‘Digital natives’ and ‘digital immigrants’ in higher education

Author(s): Diana Popova / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2015

The purpose of this paper is to outline the challenges that higher education faces regarding the teaching of the digitally savvy generations. Analyzed are the main Generation Y’s characteristics and the implications they have for colleges and universities. The paper delineates the main differences between teachers and learners in the 21st century and points out what ‘Digital Immigrants’ should do to teach ‘Digital Natives’ successfully.

“Grey Literature” in Electronic Archives

Author(s): Elena Pavlovska / Language(s): English / Issue: VIII/2018

The term „grey literature“ is used for documents disseminated through non-traditional channels. As a general rule, these documents are accessible outside the book publishing and distribution system. In recent years, this kind of literature is in high demand, in so far that the "grey documents" often contain most up-to-date information. They are stored in institutional electronic archives – repositories. In the report is introduced the most popular electronic archive - Open Grey and the repositories of the Balkan countries, incl. Bulgaria.

“Kriegsbericht und Memorial” – the first military work of Albrecht Hohenzollern

Author(s): Karol Łopatecki / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2018

Aim: The purpose of the article is to determine the authorship of the manuscript Kriegsbericht und Memorial, which was put up for auction in 2014 by Sotheby’s and the presentation of the manuscript. Research method: A formal analysis of the manuscript supplemented by a review of the literature of the subject matter. Results/Conclusions: As a result of the analysis, it is highly probable that the author of the Kriegsbericht und Memorial is Albrecht Hohenzollern and that it was the initial basis for the creation of the work Kriegsordnung donated to Sigismund August in 1555. This work after the death of the first Prussian duke found itself in the personal library of the wife of Albrecht Hohenzollern – Maria Eleonora Jülich-Kleve-Berg. This book is also recorded in the library registers of the Prussian-Brandenburg rulers from Konigsberg, which were made in the years 1700 and 1720. Probably, the book was owned by Wilhelm Christian Karl, the duke of Solms-Braunfels. The manuscript was known to historians in the first half of the 19th century. In 1845, Ernst Oswald Mentzel noted that the manuscript was in the possession of Hermann von Gansauge.

“Memoria neamului românesc”, hrană pentru gândacul de pâine

Author(s): Marina-Adelina Marian / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1-2/2015

This article presents a few aspects concerning the obscure periods that the Iasi archives have witnessed, with severe consequences upon the preservation of documents. It claims that the cellulosic support is a powerful food chain representing the nutritional base for different microorganisms (bacteria, actinomyces, yeasts, fungi) and some xylophagous insects. In this regard the essential characteristics of the insects from the Coleoptera class, Anobiidae family, are presented, and information regarding their attack against documents as well as the need to find curative methods of active preservation with efficient application parameters.

„Alchemicy, medycy, uczeni. Medycyna na przestrzeni wieków”. Ze zbiorów Polskiej Akademii Nauk Biblioteki Gdańskiej

Author(s): Małgorzata Mirek / Language(s): English,Polish / Issue: 1/2018

On 27. February 1613 Joachim Oelhaf, medicine and anatomy profesor of the Gdańsk Academic Gymnasium, preformed the first public autopsy in Poland. On the 400. anniversary of this historically important and developmental event, the Polish Academy of Science, Gdansk Library held an exhibition, “Alchemists, medics, scientists. Medicine over the centuries”. The article presents lavishly illustrated manuscripts and incunabula which were displayed during the exhibition as well as some old prints which bring the observer closer to the achievements of ancient medics and their medieval and modern followers, many of which practiced alchemy.

„Angels and Men’ assisted by this Art, May Sing together, though they Dwell apart”-Angielskie antologie świeckiej i religijnej muzyki wokalnej z drugiej połowy XVII wieku w kolekcji Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej

Author(s): Róża Zuzanna Różańska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2016

The article describes the group of seventeen early English prints from the second half of the 17th century. The prints are part of the collection of the former Preußische Staatsbibliothek in Berlin kept in The Jagiellonian University and contain ayres and religious songs. Fourteen of them were published by John and Henry Playford. The first part of the paper shows the biographies of the publishers and brings the state of research on their work. The second part includes the detailed description of the seventeen of early English prints. The final part presents the content of the prints and biographies of its most important composers.

„Biblioteka Harcerskiej Służby Polsce Socjalistycznej” jako przykład serii wydawniczej z politycznym przesłaniem

Author(s): Bogumiła Staniów / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2017

The article describes the books of the series “Biblioteka Harcerskiej Służby Polsce Socjalistycznej”, which were edited by Młodzieżowa Agencja Wydawnicza i Horyzonty in the years 1976–1981. Aims of the series, subject of particular volumes, their information and sometimes ideological character are described. Stylistic effects and authors’ strategies to comprehensible young readers economic, political and social themes and to create their world-view were specified. It was also noticed that some of the series’ volumes included critical opinions directed at political authorities.

