Volunteering in libraries: survey on Romanian public libraries

Author(s): Mihai Constantinescu,Alina Danciu,Dana Haimana / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

Libraries are a natural hotspot for volunteer work, they can act as both beneficiaries and organizers of volunteers and their work. Volunteer programs in the libraries cover an important range of possibilities, from basic library work (moving books, assisting users that need help) to specialized activities (language courses, computer courses, specialized activities with persons with disabilities) and everything in between.This study aims to offer an overview of the situation regarding volunteer work in Romanian public libraries. It seeks to find out whether and how the county libraries and the two national libraries use volunteers.This study presents a brief analysis of the online presence of Romanian libraries.

Interview with Delia Pantea, librarian in charge with methodological assistance, „Gheorghe Șincai" County Library Bihor

Author(s): Mihai Constantinescu / Language(s): English,Romanian Issue: 2/2020

We inaugurate through the material below the interview section of the Romanian Journal of Library and Information Science. This new section aims to bring opinions and comments directly from specialists in the field and other interested people. The first interview is with Mrs. Delia Pantea, librarian in charge with methodological assistance, "Gheorghe Șincai" County Library Bihor. The interview comes in the context in which the Bihor County Council decided to cut 17 occupied positions from the organizational chart of the county library and to abolish two branches.

O STRUKTURI TISKOPISA IZ VITEZOVICEVE TISKARE U ZAGREBU

Author(s): Aleksandar Stipčević / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/1995

In der Arbeit wird die Struktur der Buchdruckerei dargestellt, die das kroatisehe Parlament im Jahr 1694 gestiftet und dem Pavao Ritter Vitezović als dem Leiter übergeben hat. Der Autor des Artikels befaßt sich mit dem Problem der gedruckten Biicher (Kalender, Volksbiicher. religiose Biicher, politische und geschichtliche Biicher u.a.). Er betont ihre Bedeutung, und sehildert ihren Charakter und ihre Bestimmung. Außerdem, weist ег an das Verhältnis zwischen der herausgegebenen religiösen und profanen Biicher, und stellt die Behauptung auf, daß Vitezović (obwohl er gute Beziehungen mit dem Zagreber Bischof hatte) in erster Linie an die profanen (geschichtlichen, politischen) Themen gerichtet war.

Moştenire şi zbucium. Cel dintâi testament al fondatorului bibliotecii telekiene din Tîrgu Mureş

Author(s): Peter Moldovan / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 13/2014

Vom siebenbürgischen Kanzler Graf Samuel Teleki de Szék (1739 - 1822) war bisher ein Testament bekannt, das er am 10. Oktober 1800 in dem Stadtteil Varadolaszi von Großwardein (Oradea) verfaßt hatte. In chronologischer Reihenfolge ist dies die zweite Fassung des Testamentes, die drei Jahre nach dem Tod seiner Frau aufgesetzt wurde. Der letzte Wille des Grafen wurde in zwei Kodizills vom 11. Oktober 1811 und vom 28. Januar 1820 festgelegt.Der erste, der den Text des Testamentes von 1800 wiedergab, war Benkö Károly in seiner handschriftlichen Chronologie zur Geschichte der königlichen Freistadt Neumarkt am Mieresch. Er ließ aber den ersten Satz aus, in dem Graf Teleki das gemeinsame Testament mit seiner Frau erwähnt, das vom 18. Juni 1789 in Wien datiert ist. So wurde der Eindruck erweckt, daß es keinen Vorgänger des Testamentes von 1800 gäbe. Diese Auslassung wurde auch in den nächsten Editionen des Testamentes in den Jahren 1912 und 1938 weitergeführt, die wohl auch auf Benkö zurückgehen.Von diesem gemeinsamen Testament der Eheleute Graf Samuel Teleki und Gräfin Zsuzsanna Bethlen, das am 18. Juni 1789 in Wien abgefaßt wurde, gibt es aber eine Abschrift im Nationalarchiv von Neumarkt am Mieresch.Diese Abschrift entstand, weil Österreich - zu dem Siebenbürgen damals als Kronland gehörte - im Jahre 1850 ein Gesetz erließ, demzufolge alle gewinnbringenden Güter besteuert werden sollten, einschließlich der Güter von Stiftungen. Die Erben des Kanzlers Samuel Teleki weigerten sich jedoch, die von den Behörden verlangte Steuererklärung zur Berechnung der Einkommensteuer der Teleki-Bibliothek abzugeben. Sie argumentierten, daß die Teleki-Bibliothek keine öffentliche Stiftung ist, sondern privates Erbe und Eigentum der Familie. Als Beweisstück legte der Nachlaßverwalter eine Abschrift des gemeinsamen Testaments der Eheleute Teleki aus dem Jahre 1789 vor.

