State Public Scientific Technological Library Research Articles

The Role of External Signs of Multi-volume Editions in the Reconstruction of Kolyvan-Voskresensky Mining Plants Book Collection

The purpose of the article is to determinate the role of the external signs in the multi-volume editions in the book marking and to solve the practical problems of reconstruction of the original composition of the book collection of Kolyvan-Voskresensky mining plants (KVMP) for the period of the XVIIIth – early XIXth centuries. This topic is considered in continuation of such issues as the reconstruction of KVMP book collection, which has already attracted the attention of our predecessors, such as formation of the fund, its cataloguing, redistribution among official Altai libraries and others. For the first time one speaks not on mechanical fixation of certain features of the copies, but on the study of these characteristics “interaction mechanisms” under the conditions of redistribution of preserved copies among different Siberian repositories. The focus is only on the signs of the early period of the existence of the book collection: stamp imprints, textual and numerical service records, specific features of bindings etc. The emphasis on early signs is due to an appeal to the earliest accounting document – “Inventory of books of Barnaul State Library, compiled by P. K. Frolov” (1809). This makes it possible to show in detail the connection between the signs on the books and the articles corresponding to these books official document and to determine the original composition of different multi-volume editions or, on the contrary avoid combining volumes that do not correspond to each other into one set. The structure of the article is determined by analysis of numerous details associated with each copy from three state repositories: State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library, Research Library of Tomsk State University. The main object of the study is records of “ordinary” and “private” copy numbers, official numerical records, handwritten evidences on the inclusion of numerous drawings in book blocks as an integral part of these editions, different styles of crossing out typographical letters with ferrous ink and other signs. The features of stamp imprints are taken into account. In some cases the paramount importance of the binding characteristics is shown. The role of external signs in combining disparate copies as sets of multi-volume editions is recognized as leading. It is concluded that not just recording, but rather a thorough study of the external features of the extant sets and odd volumes of multi-volume editions is one of the basic conditions for the successful reconstruction of the book collection of KVMP.

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.

State Public Scientific Technological Library of the SB RAS: a century-long journey

One of the largest libraries in Russia on the Eurasian continent, the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSL SB RAS) in 2023 celebrates its 105th anniversary from the date of foundation (Moscow) and the 65th anniversary of its activity in the Siberian region (Novosibirsk). The library’s main periods of development from 1918 to the present are considered.

The History how State Scientific Library has Turned into Two State Public Scientific Technological Libraries: Chronical 1958

The article is a documentary essay on the last stage of activity of the State scientific library of the USSR Ministry of Higher Education in 1957–1958 and the creation on its basis in 1958 of two largest modern scientific libraries in Russia. They are the State public scientific technological library of the Siberian branch of the Russian academy of sciences in Novosibirsk and the State public scientific technological library in Moscow. (At that time they were the State public scientific technological library of the Siberian branch of the USSR academy of sciences the State public scientific technological library of the USSR.) It is shown what stages of preparation and the decision implementation has gone through and what obstacles it has faced. The further development of the two State public scientific technological libraries has brought them to the forefront of information and library activities and has shown the correctness of the decision made in 1958.

Rare and Valuable Copies from the Library of N. V. Ustyugov in the Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the SB RAS

The article deals with the problem of identifying and studying personal book collections of researchers in the funds of state libraries on the example of the documents from the collection of the Soviet historian N. V. Ustyugov, stored in the department of rare books and manuscripts (RBMD) of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GPNTB SB RAS). The purpose of the article is to introduce valuable documents from this collection into scientific circulation, to attract the attention of the research community to it. The most notable documents from this collection obtained in 2018 are considered. They are: books of the XVIII – first third of the XIX centuries, belonging to the category of book monuments, the oldest of which (“Tsarstvennyj Letopisets”) was printed in 1769. In the process of studying copies stored in RBMD from the Ustyugov book collection , more than 250 books with donation records of outstanding scientists (A. A. Zimin, V. T. Pashuto, N. I. Pavlenko, A. M. Sakharov etc.) were also revealed.; records of 150 donors have been identified in total). They reflect the professional and human relations of the owner with colleagues, students, various aspects of his activities. The value of this collection as a curios reflection of a certain period of Soviet historical science is emphasized.

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).

