Pimen Constantinescu

Author(s): Rodica-Maria Volovici,Elena Mărginean,Florin Blezu / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2016

In the economy of the library of the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu Romania, an important place is taken by the collection of about fifteen thousand volumes, mostly in the humanities. These were donated by Pimen Constantinescu, the first librarian and manager of the University of Cluj Library, Sibiu Branch. More than 515 reviews can be identified as part of the donor’s collection: many of these works are literary magazines, fiction, poetry, criticism and other writing. The aim of this study is to present a history of this valuable collection, from its establishment up until today. The research starts from the context which brought Pimen Constantinescu to Sibiu, his personality, his concerns and his motivations. Furthermore, we identify the growth and means of organisation of this cultural heritage that was threatened with destruction under the communist regime. There are no studies directly concerned with the history of this collection. We will however try to find links between Pimen’s appraisals on Romanian publishing activities and similar studies. Although Pimen subscribed to the most important journals in the country, we will focus especially on those which are less well-known, particularly emphasizing those less highlighted by studies on the Romanian history of press.

Кой управлява правописната норма във Фейсбук? Българският случай

Author(s): Sofiya Mitsova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2017

The article presents a survey over the behavior of some Bulgarian Facebook users, who participate in groups which are oriented toward the problems of Bulgarian grammatical and orthographical norm. The analysis of the communicative models shows that the four phases of Language management can be defined – noting and registration of deviations from the language norm; an evaluation of the deviations; the desight of adjustments to these deviations and the real process of the adjustments.

Dixhitalizimi sipas kërkesës: rasti i AQSH-së

Author(s): Ardit Bido / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2018

The age of information technology requires a new adaptation of archives as well. It enables the storage and service of documents to be performed better and faster. Therefore, ICT orientation should be an indisputable priority of any archive. This paper will address the new digitalization strategy that has started to be implemented in the CSA, the best international models in this field as well as the methodology of implementing mass digitalization, including the archival description according to the international standard ISAD (G). It will introduce the various forms of digitalization in the CSA, as well as other forms that are applied in European countries, taking into account the advantages and cost-effectiveness of their implementation.

Editorial

Author(s): Skënder Asani / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2019

Pas dy konferencave të përbashkëta organizuar nga Drejtoria e Përgjithshme e Arkivave dhe Agjencia Shtetërore e Arkivave të Kosovës, të cilat u kurorëzuan me botimin e organit të përbashkët të arkivistikës “Arkivat Shqiptare” më 2017 dhe 2018, stafeta e bashkëpunimit mes arkivistëve shqiptarë mbërrin edhe tek ne, në Shkup, mes shqiptarëve që jetojnë në Republikën e Maqedonisë së Veriut. Për këtë arsye jam jashtëzakonisht i lumtur që po arrijmë të kurorëzojmë një bashkëpunim mjaft të frytshëm disavjeçar të Instituti i Trashëgimisë Shpirtërore e Kulturore të Shqiptarëve – Shkup, me Drejtorinë e Përgjithshme e Arkivave të Shqipërisë dhe Agjencinë Shtetërore të Arkivave të Kosovës. Kësaj radhe arkivat, si një ndër burimet kryesore të zhvillimit shkencor, na bashkuan në Konferencën e Tretë Ndërkombëtare të Akivistikës, me temën bosht “Arkivat dhe të drejtat e njeriut”. ITSHKSH – Shkup, përmes departamenteve të veta hulumtuese-shkencore, kryesisht të shkencave albanologjike, para së gjithash ka për qëllim zbardhjen e të vërtetave historike të shqiptarëve të këtushëm, përmes dokumenteve relevante arkivore. Si rezultat i bashkëpunimit të deritashëm të shkëlqyer me arkivat shtetërore të Tiranës e Prishtinës, studiuesit tanë, veçanërisht të shkencës së historisë, janë shërbyer me një material mjaft të pasur arkivor, i cili pakrahasimisht na ka shërbyer për zbardhjen e shumë të vërtetave historike të panjohura deri më tani nga opinioni shkencor. Me këto dokumente arkivore, edhe Arkivi Shkencor i Institutit tonë është pasuruar mjaft, dhe mëton edhe më tej të vazhdojë të pasurohet. Në veçanti u jemi mirënjohës arkivave shqiptare të Tiranës, të cilat janë mjaft të hapura për ndihmesë, dhe jashtëzakonisht të pasura me materiale arkivore historike edhe për shqiptarët përtej kufijve administrativ të Shqipërisë. Çështja tjetër që dua të potencoj në këtë rast, është edhe inkurajimi që dua t’u bëj të gjitha institucioneve të këtushme relevante, por edhe individëve që kanë materiale të rëndësishme arkivore, që ta deponojnë në Arkivin Shkencor të Institutit të Trashëgimisë Shpirtërore e Kulturore të Shqiptarëve – Shkup. Aty është vendi më i sigurt, jo vetëm se për ruajtjen, por edhe për shfrytëzimin pozitiv nga gjeneratat e ardhshme në favor të shkencës dhe shoqërisë. Duke ju përshëndetur dhe njëherë si njëri nga nikoqirët e kësaj konference shkencore ndërkombëtare të arkivistikës, më lejoni që të gjithë studiuesve t’u uroj paraqitje sa më të suksesshme. Shpresoj se kontributet e tyre shkencore do të jenë një hap më tepër në zhvillimin e arkivistikës, por edhe një hap më shumë në kultivimin e bashkëpunimit ndërinstitucional në këtë sferë të Shkupit, Tiranës e Prishtinës. Fare në fund e falënderoj edhe Komunën Çair të Shkupit të Vjetër, dhe kryetarin Visar Ganiu, për mikpritjen e ngrohtë në këtë sallë komunale, ku zhvilloi punimet Konferenca III Mbarëkombëtare e Arkivistikës.

