Analytical characteristics of a document flow of dissertations on library science in the USA and Canada

Bibliosphere ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
P. S. Romanov
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
English Language ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
The Usa ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Document Flow ◽  
Historical Methods ◽  
Selection Of

The article discusses the results of studying a document flow of English-speaking dissertations in the field of library science, bibliography and bibliology, as well as information management for a centenary period. To solve the research tasks, a scientometric approach has been applied including sources, bibliometric, historical methods, as well as elements of the content analysis. The author has carried out a thematic selection of English-language dissertations from several foreign sources, in particular, databases by UMIProQuest Co and some others. The paper reveals development trends of library information science abroad for hundred years. The author compiled and published an annotated list of English-language theses on this topic with the translation into Russian.

scholarly journals Directions of higher library education modernization in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
A. Humenchuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Information Market ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
Study Results

The purpose of the article is to explore the experience and to identify the best practices for modernizing the content and organizational structure of multilevel training of librarians in China. The methodology. The study has used a systematic approach, which allowed to consider all components of the Chinese higher education in the specialties “Library, Archive and Information Science”, to establish the continuity of educational levels of librarians, to find out the factors determining the training system’s modernization. There was carried out comparative and content analysis of the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral higher education levels educational programs, implemented by Chinese universities in the specialty “Library Science”, “Information Management and Information Systems”. This allowed to determine the general and the specifics of the Information Field Science training in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), to establish interdisciplinarity educational components, to substantiate the objective strengthening of the information component in the content of higher education in library science. The results. The article has looked into the content and structure of 227 different levels educational programs (EP) of the information specialists training, with 41% of them being the Bachelor’s level EP, 49% — Master’s, and 9% — Educational-Scientific Programs (ESP) for the Doctor of Management degree (an equivalent to the Doctor of Philosophy) in Information Sciences, provided in 108 universities in China. There were clarified the EP peculiarities: about 40% of them are programs dedicated to Information Management and Information Systems (Program in Information Management & Information Systems); 35% — EP in Library Science (Program in Library Science); 31.5% — EP in Archive Science (Program in Archive Science). In terms of content, most EPs are interdisciplinary, which is due to the national information infrastructure digitalization and the focus of its components to support the basic technological processes of the information management life cycle. It is established that Chinese universities adhere to the IFLA Guidelines for Professional Library and Information Science (LIS) Educational Programs. The scientific topicality. It is substantiated that in the digital information market the content of modern librarian training should be updated with such relevant interdisciplinary educational components as: “Principles of competitive intelligence and artificial intelligence”, “Electronic library and consolidated information management”, “Intelligent control systems”, “Information security systems”, “Economics of Management and Information Industry”, “Methods of data mining”, “Knowledge extraction and management”, “Analysis and design of information systems”. The practical significance. Ukrainian institutions of higher education when improving educational programs in the can use the study results. Addressing to the best foreign practices of the library specialists training will allow increasing their competitiveness in the world information market and promoting better efficiency of the Ukrainian libraries work in the conditions of the society digitalization.

scholarly journals Library and Information Science in the USA and Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Nguessan ◽  
Shima Moradi
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Definition Of

In a context of global mobility of skilled professionals, this is a comparative study of library science education and librarianship in the USA and Iran. The study attempts to determine how education and professional skills may transfer from one country to another. Historically, the USA and Iran are two different major centers of development of knowledge, science and technology and culture. Each one of these two countries developed its own system of general education and library science education and professional practice. This study investigates the definition of the librarian profession, historical perspectives, types of librarians and librarian-related positions, the initial academic training of librarian (schools, duration, curriculum, and accreditation), daily activities of librarians, continuing education, and opportunities and challenges of the profession in each country. The qualitative research methods was selected to conduct this study. This investigation leads to a comparative analysis pointing out similarities and differences. The first part of the paper present historical perspectives and library science education and librarianship. The second part of the paper presents contemporary library science education and librarianship in each country. The last part of the paper is a comparative critical discussion of both systems. This study concludes that, even though both systems are different, with the globalization of knowledge, education, and communications, under certain circumstances, one could consider a librarian “qualified” to practice across the border. Contributions: The comparative investigation of LIS profession and education have been conducted for the first time.

