago, whereas elsewhere the subject is at its start. The prerequisite for modern policy making is attention to the elements of modern library management. Librarians, library managers and directors of libraries should create a work environment providing long term satisfaction with work by means of certain knowledge and tools. The level of motivation of the staff is influenced by the so called higher factors deriving from the work process itself and related to work contents: achieve¬ment, recognition, trust and work itself. Extrinsic factors (income, interpersonal relations, technology of administration, company policy, working conditions, work con¬trol, personal security, job security and position...) should exercise lesser impact on the level of motivation.
Slovenian cataloguing practice and Functional requirements for bibliographic records : a comparative analysis
Authors: Dimec Zlata
Published: August 2023

AbstractIFLA study Functional requirements for bibliographic records (FRBR) set a new frame for both cataloguing codes and subject analysis. The Paris Principles defined the functions of the catalogue followed by both cataloguing codes used in Slovenia: P. Kalan’s Abecedni imenski katalog and E. Verona’s Pravilnik i priručnik za izradbe abecednih kataloga. Functional requirements for bibliographic records define the functions for records themselves, irrespective of the type of the database consisted of these records. Compared to the requirements for the national bibliographic records as defined by FRBR, the records belonging to the Slovenian national bibliography show more descriptive elements and less notes on bibliographic history, which reflects in lack of uniform titles. As the uniform title itself enables the identification of related works and their expressions, this practice does not satisfy the FRBR requirements. Differences in the extent of records for different types of material derive from decentralised processing at the National and University Library. It is therefore necessary to establish uniform criteria for both materials included into the Slovenian national bibliography, and the extent of data elements.
Acquisition of library material and the public procurement law: experienced by Central Tehnological Library at the University of Ljubljan
Authors: Eržen Matjaž
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe introduction of Public Procurement Procedures for library material requires quite many modifications of the tried and tested procedures in acquisition. The Central Technological Library at the University of Ljubljana has been fulfilling these claims since 2001. Revealing themselves as irrational in view of acquisition some tried and tested procedures had to be adjusted several times in order to meet the demands of the Law. This abstract presents a survey of adjustments and possible solutions assuring the library’s activity in accordance with the abowe mentioned Law.
JACOBUS de VORAGINE: Passional oder Leben der Heiligen, Nűrinberg, Anton Koberger, 1488
Authors: Budin Branka
Published: August 2023

AbstractDuring the revision of the Metropolitana Library in Zagreb in 1996, the incunabula titled Passional oder Leben der Heiligen (Legenda aurea = biographies of saints) was rediscovered. Its author was the famous dominican Jacobuse de Voragine and it was printed in 1488 in Nűrnberg by Anton Koberger, a well known German printer.This beautiful, well preserved incunabula contains 258 biographies of saints printed on 385 folios with 245 smaller coloured pictures and 2 larger gold gilded ones. Each picture is a small masterpiece of detail and messages to us from the lives of the depicted saints. The exlibris in the incunabula proves it to belong to the library of Valvasor.
The status of photographs as library materials and their cataloguing through the perspective of Slovenian handbooks, reg
Authors: Kerec Branka
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article presents an overview of Slovene handbooks, regulations and standards, which are, or have been, used in the cataloguing of library materials. The research is concentrated on their relation with photographic materials ie. with the smallest part, the photograph. The status of photographs is being looked at in the first Slovene handbook Knjižnice in knjižničarsko delo, the first Slovene regulations Abecedno imenski katalog and its second edition, and in Pravilnik i priručnik za izradbu abecednih kataloga (PPIAK). The International Standard Bibliographical Description for Non-Book Materials (ISBD(NBM)) and PREKAT also deal with the cataloguing of photographs. Greater attention is paid to the Pravila za katalogizacijo v grafičnih zbirkah, which is the work of professional committees of the Union of Associations of Slovene Librarians. Although some of the regulations are quite old, they are still very practical and usable. The author examines the handbooks from the point of view of how detailed and accurately they provide the regulations for cataloguing photographs.
