Digital Copies Research Articles

The metaverse in medicine.

The metaverse is an alternative digital world, accessed by means of dedicated audiovisual devices. In this parallel world, various forms of artificial intelligence meet, including individuals in the form of digital copies of real people (avatars), able to interact socially. Metaverse in medicine may be used in many different ways. The possibility to perform surgery at a distance of thousands of miles separating the patient from the surgeon, who could have also the possibility to visualize in real-time patient's clinical data, including diagnostic images, obviously is very appealing. It would be also possible to perform medical treatments and to adopt pharmacological protocols on human avatars clinically similar to the patients, thus observing treatment effects in advance and significantly reducing the clinical trials duration. Metaverse may reveal an exceptional educational tool, offering the possibility of interactive digital lessons, allowing to dissect and to study an anatomical apparatus in detail, to navigate within it, not only to study, but also to see the evolution of the pathological process, and to simulate in advance surgical or medical procedures on virtual patients. However, while artificial intelligence is now an established reality in the clinical practice, the metaverse is still in its initial stages, and to figure out its potential usefulness and reliability, further developments are expected.

Ink‐Assisted Laser‐Induced Heterogeneous Permanent/Erasable Nanostructures on Metals

AbstractStructural color fabrication attracting significant interest for science and art is usually restricted by costly and time‐consuming structuring processes or inerasable characteristics of structures. Herein, by developing a universal, low‐cost technical solution—the nanosecond laser irradiation of ink (Solvent Black 7) layers coated on metal—laser‐induced heterogeneous permanent/erasable nanostructures (LIHPEN) are produced successfully on multiple metals, especially noble metals, without ablation damage to intrinsic surfaces. LIHPEN consist of uniform laser‐induced periodic surface structures produced by surface plasmon polariton excitation of metals and can be extended into 2D hybrid micro/nanostructures by introducing the direct laser interference patterning technique. LIHPEN technology operated under a large processing parameter window can realize space‐selective erasability of prepared structures by controlling processing parameters, which determine the ink‐layer carbonization degree and thus the permanent or erasable characteristic. Because ink layers can be coated manually, in addition to realizing digital scanning patterns, LIHPEN technology can be integrated with traditional artistic techniques to solidify and color artworks without risk of information loss and leakage in digital copying. LIHPEN with good durability can exhibit vivid structural colors on metals, demonstrating its great potential in fields of artwork iridescent coloring, encryption, and anti‐counterfeiting, particularly those requiring customization, personalization, and rewritability.

A Pre-Hospital Intervention to Alleviate Loneliness and Isolation in Older Adults

Aims The project’s objectives included determining how lonely older folks were in their pre-hospital environment and how much social contact they had. To gauge older individuals’ knowledge of regional programmes to combat isolation and loneliness. Letting elderly folks who could benefit from local services know that they are available. Using pre-hospital efforts to identify and treat patients who are lonely. Methods Thirty (30) patients were recruited whilst on 6 ambulance observer shifts in Berkshire, UK. The ambulance observer shifts took place between January 2023 to February 2023. The patients were asked a simple questionnaire on loneliness and social isolation. At the end of the questionnaire, all patients were offered information leaflets with local services and their contact details that they might find useful to alleviate loneliness and social isolation. Patients were also offered a follow-up telephone call to assess the impact of the intervention or if help was needed with getting in touch with the local services. Results Of the 30 patients interviewed, 15 were male and 15 were female. The youngest patient was 66-years-old and the oldest patient interviewed was 98. The average age was 80.4. Twelve (12) patients (40%) scored 7 and above on the question of ‘How lonely do you feel?’, with 10 being extremely lonely. Fifty percent (50%) of the patients saw their friends or families less than twice a week and 46.6% spoke to their friends and families less than twice a week. Several patients had not had a conversation with friends or family for several weeks, with one response being ‘over 3-months ago’. The vast majority (80%) of patients interviewed did not know that there were charities and local services in place to alleviate loneliness and social isolation. As part of the intervention, patients were offered information leaflets about local services available. These were printed on A4 paper or emailed to the patients if they preferred a digital copy. Conclusion Loneliness and social isolation is an epidemic on the rise amongst older adults, and their effects transcend not only mental wellbeing but physical health as well. Intervening in the pre-hospital setting is pivotal because pre-hospital practitioners are in a unique position to observe and assess patients in their own environment and gather firsth and evidence about the determinants of the patient’s health. The benefits will be multi-fold if we can help patients before they get admitted to hospitals. Apart from the economic benefits of reduced admissions, patients will not be unnecessarily admitted and put at risk of deconditioning or nosocomial infections. Most importantly, these interventions aim to improve the patient’s overall quality of life by enhancing their social connections and reducing loneliness.

