bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Editing in cataloguing
Authors: Sukiasyan Eduard
Published: December 2018

Goals, tasks, organization and technological procedures of editing in cataloguing are examined in detail: from generating bibliographic records, entering data to ALIS to editing the catalog system, both card (alphabet and classified) catalogs and e-catalogs. Indexing content and technology are analyzed by types (full and selective, scheduled and operational, methodological editing and catalog maintenance). The author also addresses the issues of editing borrowed records, use of centralized cataloguing data, and improvement of cataloguing with customers’ feedback and proposals.
Building the system of public libraries state management and library professional training in October 1917 - early 1919
Authors: Grankina Irina
Published: December 2018

The author reviews how the authorities for managing out-of-school education and public libraries, as well as professional training in the central cities and other regions, were established. The Library Section of NARKOMPROS Out-of-school Department was among the early Soviet institutions in charge of library professional training. The section was headed by O. I. Chachina. The priority problems to be solved by the Library section (soon transformed into the Library Subdepartment) are listed.
IFLA World Congress 2016. (A brief review)
Authors: Zemskov Andrey
Published: December 2018

Представлен краткий обзор некоторых трудов 82-й Генеральной конференции ИФЛА. Автор обращает внимание на обсуждение Программы ООН до 2030 г. «Устойчивое развитие», освоение новых достижений в информационно-коммуникационных технологиях, в первую очередь документов в электронном формате. Освещены вопросы обнаружения документов и навигации, авторского права применительно к библиотекам, а также проблемы обеспечения сохранности фонда, задачи высвобождения площадей для реализации новых библиотечных сервисов, сохранности фондов, библиотечного обслуживания различных групп населения.
Main vectors of information resources development in Hanoi university libraries within the context of optimization of library and information services provided to graduates
Authors: Nguyen Thi Kim Dung
Published: December 2018

The author examines the problems of modernization of library information resources at Hanoi universities where learning is modular-based. Introduction of the modular system calls for intensive independent students’ work. However, the polling results demonstrate that several universities are unable to meet the requirements of the modular education system. In this connection, the goal for Vietnam university library and information centers is seen as building large and integrated collections of various resources. The author offers his view on finding optimal ways to build library information resources for higher education institutions in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
The Third World Professional Forum “The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations” - “Crimea-2017”. A review
Authors: Mazurik Nataliya
Published: December 2018

The work of the Third World Professional Forum “The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations” is reviewed in brief. Main attention is given to the 24-th International Conference “Libraries and Information Resources in the Modern World of Science, Culture, Education and Business” and the Second General Conference of the National Library Association “Libraries of the Future”. Several events are addressed in particular, namely the open press conference, open meeting of the Interdepartmental Coordination Council for National Subscription: “Analysis of the national access to the Web of Science - initial results”: “Providing access to full-text databases - from subscription to open licensing”; the joint event of the Federal Agency for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) and the RF Ministry of Education and Science “Intellectual property - the Foundation for the Knowledge Society”; special event by Moscow and St. Petersburg public libraries; The Day of Libraries of the Russian Railways Company, and intellectual show “To the barriers!”
Using cloud technologies in public libraries of Ukraine
Authors: Berezhnaya Ksenia
Published: December 2018

The prerequisites for the introduction and advantages of using cloud technologies in public libraries of Ukraine are considered. The terms "cloud computing" and "cloud services" are defined. The existing models for maintaining and deploying cloud services are described. The most popular free software products based on cloud technologies used by public libraries in Ukraine are considered. The cloud services offered by Google and Microsoft that libraries can use in their activities are characterized. The infrastructure and technological status of public libraries in Ukraine, their computerization and “Internetization” are examined.
Solutions for IRBIS users authorization via Internet-portals and local networks with OpenLDAP, SQUID-proxy and FreeRadius software packages
Authors: Kolosov Kirill , Mihaylenko Ilya
Published: December 2018

Software solutions for IRBIS user authentification using LDAP protocol and OpenLDAP server, as well as IRBIS user authentification options for Internet resources through Squid proxy-server and Radius www-server are discussed. These solutions can be used for authentification of local and remote users of libraries’ networked information resources, and Wi-Fi user authentification within the library physical space.
Integrated search functionality of university library J-IRBIS 2.0-based portals
Authors: Sokolinsky Kirill , Krylova Ekaterina
Published: December 2018

