SPSTL SB RAS Research Articles

The Database “The Library of Varvara Pavlovna Adrianova-Peretz” in the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Building the database “The library of Varvara Pavlovna Adrianova-Peretz” in the IRBIS64 library automation system revealed a number of problems related to books bibliographical records. This distributed book collection is preserved in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Department of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS SB) and in the library of the Department of Old Russian Literature of the RAS Institute of Russian Literature (The Pushkin House). The database seeding based on the study of “The Adrianova” book collection de visu, enables to eliminate invalid information in the SPSTL SB RAS e-catalogue and to provide the more convenient and faster access to the books in the unique memorial library of the outstanding Russian scientist. The database is of interest to the scholars of the humanities and readers interested in the literary studies, history, culture and folklore. The author characterizes the database as the comprehensive bibliographical descriptions of the collection copies. He lists the main special reference sources used in the process. The findings of the study of Novosibirsk part of Adrianova collection are characterized. The author discusses the prospects for the studies of the two collection parts to build the aggregated database of the distributed book collection with the following publishing of V. P. Adrianova-Peretz’ library catalog.

State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the scientific and information space of the East of Russia

The scientific libraries participate in building the information and communication infrastructure being an integral part of the scientific, educational,socio-cultural and industrial complex of the region. The authors review in brief the evolution of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) – the leading information and library center of Siberia in the context of changing scientific and educational environment.The Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, established in 1957, contributes to the active development of science in the east of the country. Implementing strategic objectives, among the priority measures the Branch heads laid the new system foundations of research information support, which met the demands of science development and the specific character of the institution activity within the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Big efforts to expand the network of libraries of research institutes were undertaken. The State Public Scientific Technological Library of the SB USSR AS, which began its activities in the region in 1958, was designed as the central library of the USSR SB AS (SB RAS). For 65 years, it has been providing information and methodological support for multidisciplinary research. The Library also acts as an institutional center in the library science, bibliography and bibliology, book history, and the largest library and information, cultural, educational, educational center, shaping the modern information, scientific, educational and cultural environment.

Unpublished Sources in the Archive of the Samizdat and Non-traditional Printing Sector of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The aim of the article is to present the structure of the common archive of the Samizdat and Non-traditional Printing Sector of the Laboratory of Book Studies of SPSTL SB RAS formation on the ­example of the main storage units – personal collections of writers, artists, cultural figures and musicians. It provides classification of the existing unpublished sources in the sector’s collections, analyzes authorial materials, dedications, autographs, drawings and markings, mentions of the alternative printing process authors and participants in periodicals and correspondence. The article describes the sources of samizdat and non-traditional printing, existing in the sector, reveals the content of the main thematic directions. It characterizes archival units on the examples of alternative book publishing, various forms of samizdat, ephemera, ego-documents, fragments of personal libraries, examples of periodical printing. It also offers the classification of personal collections based on temporal periodization, thematic and territorial characteristics. The analysis of the content of the presented sources bases on the personal collections of M. Baturin, I. Akhmetiev, V. Ivaniv, O. Volov, E. Shurygin, E. Iordansky, A. Chekanov, as well as various unofficial creative communities and groups. Special attention is paid to the formation of communication chains and links between authors in the informal cultural environment, in the field of samizdat and alternative book publishing from the 1960s to the 2010s that clarifies the criteria of such ties.

<i>Book. Reading. Media</i> is a Space of Knowledge Related to a Person Who Reads, Writes and Media

The purpose of the article is to introduce the editorial policy, mission and plans of the new journal, established by the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) in 2023. The Book. Reading. Media is called to become a platform for representatives of various scientific disciplines who study books, readers and media in the past and present. The article contains the opinions of the members of the editorial board, leading Russian and foreign experts in the field of book studies, library science, reader studies, media studies, cultural studies, etc. All of them are confident in the relevance of the new journal’s subject and express their hopes for its successful development and relevance among professionals.

