About the benefits of a toxic article by D. A. Eliashevich “Book studies: life after death”

Head of the Department of Medialogy and Literature of St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture D. A. Eliashevich (Russia) published a profound article “Book Studies: life after death”, which examines the causes of the dеcay of book studies. About a third of his work is devoted to the denial of the importance of documentology for the book study training of students and, moreover, documentology as a scientific field and subject of teaching. The author also makes claims against the author of these lines, who was declared by D. A. Eliashevich to be the creator of this discipline. The published article develops the topic of the reasons of book science decline, while at the same time revealing the baselessness of attacks on documentology. We support a positive assessment of the works of modern authors: A. V. Markova, M. V. Rats, and K. N. Kostiuk. It is considered to be a fair rebuke to modern book critics who conduct researches without taking into account foreign book criticism. The author of the article defends the constructive idea that the most promising way of developing book studies is not confrontation, but cooperation with more general disciplines: philosophy, anthropology, documentology, medialogy, cultural studies, and communication studies.

Review of the monograph “Information management: Theory and methodology” by V. V. Brezhneva, R. S. Gilyarevsky and E. D. Zhabko

Review of the monograph: Brezhneva V. V. Information management: Theory and methodology / V. V. Brezhneva, R. S. Gilyarevsky, E. D. Zhabko ; Under general editorship of V. V. Brezhneva ; RF Ministry of Culture, S.-Petersburg State Institute of Culture. – St. Petersburg. : SPbGIC, 2019. – 184 p. – ISBN 978-5-94708-284-5. [In Russian].

Experience in teaching biological statistics

The work summarizes the many years of experience in teaching the discipline “Biological statistics” to students - biotechnologists of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (technical university). The paper provides data on the features of teaching the course and its relationship with other disciplines of the curriculum, topics of coursework performed by students, publication activity of students, integration of educational research work of students with topics of the university and industrial partners of the university, as well as attracting students to the development of the discipline.

Processes of the directed synthesis and modifi cation of polymers

The results of work of the Department of Chemical Technology of Plastics of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) on the study of polymerization and copolymerization of monomers in the presence of highly efficient initiating systems, on the development of processes of the directed synthesis and modification of polymers to create new polymeric materials for medical and biological purposes are summarized.

Dissertation defense board of St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture: 1938−2018

The history of the first in the country dissertation defense board, established at the N. K. Krupskaya Communist Institute of Political Education (today – St.Petersburg State Institute of Culture) is examined. The Board was established to review the theses in librarianship and bibliography. The analysis is based on the bibliography of dissertations defended during 80 years: the bibliography comprises 592 works. The main historical stages of the board are characterized; data on the number of doctor and candidate defenses during various periods is given. Several doctorate theses that made serious impact in the library and information sector are characterized; the geography of degree applicants (USSR republics, Asian, African, Latin American states) is analyzed; the subject scope of their investigations is discussed. The main research vectors and the most efficient supervisors are named. The author reveals the links between the defended dissertations and the Institute’s area of studies and scholar schools in the library and information sciences. The reasons for decreasing number of theses and changing subject scope are discussed.

Student educational travels as a form of independent study activity: the experience of the Library and Information Sciences Department of St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture

A part of international congresses programs are professional visits (trips). Foreign publications pay a special attention to professional trips, which considers them as an instrument of cultural diplomacy. In Russia there are a few examples of organizing professional (or study) trips for students. Publications dedicated to this theme are usually of descriptive character. The experience of St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture, as well as other Russian and non-Russian universities, confirms that educational trips should be regarded as a form of independent study activity. This article attempts to determine how the tasks of study trips for students of library departments correlate with competences of the educational standard. The paper considers the experience of organizing independent student work at the Library and Information Sciences Department of St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture within the framework of educational trips to other countries. It highlights the trips objectives in the context of library and information science education as the following: establishing and developing professional and interpersonal contacts between foreign and Russian educational organizations and libraries; involving students in intercultural communication; getting professional knowledge by visits to institutions, informational conversations, excursions to organizations and institutions of professional interest; exchanging professional knowledge in the field of librarianship and the experience in library practice; meetings with foreign students, scholars and specialists; acquainting with the economic, political and cultural life of foreign countries. By providing information about educational trips «The role of the book in Gutenberg’s homeland (Germany)» and «Baltic libraries as centers of science, culture, and education (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)», the author demonstrates how these tasks are correlated with the competencies required by the Russian educational standard of higher education «51.03.06. Library and information activities (bachelor's level)»; outlines the stages of study trips followed by a description of the professional tasks and competencies required by the federal state educational standard of higher education mentioned above. Thus, students develop competencies through independent work. The article sums that study trips as a form of independent activity accomplish professional tasks required by the Russian educational standard of higher education, such as research and methodological work, information and analytical work, management.

MODERN HIGHER LIBRARY AND INFORMATION EDUCATION: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

<p>This article analyzes the problems and prospects for the development of higher library and information education in the context of integrating the national higher education system into the Bologna process and the transition to the tertiary education system. World trends in this area are indicated. The status and role of the library and information profession in modern society is considered. Particular attention is paid to the preparation of bachelors of library and information activities at the library and information department of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture. The article highlights the problem points in the matter. It features a wide range of profiles for the preparation of library and information specialists by the scientific and pedagogical schools of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture. The problems that need to be solved now in the conditions of modernization and clustering of the modern Russian educational space are revealed. The paper describes the competence possessed by a graduate of the bachelor's program in the Library-Information Activity direction of preparation. Attention is focused on an integrated system-activity approach to the implementation of the higher education program in the training of library and information personnel. A socio-pedagogical dominant is pointed out, which is necessary for more rapid entry into the library and information community by trainees and a faster search for employers. A need for a comprehensive study of the problems of higher library and information education at the modern stage of the development of the educational sphere of the Russian Federation was noted.</p>

Improving analytical competences of bibliographers in professional development system: The experience of St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture

Professional development programs for bibliographers implemented in ST. Petersburg Stat Institute of Culture are examined. Solutions for the problems, firstly, of decreased funding of professional development in libraries and, secondly, the decreased offers in the market of education programs for analytical competences, are proposed. These solutions are to save and increase professional expertise of bibliographers and to use it not only in libraries but also by analytical centers.

Analysis and Synthesis of Professional Information: Modern Technologies

Review of educational practical manual “Technology of Analysis and Synthesis of Professional Information” by G.F. Gordukalova, Doctor of pedagogical sciences, Professor of Document Science and Information Analytics Department, St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture and Arts. The history, theory and practice of information analysis and synthesis are considered. Detailed and multidimensional analytical technologies and products of surveys and analytical activity are presented. There are characterized the structure and legal basis, organization and work efficiency of information and analytical services.