scholarly journals Electronic Library of the RSL: Development Stages and Features of Formation of Digital Collections

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda R. Davydova
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Materials ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Intellectual Activity ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Basic Approaches ◽  
State Library

The article for the first time covers the history of the Electronic Library (EL) of the Russian State Library (RSL) from the beginning of its formation in the mid-1990s to the present. The author considers the stages of formation and development of the EL of the RSL, the changes that have occurred depending on various factors: changes in legislation in the field of intellectual activity, the emergence of new conceptual approaches and technological platforms. The article identifies two basic approaches to the creation of electronic library: formation of large electronic collections by type of publications or presented information and the creation of electronic version of the collections of documents stored in the RSL holdings. The author gives the key decisions made in relation to the EL: the resources that have passed into the public domain are freely available on the website of the RSL; all documents (not fragments) digitized on the basis of the RSL holdings shall be included in the EL of the RSL; the quality of electronic materials is strictly regulated, etc. The article presents the history of creation and features of large digital collections and separate collections, as well as participation in Russian and international projects and programs. The author considers the development of various electronic services, search capabilities, and features of access to different collections depending on the content. The article highlights the role of the “Electronic Library of Dissertations”, which became the basis for enriching the EL of the RSL with relevant scientific knowledge, for working out new technical and technological solutions, and for providing unique access opportunities within the current legislation. The author notes that the EL creators are focused on the organization of access to modern scientific and educational content within the framework of legislative initiatives, conceptual and special technical solutions, as well as on providing free access to materials of great cultural and historical value for Russia and the world community

Additions to the attribution of archival documents of the Manuscripts Department of the Russian State Library

2020 ◽  
pp. 493-518
Author(s):  
Marina I. Shcherbakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Close Association ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Greek Letter ◽  
Handwritten Documents ◽  
Famous People ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
State Library

The issue of significance of attribution for establishing the history of the creation of handwritten documents is discussed in the article using the examples of a copy of the working note of Saint Theophan the Recluse «Reservations in the book “Orthodox Worshipers in Jerusalem” » (1858) from the archive of the Russian Saint Panteleimon Monastery; made by Andrey Murav’yov as a translation of the Greek letter of Archimandrite Joasaph (1851), rector of the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas in Palestine; letters from nun Leonida (worldly Yelizaveta Obukhova), the female treasurer of convent of Saints Boris and Gleb in the hamlet of Anosino, to Archbishop Leonid (worldly Lev Krasnopevkov) and to his elder sister Nun Leonida (worldly Yekaterina Ushakova); and also letters to Archbishop Leonid from the two clerics both named Nafanail — Archimandrite Nafanail (worldly Gavriil Nektarov) and Archbishop Nafanail (worldly Nikolay Savchenko). Amendments, clarifications and important additions are made to the existing attribution of these documents based on the results of the investigations undertaken. Various methods of attribution — an analysis of the content of the source, of its culturally historical features, stylistic features, references to historical events, to the realities of life, to famous people — are demonstrated. The close association of attribution with the dating of the archive document, which in many cases helps to establish both the author and the addressee of the source, is revealed. The practical demand for attribution results is convincingly reasoned.

Formation of the Digital Collection “Books of the Imperial House of Romanovs” in the National Electronic Library

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-265
Author(s):  
Elena A. Yemelyanova
Keyword(s):  
Significant Part ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
History Of ◽  
Book Collections ◽  
State Library ◽  
The Revolution

