Multimedia Digital Library as a Constructive Block in Ecosystems for Digital Cultural Assets

Author(s): Desislava Paneva-Marinova,Maxim Goynov,Detelin Luchev / Language(s): English Issue: VII/2017

Libraries have always been a valuable source of knowledge. The technology evolution transformed the traditional libraries into digital ones which arose the need of efficient serve of the huge amount of information that now exists in the form of digitized content. The focus of the monographic study “Multimedia Digital Library: Constructive Block in Ecosystems for Digital Cultural Assets. Basic Functionality and Services” is on the search of innovations especially in areas and subareas relevant to digital library data management and processing—innovative and creative tools for approaching cultural assets, applications and services for better access and exploiting of the rich and diverse digital cultural heritage in a sustainable way, intelligent curation, creative use/re-use and remix, reinterpretation, study, understanding, analysis, personalization, adaptation, semantics, etc. The research deals with important issues of handling data directly, affecting the economy (as presented by creative and re-creative industry), the public sector (cultural institutions—museums, libraries, galleries, etc.), education, and society as a whole.

Оценка на конкурентоспособността на телекомуникационен оператор

Author(s): Tania Kirkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2017

The assessment of the competitive position can answer the question what are the competitive advantages and disadvantages of the company at that time. The results could be useful for the selection of priority areas for action by the company management. In this study an assessment of competitiveness by selected indicators of two of the largest Bulgarian telecom operators - Mobiltel and BTC, was made. There is a comparison of labor productivity levels, financial indicators (return on equity ratio, current ratio, financial autonomy ratio, financial autonomy indicators); indicators of company growth (revenue increase, increase of the relative market share in relation to the main competitor, fix assets increase, staff increase). The results could be useful for the selection of priority areas for action by the company management.

Международна конференция „Зографската библиотека и архив: Изследователски подходи при дигитализацията, описанието и изданието на изворите“

Author(s): Margaret Dimitrova,Maria Kiprovska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 35/2017

От съставителя. Етнографският архив – между терен и интерпретации

Author(s): Anni Kirilova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2017

Ръкописни архивни сбирки с нотирани фолклорни песни – културни факти и контексти от музикалното минало

Author(s): Natalia Rashkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2017

The article examines notated musical folklore collections with records from the first four decades of the 20th century kept in the Ethnographic Archive of the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at the BAS. The archival musical folklore collections are a documentary testimony of a folklore repertoire which existed in a certain period of time as well as of the development of the process of documentation of folklore musical materials. Two archival documents, the only ones in the musical biographies of the people who recorded them, Neno Dimov and Tsanko Tsankov, are presented and analyzed.The first document is a valuable description of the richness of the folklore repertoire of urban/rural musical environment and represents a stage of the development of the musical and folklore research and analytical work of the time. The identification of the author of the second archival collection reveals a remarkable figure of the Bulgarian musical past together with the precise and critical reading of the musical theoretician and composer Dobri Hristov in his hand-written review.The significance of this documentary material refers to the broad context of the cultural musical history and the rationalization of the processes in the development of the musical folklore studies.

Музейният архив

Author(s): Iveta Pirgova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

III Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa „Człowiek – Informacja. Książka. Media”, Toruń, 15–16 marca 2018 r.

Author(s): Mariusz Balcerek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2018

Aim: The aim of the text is a brief presentation of the conference that took place on March 15-16, 2018. At that time, the 3rd National Scientific Conference entitled: “Man – Information. Book. Media “ took place at the Collegium Humanisticum of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (hereinafter: UMK) Its organizer was the PhD Student Scientific Circle ePRINT, operating at the Institute of Information Science and Bibliology of Nicolaus Copernicus University. Research method: The author participated in the symposium sessions, listening to all speeches, additionally asking questions during the discussion. Results/Conclusions: The conference is a great initiative for young scientists, who thanks to it can test their skills in this type of activity; it was the fourth edition of this congress. Unfortunately, the overall positive impression was spoilt by a few speeches of low quality that should not have been allowed to be delivered.

Heritage Protection Measures and Propositions through the ”Ambulance for Monuments”. The Case of the Medieval Church of Strei (Hunedoara County)

Author(s): Eugen Vaida,Ileana Burnichioiu / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

Eine exemplarische Studie zur Nutzung von Anglizismen im Aufmacherartikel einer deutschen Tageszeitung

Author(s): Hans W. Giessen / Language(s): German Issue: 5/2019

Понятието „общност“ в Конвенцията на ЮНЕСКО за опазване на нематериалното културно наследство – 2003 г. и свързана с нея документация

Author(s): Mila Santova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2019

The article analyses the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the basic documents related to it with a view of analyzing of the content of the notion of community within these documents. The author finds the lack of a stable definition of community and at the same time outlines its basic characteristics as they are present in the mentioned above documents.

Служебни досиета на Боян Пенев, Тодор Боров, Александър Балабанов, Константин Гълъбов и Стоян Каролев в Университетския архив на СУ „Св. Климент Охридски“

Author(s): Alexandra Antonova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2020

Страшни истории в градските легенди в чешки и български контекст

Author(s): Rosina Kokudeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The article offers a study of horror stories in urban legends from Bulgaria and the Czech Republic in comparative aspect. It proposes a specific classification, which groups horror stories as follows: 1) mysterious events and encounters with supernatural beings, which neither harm, nor help the participants; 2) omens or encounters with supernatural beings, which cause death or other harm to the participants; 3) mysterious signs or encounters with supernatural beings, which help people; 4) evocation of spirits; 5) crime stories: murders or harm – with or without deliberate intention; 6) rumours; 7) parodic horror stories. Parallels drawn between particular stories from the two countries point to the existence of a common folkloric substratum that manifests their universal character and international distribution. Largely, the motifs in those stories result from social life and specific social practices of modern times, but some also have deeply archaic origins.

