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Formation of Communicative Competencein Primary School Children
Authors: Zarechnaya A.A.
Published: December 2015

We discuss the formation of communicative skills in primary school children in the implementation of collaborative learning task. The urgency of the problems is presented in the context of implementing federal education standards into the general education system. We describe the experimental data of formative study using group sessions aimed at creating a collective distributed learning environment in the classroom on the subject "The world around us" in the students of grades I and II. It is shown that in the experimental group after the specially organized activities with an assignment in pairs and small groups of schoolchildren, indicators of mutual control and the ability to negotiate are growing, the clarity of speech expression is increased. The data obtained confirmed the assumption that in a specially organized learning environment, the educational partnership is formed much more successful.
Representations of kindergarten teachers of the conditions of creating an effective preschoolers’ joint action in the performance of productive tasks
Authors: Schmidt A.F.
Published: December 2015

Inclusion of preschool children to work together allows to teach the child an effective means of addressing the productive tasks of varying complexity in cooperation with other children. The article presents the results of a study of representations of teachers of preschool education on creating conditions conducive to the formation of preschool children the skills of joint activities with peers. The paper highlights the aspects of pedagogical communication of caregivers, the formation and structure of the professional skills required for the development of effective joint activity of preschool children. Based on the study, conducted by focus groups and survey of teachers, we revealed teachers' representation of the means of self-organization of the joint group productive tasks solving in children and the role of educators in the development of joint activities for children of preschool age. We pay great attention to personal and professional qualities of the teacher in introducing preschoolers to work cooperatively with others.
Representations of administrators of educational institutions of gifted students
Authors: Popova L.V. , Meshkova N.V.
Published: December 2015

We substantiate the necessity of targeted training of school administrators in the organization of work with gifted students, consider foreign experience of such training. We present a study of representations of administrators of the Moscow schools, conducted by the City Resource Center of Giftedness, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, within the research to identify the conditions of the educational environment for gifted students. The results of interviews and questionnaires of administration officials in 24 schools showed that the majority of the administration are not sufficiently aware of the giftedness and of the range of problems faced by gifted students. We revealed tasks, main directions and training requirements for administrators of educational institutions needed to target the organization of work with gifted students. Provided are practice-oriented recommendations for the preparation of training programs for administrators of educational institutions.
Influence of Factors Availability and Positivity of Social Category on Intergroup Perception
Authors: Tarasov K.O. , Khukhlaev O.E.
Published: December 2015

This article is devoted to studying influence of factors of availability and positive emotional coloring on an ethnic categorization. In article opportunity by means of the stimulating material to increase probability for activation of an ethnic categorization at the Moscow school students is studied. Article is the cornerstone on the theory of social identity of Tejfel and Turner and the factors making social identity, described in works O. A. Gulevich. Research studied in which opportunity to affect a social categorization of school students by means of granting to it the printing material containing the available emotional coloring promoting a choice of ethnic category as the main in a technique "the 4th superfluous" was conducted. Research consisted of two stages: in the first case we checked a hypothesis for importance of a factor of availability of ethnic category, showing trained article about the ethnic migrants with neutral coloring. At the second investigation phase we added the material describing a negative image of the migrant, thus, respondents had opportunity for receiving a positive assessment of own ethnic group at the expense of the shown negative image of other ethnic group. 63 pupils of Moscow schools at the age of 12-15 years, 27 males and 36 female took part in research. These researches show that it isn't enough only one factor of availability to activation of an ethnic categorization, but in the presence of a factor of positivity of own in-group in comparison with out-group, the frequency of activation of ethnic category becomes higher. Thus, research showed that existence of a factor of positivity of an ingroup, in comparison with out-group, in a bigger measure promotes activation of ethnic category in a situation of intergroup interaction at the level of the statistical importance.
The Role of Mentor-Student Relationship in Formation of Professional Competence in Pedagogy Students
Authors: Savin E.Y.
Published: December 2015

Using the rating scale of perceived frequency of action, students (N = 87) completed the practice teaching, evaluated the perceived attitude of the teacher-mentor and university methodologist in four categories: emotional support, cognitive support, stimulation of initiatives, monitoring and evaluation. Also, students completed the questionnaire "Self-evaluation of pedagogical thinking", allowing to estimate the characteristics of their pedagogical thinking on two parameters: inclination to improvisation and self-esteem experience. We revealed a difference in the assessment of the perceived attitude of teacher-mentor and university supervisor: the latter is seen as less influential figure in all categories of evaluation (p<0.01). However, there was only one significant relationship between perceived attitude of mentor and features of pedagogical thinking: emotional support of the supervisor is positively correlated with self-esteem proficiency (p = 0,007). Thus, there is a discrepancy between the subjective evaluation of the degree of influence of mentors and indirect estimation of the contribution of interaction with them in the development of competence of the student.
Analysis of Contemporary Trends in the Professional Orientation of High School Students on Pedagogical Training Areas
Authors: Krylova M.A.
Published: December 2015

