scholarly journals CITATION DATABASES: THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryna A. NAZAROVETS
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Information Monitoring ◽  
Academic Librarian ◽  
Information Work ◽  
Monitoring Service ◽  
Citation Databases

Objective. Indicators of citation databases are widely used as a tool for evaluating academic productivity and decision-making in science and technology. Academic libraries organize services to work with such resources. Methods. Based on the analysis and description of the work of the Information Monitoring Service, the role and type of support that academic libraries can provide in the process of their use are considered. Results. The portfolio of services for the use of citation databases provided by the employees of the Service consists of administration and organization of access, consulting, and information work, monitoring and analysis of publishing activity, organizing information, information support of journal’s editorial boards. Conclusions. Such services of academic libraries are diverse and require the development of theoretical and methodological basis for their quality implementation, continuous training of staff, their more active involvement in research processes.

Assessing Entrepreneurial Competencies and Innovative Behaviour in Academic Libraries

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-139
Author(s):  
Haziah Sa’ari
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Academic Librarian ◽  
Innovative Behaviour ◽  
Entrepreneurial Competencies

Objective - This paper identifies entrepreneurial competencies and the outcomes measured as innovative behaviour demonstrated by academic librarians. Methodology/Technique - – we sought through interviews the interpretation and viewpoints of the academic librarians which we consider vital data when exploring entrepreneurial competencies and innovative behaviour in the three academic libraries. Findings - we discovered that the antecedents of entrepreneurial competencies include recognizing opportunities, initiating innovation and strategic thinking. These antecedents influence academic librarians' innovative behaviour which was evaluated based on idea generation, idea championing and idea implementation. Novelty - This study explores entrepreneurial competencies and innovative behaviour in Malaysian research universities. Type of Paper - Conceptual Keywords: Entrepreneurial competencies, Innovative behaviour, Academic librarian, Malaysian universities.

scholarly journals Open access resources in the academic libraries’ collection development (The experience of RAS SB State Public Scientific and Technological Library)

2019 ◽  
pp. 78-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Lakizo ◽  
Natalya Podkorytova ◽  
Larisa Bosina
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Open Access Resources ◽  
Strategic Element ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Systematic Collection ◽  
Technological Model

The authors discuss the study findings and the Library’s experience in integrating open access resources into the resource base of the information support offered to Siberian researchers and scholars. The dynamic technology of resources organization and use calls for continuous monitoring of the open access resources. Using the open access resources as an object of collection development improves the effectiveness of user services and preservation of socially significant content which impacts the libraries’ importance within the system of scientific communications. The library collection as a library’s strategic element is transforming with widening the formats, generic and specific limitations, and integrating traditional collections with the open access resources. This results in the sophisticating organizational and technological model of collection development. The efficiency of integrated open access library services demonstrate the users’ interest to and demand for them. The open access resources have been being increasingly included into the relevant collection development at the academic libraries. The systematic collection of open access resources can operate as a compensational technological system against other expensive resources. Integrating the open access resources into the collections of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch proves to be naturally determined and impacts the prospects for collection development.

scholarly journals Retrospective of using the US universities and the Foreign Policy Association as elements of public diplomacy in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-291
Author(s):  
Alexey Vitalievich Danilov
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Information Support ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
The Creation

The article covers the period of implemetation of the leading US universities and the Foreign Policy Association as elements of US public diplomacy wchich their impact in economic, political and cultural influence all over the world. The author methodically and consistently cites analytical, historical facts proving an indirect and direct impact on the foreign policy of countries. The relevance of the article is due to the high significance and influence of non-state actors on world politics nowdays. The author points out that the political course of the leadership of the United States from the second half of the 20th century was focused on more active inclusion of the country in international politics and the rejection of isolationism, which was primarily reflected in the departure from the postulates of the Monroe Doctrine and the entry of the United States into the First World War. This, in turn, had a great influence on the development of public diplomacy in the United States as a tool to promote the interests of the country, the creation of the necessary information support for foreign policy actions of the state, as well as a favorable image of the United States in other countries. Thus it required the active involvement of the leading US universities in US public diplomacy, as well as the creation of new non-state institutions.

scholarly journals Information and analytical support: Current goals and pathways

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-44
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Gushul ◽  
E. V. Teslya
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Analytical Data ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
It Services ◽  
Professional Literature