Linguistic Interviewing as a Method for Determining the Degree of Representativeness of Antonymous Pairs in the English Language

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-139
Author(s):  
Оксана Литвин
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Lexical Semantics ◽  
Cognitive Representations ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
East European ◽  
Semantic Categories ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Selection Of

In this article, the degree of representativeness of the examples (pairs of lexical units) which illustrate antonymous relations in the English language has been determined, utilizing the method of linguistic interviewing. The article presents the procedure and the results of the psycholinguistic experiment conducted. The peculiarities of the method of linguistic interviewing as a type of psycholinguistic experiment have been defined. A selection of antonymous pairs provided by leading linguists in the area of lexical semantics as illustrative examples in thirteen English-language linguistic works (monographs, textbooks and linguistic encyclopaedias) serves as the material for the experiment. All of the 101 respondents are scholars in the field of linguistics (Candidates and Doctors of Philological Sciences, as well as postgraduate students from the higher educational establishments of Ukraine), and are native speakers of Ukrainian, English being their first foreign language. In the experiment, the respondents were to identify which pairs of lexical items given in the list illustrate the relation of antonymy. Analyzing the results of linguistic interviewing, we were able to determine the pairs of antonyms with the highest and the lowest degrees of representativeness. The research demonstrated that gradable and complementary antonyms, mainly adjectives, have the highest degree of representativeness. In addition, we identified certain correlations with the results of linguistic interviewing conducted earlier, the respondents being linguistics scholars, including university and college professors, who are native speakers of English from five English-speaking countries. References Bruner, J. S., Goodnow, J. J. and Austin, G. A. (1986). A Study of Thinking. NewBrunswick; New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. Cruse, D. A. (1987). Lexical Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kotys, O. (2014). Psykholinhvistychnyi esperyment yak metod doslidzhennia pryrodnoiyikatehorii [Psycholinguistic experiment as a method of investigating a natural category].East European Journal of Psycholinguistics, 1(1), 114–121. Levytskyi, V. V. and Sternin, I. A. (1989). Eskperimentalnyie Metody v Semasiologii[Experimental Methods in Semasiology]. Voronezh: Voronezh University Publishers. Lytvyn, O. L. (2014). Leksychne napovnennia katehorii antonimii (za danymyanhlomovnykh linhvistychnykh prats) [Lexical content of the category of antonymy(based on a selection of English-language linguistic works)]. Nova Filolohiya, 64, 49–54. Lytvyn, O. L. (2015). Doslidzhennia antonimichnykh vindoshen u psykholinhvistychnomueksperymenti [A study of antonymic relations as evidenced in a psycholinguisticexperiment]. Naukovyi Visnyk Skhidnoievropeiskoho Natsionalnoho Universytetu imeniLesi Ukrainky: Filolohichni Nauky: Movoznavstvo, 4(305), 71–75. Rosch, E. H. (1973). Natural categories. Cognitive Psychology, 4(3), 328–350. Rosch, E. H. (1975). Cognitive representations of semantic categories. Journal ofExperimental Psychology: General, 104(3), 192–233.

scholarly journals Applications of knowledge management in the area of Librarianship and Information Science

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Moraes de Bem ◽  
Christianne Coelho de Souza Reinisch Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Resources Planning

The knowledge management (KM) has become an important guideline for the Information and Knowledge Society, as well as for libraries. Thus, this article presents a literature review using a systematic approach, with the proposition of identifying trends and applications of knowledge management in the areas of Information Science and/or Library Science. It has been noticed that there are differences between the concepts of information management and knowledge management characterized as barriers to the implementation of KM. Libraries have often developed KM activities (especially regarding the sharing of knowledge, through Web 2.0 features). The uses currently applied are related to the use of blogs, wiki tools, shared classification systems (tagging), social networks, among others. But in some cases, the libraries are not properly aware of their work. It is necessary that they make KM a part of their routines and think of it in a systematic way, in order to channel resources, planning, among other things, and benefit from the improvements that can be achieved through KM, perfecting their services and satisfying their users.

scholarly journals International differences in understanding recovery: systematic review

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Slade ◽  
M. Leamy ◽  
F. Bacon ◽  
M. Janosik ◽  
C. Le Boutillier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
English Language ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
Similar Distribution ◽  
Key Recovery ◽  
The Usa ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Uk

