National Science Library Research Articles

Olga Pankratievna Teslenko, the Enthusiast and Innovator of Scientific Research: to the 50th Anniversary of the First Edition of the Library Bibliographic Classification

The article examines the biography of Olga Pankratieva Teslenko (1911—1974), the eminent library scientist, developer and the first chief editor of the Library bibliographic classification (LBC). Her name is inextricably linked with the history of the national Library bibliographic classification and introduction of LBC in the practice of libraries.The purpose of the article is to reveal the significance of personality of the scientific supervisor in the formation of potential of sustainable development of the national classification system, ensuring its fundamental nature, comprehensiveness and integrity at all stages of the LBC development.The completion of publication of LBC schedules for scientific libraries (1960—1968) became an outstanding event in the national library science. Theoretical development of the LBC was most fully reflected in the Introduction to the Classification and in the numerous articles published in special periodicals. There were formulated theoretical and philosophical principles of LBC construction, substantiated the sequence of the main classes, the principles of classification of sciences. O.P. Teslenko has developed the priority table of LBC index signs for their automatic ordering. O.P. Teslenko made significant contribution to the study of issues related to the use of LBC as a language for automated information search. She carried out a lot of work on the analysis of LBC schedules in the light of the requirements of the automated information retrieval system (IRS) and developed the program of schedule optimization. As scientific supervisor, O.P. Teslenko created organizational structure for coordinating activity with the largest libraries of the country, their interaction with scientific and branch institutions and organizations cooperating in the development of the national classification.O.P. Teslenko’s articles on LBC, published in press, have found the response abroad, were translated into many languages and still serve as a source of theoretical and methodological basis in research studies on classification of sciences and library and information activities.

Autorskie autografy na egzemplarzach starych druków XVI-XVIII w., zachowanych we Lwowskiej Narodowej Naukowej Bibliotece Ukrainy im. Wasyla Stefanyka

The author’s autographs in the early printed books from the collection of the Vasyl Stefanyk Lviv National Scientific Library of Ukraine can be grouped in two categories. The first one includes author’s signatures, their individual notes concerning the book, amendments and supplements to the text. These materials, quite rare in the books, are of particular importance for the researchers of the history of writing and printing. They can become an authoritative reference for dating, settling authorship of anonymous works, preparations of critical editions. The following authors are mentioned in the text: Mikołaj Bernett (1643-1710), Stanisław Brzeżański (ca 1650-1738), Tadeusz Juda Krusiński (1675-1757), Gottfried Lengnich (16891774), Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801). The other category of author’s autographs, bigger and as precious as the previous one, includes hand-written author’s dedications. The annex to this text registers 67 Polish dedications from the 16-18th centuries. The following famous persons can be found among authors and recipients: Erazm of Rotterdam, Ercole Sassonia, Martinus Glicius of Pilzno, Andrzej Wolan, and Daniel Mikołajewski.

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.

LIBRARY FOR NATURAL SCIENCES OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NETWORK SERVICES AS A BASIS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INFORMATION SUPPORT

The resources and services provided by the Library for Natural Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences are considered both in open access and to Library for Natural Sciences authorized users — scientists of academic institutions. Library for Natural Sciences heads the Centralized library system, which includes the Central Library and 50 of its branches in the RAS institutions located in Moscow region. The main objective of Library for Natural Sciences RAS is to provide information support for fundamental research conducted in these organizations. The methods used to solve this problem are based on the extensive use of computer and network technologies. The results of Library for Natural Sciences activity in this area are the resources and services provided to users on the Library for Natural Sciences RAS website (http://benran.ru). The article describes basic materials presented on this website, including summary online Library for Natural Sciences RAS Centralized library system catalogues, Central Library image catalogue, system for the remote ordering of books, journals and copies of their fragments; systems of links to network resources “Natural Sciences in the Internet”, supported by Library for Natural Sciences specialists, problem-oriented information systems, formed by the Library for Natural Sciences staff.

Some estimates of the book collection accession dynamics in the Library on Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The paper analyzes data on the flow of non-periodical publications entering the collections of the Centralized Library System headed by the Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LNS RAS). The analysis is carried on for a five-year interval (2013-2017). It gives the general annual quantitative characteristics of domestic and foreign publications acquisition. The author shows a sharp drop in the number of incoming foreign, as well as translated publications, on natural sciences. The article presents the efficiency analysis of receipting publications on a legal copy (LC), which shows that the efficiency (a share of publications for the current year in LC flows), although slightly increasing over the past year, remains rather low. Publications of 2017 not received by LNS RAS in the LC flow have been identified, and their reconciliation with the Russian State Library catalog has been carried out.

