New strategy for the development of the digital integrated system of the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Abstract

The author analyzes the processes of modernization of digital resources of the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). She also substantiates the need for integrated systems for data multi-purpose parallel use. The partners of expanding cataloging objects are the Ministry of Culture and Spiritual Development of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Republican House of Folk Art and Socio- Cultural Technologies – in building the Electronic Catalog of Intangible Cultural Heritage “Cultural Code of Yakutia”; and the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) – in acquiring the Electronic Encyclopedia and the National Database “Science of Yakutia”. The national database “Science of Yakutia“ is discussed in great detail; it comprises scientific works, findings of fundamental and applied scientific research submitted on the basis of an agreement between the author (researcher) / scientific organization and the library. The author discusses the experience of acquiring the database based on authors’ territorial affiliation – regardless the content and place of publishing; publications by indigenous Yakutian authors; publications by Yakutian residents; authors related to Yakutia professionally. The author also reviews the issues of database modernization, application of scientometric technologies in information support of regional science and education, and the projected new information platform OPENScienceSakha (repository) comprising bibliographic information on scientific publications and citation of publications based on the methodology of polythematic international databases of scientific citation