Иностранная часть рукописного собрания академика М. Н. Тихомирова: источники формирования

The article deals with solving actual issues of identifying the sources of formation the collections of manuscripts, old printed book and acts of academician M. N. Tikhomirov, donated by the owner’s will to the State Public Scientific Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) of USSR. The purpose of the study is to clarify the attribution and dating of materials in foreign languages and to establish their provenances. For this purpose, the methods of palaeography and codicology were applied and the possibilities of searching and analyzing data from digital libraries and Internet resources. Attention is paid to such an important aspect of source criticism as the reconstruction of the social context and conditions of origin and existence of a certain document (manuscript, printed edition, acts, etc.). The article identifies the acts – records on parchment, purchased by M. N. Tikhomirov from Leningrad collector and military doctor V. F. Gruzdev. The article gives correct dates of the act sources in the chronological range from the middle of 13th to the last quarter of 15th centuries, presents their brief paleographic description, and identifies some sphragistic data. Three of them refer to Bremen by their origin, the fourth with Lower Silesia. The original storage of at least two of them is identified – Tresekammer (Trese) – the oldest fund of Bremen Staatsarchiv. An archaeographic description of album de luxe of the 17th century, attributed during the admission of Tikhomirov’s collection to the SPSTL SB RAS as an Album of Coats of Arms. Valuable information about it was found in in the publication of 1887 "Zacharias Allerts Tagebuch aus dem Jahre 1627" (The Diary of Zacharias Allert of 1627). According to the brief description of the Album given in it, which was at that time in the city archive of Breslau (Wroc?aw), its identity with the manuscript of the Tikhomirov’s collection was established. The article characterizes the Album, reveals the circle of persons involved in its creation and the circumstances of their biographies, determines its genre and compositional specifics due to the German baroque aesthetics. Especially valuable results were obtained by the discovery of information about manuscripts and documents that had disappeared from the field of view of researchers almost a century ago.

Analysis of Unsatisfied Readers’ Requests as a Way to Manage the Quality of Library Collections Formation (on the example of SPSTL SB RAS)

One of the most effective ways to study the library activity success is to work with unsatisfied readers’ requests to receive information corresponding to the library profile. The article contains material obtained in the course of research activities within the framework of the scientific project, which assumes, in particular, the study of the level of users’ satisfaction with the quality of collections. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to present the results of the analysis of the current situation with unsatisfied requests in the departments of the State Scientific Technological Library of SB RAS, its impact on the quality of the library collections and reader service, on decisionmaking to improve working activities. In the course of work, the authors used scientific methods of analysis and generalization both of theoretical elaborations and library statistical data. The analysis of refusals over the past five years has allowed us to formulate a number of problems leading to the emergence of unsatisfied readers’ requests. The revealed considerable changes both in the organizational and functional structures of the library and the technology of servicing readers have led to decentralization of the process of work with unsatisfied requests thus negatively influencing its coordination and effectiveness. The basic stated reasons are deterioration of information resources and imperfection of reference apparatus. Special consideration deserves the situation within the categories of priority for the scientific library: proceeding from the received data, refusals to them made 34 % from the total amount of unsatisfied requests. The authors suppose that the conclusions drawn on the results of the study, though being the upper “cut off” the problem of unsatisfied requests, are an objectively necessary basis for optimizing the processes of stack formation and servicing readers of SPSTL SB RAS.

The Average “Portrait” of SPSTL SB RAS Contemporary Reader

The Average “Portrait” of SPSTL SB RAS Contemporary Reader

Experience of the SPSTL SB RAS in the Study of Open Tools to Support Scientific Research

The purpose of this study was to study online tools to support open science research processes, as a result of which a system of open tools to support scientific research (OIPSR) was built at the State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the online platform “Library for Open Science”. To create a system, an analysis of existing open tools to support research processes was carried out. Online tools have been identified from a number of different sources. The tools were evaluated in terms of openness, freeness and accessibility under restrictions. The final list of open research support tools contains 137 tools. As a result, a system was created based on the stages of the entire cycle of scientific research – planning, searching, analyzing, writing, publishing, disseminating, evaluating. The found and selected tools were grouped according to research activities for all stages of scientific research. The developed system will allow scientific researchers to increase the efficiency of their scientific work, reduce the time to search for the necessary publications and data, make research workflows more open and reliable, which will contribute to the promotion of open science practices in our country.

Trends in the Development of Agricultural Research Institutions Scientists’ Demand for SibSAL Information Services

The object of the article is to present the results of the analysis of the demand for information services provided by the Siberian Scientific Agricultural Library, the branch of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SibSAL– the branch of SPSTL SB RAS), for scientists of agricultural research institutions (SRI) in the context of continuing organizational and structural reorganization. The start point of reformation was initiated by the adoption of the Federal Law “On the Russian Academy of Sciences, Reorganization of State Academies of Sciences and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” (September 27, 2013), which introduced fundamental changes in the organizational system of the branch of domestic science. Because of the termination of the activities of the Agricultural Academy, the departmental subordination of agricultural research institutes was fundamentally modified by transferring them to the existing and established federal research scientific centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences and regional branch centers. The ­result of the study revealed the trends of increasing demand for SibSAL services, confirmed that, despite the process of departmental reassignment, a steadily functioning library and information environment is a unifying and driving factor in conducting scientific research, stimulating the development and search for new forms and methods of information support.