Pajimet e mjeshtërisë së arkivistit në strofullën e alkimistit digjital

Author(s): Ardiana Topi,Nevila Nika / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2018

Archives may be similar to libraries or museums on their function, but never identical. Archival work and research are a perpetual struggle. The only solution for a fast and safe navigation in the archival records are the instrumenta studiorum, based on the analysis and synthesis of the data. Since the beginning of the 1990ies the General Directorate of Archives of Albania installed and adapted an electronic system, using the ISAD(G) and OAIS guidelines. The intranet system adapted for this purpose made it possible that the electronic data were available for the archivists and researchers. The entire metadata for the records were obtained manually by the archivists. Nevertheless, in the case of typed or printed records, the system of Optical Character Recognition would facilitate the process by creating electronic catalogues.

Arkivi Shkencor i Institutit Albanologjik në Prishtinë

Author(s): Nuridin Ahmeti / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2018

In 1953, the Albanological Institute was established in Kosovo. Efforts to establish this institute began after World War II, which would deal with the past and the material and spiritual culture of Albanians in the former Yugoslavia. However, for various reasons, with the decision of the then institutions, in 1955, this institution was closed. In September 1967, after the mitigating political circumstances created for the Albanians in the former Yugoslavia, the Albanological Institute resumed its work in Pristina. From 1953, when this institution was founded, the first and fewest employees appealed through the daily newspaper "Rilindja" to collect materials of Albanological interest. Thus, with the help and commitment of internal staff and external collaborators, the Institute managed to collect materials of albanological interest, such as: archival documentation collected from various archives of the region and the world, folklore, ethnographic and ethnomusicological materials from all regions Albanians in the former Yugoslavia. Materials were collected written and recorded. These materials and many others of interest for our past, today are preserved in the Scientific Archive of this institution, which is an important and valuable source for Albanian knowledge and knowledge in the territory of Kosovo and Albanian territories abroad. This archive is also an indicator of intense scientific activity in the field of albanology, since the time when this archive was established and the Albanological Institute as an institution. Through this press release we want to publish the archival property stored in our archive.

Dorëshkrimet orientale të iluminuara në Arkivin e Kosovës dhe ruajtja e tyre

Author(s): Sadik Mehmeti / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2018

A large number of manuscript documents in Arabic, Turkish and Persian language are stored in the Kosovo Archive. These 63 codex manuscripts, or 96 manuscripts, constitute a valuable and antique collection because, among others, three of them are unique manuscripts and enrich the world list of oriental manuscripts. Among these oriental manuscripts, in gold color, nine (9) of them are distinguished for their artistic illustrations, for their beautiful calligraphy, the original arabesques with the color of flora weaves, the ornaments with different motifs on the manuscript covers, with " unvânet ”written in different inks. These manuscripts represent excellent examples of calligraphy and Islamic art in particular and world art in general, and for art historians, and especially for experts in calligraphy and applied art, they present first-hand research documentation.Given this fact and given that to date we do not have any study on the enlightened Oriental manuscripts nor on the local artists of these manuscripts in our country, our paper aims to clarify and highlight the high historical-artistic value who have these manuscripts stored in the Kosovo Archive.