Workflow for the virtualisation of historic gardens and their vegetation. Historical Garden of the Arguijuela de Arriba (Cáceres, Spain)

There are historical spaces that are very little known to the general population. for this reason, it is of great importance to ensure that these are known known throughout the world. For this, there are new informative techniques that allow you to visit places without the need to go to them. For this, the complete virtualization of space has been proposed, combining photogrammetry techniques with traditional survey techniques. That all of them together make up a complete model of the location its topography, layout, buildings, vegetation and the environment that surrounds it. With this, the architectural survey of the historic garden of Arguijuela de Arriba is propose), located in the province of Cáceres, (Spain) in an area of great importance due to its defensive nature during the time of the reconquest. With all this, it has been possible to combine different techniques to obtain a digital copy of the enclave, on which it has been possible to project an intervention that improves accessibility. and its conservation.

Workflow for the virtualisation of historic gardens and their vegetation. Historical Garden of the Arguijuela de Arriba (Cáceres, Spain)

There are historical spaces that are very little known to the general population. for this reason, it is of great importance to ensure that these are known known throughout the world. For this, there are new informative techniques that allow you to visit places without the need to go to them. For this, the complete virtualization of space has been proposed, combining photogrammetry techniques with traditional survey techniques. That all of them together make up a complete model of the location its topography, layout, buildings, vegetation and the environment that surrounds it. With this, the architectural survey of the historic garden of Arguijuela de Arriba is propose), located in the province of Cáceres, (Spain) in an area of great importance due to its defensive nature during the time of the reconquest. With all this, it has been possible to combine different techniques to obtain a digital copy of the enclave, on which it has been possible to project an intervention that improves accessibility. and its conservation.

Virtual reality-based digital twins for greenhouses: A focus on human interaction

The agricultural domain is experiencing an increasing use of digital twin technologies in greenhouse horticulture for the betterment of monitoring production. Research in this domain has started leading towards more advanced ways of visually interacting with these digital twins, and this could be by means of immersive technologies (such as virtual reality) to better allow farmers to feel a sense of presence when exploring these digital copies. Yet there are many remaining challenges for the technology’s integration and more studies are needed into user interaction; specifically regarding simulation sickness to cater for comfort during prolonged and regular use. Thus, this article documents the survey of 30 participants by means of the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (before and after interaction) when using an immersive digital greenhouse twin environment. Findings indicate that users who experience simulation sickness tend to provide a lower evaluation score of the digital twin and their prior experience of gaming (on varied devices) affects the overall evaluation of the digital environment. Further, the level of playability and realism (referred to as convenience), statistically affects the end users’ level of sickness. For tracking crop growth by means of digital greenhouse twins, where prolonged user interaction may take place in a virtual environment, these are notable considerations for digital twin developers.

Legal aspects of ways to monetize rights in the computer games industry

The subject. The authors attempt a legal analysis of several forms of monetization of rights to computer games.The purpose of the article is the legal qualification of donations, crowdfunding, loot boxes as means of monetization.The research methodology includes general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as specific scientific methods of comparative law and formal legal analysis.The scientific problem of the article lies in the existing contradiction between the rapid development of the computer games market and the state of modern legal science in terms of scientific understanding and regulation of the entertainment industry.The main results, scope of application. There are two main forms of public funding in the gaming industry: (1) donations; (2) crowdfunding. Donations are more common for streamers, crowdfunding for computer developers. Donat is money sent without the condition of reciprocity. In recent years, crowdfunding has become a common way to attract investments. The purchase of a digital (or physical) copy of a game is the acquisition of the right to use (access) a computer game. Therefore, the funds we transfer are investments. We become beneficiaries of the published product. As a result, the developer will have to pay taxes on the funds raised. A loot box is a virtual item – a random set of additional features.The process of loot distribution is similar to a game of chance: players choose the level of need for a thing. Lootbox, despite the deceived expectations of the player, still brings some benefits to the player. In other words, the player pays a few dollars and expects to receive something of value in return, but the amount of winnings can be both large and small. In this regard, it seems that the loot box is a classic win-win lottery. Therefore, loot boxes should not be equated with gambling, otherwise the gaming industry could respond by referring to the need to include lotteries (and insurance) as gambling. At the same time, the similarity of several elements indicates that there is always a risk of turning a computer game into gambling.Conclusions. There are a number of ways to monetize the material incentives for players. These methods include donations, funds received in the course of crowdinvesting, as well as loot boxes. Donations are an intermediate phenomenon between donation and payment. For individuals, income from donations will not be taxed if there is no consideration. Also, sometimes donations should be understood as funds from crowdinvestments, which developers sometimes collect to create the next game. These funds, in most cases, should still be treated as developer income, not donations. The boundary between the payment of in-game property and gambling is the phenomenon of loot boxes, which should be qualified as a win-win lottery.

