Scientific Information Support Research Articles

The Fifth Scientific and Practical Conference “The letter and digit: The libraries on the way to digitalization” (“BiblioPiter-2024”)

The authors review the work of the Fifth Scientific and Practical Conference “The letter and digit: The libraries on the way to digitalization” (“BiblioPiter2024”) held on April 9–11, 2024. The conference subject scope comprised the following topics: The role of libraries in information support of science and education; training staff for specialized, academic and public libraries; AI tools development and use in education; status of and prospects for modern information, computer and Internet-based technologies in library practice; modern library functional transformation. The conference discussions are summarized.

Lists of Journals and Ratings of Russian Publications: Inconsistencies and Possible Ways to Eliminate Them

When Web of Science and Scopus ceased all commercial activity in Russia, the issue of maximum separation from global scientometric systems became acute and appeared on the agenda. Under the present-day conditions of sanctions, the role of Russian academic journals in information support of science has increased significantly. The purpose of this study was to compare the contents of various lists of journals used to evaluate research activity in Russia and to develop a most balanced approach to ranking scholarly publications. The object of the study was Russian periodicals indexed in information systems, including the White List, as well as the main and additional Lists of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC). A collection of Russian periodicals was compiled using databases such as the Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus and the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). Using the overlay method, we compared information on publications from these databases with details taken from the White List and the Lists of the HAC (the main and additional ones). Information on the overlapping of Russian journals in these lists was collected. This made it possible to compare the positions of the same journals in the rankings in accordance with their levels in the White List and categories of the HAC. The levels and categories of journals were supplemented with information about the percentiles of the Science Index rating (RSCI). The lists of journals were analyzed from the informative and qualitative points of view. As a result of this study, it has been found that none of the lists meets the following basic requirements: 1) the completeness of coverage of the most significant journals in a wide range of academic fields without prejudice to any of them; 2) a careful examination of the methodology of ranking by categories or levels. A pretty accurate understanding of quality levels of academic journals can be achieved by using a new indicator of scholarly periodicals – percentiles of journals in the Science Index rating (RSCI).

Use of the raw material base of marine fish in Russian waters of the Far Eastern seas and adjacent areas of the open part of the Pacific Ocean in 2000–2020

The purpose of the work: characteristics of the raw material base of marine fish in the Far Eastern fishery basin and an assessment of the effectiveness of its use by domestic fisheries at the present stage (2000–2020).Methods used: to achieve this goal, data on biomass, catch and development of the main commercial marine fish were analyzed. Fish catches were reviewed based on operational information about the fishery based on daily ship reports from the industry monitoring system.Novelty: elements of novelty are generalized modern materials on biomass, catch and development of marine fish resources in the Far Eastern seas and adjacent waters of the Pacific Ocean. The current state of commercial fish stocks (walleye pollock, Pacific cod, saffron cod, Pacific herring, Righteye flounders, greenlings, Japanese pilchard, Chub mackerel, Pacific saury) in the Far Eastern fishing basin can be characterized as stable, and the distribution of the catch of these objects among individual fishing areas due to their significant volumes is practically determines the distribution of catch of both quota and non-quota species of marine fish. Scientific information support for the above-m entioned fish is at a high level, their biological condition is generally favorable, and the dynamics of their numbers is regulated mainly by habitat variability.Practical significance: the results of this study can be used in forecasting the dynamics of aquatic biological resources, and the results obtained on marine fish stocks and fisheries will improve the efficiency of using their raw material base.

Software and Hardware Support of the Project “Library of a New Generation in Creative University” at the Kemerovo State Institute of Culture

The results of the project “Library of a new generation in creative university” within the framework of the federal project “Creative People”, carried out at the Kemerovo State Institute of Culture in the direction of “Library and information activities” in terms of software and hardware implementation, are presented. Goals and objectives of the project were the following: creation of a comfortable environment for students, organization of an accessible environment for servicing people with disabilities, implantation of RFID systems, digital technologies for the formation of digital competencies of students and improvement of the digital information environment of the institute. The software and hardware, the results of their operation are considered. The practical results of the project implementation are outlined: the introduction of new services on the library bases, promotional events, publications in professional editions, the inclusion of the elective “VR-design” in the curriculum, the formation of digital content (electronic library of music publications, 3D modeling), the transfer of the library fund to RFID technology. Project prospects are shown: experiments in the field of work with information support of science and education, the formation of an open information space, including the work with new types of data; enriching the educational experience of students by creating a rich educational environment in physical and virtual space.

