‘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.

„Gazeta Literacka” jako przykład efemerydy literackiej okresu autonomii galicyjskiej

Author(s): Natalia Białka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 69-70/2022

The paper aims to present “Gazeta Literacka. Najtańsze pismo w Galicji” (Literary Gazette. The Cheapest Newspaper in Galicia), a Lviv ephemeral newspaper from 1871, in a broader context of the publishing movement of Lviv in the period of Galician autonomy and to discuss its thematic and genre structures. The layout and illustrations included in “Gazeta Literacka” are analyzed as well. The study bases on 9 consecutive issues made available in a digitalized form in the Jagiellonian Digital Library and is supplemented by biographical notes of authors who published in the newspaper. “Gazeta Literacka” constitutes a fascinating source for exploring the history of the Lviv press in the 19th century, particularly from the point of view of mutual influence and complementarity of its political, social, cultural, and literary content.

„Kalendarz Lubelski” z lat 1958-1985 (tak zwana druga edycja)

Author(s): Małgorzata Gorczyńska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2010

W artykule przedstawiono krótką charakterystykę kalendarzy jako specyficznego rodzaju wydawniczego oraz rys dziejów lubelskiej kalendariografii, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem losów dwóch „Kalendarzy Lubelskich”, wydawanego w latach 1957-1985 i uznanego za jego prekursora, kalendarza z lat 1869-1924. Przeprowadzona analiza formalna i treściowa wybranych, stałych działów, ukazała kreowane przez twórców kalendarza kierunki popularyzowania określonych postaw, idei i ideologii, przede wszystkim w latach sześćdziesiątych XX wieku.

„Ładne Halo” – łódzkie wydawnictwo niespodzianek

Author(s): Irena Łabiszewska,Urszula Kowalewska / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The article presents the independent Łodź publishing house “Ładne Halo”, existing since 2011. It was founded by Joanna Guszta and Maciej Blaźniak. Within the publishing house there are the graphic studio and the reading room of illustrated books. The publishing house specializes in picture books for children in pre-school age, pupils, but also for connoisseurs of beautiful illustrations and high level of editing. “Ładne Halo” conducts cultural and educational activities organizing workshops, exhibitions and meetings for children, aimed at popularizing books. The additional area of its activity is the web page and Ilustrada.pl – the social profile, providing information on distinguished world illustrators of books.

„Trzy kobiety i biblioteka”. Warszawska Biblioteka Wzorowa dla dzieci i jej kierowniczki (1927-2004)

Author(s): Grażyna Lewandowicz-Nosal / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 2/2020

The Warsaw Model Library for Children, opened in Warsaw in November 1927, is one of the best-known institutions of this type in Poland. Its organization and methods of work have served, according to the name, as an organizational model of other children’s libraries. However, the library is not only a place and collections but also people – librarians. The article presents the characters of three managers of this library and their contribution to the development of such a single institution and its impact on the nationwide network of public libraries for children. The character and activity of the organizer and the first manager of the library Maria Gutry, then Zofia Wędrychowska-Papuzińska, and Sława Łabanowska, a long-time first post-war library manager, will be discussed. The fate of the library itself is the background to present their activity. The available biographical materials and archival documents collected in the library will be referred to.

„Walka o wyobraźnię”. O ekumenicznych konsekwencjach pewnego aspektu interpretacji Biblii

Author(s): Bernard Sawicki / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

This article addresses the role of imagination in the reception and interpretation of the Bible. It draws on two traditions of reading and understanding the Bible – the monastic one from the first centuries of ancient Christianity, which is still an important point of reference for Eastern Christianity today, and the Anglican-Presbyterian one. The starting point for the juxtaposition of these two traditions is a definition of imagination drawn from biblical Hebrew hermeneutics, which allows the topic to be framed in the context of spiritual warfare. On the part of the Eastern monastic tradition, this is discussed mainly on the basis of the writings of Evagrius of Pontus, expanded by the opinions of some Church Fathers. Western views are expressed on the basis of the works of Avis, Brookman, Ricoeur, Tacy and others. One of their aspects is the perception of the biblical discourse as myth and the consequences related to this. The conclusion emphasises the importance of imagination in Christianity today, but also shows the different approach to imagination in the two traditions.

