Bibliographic Heritage Research Articles

Sala Coronado: exponente principal del patrimonio documental y bibliográfico de la Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de las Villas (Cuba)

Francisco de Paula Coronado is a significant personality in 20th-century Cuban historiography and library science. Due to his outstanding work, he served as the director of the National Library "José Martí" from 1920 to 1946. Throughout his life, he devoted himself to collecting important bibliographic heritage works, including three incunabula and original manuscripts of universal history and Cuba. Due to various reasons, his library came under the custody of the Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, where it is currently located. This gem of the bibliographic heritage is little known and therefore not frequently consulted by researchers and historians. This contribution aims to characterize the Coronado Collection based on the heritage values of the documents it preserves. The study was categorized as descriptive with a theoretical contribution. Classic documentary analysis was used as the main method. The history of the collection, composition of the holdings, and level of preservation were analyzed.

Technologies used in museums in Mexico

The following article is a product of research on the technologies used in museums, focusing on their historical evolution and their importance in the museum world, allowing us to understand the technological tools used in museums in Mexico. The use of intranets for internal processes will be analyzed, as well as their continuous improvement. The importance of uses of inventory control systems and their development used to control fixed assets, bibliographical heritage, collections, books and audios. Automation in exhibition halls with the use of multimedia. Immersive experiences in thematic exhibitions. As well as the use of digitalization technologies created by universities or private institutions. The importance of all these with a vision in the future is mentioned.

Accessibility and dissemination of the cultural heritage in a museum library: case study in the National Archaeological Museum (Spain)

The bibliographic heritage held by GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) institutions is an invaluable source for research, culture and education in a country. This paper aims to present a research project plan to improve the visibility, accessibility and dissemination of the bibliographic heritage of the National Archaeological Museum Library through the generation of virtual bibliographic exhibitions. The research project is highly praiseworthy and innovative in the field of Spanish heritage. Firstly, this is the first challenge undertaken in a Spanish state museum library with the stated general objective and, secondly, because the project proposal was supported and funded in 2021 by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation in the call ‘R+D+i Oriented to the Challenges of Society’. After formulating some research questions, the research design was divided into five phases. It included drafting scientific-technical reports, selecting stakeholders as well as the configuration of the project team to conclude with the project implementation phase. The proposed research project plan also included the general and specific objectives, the research team, phases of the proposal as well as its dissemination and communication plan. Conclusions highlight the importance of creating multidisciplinary work teams and combining the use of technologies with the bibliographic collections of cultural institutions.

Apuntes para la historia del libro en la Nueva Galicia

At the dawn of Nueva Galicia and prior to the first printing house's establishment in New Spain, European forms begin to fill the shelves of religious foundations. Through them, new ideas, speeches and sermons of a society under construction are delineated. These forms are constituted as historical and artistic objects by themselves and are one of the greatest treasures of the bibliographic heritage of all Jalisco's inhabitants. The notes of the present research, analyze the historical and legal scenario of it's transfer overseas.

Ferdinando Martini e le biblioteche

The text clarifies the biography and works of Ferdinando Martini (1841-1929), researcher and bibliophile, owner of a big library, which was later given to the Biblioteca Forteguerriana in Pistoia. Martini was at his time, together with Bonghi, the politician most involved in the reassessment of library policies in Italy after the national unification. He was Deputate at the Italian Parliement between 1876 and 1919, General Secretary of the Ministry of Education and collaborator of the Minister, Michele Coppino, in the first Giolitti government (1892-1893). He attended the 1879 inquiry on the Alessandrina Library in Rome, which is here re-examined, and partecipated in the political debate on State libraries in Italy, especially on the two National libraries founded in Rome and Florence. Martini’s contribute to the Regulation on governmental libraries in Italy (october 28th, 1885, no. 346) reveals also his commitment to promoting the knowledge of the national bibliographic heritage, especially through the project Indici e cataloghi for the description of the main Italian collections of manuscripts and books.

O “livro antigo” na biblioteca do Museu de Etnografia e História do Douro-Litoral.

This study is the result of the research work developed under two stages carried out in the North Regional Directorate of Culture, one in 2012/2013 and another in 2017. We had the opportunity to analyse "old book" units that are part of the library of the extinct Museum of Ethnography and History of Douro-Litoral, which is currently in the Palace of the Viscount of Vilar de Allen, commonly known forCasa de Allen. We intend to disclose the existence of this bibliographic heritage and describe some of its characteristics, trying to understand its insertion and relationship with the old museum.

