National Bibliography Research Articles

The Russian State Library as a National Bibliographic Agency

The history of the Russian Book Chamber — the world’s first specialized state institution established to carry out registration, current bibliographic accounting of domestic publications and their archival storage — is briefly described. Since 2013 it has been a branch of the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS). In 2021—2022 the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation to transfer the functions of this branch to the Russian State Library (RSL) was implemented. The organizational aspects of this process are covered. As a result, RSL acquired new functions (accounting, notification, perpetual storage of the required copy) and a new status — the National Bibliographic Agency of the Russian Federation (NBA), which now need to be fixed in legal documents. The importance of coordination and methodological functions of the NBA for the full functioning of the entire system of national bibliography of the country is especially noted.

International unification and national bibliography

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The first volumes of the Estonian national bibliography

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The notes for Lithuanian national bibliography

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IFLA Study on Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records ant Its Significance for the National Bibliographic Services and Cataloguers

IFLA Study on Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records ant Its Significance for the National Bibliographic Services and Cataloguers

The Accident Rate in the Construction Sector: A Work Proposal for Its Reduction through the Standardization of Safe Work Processes

The statistics on work-related accidents published by the responsible organizations reveal that the average rate of work accidents within the construction sector is more than double that in other industrial sectors. This serious problem has been analyzed by numerous international organizations and institutes dedicated to occupational safety, health and welfare. Therefore, in this article, some results of a research project that aims to reduce workplace accidents through the standardization of safe work processes and procedures in construction sites are summarized. The proposed methodology consisted of the analysis of national and international bibliographies to analyze the different annual variations in the accident rate, allowing a common pattern to be located, as well as its association with the work processes carried out in construction projects to standardize each of the processes which are present in the execution and life phases of the building. It is possible to conclude that the accident rates can be reduced and/or eliminated with the application of each of the processes thanks to the obtained results.

Data Visualisation of the National Bibliography of Sweden in 2015–2022

The aim of the article is to analyse the experience of visualising the national bibliography data as a method of studying the documentary flow of the country’s publishing products, and as a means of imaging publishing industry statistics (using the example of Sweden). Research methods. Achieving the set goal is carried out using a system of general scientific and special methods: theoretical (analysis, synthesis, generalisation, etc.), empirical (description), review and analytical, comparative, statistical, etc.). The methodological basis of the study are general scientific principles of objectivity, complexity, continuity and comprehensiveness. From the standpoint of scientific methodology, the issue is studied on the system approach basis. Scientific novelty. The conducted analysis of the project in data visualisation of the national bibliography of Sweden presents an original approach to imaging some certain bibliographic data set, studying the documentary flow of publishing products, conducting publishing statistics, and informing users more widely in an accessible form. Main conclusions. The national bibliography of Sweden presents current and quality statistics data on the country’s publishing products. Implemented by the Royal Library of Sweden, the project in bibliographic data visualisation shows that the national bibliography, as an authoritative and transparent indicator of tendencies in Swedish book publishing, makes it possible not only to analyse the products publication, but also to clearly and definitely visualise and illustrate it. Visualisation makes it possible to identify certain relationships in the set of information about new publications, to display the distribution of data, as well as composition and comparison. The project demonstrates the ability of the Royal Library of Sweden, as a national bibliographic agency, to effectively and efficiently adapt to the modern media-landscape, and respond to the current demands of time and the users’ needs. Mastering the Swedish experience in data visualisation can contribute to improving the Ukrainian bibliographic practice and transformation of the national bibliography of Ukraine in the digital environment.

The Format and Display of the MARC 505 Contents Note: Some Recent Practical Developments

This article identifies trends in the use of the MARC 505 field through the analysis of records downloaded from the UK’s National Bibliographic Knowledgebase. It finds that the proportion of records where this field is formatted in the established way—with items delimited by a double hyphen—is rapidly decreasing, and alternative formatting, including HTML, is becoming increasingly common. A project at the author’s library demonstrates that modern public catalogs are capable of sophisticated display without requiring HTML in the underlying records and that ultimately the consistency of the established formatting is probably better for display than HTML.

Serials as Vital Resources: A Bird’s Eye View

Serials are important sources of information to library users. This study examines the serials management in a Law library, the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS). Diverse resources aid research, learning and teaching, among these are serials. They feature as inaugural lectures, public briefings, reports, white papers, gazettes and other government publications, hazards, panels/commissions of inquiry, memoirs, findings, treaties, field trip’ reports, television or film series, body corporate statements of accounts, newspapers, conference proceedings. The role of UNESCO coupons in paying for foreign journals was briefly mentioned-though these are no longer sent to many Nigeria libraries. The compulsion for all serials editors to write to NLN for an ISSN to enhance the compilation of National Bibliographic Control, like the British Union Catalogue of Periodicals, and collective aim at ensuring a knowledge output consortia among all libraries to ‘save the bucks’ was also mentioned, this, so many of the knowledge industries do not comply with this statute, unfortunately. The paper discussed the management of serials which include: acquisitions, classification, storage and preservation. The study recommends the need for acquisitions policy reviews, staff skills, suggesting the employment of only possessors of library and information science qualifications in the libraries, preservation and conservation of serials via binding and pre-purchase quality assurance.