Textbooks in transitional countries: Towards a methodology for comparative analysis
Authors: Kovač Miha , Kovač Šebart Mojca
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn its first part, the paper analyses the ambiguous nature of the book as a medium: its physical production and its distribution to the end user takes place on a market basis; on the other hand, its content is predominantly consumed in a sector that was at least in the continental Europe traditionally considered as public and non-profit making. This ambiguous nature of the book and with it the impact of the market on the organization of knowledge in book format remains a dark spot in contemporary book research. On the other hand, textbooks are considered as ephemera both in contemporary education and book studies. Therefore, research on textbooks publishing models could be considered as a blind-spot of contemporary social studies. As a consequence, in the majority of European countries, textbook publishing and the organization of the textbook market are considered as self-evident. Throughout a comparative analysis of textbook publishing models in small transitional and developed countries, the paper points out that this self-evident organization of the textbook market is always culturally determined. In its final part, the paper compares different models of textbook publishing and outlines the scenarios for the development of the Slovene textbook market.
International cataloguing principles
Authors: Kavčič Irena , Kalčič Dunja
Published: August 2023

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Definition of the criteria of quality and difficulty of literature in public libraries
Authors: Pogorelec Andrej
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTPublic libraries are supposed to provide a wide range of literary materials of all difficulty levels to their users. Here we encounter a dilemma whether it is possible to establish difficulty and quality also as a criterion of systematic classification of literature. In order to get and answer to that dilemma, it is necessary to define the relation between quality and difficulty, as well as the level of possible objective evaluation of literature in accordance with such criteria. Any eventual introduction of such literature classification criteria should be also discussed from the point of view of library management.
Reforms and the Slovenian book or book as a reform?
Authors: Grilc Uroš
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe article tries to outline schematically the momentary state in the Slovenian publishing on the basis of data which one can compare with data we can get about publishing market in other European countries. The article continues trying to get a rough picture of the influence that submitted economic and social reforms could have on the publishing field. It also points to the importance of the book as the particular media of knowledge, creativeness and information in relation to media, competitive to book. All these statements are the starting-point to base the linkage between the development of the society and the book as an indispensable supposition of this development.
Remote access to information sources in National and university library: development of service
Authors: Vodeb Gorazd
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTNational and University Library established remote access to information sources in september 2004. The article describes implementation and development of the service. Library wanted to offer information sources to users wherever and whenever they would need them. First main evaluation criteria for software selection were integration with existing authentication system and second no need for intervention user side. The EZproxy software from Useful Utilities was chosen. Key step to implementation was establishing communication between software applications EZproxy and COBISS library automation system. Library needed to obtain licence agreements from publishers. Promotion campaign aimed to notify large number of users. Only users of National & University Library were able to use the service. Other users and libraries of Ljubljana University requested to authenticate by credentials of their library. Remote access service was developed further in order to enable authentication for other libraries. We needed to establish authentication and authorisation system and also upgrade and install the communication command procedure on different servers. The data about service usage are presented.
KNJIŽNICA – ŽE 50 LET SOPOTNICA SLOVENSKEGA BIBLIOTEKARSTVA
Authors: Dolgan-Petrič Mojca
Published: August 2023

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Google and information resources in library and information science: a comparative analysis
Authors: Sluga Marjetka
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe article is based on the author’s (Sluga, 2006) research which was the basis for he rbachelor’s thesis. The purpose of the research was to analyse and compare the performance of different online based information retrieval systems in answering queries on library and information science. A case study approach which included four carefully selected cases was used. Search was made in Google, Google Scholar and in appropriate library databases and systems. The performance of these systems was assessed in terms of relevancy, uniqueness, quality, accessibility of documents and precision. The findings demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of each type. Library databases were highly successful in relevancy, quality and uniqueness of the results and have the ability to retrieve a more precise set of documents. With Google ,there were no problems with accessibility, and it offers a high proportion of unique documents. Google Scholar is superior in quality but there are more problems with accessibility. Thus, these systems complement each other.
Guidelines for preparing subject indexes
Authors: Bricelj Jure
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTSubject indexes are defined by international standards such as ISO 999 and ANSIZ39.4. These determine the functions that must be implemented in an index in order to give the information seeker an effective means for searching information inside a document. This functionality relies upon the structure and arrangement of index and is also affected by the quality of translation of contents into headings. The structure elements with their scope and the most common alphabetical arrangement are described thoroughly. Since time for index building is limited, the indexer should comply with guidelines that enable quick acquaintance with document contents and translation into headings. The indexer must also pay attention to selection and specificity of headings and depth of indexing.