Service-oriented information technologies in library processes and scientific communication

The world experience of libraries’ practical activities shows that in the conditions of rapidly developing information technologies, a service-oriented approach is required when determining the strategic development goals in the field of technologies focused on users, to identify their needs and provide them with the necessary services. To solve the problems of increasing the efficiency of information and library services and information support of science by introducing modern service-oriented information and communication technologies, the urgent task is to develop a model for the effective organization of library processes and support of scientific communications in the web environment. The model is based on the automation of library processes; development strategies for library web resources (catalogs, databases), including heterogeneous information (text, video, audio, data, etc.) and virtual services (reference and bibliographic, library, etc.); implementation of systems for assessing their effectiveness using web analytics tools and qualitative methods, usability testing practices, methods of organizing and managing web representations.

Monitoring library and information services at Central Scientific Agricultural Library

The findings of monitoring of repertoire of and demand for library and information services (document, reference, bibliographic awareness, cultural and educational services) are discussed. The mentioned services are available through the CSAL website. The types and forms of services are analyzed, their place and demand for them are discussed. The focus is made on the online services providing access of in-house information resources, e. g. e-libraries, e-catalogs, virtual exhibitions, etc. The terminological analysis of services titles as compared to the new national standard of library information services was executed. It was revealed that the services titles meet the standardized terms and definitions. The degrees of demand for difference services are estimated as active, fluctuating and decreasing. To improve library and bibliographic services and information support of science for agro-industrial complex, the authors recommend: to study products and services of unstable and decreasing demand, to load explicit list of services in the Information Services section, to design scientist personal accounts, to make it possible for the users to take part in selecting documents for digitization and to receive e-newsletter on new library acquisitions, etc. The authors conclude that CSAL provide the wide range of library information services which is essential to increase accessibility and friendliness of Library-generated information products, to improve information support of research in agricultural industries. The findings will be used in planning user library and information services. It is imperative that user services are monitored and user demands are analyzed.

The role of scientific and technical information in the information support of science, technology and innovation

The role of scientific and technical information in the information support of science, technology and innovation

Research on the Computer Informatization in Multimedia Public Opinion Monitoring

This article designs and implements a Hadoop-based network public opinion monitoring system. The system uses HDFS as the underlying storage system, and builds a distributed database based on HBase on it for unified storage and management of public opinion information. The paper will introduce a Hadoop-based microblog public opinion monitoring system that can mine and analyse large-scale collected data, realize the discovery and tracking of public opinion hot topics, and the social network analysis of Weibo. The analysis results are visualized and presented for the party. Government agencies, large enterprises and other units and organizations discover sensitive information in a timely manner, grasp public opinion hotspots, grasp public opinion trends, and provide automated, systematic and scientific information support in response to public opinion crises.

Methodology for Assessing the Potential of Mobile Applications for Information Support of Science

Methodology for Assessing the Potential of Mobile Applications for Information Support of Science

Transformation or modernization: what to choose for libraries

The paper presents a vision of the problem of changing modern libraries and defining their mission under the influence of the requirements of the emerging in-formation society. The main provisions of legislative acts in the field of culture, education, and librarianship in recent years allow us to assert that the mission of libraries is humanistic. However, the purpose of libraries is very vague in these documents. This leads to a discussion in the environment of the library community. Increasingly, there is a shift in library activity towards over-activation of cultural and leisure activities or digitalization. College libraries usually focus on the introduction of computer and telecommunication technologies, networking between libraries, the replenishment of electronic resources for information support of science and education, with-out paying due attention to the promotion and education process, which is humanistic in nature and is a part of education.It is emphasized that the radical transformation of libraries' activities proposed by V. K. Stepanov will lead to their disappearance. For further successful development of libraries, it is necessary to modernize, modernize, based on the understanding of the humanistic mission of the library. The list of priority measures that will help to increase the role of libraries in society and implement their humanistic mission is given.