We examine the current trends of the professional orientation of high school students on pedagogical training areas. There have been negative trends: 1) the prevalence of information mechanisms of vocational guidance; 2) an overemphasis on the orientation of the instability of the labor market (although for the teaching profession, this problem is very low); 3) the orientation of high school students to receive education in general, and not on the professional values of the profession; 4) attempt to apply to the interests existing in students and values the foreign model based on finding a suitable sphere of labor, instead of the traditional Russian ideas about skills and values shaped in the activity. We reveal the obvious successes and methodological findings of the domestic system of career guidance on the profession of the teacher: 1) through the promotion of self-construction of the personal professional plan of a student; 2) through work with the emotional, motivational and semantic sphere of the person; 3) through formation the value pattern of the teaching profession in high school students.
On a Model of Mental Regulation of the Interaction of Employees in Conditions of Information Technology Use
Authors: Kozhanova I.V.
Published: December 2015

We discuss the problems of mental regulation of professional work of employees in the application of modern electronic information processing systems designed to automate the labor process. We provide a model of mental regulation system of employees’ professional work under the conditions of use of information technology, fundamental for which are the activity, subjective-activity and systematic methodological approaches. We described and justified all the model elements and their relationships. The proposed model allows the author the deeper understanding of the processes of mental regulation. It can be used for a wide range of issues of psychological support of professional activities, including the question of its engineering and psychological design.
Front-line Management of Multiple Myeloma – How Can We Best Assess the Depth of Response?
Authors: Delforge Michel ,   Professor of Medicine, Department of Hematology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Published: December 2015

The outcome for patients with multiple myeloma (MM) is gradually improving due to the introduction of several new agents with strong antimyeloma activity. Both younger (transplant-eligible) and elderly patients benefit from this therapeutic progress. Although complete remission can be achieved in a significant group of MM patients, the majority of these patients will relapse because of the persistence of minimal residual disease. In this editorial, we discuss the different assays for response assessment in myeloma together with their limitations and clinical importance.
New Treatment Options in Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Authors: Furtado Michelle , Rule Simon ,   Specialist Registrar, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK,   Specialist Registrar, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK,   Professor in Haematology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Published: December 2015

Mantle cell lymphoma is an incurable disease that generally exhibits a poor prognosis. Recent advances in targeted therapies have increased the available treatment options, in particular for patients with relapsed disease, and offer the prospect for better long-term disease control and potentially chemotherapy-free treatment. Established therapies, such as proteasome inhibition and immunomodulatory agents, are beginning to be recognised as useful in the management of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) alongside the many emerging classes of drugs (Bruton’s tyrosine kinase [BTK] inhibitors, phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate 3-kinase [PI3k] inhibitors and B cell lymphoma 2 [BCL2] inhibitors) that show promise in this disease. We review the newer agents and drug combinations available for the treatment of MCL.
Hereditary Hyperferritinemia-cataract Syndrome
Authors: Utke Rank Cecilie , Petersen Jesper , Birgens Henrik , Nielsen Ove Juul ,   Medical Doctor, Department of Haematology, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark,   Molecular Biologist,   Medical Doctor, Department of Haematology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark,   Medical Doctor, Department of Haematology, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Published: December 2015

Hereditary hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome (HHCS) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder associated with high plasma ferritin concentration without iron overload and early-onset bilateral cataract. The deregulation of ferritin production in HHCS is caused by mutations in the iron-responsive elements (IREs) of the ferritin L-subunit gene (FTLgene) – interfering with the high-affinity interaction between IREs and iron regulatory proteins (IRPs), disturbing the negative regulatory control of ferritin synthesis and resulting in excessive production of L-ferritin. We report a 44-year-old woman initially suspected of having hereditary haemochromatosis and later together with family members diagnosed with HHCS. Genetic analysis showed heterozygosity for a G32T point mutation (Paris 2 mutation) in the IRE located in the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of theFTLgene. The differential diagnosis of hereditary haemochromatosis and HHCS together with the rarity and the versatile phenotype in HHCS obscures the diagnostic process, which emphasises the importance of the correct diagnosis of HHCS in order to prevent unnecessary phlebotomy.
Adverse Event Management in Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-positive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Authors: Rolfo Christian , Gil-Bazo Ignacio , Peters Solange ,   Associate Professor, University Hospital Antwerp Oncology, Head of Phase I Early Clinical Trials Unit, Antwerp, Belgium,   Associate Professor, School of Medicine, and Head, Department of Oncology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain,   Head, Thoracic Malignancies Clinic, Oncology Department, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Published: December 2015