The oldest preserved Slovenian library catalogue – 1st part
Authors: Južnič Stanislav
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe article presents a professional work of the librarian Filip Terpin from Selca (North of Škofja Loka, Slovenia). Terpin’s catalogue of the bishop’s library in Gornji grad is the oldest catalogue in Slovenia, with the exception of some protestant book lists which date even earlier. It was created in 1655, thirteen years before the second oldest preserved catalogue, which was made by his contemporary Schönleben. Terpin’s catalogueis carefully described and compared with the Schönleben’s list of Volf Engelbert Auersperg’s library, which was made in 1668. The author highlights the professional relations between the two librarians and describes the destiny of the Primož Trubar’s and the bishof’s libraries in Gornji grad.The article is a part of an extensive research set out to identify and explore the provenience of science books which were under the Terpin’s custody in the Gornji grad library, especially of those owned by the Slovenian protestants or even Primož Trubar himself.
Librarian in the new salary system of civil servants
Authors: Fras Popović Sabina
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTSalary System in the Public Sector Act (Uradni list RS, No. 95/07 consolidated text, and 17/08) regulates the salary system for civil servants anew. Until now, posts indifferent workplaces and under the competence of diferrent ministries have been valued differently, but at the same time different criteria for promotion into titles and also for promotion into grades have been used. Experts have put a lot of effort into establishing a uniform system of promotion for all professional library workers in all types of libraries. The article gives a survey of experts´ articles in which experts drew attention to problems regarding the position of the librarian in the salary system. At the same time, the author tries to find out whether they were successful in solving these problem, and is concerned with the position of the librarian in the new salary system. The article also tries to answer the question whether there are unified criteria for the promotion of librarians in the new system.
How do users of different academic areas perceive user friendliness of IR
Authors: Vilar Polona , Žumer Maja
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe paper presents one part of a wider study, performed at the Department of LIS&BS at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. The study investigated the perceptions of user friendliness of information retrieval systems’ (IRS) interfaces and the role of individual characteristics of users in these perceptions. A user study with 61 postgraduate students of the University of Ljubljana was performed. Three interfaces were studied: Science Direct, Proquest Direct and Ebsco Host. Questionnaires and observation were used for data collection. The users’ perceptions of importance of auxiliary functions, interface preference and perceptions of user friendliness of certain interface elements were investigated. Also, the connections between these perceptions and the users’ individual characteristics were identified. Three sets of individual characteristics were included: approaches to studying, thinking styles and hemisphere leanings. In connection with the dimensions of individual characteristics very different user perceptions were expressed. Some dimensions of individual characteristics were also found to be connected to the users’ academic areas. It is shown that the participants from different academic areas have different requirements and perceptions of user friendliness. The results of the study are relevant for the design of the user interfaces of disciplinary IRS. They also have implications for other areas, e.g. user education and training, acquisition and marketing.
Combined libraries: foreign experiences
Authors: Vodeb Gorazd
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe article reviews foreign literature on subject of combined libraries. Libraries can integrate at different levels. Definitions of the term combined library are summarized. Societal context influences integration, and a mission of combined libraries needs special consideration. Author examines strengths and weaknesses of combined libraries and identifies factors of succesful operation. Critical steps in integration process are considered, and evaluation model is suggested.
Printing and publishing production with regard to legal deposit for the period 1991-2006
Authors: Kisovec-Trček Damijana
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe paper presents a statistical survey of Slovenian printing and publishing production in the light of legal deposit for the period 1991-2006. The Slovenian printing and publishing production of monographic publications is presented according to accession number and year of publication. The sources of data were accession books of the National and University Library and the local database of the National and UniversityLibrary in the COBISS system.
Multicultural dialogue in the school library
Authors: Hanuš Barbara
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTNowadays many countries are confronted with the sudden and increased number of child immigrants which has a strong impact on education systems. A school library plays an important role in the development of intercultural dialogue as it keeps materials in many languages and develops different ways of youth activity. Fiction and nonfiction show the abundance of habits and cultures in the world, they reveal different life stories and encourage the idea of diversity. A youth library encourages the intergenerational and intercultural dialogue. In the environment with a lot of immigrantsit is very important for the library to consider the needs of the youth and to cooperate with their parents, too. The school in which most of the pupils do not speak Slovenian as their mother tongue is described. Library activities encourage their interest in learning the language of their new environment. Well developed literacy has a great impact on their educational results, but it is true that people can not understand other cultures unless they are aware of their own cultural identity.
