Connecting with Collections: Research Internships promoting closer collaboration between University Museums

Author(s): Pippa Lacey,Seb Falk,Aaron Jaffer,Alina Jelinek / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2013

During 2013, the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) introduced an innovative research internship initiative aimed at early career academic researchers. The Connecting with Collections (CwC) scheme offered six interns from British universities the opportunity to gain hands-on museum experience, while working independently on individual research projects within the collections of the UCM consortium. This paper presents: 1. An Overview of Connecting with Connections Scheme: programme rationale, aims and funding, recruitment and project choice. 2. Training and Opportunities: group training sessions, as well as snapshots of individual experiences within the museums and 3. Internship Outputs: including an end-of-internship Symposium and other outcomes for interns. It briefl y surveys the six internship projects before drawing some conclusions about the CwC programme and highlighting some of the debates around the future direction of the internship scheme for UCM.

ЕФЕКТИ ОТ ПРОЕКТА „ГЛОБ@ЛНИ БИБЛИОТЕКИ – БЪЛГАРИЯ“ ВЪРХУ БИБЛИОТЕКИТЕ В ПЛЕВЕНСКА ОБЛАСТ

Author(s): Margarita Borisova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

This article examines the effects of implementation of the new ICT in the libraries, participating in the Glob@l libraries – Bulgaria project. The gradual inclusion of the libraries in Pleven region has been traced during different stages of the project, along with the technological equipment involved.

Międzynarodowe organizacje standaryzacyjne i normalizacyjne w zakresie bibliotekarstwa

Author(s): Anna Matysek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The aim of the article is to present international organizations publishing de iure standards and de facto standards for libraries. The differences between formal standardization and informal standardization as well as the differences between de iure standards and de facto standards are explained. The origins of international standardization and first activities in unifiying library work are discussed. The structure, areas and scope of activities undertaken within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) are analyzed in detail. Other organizations involved in standardizing some aspects of library work are mentioned.

Poslovi sređivanja arhivske građe preuzete u toku stečaja (iskustva Istorijskog arhiva u Užicu)

Author(s): Dragan Knežević / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 16/2013

Reading the legislative activity relating to records management and archives, we get the impression of fixed and regular procedural activities: archive material created by the author, are kept in their depots, after the fulfillment of legal requirements it arrives in relevant archive who issue the data for the needs of the citizens or made it available to those interested n the scientific research. The practice, however, is often different. What should be the exception, is becoming the rule, ie. archival records of the bankruptcy debtor, almost before destruction, arrive to the responsible institution for the protection, incomplete and disordered. Historical Archives in užice fulfilled its obligations in respect of delivered material. At first, the Archive did all this archival material to arrive at the Archives depot and then arranged the documentation in order to provide the citizens data they need for regulation of private legal requirements. Dynamics of fulfillment of this job took the alarming state at one moment. We suspected that we wouldn’t be able to, in addition to regular duties, perform these. Thanks to the engagement of persons, by means of the public works, their training and the work, all 80 funds of bankruptcy debtors, former SOEs (socially owned enterprises), which were received in the Archives, are placed on the shelves in the depot.

Med poslovanjem z dokumenti in arhivsko teorijo in prakso

Author(s): Peter Pavel Klasinc / Language(s): Slovenian Issue: 16/2013

Regarding the fact that archives can be paper based or electronic we are lately facing in records management and current archival theory and practice certain changes, which are defined also in the Declaration on Archives. Problems are arising in the processes of the creation, recording and all the other tasks in records management at creators, as well as at archiving of documents having the character of archives. The process of archiving is prescribed by the Guidelines on Archiving. In this field we are faced with a lack of knowledge therefore the Master in Archival Studies is very welcome and now available also in Slovenia. It provides the necessary skills for successful work at the creators of archives and records, and in professional state archives or archive services. In the practice we are facing very poor professional knowledge in the companies providing long term preservation of records. The state will have to strengthen its role in ensuring the proper management of records and in archival theory and practice also because those documents that are important for science and culture represent the memory of the nation and are considered as cultural heritage which is protected by law.

Documenta: Slučaj arhiviranja sudske dokumentacije OESS-a

Author(s): Aleksandar Radnić,Nikola Mokrović,Živana Heđbeli / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 16/2013

Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the past, non-governmental organization in Croatia, has been recognized as an important part in preserving and digitizing of the court records of intergovernmental Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Croatia (Zagreb office). Cooperation between these two organizations is long and multi-layered in the context of the transfer of information and knowledge. The court documents of OSCE where digitized as part of the monitoring war crimes trials in Croatia, as part of a comprehensive project to strengthen the judicial institutions of the Republic of Croatia. The court documents are digitized within already well-established procedures within Documenta’s information systems and specialized modules for monitoring war crimes trials. In this paper we present a model of cooperation between the two organizations, the transfer of materials and knowledge, and methods of processing materials after the transfer of Documenta.