Գիրքը Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունում (ազգային մատենագիտություն)

So we can say: the printed heritage is one of the most important manifestations of civilization. Armenian printing and bibliography have a centuries-old history. State and national bibliography has an important role in the collection, processing and transmission of the printed heritage to the descend-ants in the Republic of Armenia. It also plays a big role in popularizing print culture.

Diagnostic utility of diagnostic investigations to identify neuropathic pain in low back-related leg pain: protocol for a systematic review

IntroductionNeuropathic pain in low back-related leg pain has gained increasing interest in contemporary research. Identification of neuropathic pain in low back-related leg pain is essential to inform precision management. Diagnostic...

Ukrainian 16th century ecclesial chant ABCs in national and foreign scientific bibliography

Ukrainian 16th century ecclesial chant ABCs in national and foreign scientific bibliography

Rules for Forming of Bibliographic Record Heading in the New National Standard

The article presents the detailed comments of the standard developer and the text of the SIBID national standard – GOST R 7.0.80–2023 “Bibliographic record. Heading. General requirements and rules” which puts into action from August 1, 2023. This standard brings about a change in the structure and composition of bibliographic record heading thus enabling to actualize and unify the method of its compiliation for all kinds of information resources. The GOST is intended for use by centers of the national (state) bibliography, libraries, publishers, information services and other organizations and structures dealing with the bibliographic activities. In this GOST in comparison with its predecessor of 2000 a number of new clauses is introduced, as well as the volume of information is broadened about identifying features, punctuation requirements and fully renewed album of specific examples. The rules for presentation of names of secular leaders and ecclesiastics of different confessions are fully shown because they often cause difficulties for a bibliographer. The given document should improve the searching efficiency and velocity of bibliographic information exchange.

The mandatory copies of Russian publications in bibliographies and statistics: Control and registration

The problems of national bibliography and publishing statistics are inextricably linked to the legislative support of acquiring and processing mandatory copies (MC) of Russian publications by the coordinating national center. Over a century, the Russian Book Chamber has been such center (in USSR, later in the Russian Federation). It acted as an independent organization until 2014. From 2014 till September 2022, it was affiliated with ITAR-TASS news agency. Today, the Russian Book Chamber is part of the Russian State Library while keeping its traditional functions in bibliographic and statistical control of national publishing products. The authors examine the key problems of these activities caused by retarding federal legislation on mandatory copies against the real-life publishing situation and information needs of our society and government. The number of publishers, though not professional, but some sort of “amateur” ones, is trending upwards, while the circulation of Russian book publications is decreasing year on year. The authors propose to optimize legislation support of publishing through control of publications by academic book publications and periodicals, as well as by those “printed on demand”; through decrease and differentiation of the federal MC sets, re-distribution of these sets for the sake of out-of-the capital library depositories, and timely editing of terminology and obsolescent articles in the law on mandatory copies.

European And National Aspects Of Protection, Preservation аnd Promotion оf Intangible Cultural Heritage: Digital Collections іn the Web Information Environment

The purpose of the article is to characterize digital collections devoted to the preservation and popularization of intangible cultural heritage in European and Ukrainian web information environments. The research methodology consists in the application of general scientific and special methods, in particular the system approach, analysis, synthesis, logical method, method of visualization of research results. Methods of content analysis, comparative and analytical monitoring of Internet resources for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage were used to track the state of digital collections in the web information environment. The scientific novelty of the work consists in expanding ideas about the protection, preservation and popularization of intangible cultural heritage at the world and national levels in web information environments. An analysis of four European and two Ukrainian digital collections, representing intangible cultural heritage and hosted on the relevant web information environments, was carried out. Conclusions. At the current stage of our country's development, it is irreversible to join the European integration processes and strive for a worthy representation of Ukrainian culture in the world information space. The creation of a resource of the historical and cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people has become one of the activities of libraries, archives, museums and other institutions related to national memory, an integral part of the national bibliography, archeography and archival studies, museology of Ukraine in its broad sense as a resource of national documentary memory. The article examines four European and two Ukrainian digital collections dedicated to the preservation and popularization of intangible cultural heritage in the web information environment, which represent a sufficient number of intangible cultural heritage elements presented in multimedia resources. It was established that in the case of both marketing and communication policy, it is expedient to use social network platforms and mass media, which will have a positive effect on society's interest in the elements of intangible cultural heritage. Keywords: intangible cultural heritage, representation of Ukrainian culture, digital collections, web information environment, popularization of intangible cultural heritage.

