俄罗斯数字图书馆理论与实践评述

俄罗斯数字图书馆进展, 在经历了“概念阶段”、“务实阶段”后, 步入数字化信息资源库建设阶段和数字图书馆技术、研究、选择和实施阶段, 即将面临数字化图书馆的综合性研究阶段。     

Collection Development and Censorship in Torah Studies Libraries in Israel

A Torah studies library is a type of Jewish library specializing in biblical and rabbinical literature. One of its characteristics is its process of collection development and censorship. This study primarily aims to discuss the collection development policies in Torah libraries, particularly censorship implemented as part of a policy, with an emphasis on how prohibited books are rejected. A qualitative-narrative research technique was used, allowing the viewpoints of the “selectors” to be examined. To present a broad picture, various types of Torah studies libraries were chosen for the study.     

Typology of Electronic Libraries

After talking briefly about the history of digital libraries in Russia, the author compares them to traditional libraries. She then proposes the foll owing typology based on their purpose: national, scholarly, public, educational, specialized, and international. Each type is illustrated by Russian examples.     

Prejudices Unshelved: Variation in Attitudes toward Controversial Public Library Materials in the General Social Survey, 1972–2014

Using the General Social Survey from 1972–2014, we examine variation in attitudes toward retaining controversial materials in libraries. Previously controversial topics have become much more widely accepted. We find that other controversies remain, showing how global conflicts become intertwined in local cultural controversies, and how the perceived threat from particular groups informs public concern with disseminating information from those groups. We find that more frequent library users are somewhat less likely to want to remove controversial books from the shelves, although some of these relationships are explained by variation in the respondent’s age, race, and other characteristics.     

Collection Building of School Libraries in Kuwait: Censorship or Selection

Lester Asheim's famous piece Not Censorship but Selection published in 1953 is still valid in characterizing the spirit of the censor versus the selector. As information control and censorship differ from one place to another and from time to time, the Kuwaiti school library scene's practices of collection building in both the public and private education schools reflect this old age practice and its features. The conflict between selection and provision on one hand and prevention and censorship on the other is very clear in schools; as schools are responsible for providing access to information.     

Russian Digital Collections in North America: A Survey

This article discusses an inventory of Russian digital collections that was gathered from publically available material on the Web in 2011. It touches on the opportunities and difficulties that come with the increase of digital material on the Web and how librarians can attempt to bring smaller collections to the attention of scholars and researchers.     

My Life in Libraries

The article is a memoir of the author's career, which she spent primarily at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign. As Slavic Bibliographer there, she organized the Slavic Reading Room in the Slavic and East European Library and was the first head of the Slavic Reference Service. She reinvigorated the American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES). She was a founding member and/or was very active in virtually all of the national and international Slavic librarians' organizations. In addition, she served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS). Beyond just Slavic librarianship she established the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois and served as its founding director. She was also a member of George Soros's Network Library Program Board, part of his Open Society initiative.     

图书馆走向何方?--"11号文件"与图书馆评估

文章对教育部发展规划司印发的<关于确认2004年暂停和限制招生普通高等学校名单的通知>(即教发司[2004]11号文件)中的"生均图书"一项的合理性提出质疑.并就如何科学、合理地评价一个图书馆提出建议和看法.     

图书馆危机管理的基本概念及内容

图书馆危机是指对图书馆系统造成严重威胁或破坏、需要图书馆人立即反应的高度震荡状态。它的特点包括隐蔽性、长期性、复合性、难恢复性。根据危机诱因、危机发生发展特点、危机发生领域、危机中主体的一致态度等标准，图书馆危机可分为不同类型。而图书馆危机管理是指对图书馆运行中出现的危机因子和危机事件从发生到消亡全程管理实践。文章比较了图书馆危机管理与相关管理（灾害管理、风险管理、突发事件管理、问题管理）的关系，提出图书馆危机管理的内容应包括五个方面：树立正确的危机观和危机管理观、图书馆危机管理的基础工作、图书馆日常危机管理、图书馆危机事件管理、图书馆危机后续管理。     