Qasja në dokumente arkivore të ruajtura në Arkivin e Autoritetit për Informimin mbi Dokumentet e ish-Sigurimit të Shtetit

Author(s): Bianka Hada,Irma Bataj / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2018

The Archive of the Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents is a new archive, created by law no. 45/2015 “On the Right to Information on Former State Security Documents of the Socialist People’s Republic of Albania”. The archival fund of AIDSSH contains documentation created by the former state security for the period 1944-1991, which was stored and administered in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Intelligence Service, the General Directorate of Archives, etc. The archive collects, stores, administers, archives all collected documents, copies and duplicates, and uses the documents in accordance with the provisions of Law 45/2015, regulation of the Authority and the legislation in force on archives. The archival funds are found processed according to the ISAD (G) standard, at the fund, year,structure and file level and the documents have different levels of classification, top secret, secret, confidential, and unclassified. Access to these documents is possible through the use of evidencing and archival research tools such as: file inventories, registers, cards, catalogs, etc., enabling the provision of information to the requests of citizens, institutions, researchers and the media. This study aims to present the work experience of the institution for making available the archival documents, passing between the crossroads defined by four laws: Law 45/2015, dated 30.04.2015 “On the right to information on former security documents of State of RPSSH”; Law no. 119/2014 “On the right to information”; Law no. 9154 dated 06.11.2003 “On archives” and Law no. 8457, dated 11.02.1999, “On information classified State Secret”.

Dokumente për vakëfet / vakëfnametë në Arkivin e Kosovës

Author(s): Hatixhe Ahmedi / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2018

In the archives of Kosovo, in addition to the multitude of funds and other collections, there is also a collection of documents in the Ottoman language. These documents amount to nearly 3,000 and represent a fund of significant value to our past.Among these documents are two endowments: The endowment of Mehmed Pasha Kaçanik legalized in 1608, which is also the oldest document preserved in the Archives of Kosovo, and the Endowment of Beqirzade Hasan efendi son of Abdullah Sipahi legalized in 1918 for waqfs in the neighborhood IljasKuka in Prizren.In this collection there is also a large number of documents, mainly of the last years of the Ottoman administration in our country, which have to do with the revenues and expenditures of the waqfs of many institutions of the time, such as mosques, madrasas, etc., and which we think are of interest to be observed.On the other hand, one of the main tasks of the Kosovo Archive is to bring copies of documents related to the national history of Kosovo through foreign cooperation. In this regard, the Kosovo Archive has increased its funds by accessing the Turkish archives, bringing a significant number of endowments in digitized form related to our country. The above-mentioned original endowments will be considered in our paper.

Lidhjet midis arkivave dhe bibliotekave

Author(s): Elsa Saka,Eva Berberi / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2018

It is an already known fact that during the period before the introduction of the press, either mobile or other, the archives are older than libraries. The archives of clay tablets, metal plates, paper, papyrus, and other durable materials document the national, tribal, religious, chronological, administrative, legal developments, and others as well. Such archives are almost always of an official character, although old commercial archives are also known. The links between archives and libraries in classical times were close, literary and philosophical texts were often placed on shelves and kept together and used by the same mass of readers. Good links and cooperation between archives and libraries at all levels will bring about the establishment of such national councils more quickly and effectively. If libraries and archives do not cooperate and coordinate their special roles in the future for the preservation and security of information, the authorities and users of all kinds will not easily forgive the archivists and librarians responsible for the administration of these extremely important cultural institutions. The challenge of both institutions today is the digitalization of the materials they preserve as well as the creation of a joint on-line portal which will provide fast access, anywhere and anytime. The process of digitalization and on-line publication will bring every user closer to materials that were once not easily accessible, will preserve materials from their physical use, and will enable the long-term preservation of the rare values of our country, our written heritage.