К творческой биографии Льва Петровича Шишко (инженера, архитектора, ученого, педагога)

On the eve of the 190th anniversary of the Institute of Civil Engineers, it is necessary to bethink of its graduates who significantly contributed to the development of Russian architecture, engineering art, engineering and technology in the late 19th–early 20th centuries. A versatile specialist in the field of architecture, construction and engineering, L.P. Shishko is one of them, and his creative biography is discussed in this article. The research was based on evaluating archival sources, the bibliographic her-itage of the architect. Designed and erected by L.P. Shishko, the buildings were analysed, and the basic principles of their space-planning, engineering and technological solutions were revealed. A prominent representative of a galaxy of architects, civil engineer Lev Petrovich Shishko was ready to solve new problems of architecture and civil engineering: developing new solutions for structural sys-tems, increasing the efficiency of construction operations and the quality of construction, engineering systems and production equipment. The project-building activities of L.P. Shishko included the erec-tion of the Nikolaevsk railway, religious institutions, schools and other general educational institutions, revenue and private houses, industrial facilities in various Russian cities. Architect, engineer, technol-ogist, scientist and teacher, L.P. Shishko had various professions in the field of civil engineering. Through the example of his career, one can see how fundamentally civil engineer L.P. Shishko ap-proached each architectural and technological task.

Intervención urbana y desarrollo turístico: propuesta de un modelo de análisis en Centros Históricos

Con el modelo neoliberal se han intensificado las transformaciones en los Centros Históricos (CH), hoy sujetos a procesos de renovación y desarrollo comercial y turístico que han generado diversas problemáticas, dejando de lado la importancia y significado social de la ciudad. La investigación propone un modelo para el análisis de la intervención urbana y desarrollo turístico en CH a través de la política urbana, con la finalidad de identificar su incidencia en la dinámica urbana actual. Para ello se realizó un análisis crítico del acervo bibliográfico de diversas revistas científicas y otros documentos relevantes sobre aspectos teórico-metodológicos de intervención urbana, turismo y CH. Se concluye que la incursión de la política neoliberal en el ámbito urbano dio lugar a una nueva forma de construir las ciudades, generando su mercantilización mediante el embellecimiento de la ciudad y la acumulación del capital a partir de proyectos de renovación urbana orientados a la actividad turística.

THE LIFE AND WORK OF A PROMINENT SCHOLAR AND EDUCATOR ISMAILDIBIR FROM SHULANI

Ismaildibir from Shulani – a scholar-enlightener who contributed greatly to the intellectual sphere of Dagestan in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries. He was part of the Dagestan cohort of scholars that produced a substantial layer of spiritual literature, popularized Islamic knowledge and made a significant contribution to the cultural heritage of the peoples of Dagestan. His life and work, as well as many other Dagestan scholars, theologians, educators, have been studied poorly.
 With the aim of compiling the biographical portrait of the scholar and studying his bibliographical heritage, the authors conducted a field trip to the village of Shulani, Gunibsky district of the Republic of Dagestan. We had an opportunity to meet Ismaildibir’s granddaughter, Bagzhat Alikhanova, and to study his private library.
 Ismaildibir translated works of Arab scholars to the Avar language and published them in Muhammadmirza Mavraev’ typography in Temir-Khan-Shura. He also made copies of popular Arabic works due to having calligraphic handwriting. The paper gives a list of these works.
 In 1996, a manuscript with Ismaildibir’s poems in the Avar language was returned from Turkey to Dagestan. During the trip to Shulani, we studied the aforementioned collection of poems. The paper provides the table of the collection’s contents and an annotation to his works.
 As a result of the study, we managed to clarify and supplement the biography of the scholar. A list of his works was compiled, features of Ismaildibir’s creative heritage were extended. The introduction of the works of Ismaildibir from Shulani in the Avar language, written in the Ajam script, his translations of theological works of Arab scholars into the native Avar language is an essential contribution to the study of the history of spiritual literature and esthetic thought of the peoples of Dagestan.