Integration of universities’ full-text and bibliographic resources is examined. The authors suggest using the hybrid model of aggregated-distributed retrieval and its realization. They also analyze functionalities and advantages of J-IRBIS 2.0 as an instrument to build web-portal of university libraries and the system of supporting services.
Saving books during the Great Patriotic War: Stories of forgotten heroes
Authors: Mazuritsky Alexander
Published: December 2018

In his essay on librarians’ saving library books on the USSR’s occupied territories in the Russian Federation, Belorussia, Ukraine during the Great Patriotic War (WW2), the author emphasizes that there are few document sources on the subject. He presents his own research findings, narrates on the stories of characters after the Great Patriotic War. The paper is based on the lecture delivered at the Third World Professional Forum “The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations” - “Crimea-2017”.
Fifty years of Library Bibliographic Classification Research and Development Center
Authors: Sukiasyan Eduard
Published: December 2018

The activities of the Library Bibliographic Classification (BBK) Research and Development Center are reviewed. The problem of BBK identifiers, history of the tables versions, managing Russian libraries’ transfer to BBK are the aspects widely discussed in professional media. The author reflects on BBK publication and use in foreign countries. For the first time, the author comments on the evaluation of the BBK by ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) experts. He also explains why to differentiate between the Soviet BBK and the BBK being Russia’s national classification system. The table of all Library Bibliographic Classification (BBK) editions with volume and circulation data for every volume (issue) is appended.
Open archive in research libraries
Authors: Kovyazina Elena
Published: December 2018

The databases of research staff papers make a popular resource of libraries. Enhanced with scientometric data, these resources offer efficient instrument of publication activity control. However, they fail to promote the publications to the wide audience or to increase their citation ratio. For this purpose, open access archive based on specialized technological software platform is seen as the more efficient.
Building the digital resource on the history of library services at Novosibirsk research and academic center
Authors: Pavlova Lia , Yudina Inna
Published: December 2018

The paper is devoted to the anniversary of RAS SB Novosibirsk Research Center Central Library the division State Public Library for Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch. The origins of the Library are highlighted. The integrated information resource under the review reflects not only the history of library services but also the current stage on technology implementation, libraries and science reforming. The significance of the resource for the librarians and researchers, who study the history of librarianship in Siberia, is emphasized.
Information technologies at the Central Library of Nizhny Novgorod Region
Authors: Tarasova Galina , Dotsenko Olga
Published: December 2018

The issues of information technologies and applications at V. I. Lenin Nizhny Novgorod State Regional Universal Scientific Library are discussed. Those issues include: technical tools, electronic catalog, web site, social networking, digital library, network local and remote electronic documents. Major activities in library informatization are highlighted. The Absotheque Unicode automated library information system (ALIS) is described. The focus is made on design and development the electronic library on the basis of local lore collection. The unique electronic subject collections dedicated to the history of Nizhny Novgorod region are presented. The corporate web-project «Regional Corpus of Book Memorials of Nizhny Novgorod Region» is presented as well. The prospects for the regional library development are indicated.
Library Bibliographic Classification as a traditional knowledge organization system in the linked open data environment
Authors: Lavrenova Olga , Pavlov Vasili
Published: December 2018

The task of the project is to introduce classification knowledge model as Linked Open Data, LOD, and to provide access to it from Semantic Web through standard network instruments. The reviewed system of RSL systematic catalog (Library Bibliographic Classification) subject divisions is accepted as a source for classification knowledge model The authors examine SKOS-based data structure and the software. Operation principles in terms of the search in e-library catalog and RSL traditional collections are discussed.
How to reorganize e-catalog search
Authors: Sukiasyan Eduard
Published: December 2018

The author reviews the cataloguing practice during the card catalog epoch when card catalogs made the system, and bibliographic search was accomplished all over the catalog system. He says that with computer-aided systems bibliographic search has gone down, while many functions of e-catalogs are not applied. It is proposed to re-organize search by limiting use of keywords in indexing. Instead it is more advisable to apply subject headings in the indices to classification tables (these are supplied with classification number). Search options can be expanded with using classification numbers and those format fields that are not in use today. The author also makes several minor remarks and suggests his solutions to improve the defects.
High-Yield, Low-Risk Deselection in an Academic Library
Authors: Giffin Meredith
Published: December 2018

