Modernization of the Russian State Library: A Long-Term Programme under the Auspices of UNESCO

1995 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Tatiana V. Ershova
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Staff Training ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
The Political ◽  
Financial Systems ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Set Up ◽  
State Library

Rapid and dramatic changes in the political situation have made a modernization programme imperative for the Russian State Library, the world's second largest library. With the active support of UNESCO, a consultant prepared a report on the library, and an International Commission of Experts was then set up to advise on a comprehensive modernization programme covering all aspects of the library, from buildings to the organizational structure, from collections to financial systems. Much importance is attached to staff training and development. With funding and other support from organizations in several countries as well as international bodies, and with the help of some individuals, progress has already been made, but much remains to be done.

scholarly journals NATIONAL ISSUE IN THE PROGRAMS OF RUSIN POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE FIRST CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC (1918–1938)

Rusin ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 149-165
Author(s):  
T.V. Pikovska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Main Requirement ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Number Of Parties ◽  
National Issue

The article focuses on the national issue in the programs of Rusin political parties during the Transcarpathian stay in the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938). The author claims that the main requirement of most of political parties was the autonomy of Subcarpathian Rus. The refusal of the Czechoslovak authorities to comply with this demand led to an aggravation of the political situation in the region. The two most powerful ideological trends were Ukrainophilism and Russophilia. The multiethnicity of the Transcarpathian population contributed to the development of parties of other national minorities – Hungarian, Polish, Roma, and Jewish. The statewide parties were also popular in the region – the Communist and Czechoslovak Social Democratic. These two parties were among those few in the interwar Czechoslovakia that were built on the ideological rather than national basis. The highest number of parties during the period when Transcarpathia was part of Czechoslovakia was 30. Most of them emerged after 1918, while the process of formation of the overwhelming majority of Czech and Slovak parties took place in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries. Thus, these were new political parties at the initial stage of their development and without a clear organizational structure.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN YU. G. OKSMAN AND N. K. GUDZIJ (1930–1965) (Final Part)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 19-54
Author(s):  
M.A. Frolov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
Scholarly Community ◽  
Russian State ◽  
State Library

The publication introduces the scholarly community to a long-term correspondence between the two literary historians and textual experts, Yu. G. Oksman and N. K. Gudzij (currently stored at RGALI and Manuscript Department, Russian State Library). The correspondence refl ects the diversity and similarity of the research interests of the two correspondents, whose epistolary dialogue refl ected the life of the Soviet society, the challenges faced by the Russian philological scholarship of the second third of the 20th century in many of its tragic episodes, and most importantly, the fates of the participants of this dialogue.

Creating an Information System for the Russian State Library

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Segbert ◽  
Alexander Vislyi
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
National Library ◽  
Library Automation ◽  
Know How ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
State Library

The Russian State Library, the national library of the Russian Federation (until 1992 known as Lenin State Library), began in 1862 when Count N.P. Rumyantsev bequeathed his collection of books, manuscripts, and other materials to the state. From the beginning the library received a free copy of all Russian publications. The library started to look into automation in the late 1960s. Eventually, after a series of false starts and small initiatives, a feasibility study was set up in 1995, funded by the European Commission, focusing on library automation while setting the issue in the wider context of collection development, building improvements, conservation, document supply and staff development. As a result of this study the Russian State Library was awarded a Tacis project and a budget of one million Euro over 18 months (later extended by six months, plus 300,000 Euro for the extension). Tacis fosters the development of links between EU countries and the states of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. A key area of Tacis activity is Know-How transfer, carried out through policy advice, consultancy teams, training studies and partnerships. Several other varied projects have been initiated. Many positive changes have occurred during the project, notably in the development of staff.

scholarly journals Marketing of Your Library: Customer-centric Approach

2013 ◽  
pp. 78-87
Author(s):  
Luydmila N. Zaytseva ◽  
Anna V. Kalinkina ◽  
Christie Koontz
Keyword(s):  
Staff Training ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Training Workshop ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Information Sector ◽  
Technical University ◽  
State Library

On the training workshop “Marketing of Your Library: Customer-centric Approach” held at the Russian state Library under the direction of Dr. Christie Koontz. The workshop was attended by representatives of various types and kinds of Moscow and Moscow region libraries: federal, regional, municipal; public, scientific and technical, university, departmental, etc., as well as educational institutions for staff training of library and information sector.

