scholarly journals Open proceedings of scientific events as an object of information and library services

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
A. B. Antopolsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Information Awareness ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Selective Information

The task of creating an open access repository for social sciences in the framework of the development of the information system of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAS) is formulated. The repository is to acquire and store he programs of workshops, webinars, conference and symposia as well as the presentations and paper abstracts. The findings of the study of open materials science events loaded to the websites of RAS scientific institutions of social and humanitarian profile as potential sources of information for the Repository are cited. For 2019–2020, over 1,2 thousand events held by more than 100 academic institutions were selected. Distribution by the number of events, their categories and status, topics, and type of available materials is given. The data supports the Pareto principle: 20% institutions hold up to 70% events. Thirteen scientific event types are specified, with 5 most popular of them accounting for 90% events with the leading disciplines of history, economics and literary studies. The available materials are unified and their 16 types are specified. Distribution by the number of events, their categories and status, topics, and type of available materials is given. The possibility for using these materials in various information and library services, building e-libraries and union bibliographic databases, and current and advanced selective information awareness services, is discussed.

scholarly journals Unpublished Scientific Documents as Object of Library and Information Services in the Digital Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-366
Author(s):  
Alexander B. Antopolsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The author considers the problem of including unpublished digital scientific documents published on the websites of scientific institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in the system of library and information services. The paper describes the study of this class of information objects conducted in May — June 2020 on 200 websites of academic institutions of social and humanitarian profile. The author discovered the unpublished scientific materials of socio-humanitarian profile on the websites of 158 institutions; five institutions had no websites or did not work; and 37 websites didn’t have the materials the author was looking for. The research is based on the data included in the Navigator of information resources on social Sciences (NIRON), developed at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAS). The author proposes classification of unpublished documents, which includes both well-known types of scientific documents, such as dissertations and reports on research work, which processing is regulated, and new types, specific for modern scientific communication, such as overviews on activities of institutions and scientific departments. In total, the described class of unpublished scientific documents consists of 10 types, some of them are divided into subtypes. The paper discloses the quantitative data of the conducted accounting, including distribution of documents by the retrospective depth. For scientific reports, the author made the comparison with the data on reports in the Unified state information system for recording the results of research, development and technological works for civil purposes. The article analyses the specific features of presenting different types of unpublished scientific materials on the websites. The author proposes to include these documents in the service system using the information-reference system. When designing such a system, many controversial issues arise, in particular: the problems of metadata, the choice of subject classification, determination of the exact composition of unpublished digital scientific documents, unification of the retrospective depth, the feasibility of their reworking and editing for unification, inclusion of unpublished documents in bibliographic databases and lists, and the possibility of using them in the anti-plagiarism system. These and other problems require further research and solutions.

scholarly journals INION’s Library as a “Mirror” of the Social Sciences Development in Russia: From the First Socialist Experiments to the Modern Digital Age

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-111
Author(s):  
A. V. Kuznetsov ◽  
L. V. Yurchenkova
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Social ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The article deals with the modern specifics of digitization of the fundamental library functioning in one of the leading Russian scientific institutes for social sciences – Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION). It is shown that after the fire in January 2015, the INION’s library never stopped to work. Nowadays, more than 3 million books and journals are available to readers in 18 departments at academic institutions in Moscow. INION receives mandatory copies of Russian publications and new foreign books and journals due to international exchange. Other funds are still preserved in the warehouse due to insufficient funding from the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, but after moving to a new building on the historical site on Nakhimovsky Prospekt in Moscow, the INION’s library will expand its opportunities for readers. In preparation for this move, several digitization projects are being implemented at once in INION – from the development of famous bibliographic databases, which are still in commercial demand not only in Russia but also abroad, to the digitization of books and the creation of electronic catalogues of the library. The authors draw parallels between the modern objectives and methods of the modernization of the INION’s library in accordance with the challenges of the digital era and specifics of creation of the Library at the Socialist Academy of Social Sciences (which after several reorganizations in 1969 originated the INION) by difficult financial and political conditions of 1920-30-ies. It is concluded that any steps towards digitalization should be focused primarily on the needs of readers (postgraduates, researchers and university teachers) and not based on the proposals of technocrats who have little idea in which direction social and humanitarian sciences are developing. The ultimate goal of the development of the INION’s library should be to increase the competitiveness of scientific products of Russian social scientists in the world.