图书馆审美活动:特征与构成

图书馆审美活动的主要特征是独特性、复杂性和隐含性。图书馆审美活动是关于图书馆美的发现、美的创造和美的教育这三个组成部分的有机统一。全面而深刻地认识图书馆审美活动具有重要的现实意义。     

Library Statistics: The Russian National Standard

Goals for developing the Russian national standard GOST 7.0.20—2014, System of Standards for Information, Librarianship, and Publishing: Library Statistics: Indicators and Units of Calculation, were to create lists of statistical indicators for library and documentation activities and to establish the statistical units for measuring those activities. The regulations included in the new standard will improve Russian library statistics, since its indicators cover all areas of modern library work. Unified indicators and units of calculation will promote uniformity in the primary statistical data submitted. Such uniformity facilitates accurate comparison and analysis for planning, accounting, and forecasting.     

Cases of Censorship in Public Libraries: Loudoun County,VA

ABSTRACT

In 1998, a group of adult library patrons and individuals in Loudoun County, Virginia, brought a suit against library trustees, board members, and the director of the county’s public library, claiming that the library’s use of Internet blocking software was an infringement on their First Amendment rights, leading to the federal court case Mainstream Loudoun v. Board of Trustees of the Loudoun County Library (1998). Using an in-depth case study approach and going beyond a review of the court documents, the author uses a series of qualitative interviews with individuals connected to the court case to gather more in-depth information regarding events surrounding this case of censorship in public libraries and investigate the phenomenon of librarians acting as censors themselves.     

Sources for Russian Book Inflation Data

The article examines five major sources of data on inflation in Russian book prices: professional book magazines, organizations' publications and Web sites, vendor catalogs, the reports written by John and Kristine Bushnell, and automated library management systems. The author discusses the limits, advantages, and methodologies for each of them.     

中德图书及图书馆交流

19世纪晚期．德国图书馆观念初步引入中国。20世纪二三十年代，中德图书馆开始互动互补。近三十年来，双方图书及图书馆交流有着新的进展。     

论高校图书馆软环境建设要素

文章指出图书馆软环境要素为 :图书馆理念、图书馆精神、技术软环境、图书馆文化环境、馆风与馆训。并论述了建设软环境的重要性。     

Report on the Ninth Annual Conference of the Russian Library Association in Novosibirsk

ABSTRACT

The paper summarizes the ninth annual conference of the Russian Library Association in May 2004. Included are the exhibits, several plenary addresses, the work of the Bibliography Section, and election results.     

安徽省公共图书馆评估工作情况及事业发展状况分析

文章以安徽省县以上公共图书馆第四次评估工作数据为基础,分析了评估工作给图书馆发展带来的活力和机遇,总结了近年来安徽省公共图书馆事业取得的主要成绩和存在的突出问题,对公共图书馆事业的发展提出了自己的见解。     

评估--再次挑战高校图书馆

新形势下高校图书馆评估成为促进图书馆事业发展的机遇,在高校图书馆迎接评估、追求达标过程中,对图书馆文献资源建设、自动化、服务和科学管理等方面进行了探讨,指出目前评估体系存在的问题并提出建议,使图书馆真正达到以评促改、以评促建.     

复合图书馆的设计

提出图书馆的发展不能仅停留于数字化、网络化的层面,而应呈现一种多元化趋势,采取高度整合的资源组织形式和服务模式,并讨论多元化图书馆的馆藏结构。     

Libraries in the State of Qatar: Current Situation and Future Outlook

Head of the Information Literacy Program, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Over the last twenty years, the State of Qatar has witnessed colossal developments in its various sectors such as economy, society, technology, and education. The Supreme Educational Council along with the Ministry of Education worked to enhance the status of the educational sector; there has been a rise in the number of local and international schools. The Qatar Foundation implemented partnership programs with prestigious universities from the USA, UK, and France. The public sector, through its Qatar University Campus, attracted local and international students. This article highlights the current state of libraries in Qatar by sectors, and provides a general overview of their role and nature, and shares some statistical data. The article also analyzes the limitations and challenges, as well as future recommendations.