bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Slovenian bibliography
Authors: Wagner Lidija
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe Slovenian bibliography is our national bibliography. We want to show the criteria of the selection of the particular materials, which are included in the Slovenian bibliography. We described the bibliographic description and classification of the records with UDC and the descriptors. The printing and the CD-ROM issues of the Slovenian bibli¬ography are described. We compared UNESCO guidelines for the national bibliography on the field of the selection, bibliographic description and classification, arrangement of the records and the useful of the national bibliography.
We are planning a library
Authors: Novljan Silva
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article presents the procedures for planning a library, which must fulfil its mission: to enable free access to information, education and culture for everyone at any tirne. The aim of the described procedure is to test the usefulness and appropriateness of professional recommendations for planning, in order to support rational organisation for a maximal effect. A planning model is being set up which would enable the procedures to be repeated and verified on other local communities. It was developed on the basis of a performed analysis of a situation and a chosen case from that situation: a local self-governing community which already has, according to the recommen¬dations of the standards, the necessary conditions to establish a library.
Assigning name headings and writer headings as subjects
Authors: Kovač Tatjana
Published: August 2023

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Poljane High School students - school library users
Authors: Bon Milena
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe information technology revolution has influenced education greatly. All participants in the educational process should be informed about the latest teaching and information technology on a regular basis, and should prepare and teach the younger generation to use it. An important role in spreading information literacy is played by libraries and librarians in frame of the subject of Library Information Skills tought in schools. The research, as presented in continuation, was performed by means of a questionnaire answered by students of Gimnazija Poljane (Poljane High School). The purpose of the research was to find out how well the students are prepared to use information technology (IT), which types of materials (traditional : up-to-date electronical) they tend to use more, how they gather information. The results have shown that boys can handle the information technology better than girls. Boys use electronic sources more frequently, they visit the school library more frequently, more of them searching for information which is not directly related to their lessons. Girls use traditional materials and search for information related to their lessons. However, the majority of students search for library material on their own or with the help of a librarian rather than use information technology.
Let us present ourselves to the public : marketing communication tools in the public library
Authors: Kovář Barbara
Published: August 2023

AbstractMarketing communication is a field of marketing which is indispensable, alongside other fields, for a successful realization of the development strategy in an organization. Advertising, public relations and publicity, sales promotion, direct selling, personal selling and direct marketing are marketing communication tools. The supply of an organisation can be presented by an optimal combination of tools. A public image can be created, new users of products and services can be attracted. Public libraries, as information centres offer various services - lending library materials, supplying information, and various other activities and events for individual target groups. Therefore, all communication tools can be used effectively in organizing and implementing these services in public libraries. The article presents a combination of communication tools, their planning and use while performing various kinds of activities in a public library.
Too long a road towards the first Slovene law on libraries from 1961
Authors: Gabrič Aleš
Published: August 2023

AbstractUntil the first Slovene Law on Libraries was passed, public libraries were, in general, parts of societies or committees of political organisations. These circumstances made it virtually impossible to engender a unified plan for the development of Slovenia's libraries. Although the first draft of a law which would bind the administrative agencies to provide libraries inside their districts with financial support, was drafted already in 1951, the revised law was passed as late as 1961. The adoption of the law was delayed, causing a prolonged crisis in the status and funding of libraries, despite the clearly defined solutions to the problem put forward by the librarians in the draft law. Due to the delays in the legal settlement of a number of open issues, the Society of Librarians of Slovenia used the proposed, modern regulations as guidelines in the de¬velopment of Slovenia's larger libraries, without waiting for the new law to be adopted.
Unsuccessful attempts at the adoption of the law on public libraries during the years 1929-1935
Authors: Kodrič-Dačić Eva
Published: August 2023

AbstractPolemics, which emerged in the past decade alongside the formation of a new law on librarianship, finally led to a compromise and the new bili on librarianship entered the parliamentary procedure in April 2000. The idea of a single law, applicable to all libraries established by the state or by local authorities and financed by public funds, can be traced back to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes where it was first introduced at the end of the twenties. The bill was not passed, also because of insufficient engagement of librarians, and libraries had to follow improper professional solutions of the school and university legislation. During that period the absence of the law on librarianship hindered the development of libraries but the drafts of the proposed li¬brary bills made a solid professional basis for library legislation after the Second World War.
Payment of purchase and usage of electronic journals
Authors: Brezavšček Roberta
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article presents the position of electronic journals in professional and scientific communication, purchase of electronic journals and models of payment. On the basis of research, the present position of professional and scientific electronic journals in Slovenian special and academic libraries is shown, also the acquisition policy, response of users and a view of the future use of electronic journals in libraries.
Digital library and the Slovenian academic environment
Authors: Lesnik Blaž , Jerič Brina , Curhalek Tanja , Kerec Martina
Published: August 2023