Society and technology: opportunities and risks of co-evolutionary development. (Review)

2021 ◽  
pp. 179-203
Author(s):  
Svetlana Kodaneva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Technology And Society ◽  
Development Review ◽  
Evolution Of Technology ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Engineering Institute

Digital technologies have become an integral part of our lives, transforming not only the technological sphere, but also society as a whole. Thus, there is a coevolution-mutually conditioned changes in technology and society. In December 2020, a conference was held to discuss the key issues of co-evolution of technology and society in the context of the digital age. It was organized by the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This review presents the issues raised in the framework of this conference.

scholarly journals The books and booklets on librarianship published in post-Soviet Russia (1992–2020 bibliological review)

2021 ◽  
pp. 109-130
Author(s):  
S. A. Karaychentseva ◽  
E. M. Sukhorukova ◽  
K. M. Sukhorukov
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Target Audience ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Bibliographic Information ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Target Readership

The publishing business in post-Soviet Russia differs a lot from that of the Soviet period. The number of books and brochures has significantly increased, though the circulations have drastically decreased, which is evidenced by the national press statistics without interpreting indicators related to the subject. After USSR’s collapsed, many complete and reliable resources have appeared to study librarianship publishing repertoire in various aspects, e. g.: target readership of publications, their target audience, publishing chronology, main publishers; circulations. With these criteria, expert assessment of key publishing repertoire components is made. The Russian Book Chamber databases based on acquired mandatory copies of publications, as well as Rosinforkultura, Institute of scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, largest library catalogs and several bibliographic catalogs and indexes on the subject under examination, make the main source of statistical and bibliographic information for the authors. The authors identify the main problems and trends in librarianship publishing so to change situation to the better. The authors also focus on publication identification elements, i. e. their imprint.

scholarly journals Regularities and trends of formation and development of academic libraries stocks in Siberia (1992-2016)

Bibliosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 62-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. I. Podkorytova ◽  
I. G. Lakizo ◽  
E. B. Artemyeva
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The society development depends directly on the state and evolution of scientific environment, its organizational structures. Academic libraries play the leading role in academic communications, performing functions of informational centers, expanding significantly the field of researchers’ information activity and informational security. Libraries of the Russian Academy of Sciences experienced several stages in their development in 1992-2016, which was defined both by socio-political, socio-economic, legal transformations, and changes in the organizational-administrative model to manage scientific institutions in the country. The development of the library fund of scientific institutions passes several stages: · 1990s - stocks are formed mainly with traditional resources; · early 2000s - stocks structure includes remote access license resources along with traditional carriers; and open access resources - into the servicing system. The authors revealed main trends of stocks development based on results of a brief analysis of the library stocks formation of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) in 1992-2016: the united fund created in previous decades breaks up into elements, is atomized, centripetal tendencies are replaced by centrifugal ones, the model of centralization changes, books’ share in the collection of traditional paper editions raises in stocks; it is observed a transition from the acquisition of printed versions of periodicals and special kinds of literature (standards, descriptions of inventions, etc.) to promoting their remote access; SB RAS’ resource base includes licensed electronic resources of remote temporary access and various types of open access scientific information to meet needs of scientists and specialists.

The Relevance of Trust

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada de Melo-Martín ◽  
Kristen Intemann
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Epistemic Trust ◽  
Proper Role ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
Public Policy Decisions ◽  
Scientific Phenomena

This chapter offers a brief overview of the importance of epistemic trust and the relevance that scientific institutions and practices have in promoting or undermining warranted public trust. Epistemic trust is crucial for the production of scientific knowledge, the ability of the public to make sense of scientific phenomena, and the development of public policy. Normatively inappropriate dissent is more likely to take hold and erroneously affect people’s beliefs and actions in a context where the trustworthiness of scientists is called into question and where there is an excessive reliance on scientific information when it comes to assessing policy decisions. Thus, finding ways to facilitate and sustain warranted epistemic trust, as well as increasing understanding of the proper role of science in public policy decisions can help mitigate the negative impact of dissenting views.

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