The article is devoted to the creation of the collection “Books of the Imperial House of Romanovs” in the National Electronic Library (NEB) within the framework of the project “Book Monuments”. The general approach to the designation of imperial and grand ducal collections is based on the analysis of presence of the books in the collections of the Russian State Library (RSL). To justify the decision, the author considers the history of private book collections that belonged to the Romanovs before 1917 and their fate after the revolution. The book collections of representatives of the family in historical and scientific literature are divided into imperial and grand ducal collections. After the revolution, the significant part of the libraries located in the residences of St. Petersburg and its suburbs were moved to the Winter Palace. Some collections remained in the owners’ palaces and were distributed and moved to different organizations. After the decision was made to allocate the books to different organizations, the significant part of them was sent first to the Rumyantsev Museum, and then to the V.I. Lenin State Library of the USSR (now the Russian State Library). After registration, the books were distributed between different parts of the holdings without taking into account the ownership of the previous owners; and at present, it is not possible to restore them as a single complex. Based on the study and analysis of the archival documents of the Russian State Library, which had covered the receipt and allocation of the books in quite a detail, it was decided to combine all the books into a single electronic collection, since only this decision will allow getting together the copies of imperial and grand ducal books on a single resource and making them available for general access and study. The NEB’s capabilities allow providing information to specialists in the humanities and a wide range of users.

scholarly journals Million Book Project — Vivid Example of International Cooperation

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-76
Author(s):  
Tatiana E. Savitskaya
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Computer Library

The article analyses the conceptual idea, stages of formation, organizational and technological features of the Million Book Project. This is the original version of the multilingual full-text electronic library, the first stage of the more extensive program of Universal Digital Library. The aim of the project was to digitize one million books by 2007 and to provide free access to them. The project is interesting, firstly, as an early productive experience in creating a compact electronic library to optimize the educational process, and secondly, as an example of broad effective international cooperation in organization of information resources. The collection was based on “Books for College Libraries”, which is a special collection of educational scientific literature (50,000 titles), electronic copies of which were provided by the non-profit, membership, computer library service OCLC (Online Computer Library Center). The author considers the Project as an original model of international division of labour in the development of library information resources, when the scanning centres in India and China took over most of the work on digitization of books, including from the United States, and the Carnegie Mellon University, in cooperation with other American Universities, provided them with the necessary equipment and staff training. The Million Book Project is based on the original full participation, along with the library of Carnegie Mellon University and libraries of other American universities, of digital collections of India, China and Egypt. One of the strengths of the project is cooperation with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aimed at combating hunger, as well as with the National Agricultural Library of the United States in digitizing specialized literature on the modernization of agricultural, forestry and fish farming practices. The article also notes the significance of the project in the field of organizational and technological solutions related to the formation of the electronic library: it served as a test base for applied research in the field of improving scanning techniques, optical character recognition and automatic translation. The important advantage of the Million Book Project is the ultimate decentralization of powers in the field of acquisition of the collection, resulted in including into the project orbit of the unique monuments of history and culture of the East. The digitization and inclusion in the electronic library of the cultural treasures for the first time makes them potentially available to the global audience.

scholarly journals The conception of periodization of the history of Ukrainian state formation by Ivan Lysyak-Rudnytsky

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Artem Skyrta
Keyword(s):  
State Formation ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Legal Science ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Basic Approaches

The article analyzes the creative work of the historian of Ukrainian emigration I. Lysyak-Rudnytsky on the periodization of the history of Ukrainian statehood in the context of the most common approaches to the periodization of the history of statehood. The introduction of the article contains remarks on the existing problem of periodization of the history of statehood of any country, due to the presence of various factors that serve as criteria for the creation of periodization. Therefore, none of the proposed periodizations can fully satisfy the entire scientific community. The main part of the article contains an analysis of the main approaches to the periodization of the history of Ukrainian statehood, in particular: the formational approach, mainly used by scientists in Soviet Ukraine and the civilizational approach, which was first presented to Ukraine in the early XX century in the scientific works of M. Hrushevsky. In the course of this analysis, the definitions of such concepts as «formational approach» and «civilizational approach» in relation to the periodization of the history of statehood were analyzed. In addition, this analysis was accompanied by a study of the main works of scholars who studied the history of Ukrainian statehood in a particular approach. The whole analysis was performed with the use of remarks expressed in the work by I. Lysyak-Rudnytsky on these basic approaches, as well as opportunities for their elimination at the present stage of development of historical and legal science. At the end of the article, a conclusion is made about the relevance of the concept of periodization of the history of Ukrainian statehood proposed by scientist, as well as its significance in the light of recent events in the development of Ukrainian statehood.

