scholarly journals Technologies for building e-catalogs on local history: Transformations in the digital environment

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. G. Taranenko
Keyword(s):  
Technological Process ◽  
Local History ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Linguistic Support ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Labor Consumption

Significant transformations in the technologies of e-catalog building in the area of local history are discussed. The author examines the main changes. She focuses on the local lore and history e-catalogs of the RF libraries and their specific features. The document support of the catalog development is presented. Based on the element structure of the technological process (goal, objects, subjects, resources, processes, instruments, methods, regulation documents, and results), the transformations in the technology are revealed. The author concludes that these changes are due to the expanding objects covered by the catalogs (including the networked); complicating regulations for the objects (mandatory competences for machine-readable cataloguing); radical changes to the advantage of digital information resources; need for continuing upgrade of hardand software; exacerbating problems of linguistic support of machine-readable cataloguing; new regulations, etc. The author also points to significantly complicating technologies. The author suggests that the solution may lie in labor consumption and efficiency calculations for the processes of the e-catalog elements design and use.

scholarly journals Functional requirements for bibliographic description in digital environments

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-231
Author(s):  
Fabiano Ferreira de Castro
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Structural Modeling ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Metadata Standards ◽  
Digital Environments ◽  
Complex Structural ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Developing Strategies

Nowadays in digital information environments, various types of resources coexist with heterogeneous metadata formats and standards and efforts have been made to achieve interoperability in order to use multiple metadata standards and reuse metadata records by developing strategies, which range from simple mappings among metadata elements to complex structural modeling. Dealing with information resources requires a description of form and machine readable content with results that are understandable to humans and can meet the interoperability requirements between information environments. Considering this, this research proposes a reflection and suggests the development of an architecture for semantic bibliographic descriptions that ensures interoperability in digital information environments. By using exploratory and descriptive analysis, we found that Descriptive Cataloguing methodologies and a bibliographic ontology description, explained in the rules and codes of cataloguing and in metadata standards, redesign the development of better structured new digital information environments to retrieve information and effectively establish interoperability.

scholarly journals Origins of Russian libraries computerization: Implementing ideas of Stas A. Sbitnev. On the occasion of the 100-th anniversary

2018 ◽  
pp. 44-61
Author(s):  
Natalya Gendina ◽  
Nadezhda Kolkova ◽  
Inna Skipor
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Information Culture ◽  
State Institute ◽  
Linguistic Support ◽  
Scientific Ideas ◽  
Current Advance

The authors characterize the contribution of Stas Sbitnev, a prominent scholar, founder of Kemerovo State Institute of Culture Library Department, RSFSR Honored Worker of Culture, into the development of Russian libraries automation and computerization. The stages and products of his research and pedagogical work are characterized. It was Stas A. Sbitnev who was the first in the USSR to provide for special training of librarians and bibliographers as “computerized library system technologists”. The vectors of Sbitnev’s scientific ideas realization in the modern digital society are discussed. The evolution of approaches toward the integrated library information systems information support is characterized with a glance to the current advance of digital information resources. The newness and versatility of Sbitnev’s studies in 1980-1990s are represented by the data in the table. The contribution his followers made into the theory of library information technology linguistic support is characterized. Research and development vectors now being explored by his followers are also described. The sphere of personal information culture as a research and practical area is also in the focus.

Archives as a Scientific Laboratory and a Challenge for Researchers in the Digital Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-176
Author(s):  
Ruselena Pendzhekova-Hristeva
Keyword(s):  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Environment Analysis ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Scientific Laboratory

The article presents the problem of archives as a scientific laboratory and a challenge for researchers in the digital society. In terms of content there are two thematic focuses of the study: digital transformation of archives and their information resources; the researcher like a user of retrospective documentary information in a digital environment. Analysis of the problems and challenges, that the archival institutions and modern researchers face in the era of digital civilization, is made.