The development of oncogene-directed targeted therapies represents a new paradigm in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), offering improved outcomes compared with chemotherapy. Rearrangements of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene are major oncogenic drivers in a subset of NSCLC patients. Since its launch in 2011, the ALK inhibitor crizotinib has become the standard of care inALK-positive NSCLC, but resistance inevitably develops. Ceritinib and alectinib have received regulatory approval: the former in Europe, US and elsewhere in the world, the latter in Japan. ALK inhibitors target multiple pathways, and may therefore be associated with a wide range of adverse events (AEs), including gastrointestinal AEs, hepatotoxicity and, in the case of crizotinib and ceritinib, cardiac effects. While the majority of these AEs are reversible, manageable and not severe, it is important that both physician and patients are aware of toxicities to ensure prompt treatment. This article discusses the management of AEs in patients receiving currently approved ALK inhibitors, including treatment, regular monitoring, drug discontinuation or dose reduction and physician/patient education. Proactive management of AEs enhances patient quality of life and optimises the therapeutic index of these agents.
Library Instruction – Not Just for our Users: Skills Upgrading for Librarians as a Way of Increasing Self-Confidence
Authors: Daland Hilde Terese Drivenes
Published: December 2015

This article examines how librarians can improve their skills through a systematic skills upgrading programme, and how this can help improve their confidence in their own expertise. Two identical questionnaires have been issued to the same group of librarians engaged in research support services. In the time period between the two surveys, a skills upgrading programme was carried out. The aim of the second survey is to examine if the librarians’ confidence has increased after the yearlong training programme. Even though one of librarians’ main tasks is searching, research is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and thusly setting new expectations for librarians.
Crowdsourcing metrics of digital collections
Authors: Pääkkönen Tuula
Published: December 2015

In the National Library of Finland (NLF) there are millions of digitized newspaper and journal pages, which are openly available via the public website  http://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi. To serve users better, last year the front end was completely overhauled with its main aim in crowdsourcing features, e.g., by giving end-users the opportunity to create digital clippings and a personal scrapbook from the digital collections. But how can you know whether crowdsourcing has had an impact? How much crowdsourcing functionalities have been used so far? Did crowdsourcing work? In this paper the statistics and metrics of a recent crowdsourcing effort are analysed across the different digitized material types (newspapers, journals, ephemera). The subjects, categories and keywords given by the users are analysed to see which topics are the most appealing. Some notable public uses of the crowdsourced article clippings are highlighted. These metrics give us indications on how the end-users, based on their own interests, are investigating and using the digital collections. Therefore, the suggested metrics illustrate the versatility of the information needs of the users, varying from citizen science to research purposes. By analysing the user patterns, we can respond to the new needs of the users by making minor changes to accommodate the most active participants, while still making the service more approachable for those who are trying out the functionalities for the first time. Participation in the clippings and annotations can enrich the materials in unexpected ways and can possibly pave the way for opportunities of using crowdsourcing more also in research contexts. This creates more opportunities for the goals of open science since source data becomes ­available, making it possible for researchers to reach out to the general public for help. In the long term, utilizing, for example, text mining methods can allow these different end-user segments to achieve more. Based on our current initial experiences, we feel that crowdsourcing gives an opportunity for a library context to get closer to the user base and to obtain insight into the numerous opportunities, which the digitized content provides for them and for the library. Gathering the first prototype qualitative and quantitative metrics for this particular crowdsourcing case gives information on how to further improve both the service and the metrics so that they can give valid information for decision-making.
Digital Cartography in the Royal Library -the National Library of Sweden
Authors: Bäärnhielm Göran
Published: December 2015

Digital cartography - that is computer cartography - could be seen from several different viewpoints. Three aspects are important for libraries: digital map production, digital access and digital archiving.
Cartographic Materials as a Means of Multimedia Communication
Authors: Sowa-Babik Halina
Published: December 2015