Gribanov Readings — 2022 as a Platform for Discussing the History and Development of Book Culture in Russia

The All-Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation “Gribanov Readings — 2022” was held on December 14—16, 2022 at the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The article discusses the problems of the book culture of the regions of Russia; this theme was in the focus of attention of conference participants and was the subject of scientific discussion at the plenary session and in the course of the sections: “National and local history bibliography: history, status and new horizons”, “Reading infrastructure: research, exchange of experience”, “Historical and cultural studies to preserve the cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East” and “Digital transformation of libraries”. Within the framework of the conference, there were organized the round table “Modern Library Education: exchange of opinions of practitioners and theorists, managers and performers, teachers and students, readers and librarians” and the First Regional Festival of Scientific Research Cinema “Science Cinema”. The conference aroused great interest in the professional and scientific community. More than 130 specialists took part in it — theorists and practitioners of library and information activities, experts in the book industry, philosophers, historians, ethnographers, cultural scientists, art historians, employees of archives and museums from 30 regions of Russia, as well as from Belarus, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The conference was aimed at identifying the main vectors of the history and current trends in the development of book culture in the regions of Russia, assessing the role of books and reading, bibliography, modern book publishing, discussing the key issues of the domestic book market, finding ways to digitally transform libraries and preserve the best traditions of the development of the book industry.

Russian publishing market and sci-tech library collection development

The Russian publishing market is analyzed from the library’ perspective, as the book publishing and book distribution market dynamics, including both book publishing and trends in distributing in different formats through various channels and technologies, affect significantly library collection development. The following problems are indicated: 1) completeness and accessibility of information on scientific literature being published; 2) procurability. The analysis is based on the statistical data by Russian Book Chamber, sector-specific report “The Russian Book Market”, etc. The dependence of quality of library collection development on the book industry status is emphasized. In assessing quantitative characteristics of scientific book publishing, the acquisitions indicators of RNPLS&T as a Mandatory Copy receiver, were used. The role of electronic library systems, library book pools, as well as of the National Book Platform and National Bibliographic Resource, both under development, is explored.

Аналіз української та зарубіжної історіографії нелегальних міграційних процесів під час Голодомору 1932–1933 років

Background. The topic of the border in today's conditions is gaining special interest. However, during the period of existence of the Polish-Soviet border (1921–1939), which was repeatedly exposed to the active activity of illegals and subversive intelligence groups, especially during the Holodomor of 1932–1933, the declared problem of studying illegal migration processes was particularly acute. The issue of the role of the border, its development and functional features in the period 1921–1939, on the one hand as a containment line, and on the other hand as an activator of international tension, requires detailed study and assessment. Methods. The analysis of the historiography of illegal migration processes, in particular during the Holodomor of 1932-1933, required the involvement of a number of principles, including the principle of objectivity, which, above all, makes it possible to avoid false statements, involvement or bias, as well as methods, in particular: historiographic analysis and historiographic synthesis, generalization, systematization. Results. The proposed article makes an attempt to analyze the Ukrainian and world historiography of illegal migration processes, on the "Riga border", during the Holodomor of 1932-1933. The study draws attention to the current achievements of the national historical bibliography, mainly from the period of the 1990s – 2010s. from the study of the limological and historical features of the "Zbruch Border", in particular during the Holodomor period of 1932-1933. Characteristic features of the scientific works of foreign scientists, in particular historians of the USA, the Republic of Poland, Austria and the Republic of France, are highlighted, as well as their methodological and factual features. The article is designed to acquaint readers with current trends in historical and limological research and microhistorical studies. Сonclusion. Based on the analysis of Ukrainian and foreign historiography of illegal migration processes during the Holodomor of 1932–1933, it not only provides an opportunity to understand the historical processes of the declared period, but also to follow the dynamics, features of crossing the border and its place in Polish-Soviet relations and the reflection of these relations on the processes , which took place on Ukrainian lands.