AbstractDigital library is a term for a library of the present and of the future challenging the traditional libraries. Authors are interested mostly in the digital space of Slovene academic instutions. In the research, the digital collections of most of the University of Ljubljana faculties are examined. A questionnaire was used to obtain information about the users' (students') needs and their acquaintance with the concept of the digital library. Two things were expected: the research was aimed at finding the positive effect of digital libraries on studies, and the questionnaire as an incentive in the library profession for further research. The questionnaire was made in the end of 1999 at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana (FF). It included 275 students of FF. The results showed that the students of librarianship had a better understanding of the term digital library than the students of other courses. A personal computer is used frequently and with pleasure by most questioned students. The term digital library is known to 71,1% of the students of librarianship, and only to 43,8% of others. Most of the students chose the correct definition of the digital library (the digital library is a collection of disparate systems and resources, accessible on the net), but that was, by the authors' opinion, mostly a lucky guess. According to the findings of the research, the authors believe that future development will improve and accelerate a wider use of digital libraries, in Slovenia as well.
Criteria for eliminating non-book materials
Authors: Ločniškar-Fidler Mateja
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn public libraries non-book materials such as sound recordings, video recordings, compact discs and CD-ROMs are now numerous, outnumbered only by printed materials.In the article various instances of damages of the above mentioned media are described, as well as the criteria and procedures for eliminating non-book materials and the basic conditions for their maintenance.
Janko Šlebinger, the Slovene bibliographer
Authors: Kocijan Gregor
Published: August 2023

AbstractDr. Janko Šlebinger is one of the most important Slovene bibliographers. During his forty years of active work, he has written numerous bibliographies: from (current) general and subject bibliographies to author bibliographies. He constituted the Slovene bibliography together with Simonič and therefore established conditions for rapid a development of the field after World War II. He was the creator of the modern Slovene bibliography, an expert bibliographer who was in line with bibliographical trends throughout the world and as such laid foundations for systematic and versatile activities in the field of bibliography writting. His most important works are the Slovene Bibliography 1907-1912 (1913) and Slovene Journals and Newspapers 1797-1936 (1937). The paper presents an assessment of Šlebinger's bibliographies from early to final works. These works are presented in chronological and subject order. Innovations and specialities introduced by Šlebinger as well as some deficiencies are emphasised.
Libraries, librarians, and library system of the American state of Illinois
Authors: Ambrožič Melita
Published: August 2023