In the early 15th century Gutenberg revolutionized the world by making possible the propagation of knowledge by printing. Today, with the appearance of individual multimedia computers, traditional maps tend to be replaced by maps on optical disks (CD-ROM) and Internet distributed resources that enable one to stock not only text, but also sound, static and animated images as well. What does this mean for cartographic materials(CMs) collection in libraries? Cartographic materials existed long before anyone dared to dream about computers. Various Information Technologies (ITs) are as old as the human desire to gather information and pass it from one person to another. Information and communication technology (ICT), understood as a technique of storing and transferring information, is an integral element in the process of communication. Technological evolution changes the way we communicate through cartographic materials in many areas of activity in science. In our article, we concentrate on certain selected aspects of this communication. We look at how IT has affected the process of CMs communication and how CMs can be accessed by the users potentially interested in them. We claim that the current transformations in ICT redefine the roles of the CMs usually regarded as an information (re)source, an information provider, and the reader/user, a (passive) recipient of the information provided by the CMs. The problem we are going to deal with is the following: can cartographic materials be included in the class of multimedia documents? If so, when and in what sense? The starting point is to concentrate on the dependence of access to information contained in cartographic materials on information carriers. At the same time, we would like to mention the difference between access to information and the skills needed for using it.
Digital Cadastral Maps in Land Information Systems
Authors: Cichocinski Piotr
Published: December 2015

This paper presents the problem of cadastral maps. The hitherto existing cadastre, consisting of paper maps and land registers, is now becoming insufficient. Its shortcomings force developments leading to its improvement. One of the ways is the creation of a Land Information System. A digital cadastral map is the main component of this system. The structure and information content of the map is presented, its differences from analogue maps are shown, and the process of map creation is described. A digital cadastral map can be the basis for additional thematic layers, successively converting it into a complex system for management of administrative units. Some examples of such layers and their usage are presented here.
Definition of Collections, Standards and Procedures for Retrospective Digitisation
Authors: Bakker Trix
Published: December 2015

This paper is the result of (literature) research and expertise acquired by digitisation projects in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB). The project described is part of the DELTA project, a joint project of Dutch university libraries together with Pica, which focuses on integration of existing and new local and central services into one integrated end-user service. Aim of this (sub)project is to establish a common working procedure within each library and between libraries to improve interoperability, exchange of expertise and to provide the basis for combining dispersed collections in a virtual digital library. During the project selection criteria were developed, five scholarly core journals of international reputation and use were selected, an organisation model was developed, costs were estimated, and decided was to work according to a simple hybrid model e.g. microfilming and digitisation of articles: the backfiles will be scanned in 400-600 dpi and made available in PDF, and the tables of contents in HTML. The articles will be catalogued in the central Pica database and are accessible via the Online Contents (OLC) database and PiCarta, an integrated, multimaterial database offering access to online resources and electronic documents. Copyright will be cleared individually with the Dutch publishers. Part of the project is to develop draft license agreements with different kind of publishers. Archiving will be integrated into the DNEP (Deposit of Dutch Electronic Publications) service of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek.
Information at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Authors: Renoult Daniel
Published: December 2015

Following the opening of the general public level in december 1996, the French National Library will open the research level in october 1998. This will coincide with the inauguration of the new integrated information system which is designed to manage all functions of a large national library.
LIBER Licensing Principles for Electronic Information
Authors: Klugkist Alex C.
Published: December 2015

Publishers are working on or are considering - with or without the intervention of libraries - activities such as storage, disclosure and provision of access that traditionally belong to the field of work of libraries. By using the new scope that information technology offers, they try to defend their position in the field of information and, if possible, to strengthen it.
Licensing Principles, Consortia and Practical Experiences
Authors: Geleijnse Hans
Published: December 2015

Tilburg University in the Netherlands was the first university in Europe to enter into a license agreement with a publisher. After a year of discussions on technical, organizational and legal issues an agreement was signed between the university and Elsevier Science in December 1993. This agreement covered about 110 Elsevier journals to which the library subscribed. In 1999, Tilburg University Library defined as its goal for the year 2001 to have 50% of its journals available in electronic form and to deliberately move from print to electronic. These goals were set later than expected in 1993.
Co-operation in Collection Development : Summary of the Meeting of the Division of Collection Development, Prague, July 1999
Authors: Wade Ann
Published: December 2015