Legal Nature of Reproducing Museum Objects in the Digital Form of NFT

Objective : by revealing the legal nature of the nonfungible token (NFT), to propose a solution for the topical issues of legal regulation of relations emerging in the sphere of online market and Internet platforms, associated with reproduction and further use in the virtual environment of tokenized digital copies of original pieces of art. Methods : the research was based on formal-legal and comparative-legal analysis, applied together with methods of law interpretation. Results : a conclusion is made that reproduction of a museum object in the digital form of NFT is not equal to reproduction of a museum object in the simple digital format, as it does not contain such mandatory criteria as uniqueness, indivisibility and scarcity of the specific token. An NFT object acts as a digital original of an analog original of a museum object in the digital environment and the metaverse, not as a new form of media art. Expressed in the form of a uniqueness certificate of a digital object, an NFT object, by its legal nature and for the purpose of legal regulation of deals with it, refers to “other property” among the objects of civil law, which allows the museums to apply the respective contract constructs when structuring such deals. Scientific novelty : the author proposes a new approach to considering and improving the legal regulation, accounting and storing NFT objects as virtual museum objects, the so-called digital equivalents of an item, which possess the signs of individual-definite character and uniqueness, differing from simple digital copies, digital pieces of art, 3D mapping, etc. Practical significance : the research results can be used for improving legal regulation of museum activity, correcting the civil and museum legislation, in particular, for defining virtual museum objects; for implementation of law, for example, when signing deals on using and selling NFT objects, in terms of specifying the content and volume of authorities of the right holders of the nonfungible token.

Nurturing Italian Geo-palaeontological Heritage with Virtual Palaeontology: Preliminary Report of Its Application in Two Natural History Museums

In this manuscript, we present a preliminary report on the use of virtual palaeontology methodologies in two natural history museums in central Italy, the Geology and Paleontology Museum of Florence and the Civic Museum of Natural Sciences of Faenza. Despite the differences between the museums (in terms of history, type and size of the collections, etc.), the use of surface and computed tomography (CT) scans has allowed the acquisition of a consistent amount of data to create digital copies of selected specimens and to plan several future projects sparked from the use of these methodologies. Our first step focused on the selection of the scanning sample: type and historically relevant specimen in the case of the Florence museum, and fragile and relevant specimens for the Faenza museum from a local yet internationally known site, Cava Monticino, dated to the Late Miocene. The scanning techniques included the use of three high-resolution scanners, with different specifications, to acquire surface data and a medical scanner to obtain CT scans. The outputs of the surface scans were excellent digital copies of the specimens, whereas tomography allowed the first investigations and visualisations of the presence of embedded bones in the fossiliferous blocks of Cava Monticino. The resulting 3D and raw data represent invaluable resources that the two museums are currently planning to implement in their exhibitions using digital visualisation devices and techniques (e.g. AR web apps, touchscreens) or 3D-printed touchable specimens.

Protection Motivation Perspective Regarding the Use of COVID-19 Mobile Tracing Apps Among Public Users: Empirical Study.

