БЕНЧМАРКІНГ ДИСТАНЦІЙНИХ ПОСЛУГ БІБЛІОТЕК УНІВЕРСИТЕТІВ УКРАЇНИ

Author(s): Antonii Rzheuskyi / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 1/2023

The purpose of the study is to compare remote services of book collections that are leaders among the libraries of pedagogical, special, technical and classical institutions of higher education and to determine the institution with the largest list of remote services. The research methodology consisted of the method of analysis, synthesis, comparison, review and analysis, generalization, and benchmarking. The scientific novelty consists in identifying the leading libraries of Ukrainian universities that provide the widest range of remote services during quarantine restrictions and martial law. Conclusions. The article conducts a comparative analysis of library websites that were identified as leaders in providing remote services during quarantine restrictions and martial law. A number of remote library services were identified. As a result, the study showed that, on a parity basis, the leaders in the provision of remote services are the scientific and technical library named after G.I. Denysenko KPI named after Igor Sikorskyi and the library of Sumy State University. The library of Sumy State University carries out online user registration, provides the service of thematic selection of literature for educational and scientific works, online services for the assignment of classification indexes, electronic delivery of documents. Library employees conduct remote consultations and trainings on a wide range of issues. The library provides remote access to Scopus, Web of Science, SciVal, Springer Nature, MedOne Education databases. Users can ask questions or get advice in real time using the online consultant. Scientific and technical library named after G.I. Denysenko KPI named after Igor Sikorsky provides an opportunity to use the service of electronic delivery of documents, online determination of the UDC index, virtual help service, remote access to materials available only on the university's local network. Online events are offered, individual online consultations are actively provided, library specialists perform a selection of information sources by topic. Users can communicate with librarians of the scientific and technical library named after G.I. Denysenko through the online chat on the library's website.

ОСНОВНІ НАПРЯМИ РОЗВИТКУ ЕЛЕКТРОННИХ РЕСУРСІВ ПУБЛІЧНИХ БІБЛІОТЕК

Author(s): Serhii Terentiev / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 1/2023

The purpose of the paper is to analyse the main trends in electronic resources of modern public libraries. The research methodology is based on the use of general scientific methods of studying social phenomena and processes (analysis, synthesis, classification, abstraction, generalisation, as well as methods of systemic and structural-functional analysis), which allows to determine the main trends in electronic resources of public libraries. The scientific novelty of the paper is the determination of the main trends in public libraries based on modern technological approaches to information and communication support. Conclusions. The capabilities of information and communication technologies have enabled realising a digital breakthrough in librarianship, expanding its boundaries and technical capabilities to provide services to a large number of users. Society needs further expansion of library opportunities, as remote access, augmented reality, and a significant number of social networks emerge, which requires a complex system of resource management, filling the electronic library collection, indexing sources, and informing users on the web. The areas of development of electronic resources of public libraries may include: digitisation of manuscripts and printed books, media sources, photos, films, videos; adding virtual copies of works of art, cultural, and historical heritage; copying computer programs and other replicated materials that have the right to be distributed; interactive means of educational, cultural, and cognitive communication (augmented reality, virtual tours, exhibitions, scientific, and educational activities); expanding direct access in libraries to electronic sources and external collections with high network bandwidth; organiszing trainings and exercises of various professional orientations; creating indexing systems and databases; protecting information from cybercriminals and destroying electronic sources.

ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКІ ТА НАЦІОНАЛЬНІ АСПЕКТИ ОХОРОНИ, ЗБЕРЕЖЕННЯ ТА ПОПУЛЯРИЗАЦІЇ НЕМАТЕРІАЛЬНОЇ КУЛЬТУРНОЇ СПАДЩИНИ: ЦИФРОВІ КОЛЕКЦІЇ У ВЕБІНФОРМАЦІЙНОМУ СЕРЕДОВИЩІ

Author(s): Tetiana Mykolayivna Bilushchak,Snizhana Dobrovolska / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 1/2023