Bernard Naylor gave a summary of some important milestones leading up to the present situation in library co-operation in the UK. From 1979 to 1986 three reports from the UK Library and Information Services Council on the future development of libraries had been published. The reports had argued for a cross sectoral approach to any attempts at co-operation, for a regional focus, and for local information plans. The reports also emphasized that all planning involved participation both from the top/down and from the bottom/up. All reports had made clear that only limited funds would be available for future planning.
„Dissertationen Online” - The ETD Project of the German Learned Societies
Authors: Diepold Peter
Published: December 2015

In 1996 four German learned societies - comprising the fields of chemistry, informatics, mathematics, and physics - signed a formal agreement to collaborate in developing and using digital information and communication technologies (ICT) for their members, scientific authors and readers.
Doctoral Dissertations in Spanish Universities - Bibliographic Control and Access
Authors: Moralejo-Álvarez Remedios
Published: December 2015

„The relatively high number of doctoral dissertations accepted every year in Spanish Universities and, with regard to scientific and cultural progress of the country, the undoubted value of any activity that may contribute towards sending out information on doctoral dissertations”, were the reasons which lead the Ministry of Education and Science to create, in 1975, a mechanised datafile of Spanish doctoral dissertations; the State Board of Universities, through the State Subcommittee of Research Promotion, were in charge of the permanent collection and transmission of data, and the General Technical Office, through the Data Processing Centre, was entrusted with setting up, maintaining and running the datafile.
The Turbulent Totality and the Total Experience: Cultural Activities at The Black Diamond, The Royal Library in Copenhagen
Authors: Larsen Steen Bille
Published: December 2015

With this paper I should like to pass on some experiences from The Royal Library in Copenhagen as to how new activities can become part of a new library concept.
The Multimedia Library as a General Perspective of the Library System
Authors: Amlinski Lev
Published: December 2015

Globalisation of the information transmitting system in its complexity of scientific, educational, social and economic demands of society has lead to the formation of the international information market. Libraries have always held an important position in the entire information market and will continue to do so in the future.
A New Library for the Exact Sciences at the K. U. Leuven
Authors: Dekeyser Raf
Published: December 2015

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) is the Dutch speaking part of the old university that was founded in 1425. In 1968 it was officially divided in two parts, and the French speaking part hence moved to new dwellings in Louvain-la-Neuve. The KUL is now with 25,000 students the largest university of Belgium.
Building of Peace and Reconciliation
Authors: Vohlídalová Vera
Published: December 2015

Two projects were opened on October 30, 1995 in Dresden under the patronage of both presidents Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, and Roman Herzog, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, with the aim to be a step towards furthering peace and good relations between neighbours and as a demonstration of human understanding. These projects were the establishment of regular meetings between Czech and German youth (the first one took place in Polika in September 1996) and the construction of a new building for The Research Library of Liberec on the site where one of the largest synagogues of Central Europe once stood. This synagogue was burnt and completely destroyed by the Nazis during „Kristallnacht“ (Crystal Night) November 9 - 10, 1938.
Services and Collections Gathered Near the User: Helsinki University Library and its Present Building Projects
Authors: Gustafsson Dorrit
Published: December 2015

As the National Library of Finland, founded 1640, the Helsinki University Library requires adequate space and this is something we have lacked for the last 60 years. Our main effort over the last decades has been to concentrate our services and collections in one area to form a Library complex. The only way to do it is to renovate old above ground and to build new underground and then try to join them.
Information Retrieval and Search Engines in Full-text Databases
Authors: Zillmann Hartmut
Published: December 2015

OSIRIS and ELIB are two cooperative projects at the Osnabrück University supported by the German Research Society (DFG) and the Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) Niedersachsen (Germany). They deal with natural language retrieval systems and with indexing techniques for full-text databases using natural language processing. Very complex processes in the context of syntactical and semantical analysis of textual phrases including sophisticated valuation criteria could be implemented in large relational databases with online realtime indexing requirements.
Organising the Digitisation of Collections at a National or International Level: Models for Research Library Development
Authors: Renoult Daniel
Published: December 2015

Libraries today, amongst other research institutions, are solicited more and more to take part in programmes of digitisation of their collections. Apart from the way these programmes affect the public image of the institution and the prestige that is to be gained, participating in these programmes leads us to consider not only technical decisions but above all long term strategic choices.
Servicing Map Users at Aalborg University Library
Authors: Stevenson Bill
Published: December 2015

This is intended as a short discourse to explain the current policies for the development and management of the Map Collection, and for the provision of services, at Aalborg University Library, Denmark.
Distributing Images and Information over the Web - a Case Study of the Pont Manuscript Maps
Authors: Fleet Christopher
Published: December 2015