The Status of Electronic Journals in India from 2006-2015 - A Brief Study

Electronic journals in India have grown exponentially. The aim of this work is to examine the nature and growth of electronic journals that have been assigned ISSN from 2006 to 2015 by National Science Library, New Delhi. It covers a total of 5979 electronic journals with assigned ISSN.

Технология формирования и поддержки проблемно-ориентированных информационных систем

The typical problem-oriented information system (POIS) is being developed by Library for Natural Sciences of the RAS (LNS RAS) as a kernel of automated complex providing information support of scientic re-search activities is considered in the article. The POIS in-cludes a number of objects: subscriber, operator, search requests, information sources, bibliographic records, journals etc. The System is being lled with current in-formation imported from dierent information sources. For the presented model realization, which is located in the Internet (http://scirus.benran.ru/pois), such infor-mation sources are Web of Science, Scopus and OPAC of Library for Natural Sciences of the RAS (LNS RAS). The POIS software is based on the SciRus software plat-form worked out by the LNS RAS specialists. The POIS software provides automated import of bibliographic records from mentioned information sources and has exible search engine using all database elds and Boolean operators. The feed-back as the estimations, given by a subscriber to the documents he have re-ceived, is included in the POIS

Autorskie autografy na egzemplarzach starych druków XVI-XVIII w., zachowanych we Lwowskiej Narodowej Naukowej Bibliotece Ukrainy im. Wasyla Stefanyka

The author’s autographs in the early printed books from the collection of the Vasyl Stefanyk Lviv National Scientific Library of Ukraine can be grouped in two categories. The first one includes author’s signatures, their individual notes concerning the book, amendments and supplements to the text. These materials, quite rare in the books, are of particular importance for the researchers of the history of writing and printing. They can become an authoritative reference for dating, settling authorship of anonymous works, preparations of critical editions. The following authors are mentioned in the text: Mikolaj Bernett (1643-1710), Stanislaw Brzezanski (ca 1650-1738), Tadeusz Juda Krusinski (1675-1757), Gottfried Lengnich (16891774), Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801). The other category of author’s autographs, bigger and as precious as the previous one, includes hand-written author’s dedications. The annex to this text registers 67 Polish dedications from the 16-18th centuries. The following famous persons can be found among authors and recipients: Erazm of Rotterdam, Ercole Sassonia, Martinus Glicius of Pilzno, Andrzej Wolan, and Daniel Mikolajewski.

Growth of research journals in India during last decade (2005-2014): an overview

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to reflect a growing trend toward the introduction of new research journals in India. The study focuses on the number of journals introduced in India during the past decade, namely, for the period 2005-2014. Some of the key aspects analyzed include year-wise distribution of journals introduced, cumulative and annual corresponding growth of newly introduced journals, publishing form of journals, namely, online, print and hybrid. Some other aspects studied include distribution of journals on the basis of language, periodicity, state, etc. for both online and print journals.Design/methodology/approachTo undertake the present study, data were retrieved from the official website of the National Science Library, New Delhi, and the analysis is based on the number of ISSN numbers issued by the National Science Library New Delhi during the period of study.FindingsA total of 15,631 research journals were introduced in India from 2005 through 2014. Compared to 4,954 (31.69 per cent) online journals, 10,614 (67.90 per cent) print journals were introduced in India during the past decade, depicting print as the larger medium of journal publishing in India. During the period of study, research journals in India grew annually at 31.44 per cent. New Delhi, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh emerged as the three leading research journal publishing states of the country, while 82.86 per cent journals are published in English language and a maximum 32.52 per cent journals are published on a quarterly basis.Originality/valueThe study is first of its kind undertaken in India.

Fructus Ligustri Lucidi in Osteoporosis: A Review of its Pharmacology, Phytochemistry, Pharmacokinetics and Safety.

Background: Fructus Ligustri Lucidi (FLL) has now attracted increasing attention as an alternative medicine in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. This study aimed to provide a general review of traditional interpretation of the actions of FLL in osteoporosis, main phytochemical constituents, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology in bone improving effect, and safety. Materials and Methods: Several databases, including PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, National Science and Technology Library, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Web of Science were consulted to locate publications pertaining to FLL. The initial inquiry was conducted for the presence of the following keywords combinations in the abstracts: Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, osteoporosis, phytochemistry, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, salidroside. About 150 research papers and reviews were consulted. Results: FLL is assumed to exhibit anti-osteoporotic effects by improving liver and kidney deficiencies and reducing lower back soreness in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The data from animal and cell experiments demonstrate that FLL is able to improve bone metabolism and bone quality in ovariectomized, growing, aged and diabetic rats through the regulation of PTH/FGF-23/1,25-(OH)2D3/CaSR, Nox4/ROS/NF-κB, and OPG/RANKL/cathepsin K signaling pathways. More than 100 individual compounds have been isolated from this plant. Oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, salidroside, and nuzhenide have been reported to exhibit the anti-osteoporosis effect. The pharmacokinetics data reveals that salidroside is one of the active constituents, and that tyrosol is hard to detect under physiological conditions. Acute and subacute toxicity studies show that FLL is well tolerated and presents no safety concerns. Conclusions: FLL provides a new option for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, which attracts rising interests in identifying potential anti-osteoporotic compounds and fractions from this plant. Further scientific evidences are expected from well-designed clinical trials on its bone protective effects and safety.

