Library Readers Research Articles

Transforming Wikipedia text into audio through machine learning

Purpose The purpose of this study is to navigate the process of transforming Wikipedia articles into audio files for library readers. The system provides a feasible manner of listening to Wikipedia content, accommodating diverse learning preferences and enlarging knowledge in education society. Design/methodology/approach This framework has been constructed using the Python programming languages in the Linux operating platform. Application programming interface and Google text-to-speech (TTS) are required as additional software packages to design this prototype system. Transform any Wikipedia pages into audio files through Wikitrola for libraries and information centers. Wikipedia articles are directly transformed into audio, as these integrate the content seamlessly for the user experience. The whole system has been designed and configured on the basis of machine learning to provide dynamic services among the readers. Findings The viewer could use the machine learning system to turn Wikipedia articles into audio files, allowing them to listen to Wikipedia content in audio format. This would make information more accessible and adaptable to diverse learning modes, allowing written content to be engaged in novel and visionary ways. Originality/value The insightful observation in connection with the paper is that it shows how to convert text-based material into audio through the Google TTS and machine learning Python programming and finally incorporate them in Wikipedia articles. A harmonious system of information dissemination and technical education is established. This approach shows the effectiveness of imagination and the use of programming tools to enhance learning and knowledge-seeking processes.

The MD-BK-means Construction Method for Library Reader Portraits

Due to the rapid development of internet technology, knowledge acquisition has become more convenient and efficient in network operations. University libraries serve as important resources for readers to acquire knowledge, and online resources and services in libraries have become the main direction for readers to acquire knowledge at present. Research the use of binary K-means clustering algorithm and library reader portrait technology to optimize the design of the reader portrait module and construct a multidimensional and multi perspective reader feature system. Reuse Spark programming language and support vector machine to perform computational processing on reader profile data to ensure accurate segmentation of the dataset. Finally, three datasets were used to test the accuracy and efficiency of the algorithm. The experimental comparison shows that the mining and precision segmentation of parallel SVM on the dataset are 93.20%, 85.16%, and 79.35% on the sample set, respectively, in order to optimize the mining performance of the data. The MD multi view binary K-means algorithm has a total Mahalanobis distance of 3.543, 5.268, and 22.385 on the sample dataset, respectively, to demonstrate its superiority in clustering performance. Therefore, the multi view binary K-means algorithm based on Mahalanobis distance has high advantages in reader portrait technology design, and provides technical support and theoretical reference for library reader portrait technology.

Andrioid mobile application aimed at getting personalized recommendations when selecting references

This article presents the results of the development of a mobile recommendation application to help library readers select references. One of the tasks of a librarian is to provide consultative assistance to the reader in selecting books. Working with a librarian can be replaced by the use of electronic library systems or special programs, which will allow you to solve the same task in less time. At the moment, there are websites and digital libraries that help the user to select books for further reading. They implement various algorithms that allow you to create personalized recommendations. Such systems are designed for electronic reading and are not linked to the databases of municipal library systems. Library readers can obtain recommendations when they choose literature for further reading using a mobile application. The paper considers the process of its creation: analysis of program requirements, design, implementation, testing and implementation. The application is developed for the Android operating system in the integrated development environment Android Studio in the Java programming language. The calculation of the technical and economic indicators of the project in its implementation has shown that the use of the application will provide sufficient economic effect. Its use can simplify the process of selecting books and significantly reduce the time to search for them, thus giving the librarian the opportunity to perform other tasks. The program does not require material costs for installation, which is an obvious advantage, and the functionality and system requirements allow its use on all mobile devices with the Android operating system.

«Открыта на пользу общую…» 210 лет со дня открытия Российской национальной библиотеки для читателей

Opened to readers on January 2 (14), 1814, Imperial Public Library (now National Library of Russia) celebrates 210 years since the fulfillment of this occasion in 2024. The historical path of improving service to readers in this library throughout this period is traced. Attention is drawn to significant dates in its development, noted both by the interested public and the authorities. Important stages in the development and study of Library readers and other areas of scientific research are highlighted. The main numerical indicators of the activities of National Library of Russia as of 2023 are presented. Ways to improve service to readers are indicated, considering the challenges presented to national culture in modern conditions of social development.

The Application of Blockchain Technology Based on Network Communication in the Design of Library Readers' Intelligent Query System

The Application of Blockchain Technology Based on Network Communication in the Design of Library Readers' Intelligent Query System

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From the statistical analysis of the activities of the libraries of Syunik region, it becomes clear that many problems are accumulated in this field. The development of the information and communication systems has contributed to the expansion of book-library-reader connections, but it is also clear that there is a reduction in the number of readers in various libraries of Syunik.According to the statistics the number of readers has decreased from year to year. The biggest quantity of library patrons from Syuni region by age are 15 years and older. The statistical analysis reveals many problems of replenishment of the library collections, as well as certain reductions in the number of employees. The question of having librarians graduated from the “Library and information Science” faculty is actual, It is also important to create a flexible information-access-database environment abetween regional libraries, which requires the implementation of elaborate actions. It is very important to implement life-long learning programs for the LIS professionals, which will certainly have a positive role in increasing the professional training of workers and acquiring certain skills. It is imperative to hold courses, seminars, interesting programs in regions that will promote the development of library work.