Technological changes in recent years have encouraged many libraries to deliver digital images of their materials over the Internet. For larger items, including maps, high resolution images of research quality can now be obtained from steadily cheaper equipment, computers can process larger images more comfortably, and newer compression formats have allowed these images to be viewed interactively online. The exponential growth of the Internet has also created a large body of users who wish to access these images from their homes or desktops. Within this context, this paper describes the scanning of the Pont manuscript maps of Scotland, the technology used to make these maps available over the Internet, and the initial stages of the construction of a website of associated information. This case study is not presented as a prescriptive example of best practice, but rather as an illustration of some of the main practical issues involved, using these to present arguments for and against current map digitisation and Web delivery work.
Library Purchasing Consortia in the UK
Authors: Ball David , Friend Frederick
Published: December 2015

The distribution of library purchasing consortia across the United Kingdom is uneven and sector-dependent. Only higher education libraries show a well developed regional infrastructure of purchasing consortia covering virtually all eligible libraries. While there are clear sectoral disparities amongst the library purchasing consortia surveyed, the size of consortium expenditure seems to determine whether procurement professionals are involved. Thus in those whose spend consistently exceeds European Commission guidelines’ thresholds, the involvement of purchasing professionals is much more likely, and also crucial to the successful navigation of such procedures.
Harmonisation of MARC and Descriptive Cataloguing Standards
Authors: Ede Stuart
Published: December 2015

This paper is intended to be an overview of the current activity towards harmonisation of catalogue record exchange across the Atlantic. LIBER has had a special interest in harmonisation since it passed a resolution to explore harmonisation with the North American library community at its Annual Conference in Prague in July 1999. The paper will concentrate on current developments MARC harmonisation, because this is where most effort is currently focused, and because format harmonisation is also the logical place to start in the process. However, format change cannot be carried out in isolation, and the data carried within the formats must be harmonised as well to ensure full interoperability of record exchange.
eBooks for Libraries and Patrons: Two Years of Experience
Authors: Rosy Richard L.
Published: December 2015

A little over two years ago, netLibrary defined its primary mission to encompass a singular focus on developing and offering library-centric solutions for organizing, hosting, and serving digital learning content in ways that integrated with the mission and methods of libraries. Today, netLibrary provides thousands of academic, public, government, corporate, special and school libraries with access to digital versions of monograph content they deem of particular value to their patrons.
Changing the Organization for Cataloguing in the BnF: a Long-term Project
Authors: Raccah Philippe
Published: December 2015

An inter-departmental committee of the French National Library has been working since the beginning of the year to review the overall cataloguing processes and the specific roles of the different sections within the library. It is recognized that there are mainly two different cataloguing processes within the library, which are distinct but equally important: legal deposit materials are to be catalogued with the best possible quality and as exhaustively as possible while other materials are acquired selectively and have to meet user needs within the library first. The catalogue of the library has to be as consistent as possible taking into consideration the staff and budget resources of the library.
'Thieves in Our Cultural Heritage’: Crime and Crime Prevention Measures in the Royal Library, Stockholm, 2000-2002
Authors: Lidman Tomas
Published: December 2015

It is almost like the introduction of what promises to be a thrilling crime novel. Unfortunately, the outcome is extremely deplorable. In February 2001 a crudely drawn copy of a map was found on one of the reading room tables at the Royal Library in The Hague. They chose to send it to their colleagues in Copenhagen, who immediately passed it on to us in Stockholm. When we received the faxed map, we noticed that our Library was marked on the map in relation to Döbelnsgatan (one of the smallest streets in Stockholm!) and Åhlens, the large department store located in the centre of the city. The reason why Döbelnsgatan, in particular, had been marked on would come to light later on. This took place on 14 February, and it led to one of the most depressing incidents I have had the misfortune to experience during my time as National Librarian.
MapSite - an Internet map service of the National Land Survey of Finland gets dressed up with modern technology
Authors: Rajalin Jere
Published: December 2015

MapSite of the National Land Survey of Finland was the first national Internet map service in Europe. It was launched in September 1996. Since then the service has been a huge success. Until now it has almost 300,000 users in all, the number of paying customers is over 2,000. In the spring of 2001 National Land Survey (NLS) started a project to produce a new Internet map service to replace the old MapSite. The developing project is divided in three phases. In the first phase services of paying customers are renewed. Free of charge map browsing service is being modernised in the second phase. Totally new services may be produced in the third phase.
The Challenges of Librarianship in the Expanding Library Service Worldwide
Authors: Jordan Jay
Published: December 2015