The statute of the Slovenian Library Association
Authors: Ambrožič Melita
Published: August 2023

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The project "The written-offs" and the deacquisition of library materials at the University Library of Maribor
Authors: Lončar Nina
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe process of de-acquisition and weeding is based on the same selection criteriaas acquisition of library materials and requires profound knowledge and understanding of a library collection. The author presents the methodology and the process of weeding and de-acquisition at the University Library of Maribor. The case study is the project „The Written-Offs“. The lights and art works made out of damaged books exhibited in this project attracted a lot of media and public attention. The results and experiences drawn from the project „The Written-Offs“ show a possible way to promote libraries.
Library consortia and funding scientific literature and databases in Slovenia in the year 2010
Authors: Mandelj Tilen , Pušnik Miro , Južnič Primož
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTOne of the basic ways of scientific communication is publishing in scientific journals which play a key role in the evaluation of scientific excellence and as such represent an indispensable part of scientific infrastructure. Their relevance is reflected in the high use rate. The article presents experiences in consortium purchases of scientific journals in the Republic of Slovenia within the management of the Central Technological Library at the University of Ljubljana (CTK). In 2009, the number of successful full-text article requests amounted to 829,576 EUR, an increase of 33% compared to the year 2008 and 178% more requests than in 2006. The Slovenian Research Agency (SRA) supports libraries in consortium purchasing and is responsible for co-financing foreign scientific library resources in the Republic of Slovenia. In 2009, the amount of EUR 3,520,000 was given to libraries, of which the consortium received EUR 1,421,458, an increase of 419% compared to the previous year. Consequently eight new members joined the consortium in 2010, now involving 22 institutions. The article also presents the benefits of additional financial means given to the consortium.
Ephemera publications as legal deposit in National and University library, Slovenia
Authors: Potočnik Veronika
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe Slovenian production of all categories of library resources has been considerably increased over the last decade and ephemera comprise a large portion of the national output. The article explores some definitions of ephemera especially those given in the 2006 Legal Deposit Act, and describes ephemera as a special collection of national importance. The development of this special collection at the National and University Library, Slovenia is discussed and some important milestones are presented. Statistical data to illustrate the acquisitions of ephemera are provided. An innovative approach to cataloguing ephemera - the so called “collection cataloguing” is proposed.
EDITORIAL
Authors: Južnič Primož
Published: August 2023

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Problems of long-term preservation of web pages
Authors: Dečman Mitja
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe World Wide Web is a distributed collection of web sites available on the Internet anywhere in the world. Its content is constantly changing: old data are being replaced which causes constant loss of a huge amount of information and consequently the loss questioned. In what way the data on the web can be stored and how to preserve them for the long term is a great challenge. Even though some good practices have been developed, the question of final solution on the national level still remains. The paper presents the problems of long-term preservation of web pages from technical and organizational point of view. It includes phases such as capturing and preserving web pages, focusing on good solutions, world practices and strategies to find solutions in this area developed by different countries. The paper suggests some conceptual steps that have to be defined in Slovenia which would serve as a framework for all document creators in the web environment and therefore contributes to the consciousness in this field, mitigating problems of all dealing with these issues today and in the future.
From biographical lexicon to scholarly edition: the question of sustainability of digital editions
Authors: Erjavec Tomaž , Jona Javoršek Jan , Ogrin Matija , Vide Ogrin Petra
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTThe paper deals with the issues of digital curation, including storage formats, presentation, and access rights, in the frame of the case-study of two projects on digitisation of written materials: the Scholarly digital editions of Slovenian literature and the Slovenian biographical lexicon. Three basic aspects of digital curation, including preservation, are discussed. The first aspect is the sustainability of our digital format, i.e. of our textencoding; where the international standards and best practices are used, particularly the TEI Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange as a self-documenting, transparent and widely adopted de-facto standard. The second aspect is the presentation and search over the materials, where the static HTML pages and the Fedora Commons repository with SoLR full-text search are used. The last aspect deals with the access rights to the materials: in what format and for whom, and under what conditions are the texts made available. The argument on maximum openness as is embodied in the Creative Commons a licence was adopted as most applicative solution for the presented digital editions.