Patrimônio bibliográfico brasileiro: um estudo sobre o acervo da biblioteca do Arquivo Nacional

Objetivo: Trata do acervo da biblioteca do Arquivo Nacional enquanto patrimônio bibliográfico brasileiro, destacando que o mesmo possui além das obras consideradas raras, outras de grande importância para o patrimônio nacional, para o patrimônio institucional e para a Arquivologia brasileira enquanto área do conhecimento. O objetivo é discutir o que pode ser considerado patrimônio no acervo de uma biblioteca de instituição arquivística, no caso a biblioteca do Arquivo Nacional, e demonstrar o quanto algumas instituições negligenciam o que possuem em seu acervo, valorizando apenas obras produzidas até o século XIX. Método: Traça um panorama sobre patrimônio e seus desdobramentos chegando às definições de Patrimônio Documental e Bibliográfico, além de apresentar historicamente a instituição e sua biblioteca, enfatizando ainda obras que estão entre as de maior projeção institucional. Resultado: Os aspectos tratados no texto visam focalizar a preocupação da salvaguarda do acervo da biblioteca que se faz complementar ao do próprio arquivo, consubstanciando alicerces sólidos para justificar a existência de uma biblioteca que contribua para a formação do patrimônio bibliográfico localizada na maior instituição arquivística do país, o Arquivo Nacional. Conclusões: Apesar de pouco difundido, o acervo da biblioteca do Arquivo Nacional possui um valor inestimável que precisa ser preservado, com coleções que devem ser consideradas patrimônio bibliográfico pois contam parte da história e memória do país, da instituição, como também da Arquivologia.

Gestión del servicio de préstamos interbibliotecarios del Acuerdo de Bibliotecas Universitarias de la provincia de Córdoba (ABUC)

El presente trabajo describe la gestión de los préstamos interbibliotecarios (PI) del Acuerdo de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Córdoba. Se plantearon como objetivos para determinar el nivel de uso del servicio, el porcentaje de documentos obtenidos sobre el total de peticiones realizadas, la aplicación de encuestas de satisfacción, el uso de sistemas de promoción/difusión, la tipología de usuarios que utilizan el servicio, la tipología de documentos que solicitan, la forma en que las bibliotecas reciben las peticiones, las formas de envío utilizadas y los costos asociados al servicio. Se identificaron además las fortalezas y debilidades respecto a la logística y a la gestión del servicio, el nivel de satisfacción respecto al software de gestión y el nivel de conocimiento respecto al reglamento de PI. Se llevó a cabo un estudio exploratorio descriptivo con enfoque cuantitativo. El diseño fue transversal enmarcado en un estudio de campo cuyas unidades de análisis fueron los bibliotecarios encargados del servicio de PI y los directores de las bibliotecas miembros de ABUC. Se pudo concluir que la mayor fortaleza del servicioestá en el acceso a otras colecciones, lo que permite ampliar el acervo bibliográfico disponible para los usuarios. Las mayores debilidades del servicio de préstamos interbibliotecarios estuvieron relacionadas con los problemas relativos al software Cor-pib y con el envío y recepción de los documentos.

Museum libraries in Spain: A case study at state level

Special libraries are essential information and documentation centres for university teachers and researchers due to the quality and richness of their collections. In Spain, it is estimated that there are 2456 special libraries, although many are unknown either generally or among information professionals. These include museum libraries, which are important centres with valuable collections of bibliographic heritage for the area of Humanities and Social Sciences. The aim of this research is to gain an understanding of the real state of these information units and promote the social value of museum libraries in Spain. To do this, a survey was sent to the libraries of state-owned and -managed museums under the General Directorate of Fine Arts and Cultural Property (Ministry of Culture and Sports) of the Government of Spain. This general objective will be accompanied by a review of the scientific literature on various aspects of museum libraries at national and international level. After addressing the research methodology, the results obtained will be discussed and will include the following topics: collection management, library services and staff, economic and technological resources and finally, library management. Conclusions include recommendations for museum librarians and reveal that institutional cooperation is a strategic issue to improve both museum libraries visibility and their social recognition as cultural and research centre.