Skedimi elektronik në Arkivin Qendror Shtetëror

Author(s): Ardit Bido / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2019

One of the most essential elements where technology and archiving match is the electronic description of documents. if it does not have the necessary metadata that make it descriptive, is not digitization, but just scanning. Meanwhile, an archive without media is incomplete, as it does not perform its functional task of guidance the researcher towards the document he requires. Consequently, the electronic description of the document enables the digitization to provide those information tools that help the researcher in finding the information he or she is looking for GDA will start this process in the coming months, in full compliance with international standards ISAD (G) and RIC.

An archival research report on the activity of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Albania (1924-1943)

Author(s): Lida Miraj / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2019

It has been possible to examine and copies of the correspondence between Albanian and Italian Governments in establishing the Italian Archaeological Mission, including some telegrams of Italian Legacies and, manuscripts by Ugolini himself, etc. These documents found in the Central Archives of the State in Tirana are found at the documentary funds of the Ministry of Education, the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Interior and the Italian Legacy in Albania. Based on these documents, the official date or the first step towards the realization of Italian archaeological excavations in Albania was taken on April 12, 1924, when the Ministry of Education notified the Ministry of Interior that Dr. L. Ugolini a, “well-prepared Italian archaeologist in the prehistoric studies” and “a friend of Albania” would be visiting. The Albanian Embassy in Rome had informed the Ministry of Education of his visit. The letter of Roberto Paribeni on March 15, 1925 confirmed the beginning of archaeological excavations. On October 14, the head of the Italian Legation of Durrës wrote to his office in Saranda that the Albanian President had ordered local authorities to permit archaeological excavations in Feniki (Phoinike). The archaeological excavations began only in December 1926 and were very successful. But a year later, in December 1927, Ugolini informed the Albanian Minister of Education that the Italian Mission proposed to change the place of archaeological excavations from Phoinike to Butrinti (near Vivari lake in Santi Quaranta), and begin on the January 15, 1928. Only in spring 1928 Ugolini moved from Phoinike to Butrinti. Ugolini excavated at Butrint for eight years (1928-1936) despite many health problems. The voluminous correspondence, preserved in the Archives, shows his special personality and great passion for archaeology. On the evening of October 4, 1936 Ugolini died in Italy. On December 4, 1936 the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Roberto Paribeni, President of Reale Istituto Archeologico, had proposed Pirro Marconi, professor of Archaeology and Art History at the University of Naples and University of Palermo, as the successor to Ugolini and to be named as the Head of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Albania. Marconi’s activity in Butrint lasted just one year, because of his tragic death, flying to Rome, in late April 1938. After his death the excavations continued in June and July under Igino Epicoco and later that year, in accordance with a proposal by Roberto Paribeni, Domenico Mustilli, professor at the University of Naples, was named the director of Italian Archaeological Mission. The Italian surrender of September 1943 effectively ended all Italian concern with Butrint and with the archaeology of Albania. Italy had other more pressing problems closer to home. 29 November 1944, the Liberation day of Albania, opened a new chapter in its long history, the period of communism or the so called ‘proletarian dictatorship’ and, archaeology came to be organized in a very different way.

Dokumentacioni arbëresh në arkivin historik të Ministrisë së Punëve të Jashtme në vitet 1951 – 1986

Author(s): Alketa Luari / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 1-2/2019

The relations between Albanians and the Arbëresh of Italy have always been in the focus of the communist government existing before ’90-s. The interest of the Albanian part for the abovementioned population was concentrated not only in the diplomatic field, but also in the cultural and educational one. Despite the fluctuations in the relations between the two countries, Albania and Italy, the Arbëresh issue would not affect but on the contrary, would serve as a bridge in the strengthening of the relations between the two countries.

Co czyni wystawa? Praktyki artystyczne kreujące „trzecią sferę”, czyli wystawianie naturykultury w galeriach sztuki

Author(s): Barbara Major / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2020

The article is an anthropological reflexion over the activities that are connected with exhib-iting in the art galleries the art created in the ecological and/or posthumanist world vision. Exhibiting such works constitutes the gesture of outlawing a certain system of qualifica-tion based on anthropocentricism and is a challenge to social idea of taste. The exhibition becomes the place of constructing an aesthetic world, the main paradigm of which is no longer defined by the opposition nature / culture. This is how the “third realm” is created: connecting the culturally constituted contradiction of nature and culture, and that realm makes the synthesis- natureculture, where the place of opposition is taken by ecological relation of biological and social factors.