Rare Editions of N. M. Karamzin’s Works in Novosibirsk Libraries

Lifetime and rare editions of works of great writers, researchers, public figures are of special cultural and historical value and enjoy the increased attention of the keepers of book collections and visitors of book museum exhibitions. The purpose of this article is to introduce into scientific circulation the rare copies of domestic and foreign editions of works of the historian and writer N. M. Karamzin (1766 – 1826), stored in the Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library (NSRSL) and the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS). Among them are books from the library of the Kolyvan-Voskresensk mining plants, including those received there from personal collections of mining engineers, copies of the journal “Vestnik Evropy” for 1802-1803 from the collection of V. S. Mikhalkov, a volume of “History of the Russian State” used in one of the oldest educational institutions in Russia – the Smolensk Boys’ Gymnasium, a volume of a lifetime edition of the “History of the Russian State”, which belonged to the historian, archaeographer P. M. Stroev, the compiler of the “Key, or alphabetical index to the “History of the Russian State” by N. M. Karamzin”.Special attention should be paid to the first complete Russian-language edition of “On Ancient and New Russia in its Political and Civil Relations”, written in 1811, addressed directly to Emperor Alexander I and for censorship reasons first published only abroad, in Berlin, in 1861. A copy from the Department of Rare Books and manuscripts of the State Public Scientific Library of SB RAS is unique in that it contains proofreading notes of the historian A. N. Pypin. Relying on this copy of the Berlin edition of N. M. Karamzin’s work and consulting the handwritten copies of it which were at his disposal, he prepared the first complete publication of the text of this manifesto of Russian conservatism in Russia in 1900 as an appendix to his monograph “Social Movement in Russia under Alexander I”. A careful study of valuable publications from the collections of Novosibirsk libraries deepens our knowledge about the book culture of Siberia and, more broadly, about the history of Russian-language book culture, about the history of the formation of Novosibirsk book collections, demonstrates the continuity of these collections in relation to the outstanding book collections of the past.

Scientific Libraries as a Resource for the Scientific and Technological Development of Russia

The journal "Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS" is a keycommunication platform for discussing actual topical issues related to the activities of scientific libraries and information centers that provide information and methodological support to scientists and specialists. These issues are actively discussed at library forums and conferences, including the annual conferences of the Russian Library Association (RLA). It is a brief report on the meeting of the Section of Special Scientific, Scientific-Technical, Research and Technical Libraries of the Russian Library Association (section 35), which took place at the XXVII Annual Conference of RLA (Murmansk, June 11–17, 2023).

SPSTL SB RAS Collection of Scantily Used Editions in the Readers Service System

Developing programs of new directions of work with readers in the changing sociocultural conditions is an actual orientation of domestic librarianship policy. The results of studies undertaken in order to reveal modern trends in the service system of SPSTL SB RAS showed, in particular, the growing request for belletristic and mass literature on the part of readers. This tendency of changing information needs deserves more profound study for to perfect both the servicing system and the technology of building the library stock.The object of the local study, undertaken by the authors of this article, is one of the segments of the large stock of belletristic and mass literature stored in SPSTL SB RAS - the collection of scantily used editions (FMI). Today, FMI is an ever-growing collection of publications that has its own reader, but still is not in demand enough.Our goal was to use the methods of comparison, analysis, synthesis and observation for to consider the relevance of this collection, its place in the system of other library collections, as well as to identify opportunities to realize FMI potential in meeting new readers' needs.The involved theoretical material and the analysis of practice allowed the authors to assert that one of the main causes of unsatisfactory rate of this collection usage are organizational and technological contradictions primarily laid at the bottom of its functional capacity, which prevent providing integrity of its managerial system. Increasing the efficiency of FMI use could be facilitated by bringing it closer to the reader “physically” and reflecting the content of the collection in readers' catalogs.