The purpose of the article is to characterize digital collections devoted to the preservation and popularization of intangible cultural heritage in European and Ukrainian web information environments. The research methodology consists in the application of general scientific and special methods, in particular the system approach, analysis, synthesis, logical method, method of visualization of research results. Methods of content analysis, comparative and analytical monitoring of Internet resources for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage were used to track the state of digital collections in the web information environment. The scientific novelty of the work consists in expanding ideas about the protection, preservation and popularization of intangible cultural heritage at the world and national levels in web information environments. An analysis of four European and two Ukrainian digital collections, representing intangible cultural heritage and hosted on the relevant web information environments, was carried out. Conclusions. At the current stage of our country's development, it is irreversible to join the European integration processes and strive for a worthy representation of Ukrainian culture in the world information space. The creation of a resource of the historical and cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people has become one of the activities of libraries, archives, museums and other institutions related to national memory, an integral part of the national bibliography, archeography and archival studies, museology of Ukraine in its broad sense as a resource of national documentary memory. The article examines four European and two Ukrainian digital collections dedicated to the preservation and popularization of intangible cultural heritage in the web information environment, which represent a sufficient number of intangible cultural heritage elements presented in multimedia resources. It was established that in the case of both marketing and communication policy, it is expedient to use social network platforms and mass media, which will have a positive effect on society's interest in the elements of intangible cultural heritage.

ІНСТРУМЕНТИ НЕВЕРБАЛЬНОЇ ІНТЕРНЕТ-КОМУНІКАЦІЇ

Author(s): Liudmyla Trachuk,Liudmyla Kaznacheieva / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 1/2023

The purpose of the article is to study the tools of expressing non-verbal signals when communicating on the Internet. The research methodology involved the use of general scientific and special methods of cognition: analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, system-structural analysis. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time information on the main tools of non-verbal communication used in electronic messages has been summarized, in particular, the role of font, color, text background, means of spelling, punctuation, and iconic printed symbols in the transmission of emotions in Internet communication has been investigated. Conclusions. The unit of communication in Internet communication is an electronic message, the meaning of which the interlocutors can convey by both verbal (speech) and non-verbal means. In conditions of a shortage of non-verbal means of communication, additional network tools that ensure the transfer of an emotional component in Internet communication are means of creolization (color, font, colored or illustrated background of the text, means of punctuation, spelling and word formation, smileys, emojis, emoticons, memes, etc., graphic design of verbal text, etc.). A special role in non-verbal Internet communication is played by iconic printed symbols, among which smileys, emojis, and emoticons have gained great popularity, which are additional linguistic tools for strengthening messages in Internet communication and by themselves are unlikely to become a meaningful means of communication between two parties. This in no way diminishes the value of what they can offer, first of all, the opportunity for every average Internet user to include feelings and emotions in the text in a new, specific way. Secondly, communication in the form of emojis, smileys and emoticons can also perform a cognitive function, sometimes replacing a verbal message.

STORYTELLING IN THE DIGITAL ERA: PERSPECTIVES ON AGE AND GENDER

Author(s): Besmir Shishko / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

Storytelling constitutes the use of narrative and facts in order to express a topic of interest or concern to an audience. To produce and share stories with the appropriate audience, digital storytelling uses information technology. The position of underrepresented people and groups, such as women and African-Americans, is influenced significantly by storytelling. Storytelling, also known as narratives, has a long history in African-American culture, with African-Americans using narratives to share their life stories and folktales as a form of entertainment. The purpose of this essay is to examine several aspects of storytelling in the context of digitalization, with a focus on age and gender. The study responded to research questions regarding narratives and storytelling and by this storytelling aided in restoring identity among traditionally disadvantaged and marginalized communities and groups. In using digital storytelling, people were taught how to utilize digital media tools to create video narratives about themselves and their experiences.

Забытый советский географ и известный писатель Николай Николаевич Михайлов (1905–1982). Опыт интернет-поиска и биобиблиографического анализа