In conjunction with a multi-year renovation of Concordia University's main library, a comprehensive collections reconfiguration project was launched. The new library floor plans provided for increased study space and a reduced footprint for stacks. Significant deselection of physical format materials such as circulating books, reference works, government publications, and microforms was therefore necessary in order to achieve the necessary space reduction and still maintain room for growth. Although different weeding strategies were developed for specific collections and disciplines, the key factors considered were usage, currency and duplication. By focusing on reducing duplication - multiple copies, superseded editions, replication across different formats - and using data extracted from the library system, it has been possible to remove a large volume of items with minimal decision making required from subject librarians. Virtually all weeded materials have been sent to a non-profit reseller or recycled, in keeping with the university's commitment to environmental sustainability. This approach has resulted in the removal of over 60,000 duplicate copies from the monograph collection alone. At the same time access has been retained to most unique content within the collection, allaying faculty concerns about library deselection. In less than two years the original goals of space reduction for print and microform holdings have been exceeded.
Remembering Eugene Garfield (on materials of publications and personal meeting)
Authors: Leonov Valeri
Published: December 2018

The author writes about his acquaintance and communication with linguist Eugene Eli Garfield (1925-2017), classic of modern scientometrics, designer of Science Citation Index, head of the famous ISI. In the article written in remembrance of Eugene Eli Garfield (September 16, 1925 - February 26, 2017), the author characterized briefly the keystones of Garfield’s work and describes his interaction with the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Integrating bibliographic and archival records in library e-catalog
Authors: Vorobyev Aleksey
Published: December 2018

The history of the problem of bibliographic and archival record integration from the first attempts of the U.S. Library of Congress in applying MARC-format in archives is described. Modern approaches to combining bibliographic and archival records in library catalogs as the case studies of the Library and Archives Canada and Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library are discussed.
Collection development at scientific libraries: New challenges
Authors: Tsvetkova Valentina , Kochukova Elena
Published: December 2018

Models of academic libraries are reviewed. The first type is to support completeness of library collection development, the second one is oriented toward acquiring only those publications that are currently demanded by library users. This approach is positioned as “the targeted acquisitions”. The authors focus on this model and emphasize that it does not meet the tasks of academic libraries collection development and rather is to support research projects and programs which is important. This model is examined as a case study of the RAS Library for Natural Sciences.
Opportunities for Public, Academic and Research Libraries and Wikipedia. Part 1
Authors: Zemskov Andrey
Published: December 2018

Several libraries and Wikipedia agreed on developing cooperation. This initiative has been translated into two Public Projects presented at Session 112. Library engagement and Wikipedia during IFLA General Conference (August 13-19, Columbus, USA). Wikipedia supplements library resources with timely, useful information; acts as a tool for librarians answering reference questions; provides a pathway to primary and secondary sources and citations. Wikipedia helps library clients perform research; and provides a vital platform for recording local knowledge. Public libraries can expose both their staff and patrons to more complex and sophisticated strategies for dealing with the changing digital landscape. Wikipedia has the potential to point clients to libraries, where resources in their areas of interest can be found. Wikipedia-library engagement connects Wikipedia with the important role libraries play in bridging inequalities in access to information. Active collaborations between Wikipedia editors and academic and research libraries to advance the free flow of information which supporting sustainable development around the world. These collaborative opportunities offer a range of outcomes that could benefit academic and research libraries including crowdsourcing, community engagement, rapid models for online publishing, student writing assignments, etc. For the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology both projects are equally of interest.
Research Center of Book Culture Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia The role of Bolshevist libraries in the build-up to the Revolution. (One hundred years of the Soviet librarianship) Article two. Organization of the legal Communist party libraries
Authors: Stolyarov Yuri
Published: December 2018

The author continues on the role of RSDLP (Вolsheviks) libraries in preparing the revolution in Russia (see Scientific and Technical Libraries. - 2017. - Issue 6. - P. 100-110) and examines V. Lenin’s view of the libraries’ role in the revolutionary struggle. The author refers to historical sources to suggest that libraries played important organizational and propagandist role in preparing Bolshevist revolution, and were the real strongholds of the Party.
Russian State Library’s Dissertation collection - the nation’s scientific, cultural and historical heritage
Authors: Kabanova Natalya
Published: December 2018

The history of Russian dissertation collection dating back to 18-th century, long before the RSL’s special dissertation collection was formed in 1944, is highlighted. The significance of theses by V. Klyuchevsky, D. Mendeleev, I. Mechnikov, S. Solovyov, K. Timiryazev, and many scholars of the 19-20-th centuries, is stressed. The dissertation collection is the nation’s scientific, cultural and historical heritage. The Library holds numerous exhibitions to promote the collection and has been building the accessible e-library of dissertations.
Yakov Shrayberg’s bibliofuturological activities. A dithyramb to his birthday
Authors: Sokolov Arkadi
Published: December 2018