Научная монография: динамика цитирования и читательского интереса

The purpose of the paper: the determination the main features of the development of the scholarly monograph based on the analysis of the documentary array of domestic monographs presented in the resources elibrary.ru in recent years — from 2010 to 2021 inclusive: how its circulation, volume, system of preparation and publication changes, how the dynamics of its citation changes during this period, how its industry specialization affects this process. Over the 12 years of study (from 2010 to 2021), some specifications have changed in a scholarly monograph, for example, volume, circulation, preparation system and publishing origin. In terms of content, scholarly monographs are more related to the social and humanitarian complex of sciences. The same sections have the highest citation rates. The active transfer of monographs to electronic collections of large aggregations that develop modern ways of accessing and using content contributes significantly to the increase in the citation and use of scholarly monographs. The volume of reader demand in the SPSTL SB RAS for the cited titles exceeds twice the volume of citations. There is a connection between citation and the demand for titles: a greater demand for books in the library provides a greater number of citations and this should be considered and used when solving issues of primary and secondary selection in the library collections and in the system of preservation of publications.

New tendencies of using SPSTL SB RAS collections in the service system

Modern society is characterized by permanent rapid and global transformations – economic, technological and cultural. The ways of creating, processing and storing information are radically changing, and a new generation of its consumers is being formed in accordance with this. For the professional community, this means the need for constant revision of both the foundations of the existence of the library social institute as a whole and the individual components of its activities. Such “reformatting” is impossible without serious research work that anticipates and justifies any significant changes in the library field. One of the central concepts and subjects of study in library science and practice today is information needs (IP), as well as a broader phenomenon – the information behavior of categories of information users served by the library. This article continues the tradition of studying the readers’ contingent, its search behavior and individual information needs, which has a rich history in the State Public Scientific Technological Library of SB RAS. The need to comprehend new social and technological transformations that primarily affect the interaction of the library and the reader has always been in the focus of its specialists. The analysis carried out by the authors of the study makes it possible, in particular, to determine subject trends, the degree of activity of readers’ groups, and presence of common and specific features in their structure. Differentiation of information needs according to these parameters reveals new trends in the use of SPSTL SB RAS collections and allows us to talk about the significant development of the service system technology of the Library from traditional forms of interaction with the reader to communication forms based on computer technologies, from the moment of its foundation up today. Further deepening of research in this area is important for the development and perfection of information services for its readers and users.

Scientific Bibliography in the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Stages of Development, Modern Realities and Prospects

The article objective is to show the bibliographic activity development on information research support in the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS). Namely, changes in the technology of creating information resources of own generation due to computers and software; to represent the product types created by employees during 1958–2021; to highlight topics of traditional bibliographic current and retrospective indexes, bibliographic and full-text databases. The paper presents quantitative characteristics of the generated electronic resources; shows the forms of bibliographic services: information selective dissemination, differentiated services for managers, electronic thematic exhibitions of literature based on the databases; gives a brief description of bibliometric research. The authors determine prospects to develop the number of SPSTL SB RAS information and bibliographic complex. They are growing the authoritative data files in bibliographic databases, expanding the repertoire of Open Access sources to select information for regional bibliographic resources, developing interactive forms of information services for scientists and specialists; participating the semantic web through linked data technology based on authoritative files as an object (predicate), improving the service capabilities of the information search system (access to full texts).

Transformation of the system of information and methodological support of the activities of scientific libraries of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Scientific library, being a traditional institution for preservation and transmission of information, has the potential, which implementation can be determined by new models of social impact, depending, among other things, on introduction of innovative forms and methods of functioning. In the context of developing digitalization of resources and communications, scientific and methodological support for the activities of scientific libraries providing profile information to research scientists and specialists is of particular importance.The article presents forms and methods of information and methodological support for the activities of the libraries of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SBRAS), carried out by the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences – the methodologica l center for the libraries of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which are transforming in connection with the processes of science reformation and restructuring the system of scientific institutions, that began in the second decade of the 21st century . Information about the services and products offered by the SPSTL SB RAS, presented in the article, can be used by libraries to improve the information support of scientists and specialists.

Interlibrary service and electronic delivery of documents in the regional information and library system

The purpose of the article is to analyze and evaluate the activities of the Interlibrary Loan sector of the Central Scientific Library of the Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (CSL FRC KSC SB RAS) for the period of 2017–2021. CSL FRC KSC SB RAS concludes contracts for the provision of interlibrary loan services and electronic delivery of documents with the AllRussian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information RAS, State Public Scientific Technological Library of Russian Federation, State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and with the State Universal Scientific Library of the Krasnoyarsk region. It also plans to cooperate with the Library of Natural Sciences RAS and the Russian State Library. The main indicators analyzed by the author: the number of received and completed orders by the year, their percentage, forms of the ordered information received by the library. Completed orders come from stockholders mainly in the form of electronic copies and originals, in some cases, there come paper copies and links to electronic resources. It is noted that not all structural divisions of the Krasnoyarsk FRC use ILL, – this requires further work on the presentation of the service. The participation of the shared automation center of SPSTL SB RAS in the automation of information and library processes of the Central Scientific Library of the Federal Research Center of the KSC SB RAS is shown. The developed ways to improve the efficiency of the user service in the ILL sector are offered.