Abstract The article presents the library system of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, structure and functioning of the library system of Illinois, education and training of library staff and academic librarians` status and promotion. The author points out also some current dilemmas of public and school libraries in Illinois, which are connected with the problem of intellectual freedom and free access to information, as that of internet filtering, free access to information for minors, library acquisition policy, library buildings and premises, etc.
Non-conventional printed (?) information materials today: ephemera and graphics from the point of view of preservation, pr
Authors: Kerec Branka
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe author deals with materials, which can be found on shelves in most libraries and other similar institutions (museums, archives, galleries). These materials must be dealt with in a special way. The value and the importance of the materials depend on many factors: library's function, users etc. Some important differences and similarities in working with such materials are pointed out and compared with the conventional library materials. The processing and accessibility of the materials are emphasized. The form of the information provided is extremely important for the users. One possibility is digitalised material available through bibliographic description. Slovenia is very disunited in solving this problem. A comparison between some different types of libraries is given to illustrate this. These libraries incorporate the materials in separate special collections or together with other similar materials. In the University of Maribor Library these materials are kept in the Ephemera Special Collection. Some segments of the selection, processing and keeping of the materials are shown.
The Collection Centre for Libraries in Portorož
Authors: Marković Ivan
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe contribution presents the founding and the activities, through years 1950-53, of the Collection Centre for Libraries in Portorož. Some book collections from the deserted monasteries of the Koper and Buje districts are especially pointed out and their future pondered upon after the closing of the Collection Centre. From the surviving documentation it's possible to assume that the activity of the Collection Centre for Libraries in Portorož was positive but, unfortunately, after the closure of the Collection Centre, some book collections were lost.
New professions in librarianship
Authors: Bottazzo Violetta
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article focuses on how information-communication and network computer technology effects changes in library operation and presents new possibilities in the development and differentiation of the librarian profession. At the time of the introduction of the Internet, numerous experts were convinced that the decline of librarianship, as a profession, was only a question of time. According to such opinions, users were supposed to search and obtain information on their own and purchase books through electronic bookstores. The reality turned out to be just the opposite. Nowadays, librarians are required to make more and more complex inquiries, to provide rapid, high-quality and non-stop services, to supply documents directly by computer or onto the working table. Moreover, librarians must follow the rapid development of the profession and participate in permanent and polyvalent training. The introduction of the digitalisation of materials and the future development of libraries require that librarians familiarize themselves with complex hypertext protocols, graphic design, and marketing. Moreover, librarians are obliged to accept any change brought about during the process of technological development. Therefore, in the developed world, new professions are being established and relating to the provision of aggregate information in form of various services and products. Those professions do not only imply universal information providers but trained experts with regard to individual fields of interest.
Originals and reproductions: information society challenges
Authors: Jakac-Bizjak Vilenka
Published: August 2023

AbstractDue to digitisation of traditional documents new collections of electronic publications/resources are formed. The article deals with the process of planning of digitisation of library materials on traditional media, accompanying decisions and procedures, as well as methods of storage and preservation of digitised materials, the impact of target public on the decision about what to digitise and the questions of copyright. Acquisition and preservation of new media has an important influence on the work of libraries, especially on collection development. Parallel to these changes new technical terms develop, as for example information resources management. In the introduction, the author actualise the thought of Walter Benjamin on the impact of reproduction techniques on the status of original documents and on the separation of tradition from what was reproduced. The question whether digitisation changes the principles of national libraries underlying the preservation of national cultural heritage is raised.
Academic library user survey: Faculty of Education Library in Osijek
Authors: Petr Kornelija
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe paper presents some results of the user study, conducted in 1998, among the users of the Osijek Faculty of Education Library. The objective of the study was to determine the scope of library usage, the degree of users’ dis/satisfaction with library services, holdings and the staff. The results indicate that there are differences in library usage between two main user groups – students and teachers. They differ, among other things, in the objectives of library visits, the scope of library usage, the degree of satisfaction with the library and its services, the familiarisation and the level of usage of information technology. Differences in behaviour between these two groups indicate the necessity of a different approach by the library personnel, e.g. intensified work on students’ education. The analysis of the questionnaire leads to the following conclusions: 1. Two main user groups of the Faculty of Education Library differ in their requests and needs. 2. The degree of dis/satisfaction depends on the group the user belongs to. 3. Library users from the fields of arts and humanities, and natural sciences, use information technology to the same degree.
Development of special libraries in Slovenia
Authors: Česnovar Nada
Published: August 2023

AbstractAlthough Slovenia is a small European country with only 2 million inhabitants, Slovenian librarianship can be compared with any other bigger country. The staffing and information technology in special libraries have been accelerating for the last four decades. Seventeen years have passed since the first meeting of special libraries. When Slovenia attained independence, numerous changes occured in the field of special librarianship. Due to the economic crisis, several special libraries of enterprises were abolished, while on the other hand, the number of special libraries in public institutions has increased. The article deals with the changes which have influenced the development of special librarianship in Slovenia.
Users’ opinion about the Slovenian mobile libraries
Authors: Štendler Jožica
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn the beginning of 2000, an inquiry was carried out among the readers in all mobile libraries in Slovenia. Fourteen questions were asked in order to find out what the read ers thought of our work and how important were mobile libraries to them. The inquiry was planned as part of the main topic of the 10th meeting of Slovene mobile libraries, i.e. the Survey of the Effectiveness of Mobile Libraries in Slovenia. The inquiry included more than 13% of the active readers all over Slovenia. Percentages of the respondents, in regard to gender and status, reflect the structure of the readers. Respondents’ answers were very similar in all mobile libraries. The results showed that the readers were satisfied with the service, the attitude and the qualification of the employees and they were pleased with the selection and presentation of materials. In future, they would like to have access to more audio and video materials. The two main reasons for attending mobile libraries are: remoteness of stationary libraries and the selection of the materials. For them, mobile libraries are often the only means available for borrowing books. The most important result of the inquiry was in the fact that the materials and the services offered by mobile libraries were used by more people (130% more) than the recorded number of active members.
Weeding books from public libraries
Authors: Rupnik Vasilija
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe paper describes the discarding of library materials abroad. Materials discarding is one of the important tasks in every library. Firstly, cases of discarding in the USA and in Great Britain in the past are presented. Secondly, the planning and the criteria of discarding are presented. Discarding is described by four methods. The paper concludes by presenting the team performing the withdrawal of library materials.
On archiving of web sites and the problems of their keeping, preserving and using
Authors: Novak Miroslav
Published: August 2023