Access to data is crucial for decision-making; this fact has become more evident during the pandemic. Data collected using mobile apps can positively influence diagnosis and treatment, the supply chain, and the staffing resources of health care facilities. Developers and health care professionals have worked to create apps that can track a person's COVID-19 status. For example, these apps can monitor positive COVID-19 test results and vaccination status. Regrettably, people may be concerned about sharing their data with government or private sector organizations that are developing apps. Understanding user perceptions is essential; without substantial user adoption and the use of mobile tracing apps, benefits cannot be achieved. This study aimed to assess the factors that positively and negatively affect the use of COVID-19 tracing apps by examining individuals' perceptions about sharing data on mobile apps, such as testing regularity, infection, and immunization status. The hypothesized research model was tested using a cross-sectional survey instrument. The survey contained 5 reflective constructs and 4 control variables selected after reviewing the literature and interviewing health care professionals. A digital copy of the survey was created using Qualtrics. After receiving approval, data were collected from 367 participants through Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk). Participants of any gender who were 18 years or older were considered for inclusion to complete the anonymized survey. We then analyzed the theoretical model using structural equation modeling. After analyzing the quality of responses, 325 participants were included. Of these 325 participants, 216 (66.5%) were male and 109 (33.5%) were female. Among the participants in the final data set, 72.6% (236/325) were employed. The results of structural equation modeling showed that perceived vulnerability (β=0.688; P<.001), self-efficacy (β=0.292; P<.001), and an individual's prior infection with COVID-19 (β=0.194; P=.002) had statistically significant positive impacts on the intention to use mobile tracing apps. Privacy concerns (β=-0.360; P<.001), risk aversion (β=-0.150; P=.09), and a family member's prior infection with COVID-19 (β=-0.139; P=.02) had statistically significant negative influences on a person's intention to use mobile tracing apps. This study illustrates that various user perceptions affect whether individuals use COVID-19 tracing apps. By working collaboratively on legislation and the messaging provided to potential users before releasing an app, developers, health care professionals, and policymakers can improve the use of tracking apps. Health care professionals need to emphasize disease vulnerability to motivate people to use mobile tracing apps, which can help reduce the spread of viruses and diseases. In addition, more work is needed at the policy-making level to protect the privacy of users, which in return can increase user engagement.

Digital Restitution of Cultural Goods: In Search of a Working Model

The paper deals with the problem of digital restitution of art to post-colonial and postdependency countries. A new model of digital restitution composed of two elements: creation of a digital copy with a NFT attached and creation of new property right in a physical and digital object has been proposed. A system of balances between the rights and duties based on the prior user concept has been developed.

Evaluation of Geometric Data Registration of Small Objects from Non-Invasive Techniques: Applicability to the HBIM Field.

Reverse engineering and the creation of digital twins are advantageous for documenting, cataloging, and maintenance control tracking in the cultural heritage field. Digital copies of the objects into Building Information Models (BIM) add cultural interest to every artistic work. Low-cost 3D sensors, particularly structured-light scanners, have evolved towards multiple uses in the entertainment market but also as data acquisition and processing techniques for research purposes. Nowadays, with the development of structured-light data capture technologies, the geometry of objects can be recorded in high-resolution 3D datasets at a very low cost. On this basis, this research addresses a small artifact with geometric singularities that is representative of small museum objects. For this, the precision of two structured-light scanners is compared with that of the photogrammetric technique based on short-range image capture: a high-cost Artec Spider 3D scanner, and the low-cost Revopoint POP 3D scanner. Data capture accuracy is evaluated through a mathematical algorithm and point set segmentation to verify the spatial resolution. In addition, the precision of the 3D model is studied through a vector analysis in a BIM environment, an unprecedented analysis until now. The work evaluates the accuracy of the devices through algorithms and the study of point density at the submillimeter scale. Although the results of the 3D geometry may vary in a morphometric analysis depending on the device records, the results demonstrate similar accuracies in that submillimeter range. Photogrammetry achieved an accuracy of 0.70 mm versus the Artec Spider and 0.57 mm against the Revopoint POP 3D scanner.