Research on Innovative Thinking of Library Reader Service Work under the Background of the Information Age

Research on Innovative Thinking of Library Reader Service Work under the Background of the Information Age

Research on the Reader Satisfaction of University Library

This paper takes the reader satisfaction of university libraries as the research object, constructs a set of scientific evaluation index system for University Library Readers' satisfaction. Empirical analysis is carried out by testing the reliability and validity of the original data and using Structural equation modeling (SEM) method to validate the model with Amos7.0 software. Through many adjustments and revisions, this paper constructs the reader satisfaction model of university library, and advances some corresponding preventive measures, suggestions and rectification measures.

A Survey of College Students' Reading Situation Based on Reader Behavior Data—Taking the Library of Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities as an Example

In the context of big data, readers generate a lot of behavioral trajectory data when using the library. With the support of network and information technology, the library has accumulated a large amount of data. Based on the reader service data of Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities Library, this study carries out statistical analysis on the venue behavior and online behavior of college students, investigates and studies the reading status of college students, and puts forward countermeasures to improve the reading status of students and do a good job in library reader service.

User Studies

Abstract: The present paper attempts to study the concept of a user study. Information centers and research centers do not seem to meet the needs of the user. The user has been deprived for many years. User studies are mainly about library readers and the use of libraries. There is a huge amount of information being created in the world today, but if there is no use to read it, then the value of that information is zero. The library has a huge collection of books, but if you do not have the class to use it, then the library will not be of any use. Alternatively, the library will not be developed. User Study is a staff student as well as a researcher who needs to know information about different types of users.

Intelligent Optimization Method of Resource Recommendation Service of Mobile Library Based on Digital Twin Technology.

In order to improve the Resource Recommendation and sharing ability of mobile library, an intelligent optimization model of Mobile Library Resource Recommendation Service Based on digital twin technology is proposed. Build the association rule feature distribution set of mobile library resource recommendation service, carry out text information retrieval in the process of Mobile Library Resource Recommendation and sharing, carry out semantic correlation feature registration according to the retrieval preference of mobile library reading user object, establish the association rule data set of mobile library reading user object preference for mobile library Resource Recommendation and sharing, carry out feature block processing, and analyze the library reader preference. Complete the collaborative filtering recommendation of Mobile Library Resource Recommendation sharing. The simulation results show that the collaborative recommendation under the intelligent optimization mode of mobile library resource recommendation service using this method has high accuracy and good confidence level, which improves the intelligent level of Mobile Library Resource Recommendation and user satisfaction.

A theoretical model and empirical analysis of university library readers' spatial cognition

PurposeThe practice of renovation and construction of university libraries is flourishing, but how to attract readers to use the library is an issue that urgently needs to be explored. Spatial cognition is a subjective judgment of a person's tendency to take action in the future and implies behavioral intention. Based on the sensory–image–cognition relationship, a theoretical model of university library readers' spatial cognition is conducted, and the influencing factors and mechanisms of spatial cognition are explored based on empirical data to provide theoretical references for spatial practices in university libraries.Design/methodology/approachA visual and art-based mental map approach is introduced based on a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire is mainly used for the specific evaluation of spatial use and the breakdown of the detailed elements, while the mental map method is mainly used for the evaluation of readers' spatial cognition. Relevant empirical data are collected from the library of the Zhejiang University of Technology.FindingsThe results indicate that readers' spatial sensory experience and mental imagery have positive effects on readers' behavior via the mediator spatial cognition, readers' spatial sensory experience and mental imagery have a positive effect on readers' spatial cognition and spatial cognition has a significant effect on readers' behavior.Originality/valueThe main contribution of this study is to construct a theoretical model of readers' spatial cognition and to explore the factors that have an impact on spatial cognition and the influence of cognition on behavior. This provides a more rational and in-depth thinking paradigm for the study of university library space and provides theoretical references for library practice.

On the Innovative Work and Development of Library Reader Service in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

With the continuous development of science and technology, the automated management of libraries has been continuously improved in order to better serve readers and improve the work efficiency of library managers. This paper mainly discusses the innovative path of library automation in the new era of artificial intelligence. Combined with the development of our school’s library in recent years, it is discussed to create a new situation of public library service for readers by creating an atmosphere, caring for disadvantaged groups, innovating reader activities, and expanding service content. According to the design idea and implementation process of the ant colony optimization neural network model, we propose a global search strategy—ant colony optimization algorithm—as the learning algorithm of the neural network model for library reader service evaluation.