The author reviews Dr. Y. Shrayberg’s activities since his entering the State Public Library for Science and Technology of the USSR in 1978. He argues that every side of Dr. Shrayberg’s personality is linked to bibliofuturology. His multifacet works are characterized as bibliofuturological, which is proved by numerous publications, and, in particular, by his annual reports to Crimea international conferences and forums, his pedagogical experience and efforts on organizing international conferences and building professional associations.
The London Book Fair in 2017: «Our precious printed books are afloat again!»
Authors: Zemskov Andrey
Published: December 2018

The author visited the annual London Book Fair (March 14-16, 2017) and now reviews its major events: Round tables, Charles Clark’s memorial lecture, etc. Main topics of the Fair are highlighted, in particular copyright laws, open access to information, prospects for scientific and education book publishing, publications accessibility for physically handicapped persons.
Libraries, museums, universities and book market within the single digital information space: General and special (Annual Report to the Crimea-2017 Third World Professional Forum)
Authors: Shrayberg Yakov
Published: December 2018

The journal version of the Annual Report presented at Crimea-2017 Third World Professional Forum (full-text version was published in the brochure distributed among the Forum participants). Modern trends, particularly The Big Data (which is reality at libraries, universities, research centers, archives, museums, as well as publishing and book trade), open access and digitizing of information sources are analyzed in detail as major factors of information environment development. The statistics of the rise in information content is given. The extracts from the UN resolution «Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development» adopted on September 25, 2015, and set to forth starting January 1, 2016 are cited. Its goals and objectives directly related to libraries, archives and academic institutions are highlighted. The copyright issues are analyzed as well. The principles libraries, museums and archives are to observe while implementing new technologies are highlighted. The correlation between electronic and printed book at the present book market is analyzed. It is underlined that “live”, i.e. printed book and live communication are the main values in our current life.
A “nuclear” potential of the informational blow-up
Authors: Leontiev Alexei
Published: December 2018

This paper deals with the developing computer and information technology in terms of their impact upon a wide spectrum of vital values of humans. The potential impact of computers is compared with the capacity of the most powerful weapon. The thesis is substantiated that libraries, together with other non-profit steady structures, may become a victim of modern information technologies that are promoting financial interests of manufacturers. A role of "artificial brain" technologies under present conditions of information redundancy is discussed.
Libraries and the global informatization: Transformation problems
Authors: Rassadina Marina
Published: December 2018

The author examines the problem of transformation of libraries as a social institution; changing functions in the circumstances of society informatization; chances for library’s keeping its social mission when changing functionality; social and ethical aspects of changes in libraries. Positive and negative aspects of such events as Biblionight and similar, are highlighted. The author argues that the digital epoch could not wipe out the book culture but it has transformed it and provided new opportunities for development. She also focuses on training librarians and current problems of the profession. The quality of education must be measured by actual competences of the alumni rather than the set of continuously changing standards and newly invented competences. To fill the gap between theory and practice, internships in the best libraries, master classes delivered by library experts, their enrollment in teaching library disciplines, introduction to technological novelties at the universities’ libraries will help. She also argues that, instead of spontaneous optimization, the libraries need a structured strategy of development while preserving all the best experience.
Balancing the concepts of “system of libraries” and “library network”. The problem statement
Authors: Salnikova Lyubov
Published: December 2018

On the basis of thorough analysis of current publications in bibliographic studies, foreign and domestic, the author concludes on the lack of differentiation of the terms “system” and “network”, and on the corresponding discrepancies in the professional terminology. She substantiates the need for such differentiation between the terms. In author’s opinion, the term “library system” is quite appropriate, as the concept of the “network” cannot be adopted as an umbrella term; the system of libraries and the network of libraries are related as the whole and a part. The author proceeds that the country’ system of libraries is the whole of libraries interacting at the level of individual library networks and proving access to the community’ information resources. The advisability of using the concept of “library information system” in modern reality is emphasized. The author also notes that the need for using this term is de facto substantiated by the textbook “General Bibliography” published by the Moscow State Institute of Culture and Arts in 2015.
Scientific performance at Russia’s backbone universities
Authors: Arutyunov Valery
Published: December 2018

