Research Libraries to the Provincial Scientific Archival Commissions

2010 ◽  
pp. 99-105
Author(s):  
Emil N. Valeev
Keyword(s):  
Social Functions ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Library Collections

Research libraries of the provincial scientific archival commissions had been established at the first committee meetings. The collection was born from donated books of the first chairmen and honorary members of the commissions. Firstly conceived with the aim to assist staff in their research activities they partly increased demands of the provincial nobility and students. The identifiers of the library collections were in the availability of manuscripts, official publications of supreme and local authorities, works of the scientists of local lore, the regional press. Inadequate financing of the commissions and the problem of professionalization of personnel did not allow libraries to realize all social functions.

scholarly journals New Consortial Model for E-Books Acquisitions

2016 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Swindler
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Electronic Environment ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Oxford University Press ◽  
Library Collections

E-books constitute major challenges for library collections generally and present fundamental problems for consortial collection development specifically. The Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) and Oxford University Press (OUP) have created a mutually equitable and financially sustainable model for the consortial acquisition of e-books coupled with print titles needed to support instruction and research across the disciplinary spectrum within a transitional framework that is acceptable to users while moving both libraries and publishers to a decidedly electronic environment for monographs. Working with YBP Library Services, TRLN and OUP developed a flexible vending model for systematically increasing e-books acquisitions in tandem with reducing print intake over time and keeping net costs constant that other consortia and publishers would find useful. This article focuses on creating an acceptable and sustainable model that allows libraries to shift to e-books and the implications for traditional cooperative collection development. The research reports on the principles undergirding the pilot, how it developed, challenges encountered and lessons learned, librarian and user reactions to this format shift, and resulting philosophical and practical evolutions in consortial approaches to monographic acquisitions and understandings of what constitutes cooperative collections success in a digital environment.

The library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Simane
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Renaissance Art ◽  
New Era ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
German Research ◽  
Art And Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Systematic Structure

The history of the library founded in 1897 at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence is marked by a very close connection with the history and profile of the Institute itself. The demand for scientific literature for research on Florentine Renaissance art and culture was the key motivation for establishing a German research library in Florence, where this art and culture flourished. But from the very beginning the holdings covered Italian art as a whole, not just the Renaissance and Florentine art. The acquisition policy as well as the internal organisation and systematic structure of the library have right up to the present day mirrored the research activities of the Institute and its scholars. With the founding of a consortium of the three German research libraries in Florence, Munich (Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte) and Rome (Bibliotheca Hertziana) in 1994, a new era began. High-profile bibliographic information, additional services and the integration of the library in Florence into this co-operative network became a further characteristic of the existing identity of the Institute and its library, which were – and continue to be – closely tied to Florence and Tuscany.

Establishing sustainable and scalable workflows for cataloging and metadata services

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 308-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myung-Ja K. Han
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Semantic Web Technologies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
Metadata Standards ◽  
Library Collections

Purpose Academic and research libraries have been experiencing a lot of changes over the last two decades. The users have become technology savvy and want to discover and use library collections via web portals instead of coming to library gateways. To meet these rapidly changing users’ needs, academic and research libraries are busy identifying new service models and areas of improvement. Cataloging and metadata services units in academic and research libraries are no exception. As discovery of library collections largely depends on the quality and design of metadata, cataloging and metadata services units must identify new areas of work and establish new roles by building sustainable workflows that utilize available metadata technologies. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper discusses a list of challenges that academic libraries’ cataloging and metadata services units have encountered over the years, and ways to build sustainable workflows, including collaborations between units in and outside of the institution, and in the cloud; tools, technologies, metadata standards and semantic web technologies; and most importantly, exploration and research. The paper also includes examples and uses cases of both traditional metadata workflows and experimentation with linked open data that were built upon metadata technologies and will ultimately support emerging user needs. Findings To develop sustainable and scalable workflows that meet users’ changing needs, cataloging and metadata professionals need not only to work with new information technologies, but must also be equipped with soft skills and in-depth professional knowledge. Originality/value This paper discusses how cataloging and metadata services units have been exploiting information technologies and creating new scalable workflows to adapt to these changes, and what is required to establish and maintain these workflows.