Izazovi identifikacije dematerijaliziranih objekata nacionalne bibliografske kontrole

Author(s): Lejla Hajdarpašić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 20/2015

Although in the establishment of national, and consequently, the Universal Bibliographic Control of online publications, or "dematerialized" objects of bibliographic control, the institution of legal deposit is the most optimal mechanism for identification, as well as collection, preservation and promotion of the overall digital heritage of the country, due to the complexity of national legal deposit laws extensions, on the international library scene numerous initiatives in development of early identification systems of online publications recognized the constructive solutions for the identification of nationally relevant online publications. Such attempts attests, in literature frequently ignored, European BIBLINK project, which this paper recognizes as an example of the application profile. By questioning potentials and shortages of identification systems based on the rich metadata model, in conclusion this work emphasizes that development of early identification systems of online publications can partially help the processes of identifying dematerialized objects of national bibliographic control and that they should be recognized as auxiliary elements of the national bibliographic control components.

Univerzalna bibliografska kontrola i obavezni primjerak

Author(s): Azra Smajić Gačević / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 20/2015

The study is based on considering the legal regulations that regulate the issue of legal deposit in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with special reference to the legal regulations of countries in the region, especially from the standpoint of types of library materials and libraries that receive legal deposit. Analyzing this we have come to conclusion that the main causes of problems arise when it comes to the regularity and completeness, inadequately and imprecisely defined legal regulations and the absence of effective mechanism of compliance with the provisions. It is the image that characterizes the current state of legal deposit in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Considering that, necessarily arises the question of amendments to the Law on Library Activity and Law on legal deposit, which should be determined as a system that will be an irreplaceable part of our library system.

Medioteka katolicka w Essen (Medienforum)

Author(s): Zdzisław Gębołyś / Language(s): Polish Issue: 48 (1)/2019

The beginnings of the Catholic Mediatheque in Essen date back to 1958, that is, the date of the creation of the diocese of Essen. The actual date of the creation of the library is 2008, when the diocese merged books and magazines and other media, which will be collected so far by three libraries: the Diocesan Library, the Library of the Catechetical Institute and the Library of Fachstelle für Büchereien. The text on the basis of analysis and criticism of available sources and literature discusses the book collection, the conditions for storing and sharing collections and information activities in the Library. The catalogs and multi-scrollers are characterized in detail, through which library resources are available in the global information network. A separate place was devoted to the long-term library manager, Vera Steinkamp.

Наукові публікації працівників Національної бібліотеки України імені В. І. Вернадського за 2017-2019 рр.: стан та тенденції

Author(s): Maiia Ivanova,Yurii Ivanov / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 05/2020

Research activities include identifying current research problems, elaboration of relevant documents, thorough disclosure of the topic, promotion of research achievements in both national and international space. The results of such activities lead to the formation of a single information space, based on the relationship between science and the world professional environment. The current state of the world science has shown that the main criteria for the effective operation of research institutions should be: international recognition of scientific results, publication activity of individual employees, departments and research institutions in general. The scientific community has formed a strategy, aimed at intensifying publishing activities, increasing the efficiency of publishing research results. Publication activity is an important component in compiling ratings of scientific institutions, which is determined depending on the traditions of publishing scientific results in journals, conference proceedings, monographs, etc.The article analyzes the scientific publications of the NLUV scientific staff for the period of 2017-2019. The publishing activity of the staff members in professional periodicals published in the NLUV is researched: 1) scientific works of the National Library of Ukraine named after V. I. Vernadsky; 2) the Library Bulletin; 3) manuscript and book heritage of Ukraine; 4) Ukrainian biography writing; 5) libraries of national academies of sciences: problems of functioning, tendencies of development. The number of publications in foreign publications is studied, the number of publications in other scientific sources, information and analytical bulletins is analyzed. The number of approbations of research results of the NLUV researchers and librarians at international scientific conferences and forums is disclosed. Along with the number of publications, the author’s sheets of paper are counted, which are a unit of measurement of the volume of work performed in scientific activities.

RODO – szanse i zagrożenia dla bibliotek

Author(s): Andrzej Koziara / Language(s): Polish Issue: 49 (2)/2019

May 2018 is the moment when a practical period of application of new solutions to protect individuals in the field of access to their personal data began throughout Europe. Despite two years of preparation, until now practically all organizational activities have been late so that we are still in the phase of building a new reality. The article is devoted to an inventory of the most important issues necessary to include in the activities of institutions implemented in order to meet the current legal solutions in the field of personal data protection. Particular attention has been devoted to libraries as public places, where many problems related to the scope of data being processed and their public nature are crossed.

Организација и изазови у раду Народне библиотеке "Стефан Првовенчани" Краљево у доба пандемије

Author(s): Jelena M. Andrić,Danka Z. Spasojević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2020

This paper presents how the activities of the Library were reorganized, in the changed conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenges that librarians have been faced with, in the context of communication based mainly on the application of digital technologies, are also presented. The specifics of the users' perception of the changed book lending regime are pointed out. The paper gives the models of using digital platforms in designing the promotional, program, and workshop activities of the Library, due to restrictions of gatherings on the premises. The intention is to locate weak points, manifested in specific circumstances, in order to apply the acquired experience in revising goals and planning future development.