scholarly journals Development of the Personal Site of a Modern Scientist

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-68
Author(s):  
Viacheslav Osadchyi ◽  
Iryna Serdiuk ◽  
Dmytro Likhachov ◽  
Vladyslav Piatnychenko
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Community Information ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
The Creation

The article is devoted to the actual and practically important problem for modern science - to provide free access to the scientific creative heritage of the scientist. After all, the weight of the scientist in the professional community, his influence on the events occurring in his chosen field of science, today largely depends on how fully, constructively and organically presented the results of his research on the Internet. The central element of a visiting card of a modern scientist is a link to a personal website. Keeping your own site allows you to create an electronic library of scientific and methodological developments, share your thoughts, finds. In addition, the creation and maintenance of their site contributes to replenishing the portfolio of achievements of the scientist. The authors proceed from the basic provision that the personal page as a form of information provision in the scientific community gives scientists and specialists new opportunities for solving scientific and practical problems. The materials of the scientist, presented on the site, allow to show the level of erudition in the branches of science and culture, help to achieve public recognition. The article analyzes the scientific and special literature on web programming, examines the requirements for the creation of sites, developed a personal site of a scientist, written recommendations on its use. The developed personal site of a modern scientist is a significant source of biographical and bibliographic information, gives an opportunity to present to the international scientific community information about their activities and ideas in the form of published and unpublished scientific works, which enables the scientist to solve the issues of creating their own image in the scientific space.

scholarly journals A historiografia da educação brasileira a partir da leitura de periódicos científicos especializados: RBHE e HISTEDBR On Line (2000-2010) / The historiography of brazilian education from the reading of specialized scientific magazines: RBHE and HISTEDBR On Line (2000-2010)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Sauloéber Tarsio de Souza
Keyword(s):  
History Of Education ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Rapid Mapping ◽  
History Of ◽  
On Line ◽  
Main Production ◽  
Education In Brazil

A proposta do artigo é discutir brevemente a produção científica veiculada pela Revista Brasileira de História da Educação (SBHE, 2001) e pela Revista HISTEDBR On-line (UNICAMP, 2000), buscando desenhar um quadro que expresse a historiografia da educação no Brasil, no período entre 2000 e 2010. Esses periódicos foram escolhidos por se constituírem como dois dos principais veículos da produção do campo da História da Educação no Brasil. Esse rápido mapeamento da área se apoiou na análise do conjunto dos 173 artigos publicados pela RBHE e dos 586 artigos veiculados pela HISTEDBR On-line. Tais periódicos são importantes canais de comunicação do conhecimento do campo da História da Educação, contando entre seus editores com professores-pesquisadores de mérito científico reconhecido entre seus pares. O contexto de surgimento deles remonta à primeira década do novo milênio, momento de efervescência do campo com a criação de eventos nacionais e regionais, o surgimento de grupos e sociedades atuantes nessa área da pesquisa. Os resultados apontaram peculiaridades e aproximações entre essas revistas, distintas em seu formato de circulação e organização, destacando-se, por exemplo, diferenças entre os grupos temáticos predominantes constantes nos artigos veiculados. Quanto à metodologia, tabularam-se os artigos pela leitura de títulos, resumos e palavras-chaves, o que demandou atenção na organização do amplo volume de informações, mesmo se considerando a agilidade do trabalho em função do livre acesso aos acervos digitais dos periódicos.* * *The purpose of this article is to briefly discuss the scientific production published by the Revista Brasileira de História da Educação (SBHE, 2001) and the Revista HISTEDBR On Line (UNICAMP, 2000), aiming to design a framework that expresses the historiography of education in Brazil in the period between 2000 and 2010. These journals were chosen as two of the main production vehicles in the field of the History of Education in Brazil. This rapid mapping of the area was based on the analysis of the set of 173 articles published by the RBHE and the 586 articles published by HISTEDBR On-line. These journals are important communication channels of knowledge in the field of the History of Education, counting among its editors with professors-researchers of scientific merit recognized among their peers. The context of their emergence goes back to the first decade of the new millennium, a moment of effervescence of the field with the creation of national and regional events, the emergence of groups and societies active in this area of research. The results pointed out peculiarities and approximations between these journals, different in their circulation and organization format, for example, differences between the predominant thematic groups in the articles being published. As for the methodology, the articles were tabulated by the reading of titles, abstracts and key words, which demanded attention in the organization of the large volume of information, even considering the agility of the work due to the free access to the digital collections of the periodicals.