Functional Structure of Tomsk Library Science Museum’s Book Collection (1919–1921)

The paper deals with the principles of the book fund organization in Library Science Museum (1919–1921), created by the future famous library scientist and bibliologist D. A. Balika during his professional formation in Tomsk. The Museum was created for didactic and methodological support of library professional education. The author shows the functional structure of the book collection and gives comments on possible dynamics of its composition, describes the methods to identify the source books and the sample books basing on the features of their publishing and printing form and various aspects of content (affiliation to a particular branch of knowledge, psychological type). She characterizes the ways to use two mentioned types of editions in educational process. (That is for the formation of knowledge and skills in library science, book studies, author studies and reader studies in a passive or active way – by the assimilation of the source books’ content or by the analytical description of the sample books). The author traces the biblio-psychological (Rubakin’s) traditions and biblio-pedagogic innovations in D. A. Balika’s vision of librarian’s “inner work” (“reading guidance” within the framework of the extracurricular education program). The transformation technology of a non-specialized fund into an educational one implemented by D. A. Balika seems to be relevant nowadays due to the strengthening (restoration) of the reader focus in the programs of higher library education in Russia and Ukraine at the beginning of the XXI century.

ФАКТОРЫ СОХРАНЕНИЯ ЧИТАТЕЛЬСКИХ КАРТОЧНЫХ КАТАЛОГОВ МУНИЦИПАЛЬНЫХ БИБЛИОТЕК В ЭКСПЕРТНЫХ ОЦЕНКАХ

The article gives a comparative analysis of electronic and card library readers’ catalogues, characterizes the functions of the paper catalogue as an important component of the reference search apparatus of the library infor-mation institution and the source of reference library servicing of different cat-egories of information consumers. The views of the prominent theorists of the modern Russian library science (E.R. Sukiasyan, L.B. Zuparova, etc.) concern-ing the usefulness of parallel introduction of traditional catalogues and their digital versions have been analyzed. The key factors that condition the librar-ies’ decision in favor of maintaining paper catalogues in actual condition are considered. In the author’s conclusion, keeping card catalogues in the epoch of digital transformation of information environment is guaranteed by the set of conditions the basic of which is the demand from the library readers.

New Services in the Libraries Activities in Australia and New Zealand

Studying the world experience in libraries activities gives Ukrainian institutions the opportunity to use the best, tested and promising ideas for working with their users. In this study, the authors pay attention to the project activities and interaction with readers in Australian and New Zealand libraries through new services. The article examines providing project activities and new services for the users of public libraries in Australia and New Zealand. The tasks were solved by using general scientific research methods. The analysis of sources was carried out to determine the main concepts of the topic; content analysis of websites and social networks of selected institutions; historical and comparative method of formation of public libraries in Australia and New Zealand. Considering the analysis of foreign experience, the approaches to socio-cultural transformations of public libraries in Australia and New Zealand are investigated. In the future, the main research findings can be implemented in the activities of Ukrainian book repositories and help in established cooperation with the public libraries of these countries. The main provisions, materials and research results can be used in the interaction of public book repositories with libraries in Australia and New Zealand. Comparing the activities of libraries in these countries, we can come to the conclusion that although Australian and New Zealand libraries have a much larger amount of material resources, the areas of activity are generally similar. Special attention is paid to the education and leisure of users, and famous people are also involved for this. Ukrainian public libraries can implement similar projects in their work and use new services to interact with their users and communities.