A novel emergency situation awareness machine learning approach to assess flood disaster risk based on Chinese Weibo

Social media emerged as an important resource of information to improve the emergency situation awareness of flooding disasters. However, the online microblog text stream is unstructured and unbalanced obviously. Given the big, real-time, and noisy flood disaster microblog text flow, a new regional emergency situation awareness model to automatic assess flood disaster risk is proposed. Firstly, according to the established online disaster event-meta frame, a multi-label classification algorithm for the flood microbloggings is constructed based on the historical dataset. This algorithm helps to assign the relevant event-meta tags to each situation microbloggings. Second, a new machine learning method for dynamic assessment of flood risk for online microbloggings is developed. The flood event-metas are considered to be feature vectors, and the four different levels of flood risk are considered to be four classes. Then, the flood risk assessment task is innovatively transformed into a multi-classification task. By the logistic regression ordered multi-classification algorithm, the dynamic quantitative evaluation of event-meta, users and regional risks is realized. Finally, the proposed model is applied in the case of the Yuyao Flood. The results of the case study show that the Yuyao Flood’s online quantitative risk assessment results are consistent with real accumulated precipitation data, which illustrate that the proposed machine learning model could realize the bottom-up automatic disaster information collecting by processing victim user-generated content effectively. Social media is proven to supplement the deficiencies of traditional disaster statistics and provide real-time, scientific information support for the implementation of flood emergency processes.

The Twenty Third International Conference «LIBCOM–2019» – «Information technologies, computer systems and publications for libraries». (Review of events)

The Twenty Third International Conference “LIBCOM-2019”– “Information Technologies, Computer Systems and Publications for Libraries” (November 18-22, 2019, Suzdal, Russia) is reviewed. The main program events are discussed: the Conference opening ceremony and plenary meeting; the Central Discussion Site “Five Years of the Project “National and Centralized Subscription to International Indexed Databases and Full-text Resources”; open session Digital Libraries and Library and Information Resources: Trends, problems, prospects”, “Information Support of Science and Education” and “Innovations and New Functionality of Modern Library. New Software and Technological Solutions”; discussion site “Open Access, scientometrics and bibliometrics”; master class “Web of Science: New Opportunities for Russian Scholars”. It is highlighted that for the first time within the framework of the Conference the school discussion site “Ecological Education forRussia’s Sustainable Development”, and the discussion site “Kids. School. Library. Society: A Contemporary View” were held. The conclusions are made. The speakers at “LIBCOM–2019” final session indicated the special character of the Conference – interactivity of events (discussion sites, master classes, round tables), participants’ activity at discussions, discussion of vital issues.

Principles and Directions of Long-Term Stimulation of Innovation Activity in the Social Sphere

The article describes the main functions of socially oriented innovation in connection with technical innovations – drivers of the third industrial revolution. Analysis of domestic and foreign innovative publications helped to formulate the basic principles of innovation in the social sphere. Directions of long-term stimulation of innovation activity in conditions of digital transformation have been developed. They are based on basic principles. It is also shown that the socio-economic development of the country should be based on qualitative population growth. Otherwise, the strategic importance of socio-economic policy is nulled and futuristic uncertainty comes. It is proposed to stimulate innovation in social sectors by increasing the innovative mentality of future generations of Belarusian people, improving the exchange of data in the system of information support of science, and by increasing the number of available sources of financing for innovations.