AbstractWeb sites are defined as part of the cultural heritage. They are systematised in frame of electronic documents and appear in different contexts. From the evaluation point of view, we can realise that not only are contents important, but also the esthetical, communicational and other elements, which have direct influence on the level of the formation of inter-human communication in modern society, are significant as well. This is also the main reason why certain web sites must be kept and preserved through longer periods, others however should be archived with wholeness of contexts, in which they had been established or had operated.
Establishing a bibliographic database for hand press books : CERL project
Authors: Dimec Zlata
Published: August 2023

AbstractBooks and other printed materials dating to the Hand Press period (ca. 1830) in Europe represent a special field of research. Consortium of European Research Libraries – CERL was founded in 1992 with an objective to establish a machine-readable database for this material. The goals of the project are twofold: to offer one site access to information about the Hand Press books, including holdings data (providing thus the function of a union catalogue), and enable downloading of records into local catalogues, reducing processing costs. To organize a union database named Hand Press Book (HPB), detailed arrangements are necessary to harmonize different cataloguing practices and machine-redable formats, establish use of thesaurus files etc., and make the records as useful as possible. Minimal level requirements have been defined and the characteristics of contributed files are described. The user is also provided with information on characteristics of the material from respective library collections, as well as with detailed instructions for successful searching. Besides, CERL systematically collects information on other related projects and institutions, covering the Hand Press period, manuscripts, together with the history of the book, printing and publishing. Cooperation and project coordination of European libraries is one of the main benefits of this project in which the Slovenian National and University Library participates from the very beginning.
Data analysis of the structure and use of library collections available in public libraries in Ljubljana between 1990 – 2000
Authors: Ločniškar-Fidler Mateja
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe main goal of our research was to establish the extent to which recordings on magnetic tapes and optical discs were incorporated into library materials offered by public libraries, which are located in the area of the municipal community of Ljubljana. Using the statistical summary books, issued by public libraries, we gathered and analysed the accretion, stocks and borrowing figures of monographic publications, audio cassettes, compact discs, video cassettes and CD-ROMs. The findings show that monographic publications are still the fundamental material of public libraries. Among audio-visual media, video cassettes represent the most extensive collection, followed in number by compact discs, audio cassettes and finally CD-ROMs. The results of the analysis of borrowed library material are totally consistent with the above stated order. Quantitative measuring has also shown that the stocks of audio-visual materials do not reach the international standards for public libraries.
How to reach library users who cannot reach libraries?
Authors: Lujić Dragana
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article discusses the ways of getting library activities closer to the individuals or groups of users who have difficulties to or cannot visit the library themselves. The author presents the services offered by the Maribor Public Library and discusses how one of the basic human rights – the right to the access of cultural goods, knowledge and information - is exercised also through library activities. By enabling access to library material and information, public libraries help to fulfill basic human rights and thus raise the quality of living in a social environment. The following forms of library activities are presented in the article: »distance library« – borrowing books at home, in hospital, station for the bibliobus for disabled users, »mobile collections« in the institutions where users, due to their age or illness, have difficulties in accessing or even cannot reach library materials and information by themselves.
School library user studies
Authors: Verlič Zdenka
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe analysis of the results of a questionnaire answered by Slovene primary and secondary school librarians is presented in the article. The purpose of the study was to determine if library user studies were being performed in our school libraries. It was confirmed that more studies had been conducted by school librarians with a completed higher level of education, by librarians with adequate (library and information sciences) education and also by the librarians participating in life-long learning in their professional field than by other librarians. An important factor influencing increased user studies was also librarians’ membership in the Slovene librarian professional organization.
The University of Canterbury Library (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Authors: Jevnikar-Zajc Mojca
Published: August 2023