User information support is among the functions of academic libraries. The authors attempt to reveal the potential of this activity vector. They characterize in brief the academic libraries’ performance in the external environment, reveal the changes in digital environment and social demands due to advancing IT: using Open Access, Semantic Web, Big Data and Data Analytics technologies in handling science data, the most recent phenomenon of Data Science, etc. The authors argue that the origins of further transformations will be the migration of communications, including scientific ones, toward the cyberspace, preferential generation and use of e-documents, supercomputer technologies, cloud computing, end-to-end technologies, multimodal interaction, science IT-services, etc. These transformations have been changing primarily the academic library users – who are high-end professionals with increasingly complex and unique information needs which the libraries are supposed to satisfy. This purpose can be fulfilled through prompt knowledge update, processing enormous flows of fast-aging information, delivery of resulting knowledge, comparative analytical data, range of solutions, etc. The current trends in the information support in academic libraries are discussed based on the information tail content analysis and observations: support of grant management, support of expert examination of academic papers, generation of analytical bibliographies, and organization of scientific communications, researchers, papers and ideas promotion in the global information space. In the professional literature, the information needs to determine the user services vectors for scientific libraries and their bibliographers are revealed, namely, IT-services support, virtual learning laboratory, e-science, knowledge and learning commons, library involvement in scientific data curation, expert analysis of generated information and preliminary quality appraisal, recommending publications and publishers to researchers, related administration and mediation, visual analytics, etc. The primary role of bibliographers in the libraries of the future is emphasized.

scholarly journals Sustainable Academic Libraries

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Leo F.H. Ma
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Sustainable Resources ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Academic Librarian ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sustainable Services

In 2007, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library kicked off a conference series with the main theme of ‘Academic Librarian’. In 2016, the fourth conference of the series entitled Academic Librarian 4: Sustainable Academic Libraries: Now and Beyond was co-organized by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library. The Academic Librarian 4 Conference addresses the multi-dimensional issues of sustainability pertaining to academic libraries under four major themes: (1) Sustainable Environment; (2) Sustainable Resources; (3) Sustainable Technologies; and (4) Sustainable Services. Apart from reviewing the key issues concerning the sustainability of academic libraries brought up by the conference papers, the author also highlights the way in which the Academic Librarian 4 Conference made every effort to make this a sustainable library event.

Telework and the Academic Librarian

2011 ◽  
pp. 439-442
Author(s):  
Jo Ann Calzonetti ◽  
Aimée de Chambeau
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Virtual Reference ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
College And University ◽  
Academic Librarian ◽  
Conducting Research

College and university faculty and students prefer the convenience of anytime, anyplace access to scholarly materials when conducting research and completing assignments. Distance education programs are common whether the students are across town or across the continent. Faculty researchers collaborate with their peers nationally and internationally by utilizing virtual technologies. Academic libraries have been quick to integrate electronic and digital technology into their operating environment by investing heavily in the purchase and creation of digital collections as well as the purchase of the hardware and software to deliver content to these virtual scholarly communities. Librarians have adapted to working virtually. This article explores freeing librarians from the physical boundaries of the library, allowing them to provide virtual reference services by telecommuting.

scholarly journals The library as a valued partner in Digital Humanities projects: The example of EuropeanaPhotography

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Fred Truyen ◽  
Demmy Verbeke
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Digital Scholarship ◽  
Selection Of

A wide selection of recent articles argues for an active involvement of libraries in Digital Humanities. This engagement would not only reflect the traditional role of libraries to support ongoing research, but would also provide the opportunity to re-envision their responsibilities and to create a space for research and development within their organisation. In our opinion, such an implementation of R&D in academic libraries is indeed essential to provide adequate support to digital scholarship. Digital projects also benefit greatly when they welcome the library as a full and valued partner. This point is illustrated through a discussion of EuropeanaPhotography, in which the KU Leuven (Belgium) acted as the coordinating partner.

scholarly journals COLLECTIONS DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN LIBRARIES OF THE SIBERIAN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
N. I. Podkorytova ◽  
I. G. Lakizo ◽  
E. B. Artemyeva
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Management System ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Institutional Management ◽  
Siberian Branch ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Library Community ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Scientific Libraries ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Academic libraries in the region are organized according to the territorial and departmental principles as components of variously directed in their activities scientific centers of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS). In the context of transformation of institutional management system, it is important to proceed with information and methodical support, rendered by SPSL SB RAS to SB RAS libraries. Besides, information support of educational and scientific interests of scholars and specialists needs higher level of integration of resources and service technologies for academic, university and regional scientific libraries, and this direction requires comprehension on the part of the library community.

Scientific and information work at Samara University Library: Technological solutions on the 1C: Enterprise platform

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Petrova ◽  
◽  
Olga Bulycheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Support ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
National Information Infrastructure ◽  
Library Management ◽  
University Library ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Information Work ◽  
The University ◽  
National Information

The tasks of integrated information support and university library management computerization are examined as related to the federal state standards. Current trends in e-libraries’ development and new elements of the national information infrastructure are considered. Goals, accomplishments and prospects for Samara University Library are analyzed. The issues of building an integrated digital information and education environment of the university based on the 1C: Enterprise platform are discussed.

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