Актуальні питання стану та тенденції розвитку дослідницьких робіт за напрямком «Дитяча діабетологія»

Мета — вдосконалення науково-інформаційного забезпечення фахівців галузі охорони здоров’я дітей і підлітків за напрямком «Дитяча ендокринологія». Матеріал і методи. Дослідження проводили за даними бази рефератів звітів науково-дослідних (39) і дисертаційних робіт (79), які проведено в Україні 2001-2017 pp. з актуальних питань дитячої ендокринології, з використанням семантичного, інформаційного, наукометричного, бібліографічного, патентного, статистичного методів. Для вивчення інформованості лікарів щодо наукового продукту, створеного за напрямком «Дитяча ендокринологія», використано розроблений авторами опитувальник. Результати. У статті наведено дані про розвиток дослідницького процесу за напрямками дитячої ендокринології протягом тривалого терміну (2001-2017 рр.). Визначено кількісні показники збільшення проведення науково-дослідних і дисертаційних робіт, їх тематичну спрямованість, обсяг і структуру створеного наукового продукту, його використання фахівцями з дитячої ендокринології. Висновки. В Україні стабільно здійснюється дослідницький процес за актуальними напрямками дитячої ендокринології, у тому числі діабетології, створюється відповідний інформаційний та інноваційний ресурс, основним змістом якого є: вдосконалення ранньої діагностики цукрового діабету, визначення чинників ризику його виникнення в дітей і підлітків, розробка терапії згідно з протоколами лікування цього контингенту хворих, удосконалення диспансерного нагляду, навчання хворих на цукровий діабет принципам самоконтролю, реабілітація дітей і підлітків у санаторно-курортних умовах. Надзвичайно важливим є подальший розвиток наукометричних досліджень за напрямком дитячої ендокринології для вибору перспективних і пріоритетних досліджень, моніторинг дослідницьких розробок і науково-технічної продукції для вдосконалення впровадження результатів досліджень у практику дитячих ендокринологів, оптимізації їх науково-інформаційного забезпечення.

Научная библиотека ФИЦ Коми НЦ УрО РАН в информационном обеспечении науки (к 75-летию библиотеки)

Научная библиотека ФИЦ Коми НЦ УрО РАН в информационном обеспечении науки (к 75-летию библиотеки)

The future depends on us

Main development vectors for the Russian National Public library for Science and Technology (RNPLS&T) celebrating its 60th anniversary are discussed. Today, RNPLS&T is the largest sci-tech library in the nation, and also a research institution, and a federal information center. The major projects within the framework of the federal target programs are described, e. g. national subscription, EKBSON (Electronic Catalog of Libraries in Education and Science), science archive, National Electronic Library, etc., that make the Library one of the leaders on the information support of science and education.Building the unified open archive system is an important challenge that RNPLS&T is facing today. The library’s education projects make an important part of its activities; it also plans to go on with its advanced professional training programs. The Library also serves a site for bringing together users and sci-tech professionals and creative community. RNPLS&T has accumulated vast experience in hosting various social activities (meetings, lectures, tournaments of the Chess Culture and Information Center, workshops, schools, fests organized by the Group for Ecology and Sustainable Development Projects; events hosted by Popular Science reading room, etc.)

The digital library of the proceedings of the workshop “Information Support of Science: New Technologies”

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.

On the Information Support of Scientific Research, Development, and Production

Information support is viewed as one of the types of library and information services and knowledge management and is experiencing significant changes. The organization and methods of information support of science, including pre-project surveying and knowledge organization systems, are described. The ambiguity of information needs and requests is analyzed, and examples of foreign experience are given.

Bibliometrics and hunting the predators

Brief review of the International scientific-practical conference "Information support of science and education: Scientometrics and bibliometrics" held in Moscow on September, 2017, is presented. Some issues of bibliometric analysis are discussed. The authors focus mainly on the papers on bibliometric analysis instruments and technologies and researcher productivity. Explosive growth of publications, expansion of electronic media and open access publications (golden version) have given rise to the infringement of publication ethics, and emerging of predatory publishers and journals. Among other conference topics were the following: global and domestic trends of research, quality of Russian science publications, correlation between subscription costs and scientometric factors, RSCI analysis, etc. Special attention is given to paper by V. G. Bogorovs “Web of Science - the world of international science journals: Regional and global science citation indexes”, who discussed the criteria of selection for the Web of Science Core Collection.

The Methodological Foundations of Standardization in the Field of Library and Information Support of Science

This paper characterizes the methodological foundations of national standardization in the Russian Federation, in particular in the library and information field. The activities of Technical Standardization Committee 191 Scientific and Technical Information, Librarianship, and Publishing are reported.