Author(s): V. M. Moskovkin / Language(s): Russian Issue: 42/2023

The article outlines a career path of a famous writer, novelist and writer-geographer, Nikolai Nikolayevich Mikhailov. It reveals that he was be a professional geographer, which previously hasn’t been recognized, who taught Economic Geography at Moscow universities, headed the Department of Economic Geography at the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers and received the degree of Candidate of Geographical Sciences for a book on the Far East published in 1940. The role of M.Gorky and his journal “Our Achievements” in the development of N.N.Mikhailov as a writer-geographer is demonstrated. The study of the memoirs of N.N.Mikhailov and the leading Soviet economic geographer N.N.Baranskii allowed to restore the episodes of the former’s activities in Alma-Ata during the evacuation, including the unsuccessful defense of his doctoral thesis in 1948. The role of the leading Soviet physical geographer, Director of the Institute of Geography, A.A.Grigoriev, in the defense of two dissertations by N.N.Mikhailov is established as well. His English-language books published abroad, unknown to Russian specialists in geography and history, are analyzed and introduced into scholarship. For the first time, the preface by the famous geographer and geopolitician Halford Mackinder, written for the first edition of the book by N.N.Mikhailov “Soviet Geography” (1935), is translated into Russian. That publication paved the way all the further English-language books of the author, which were practically the only sources of information for Western readers in the field of the grandiose changes on the geographical map of the country of the Soviets. On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the death of this remarkable writer and geographer, the articles puts forward proposals to perpetuate his name.

An Examination of Factors Determining User Privacy Perceptions of Voice-Based Assistants

Author(s): Biodun Awojobi,Brett J. L. Landry / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

Purpose: Voice-based assistants have become ubiquitous in our homes and all around us. We interact with voice-based assistants through smartphones, dedicated home devices, or other Internet-connected devices. The proliferation of these devices in our lives makes us question whether the data transmitted through these devices are secure and the role perception of privacy the users of these devices have in the usage of the device. This paper focuses on the user privacy issues specific to two voice-based assistants – Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant using quantitative and qualitative methods. The paper will answer three research questions regarding user privacy perceptions and how a user’s technology adoption, smartphone operating system, and demographics influence their perception of privacy. Study design/methodology/approach: This is a mixed research study where survey data was collected from faculty, staff, and students of a large University in the United States and professional connections globally. Findings: Privacy perceptions vary based on user age, educational level, gender, smartphone adoption, and technical awareness and expertise. Originality/value: This study is unique in highlighting the perception of privacy for voice-based assistants and assigning a numerical value based on survey data to the concern. Another feature of the study is its correlation of privacy perception with mobile phone operating systems and the level of technical expertise of voice-based assistant users.

ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL RESEARCH TRENDS IN THE INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) AREA WITH NETWORK MAP TECHNIQUE

Author(s): Duygu AKSU,Elvettin Akman / Language(s): English Issue: 27/2023

The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a transformative technology paradigm that connects billions of devices, enabling seamless communication and data exchange. The study used the Web of Science Core Collection database to uncover global research trends in the IoT. The data in the study were visualized using the VOSviewer software, and bibliometric analysis was performed using the network map technique. The study aims to examine global research trends in IoT, examine IoT-related studies in social sciences, examine the status of IoT studies, especially in management and public administration, and guide researchers who aim to work on this subject. In the study, 87,397 studies on IoT between 2002 and 2022 were examined, and 1162 studies were included by limiting the studies to management and public administration. Studies were categorized and analyzed concerning fields of study, departments, years of publication, keywords, authors, and the most cited authors.

Leksykalna ilościowa analiza zawartości. Wojciech Kajtoch: Leksykalna ilościowa analiza zawartości jako metoda rekonstrukcji tekstowego obrazu świata. Analizy i problemy. Kraków 2022, s. 315.

Author(s): Alena Podviazkina / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1 (253)/2023

Badanie zagrożeń w środowisku informacyjnym na przykładzie dyskusji o rusofobii w polskojęzycznym segmencie serwisu Facebook na podstawie danych z 2018 r. i z okresu styczeń–kwiecień 2022 r.

Author(s): Kamil Baraniuk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 28/2023

The article analyses the accounts most involved in initiating discussions about Russophobia in the Polish-language section of the Facebook social network in 2018 and in the period January-April 2022. The research process was carried out using quantitative trend analysis of the occurrence of a keyword related to discussion about Russophobia, network analysis and frame analysis. The author’s intention was an in-depth description of how this group of social media users reacted to the situational factor shaping the information environment, which was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The author sought to answer the question of how the observed phenomena affected the information security of the state. The study noted positive changes in the segment of the information environment concerning the discussion of Russophobia.