scholarly journals The Analysis of Students’ Opinions about the Social Responsibility Of Ukrainian Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 527-538
Author(s):  
Kateryna Tryma
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Local Community ◽  
State University ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Civic Universities

Aim. The paper is aimed to investigate the students’ opinion about the social responsibility carried out by higher education institutions (HEIs) in Ukraine. Nowadays social responsibility has become one of the key characteristics of modern HEIs. Ukrainian universities are trying to become 'civic universities', i.e., institutions which contribute to the development of the local community. The students, as key stakeholders of the university activities, also take part in this process. Methods. To investigate the social responsibility of the Ukrainian HEIs, the case study method is used in the present paper: the case of Mariupol State University and its social functions within the city are highlighted. The online survey was applied to investigate the level of students’ awareness of the university social functions and the role played by the university in the local community. Materials published by the university and the results of the survey have been analysed to test the hypothesis that students consider Mariupol State University to be a socially responsible university which cooperates with the local community. Results. The students’ opinion on the social functions carried out by Mariupol State University is that this local university has strong ties with the local community and authorities and perform its social mission. However, the social functions of the university, according to the students, are limited by teaching and research activities. Few students consider social responsibility of the university in a wider context. Conclusion. On the example of the MSU the paper shows that modern universities in Ukraine perform social functions and try to become truly civic universities to contribute to the development of the local communities in cooperation with different stakeholders. Nevertheless, students as a key stakeholder of the university activities still consider social responsibility of the university primarily aimed at teaching and research.

scholarly journals Library as Research Lab

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Schell ◽  
Meghan Sitar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The University

Information literacy at the graduate level can happen at the intersection of research method education and mentorship into a disciplinary community of practice with its own traditions of inquiry, communication, and knowledge creation. Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the Library as Research Lab Project at the University of Michigan enables graduate students, academic librarians, and information science faculty to engage in a series of research activities together, illuminating tacit knowledge in information studies and librarianship, both as a discipline and as a profession. In the project, three interconnected labs pursue authentic research questions emerging from challenges faced by the Library while providing School of Information students with mentorship, new skills, and a fellowship stipend. A common curriculum across the labs includes research ethics, publishing, project management, and current issues in higher education research. Engaging with the frames of “Research as Inquiry” and “Scholarship as Conversation” from the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education​, students also learn how to effectively discuss, iterate upon, and present their research activities to different audiences. At the end of the fellowship, students enter the profession with an understanding of complex challenges facing libraries and with new strategies for responding to ambiguity and pursuing new solutions through research. As we complete the final year of the grant, the librarians from the Design Thinking for Library Services Lab will reflect on lessons learned and share student perspectives as a way of discussing how similar initiatives might facilitate positive and critically engaged research projects at other institutions. Attendees will be able to describe strategies for developing similar environments in support of authentic research experiences and will be able to apply strategies documented in a mentoring handbook from the project in their own work.

Blockchain and the Research Libraries

2021 ◽  
pp. 232-250
Author(s):  
Anthony L. Paganelli ◽  
Andrea L. Paganelli
Keyword(s):  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Early Implementation ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
Access Information ◽  
Library Collections

This chapter will examine the theoretical uses of blockchain technologies in research libraries. Technology has enhanced the services and operations of research libraries since the early implementation of computerized cataloging systems. Blockchain technology provides research libraries with the opportunity to decentralize services, while also maintaining and strengthening digital rights management. Research libraries will be able locate services that can be decentralized to provide patrons with a more effective and efficient service. The blockchain technology has the potential to expand library collections through distributed verifiable sovereign identity, which would allow patrons to securely access information from multiple libraries while maintaining their privacy. Libraries will be able to evaluate services and programs to determine best uses for blockchain technology.