„Zapraszamy na konkurs” – czyli formy pracy w bibliotece. Garść refleksji z doświadczeń własnych

Author(s): Urszula Lisowska-Kożuch / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The article discusses current forms of work with the reader that evoke positive feelings to a book, and result in increase of reading among library users. Attention is drawn to the most popular activities, such as: nights in the library, kamishibai, booktalking, storytelling, educational games or bibliotherapy workshops, and in particular exhibitions and reading contests. The article was inspired by a long-term cooperation between the Institute of Information and Library Science at the Pedagogical University of Cracow and school and pedagogical libraries. Thanks to this project a lot of exhibitions, reading contests and theatre performances were organised, a few of them based on original scripts. They were very popular among the students. The Institute also took part in the project “An update of the training for the librarians from small municipal libraries”, in which students organized exhibitions and reading contests in five public libraries. The experience brought many valuable insights. Its results enable analysis and proposal of forms and methods ofwork with children and teenagers in future. Students’ opinions on the project were also assessed.

„Белезите на войната: загубеното архитектурно наследство на София“ – да изживееш разрушението на един европейски град и съдбата на останалите без дом

Author(s): Sonya Penkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

„Нашият труд е песента“

(народната музика в българските радиопрограми от първите години на социализма и нейната „мека власт“)

Author(s): Dimov Ventsislav / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

peoples music, state socialism, people's democracy, Bulgarian radio, soft powerThe article describes the main power concepts and practices, related to music in Bulgarian radio during the first years of socialist Bulgaria – the Fatherland front period (1944-1947), when the authorities start to take possession of state radio, under the guise of “people’s democracy”; and the totalitarian period (1948-1956) – a period of “classical Stalinism”, a time of the completed control of radio and media music by the communist power. The focus is on the so called folk music in radio, which turns out to be one of the main conduits of “soft power” in the first years of Bulgarian national socialism. Its presence in the narratives of communist power, its place in radio programs, its main figures and formats, its power uses as “music for the people” and some discourses as “correct” and “incorrect” music, according to authorities, are examined.

„Пътят до трапезата“ в залите на Националния етнографски музей

Author(s): Svetla Rakshieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

„Университети за промоция на здраве“ – преглед на развитието и реализирането на инициативата

Author(s): Petya Boncheva,Klara Dokova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

The concept Health promoting universities implements the World Health Organization's strategy for holistic approach towards health in the higher education system. The aim of this article is to review the development and implementation of the "Health promotion universities" initiative internationally. Methods: A review of the available literature was carried out for the period 1995 - January 2020 with the following key words: health promoting universities, healthy universities, networks, historical development. Inclusion criteria for the sources have been defined. Results: Based on the search 86 sources have been found, 51 of which comply with defines inclusion criteria. More than 300 European universities and more than 1000 higher educational institutions from the world have endorsed the principles of health promoting universities. National networks of health promoting universities exist in 6 European and more than 10 countries in North and South America, Asia, Canada, Australia and New Zealand from the start of the movement. Conclusions:The initiative is developing successfully and is proving a growing interest globally, but has not been adopted in the strategy of any Bulgarian higher education institution.

„Хомо либро“ или Човекът на книгата

Ще оцелее ли в стихията на информационния океан

Author(s): Rosen Tahov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2018

The literary detective Rosen Tahov has been a reader of the National Library “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” for 4 decades. In his paper he raises burning issues: about the future of books, will there be reading people in the future, will our children read books.

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.

Щрихи към портрета на младия Петър Динеков

Author(s): Maya Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4 Special/2022

The present article is based on several previously unknown letters addressed to Petar Dinekov in the period between 1934 and 1935 during his work at the University of Warsaw. The authors of these letters are his colleagues L. Andrejchin, S. Ilchev, U. Kraigher and his professor S. Romanski. The epistolary archival documents are in the unprocessed part of the 1987K fund and are interesting both as facts about the life of the great Bulgarian scholar and as an opportunity to create some sort of a psychological portrait of the young Peter Dinekov – what he was like in the eyes of his colleagues and friends (the peers’ perspective) and in the eyes of his professors and older colleagues (the mentors’ perspective).

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.

Юбилейна международна научна конференция „Филологията – традиция и предизвикателства в новата реалност“ в ЮЗУ „Неофит Рилски“, гр. Благоевград

Author(s): Rayna Rozhdestvenska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2021

Scientific life

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.