Retrospective Bibliography in the Largest Siberian Library: History, Projects, Prospects

The article shows the significance of retrospective indexes in the system of Siberian bibliography in the historical context. The authors highlight the history of formation and development of retrospective bibliography in the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, starting from the 1960s. The article places the main emphasis on the implementation of major bibliographic projects of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences: creation of a set of retrospective indexes and databases on bibliography of bibliographies, the history of book, librarianship and bibliography; preparation of the Union catalogue of Siberian and Far Eastern books as part of the national retrospective bibliography of Russia; creation of biobibliographic databases. The authors draw conclusions about the importance of various types of bibliographic products (electronic and printed) and outline the tasks on bibliographic activity of the State Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of retrospective bibliography.

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.

Изучение и освоение Северного морского пути: анализ корпуса документов из БД «Научная Сибирика»

The article traces main trends in research progress on the topic “Study and development of the Northern Sea Route” using the bibliographic database “Scientific Sibirica” generated by the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. A document corpus on the topic was identified using key words and subject heading, the scientometric analysis was carried out. The paper shows the temporal, linguistic, type-specific and thematic structures of the document corpus. It presents the most productive periodicals, authors with high publication activity, scientific events held on the topic. It’s noted that the Northern Sea Route development is an urgent problem of the entire world community, not only of the northern countries. The above-mentioned database can serve as an information basis for further research on various aspects of the Northern Sea Route development. The purpose is to analyze the document corpus devoted to studying the Northern Sea Route retrieved the database “Scientific Sibirica”. The method is scientometric analysis. The results are the following: the dynamics and structure of the information array are presented, productive periodicals and authors with high publication activity and main research topics are identified. The study can serve as an information basis for further research on various aspects of the Northern Sea Route development by scientists and specialists.

Marketing Policy of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the SB RAS in Relation to Library and Information Resources and Services

An important factor for not only development, but existence of the library, is its work to attract the audience, for which varieties of marketing technologies are used. However, the larger and more diverse the library audience becomes, the more difficult it is to monitor and regulate the completeness of the use of marketing techniques aimed at different segments of users. The purpose of this article is to provide an example of an analysis of a library’s outreach activities through the prism of a marketing policy, allowing the library the streamline of its marketing tools and resources, monitoring of their effectiveness in a comprehensive way, and the identification of possible gaps in the implementation of such activities. The analysis revealed two main gaps in the marketing activities of the SPSTL SB RAS, related to the completeness of the marketing technologies used and the analysis of the audience outside the scientific community. In addition, the grounds were noted, worked out as a part of the development strategy of the library and allow to combine the achievements of the projects implemented by the library in the marketing policy in the future, after the closure of the gaps found. This approach to analyzing the formation of marketing policy is available for replication by other types of libraries, and its use will improve the level of their marketing work.

Analyzing and Building an Advertising Image of the Library through User Interviews

Over the past decades, advertising for the library has become a mandatory part of the activity, but the approach to its creation is largely based on accepted stereotypes that express the most common ideas about the properties of such a complex phenomenon as the target audience of the library. Advertising can be expressed through an advertising image that contains not only objective but also subjective information; it uses associations, metaphors, emotions, visualization of something that has a generalizing character, i. e. a layer of implicit information is added to the exact data and read automatically. One of the problems of creating an advertising image may be that there are contradictions between the perception of the person who creates an advertising based on a stereotype and its recipient. The article reflects the experience of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) in the study of two groups — “Event visitors” and “Readers”. The study involved 326 people (254 visitors to mass events and 72 readers of the SPSTL SB RAS). The author tested the method of semi-formalized interview to get relevant information for better understanding the audience’s motivation and desires. It is assumed to use pre-made plan with a list of mandatory questions, while using general wording and their variations, “close to the text”, and observing the general logic in their sequence.The author analyses the data on distribution of users in both groups (“Event visitors” and “Readers”) by the age categories and employment areas; frequency of library visits; frequency of references to forms of work that are called in demand and found interesting in both groups; frequency of references to preferred information channels. The article presents the main positions for creating an advertising image of the library. The author shows the expediency of using the semi-formalized interview method to adjust the advertising image of the library and the campaign to promote events, resources and services based on it, both for individual groups and for several segments in parallel, if the library’s event or service does not have a specific addressee. The article reveals the method of work that can be applied in the analysis of the advertising image for other libraries.