Aims.Mental health policy internationally varies in its support for recovery. The aims of this study were to validate an existing conceptual framework and then characterise by country the distribution, scientific foundations and emphasis in published recovery conceptualisations.Methods.Update and modification of a previously published systematic review and narrative synthesis of recovery conceptualisations published in English.Results.A total of 7431 studies were identified and 429 full papers reviewed, from which 105 conceptualisations in 115 papers were included and quality assessed using established rating scales. Recovery conceptualisations were identified from 11 individual countries, with 95 (91%) published in English-speaking countries, primarily the USA (47%) and the UK (25%). The scientific foundation was primarily qualitative research (53%), non-systematic literature reviews (24%) and position papers (12%). The conceptual framework was validated with the 18 new papers. Across the different countries, there was a relatively similar distribution of codings for each of five key recovery processes.Conclusions.Recovery as currently conceptualised in English-language publications is primarily based on qualitative studies and position papers from English-speaking countries. The conceptual framework was valid, but the development of recovery conceptualisations using a broader range of research designs within other cultures and non-majority populations is a research priority.

Green libraries and green librarianship – Towards conceptualization

2020 ◽  
pp. 096100062098083
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Fedorowicz-Kruszewska
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Environmental Discourse ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Selection Of

Since the beginning of the 1990s, libraries have been undertaking a number of activities aimed at minimizing their negative impact on the environment. Those that show such activity are called ‘green libraries’. This term appears in scientific, professional and popular science literature, but its definitions are vague and ambiguous. A preliminary analysis of the content of publications dealing with the issue of green libraries shows a modest representation of theoretical and synthetic texts. This article aims to fill this gap. It has three goals: (1) clarification of the term ‘green library’, (2) conceptualization of the term ‘green librarianship’ and (3) determination of ‘green librarianship’ areas. To achieve them, first, an analysis of the environmental discourse on green libraries and green librarianship in library science literature was performed to abstract green library indicators. Then, these indicators were verified. The selection of the sample for research was deliberate. The materials were collected using the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) bibliographic and abstract database. As a result, the number of green library indicators has been extended, which has made it possible to clarify the definition of this term. The definition of ‘green librarianship’ was then formulated, and the areas of green librarianship were indicated. Conceptualization of the terms ‘green library’ and ‘green librarianship’ constitutes the value of this article. The practical implication of the study is the expansion of the number of green library indicators. These indicators can be used to develop a codebook for the content analysis of documents in the discussed area. This article may also contribute to the development of methods for the evaluation of activities and development of green libraries.

scholarly journals Functions and nature of information and library activity in the system of scientific communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Nelli Gaiduk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Scientific Journal ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
Document Flow ◽  
Qualitative Structure ◽  
Scientific Periodicals

The article observes the quantitative and qualitative structure of the document flow of scientific periodicals in Documentary Science on materials of publications in the professional scientific journal «Library Science. Documentary Science. Information Science» for the period of 2017–2019, using the bibliometric analysis to demonstrate the possibilities of this method as a way of studying the dynamic development of certain documentary flows. Considering the large amount of information, that is transmitted and consumed, to organize it, it is necessary to study certain document flows in dynamics. It is believed that the most appropriate method for such research is the method of bibliometric analysis, which allows, based on the analysis of quantitative indicators of document flows of a particular industry, to determine the inherent patterns and to modulate it. The main subject of study in bibliometric research is usually various publications of certain documentary flows, which are often grouped according to different characteristics, for example, to authors, journals, thematic columns, countries, etc. The author studies the total quantitative component of publications in Documentary Science and a part of each segment in the total number of publications; language structure of the document flow; one of the criteria for analyzing the document flow of scientific periodicals in Documentary Science is a part of individual publications by years and coauthored. In addition, the parameter of the bibliometric analysis is the analysis of the documentary flow of scientific periodicals in Documentary Science according to the author’s feature. Ukrainian-language publications predominate in the documentary flow of scientific periodicals on documentary studies. Regarding the analysis of the documentary flow of scientific periodicals on document science on the basis of authorship, in the three analyzed years we find about 30 authors who have been published in the journal, six of which have more than one publication. Using bibliometric analysis, we investigated the quantitative and qualitative structure of the document flow of scientific periodicals in document science in a professional scientific journal and identified features of the quantitative dynamics of publications for the period, linguistic and authorial components, thus demonstrating the possibilities of this method as a way to study the dynamic development of certain document flows. one of the effective means of information management of scientific activity.