AbstractSuccessful performance of study and research programs of individual academic institutions depends on the quality of its support services, including library services. An example of such a service is the University of Canterbury Library in New Zealand, which fulfills its mission and set goals on the basis of international library standards. Adequately furnished areas, well organized work and professional staff enable the library to function successfully. Its work is mainly aimed at user education and information technology development. This is achieved by bringing information closer to the user by means of a well organized communication process, user education for active use of library services, by offering reference and information aid and by enabling different access to information resources and library services. The majority of library services can be processed by users themselves - eg. retrieval, ordering and browsing through materials, the use of electronic resources, information printing, learning how to use library services and resources. The library is an essential part of an information centre of a wider area of the Christchurch and Canterbury region and as such does not serve the students’ needs alone but follows globalisation trends in the field of acquisition, accessibility and information exchange.
The understanding of subject headings among students of librarianship
Authors: Čuden Robert
Published: August 2023

AbstractSubject headings are words or a formation of phrases which represent the content of a document. Subject headings therefore serve as aid for librarians and users in helping to find a publication on a certain topic or notion. The paper is focused on how successfully the students of librarianship understand subject headings. For this purpose a survey was carried out at the Faculty of Arts in the week from February 12th to February 16th, 2001, among the students of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th academic year. The hypothesis is that the students of the 4th year have a better understanding of subject headings than other students. The reason lies in the fact that these students have been acquainted with the theory of subject headings within the course “Subject cataloguing” while others have not. For an accurate meaning of subject headings we have adopted the interpretation of the instructor Alenka Šauperl. It was found that students of the third year have defined in 63,1% (111 of 176 cases) the correct meaning of subject headings, while the students of the fourth year only in 45,8% (121 of 264 cases). This is an interesting result since the students of the third year are not acquainted in detail with the theory of subject headings within the subject “Classification”. The results of the inquiry showed that 48,1% (446 of 928 cases) of the students of librarianship correctly defined (understood) the meanings of the subject headings.
Indicators that influence decisions on subscription cancellation/renewal of scientific journals on paper medium in Slovene
Authors: Musek Matjaž
Published: August 2023

AbstractA research survey was made with the aim to ascertain: 1) which are the criteria that influence decisions on scientific journal cancellation/retaining in Slovene bio-medical libraries; 2) to what extent, if at all, do Slovene special libraries differ from their sister libraries in more developed parts of the world in tackling these difficult sets of problems; and 3) to prove or discard the hypothesis that these libraries do not give absolute priority to the price of the journals, but rather to some more user-relevant factors, when considering decisions of their cancellation/retaining.
Slovenica: professional novelties of the new Slovenian Library Act
Authors: Kodrič-Dačić Eva
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe new Slovenian Library Act introduces the term Slovenica to describe the most essential part of the national library collection. This term was introduced to Slovenian librarianship in the early thirties of the past century, but the collection of Slovenica was founded more than a hundred years before that time in the Lyceum Library, the predecessor of the present National and University Library. The criteria for the selection of the collection were influenced by the state regulated implementation of local studies collections into the lyceum and university libraries on one hand and by the growing national consciousness of Slovenian librarians on the other. This process began in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, when local studies material was prescribed in instructions regulating the integration of library materials from the dissolved monastery libraries to the state supported lyceum and university libraries. These instructions were upgraded by the explicit guidelines concerning local studies collections in the nineteenth century to finally evolve into a legally recognised activity of the national library after the Second World War.
Libraries as formative determinants of the public: a perspective of contemporary theories
Authors: Pinter Andrej
Published: August 2023