FOR ELABORATION OF THE CONCEPT OF SCIENTIFIC LIBRARIES OF THE SIBERIAN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HUMAN RESOURCES’ PROGRESS

Changes taking place in the society have a significant impact on libraries functioning. The areas of activities of scientific libraries that provide information support to scientists and specialists are expanding and modifying, which requires upgrading professional competencies of employees, causing constant professional development of their human resources and intensifying methodological support of activities. The State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS), being the scientific and methodological center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) libraries, initiated work on elaboration of a concept for developing human resources of libraries included in the library system (59 libraries of local library subsystems of Novosibirsk, Buryat, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen and Yakutsk scientific centers). The article presents a draft concept proposed for discussion, which provides characteristics of the current situation. The concept defines goals, objectives, principles, directions, mechanisms, organizational and functional structure, targets for the development of human resources potential of SB RAS libraries, as well as vectors of development of SPSTL SB RAS methodological work with the staff of libraries of research institutions. Attention is paid at the development of vertical and horizontal coordination relationships (organizational, functional, methodological and technological), a set of measures is determined that are to ensure the project implementation and the set of goals achievement, lists of librarians’ competencies are proposed. Based the results of the discussion of the document in the library community, elaboration of the strategy for the human resources of SB RAS libraries development is planned, which implementation will increase the efficiency of information support for the scientists and specialists of scientific institutions.

THE INFORMATION BASE OF SIBERIAN AND THE FAR EASTERN LIBRARIES’ LOCAL HISTORY ACTIVITY

The article provides a brief overview of library local lore activity with an emphasis on the local lore direction in book studies and bibliography of the Siberian- Far Eastern region; names organizations providing information support for local lore activities of libraries; lists local lore resources on the websites of regional libraries in Siberia and the Far East. Special attention is paid to the resources generated by the State Public Scientific Technological Library of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which is the center for information support of local history research in Asian Russia, and obtains unique techniques to create regional databases, as well as highly qualified specialists. It presents a list of databases providing information support of theoretical and practical aspects of local history activity in the regional libraries. Authors give a detailed description of DB “Scientific Sibirika”, which includes regional material on a wide range of local history: history, ethnography, economy, nature and natural resources of certain territories of Siberia and the Far East, Arctic. It is shown that theoretical and methodological research in the field of library local history, individual persons, are presented in the “professional” DB “Librarianship and bibliography in Siberia and the Far East”, which has a special heading “Local lore activities of libraries in Siberia and the Far East”; the bibliologic direction of local lore is implemented in the bibliographic DB “History of books and book business in Siberia and the Far East”. The paper concludes about the importance of library local history in the library activities, and the need to attract information resources of large libraries for more complete implementation of local history research.

FORTUNES OF PERSONAL LIBRARIES IN THE ERA OF PAPER BOOKS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

The article is intended to draw attention to problems common to all existing libraries: forming and picking out personal collections from ones that are more common, their history of existence study, identification, assigning in a single collection, preservation, popularization and accessibility to modern readers. The work is devoted to the theme of personal libraries in the era of paper books and digital technologies and includes materials presented in the series of webinars “Bibliosphere: New Formats” held by the State Public Scientific Technological Library of SB RAS in the summer of 2020. By a personal library the authors mean an ordered collection of books and other documents (electronic, handwritten, etc.), belonging to an individual or family, formed by him / them for personal use. The problems presented in the article concern personal libraries formation in the late XIX – early XXI century: composition and design peculiarities of bibliophile collections; practice of using stamps as a sign of ownership on books; variety of marking personal book collections (super ex-librises, ex-librises, owner’s inscriptions, owner’s stamps, owner’s and book signs); approaches and preferences of personal libraries’ owners; fortunes of books and bibliophiles; problems of book collections preservation in the stocks all over the world; demand for personal collections by contemporaries: researchers, librarians, bibliophiles, readers/users.

“Bibliosphere” Journal over Fifteen-Year Period: Analytical Review of Methodological and General Theoretical Articles

In 2005, the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences established the “Bibliosphere” Journal, well known in our sector multidisciplinary periodical on library science, bibliography, computer science, book studies and related cultural issues. It formed the synthetic heading covering issues common to the entire bibliosphere, and the word “Bibliosphere” has become a professional term with its own definition. The Journal constantly maintains the columns on library science, bibliology, bibliography science and others.The article presents the review of the publications of synthetic nature that have methodological and general theoretical significance for the complex of the related disciplines that form bibliosphere: library science, bibliography science, bibliology, book culture and computer science. Maintaining the column “Methodology of Scientific Research Works” is specific particular to “Bibliosphere” Journal and refers to its undoubted success. From the very first issues, the Journal crossed the planned regional scale and declared itself as a serious periodical of theoretical and methodological level.