NFT ЯК ПРОВІДНИЙ ІНСТРУМЕНТ МИСТЕЦТВА В РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦІЇ ВІЗУАЛЬНОГО СЕРЕДОВИЩА

Author(s): Viacheslav Boiko,Stepan Maksymov / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 1/2023

The purpose of the work is to investigate the specifics of the impact of NFT technology on the state of art expertise in the organisation and implementation of virtual auction and gallery projects. The research methodology is based on the application of a systematic approach in the study of NFT technology on the analysis of aggregate methods, in particular art history, analytical, empirical, historical, comparative, synthesis, and modeling. The scientific novelty lies in the peculiarities of organising and conducting virtual galleries and auctions based on NFT technology in modern conditions. Practical and theoretical recommendations to specialists are developed for art critics for improving the methodological base, mastering new digital methods of auction and gallery activity in order to improve the level of qualification of art expert experts in the conditions of the unlimited dominance of digital technologies in the modern world. Conclusions. The rapid development of IT technologies in the modern world has led to a paradigm shift in traditional forms of organisation and conducting auction and gallery activities. This means that the art market is gradually moving from a traditional art market to a virtual one, where the exchange of classic works of art is replaced by the creation of semiartistic samples of works of art by famous authors, which transform into a new reality through the prism of digital technologies, in particular, through NFT technologies. This, in turn, leads to the distortion of the classical vision of works of art and their devaluation. The creativity of world-renowned authors is presented in a new digital reality, where works of art go through different stages of their interpretation depending on the subjective vision of the creators of digital art. That is, we observe how the new generation tries to deny classical art and offers to use digital technologies to create their own digital works of dubious quality. At the same time, the involvement of the latest digital technologies helped to qualitatively improve and reliably protect property rights in the field of copyrights for works of art with the help of SEO, cryptocurrency, blockchain network and ensure the reliability of transactions during auctions.

Niewidzialna infrastruktura Internetu – usługi chmurowe jako krytyczny element środowiska bezpieczeństwa. Przypadek Amazona

Author(s): Maciej Gurtowski,Jan Waszewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2021

The disruptions in cloud computing are an important aspect in the global security environment. An instrumental case study method has been used to analyse this problem. Two relevant examples are discussed which are typical of literature in the field. Firstly, the problem of the growing complexity of the cloud is described. One of the service outages of a global cloud provider is used as an example. It indicates that even relatively small failures might trigger a cascade effect and far-reaching breakdowns. Secondly, the suspension and – as the result of this suspension – the standstill of the social media company Parler is analysed. It is used as the example of the so-called vendor lock-in problem in cloud computing, which renders undisrupted migration to other vendors particularly hard – and at times even impossible. Aforementioned issues have been so far studied mostly from the perspective of the continuity of enterprises, cybersecurity, or privacy. The key phenomenon crucial for the global security environment is usually omitted, namely that the cloud computing has become “the Internet’s invisible infrastructure”.

Ochrona informacji niejawnych w USA. Wybrane regulacje karne i administracyjne

Author(s): Rafał Wądołowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2021

The article discusses the administrative regulations regarding the classified information protection system in the USA. Moreover, it presents the effective penal code provisions directed against the disclosure of classified information in the USA and their interpretations. What is more, the paper presents the administrative provisions regulating the procedure for carrying out security background investigation of public administration officials in order to issue a security clearance which grants them access to classified information. Further, the reasons for the classification of information and its protection with an adequate classification clause are explained. On the basis of the analysis of US regulations, a conclusion is drawn that Polish legislation does not include a justification for depositaries of secrets who disclose classified information (without obtaining the affirmation from the authorities specified by law) to prosecute the perpetrators of crimes. This could be the basis to formulate postulates de lege ferenda. It should be noted that the article does not exhaust the topic, but only indicates selected issues of the protection system of classified information in the USA. Initiated study can be used to carry out in-depth comparative research in this field in the future.

Online Database of 14th-century South Slavonic Manuscripts. Research Results and Perspectives

Author(s): Marco Scarpa,Marta Riparante,Desislava Paneva-Marinova / Language(s): English Issue: XIII/2023

This paper shares the experience of the Kopisti14 project team in achieving a common interdisciplinary scientific result through active collaboration be-tween philologists and computer scientists, each contributing according to their expertise. Some early results of this collaboration are presented. They show how the data collected and processed together offer some interesting insights and raise questions for future research.