Trueness and precision of an intraoral scanner in digitally copying complete dentures

Background/purposeThe ability to save a digital copy of a fabricated denture is poignant for large dental institutions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the trueness and precision of an intraoral scanner (IOS) in its ability to digitally duplicate a complete denture (CD) and evaluate the possible effects of file resolution reduction on different exported media types. Materials and methodsA desktop scanner was used to scan a complete mandibular denture and utilized as the control file. An IOS was used to scan the same denture and exported into both standard triangular language (STL) and polygon (PLY) file types and stored for additional analysis. The different file types at original resolution were compared to the desktop scan (DS100) to evaluate the accuracy of the IOS. Then the STL (Groups S100, S75, S50, S25) and PLY (Groups P100, P75, P50, P25) files were reduced in their resolutions to evaluate any statistical discrepancies in the volumetric analysis of the scan using the Hausdorff distance (HD) and dice similarity coefficient (DSC). ResultsWhen compared to the desktop scan (14888.40 mm3), the measured volume of the exported STL (Group S100: 15236.45 ± 114.67 mm3) and PLY (Group P100: 15231.71 ± 97.12 mm3) files from the IOS produced a similarity of 98.34% and 98.39% respectively. The similarity of the IOS files at different resolutions ranged from 99.99% to 99.96%. ConclusionWe conclude that the IOS used in this study demonstrates very high trueness and precision when digitally duplicating complete dentures.

Development of Asset Administration Shell for the components of EBMR plant

The use of reference architectures and frameworks is an important prerequisite for dealing with the complexity, diversity and heterogeneity of cyber-physical systems. One of the most popular architectures is RAMI 4.0, suggested by the Industry 4.0 Working Group. According to RAMI 4.0, the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) is a digital copy of assets, an implementation of the digital twin for Industry 4.0. The paper represents a semantic approach for development of AAS, which presents the data model through ontology. The semantic model allows for the presentation of facts, data schemes and meta-data in a unified way, using a global identification scheme. An example from the development of AAS for I4.0 components of an EBMR plant illustrates the approach.

PENGARUH DISIPLIN KERJA, GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN, DAN MOTIVASI KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN B2N DIGITAL FOTOCOPY

The purpose of this research is to identify and analyze the influence of work discipline on employee performance, the effect of leadership style on employee performance, the effect of work motivation on employee performance, and the influence of work discipline, leadership style, and work motivation on employee performance at B2N Digital Copy. The research method used is to use qualitative methods to explore and understand the meaning that a number of individuals or groups of people ascribe to social or humanitarian issues. The population in this study came from all B2N Digital Copy employees, totaling 20 employees. Collecting data in this study using the interview method. In data processing, this study uses data triangulation. The results of this study indicate that leadership and work discipline affect employee performance. While leadership style can influence employee performance, work motivation does not influence employee performance improvement.

DIGITAL TWIN AND DIGITAL IDENTITY: CONCEPT, CORRELATION, MEANING IN THE PROCESS OF COMMITTING CYBERCRIMES AND IN LAW IN GENERAL

The modern development of computer technologies is accompanied by an increasing immersion of a person into the virtual world, where he often spends many hours. The longer a person uses a computer and various electronic gadgets, the more traces he leaves. In fact, there is a situation in which a digital copy or digital twin of a person appears in the virtual world. This phenomenon is new to legal science and requires its own research. The purpose of the article is to analyze the concept of «digital twin» and its development, to study the approaches of foreign and Russian authors from various fields of knowledge to the definition of this term, to identify the possibilities of using this concept in the legal sphere. When writing the article, the following methods are used: comparative legal, analysis and synthesis. The following results are obtained: every computer and gadget user has his «digital copy», a kind of «digital twin», on behalf of which a person performs various, including criminal actions in the virtual space. Public relations in the cyberspace are largely not regulated by law, and when developing a framework for regulating such specific legal relations, it is necessary to begin with the definition of the subject. The authors pay special attention to the question of equating a digital identity with a real one, as well as the lack of legislative regulation of the legal status of a digital twin. The discrepancy between such categories as «digital identity» and «digital twin» is shown. A more correct definition of a digital twin is proposed for legal regulation, in particular for identifying the account with which the Internet crime was committed – a digital identity twin. The paper also proposes the basic principles for the subsequent legal regulation of public relations arising and developing in the cyberspace and lays the foundation for further research on the topic of legal regulation of the digital twin.