Public libraries in the library regions in the year 2009
Authors: Bon Milena
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTPurpose: Regional public libraries were initiated in 2003 to connect professional activities of libraries within regional networks and to ensure coordinated library development in a region in cooperation with the Library System Development Centre at the National and University Library performing a coordinating role. The article analyses the performance of public libraries and their integration in regional library networks in order to find out the level of development of conditions of performance of public libraries.Methodology/approach: Statistical data for the year 2009 were the basis for the overview of library activities of ten library regions with regard to applicable legislation and library standards. The level of regional library activities is compared to the socio-economic situation of statistical regions thus representing a new approach to the presentation of Slovenian’s public libraries’ development.Results: Absolute values indicate better development of nine libraries in the central Slovenia region while relative values offer a totally different picture. Four libraries in the region of Nova Gorica prove the highest level of development.Research limitation: Research is limited to the year 2009 and basic statistical analysis.Originality/practical implications: Findings of the analysis are useful for public libraries to plan their development strategy within a region and for financial bodies to provide for adequate financing for library activities in a specific region. The basic condition for successful public library performance is the even and harmonized development of conditions of performance as recommended by library standards.
Withdrawn library materials in the period 2005-2010 through the prism of the national library
Authors: Poličnik-Čermelj Tereza
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTPurpose: In Slovenia, there is no national repository library for the long-term retention of withdrawn library materials. Therefore, the National and University Library (NUK) coordinates withdrawals in Slovenian libraries in order to preserve the national cultural heritage. The author highlights collaborative activities of NUK and other libraries to ensure preservation and retention of withdrawn printed materials in terms of professional legislation and guidelines. According to them NUK is authorised to select withdrawn items to be included in the “Slovenica” collection.Methodology/approach: The paper deals with withdrawal statistics of Slovenian libraries during the period 2005–2010. The data were collected by the Library System Development Centre at NUK in correlation with withdrawal lists sent to NUK by the libraries.Results: The results show that well-preserved but outdated materials are deselected by less than a half of public libraries, by 10 % of higher-education libraries, by a little bit more than 5 % of special libraries and only by 2 % of school libraries. The protocol for data checking, sending the materials to NUK, handling and selection criteria are explained. The advantages and disadvantages of including the withdrawn items into the NUK collection and the disposal of inappropriately selected materials are described. The results of acquiring the last copies of “Slovenica” from the withdrawn materials are more than satisfactory for NUK.Research limitation: As there are no similar models of acquisition among foreign national libraries, the study is limited to Slovenian library practice.Originality/practical implications: The paper also indicates the direction of future development.
The significance of education and training of librarians to serve users with special needs
Authors: Starman Adrijana Biba , Južnič Primož , Žagara Drago
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTPurpose: The article presents the importance of education and training of librarians to serve users with special needs as perceived by students of library and information science (LIS) and by students and graduates with special needs in the role of library users.Methodology/approach: Surveys amongst the 3rd year students of Librarianship and Information Science (bachelor’s degree) at the Faculty of Arts (University of Ljubljana) as well as half structured interviews with 12 students and graduates with special needs as library users have been conducted. The acquired data were then analyzed and compared.Results: The results show a high level of motivation of LIS students for working with users with special needs as well as the desire for additional education and training. Comparisons of data indicate differences in understanding users with special needs, thus confirming the need for further education and training of librarians.Research limitation: Small sample size and inability to generalize the findings.Originality/practical implications: The first study in Slovenia dealing with the significance of education and training of librarians to work with users with special needs.
The Slavic books in the 16th century: between manuscripts and printings
Authors: Zajc Neža
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTPurpose: The article explores the Slavic typography in the Renaissance with special emphasis on the Cyrillic incunabula and on the complex process of building national languages in the Slavic regions, which are also related to the position of Christian theology (Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant) of that time.Methodology/approach: The analysis of primary resources i.e. manuscripts and incunabula was used for the presentation of the complexity position of the Slavic languages in the 16th century.Results: It was difficult to separate the orthodox texts from the apocryphal contents of Christian texts.Research limitation: This study presents the general review and analysis of specific cases and as such it represents a basic introduction in to a more sophisticated research.Originality/practical implications: The study shows that the language disunity (the instability of the linguistic forms) could be one the reasons for difficulties in printing the Slavic texts in 16th century.