Good evening! It is an honor for me to participate in the LIBER conference. LIBER is a very important organization, and OCLC PICA was pleased to become one of the first patron sponsors of LIBER in 2002. We are very interested in strengthening the relationship between our two organizations. OCLC PICA participants are also members of LIBER. Some of you may know that OCLC PICA has paid subscriptions to LIBER for 18 libraries in Eastern Europe since 2000. We are doing so because we want to help these libraries participate in the European library community. This evening I will discuss the challenges of expanding library service worldwide. This is a topic at OCLC that we are very familiar with, because OCLC is a global library cooperative, helping libraries serve people by providing economical access to knowledge through innovation and collaboration. The cooperative is a truly international community. There are some 34,500 libraries in the U.S. that are participating in the OCLC cooperative. There are now approximately 8,000 libraries in 85 countries outside the U.S. that are participating. There are about 3,000 libraries, primarily institutions of higher education, participating in OCLC in Asia Pacific. There are approximately 800 participating institutions in Canada. There are approximately 678 participating institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, there are approximately 4,100 institutions participating in OCLC. Our cooperative is global indeed. We will be working the coming year to increase not only the numbers on the map, but also the level of participation by libraries and other cultural heritage organizations in our programs and services. What are some the challenges that librarianship faces?
Economic and strategic analysis of scientific journals: recent evolutions
Authors: Savenije Bas
Published: December 2015

Almost 75% of the current academic journals have gone online, even as they continue to be published in print. Furthermore, a rising number of new e-only journals are being started, most of them outside the range of traditional publishers. It is an interesting issue how these developments have influenced the policy of traditional publishers. This paper describes and analyses recent developments in traditional commercial scientific journal publishing, taking into account important aspects such as pricing policy, mergers and acquisitions, licensing variants, and attitudes towards open access. The trends that can be observed give some insight into possible future scenarios and their probability.
Digital Library for Access to Rare Materials. From pilot projects to national digitisation programmes
Authors: Knoll Adolf
Published: December 2015

More than ten years ago, a first image digitisation product was published by the National Library of the Czech Republic in co-operation with an almost unknown small software company. It was a CD-ROM requested by UNESCO for its Memory of the World programme. After that there were many tests concerning digitisation devices and another two CD-ROM projects were completed to present two interesting manuscripts with rich description metadata related to all the structural levels of the book, including full text. In 1995 - 1996, our first digitisation centre was built to process manuscripts and old printed books. Later, it was upgraded several times with additional devices such as scanners, book cradles for careful document fixation, sophisticated camera stands, microclimate control units, etc. Simultaneously, many software tools were developed to assist the digitisation production. The co-operation with the company became crucial for further development of this activity and both the library and the company grew thanks to each other. In 1999, another project started to output digital data: it was based on the idea of safeguarding acid-paper library materials through preservation microfilming combined with digitisation of microfilm for access purposes. In order to be able to store large amounts of image data produced by this second programme, a mass storage facility was plugged into the digitisation production line. It was based on robotic library using magnetic tapes as storage medium. Successively, the digitisation programmes began to be used also by other Czech institutions holding rare collections of documents: other libraries, museums, archives, and even castle libraries and church institutions. Today, from all the digitised documents almost half of them are from other institutions than the National Library. This is an important success that has taken place thanks to support of the Ministry of Culture through specific grant programmes. Interested institutions can ask the Ministry for up to 70% of the total digitisation cost for their projects with which they apply in calls for proposals.
Open archive solutions to traditional archive/library cooperation
Authors: Castelli Donatella
Published: December 2015

The diffusion of Internet is changing the role of archives and libraries and it is opening a wide range of new possibilities. The new vision is that in few years it will be possible to cross-access multiple libraries, archives, museums, and data repositories. The implementation of this revolutionary vision requires the solution of a number of technical, organizational, sociological, and economical issues. Recently, the proposal of a new, low cost technical solution for open repositories of pre-print material, the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting ( OAI-PMH), has greatly stimulated the discussion about these issues in many application frameworks. This paper overviews the status of this discussion in the library and conventional archives frameworks.
The Next Information Revolution - How Open Access repositories and Journals will Transform Scholarly Communications
Authors: Prosser David
Published: December 2015