Science in Libraries

The discussion reflects the points of view of doctors of sciences from the Russian State Library, the Russian National Library, the Saint-Peterburg State Institute of Culture and the State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS), voiced on March 16, 2022 at the round table “Science in Libraries”. The round table was held within the framework of the international conference “Libway” held by the SPSTL SB RAS. The participants of the discussion answered the following questions: general assessment of the state of domestic library science, book science, bibliography; key areas of library science, book science and bibliography in the second decade of the 21st Century; problems of scientific personnel training; the place of library science and the prospects for its development within the new Nomenclature of scientific specialties. The discussion made it possible to single out the following problems: the importance of solving practice-oriented problems of library science and bibliography, and only then their theoretical analysis and generalization; work in the library field of specialists from other industries with a poor understanding of librarianship and bibliography issues; lack of educational and methodological materials for graduate students and their supervisors; a very small number of state-funded places in graduate school and the lack of material incentives to attract specialists to scientific research. In a general assessment of the state of the disciplines of the documentary and communication cycle, opinions differed – from an optimistic view of the future of these disciplines to a pessimistic one due to the presence of numerous internal problems. The necessity of collaboration is stressed. All participants expressed their deepest satisfaction with the inclusion of library, bibliography and book sciences in the new Nomenclature of scientific specialties and the emergence of a new specialty passport.

Inscripts and Ownership Stamps in A. I. Klibanov’s Book Collection of SPSTL SB RAS

The article investigates insufficiently researched issues related to A. I. Klibanov’s book collection. The review of the detected autographs, exlibris and ownership stamps provides an opportunity to determine custodial history of books from both state libraries and personal collections, as well as to reveal unique information about relationships and cooperation between medieval scholars in the second half of the 20th century. The dedicatory inscriptions on the books differ in their length and originality; therefore, their significance as a source is directly proportional to how close a sender and a receiver were. Identification and description of bookplates and stamps in the study of the “Klibanovskaya” collection, still unknown from available reference books, will help in the study of other memorial book collections where such provenance marks can be found. The article also details the features of the formation of the foreign part of the A. I. Klibanov’s book collection. The foreign part of the memorial book collection, which is relatively small compared with the entire collection, can be divided into several thematic blocks: books with autographs donated by researchers dealing with similar scientific problems as the owner of the collection; multi-temporal books on historical and religious subjects, acquired by the owner; instances not related to the previous two blocks. The article identifies, systematizes and describes the inscriptions and ownership marks on the books of the collection of A. I. Klibanov.

Satisfaction of Novosibirsk faculty with library and information support

Promoting the regional educational potential strengthening, including means of meeting the teaching staff information needs is one of the priority tasks, facing the largest Novosibirsk scientific libraries. This study purpose has been to identify the character of teachers’ information addresses to the sources of the State Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) and Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library (NSRSL).The analysis of teachers’ information needs, based on job responsibilities and knowledge requirements according to the Unified Qualification Directory of positions of managers, specialists and employees, has divided them into three categories: doctors of sciences, candidates of sciences and teachers without a scientific degree. The analysis of SPSTL SB RAS statistics has shown that among teachers who signed up for the library in the period 2016–2021, the share of candidates of sciences is 47,9%, doctors of sciences among teachers – users of the library is 9,6%. If considered by specialty, readers-teachers are mainly representatives of humanitarian (43%), technical (16%) and economic (11%) ones.The analysis of demands has shown that teachers’ information needs are satisfied with the help of book publications, among which textbooks especially stand out. About 30,5% of circulation are books published before 1991. Need for information in their subject area is one of the basic factors that bring teachers into libraries. The analysis of statistics has shown that candidates of sciences most often turn to electronic resources, and this category of teachers also has the highest demand for exhibitions, open funds, references, xerocopying and the Internet class services.In the whole, we can ascertain a comparatively high level of information needs satisfaction in the subject area. The average level of satisfaction is the need for information about teaching the subject methodology and information of a general pedagogical nature. Low level of satisfaction are needs for information related to the organization of the educational system.