За необходимостта от национален цитатен указател и възможностите на университетските библиотеки да съдействат за съставянето му (из опита на Библиотеката при ИУ – Варна, 2014 – 2020 г.)

Author(s): Vyara Angelova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The introduction of new bibliometric indicators for measuring scientific work puts the university and scientific libraries in Bulgaria in the need of creation of databases with citations of professors and scientists in every scientific organization. Each country creates its own citation index. The purpose of the article is to analyse existing bibliographic practises for classifying scientific references and the examine the question for the creation of a National platform to unite them, as well as creating a National Reference Register, in particular one for social studies. It is time for us to decide who will manage the combined citation document resources and how to create a Bulgarian index for scientific citation or a National Citation Index, in general and one for the social studies in particular. Social studies are less represented than the other branches of science, for example, in platforms like Scopus and Web of Science, which are the most influential platforms in the world and publishing and citation in them has more weight in the formation of the minimal national requirements for academic growth. I am using the historical approach and comparative analysis to show the practical experience of countries that have created such Registers and have achieved excellent results. I also offer for discussion a model to build a hierarchical structure for exchange of quoted data. The university libraries need exact criteria which citation to list and how the Bulgarian index for scientific citation in general will be formed, as well as the one for social studies.

Висше образование по културно-историческо наследство: българският опит

Author(s): Vera Boneva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The article systematizes information about the current cultural heritage programs in the Bulgarian higher education area. The data shows that in eleven Bulgarian universities a diploma of cultural heritage can be obtained.17 master's and 3 bachelor's programs prepare over 500 students a year. Two doctoral programs are also accredited. The rich variety of curricula is an objective result of the complex structure of cultural heritage in itself. However, it is also an indicator for the fragmentation of the higher education system in Bulgaria. The conclusion proposes approaches to overcoming the mentioned fragmentation, as the interdisciplinarity of the scientific field requires pooling of competencies and efforts for better results.

Архивите като научна лаборатория и предизвикателство за изследователите в цифровото общество

Author(s): Rusalena Pendzhekova-Hristeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The article presents the problem of archives as a scientific laboratory and a challenge for researchers in the digital society. In terms of content there are two thematic focuses of the study: digital transformation of archives and their information resources; the researcher like a user of retrospective documentary information in a digital environment. Analysis of the problems and challenges that the archival institutions and modern researchers face in the era of digital civilization is made.

Conférence scientifique “Technologies d ’information dans l’histoire et ses sciences auxiliaires”

Author(s): Penka Peykovska / Language(s): French Issue: 1-2/2000

Jaroslav Otčenášek (ed.). České lidové pohádky. Zvířecí pohádky a bajky. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2019

Author(s): Tanya Yankova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2020

Book Reviews

История на библиотеката при Институт за исторически изследвания – БАН

Author(s): Desislava Ilieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2021

The article traces chronologically the most important moments of the development of the library at the Institute for Historical Studies – BAS from its establishment until 2020. Facts are collected about the state of the library fund in different years until today; the conclusions are illustrated with diagrams. Attention is paid to the work of the library nowadays and the services it provides. The separate collections and some valuable editions that the library owns are briefly revealed.

Informal collaboration: building a smart city through self-organized stakeholders

Author(s): Hanane Rochdane,Oussama Assaber, / Language(s): English Issue: 01/2022

Today, cities are working on becoming more adapted to urban change and sustainable challenges. To do so, many have undertaken projects, supported by governments, intended to digitalize the interactions, optimize local resources, and become smart accordingly (e.g., Barcelona, Aarhus, and Oslo, etc.). Although most smart city initiatives follow top-down mechanisms, we notice interestingly the emergence of bottom-up processes and self-organized actions. In fact, cities are complex systems that possess qualities of self-organization [1]. Self-organized stakeholders (e.g., citizens, universities, private/public firms, NGOs), through informal collaboration, are capable of conducting innovative projects leading to a smart city. This dynamic has enabled citizens to be more involved in policymaking and to impose, using ICT-based solutions, a new model of governance (i.e., smart governance). In this regard, this conceptual paper contributes to the smart city literature by highlighting the role of informal collaboration between stakeholders in implementing smart initiatives. Eventually, our research will provide guidance in designing smart cities and serve as basis for future empirical studies.

IT tools and strategies in business

Author(s): Grigorina Boce,Tomço Vilma,Alma Hyra / Language(s): English Issue: 01/2022

The focus of this work-in-progress paper is on strategy tools, which is a topic that lately has received a lot of interest in practice. There are various streams of literature of strategy tools, ranging from traditional company-related strategy tools to more flexible and individual-based strategy tools. This paper intends to provide some initial insights into this issue. The aim of this study is to explore managerial perceptions of strategy tools as facilitators of the development of business relationships and networks. Many small companies active in the segment of information and communication technology demonstrate difficulties in terms of expanding their business and increasing the product and service portfolio. In this context, this study aims to apply strategic tools and business model in a micro-segment of the software industry inserted into a huge market competition and low entry barriers. The research questions are: a) What are the perceptions of managers of strategy tools as facilitators of developing business relationships and b) how can combinations of strategy tools facilitate the development of different kinds of business relationships? In this paper, the first research question is initially explored empirically. The empirical part of the paper is based on qualitative case studies of ten companies, and more particularly on the perceptions of the managers within these companie. Businesses in all sectors are facing a situation where technology is changing the landscape around them, transitioning from the back room of an organization into the hands of customers, employees and society. Faster development cycles, disruptive business models and increased competition are highlighting the increasingly essential role of technology and automation in business. This means that the success of business relies heavily on the optimal utilization of technology.