Complaints about spiralling serials costs, lack of service from large commercial publishers, and the inability to meet the information needs of researchers are not new. Over the past few years, however, we have begun to see new models develop that better serve the information needs academics as both authors and readers. The internet is now being used in ways other than just to provide electronic facsimiles of print journals accessed using the traditional subscription models. Authors can now self-archive their own work making it available to millions and new open access journals extend this by providing a peer-review service to ensure quality control.
LIBER MARC Harmonization Task Force - Format activities in European countries
Authors: Gömpel Renate , Frodl Christine
Published: December 2015

The LIBER MARC Harmonization Task Force has its origins in an initiative of the past President of LIBER, Professor Elmar Mittler from the Göttingen State and University Library. Professor Mittler asked Dr Elisabeth Niggemann from Die Deutsche Bibliothek to take part in the meeting of the MARC Harmonization Coordinating Committee in Ottawa in May 2001. Following that meeting the LIBER MARC Harmonization Task Force was founded at the LIBER Annual Conference in July 2001 in London. The LIBER MARC Harmonization Task Force held its first meeting on 14 January 2002 at Die Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main, with the aim of gaining an overview of format activities in Europe. The group's aim was to concentrate on European developments and to build up stronger cooperation in the library world in order to strengthen Europe's international influence. The LIBER MARC Harmonization Task Force held a second meeting at the IFLA 2002 Conference in Glasgow and discussed the first draft of its report and recommendations to LIBER. After final discussion within the group, this report has been further revised and was submitted to LIBER. The aim of the report is to give an overview of format activities in European countries and to make recommendations to LIBER regarding the use and development of data formats in Europe. The annex includes reports on migration activities from different countries. The report is based on information on data formats collected and compiled on the basis of a questionnaire distributed to the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). Cataloguing issues were further discussed at the 1st IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code held in Frankfurt in July 2003. Further meetings will be held at the IFLA conferences in Buenos Aires (2004) and Seoul (2006).
Redeveloping the world's largest Social Science library for the 21st century
Authors: Sykes Jean
Published: December 2015

The complete redevelopment of the LSE's library, built in 1916 as a book warehouse and purchased by LSE in 1978, was first discussed in the early 1990s. By this time it had become clear that the library needed major changes to make it fit for the future. The environmental conditions were poor for the valuable print collections (too hot and too dry) and for the users (stuffy and cramped). The layout was confusing, making it difficult for people to find their way round: a large internal 'light well' from the first floor upwards caused problems of circulation, inefficiency of space use, and did not actually cast much light into the building at all. And the infrastructure of the building was not suitable for the huge growth in use of computers, with the result that ugly bolt-on wiring had been employed in certain parts of the library to accommodate 150 PCs, with very little flexibility for further expansion.
"The Brain" - The Philological Library, Free University of Berlin
Authors: Werner Klaus U. , Diecks Monika
Published: December 2015

In 1997 Lord Norman Foster was commissioned to design a new library building to house the 10 previously separate departmental librariesof the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities. The new library had to be integrated into the existing Free University building of 1971, which would simultaneously undergo a comprehensive refurbishment. The 'Rostlaube' ('rusty shack') is a typical example of late sixties architecture. It was designed by Candilis, JosicandWoods in a modular griddling system influenced by Le Corbusier. The entire structure now has to be stripped of asbestos, the worn-out façade needs a facelift and the technical infrastructure must be updated to meet present standards. As far as the reconstruction is concerned, Foster has opted to preserve the original state where possible and keep alterations to a minimum. The library is a completely new component, though, for which parts of the existing building had to be removed. The erection of a new library building was necessitated by the intention of bringing together within the 'Rostlaube' 10 separate departments, currently spread all over campus, together with their staff and administrative offices as well as lecture-rooms. At the same time, the departmental libraries are to be integrated into one, which is a completely new departure for the Free University. The collections of the Philological Library cover classical and modern languages and literatures as well as comparative literature and linguistics. The new building will have a capacity of 800,000 volumes on open shelves and desk space for 650 readers. A state-of-the-art energy-saving heating system is included in the overall budget of 18 million Euros, while the cost of shelves and computer equipment is excluded.
The Librarian and the Evaluation of a New Building. The University of Oslo Library and the Georg Sverdrup Building: Does the building support new challenges and new expectations?
Authors: Haugen Eirin
Published: December 2015

The paper deals with the user (read: library) participation and influence on the building project, in particular the demands concerning the functionality of the building and the planning principles. An evaluation of how the building supports necessary changes in library organization of collections and services and new demands to the library will be made.