Lithuanian Postcard in the struggle against Imperial Russia

The article is devoted to a peculiar episode of the struggle of Lithuanians against the policy of persecution based on nationality which was pursued by Imperial Russia between 1864 and 1904. Its participants were representatives of the parts of the Lithuanian nation separated by the border between Germany and the Russian Empire – Martynas Jankus (1858–1946), a German citizen, a Lithuanian of East Prussia, the owner of a printing office in Tilsit (Lith. Tilžė, currently Sovetsk, a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian Federation) and a group of Lithuanian young people who were operating illegally, a group of citizens of the Russian Empire. The time under discussion is the 1890s. During that period, the Lithuanian national movement was rapidly developing and strengthening while striving to bring together both parts of the nation and the USA-based Lithuanian diaspora community. One of the most important measures of the common struggle was the distribution of publications printed in Latin characters in the Lithuanian language which were banned to be published in the territory of Russia but were legally printed in East Prussia and smuggled across the border into Lithuania. From there, the publications were sent to Lithuanian communities all over the Russian Empire. This struggle resulted in victory: the ban was lifted by Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Russia issued in 1904.
 To strengthen the political opposition, Lithuanian intellectuals printed not only books, brochures and newspapers but also various minor publications – political leaflets. Students of Russian universities and Lithuanian intellectuals graduates of these higher education institutions prepared texts and sent funds intended for their publication to the printing offices of Lithuanians and Germans in East Prussia. The number of such leaflets surviving to the present day is very small. One of these publications was an anonymous card of the size of a standard German postcard (95 x 140 mm). Thus far, three of them have been found in Lithuanian libraries and archives, and one has been discovered in the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg. A composition of two illustrations is printed on one side of the card: a Lithuanian countrywoman and a Cossack standing in front of her with a raised whip and a bottle of vodka as a gift for obedience. This symbolised a spread of orthodoxy and the deportation of Lithuanians from their native land. The following exclamation of the Cossack is printed: Are you a Lithuanian? Go to Russia! The explanation of the content of the illustration and the encouragement (first of all, to Catholic believers) to oppose the plans of the authorities are printed in small characters. They are related to the colonisation of Siberia. The statements are well-grounded, the exposition of the subject is logical and written in the correct Lithuanian language. Most probably, it was created by the graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Moscow Vladas Mačys (1867–1936).
 Vaclovas Biržiška, Professor of Law at the University of Lithuania in Kaunas and Director of the University Library, was the first to describe this publication bibliographically. The author regarded this publication as a postcard, attributed it to Martynas Jankus’ printing office and dated it ‘1892’. A more precise description was publicised in the fundamental work of Lithuanian national bibliography Lietuvos TSR bibliografija. Serija A: Knygos lietuvių kalba (Bibliography of the Lithuanian SSR. Series A: Books in the Lithuanian Language; vol. 2: 1862–1904. Book 2 (Vilnius, 1988, p. 401, No. 4065). It was compiled in the Soviet era, and the only available copy stored in Mikhail J. Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library (currently renamed the Russian National Library in Sankt Petersburg) served as the basis for it. The present author amended the publication date of the postcard (1891) and specified the circumstances of its distribution, while also ascertaining that the artist of the illustrations was the lithographer of Tilsit Johann Mai.

Open Science – A Croatian Perspective

Jadranka Stojanovski discusses the evolution of library support for open science from a Croatian perspective. From her vantage point as (former) library director of the Ruđer Bošković Institute and associate professor at the department of information science of the University of Zadar, Stojanovski has been a pioneer in establishing services exploiting the possibilities offered by new information technologies since the 1990s. Many of her activities have been connected to broad European collaborative projects such as OpenAIRE, OASPA, and EOSC.
 The Croatian approach has been a very proactive one. Already in 1997, the CROSBI was launched, a combined national scientific bibliography and repository for Green Open Access documents. Although deposition of articles and other research documents is entirely voluntary, CROSBI now carries metadata on more than 725,000 documents, a large proportion of which are available in fulltext. Alongisde CROSBI, there are also several institutions running their own institutional repositories. There is now extensive collaboration between these services in the form of DABAR (‘beaver’ in English), aiming to enhance the interoperability and findability of documents stored in the various repositories. Stojanovski has also been involved in setting up an inventory on Who’s Who in Science in Croatia as well as a database on scientific equipment, Šestar (‘pair of compasses’).
 Set up in 2005, the HRČAK (‘hamster’) platform for Croatian scientific and professional journals has been a massive success. Less than twenty years after its inception, it now carries more than 500 scholarly journals and series of conference proceedings, nearly all of which are Diamond Open Access (i.e., free to the reader and with no author-facing publishing charges). Roughly 150 of these journals receive annual subsidies from the government, the rest are fully based on voluntary work from individual editors and the institutions or learned societies they represent. Only around 25 HRČAK journals charge Article Processing Charges. The Social Sciences and Humanities are particularly well represented on the platform, with many journals publishing in Croatian despite the lack of an official language policy in favor of Croatian as a scholarly language. The University Computing Centre in Zagreb (SRCE, ‘heart’) is responsible for the technical development of HRČAK, which is based on seamless interconnection between in-house developed software and open-source software for editorial processes, primarily Open Journal Systems.
 A national Research Data Policy or, better still, a general Open Science Policy is highly desirable, Stojanovski argues. Infrastructure is in place, but usage will undoubtedly rise significantly as soon as open science practices become mandatory.
 Alongside Dominic Tate (episode 43) and Pierre Mounier (episode 44), Jadranka was a keynote speaker at the 17th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing. This interview was first published online on December 13, 2022.