By the early 2018, within the higher education system of the Russian federation (over 500 state higher education institutions), three university clusters have been formed, namely: the federal state universities (FSU), national research universities (NRU), and RBUs, Russian backbone universities (higher education institutions) The scientific performance of 33 RBUs is analyzed based on the set of scientometric indicators (Hirsch index, publishing activity, citation, etc.) (as of the early 2018). The assessment is accomplished based on the number of the faculty staff of the universities and the data on publications and citation as presented in RSCI databases. Based on the study findings, the RBU rating register is compiled, the relevance leaders are revealed. The author emphasizes that the leaders make about one third of the whole number of RBUs while the FSU and NRU leaders make up to one half of their corresponding cluster. Comparative analysis of scientific performance maximum values for the three clusters is accomplished. The RBUs that need to energize research and publications and to increase scientometric indicators and scientific performance are specified.
Origins of Russian libraries computerization: Implementing ideas of Stas A. Sbitnev. On the occasion of the 100-th anniversary
Authors: Gendina Natalya , Kolkova Nadezhda , Skipor Inna
Published: December 2018

The authors characterize the contribution of Stas Sbitnev, a prominent scholar, founder of Kemerovo State Institute of Culture Library Department, RSFSR Honored Worker of Culture, into the development of Russian libraries automation and computerization. The stages and products of his research and pedagogical work are characterized. It was Stas A. Sbitnev who was the first in the USSR to provide for special training of librarians and bibliographers as “computerized library system technologists”. The vectors of Sbitnev’s scientific ideas realization in the modern digital society are discussed. The evolution of approaches toward the integrated library information systems information support is characterized with a glance to the current advance of digital information resources. The newness and versatility of Sbitnev’s studies in 1980-1990s are represented by the data in the table. The contribution his followers made into the theory of library information technology linguistic support is characterized. Research and development vectors now being explored by his followers are also described. The sphere of personal information culture as a research and practical area is also in the focus.
From MARC 21 - to BIBFRAME model: The evolution of the machine-readable formats of the U. S. Library of Congress
Authors: Bakhturina Tamara
Published: December 2018

The BIBFRAME model is introduced; its origins are discussed. The author explains why Russian cataloguers have become interested in this LOC’ project. The developers argue that BIBFRAME is to initiate bibliographic standards transformation into the associated data model of a higher level and will make bibliographic information more useful for within and outside of bibliographic community. The structure comprises the model (structures information on three main abstraction levels: work, expression, item), glossary, and tools. The differences between BIBFRAME and MARC are revealed. BIBFRAME development stages, step-to-step implementation program are characterized. BIBFRAME and RDA tools are compared. Expert opinions on BIBFRAME concept and the prospects of its implementation in the global library practice are reviewed. The author emphasizes that BIBFRAME makes a formal access point for the library community to enter the larger data network where links between objects are of primary importance. The author also discusses terminology problems. She also voices her hope that we will not have to catch up with the international library community and will be represented on the Semantic Web, too.
Black pages in the Soviet book studies (based on the correspondence between Nikolas Rubakin and Nikolai Somov). Part 2
Authors: Stolyarov Yury
Published: December 2018

The year 2017 was marked by several memorial dates: One hudred years of the Soviet library science, bibliography and book studies; the 155-th anniversary of the prominent encyclopedist, educator and the founder of bibliopsychology Nikolai (Nikolas) Alexandrovich Rubakin (1862-1946); and the 150-th anniversary of his associate and fellow-thinker, now half-forgotten bibliologist and bibliographer Nikolai Mikhailovich Somov (1867-1951). Based on the confidential correspondence between Nikolas Rubakin and Nikolai Somov (N. Rubakin’s Archive in the Manuscript Collections of the Russian State Library), the author describes unfavorable political and academic environment in the USSR in 1920s-1930s which took a heavy toll on the national book studies, library science and bibliography and result in terminating several promising trends and straining science priorities. The scientists’ attitude to the colleagues then leading in the Soviet book studies is revealed. The author concludes that the professional landscape was rather sad, but we need to acknowledge all aspects of the professional history.
Networking as the basic factor of library education innovative development
Authors: Kuznetsova Tatyana
Published: December 2018