AlmaMater: património bibliográfico e identidade na Universidade de Coimbra

A AlmaMater é a biblioteca digital de fundo antigo da Universidade de Coimbra, apresentada publicamente em julho de 2010. A AlmaMater congrega várias coleções digitais representativas da Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra, das bibliotecas de diferentes unidades orgânicas e, também, bibliotecas temáticas, como é o caso da República Digital, História da Ciência ou Mapas Nabais Conde, que assinalam acontecimentos ou factos importantes diversos e que constituem, no seu conjunto, um repositório bibliográfi co de grande valor histórico, bibliográfi co e documental. A Alma- Mater resultou de um propósito muito claro da Universidade de Coimbra, que foi o de promover e facilitar o acesso aos fundos antigos das suas bibliotecas, aos investigadores e ao grande público, e de os disponibilizar através de uma plataforma na Internet, dando a conhecer o importante património bibliográfico da Universidade e reforçando a sua identidade. Os recursos digitais disponibilizados na AlmaMater abarcam um conjunto diversifi cado de documentos – livros, jornais, revistas, fotografias, mapas, gravuras – que vão do Séc. XIII ao séc. XX, sendo possível percorrer todo este intervalo de tempo, de forma ágil e intuitiva. Neste texto, pretende-se abordar os aspetos mais significativos desta biblioteca digital, fazendo referência à sua estrutura e organização, aos fundos bibliográficos que a constituem, aos aspetos e funcionalidades desenvolvidas e às melhorias implementadas ao longo do tempo. Reconhece-se que a experiência adquirida no tratamento do património bibliográfico da Universidade de Coimbra, o acompanhamento dos processos de digitalização, o desenvolvimento de plataformas digitais e a integração de objetos digitais foram fatores determinante para o sucesso deste projeto. Conclui-se, afirmando que a AlmaMater é um projeto de grande importância estratégica, com impacto na divulgação do valioso património cultural da Universidade de Coimbra junto de investigadores nacionais e internacionais, e também junto dos cidadãos, cumprindo deste modo com uma importante função universitária, a de suscitar a curiosidade de novos públicos.

El <em>Necrologio</em> del padre eixidor: dispersión y reubicación del patrimonio bibliográfico de los dominicos valencianos durante los siglos XIX y XX

Se estudian los avatares sufridos por el patrimonio bibliográfico de los dominicos valencianos durante los siglos XIX y XX a partir del seguimiento de cada uno de los cuatro volúmenes manuscritos del Necrologio del padre Teixidor: su primitiva ubicación en la librería del convento de Predicadores de Valencia, su traslado a las Baleares en la época napoleónica, su diverso destino en el periodo desamortizador, el retorno de varios volúmenes a manos de los religiosos tras la Restauración y las nuevas incautaciones y reubicaciones producidas durante y después de la guerra civil española.

Descripción de un libro del siglo XVI que formó parte del acervo original del Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús de Pátzcuaro

Artículo que describe un libro del teólogo jesuita español Francisco de Ribera sobre los comentarios a los 12 profetas menores del Antiguo Testamento, impreso en Salamanca, España, en 1587. Es uno de los ejemplares más antiguos perteneciente a la biblioteca del Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús de Pátzcuaro, en Michoacán, y hasta ahora no había sido registrado. Este trabajo se inserta en una investigación más amplia sobre impresos religiosos y cultura escrita en México. La descripción y el análisis de su importancia en el contexto de una biblioteca de la época es una aportación al conocimiento del patrimonio bibliográfico del país y contribuye a la mejor comprensión de la historia cultural mexicana durante el siglo XVI.

Poetics of bibliographical thinking

Review of the book by V. P. Leonov. The bibliographical thinking. On the way to the unified book world [In Russian]. – St. Petersburg: Library of the Academy of Sciences, 2018. – 118 p. – ISBN 978-5-336-00241-6. The new book by the V. P. Leonov, science advisor of the Russian Academy of Sciences Library, examines relevant theoretical problems: The role and place of psychology in studying bibliographical processes, specific features of bibliographical thinking, logics and intuition in text bibliographical analysis and search for information. The reviewer emphasizes the complexity of the topic due to its multifacet character and multiple factors that impact thinking, and unavailability of thinking components for direct observation. The reviewer also demonstrates the fundamental approach toward the phenomenon of bibliographical thinking: In his study, V. Leonov builds on the fundamental classical works by leading psychologists and physiologists. The reviewer shares the author’s attitude toward the balance of the bibliographical and creative thinking. She also emphasizes that V. Leonov analyzes various aspects of bibliographical thinking: from the structure to its development factors. The philosophical and culturological review of the world bibliographical heritage in the book’s second part is of great value, too. The reviewer suggests that Leonov’s ideas will put impetus on further studies to make bibliographical thinking a scientific term rather than a metaphorical one.