Web Mining Techniques Applicable for Cultural Heritage Observations

Author(s): Emanuela Mitreva,Alexandra Nikolova,Vladimir Georgiev / Language(s): English Issue: XI/2021

The rapid digitalization in the cultural domain generated enormous amounts of data. But that data is not personalized or processed, thus the benefit for different users is limited, due to the variety of users – people learn through different methods. However if techniques used in the last decade to personalize web content are applied to cultural content more users could easily absorb and process the cultural heritage knowledge. Also techniques could be applied to cluster and extract useful knowledge.

KNJIŽNICA SENJSKE GIMNAZIJE

Author(s): Ružica Šušnjara / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/1989

Aufgrund des zugänlichen Materials beschreibt die Autorin dieses Artikels den Anfang und die Tätigkeit der Senjer Bibliothek, welche nach dem Ankommen der Pauliner in Senj (um 1634J begrundet wurde. Dargestellt wird der Buchbestand aus dem XIX, aus der Mitte des XX. Jahrhunderts und nach dem Krieg, ausserden inventurbestand, Ordnen und heutiger Stand.

Fotografije u starom fondu Fototeke Gazi Husrev-begove biblioteke u Sarajevu

Author(s): Meho Manjgo / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 42/2021

Gazi Husrev-beg’s Library in Sarajevo, beside its rich stock of manuscripts, archival and museum collections, also houses a valuable collection of photographs within the photo archive’s stock, which is divided into the old and the new stock. The focus of this paper is on photographs from the photo archive’s old stock, taken at the time of the arrival of the Austro-Hungarian government, when the first professional photograph stores started up in this area. This paper aims at trying to determine whether the photographs from the photo archive’s old stock were signed by Anton Schadler, Walter Tausch, Ignatz Lederer, Ivica Lisac, Nusret Halačević and other foreign and domestic photographers who made a significant contribution to the development of photography in Bosnia and Herzegovina, or they were taken later in modest photograph stores. Moreover, based on the preserved lists of library materials and other archival materials stored in Gazi Husrev-beg’s Library in Sarajevo, the paper deals with the issue of forming the photo arhive’s stock and the ways to determine the processing, classification and systematization of photographs.

FOTOGRAFIA W ARCHIWUM. IDENTYFIKACJA - ZABEZPIECZANIE - KONSERWACJA

Author(s): Anna Seweryn / Language(s): Polish Issue: 117/2021

The article is devoted to the issue of photography as an archival material requiring particular knowledge at the stage of identification, preservation and conservation of collections. Photographs are objects made in various techniques and technologies, on a range of bases and light-sensitive substances. Their complicated structure is responsible for the exceptional sensitivity of these objects in contact with destructive factors and for the often rapid course of the degradation process, even resulting in the complete loss of the medium. The text deals with the identification of techniques and technologies used in the making of objects, describes the factors influencing the degradation of images, and highlights the basic guidelines for the protection and conservation of collections. The text presents the beginnings of the phenomenon of photography, as well as the most common photographic techniques found in Polish collections. The author describes the most important research concerning the identification and preservation of photographs, quoting source materials. The essential part of the study consists of guidelines concerning the process of identification of the technique of taking an object, from which all activities connected with securing or preserving photographs should begin (including the identification of unstable plastic bases). Then the text describes the most common causes of degradation of archival photographic materials and the basic processes thanks to which we can positively influence the longevity of photographic collections (including the storage of objects in reduced temperature and relative humidity parameters). The study ends with a description of preventive conservation measures necessary to maintain the collections in a good state of preservation as well as proper handling of photographs during the process of digitization of the collections.

Библиография на българската наследственоправна литература

Author(s): Vassil Krumov Petrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

Развитие на концепцията за бенчмаркинг – дефиниране и структура

Author(s): Milena Tepavicharova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

Benchmarking definitions and classifications evolve depending on the time and criteria they focus on. The targeting, the basics and the nature of the definitions have undergone a number of alterations over time. There are numerous definitions in the scientific literature which determine the essence of benchmarking. Alternatively, they differ from the definitions given by the organizations which are implementing benchmarking in practice. Benchmarking is a continuous process of searching, measuring and comparing of the effectiveness, products, strategies, policies, operations, business environment, culture, structures, processes, systems, methods and skills in the practice of the organization, with those of „the best“ competitors, or the ones recognized as „best“ in a particular area, with the aim of continuous learning and improvement, which is a guarantee for increase of the efficiency and competitiveness of the company.