The libraries’ functional objectives in the epoch of digital technologies and knowledge society are examined, along with the role of librarians of the new generation in increasing social status and relevance of the libraries. The author introduces the professional model of modern library professional and substantiates the necessity for innovative transformation of library education. She argues that networking makes an efficient organizational and technological instrument in the higher quality education process. The networking resource units are defined, namely - personnel, learning and teaching, information, logistical, and social resources, - as well as the basic networking principles: voluntariness, coordination, reciprocity, shared responsibility for the final result. The experience of networking in implementing large-scale education projects in advanced training and professional retraining is discussed. The author argues that the advanced professional library information education makes the most efficient application for the networking principles. The author concludes that networking cooperation as the innovative technology in advanced professional training facilitates building professional competences of the new generation of librarians who are to contribute to increasing libraries’ social status in the digital epoch.
University’s resources to teach information science and information technologies
Authors: Babieva N. A. , Klyuchenko T И. , Dresher Yu. N.
Published: December 2018

In the case study of Kazan State Institute of Culture, the authors analyze the potential of the Institute in training skilled professionals in information studies and information technologies highly demanded by labor market. In 2017, to optimize the curriculum, the discipline “Information studies and information technologies” was introduced in every training program, and “Information security and information protection” in several programs.

The authors name the major components of the Institute’s information and education environment, that is: the faculty, facilities and equipment. The steps to introduce digital training are discussed. The examples of organizational infrastructure of the faculty and the students in advanced training and teaching information technologies; introduction of MOODLE system, retraining courses to support digital learning, students engagement to collaborative projects using specialized software, are given. The survey data are presented to characterize students’ and professors’ attitude towards digital training and learning.

The authors emphasize the humanitarian character of information science, its orientation towards human resource priming, integration of information and computer technologies.
Bookcrossing: Analyzing its transformation in Russia
Authors: Grikhanov Yu. A.
Published: December 2018

The author investigates into the history and development of the bookcrossing social phenomenon and its spread in the countries of the world. He interprets the term of bookcrossing: Transfer (release) of the books already read by a person, to other people. The websites to track the routes of books (their journey), the quality, the data on donators and recipients: the international one – www.bookcrossing.com, and the Russian www.bookcrossing.ru, are named.

The stages of the website use are characterized. The Russian website provides the bookcrossing statistics, however, some people object this practice.

The donation forms accepted in Russia against the background of the U.S. bookcrossing rules conflicting with the Russian mentality are discussed. The author proposes several versions of the term translation into Russian (personally, he prefers “the book journey”). The author demonstrates the transformation of the bookcrossing in Russia: the books are left on special bookshelves in public spaces. The trend is emphasized: the books are no more supplied with notes comprising the review, link to a websites, etc. He substantiates the humanitarian principles and efficiency of the new forms of free transfer of books to people and institutions.
The essence of library profession in modern Russia
Authors: Sokolov A. V.
Published: December 2018

It is widely believed in the research literature that the library profession has been obsolete as the library operations can be efficiently and effectively accomplished by robots and computer programs. The author argues it is a technocratic mistake to think so and consistently denied this assumption. He warns of unlawful identification of library tasks and mission. The task is to accomplish technological functions that can be transferred to intellectual robots. The deepest humanistic essence that justifies libraries’ existence is their moral impact on modern social conscience.

The author proves that it is a mistake to ignore the role of library intellectuals in building digital economy is mistakenly ignored. He suggests to look at library intellectuality as not only a librarians’ characteristic but also an integral personal quality. The concept is rather social and ethical one than a professiological, and matches other configurations of intellectuality and intelligibility. Today, the humankind is at the cross-roads of noosphere (kingdom of reason) and necrosphere (kingdom of the dead). The library community has to play its role in choosing the right historical way. The author concludes: the library profession mission is to humanize digital economy.
Comparative analysis of RAS Pushchino Research Center’s publication activities
Authors: Beskaravaynaya E. V. , Kharybina T. N.
Published: December 2018

The authors present the study based on the data of the leading information and bibliographic resources, namely Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus. The complex comparative analysis of scientific activities of the scientists of the research institutes of Pushchino Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences was accomplished. Their publication activities and citations are evaluated, and information sources used in bibliometric analysis are compared. The bibliometric study focused on the document information flow by Pushchino scientists as a special component of the information environment.

The big volume of collected data on the publication activities of RAS Pushchino Research Center enables to define the most productive and most cited authors; to correlate between publication type and citation; to reveal international contacts of the scientists and researchers; to reveal organization funding basic research; to make foundation for mining patterns in the development of research areas in physicochemical biology most significant for the Center. The case study reveals that the Russian Academy of Sciences Pushchino Research Center holds leading positions and has a promising intellectual potential.
The RNPLS&T’s Science Archive Portal in the scientific communication system
Authors: Vakhrushev M. V.
Published: December 2018

Scientific communication infrastructure is examined by the example of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology. The functional features of RNPLS&T’s Science Archive are discussed. Types of scientific works to be indexed via the portal are presented.