PERSPECTIVE TRENDS OF ACCOMMODATING SPSTL SB RAS COLLECTIONS

The library stock is a very complicated object, which key characteristic is a strict order of documents it consists of. The quality of library activities and effectiveness of library functioning as a whole depend on how it is organized. The stock arranging – as the process of its organization – presupposes search and taking decisions on the optimal regulating of documents in the stock. Rational stock arranging considerably increases operativeness of servicing readers thanks to reduction of time wastes for searching and delivering the documents asked, that, undoubtedly, is an important factor in the sphere of services provision, taking into account the speed of today life. Due to the active growth of documents’ quantity, that is characteristic for depository libraries, the need in vacant space increases yearly, selection and search for sources in the stock are getting more complicated. Besides, the problem of lack of space for stocks accommodation is connected with substantial widening of functions and changing the libraries growth, taking place under exterior conditions influence. The urgent necessity for searching modern and effective ways to solve this problem has become the basic reason for specialists of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) to pay attention to, determined the principle task: to work out the complex of measures for optimal arrangement of the Library stocks. Based on the materials, gained in the course of work from all departments that hold collections, and with their direct collaboration the document “Strategy of accommodating SPSTL SB RAS collections for the period of 2020–2030” has been created. The object of the article is to give the notion about the current situation and possible decisions of the abovementioned problem in the largest library in Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Analytical Systems in the Assessment of Library Web Sites

The article considers web representations of libraries as important modern information channels through which the libraries operate in the virtual space. The author provides conceptual rationale for improving the operational efficiency of the current level of library web sites based on the data analysis of modern web analytics systems. The article studies the analytical potential of tools for optimizing web resources in the information environment, substantiates scientific and applied interest in the methods of assessment of library web site using the capabilities of analytical systems, analysed from three angles: evaluation of web resources by means of key indicators, assessment of goal achievement and evaluation by means of visual analytical maps. To solve the set tasks there were used analytical tools: Google Analytics, Yandex.Metrics. The author carried out the study to determine the goal achievement and relevance of the web site sections using the example of the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GPNTB SB RAS) web site. To assess the efficiency of library web resources, it is important not only to obtain statistical data from analytical tools, but also to interpret them correctly. The article presents an attempt of qualitative assessment of some key performance indicators. Collection and analysis of webometric indicators of analytical tools are of practical value, being an impetus to action — reorganization of library web resources. Based on the data analysis of Yandex.Metrics visual heat maps, the corresponding changes have been made to the web site menu. The author conducted comparative analysis of the web site traffic data before and after the changes made. The study concluded that the use of modern analytical tools in the web site management has positive dynamics for its development on the web environment. The results of the use of modern analytical tools for evaluation of library sites demonstrate the importance of their use in analysis of the efficiency of library in the virtual space, which, in turn, will have a positive impact on improving the image and competitiveness in the information and library sphere as a whole.

Information-Analysis Services based on Scientific News in the Academy Research Libraries

In the context of the development of modern information and communication environment, the top challenge of library institutions is to renew their activities and fill it with new functionalities. As science communications advance in accordance with the general evolution of the web sphere, the organization systems of information support for scientific research therefore undergo changes too. Scientific and academic libraries with their unique position in science communications are faced with the need to rethink their role and functions, with the problem of finding new ways of information and library support to research activities, and new services that meet the needs of modern scientists. Since one of the indicators for scientific institutions reporting is the number of institution references in the media, scientific libraries have begun to provide science news services. The authors consider the news information resources and services for scientific research institutions. The paper presents a brief description of news aggregator “Siberian Science News”, an information platform for distribution, storage and browsing of factual, bibliographic and full-text data. Based on this platform, staff members of the Branch of the State Public Scientific-Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) have set up a service to provide specialists with information to maintain and update the online news feeds of the research institutions of the Novosibirsk Scientific Center of SB RAS. The authors note that currently, according to the preferences of subscribers, there are used two types of information-analysis reports based on media publications. The results of the conducted research allow the authors to conclude that there is a need for more active promotion of the resource “Siberian Science News” and the service for the maintenance of news information. In the case of the research institutions, the service maintains the development of their news pages and news feeds on the websites of organizations, which in turn makes the organizations more visible in science communication environment and promotes research areas and scientific results.