AbstractDue to the nature of their services and pursuit of public interest, libraries have always been an important segment of public life. They have performed such a role in the past quite remarkably, but the question is to what extent are they able to contribute to the formation of attention which one should like to observe in the contemporary public? Or from another angle, the question is – what is the role that contemporary theories of the public attribute to libraries; how do they model the contribution that libraries may have in the formation and activity of the public. In this respect, the paper sets up a broader theoretical perspective in which it addresses issues about what or where is the public, what is the public as a social category, and to what extent can libraries themselves be seen as parts of their own public(s). One of the main aims of this paper is to show that any practical dilemma will remain unsolved if it is not regarded within a wider perspective “ajared” by the theories of the public. On could summarize this aim with the following question: what role does the library play in the formation and operation of the public? Although it may seem that in the present context it is primarily the libraries who are in search of their public, it is far more important to recognize, however, that the contemporary public is even more dependent on libraries as dynamic information centers. There exists a complex and mutual relation of interdependence between libraries and the public. Similarly as libraries need a public that is active, investigative and vocal, also the public requires a library that is as systematic, accessible, organized and instructive as possible.
Limits of growth: a few steps towards the methodology of book publishing research
Authors: Kovač Miha
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe author analyses the research on the Competiveness of European Publishing Industries, commissioned by the European Commission in 1996. As already presented in the article, published in Knjižnica in 2000, in this research insufficient methodology and criteria were used, and as the result, the Slovenian publishing industry performed as one of the most competitive in Europe, regardless of the fact that already in the second half of the nineties, the first signs of a crisis in the Slovene book industry were already visible. The author proposes new criteria for measuring competitiveness of book industries, the difference between the production & sales costs and the average retail price of a book title. The article shows that the average production and sales costs in Slovene publishing are higher than in the rest of Europe. As a consequence, Slovene publishers earn less than their colleagues in other parts of Europe. The article analyses the historic, demographic, economic and social reasons for such a state of affairs. In conclusion, the author states that the reasons for low book sales and low publishers’ incomes should not be looked for in bad reading habits, but in too expensive books, and partially also in inattractive book contents.
IN MEMORIAM - MAJA KUŠTRIN-ČEMAŽAR
Authors: K. V.
Published: August 2023