The integration of 3D technologies and finite element analysis (FEA) for the restoration of an ancient terra sigillata plate

The current study presents a novel approach for restoring a partly preserved archaeological find with the combination of 3D scanning, 3D printing and Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The aim is twofold: a) to restore the ancient artifact with minimal human intervention and handling, and b) to attest that the materials used in the restoration process produce an ancient artifact of robust assembly. The object under investigation is a two-handled terra sigillata plate unearthed in two fragments that amount to less than 50% of the original artifact's geometry (i.e., volume, and shape). The methodology used followed a systematic process. First, the replication of the physical object inside a digital environment to acquire a high precision digital copy of the plate using structured-light 3D scanning technology and the creation of a digital model of the missing part of the original plate following a specific mirroring technique. The two models were assembled into one complete, digital 3D model that depicts the restored ancient plate. Next, the physicochemical properties of the clay used in the manufacture of the original plate were obtained using Energy Dispersive X-Ray analysis (EDX) and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The same analytical techniques were also implemented in order to acquire the mechanical properties of the PLA polymer used for the manufacturing of the reconstructed part of the plate. The acquired properties were used as input for the simulation of the assembled model's structural behaviour under bending loading by means of Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The behaviour of both the original ancient ceramic and the PLA polymer are predicted to secure the structural integrity of the digitally restored plate. Having established that the choice of materials satisfies the aim of a robust restored ceramic vessel, a physical copy of the missing part with the use of 3D printing technology was manufactured. Finally, the restoration of the original archaeological artifact was implemented by assembling its partly preserved piece and the 3D printed missing part into a complete artifact with traditional restoration techniques.

Digital model reconstruction through 3D Stereo Depth camera: a faster method exploiting robot poses

In industrial robotic contact-based operations it is necessary to have a detailed geometrical knowledge of the work-piece to automate the generation of the working trajectory. In many cases, the digital model is not available or it differs from its as built actual conditions. Vision sensors, especially 3D vision sensors allows to scan the work-piece and reconstruct its digital copy that is used for the generation of the robotic working trajectory. In this paper we compare two algorithms for the generation of the 3D model of an unknown work-piece based on the use of the RGB-D images taken from different perspectives. The first technique, based on standard image reconstruction methods commonly used for reconstruction of indoor scenes where error in the order of few centimeters is negligible, is exploited in this work in order to be exploited in contact-based robotic operations where the geometrical error has to be limited to few millimeters. It is based on the analysis of the images to estimate the camera pose taking each image. Based on the pose, the algorithm integrates then the information contained in the images in a unique volume representing the scene. The second algorithm directly uses the known poses of the robot, stored while capturing each image, to integrate the information to create the model. The two algorithms are compared to evaluate the accuracy, acquisition time and elaboration time. The analysis is done considering two kinds of objects, the first one with regular shape, the second one corresponding to an actual industrial object.

Ohlas od Nežárky – periodická paměť regionu

The Jindřichův Hradec weekly Ohlas od Nežárky provided information to the citizens of the town and the region in 1871–1942, capturing the every­day life of the town and shaping the social awareness of its community. The editorial office was in the possession of the local printers of the Landfras family, who had owned the printing works from 1797. The establishment of the periodical press in Jindřichův Hradec was initiated by the printer Alois Landfras, who in 1844 bought a cylinder press, suitable for printing periodicals, and who had a number of personal contacts in Prague patriotic circles, where he was in touch mainly with Jan Hýbl, František Bohumil Tomsa, Václav Rodomil Kramerius and Josef Kajetán Tyl. He made two unsuccessful attempts to publish a Czech periodical in Jindřichův Hradec in 1848 and 1863. The Czech weekly Ohlas od Nežárky began to be issued there in 1871 and continued to come out for 72 years. Ohlas od Nežárky captured the everyday life of the town and the surrounding region as well as important social events in 1871–1942, i.e. during the ex­istence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the independent Czechoslovak Republic and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, as well as during the First and partly also the Second World War. In terms of information, the weekly became primarily a chronicle of the life of the town, but also an authentic reflection of contemporary events in the Czech-German environment outside of Prague. It is one of the longest-running Czech regional magazines. Since 2002, its full-text search is possible in its digital copy in the Kramerius digital library of the Museum of the Jindřichův Hradec region.

The State of Digitization of Documentary Heritage in Scientific Libraries of Ukraine

Based on the survey results of the leading scientific libraries of Ukraine, the article reveals the current trends in the digitization of library collections. The authors explore the current state of search services for digitized documents by libraries; user access modes to digital copies of documents (public, restricted, local); the ways to register the users for access to full-text digital repositories. The necessity of adopting the National Program for Digitization of Documentation Heritage and its implementation at the corporate level is substantiated. Recommendations for improving the efficiency of digitization of documents by libraries of Ukraine, improving search tools and user-friendly access to digital repositories are given.