Elite da Liberdade: a contribution to the history of black clubs in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 396-411
Author(s):  
Petrônio José Domingues
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Black Identity ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Educational Discourse ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation

This article investigates the trajectory of the Grêmio Dramático, Recreativo e Literário Elite da Liberdade (the Liberdade Elite Guild of Drama, Recreation, and Literature), a black club active in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1919 to 1927. The aim is to reconstruct aspects of the club’s history in light of its educational discourse on civility, which was used as a strategy to promote modern virtues in the black milieu. By appropriating the precepts of civility, Elite da Liberdade helped construct a positive black identity, enabled the creation of bonds of solidarity among its members, and made itself a place of resistance and struggle for social inclusion, recognition, and citizens’ rights.

P.A. Ovchinnikov — Collector of Manuscript Books

2010 ◽  
pp. 70-74
Author(s):  
Andrey S. Usachev
Keyword(s):  
Early History ◽  
Research Department ◽  
Russian State ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Library

The article tells about the collection of manuscript books of collector and Old Believer P. Ovchinnikov (1843—1912), now stored in the Manuscript Research Department of the Russian State Library. The special attention is paid to early history of the collection: to features of work of the collector with manuscripts, and also to their use by other researchers. The research is based on the data of various sources — notes on books, memoirs of contemporaries about P. Ovchinnikov, the unpublished documents.

Historian of the Russian State Library. In Memory of L.M. Koval (1933—2020)

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-172
Author(s):  
Margarita Y. Dvorkina
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Library History ◽  
Russian State ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
October 17 ◽  
State Library ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article is devoted to the memory of Lyudmila Mikhailovna Koval (October 17, 1933 – February 15, 2020), historian, Head of the History sector of the Russian State Library (RSL) and the Museum of Library history. The author presents brief biographical information about L.M. Koval, the author of more than 350 scientific and popular scientific works in Russian and in 9 foreign languages. She published 29 books in Publishing houses “Nauka”, “Kniga”, “Letniy Sad”, ”Pashkov Dom”, most of the works are dedicated to the Library. Special place in the work of L.M. Koval is given to the Great Patriotic War theme. The article considers the works devoted to the activities of Library staff during the War period. L.M. Koval paid much attention to the study of activities of the Library’s Directors. She prepared books and articles about the Directors of the Moscow Public and Rumyantsev Museums and Library from the end of the 19th century and almost to the end of the 20th century: N.V. Isakov, D.S. Levshin, V.A. Dashkov, M.A. Venevitinov, I.V. Tsvetaev, V.D. Golitsyn, A.K. Vinogradov, V.I. Nevsky, N.M. Sikorsky. The author notes contribution of L.M. Koval to the study of the Library’s history. Specialists in the history of librarianship widely use bibliography of L.M. Koval in their research. The list of sources contains the main works of L.M. Koval, and the Appendix includes reviews of publications by L.M. Koval and the works about her.

Complicated Fate of Schneerson Collection

2013 ◽  
pp. 50-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Y. Khvostova
Keyword(s):  
Russian State ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Library ◽  
Jewish Museum

On the Opening of the Department of the Russian State Library in Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, as well as about the history of the Library of Schneerson family, which had become the center of the collection.

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