Statistics of the Science Archive representation is given, and the metadata being stored is characterized. The author analyzes the ranking methods for academic works, and cites statistical ranking data for different types of scientific works, e. g. articles or learning aids, etc. The МоngoDB DBMS makes the technological foundation for the Science Archive. Academic works indices, user account data, database retrieval data, metadata of academic works indexed by the Internet search servers are implemented and operate in compliance with the Open Access protocols. The depositing functionality is licensed to the Science Archive by a copyright owner. The author concludes that in the information and technological society a common researcher and a prominent scientists may lack the communication environment. This evidences that the Science Archive and similar portals make the essential part of the vast science environment.
The digital library of the proceedings of the workshop “Information Support of Science: New Technologies”
Authors: Vlasova S. V.
Published: December 2018

The author reviews the e-library of the proceedings of the scientific workshop: Information Support of Science: New Technologies, hold by the RAS Library for Natural Sciences since 1985. The original computer system to support the e-library was designed by the Library specialists in 2005. The author examines the EL information foundation comprising four databases (personalia, institutions, sources, publications), and the entry structure. Today, the new version of the software has been developed, and all information accumulated in the former EL version has been converted into the new one. The new integrated computer system consists of the administration and user modules: the data are entered and edited within the former, and the latter is a special retrieval system for searching articles in the EL. The electronic library of the workshop proceedings is available free via the RAS LNS website (http://www.benran.ru/ libsem/). Search by various fields is characterized: by words in the title, by author’s name, year of publication, (author’s) institution. The queries examples are given, the navigation through bibliographic entry elements is demonstrated.
The cognitive environment of modern scientific libraries: The concept and structure
Authors: Astakhova Lyudmila
Published: December 2018

The relevance of the cognitive approach to the libraries and bibliography in the period of the society transformation from the information to the cognitive one is substantiated. Several trends in Russian and foreign studies of cognitive aspects of academic libraries activities are identified. The structure of library cognitive activities, their subjects and objects, processes, instruments and results are described. For the first time, based on the concept of cognitive activities, the author introduces the concept of the scientific library cognitive environment that is defined as an anthropogenic component of the library’s information space where cognitive objects and subjects are interacting and self-organizing being supported by cognitive infrastructure and related to information retrieval and processing, knowledge storage and preservation. The structure of the scientific library cognitive environment is defined based on the system of knowledge processes transformation; the environment components are intended for nonverbal transmission of implicit knowledge; conversion of implicit knowledge into explicit knowledge; distribution of bibliographic products; translation of explicit knowledge into the implicit form. The content and instrumental components of the cognitive environment are specified on account of cognitive objects. Specific features of the components are described. The author argues that there is the demand for developing librarian’s cognitive communications within the evolving scientific library cognitive environment and integration of librarians, being cognitive objects themselves, into the information technological Internet space. The article is sponsored by the RF Government (Order № 211 of March 16, 2013), Agreement № 02.А03.21.0011).
Forecasting the number of publication based on Web of Science and Scopus data integral index
Authors: Mosicheva Irina , Parfenova Svetlana , Dolgova Vladislava , Bezrodnova Karina , Lyagushkina Elena , Bogatov Victor , Khaltakshinova Nadezhda , Korobatov Vladimir , Mikhailenko Irina
Published: December 2018

The study is completed within the framework of the state order of the Minstryof Education and Science of the Russian Federation “Monitoring and analysis of publication and patent activities in Russian and global science to support the national policy in science and technology” (Project No. 28.12616.2018/12.1). The authors aim at building relevant instruments for assessing and forecasting the total amount of Russian science publication based on the data of two global science citation systems, i. e. Web of Science and Scopus, with de-duplicating by digital object identifier used in both systems. The related tasks are defined: selection of the method to forecast the number of Web of Science indexed articles within the “back forecast” method; development of integral index to calculate the number of publication based on Web of Science and Scopus data; calculation and forecast of the number of articles and publications by G7 and BRICS states up to the year 2021 with scientometric methods based on Web of Science and Scopus data. The authors suggest a conceptually new method to calculate the integral index of publications based on Web of Science and Scopus data to exclude duplication. The total number of academic articles and publications (based on Web of Science and Scopus data) is calculated for the period 2007-2016, and the forecast is provided up to the year 2021.
Structural systematization - the essential stage in building consistent classification of libraries
Authors: Poltavskaya Elena
Published: December 2018