Imprenta del Sótano: colección de clisés de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia

El presente artículo es resultado del proyecto de investigación titulado "Imprenta e impresiones en la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia: análisis gráfico, histórico, patrimonial y estético de la colección de clisés de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia y de las publicaciones en las que circularon (1930 - 1960)", desarrollado entre la Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano y la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. El proyecto obtuvo el financiamiento de la Dirección de investigaciones de la Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, a través de una convocatoria interna de investigación.
 En el año 2015 se encontraron algunas planchas metálicas de impresión en la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Desde entonces, se ha generado gran interés en torno a una serie de imágenes, escudos, fotograbados, textos y firmas (279 en total), que dan cuenta de una parte de la historia de la institución y del país. Estos hallazgos se deben a que en el edificio de la Biblioteca funcionó la Imprenta Nacional de Colombia, cuyos talleres se encontraban en el sótano. Es decir, que desde allí se produjeron diversas publicaciones que enriquecieron nuestro patrimonio bibliográfico.
 Los clisés de impresión son objetos susceptibles de investigación histórica, con lo cual se amplían las posibilidades de trabajar con fuentes documentales, que al mismo tiempo son documentos históricos, para reconstruir el pasado y presente de la sociedad colombiana, la historia del diseño y las publicaciones periódicas, entre otros.

Biblioteca Nacional y custodia del patrimonio

A dos años de cumplir un siglo y medio en su función de proteger, conservar y promover el patrimonio bibliográfico de El Salvador, la Biblioteca Nacional se ha convertido en la rectora silenciosa de los lineamientos que deben seguir las pocas bibliotecas públicas que existen en el país. Es una tarea que por años ha pasado inadvertida por políticos y sociedad en general, a sabiendas de la importancia que juega este recurso intelectual para la identidad cultural de los pueblos y el conocimiento para el desarrollo humano. Conocer el interior de la biblioteca más importante del país, permite hallar una riqueza bibliográfica en historia nacional la cual compite, con desventaja, con la era digital y las nuevas tecnologías.

La digitalizzazione degli incunaboli d'Italia: la Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Roma da IGI al progetto Polonski

Since 1932 the Central National Library of Rome has developed a specific vocation for the census and study of incunabula in a national perspective. In fact, it is the owner of the direction of IGI - General Index of the Incunabula of Italy which, published from 1943 to 1981, constituted one of the most innovative and complete European projects for the re-cataloging of the bibliographic heritage of the century of the origins of the press. The Library was followed by the Italian contact person for the ISTC - Incunaula Short-Title catalog and Incipit projects of the British Library. Recently, in collaboration with the CERL and thanks to the contribution of the Polonski Foundation in New York, it has launched a new project for the digitalization of incunabula starting from the conspicuous collection of the S. Scholastica di Subiaco library, the cradle of the Italian press, through methods and procedures. innovative products that allow a full-scale research on the specimens treated, through a specific portal and participation in other related projects, such as MEI, Text-Inc and 15cIllustration.

Las otras Raquel: El Diálogo trágico de José March y Borrás

This paper deal with another text dedicated to treat with the traditional dramatic theme of the legend of Raquel, the Jewish of Toledo of which the Castilian King Alfonso VIII supposedly fell in love: Dialogo tragico. Intitulado La Raquel. Facil de egecutar en casas particulares. Sacado de la historia y adornado con intervalos de musica. Por un aficionado, written by the Castellon-born Jose March y Borras, a work not well known until the present, and not mentioned between the creations that historically dealt with those same issues. In this article, the Dialogo tragico is framed in the dramatic tradition in which it is inserted; it is dentified the group of works of the Enlightenment to which it belongs, and the historic literary genre that is its own; the data that is preserved about its unknown author is provided; the composition received by the same is studied; information are rescued about the printers who made it known in their century; and a modern edition of it is made, in order to make it available to interested readers. With everything, it has been tried to contribute to rescue an important part of Spanish bibliographical heritage, that, until now, it has remained in the shade, and to complete, in this way, the usually presented panorama of the Spanish culture and Literature of the age of the Enlightenment.