Digital Revival of the Bulgarica Collection of the Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Author(s): Maxim Goynov,Detelin Luchev,Desislava Paneva-Marinova,Silviya Naydenova,Lubomir Zlatkov,Lilia Pavlova,Evita Pilege / Language(s): English Issue: XIII/2023

This paper presents the development of a digital library, created for the needs of the Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Based on previous work by the team from the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, this new environment exemplifies the employment of state-of-the-art digital technologies for the presentation of scientific literary heritage, in this case the Bulgarica Collection – the advancements of the researchers in the field of Bulgarian studies in the 1980s. The development is also a component of the research e-infrastructure CLADA-BG.

“Encyclopaedia Slavica Sanctorum” Ten Years Later: Main Trends and Questions

Author(s): Margaret Dimitrova,Maxim Goynov,Konstantin Rangochev,Detelin Luchev,Gita Senka / Language(s): English Issue: XIII/2023

The paper discusses users’ activities in the period 2011-2022, mostly types of searches, in an electronic encyclopaedia on saints. The e-product contains information in Bulgarian on orthodox church calendar and texts dedicated to saints as preserved in medieval Slavonic manuscripts and in popular Bulgari-an culture (as represented in fieldwork interviews). The most frequently used options are “view object” and “view date”. Most often articles on popular saints amongst Bulgarians were read, such as St. Basil the Great, St. Kliment of Ohrid, St. George, and St. Petka of Tarnovo. Less often are searches by combined parameters and an increase of their frequency is observable in 2019-2021.

Digital Reconstruction of Lost Architectural Heritage on the Case Study of Two 19th Century Houses

Author(s): Dimitrina Popova / Language(s): English Issue: XIII/2023

I discuss sources, main stages and results of digital three-dimensional reconstruction of destroyed houses from the 19th century in the town of Teteven. The goal is to test a new model of preservation of architectural heritage which exists now only in archived drawings and to establish new conditions of rethinking its value in virtual reality. I introduce the concept of monuments of absence insofar as the digital avatars possess authenticity and sacredness.

An Approach to Data Representation and Processing of Knowledge from the Bulgarian Folklore

Author(s): Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova,Asya Stoyanova-Doycheva,Alexander Petrov,Laska Kostadinova-Tzankova / Language(s): English Issue: XIII/2023

In the context of global and high-tech development, cultural fields are often overlooked during these transitions. Therefore, it is essential to pay close attention to their inclusion. Cultural-historical heritage, which has undergone centuries of changes, deserves to be introduced into the technological world and made as accessible as possible to society, without territorial or border restrictions. Digitizing a part of this heritage, including folklore, can make it high-tech while preserving its character, peculiarity, and identity. This article examines the digitalization of Bulgarian cultural and historical heritage. It explores existing international standards for presenting cultural heritage and proposes a formalism for an adequate presentation of knowledge in the field of Bulgarian folklore. This article presents the first version of a model for the formal description of objects from Bulgarian folklore. We provide examples of the formal presentation of objects from Bulgarian folklore and their corresponding computer implementation.

Personalization Approaches for Cultural Heritage Study

Author(s): Emanuela Mitreva,Alexandra Nikolova,Vladimir Georgiev,Ani Gigova / Language(s): English Issue: XIII/2023

In this paper, we review different approaches of providing personalization for cultural heritage content – several static and adaptive approaches, and recommendation systems. The purpose of our research is to compare these methods, evaluate their feasibility for certain types of applications in the field. We outline the needs for personalized experience involving cultural heritage content and describe how those needs are addressed by the different approaches, and point the challenges, benefits, and disadvantages of each of these methods.

Career Guidance Model for Digital Transformation in the Cultural and Creative Industries

Author(s): Evita Pilege / Language(s): English Issue: XIII/2023

Cultural and creative industries are undergoing a digital transformation. To successfully use the opportunities of information technologies, it is necessary to invest in human capital. A successful, digitally based, accessible and inclusive career guidance system is one of the preconditions for the development of countries, organizations and individuals.