The need for structural systematization to reveal and compare the conceptual framework for library forms separated into the theoretical type reflected in the ideal construct of “the Stolyarov’s library” is substantiated. The library form structure is determined in a vicarious manner through conceptual schemes. The concepts that correspond to appropriate library forms are represented as logical systems (as if the library is being established in reality) and through the schemes. The groups of the library type four elements reflect the conceptual schemes: libraries as a social institution (corresponds to public libraries) and personal libraries (individually and family used libraries). Using conceptual schemes for systematization enables to divide all the libraries, according to their structure, into two groups that differ significantly in their social mission (serving communities, or the society; and serving individuals, or individual families). Differentiating existent libraries by their conceptual structure would further enable to design a general and consistent hierarchical library classification. Structural systematization is the essential intermediate stage when developing natural classification.
Designing the single knowledge space based on network-centric information infrastructure in the modern age of digital economy development (Annual paper presented to the Fourth World Professional Forum «Crimea-2018»)
Authors: Shrayberg Yakov
Published: December 2018

Traditionally, the annual report opens the World Professional Crimea Forum. Primarily, the speaker focuses on the concept of digital economy interpreted as the economic relations system based on the digital information and communication technologies. The Program “Digital economy of the Russian Federation” is reviewed. Several concepts, e. g. bitcoin and blockchain, Industry 4.0, New Internet, etc., are defined. The current problems of the Internet are examined, in particular, the lack of the single management and development center. The statistical data on the profile and involvement of the internet users is reported. Special attention is given to using Internet in Russia and the related problem of copyright in Russia and worldwide. The role of open access in building the knowledge environment and the role of the main contributors to the process, namely, publishers, libraries, educational institutions, are emphasized. Online education and accessible seamless education environment are specified as the main trends in education, The key vectors of developing knowledge content and its application in the digital environment are defined, these are: inclusiveness, artificial intelligence and green (sustainable) libraries, etc. The current situation in the global book market is evaluated on the basis of the results of the London Book Fair 2018. The project “The modern digital educational environment in the Russian Federation” is examined along with the projected results. The role of the National Electronic Library as the major innovative library project and the national information system is emphasized. The author concludes that the libraries of the future become an essential part of the national and global information infrastructure.
Global patterns in excess body weight and the associated cancer burden
Authors: Sung Hyuna , Siegel Rebecca L. , Torre Lindsey A. , Pearson‐Stuttard Jonathan , Islami Farhad , Fedewa Stacey A. , Goding Sauer Ann , Shuval Kerem , Gapstur Susan M. , Jacobs Eric J. , Giovannucci Edward L. , Jemal Ahmedin
Published: December 2018

The prevalence of excess body weight and the associated cancer burden have been rising over the past several decades globally. Between 1975 and 2016, the prevalence of excess body weight in adults—defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2—increased from nearly 21% in men and 24% in women to approximately 40% in both sexes. Notably, the prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) quadrupled in men, from 3% to 12%, and more than doubled in women, from 7% to 16%. This change, combined with population growth, resulted in a more than 6‐fold increase in the number of obese adults, from 100 to 671 million. The largest absolute increase in obesity occurred among men and boys in high‐income Western countries and among women and girls in Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. The simultaneous rise in excess body weight in almost all countries is thought to be driven largely by changes in the global food system, which promotes energy‐dense, nutrient‐poor foods, alongside reduced opportunities for physical activity. In 2012, excess body weight accounted for approximately 3.9% of all cancers (544,300 cases) with proportion varying from less than 1% in low‐income countries to 7% or 8% in some high‐income Western countries and in Middle Eastern and Northern African countries. The attributable burden by sex was higher for women (368,500 cases) than for men (175,800 cases). Given the pandemic proportion of excess body weight in high‐income countries and the increasing prevalence in low‐ and middle‐income countries, the global cancer burden attributable to this condition is likely to increase in the future. There is emerging consensus on opportunities for obesity control through the multisectoral coordinated implementation of core policy actions to promote an environment conducive to a healthy diet and active living. The rapid increase in both the prevalence of excess body weight and the associated cancer burden highlights the need for a rejuvenated focus on identifying, implementing, and evaluating interventions to prevent and control excess body weight.