Szable w kontekście badań nad bronią dawną – przyczynek do dziejów bronioznawstwa polskiego

Author(s): Mateusz Chramiec / Language(s): Polish Issue: 26/2019

This article is an attempt to provide a comprehensive view on the history of hoplology in relation to the most popular type of weapon used in the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the sabre. The research history addresses the issue of modern weapons, which is motivated by the emergence of various types of sabre at that time. Research on old weapons, inspired primarily by collectors, museologists and members of academia, traditionally uses a range of methods developed by history, art history, archaeology and art restoration. Such research can also enter the field of sociology and cultural studies, provided that we take into account the fact that weapons, sabres in particular, symbolized social standing. The variety of issues, which are generally confined to the above mentioned concepts, also translates into the historiographic sphere. Because of that, it may be surprising that Polish literature on historical weapons only dates back to the second half of the 19th century. However, collectors had shown interest in military items much earlier. The first part of the article presents the most important private collections of weapons from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, with particular focus on the almost entirely preserved collection of Izabela Czartoryska, who founded the first museum in Poland. This layout is the starting point for presenting academic interest in military items, divided into the pre- and post-war periods.

Zabezpieczenie i kontrola zbiorów w wolnym dostępie z wykorzystaniem technologii RFID w Bibliotece Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie

Author(s): Danuta Rebech,Marta Wójtowicz-Kowalska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 50 (1)/2020

The article aims at describing the principles of operation of a system of collection security and control used in the Library of UPJPII. In the new library building most of the collections are arranged in the open access area, thus there is a need to protect them from potential theft. Security has been ensured by means of RFID technology (Radio Frequency Identification) and labels in UHF Gen 2 standard. The integrated RFID system includes among others: control gates, database server, special application for monitoring traffic passing through the gate and mobile RFID device with dedicated software. Thanks to this technology, the librarian is not only alerted in case of an attempt to carry a book out of the library without authorization, but also knows this book’s exact details. The possibility of control and management of the open stacks collections by means of a mobile RFID device proved to be an additional advantage of the system used (as it allows for full identification of a particular book and searching for a lost item, as well as control of the correctness of arrangement on the shelves and inventory without the necessity of excluding the controlled books from use).

Problem gromadzenia literatury religijnej dla dzieci i młodzieży w Bibliotece Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie na przykładzie literatury o św. Janie Pawle II

Author(s): Renata Dulian / Language(s): Polish Issue: 51(2)/2020

Biblioteki publiczne dla dzieci w ujęciu architektonicznym

Author(s): Agata Walczak-Niewiadomska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2021

The issue of architecture of buildings intended for the public libraries regularly appeared on the pages of Polish and foreign scientific and professional periodicals. However, it was not often that the authors raised the topic in the context of space for the youngest category of readers – children. This work complements the state of knowledge in the Polish literature on the subject by presenting changes that have taken place over the years in the approach to designing buildings and interiors of public libraries for children.

Survey of users’ level of satisfaction toward inclusive management and marketing of library service in Nigeria

Author(s): Oluwatoyin Obinyan / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

Abstract. Aim: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) brought significant innovation and improvement to library services and methods of meeting user needs. Assessment of user satisfaction with the various library services is an important variable toward inclusive library management and marketing of library services in the 21st century. With the application of ICTs bringing about different resources and various accessibility modes (print and online), it became necessary to investigate user satisfaction with various available library resources and services.Methods: The study addressed user satisfaction using adapted customer satisfaction scores (CSAT) metric with Rodski Survey to elicit information from 560 respondents that visited the library within the space of one week. The questionnaire was given to the respondents during their library visit twice daily for one week and the process excluded those that have filled the questionnaire before.Results: The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed the level of user satisfaction to be average. It was also discovered that the resources in the library did not meet their information needs as the majority responded that the resources are inadequate and the overall assessment of their interaction with librarians is excellent despite the inadequate resources.Conclusion: Based on the findings, recommendations were made to create a holistic marketing strategy to improve usability of the library, to acquire more resources and funding to meet user expectations, and to address the need for adequate management of library resources.

Dispersed, translocated, and seized book collections. Issues of protection, documentation, and information

Author(s): Barbara Bieńkowska / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

Prof. Barbara Bieńkowska i przygoda Polskiego Towarzystwa Bibliologicznego w Ministerstwie Kultury i Sztuki

Author(s): Andrzej Mężyński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2022

Cenne zbiory, naukowe opracowanie i popularyzacja wiedzy w Staatsbibliothek Bamberg

Author(s): Joanna Milewska-Kozłowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2022

Wśród niemieckich bibliotek badawczych poczesne miejsce zajmuje Państwowa Biblioteka w Bambergu (Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, dalej: SBB), którą miałam przyjemność odwiedzić we wrześniu 2020 r. Jest ona również jedną z dziesięciu regionalnych bibliotek państwowych w Bawarii, które podlegają bezpośrednio Bawarskiej Bibliotece Państwowej w Monachium. Razem z bibliotekami uniwersyteckimi, książnicami szkół wyższych tego kraju związkowego, współtworzy sieć biblioteczną Bibliotheks Verbund Bayern (BVB).