Backgrounds and behaviors: Which students successfully identify online resources in the face of container collapse

First Monday ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Cyr ◽  
Tara Tobin Cataldo ◽  
Brittany Brannon ◽  
Amy Buhler ◽  
Ixchel Faniel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Visual Appearance ◽  
Demographic Traits ◽  
The Face

In a digital environment, students have difficulty determining whether an information resource comes from a book, magazine, journal, blog, or other container, and lose the contextual information that these containers provide. This study of students from primary through graduate school looks at their ability to identify the containers of information resources, and how this ability is affected by their demographic traits, the resource features they attended to, and their behaviors during a task-based simulation. The results indicate that correct container identification requires deep engagement with a resource. Those who attended to cues such as genre and source were better able to identify container, while those who paid attention to heuristics such as its visual appearance and URL were not. Demographic characteristics, including educational cohort and first-generation student status, also had an effect.

scholarly journals Training in Cybersecurity in Interaction with Parents in Kindergarten

2019 ◽  
pp. 246-253
Author(s):  
Svetlana Shabas
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Main Task ◽  
School Age ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
The Impact

In modern conditions of overall informatization, the majorities of children of older pre-school age actively use gadgets and have access to the Internet. However, just one-fourth of parents demonstrate concerns about digital security. That is why the issues associated with cybersecurity training in preschool education, legislative regulation in ensuring the security and development of children in a digital environment are relevant for present-day pre-school education. The study was based on the activities carried out by teachers and psychologists of the methodology association of the Leninsky district of Yekaterinburg. The methods used in the study involved observations, the analysis of information obtained through counseling and psychological checks, interviews, surveys of instructors and specialists dealing with parents in kindergarten. As a result, we revealed the problems with digital competence among all the participants of the process of upbringing and education and defined the impact of parents on the formation of digital literacy. Of special interest is a new position when the modern parent is given a “relief” from a child with the help of gadgets, which calls for family psychological support on pre-schoolers’ secure use of digital technologies. The main task of working with parents is to shape perceptions of the problems associated with free contacts of the child with information technologies and the necessity to control digital information received by the child.

The Concept of Metadata for Digital Information Resources with Special Reference to Dublin Core (DC)

2013 ◽  
pp. 160-170
Author(s):  
Sunil Tyagi
Keyword(s):  
Resource Discovery ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Dublin Core ◽  
Metadata Standard ◽  
Electronic Information Resources ◽  
Metadata Standards ◽  
Almost All

This chapter defines metadata, their types, creation, and some of the important functions. It enumerates an overview of the basic elements of the Dublin Core Metadata standard, and other metadata standards are also mentioned. The problem has been studied based on the information available in the open literature. As electronic information resources are rising and digital library initiatives are gaining wide acceptance, knowledge of metadata formats will help our library professionals in adapting their skills in cataloguing, classification, subject heading, key wording, and indexing for better inventory and exhaustive usage of electronic information. Metadata serves three general purposes. It supports resource discovery and locates the actual digital resource by inclusion of a digital identifier. As the number of electronic resources grows, metadata is used to create aggregate sites, bringing similar resources together and distinguishing dissimilar resources. The World Wide Web has created a revolution in the accessibility of digital information resources. Metadata is key to ensuring that resources will survive and continue to be accessible into the future. It can be embedded in a digital object or it can be stored separately like library catalogues. The Dublin Core (DC) is the most popular and widely accepted standard proposed to describe almost all categories of networked electronic resources.

Roles of cataloguing librarians in the digital era

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 504-516
Author(s):  
Khalfan Zahran Al Hijji ◽  
Mohammad Khamis Al-Busaidi
Keyword(s):  
Information Resources ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Google Docs ◽  
Computer Languages ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to explore the roles and skills of Omani academic cataloguing librarians in facilitating access to various kinds of traditional and digital information resources and challenges confronting them in fulfilling that task. Design/methodology/approach Data for this research were gathered from 37 academic libraries in the country through a questionnaire sent to their cataloguing librarians. Google Docs format was used for cumulating and presenting quantitative data, whilst content analysis was utilized for gathering the qualitative data in specific themes according to the research questions. Findings The obvious findings are that Omani academic cataloguers still perform the traditional cataloguing functions, including copy and original cataloguing, and maintain authority files. Moreover, more than half of the respondents have the skills required for working in groups and are familiar with cataloguing tools such as RDA rules and BIBFRAME. However, cataloguers lack familiarity with computer languages (XML, PMH, OAI, RDF) and metadata. Practical implications The research concludes with suggestions to libraries for improving librarians’ skills and performance through such as provision of proficient training and establishment of a collaborative body. Originality/value This research addresses an area of interest to most librarians. However, few researchers in the authors’ region have focused on this topic. The study, therefore, aims to contribute to filling this gap through assessing whether cataloguers in Oman have the skills and roles required for organizing various information resources in the digital era.

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