‘Highly idiosyncratic and only half tamed’: the Institute of Fine Arts libraries and art history in the United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
Clare Hills-Nova
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Art History ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
History Of ◽  
Art Research ◽  
Library Collections

The history of the Institute of Fine Arts library collections cannot be disentangled from the intellectual and physical history of the Institute itself. Housed in various locations since 1938, the collections have grown parallel to the interests of the IFA’s faculty, many of whom, in its early years, were exiles from Europe and brought different approaches to the study of art. Amidst New York’s array of outstanding art research libraries, the IFA’s once extremely modest collection now comprises some 175,000 volumes, divided between two libraries: the Chan Library (for art history and archaeology) and the Conservation Center Library.

scholarly journals A systems approach to the exploration of research activity and relationships within a local authority

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith F. Fynn ◽  
John Jones ◽  
Andy Jones
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
County Council ◽  
System Level ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Research Activities

Abstract Background Organizations with responsibilities for public health are increasingly required to use evidence-based practice to inform programme delivery, requiring research to generate relevant evidence, and dissemination and use of evidence to inform decisions and practices. Understanding how relationships between organizational structures, systems and processes influence evidence-based practices is critical to improving practice at both an institutional and system level, yet how these relationships should best operate is not well understood. Understanding how to better support research within local authorities, the elected administrative bodies responsible for services including public health at a regional level in the United Kingdom, is a priority for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research. This study is based on Norfolk County Council, a local authority in the east of England. We aimed to apply a systems perspective to develop a better understanding of the structures, systems and processes that support a local authority in becoming research-active, identifying gaps in understanding and recommendations for action to address them. Methods Taking a participatory action research approach, we applied qualitative methods to explore research activity and relationships in Norfolk County Council. We surveyed employees and used network analysis to map individuals, departments and external partners involved in research activities and the connections between them. We then applied participatory approaches to conduct a series of focus groups and semi-structured interviews to explore stakeholders’ experiences and perceptions of being involved in research at, or with, the authority, and their ideas for recommendations for future actions. Results A range of research activity is undertaken at the local authority, with an emphasis on applied work to improve service delivery. We identified several examples of effective practice and models of research collaboration in some departments. Challenges such as limitations in resources, capacity and knowledge exchange were evident, yet there was a readiness amongst key stakeholders to develop and implement actions that may better support the authority in becoming more research-active. Conclusion In large complex organizations, a key challenge is how to share learning across teams and implement good practice at an organizational and system level. Our findings highlight the potential for developing improved collaborative partnership models and systems to support sustainable processes and practices for research and knowledge exchange at an institutional and interorganizational level. The insights gained and shared will support other local authorities and similar large, multilevel organizations with responsibilities for evidence-based public health to explore their own setting and implement change where needed, and provide stimulus for further research into system-level change.

Library Impact Practice Brief: Relationship between Library Collections and the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty at UT Austin

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Chiochios ◽  
Janelle Hedstrom ◽  
Katie Pierce Meyer ◽  
Mary Rader
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Recruitment And Retention ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Library Impact ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Library Collections

As part of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Research Library Impact Framework initiative, The University of Texas (UT) at Austin Libraries conducted a study to examine the impact of library collections on the recruitment and retention of faculty to the university, and to understand the relationship between institutional resources—especially libraries—and career decision-making of faculty. This practice brief describes the UT team’s literature review and the data gathered through an online survey and one-on-one semi-structured interviews with newly recruited and newly promoted faculty members.

Social adaptation of convicted persons: the interaction of territorial bodies criminally-Executive system, bodies of state power of subjects of the Russian Federation and bodies of local self-government

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Андрей Каляшин ◽  
Andrey Kalyashin
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
State Power ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Executive System ◽  
Different Levels

In the work the analysis of normative legal acts regulating the organization of social adaptation of convicted persons, the interaction of territorial bodies of Federal service of execution of punishments of the Russian Federation subjects and local authorities in its implementation and practice. Obtained in the course of the study helped to formulate specific proposals on the interaction of different levels of government. The work is addressed to practitioners of criminal-Executive system, to persons engaged in social adaptation of convicts. Designed for use in educational process of educational institutions of Federal service of execution of punishments, as well as in research activities.

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