„Biblioteka Księgarza” – seria wydawnicza wspierająca kształcenie księgarzy w PRL

Author(s): Wanda A. Ciszewska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2017

Biblioteka Księgarza is the publishing series administered by the Association of Polish Booksellers, but published by various publishing houses such as Wiedza Powszechna and Państwowe Wydawnictwa Szkolnictwa Zawodowego. The series came out in the years 1960–1965 and included nine units useful in the education of future booksellers. The publications have a simple graphic layout. The series have been almost entirely forgotten, but the nine publications are now the source of information about how bookshops operated during the times of the Polish People’s Republic. The information, which may be used in discussions about various aspects connected with the sale of books in the communist times, concern the organizational composition of the Headquarters of Booksellers “Dom Książki”, the organization of mail order sales, and the calculation of the margin for distributors.

„Biblioteka wczoraj i… jutro. W setną rocznicę powstania Stowarzyszenia Bibliotekarzy Polskich (1917–2017)” (Łódź, 27 września 2017 r.)

Author(s): Dorota Tarnowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2017

27 września 2017 r. w Łodzi, w nowoczesnym budynku Wydziału Filologicznego Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego przy ul. Pomorskiej 171/173, odbyła się ogólnopolska konferencja naukowa „Biblioteka wczoraj i… jutro. W setną rocznicę powstania Stowarzyszenia Bibliotekarzy Polskich (1917–2017)”, której organizatorem była Katedra Informatologii i Bibliologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego oraz Stowarzyszenie Bibliotekarzy Polskich Oddział w Łodzi. Konferencja miała charakter naukowy o zasięgu ogólnopolskim, wystąpiło na niej 19. wykładowców z jedenastu ośrodków naukowych z całej Polski, w gronie uczestników byli także dyrektorzy bibliotek Politechniki Łódzkiej oraz Akademii Muzycznej w Łodzi.

„Biblioteki w ogniu wojny” – wybrane aspekty działalności bibliotecznej w Islamskiej Republice Afganistanu

Author(s): Sergiusz Czarzasty / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2016

The aim of the article is to present the fate of libraries in Afghanistan and to discuss contemporary aspects of work at those libraries. The author analyzes the factors affecting librarian work after the fall of the Taliban regime and the activities of various international and Afghan organizations dealing with the rebuilding of library structures in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, with particular emphasis on the role of the Polish Armed Forces. Apart from the modern aspects of the work of librarians in Afghanistan, the specifics of using the collections by women is also presented. Collections and library activities in selected libraries in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, including Afghan Digital Library, are described.

„Carol I” Central University Library Continuous Training Program through Documentary Visits. A Documentary Visit to Cotroceni Museum

Author(s): Emanuela Florea-Paraipan / Language(s): English / Issue: 20/2016

In this essay we aim to emphasize the role of documentary visits in continuous training programs of library professionals. As alternative form of continuous training, the "Carol I" Central University Library runs an annual program of documentary visits to Bucharest museums, in order to identify from the historical, biographical, literary, artistic and scientific perspective, the manner in which evolved Romanian spirituality nationally and beyond. As a form of initial training for national inheritance understanding, the professional visits to cultural institutions allows the discovery of the categories of collections, the structure and their pedagogical value in learning, teaching and training.

„Czy można być wielością naraz?” O Masce Stanisława Lema

Author(s): Agata Rosochacka / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 04/2018

In the proposed interpretation, Lem's The Mask is a story of a pursuit of a coherent identity. On one hand, this aspiration is realised through attempts to isolate the “proper” body of the Mask from the prosthetic, one's “own” history from prosthetic memories, individual identity from its supplementary prosthetics, external names, finding relevance based on free will, getting free of influences. On the other hand - through attempts to create identity in a constructive gesture of storytelling, giving oneself a shape, definition in self-narrative. These parallel aspirations are not fulfilled, both one and the other fail – the narrator fails to gain a whole, integral form. Instead, the final scene of The Mask offers the discovery of a pleasurable but also soothing prosthetic identity and the narrator's consent to complete the tale, to be fitted within its frame.

„Dicționarul Universal al Limbii Române” de Lazăr Şăineanu la 120 de ani de la prima ediție

Author(s): Natalia Culicov / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 3-4/2015

The work with the highest popularity among readers and made him famous before posterity Lazar Șăineanu was the ,,The Universal Dictionary of Romanian Language (1896), which reaches 120 years after the publication of the first edition in 2016. Considered the most popular lexicographical work in the history of Romanian linguistics has about 30,000 words and 80,000 definitions. This is the first attempt at cataloging and defining the Romanian lexicon. Also it is mentioned all editions of this grater lexicographical work published up to the prezent with reference to editions that are in collections USARB Scientific Library

„Giuseppe Verdi - un maestru incontestabil al muzicii de operă”

Author(s): Ariadna Musteaţă / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 3-4/2013

The present paper provides a study of dramatic music of Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and his ideas about art and the interpretation,that have inspired generations of musicians and thinkers. He is considered one of the most important figures of the 19th century for his innovative works, as well as for his vigorous style and full of color, which marked a new period in the romantic music

„Infrastruktura bibliotek. Ewolucja przestrzeni bibliotecznej i jej wpływ na jakość usług i wizerunek placówki”, VI Lubelskie Forum Bibliologów, Informatologów i Bibliotekarzy (Lublin, 28 marca 2019 r.)