The Political Economy of Sino-African Relations: Reconciling Chinese-Style Development with the Western Aid Paradigm

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Tomer Zaidman
Keyword(s):  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Global South ◽  
Reasonable Doubt ◽  
The Political ◽  
Policy Coherence ◽  
Financial Systems ◽  
Chinese Investment ◽  
The Many

Western analysts perceive aggressive Chinese foreign investment as a grave threat to sustainable development in the Global South. China’s more centralized and uncompromising strategies have the potential to lock recipient countries into a cycle of increasing unserviceable sovereign debt. On the other hand, they have often seen successes where the Washington Consensus had not. This paper seeks to explain why China’s monetary and financial systems are uniquely placed to offer the Global South – and Africa in particular – an alternative model for development. It also places reasonable doubt on Chinese investment as a monolithic expansionist project, emphasizing China’s constant need for new markets and Africa’s long-term ties to Asia and its export-oriented model. By examining the empirical realities of Chinese investment against dominant Western schools of thought, this article concludes that the two aid paradigms may be reconcilable, and that policy coherence between China and the West is possible and desirable. Also, as noted by the many scholars now reevaluating the issue with a focus on African agency, African governments will have to develop the bargaining power and policy ownership to guide the conversation in a regionally specific and Africa-centric direction.

scholarly journals Correspondence between Yu. G. Oksman and N. K. Gudzij (1930–1965) (Introduction, Editing and Commentary by M. A. Frolov)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 136-185
Author(s):  
M. A. Frolov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
Scholarly Community ◽  
Russian State ◽  
State Library

The publication introduces the scholarly community to a long-term correspondence between two literary historians and textual experts, Iu. G. Oksman and N. K. Gudzij (currently stored at RGALI and Manuscript Department, Russian State Library). The correspondence reflects the diversity and similarity of the research interests of the two correspondents whose epistolary dialogue mirrored the life of the Soviet society, the challenges faced by the Russian philological scholarship of the second third of the 20th century in many of its tragic episodes, and most importantly, the fates of the participants of this dialogue.

scholarly journals METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FORSIGHT IMPLEMENTATION INTO THE SYSTEM OF DIAGNOSTICS OF MARKETING POLICY AT ENTERPRISES OF UKRAINE

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2(64)) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
N.M. Andryeyeva ◽  
D.V. Zinkovska
Keyword(s):  
Marketing Research ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Marketing Policy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Methodological Aspects

In this article was considered main approaches of different authors to the definition of "forsight". On the basis of the investigated approaches and developed taking into account modern trends was created own authors� interpretation of the term �foresight�. It was highlighted that foresight and expert forecast not identity terms. The main features of foresight which distinguish it from expert forecasting were highlighted. The authors considered the essence of the key principles of foresight, namely the focus on the future and the perspective directions of its development, involving a wide range of participants and creating a network of knowledge, planning and policy formation of the enterprise. The article proposed to consider foresight as a predictive, scenario and analytical component of the diagnostics of the marketing policy of the enterprise. Also, the article proposed the definition of "diagnostics of marketing policy of the enterprise". It was highlighted 3 main groups of methods of diagnostics of marketing policy: marketing research methods, mathematical and statistical methods, methods of research of strategic and operational marketing activities. The place of foresight in the system of tools of diagnostics of the marketing policy of the enterprise was investigated. In addition, the main features of the Ukrainian economy that will affect the process of implementation of foresight, namely the instability of the political situation affecting the country's socio-economic development, the use of mostly traditional marketing tools, low propensity to use innovative technologies, the inability to make too long-term forecasts (more 10 years), which is connected with the unstable situation in the country.

scholarly journals Levels of childhood nutritional status among the Muslims of char areas in Barpeta district, Assam

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 682
Author(s):  
Gulrukh Begum
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
The Political ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Ecological Conditions ◽  
Underlying Causes ◽  
Adolescence Period