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The census of bookbindings
Authors: Avguštin Florjanovič Blanka
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe beginnings of the library of the Franciscan monastery of Kostanjevica in Nova Gorica date back to the middle of the 17th century, but in its collection one can also find incunabula and prints from the 16th century. The paper presents a survey form for older books, which is regulary used in the conservation-restoration treatment, and a suggested method of describing older bookbindings for librarians. An analyisis and damage description, as well as information on the protection and recommended storage of older books are also included. The documentation pertaining to each item is added.
Uniform processing of library materials – a condition for the exchange and common use of bibliographic records
Authors: Likar Tatjana
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn the Slovenian shared cataloguing system COBISS, uniform processing of library materials is one of the mandatory conditions for a successful functioning of the system. A uniform way of processing assumes use of the same principles, codes and standards, which concern cataloguing, subject analysis and data structure. The purpose of this article is to determine the elements in the COBISS system, with which the uniform processing of library materials is ensured; to find out, which elements are still necessary; to estimate the quality of bibliographic records on the example of online serial publications, what are the results of the uniform processing in the COBISS system, to show possible arrangements for improving the uniform processing of library materials and increasing the quality of bibliographic records.Auditing the quality of bibliographic records for online serial publication, the need to increase their quality has been confirmed. With the intention to improve the activity of national cooperative cataloguing, in accordance with valid international standards and recommendations, all COBISS participants must improve their activities. They are to strive for a forward quality shift and improve the quality of bibliographic records. Collecting, keeping and disseminating of knowledge must not be the only purpose of cooperation in the shared national bibliographic system. Global exchange and the sharing of quality bibliographic records should become a common goal for all the participating libraries.
Textbook in global society: a few steps towards the methodology of comparative research.
Authors: Kovač Miha , Kovač Šebart Mojca
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe paper analyzes differences in primary school textbook publishing models in European Union, United States and Slovenia. Regardless the fact that there exist important differences among these models, in the majority of states there is competition among textbooks for the same subject. Nevertheless, the textbook is not a marketable good as any other: it is also a carrier of social and cultural values. Even more, in most cases, the decision which textbook to buy is not taken by the parent who pays for the textbook, but by the teacher who has no financial obligations in the whole process. As a result, textbook market is unperfect, and the majority of states regulates it more thoroughly than markets for other goods. Adoption processes are one of the most important keys for understanding the nature of such regulation. They are closely related to the nature of educational legislation: in the states with final-oriented legislation, the adoption processes are more common than in the states with process-oriented legislation. In Slovenia, the state has started to withdraw from textbook publishing in early eighties. Nevertheless, the state still adopts and evaluates textbook content, and is therefore more process than final oriented.
Analysis of cited references from the Journal of the Slovene Nursing Association
Authors: Dornik Ema , Vidmar Gaj , Žumer Maja
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article is part of an extensive bibliometric and content analysis of the Journal of the Slovenian Nursing Association (JSNA), which was the topic of the first author’s MSc thesis. The historical development of the journal is presented, while the empirical research focuses on references cited in the JSNA. The analysis is based on 843 papers, published in the Articles section between 1976 and 2001; 625 of them cite references, which are In average 6.9 years old. In general, the authors cite only a few references, but there are exceptions; altogether, 6.449 references are cited. The type and language of cited references were statistically analysed, whereby journal articles and monographs were studied in detail, as well as references to articles from the JSNA.
Who should be the legal depositor for printed publications?
Authors: Kisovec Trček Damijana
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn view of the draft of the new Law on Legal Deposit, the authoress attempts to answer the dilemma, who should be the depositor for printed publications – the printers or the publishers. She gives practical examples of advantages and disadvantages of the former and the latter, adding also some numerical data. She concludes that the publishers should be set as one of the depositors, inspite of the fact that this increases the number of depositors and thus lessens the possibility of control. In favour of more transparent relations between institutions in the process of the exchange of publications, both the printers and the publishers should be declared as depositors.
Digital cartographic materials: a new challenge for cartographic collections
Authors: Šolar Renata
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article points out the differences between printed and digital maps, presents particularities in bibliographic records, mentions and describes main geospatial standards, presents the situation in digital mapping in Slovenia and describes experiences with digital maps abroad.
Effects of publishing industry and reading culture. Knjižnica, Ljubljana
Authors: Breznik Maja
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe author presents some results form the research on publishing and librarianship, which was carried out in frame of the Peace Institute in Ljubljana from 2001 till 2003. The research focused on the reading cultures cultivated by Slovene publishers through their publishing programs and on the reading preferences in Slovene public libraries. The results of the research derive from samples of the Slovene annual publishing production in year 2000 and circulation numbers of these publications in Slovene public libraries in year 2001. The author presents the field of publishing and the basic characterisitics of the contemporary »publishing industry«, naming them »the mono-culture of publishing programs«. She also analyses certain influences of the publishing industry on reading cultures in public libraries, especially the strongest, the culture of reading anglosaxon bestsellers.State interventions in the publishing field are evaluated with comparison of the subsidised and nonsubsidised publication titles. By this comparison it was found that state subsidies do not enchroach on the »natural balance« of the publishing market, but only enable the publication of more serious works, which would otherwise probably not be published at all since the »publishing industry« is not capable of accepting the risks for such publishing. The author finds that small, nonprofit publishers, publishing subsidised book titles, are in deprivileged position, being cut off from distribution routes and even public institutions, such as public libraries, do not favour them. Acqiuisition policies of public libraries prefer to serve the simple tastes of their readers and therefore buy more commercial titles, even at the cost of subsidised ones.
Jubilee portret of Majda Ujčič
Authors: Petek Marija
Published: August 2023

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The evolution of systematic shelving method of the Central tchnological Library (1993-2003)
Authors: Lebez Mira
Published: August 2023

AbstractTo accomodate the stock in open public access, after the transfer of the Central Technological Library (CTK) to the new location in the TR3 building in 1994, a new systematic shelving method was developed. The development of the UDC based code and the modifications of the basic scheme for arranging monographic publications shelving and e-serials classification on the CTK homepage are described. Compared to other shelving methods, the selected one is very user frendly in flexible.
Is the reform of higher education area the reform of academic libraries, too?
Authors: Pečko Mlekuš Helena
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article deals with some key factors influencing academic libraries in Slovenia at present. On one hand they have to follow the trends in all academic libraries in the world while on the other hand Slovenia is entering the European higher education arena and a lot of significant changes are expected to occur. They will be introduced gradually by the year 2010 but it is hard to predict their influence on the higher education sector and on academic libraries as well. However, little attention is paid to academic libraries in the relevant international and national documents concerning higher education although they represent the base for university teaching, learning and research. Library services are determined by the Slovenian Library Act and other regulations in the field of librarianship. Academic libraries are also influenced by the recent changes in Slovenian tertiaty education field: the emergence of a new university and new faculties founded by the public sector, some of them have not established a library yet. Besides, the Slovenian academic library sector is decentralized, especially the system of the University of Ljubljana. Therefore it is very hard to prepare common principles, standards or guidelines for the entire Slovenian academic library sector. The question is what changes will be brought about by the European arena of higher education and of the newly introduced lump sum distribution rules of financial means given to the university.
Bibliographic relationships in library catalogue
Authors: Petek Marija
Published: August 2023