J. ZALEWSKI’S ACTIVITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL POLISH STATE LIBRARY IN KIEV IN1925–1931

The purpose of the article is an attempt to discover and analyze the activity of J. А. Zalewski (1894–?) аs director of the Central Polish State Library in Kiev in 1925–1931, on the background of the development of the main components of its functioning, to characterize the main achievements of his personal contribution as a director of the library in connection with the formation of the book collection as one of the leading library institutions in the city. In his scientific work the author has widely used historical-comparative, historical-genetic, statistical, chronological, biographical methods of research, the method of diachronic analysis, etc. The article analyzes the main socio-cultural factors of the development of the Central Polish State Library in Kiev, the dynamics of the main library components of its work and the main directions and achievements of book collections under the direction of J. А. Zalevsky during the specified period. Against the background of the characteristics of J. А. Zalevsky’s activity as a library director, the growth of book collections, composition and range of library readers, their reading interests, as well as the dynamics of the main library activity indicators of book collections under the direction of J. А. Zalevsky were investigated. The main directions of the work of J. А. Zalevsky as director of book collections and the sphere of the most important tasks of the library during the studied period are identified and characterized. The importance of activity of J. А. Zalevsky as a director of the library through the prism of the main tendencies of its development is analyzed. It was found that the sustainable development and successful activity of the Central Polish State Library in Kiev under of the direction J. А. Zalewski in 1925–1931 were limited by the shortcomings of the material and technical base, lack of funds, lack of systematic acquisition of books in Polish language, insufficient the number of publications published in Polish on the territory of the country, as well as political and socio-cultural factors of the country’s social life in the conditions of strengthening of the state totalitarian regime of the party bureaucracy and the curtailment of gender roots of rooting, ”which began at the turn of the 1920s‑1930s. However, thanks to J. Zalewski’s leadership, despite all the obstacles and objective difficulties, the work of the Central Polish State Library in Kyiv during the second half of the 1920s evolved steadily. Slowly, the bookstore was transformed into a cultural, educational, scientific and organizational-methodical center, which provided not only ordinary readers but also many experts who studied the history and culture of the Polish and Ukrainian peoples with the necessary information sources and bibliographic materials. Under the guidance of J. Zalewski of the Central Polish State Library in Kiev actively carried out cultural-educational,cultural-mass, educational and scientific-bibliographic work, in particular in book collections organized classes with graduate students, held certain measures to improve the skills of library staff of Polish libraries, organized exhibitions, lectures, creative evenings, exchange of library experience and more. Under the pretext of J. Zalewski, employees of the Central Polish State Library in Kiev carried out extensive organizational and methodological work; created Polish mobile libraries serving the Polish population in remote regions of the country; helped to organize new Polish departments at district book collections in many cities of Ukraine. It was at the turn of the 1920s‑1930s, when the institution was headed by J. Zalewski, that the greatest growth rate of development of the Central Polish State Library in Kiev was observed, when a certain network of Polish libraries, reading rooms and clubs was almost formed in the Ukrainian SSR.

Research Library's Role and Place in the Educational Environment of Pedagogical University

The paper provides some results of the library reader survey which allowed establishing the new role and place of the research library of a pedagogical university. The creative role of the research library determines the possible options of interaction between the library and scientific and educational departments of the pedagogical university. In the educational environment, the library becomes a “third place” between home and classroom.

A comprehensive study to the protection of digital library readers' privacy under an untrusted network environment

PurposeFirst, the authors analyze the key problems faced by the protection of digital library readers' data privacy and behavior privacy. Second, the authors introduce the characteristics of all kinds of existing approaches to privacy protection and their application limitations in the protection of readers' data privacy and behavior privacy. Lastly, the authors compare the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of existing approaches in terms of security, efficiency, accuracy and practicality and analyze the challenges faced by the protection of digital library reader privacy.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the authors review a number of research achievements relevant to privacy protection and analyze and evaluate the application limitations of them in the reader privacy protection of a digital library, consequently, establishing the constraints that an ideal approach to library reader privacy protection should meet, so as to provide references for the follow-up research of the problem.FindingsAs a result, the authors conclude that an ideal approach to reader privacy protection should be able to comprehensively improve the security of all kinds of readers' privacy information on the untrusted server-side as a whole, under the premise of not changing the architecture, efficiency, accuracy and practicality of a digital library system.Originality/valueAlong with the rapid development of new network technologies, such as cloud computing, the server-side of a digital library is becoming more and more untrustworthy, thereby, posing a serious threat to the privacy of library readers. In fact, the problem of reader privacy has become one of the important obstacles to the further development and application of digital libraries.

The Term “Library Service” in the Conceptual Framework of Library Science

The article considers the contradiction in concepts connected with key content of the library activity. Some fundamental documents use the term “library service”, others use “information and library service”, “library and information service” terms. The different content is also given to these concepts. The inconsistency is increased by the fact that since Soviet times the library services have often been understood as library activity in general. There is given the brief review of primarily positions on the conceptual framework of library service: library activity, work with readers, guidance of reading, library service, library and information service, information and library service. In violation of the Federal Law № 78-FZ “On Librarianship”, the term “library and information service” is enshrined in the names of textbooks, GOST R 7.0.103—2018 “Library and information service. Terms and definitions” and GOST R 7.0.104—2019 “Library and information services of scientific library. Types, forms and modes of delivery”. While library science is striving hard to integrate itself into information science, information science itself is far from recognising library and bibliographic science as an integral part of it. “Library service” is considered both as specific and general library science concept. The definition of “work” in relation to library science is given: it is the function of library staff to create values, provide benefits or meet the informational, cultural, educational needs of readers. The author proposes to intensify the concept of “library readers study”, to develop thoroughly its theory and methodology. The paper provides additional arguments in favour of the concept of “library readers study” in addition to the well-known ones. It is argued that in addition to revealing the links between the readers’ contingent and the library staff, it is necessary to reveal the links of the “readers’ contingent” subsystem with other subsystems of the first and second circuits of the library as a system.