Background: The chars depend mostly on the whims of the current of river. The location, delicate ecological conditions and the political situation arising out of the ill- defined problem of immigration have collectively made the chars of Barpeta a challenging place to live. The worst sufferers are the children before entering adolescence period. This study aims to assess the level of nutritional status among the pre-adolescent children.Methods: 466 children (250 boys and 216 girls) from age 3 to10 years were measured cross-sectionally for their height and weight. Sample was collected from Chasra No. 2 char which fall under Baghbor revenue circle of the district. Using Z-score value, the underweight, wasting and stunting status was evaluated.Results: It has been detected that 39.2% boys and 18.98% girls are underweight. The percentage of stunted among them is 16% for the boys and 12.96% for the girls. With the increase of age the prevalence of stunting has decreased. BMI-for -age has detected 24% boys and 24.53% girls to be affected. When the children of the present study were compared with other populations, they were below the tribal children but above other children in their nutritional status.Conclusions: The prevalence of stunting is lesser than underweight percentage, reflecting their current nutritional status to be more affected than the long term exposure to undernutrition. The prevalence of underweight and stunting is higher among the boys than the girls. Further analytic studies are required to identify the underlying causes of their status.

scholarly journals The Life and Death of the Manghit Qarachi-bek, Divei

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-422
Author(s):  
Alexander G. Bakhtin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Military Leader ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Russian State ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Ivan The Terrible ◽  
External Dependence

Research objectives: To trace the fate of the sixteenth-century aristocrats from the Mansur kin of the Crimean Manghits, namely the brothers Baki, Khoja-Akhmed, Ak-Bibi, and Divei. To identify their role in political events in Eastern Europe and to establish the circumstances of the capture, stay in captivity, and the death of Divei – the most famous of these brothers. Research materials: Chronicles, Razriad books, diplomatic documents, folklore, and secondary materials of historical research. Results and novelty of the research: The author traced the fate of the brothers from the noble Maghit kin of Mansur, namely Baki, Khoja-Akhmed, Ak-Bibi and Divei, three of whom became Qarachi-beks in Crimea. They participated in the political life of Crimea, the Nogai Horde, Astrakhan, Azov, the Russian state, Hungary, and Iran. Prince Divei was a typical steppe bagatur, a seeker of fame and fortune, as well as an active enemy of the Russian State. He repeatedly raided the Russian lands and displayed outstanding abilities as a commander. He was aggressive, brave, determined, and cruel. In 1572, he commanded the Crimean troops in the Battle of Molodino and was captured by the Russians. The capture of their commander was one of the reasons for the defeat of the Crimeans. This event once more saved the Russian state from external dependence. Devlet-Girei Khan made considerable efforts to free the Qarachi-bek during the battle, but these were in vain. Attempts to redeem or exchange the prisoner were likewise in vain. Ivan the Terrible was aware of the threat posed by this figure and did not want to free his noble prisoner. In 1576, the death of Prince Divei was announced in Moscow. Historiography calls into question his death in 1575. There is an opinion that Divei was baptized and entered the service of Ivan the Ter­rible under the name of Daniil-murza. In this article, the author contends that those historians who compared Divei with Daniil-murza approached the issue superficially, not considering all the sources, and therefore came to the wrong conclusions. These began to be repeated in subsequent publications. Prince Divei and Daniil-murza were different persons. Divei did not agree to accept Orthodoxy and was executed. The elimination of the famous military leader from its political life contributed to a decrease in the aggression of the Crimean Khanate towards Russia as well as the destabilization of the political situation in Crimea.

The Dismissal of Marshal P'eng Teh-huai

1961 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 63-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Charles
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Communist Party ◽  
The Political ◽  
The West ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Personal Involvement ◽  
Great Leap Forward ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Democratic Parties

There is little reason for thinking that the anti-rightist campaign of 1957–58, which closed the Hundred Flowers interlude, was undertaken in order to overcome an organised opposition in the central leadership of the Chinese Communist Party rather than to deal with a political situation that was clearly getting out of hand. The victims were either bourgeois intellectuals and members of the so-called “democratic parties” or communist officials of the second rank, for the most part provincial administrators. Their fate presumably strengthened the hand of the doctrinaires in the Party and weakened the will of the moderates to oppose the extravagances of the subsequent “great leap forward”; and there are doubtless many in China as well as the West who believe that Mao's personal involvement in the fiasco of liberalisation may have constituted the first stage in a process which would lead eighteen months later to his withdrawal from the chairmanship of the republic. The political repercussions were, however, long-term; the immediate effect of the change of line may have been to cement rather than undermine the solidarity of the leaders.

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