The RAS Library for Natural Sciences through the eyes of cataloguers

Key functions of the RAS Library for Natural Sciences are highlighted. The processes of catalog organization, development and update using BIBLIOBUS AILS are examined. Basic requirements to bibliographic record technology are discussed. The authors conclude that cataloguers need to access to reconciled cumulative reference information resources to consolidate the catalog and to ensure its reliable quality control.

Conference Report and Journal Launch, Beijing, China

June 8-9, 2017, the National Science Library of China (NSLC) hosted the first Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery conference and Big Data Analysis for Decision-Making workshop. This meeting took its name from the Journal of Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, which is the new name of and direction for the former Journal of Modern Library and Information Technologies.

Collection development at scientific libraries: New challenges

Models of academic libraries are reviewed. The first type is to support completeness of library collection development, the second one is oriented toward acquiring only those publications that are currently demanded by library users. This approach is positioned as “the targeted acquisitions”. The authors focus on this model and emphasize that it does not meet the tasks of academic libraries collection development and rather is to support research projects and programs which is important. This model is examined as a case study of the RAS Library for Natural Sciences.

PERONEAL TENDON LESIONS IN ATHLETES (REVIEW)

The authors analyzed scientific literature in respect of various issues in treatment of athletes with peroneal muscles lesions starting from 1987 till 2016. Key search and publications selection was made in PubMed and russian national electronic scientific library eLIBRARY. Peroneal tendons pathology is not the major but the underestimated cause of pain in lateral and hindfoot as well as of foot dysfunction which is difficult to distinguish from lesions of lateral ligaments of the ankle joint. Untreated lesions of peroneal tendons can result in chronic ankle pain and significant functional disorders. The purpose of the present paper is to improve the current comprehension of anatomy, to identify factors contributing to pathology, to perform diagnostic evaluation of peroneal tendons and to review current treatment options of such lesions.

Journals in library science and bibliography: Multiaspect scientometric analysis

The findings of the scientometric analysis of national journals in library science and bibliography are presented. Based on Science Index data, the rating of the journals under the subject headings “Culture” and “Information Studies” of the Russian Science Citation Index by citations number, number of citations excluding self-citation, two-year impact-factor, and two-year impact factor excluding self-citation is drawn up. The authors argue that these results can be extrapolated on the national library science. The article is based on the paper presented at the Second World Professional Forum “The Book. Culture. Education. Innovations” - “Crimea-2016”.

When does the librarianship became a science in Russia?

The main article objective is a terminological analysis of «librarianship» concept. The development of theoretical concepts of librarianship as a science and as a branch of knowledge is explored. The concept of «library thought» and its correspondence with the concept of «the history of librarianship» is analyzed. The author substantiate the idea that the library thought development did not contradict the history of library science and was its important part, librarianship roots should be traced with the emergence of the first libraries. This point of view on the history of librarianship found understanding in the works by I. V. Lukashov, V. V. Skvortsov, M. I. Slukhovsky, Yu. N. Stolyarov and other library scholars. The article deals with polemic questions: when has librarianship been recognized as a science; can the first use of the concept of «librarianship» be considered as a sign of the emergence of library science. The analysis of applying the concept «library science» showed that before the early XX century it was defined as «a systematic presentation of knowledge about libraries organization and the management». The article analyzes dividing the library science into theoretical and practical parts; examines the fate of the theoretical librarianship in frames of «theoretical» discussions taken place in early 1930s, and attempts of Soviet scientists (V. A. Artisevich, I. A. Mesenyashin, N. Ya. Fridieva) to revive the theoretical library science; considers the views of Yu. V. Grigoriev substantiated the library science as independent one. Analysis of the national library science thought development in 1960s-70s of the XX century showed that its development was characterized by a scientific approach, with heightened attention to general theoretical and methodological problems that contributed to forming the librarianship as a science. The article states that in the modern terminology of the national library science there are two concepts: as a librarianship independent science and as a branch of knowledge. Combination into a single term of at least two different «library sciences» leads both to typological and substantial inconsistencies and errors, which can be seen in a variety of theoretical and practical disciplines including the word «librarianship». The author offers two options concerning use of the term «librarianship». The first one is to call the «librarianship» on the western model «library science», and the term «librarianship» applies to various disciplines (library science as a branch of knowledge). The second one is to retain in national science traditional name «librarianship» as a synonym for «library science» and not to use the word «librarianship» in the titles of different library disciplines to avoid confusion.