Author(s): Grażyna Piechota / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2019

ІІ международна научна конференция „Славянски студии“

Author(s): Stefka Petrova,Darina Ilieva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 34/2017

Інформаційн е протистояння в онлайн мережевому середовищі під час захоплення Pосією території ар Крим (лютий-березень 2014 р.)

Author(s): A. Kurban / Language(s): Ukrainian / Issue: 1/2017

Purpose of Article. The study raises the issue of analyzing events, related the informational opposition during Russian occupation of Crimea (2014). The investigated facts clearly demonstrate unusual and unpredictable process of the Russian-Ukrainian hybrid war, the transition from the first to the second stage.Methodology. The research methodology includes retrospectively historical and logical methods and methods of analysis and synthesis. The above methodological approach allows to reveal and to analyse certain processes that are hidden from the eyes of the public, which took place during the 2014. Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty is in the fact that it is the first attempt to systematically analyse the information component of the Russian-Ukrainian hybrid wars that took place in all classical forms and means of implementation.In particular, it was held in the spring of 2014. Conclusions. The understanding of the events that we have witnessed over the last quarter of the century, especially the recent years is very important for our country and society as well as the relevant government agencies which are responsible for the national security.

Један (п)опис „подручја борбе”

Author(s): Nebojša Kovačević / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 2/2019

Book review: "Non imprimatur ili cenzura u bibliotekarstvu i izdavaštvu". The book is published in 2019, the author is Dejan Vukićević. The book is about censorship in libraries.

Эпициклоида

Author(s): Inkar Askar,Kamila Sarsenbayeva / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2018

The paper presents results on the epicycloid of Kazakhstan students in the frames of the net research project “Encyclopedia of notable plane figures: we work by ourselves”. What are used in the investigation are analytical geometry methods and experiments by computer applying the software products GeoGebra and The Geometer’s Sketchpad. The Google Cloud Service is used in the organization of the interaction between the participants.

ბერნარდე ნეაპოლელისეული ხელნაწერები

Author(s): Gaga Shurgaia / Language(s): Georgian / Issue: 17/2016

Contemporary Libyan prosaist, short story writer and novelist, awardee of numerous literary prizes, one of the best authors of modern Arabic novel, Ibrahim al-Koni is best described by his own words: “I don’t live anymore in the desert but the desert still lives in me”. The breath of desert, its colors are very strong in the writer’s life and works. He feels the heartbeat of the desert, the philosophy of living in the desert, laws of life and death with some sixth sense. The writer offers to the readers of his novels amazingly vivid illustrations of the desert lifestyle that has not changed up to present, the moral code, the laws and philosophy of life and death, the doctrine of classical Sufism in today’s life.Fate, time, fluidity of life, talisman and the destiny of people linked with one another with amazing creative power leads the readers to the miraculous mystic world and makes him think in a new way about all this.BN Ibrahim al-Koni is not the only one who chose desert as the main theme of his literary work. However, the thing for which Ibrahim al-Koni is outstanding among the ones who have perfectly knowledgeable at the rules of the desert, leaves an endless trace on his view as a writer. That natural peace and quiet, which the open space of the desert has that can eliminate any sorrow of a man, can purify the spirit of a person from evil and fill with magical energy; it is the place of running away from reality and shelter in the realm that has not been discovered yet – “lost paradise”, the purity of which is delivered to the reader in an unspoiled manner by the author.This writer, locked in Arabic world like Libya itself, suddenly opened up to the remained world and gained intoxicating success and popularity. What makes Ibrahim al Koni’s “magic realism”, unique manner of his prose and distinguished writer’s idiom?! In the opinion of literary critics, the key to his success is thorough awareness in the desert laws and love and deep knowledge of Sahara and Russian literature.On the example of “Gold Dust”, Ibrahim al-Koni’s famous novel, this article emphasizes, on one hand, adherence to the pre-Islamic literary traditions and equestrian code of honor and on the other – the contrasts, opposing pairs on which this small novel is built. Popularity of the contrasts is clearly seen in thematic collisions and emphasizing of conflicting qualities of the characters.These opposing pairs, with their qualities, underline the main antithesis, these are:spiritual values – worldly values (signs of destiny, craft of fate) and emphasize conceptual difference between them.Death of the main character of the novel, Ukhayad and his sign – dream about himself, locked in the dark house, the nightmare from his childhood, is the Suf metaphor of freeing from the individual’s worldly prison – life and body – and joining the eternity of soul.