scholarly journals The Variations in Verb-Preposition Combinations in the GloWbE Corpus and Its Usage in Informal Englishes

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-41
Author(s):  
Kazi Amzad Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Web Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Outer Circle ◽  
The Usa ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Inner Circle ◽  
General Section

This paper is based on the Corpus of Global Web-based English (GloWbE) which was compiled by Mark Davies in 2013. The GloWbE corpus consists of web data from 20 different English speaking countries. This research is constructed on the GloWbE corpus to investigate the variations in certain verb-preposition combinations in informal Englishes. As the corpus is divided into two sections, such as – general and blog, this study is based on the blog section to compare web data from two inner circle countries such as The USA and Great Britain and two outer circle countries such as – India and Bangladesh. The reason for selecting the blog is that, in the GloWbE corpus, blog section consists of informal data, whereas general section consists of formal data. It is to be noted that the inner circle countries use English as their native tongue, whereas the outer circle countries use English as their second or foreign language. This paper argues that, the verb-preposition combinations or prepositional verbs vary in their frequency and meaning in the aforementioned countries and this paper investigates the following five prepositional verbs from The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language proposed by Huddleston and Pullum in 2002– come up with, look out for, put up with, stand up to, and get along with in the GloWbE corpus to prove that the frequency and meaning of these phrases varies from country to country based on social, cultural and political contexts as seen in the results. The investigation specifically shows the trends of the above five prepositional verbs in the four countries.

scholarly journals ANTHROPONYMS AS THE BASIC CONSTITUENTS OF THE ONYME SYSTEM

2021 ◽  
pp. 138-148
Author(s):  
O. V. Chornous
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
International Level ◽  
Linguistic Communication ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Observation Method ◽  
Historical Methods ◽  
Method Analysis

The purpose of the article is to summarize and supplement key information about anthroponyms as basic components of the onymic system by referring to English-language lexicographic works and terminology registers. The object of the study is anthroponyms as the basic components of the onymic system. The subject of the study is the specificity of terminological designation, definition and typology of anthroponyms in Ukrainian and foreign sources. Methods of research are predetermined by the purpose and tasks put in the article. The main ones are comparative analyses, observation method, analysis of the scientific literature, method of classification, descriptive, comparative, and historical methods as well as methods of generalization and abstraction. They make it possible to clarify the concept of anthroponym, to define the specificity of functioning in different resources, to draw conclusions on the typology of anthroponyms. The term «anthroponym» belongs to the category of international and is firmly established in scientific linguistic communication for proper names of people. The chronology of its appearance in foreign and domestic sources varies, but can be most generally described as the second half of the twentieth century. Presence in the most authoritative terminology registers and dictionaries has contributed to popularization of the term «anthroponym» among researches of different countries and has supported its relevance for many decades. The analysed English-speaking and Ukrainian lexicographic works are mostly unanimous in defining anthroponym as a name of a human being, but we find particularly valuable more informative definitions, which contain information on the function and peculiarities of anthroponyms or represent a typology of antroponyms. The anthroponym typologies proposed by the authors vary considerably in quantitative and qualitative parameters, making it difficult to compare them with the corresponding material in Englishlanguage sources. The results of the analyses validate the observations of scholars from different countries that terminological homogeneity does not exist at the international level, which makes translation of terms and comparative research difficult. 

scholarly journals Dostoevsky in English Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Golovyashkina
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
George Gissing ◽  
George Meredith ◽  
The Usa ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Literary Classics ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Language Literature

There is the task of studying the degree of influence of the famous works of F.M. Dostoevsky on English-language literature and culture in general. Statements are given and the opinion of the great English-speaking literary classics about the works of Dostoevsky and the Russian-language novel is described. The author considers the main critical articles, essays and theses related to the Dostoevsky and his works, written by famous English-speaking novelists and literary critics of that era and the next one. Among them: Matthew Arnold, George Gissing, George Meredith, Oscar Wilde and others. The article describes the interpretation of their opinions about the great Russian writer’s works and on the degree of his influence on the literary trends of his contemporaries. The author gives a comparison between the images of the characters of the Dostoevsky novels and other English-speaking authors, which is sometimes amazing. In addition, the article presents a list of special courses that are currently being studied at universities and colleges in the USA and Great Britain dedicated to Dostoevsky.

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