On the problem of domestic library science genesis and its scientific status

The article is dedicated to the domestic library science formation and development. It reviews and analyzes the concept proposed by A. N. Vaneev, according to which librarianship has emerged as a branch of science. This concept is based on the following facts: first, on the etymology of the term «bibliotekovedenie» meaning the knowledge on library; secondly, on the opinion of a participant of the discussion that took place in print in 1865, that library science and its works were not possible; that in 1910-1920s it was dominated the view on the library science as a branch of knowledge, and in 1930s the library science was declared a bourgeois science. Therefore, only in 1960s, the library science began to take shape of a scientific discipline, resulting in the duality, to overcome which it was proposed to replace the term «bibliotekovedenie (studying library)» with the term «library science» by A. Vaneev. The concept analysis showed that it was not confirmed neither etymologically nor pictographically. The author's concept is proposed, according to which the library science was formed as a scientific discipline during the XIX century. First, it is based on the thesis that the concept «branch of knowledge» is a library classification notion, whereas the concept «scientific discipline» is a scientific term, therefore they cannot be opposed to each other; second, on the view of science as systematic and focused research activities of a particular subject area. Therefore, it arises when there is the identification of this subject area. Such are the aspects of library activities to ensure public interests in the sphere of science, education and enlightenment. In practice, this was manifested in the «governmentalization» of librarianship and subordinating it to the Ministry of education. Understanding the subject area of library science by scholars was in the mid XIX century. The systematic character of scientific knowledge was achieved by institutionalization, through vesting the leading libraries of the country functions of scientific institutions, creating the library communities, professional printing, etc. All this took place during the whole XIX century. Thus, according to the author's proposed concept the formation of national library science as a scientific discipline ended in the late XIX - early XX century finally.

The information support of basic research

The specific nature of library activity is analyzed in the context of new realities that underpin the development and storage of library resources. Arguments that justify the key role of libraries in information support of scientific research are presented. The structure of the library network that belongs to the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations (FASO), which was formerly known as the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), is discussed. The case of the RAS Library for Natural Sciences (LNS RAS) is presented in order to discuss the activities of the network's core library as a traditional library, information center, research and development institute, and technical center.

Prevalence of Scoliosis Among Primary and Middle School Students in Mainland China

Systematic review and meta-analysis of published prevalence of scoliosis among primary and middle school students in Mainland China. To evaluate the prevalence of scoliosis among primary and middle school students in Mainland China. There is substantial uncertainty regarding the prevalence of scoliosis in Mainland China among the primary and middle school students. We conducted a systematic review aiming to describe the prevalence of scoliosis in Mainland China. We systematically reviewed the published epidemiological studies or reports on the prevalence of scoliosis in Chinese cities. Scopus, PubMed, WanFang Database, CNKI, China National Science and Technology Digital Library, and WeiPu Database were searched for studies reporting a prevalence estimate for scoliosis in primary and middle school students. Meta-analyses were performed to estimate the pooled prevalence of scoliosis by STATA 12.0. Subgroup analyses were conducted according to the sex, age, and geographical area. A total of 38 articles, including 697,043 patients, were eligible for inclusion in this review. Meta-analyses revealed the prevalence of scoliosis to be 1.02% (95% [confidence interval] CI, 0.85-1.18) among the primary and middle school students in Mainland China. The female to male ratio was 1.54 (95% CI, 1.35-1.74; P < 0.001). According to the subgroup analysis by different ages, the prevalence of scoliosis increased from 0.73% (95% CI, 0.55-0.90) to 1.14% (95% CI, 0.86-1.42). Meta-analyses showed that the prevalence of scoliosis in Mainland China was 1.02% among the primary and middle school students. The prevalence of scoliosis in females was higher than in males and the ratio was 1.54. As they grew older, the prevalence of scoliosis increased in the students.

On the development of National Science and Technology Library

Purpose – This study aims to discuss the creation and development of China’s National Science and Technology Library (NSTL), provide an overview of the information services it provides for sci-tech researchers throughout the People’s Republic of China, and highlight the leading role it plays in fostering scientific innovation in China. Design/methodology/approach – The author uses a case study approach based on his own professional experience at the NSTL. Findings – The NSTL offers a wide variety of information, reference and document delivery services for sci-tech researchers in China. Originality/value – The NSTL plays a leading role in the provision and innovation of such services, and as such has a direct and positive impact on the quality of scientific research and innovation in China.