AbstractBibliographic relationships are very interesting but not very much dealt with or written about. Although Panizzi was aware of the significance of bibliograhic relationships in the catalogue, theoretical and empirical research began only in the 70s of the 20th century. It is believed that bibliographic relationships are not identified at all or are identified only implicitly. This is the reason for search problems and inaccuracy.
Books, which were not allowed to be published
Authors: Smolik Marijan
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe author finds that the bibliographic collection of the Slovene religious print of the Seminary Library in Ljubljana contain data on books which were to have been published by the end of World War II, some had even been printed but were never published. Some examples of these books are presented in the article.
Significance of librarian’s self-concept in the communication process
Authors: Kobal Grum Darja
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article deals with the significance of the librarian’s self-concept in the communication process. First, it underlines the meaning of reference interviews, and second, it focuses on other micro and macro aspects of communication. The analysis shows that the librarian’s self-concept is hierarchically organised, structured, and therefore it consists of different areas. Each area equally contributes to the development and preservation of the appropriate librarian’s self-concept; although some areas have more direct influence than others. To attain a high self-concept, it is of fundamental importance, that the librarian develops all self-concept areas, from individual ones to social ones. It was found that a structured and positive specialist’s self-concept is highly significant for the contribution of effective reference interviews, and finally, the article offers some directions for a successful development of the communication process.
From a satisfied to the successful library user: conceptual and methodological elements of users research
Authors: Pinter Andrej
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis paper deals with a specific segment of libraries’ activities which has been much exposed recently – the user. For the library of today, opinions of its users are no longer a curiosity; they are an important aspect of its research activities and also of its administrative practices. The purpose of this paper is thus twofold: to outline a broader framework of library users research and to discuss selected dilemmas that commonly arise in this framework. As users research has become a prominent activity in the international arena and has also established itself in Slovenia, the paper comments on most popular measurement instruments for library users research (SERVQUAL, LibQUAL+) and also on the ways of defining key dimensions of users’ perceptions of the library service. Special attention is placed on a systematic distinction between the concept of library service quality and users’ satisfaction. This is an important conceptual dilemma which also affects research methodology. The concluding part of the paper presents and empirical analysis of the relation between the selected dimensions of users’ satisfaction and their success in searching for desired library materials. This problem is conceptually extracted from contemporary debates about the results of users’ research, whereas in practical terms it derives from the context of one of the public libraries in Ljubljana.
Information behaviour of graduate students: a qualitative user study
Authors: Vodeb Gorazd
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article presents a qualitative user study exploring information behaviour of graduate students. The study is conceptually based on Brenda Dervin’s Sense-Making Methodology. The information behaviour is conceptualised as a process. The author conducted 13 interviews using the time-line micro moment interview technique. Data were transcribed and then condensed using the ATLAS/ti program for qualitative analysis. The basic approach to the analysis was to compare the moments of sense making instances within the situation of the same actor and also a comparison of moments across situations of different actors. The characteristics of actors’ situations was described. The most intensive information activity of graduate students was found during the completion of their studies. The proposed model consisted of three successive types of gaps: topic selection gap, topic ignorance gap and literature collecting gap. The article also presents findings about the process of writing and information habits.
The Bologna Process and Slovenian academic libraries
Authors: Ivančič Jerneja
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe article briefly describes the Slovenian higher education arena and also academic libraries as an important part of the higher education system. Furthermore, the Bologna Process is described, its beginnings and its goals, but especially the impact on the Slovenian higher education arena and on academic libraries as well. The later could make numerous improvements in their work activities and in quality contribute to the realization of the “Bologna ideas”.