Rolul jucat de Amos Frâncu şi Emil Dandea în Revoluţia din 1918

Author(s): Radu Petrescu MUSCEL / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 13/2014

The downfall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the eve of the armistice of November 10, 1918 generates confusion in Transylvania. Cluj, hitherto dominated by Hungarians, makes a dramatic transformation due to several Romanian personalities belonging to different age groups, but united by solidarity in actions: Amos Francu and Emil Dandea. Their efficient collaboration delays coagulation of resistance likely to jeopardize the Romanian army's advance according to the instructions emanating from Paris and the upcoming offensive in April 1919, which will consolidate the decisions taken at Alba-Iulia on December 1st, 1918.Later on, the trials and tribulations of life deeply affect both of them. While Amos Francu’s career takes a downward plunge, repositioning himself as a tribune of his beloved inhabitants of the Apuseni Mountains, Emil Dandea leaves Cluj and becomes one of the most important mayors of Tîrgu Mureş.

Oraşul Dumbrăveni şi Cartea sa de Aur

Author(s): Ela Cosma / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 13/2014

The article introduces the Golden Book of the small Transylvanian town Dumbrăveni (Elisabethstadt, Erzsébetváros), lying on the banks of the river Târnava Mare (Große Kokel, Nagy Kükülö). This valuable chronicle of the settlement’s past times, from its very beginnings (7.000 years ago) up to now, is signed by Nicolaie N. Nedelcu and it represents a historical monograph of the best quality.After the first medieval mention of Ebesfalva (Ibaşfalău) in 1332, we become acquainted with the Romanian village, flanked by the famous Apafy castle, that is built here by the homonymous Hungarian noble family in 1552. The village and castle turn into an oppidum (market place), which gets glory as a princely residence in the time of Mihail Apafy I, prince of Transylvania (1661-1690). His invitation, addressed to the Armenians from the Principality of Moldavia, to come over the Carpathian Mountains and settle down in Transylvania is about to radically change the fate of the oppidum. The new setllers literally build up an Armenian urban center, endowed with privileges by the Austrian emperors Carl VI, Maria Theresia and Joseph II. By the name of Elisabethopolis, the settlement becomes a “privileged town” in 1733, a “totally privileged town” in 1758 and a “free royal town” in 1786-1791. The 18th century marks, no doubt, the golden age of this important commercial town of the Armenians, who are completely magyarized until the 19th century. After the Armenians’ departure, Saxons and Jews enter the town, while the Romanians still represent the demographic majority. In 1919 the Gipsy National Assembly, rallied here, adheres to Transylvania’s Great Union with Romania. In 1925, by royal decree of Romania’s king Ferdinand I, the town receives its current name Dumbrăveni. After the Second World War, in 1952, a large number of Saxon families (either from Braşov and Southern Transylvania, or already deported in the Bărăgan Plain near the Danube) are sent toLibraria281Dumbrăveni under house arrest. By 1989, the Saxon population of the town emigrates to Germany.The special architecture and the cultural marks of the town reverberate its multiethnic character, while the unique Armenian cathedral still mirrors the timeless central symbol of Dumbrăveni.

Monografia istorică a Bibliotecii Judeţene Mureş: după un secol de activitate

Author(s): Doina Gabriela Vanca / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 12/2013

The Cultural Palace in Tîrgu Mureş was built between 1911-1913 in Secession Style, the Austro-Hungarian version of Art Nouveau Style. The arhitects were Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezső. It was decorated by many famous artists of the time with motifs inspired by local folklore and history. From the beginning, it was designed to shelter some public institutions as: Ethnographic Museum, Public Library, Art Museum, Academy of Fine Arts, Cinema, Art Gallery. At the opening of the Public Library, 319 volumes were available to the readers, but the next year there already existed 7.340 publications. The book collection was initially consisting of donations from other libraries, institutions or individuals. The Library`s first manager was Molnár Gábor, and its first librarian was Aurel Filimon. They managed to organize the Library in a librarianship way and to grow the number of the books, magazines and newspapers by searching and asking for donation. The Library has been developed along in time. Today it contains almost one million library documents. It works in the same space from the beginning, but their functions were obtained more rooms and other sections were opened in the Cultural Palace, in four Tîrgu Mureş neighborhoods, in the Parc Complex. Throughout time, the Library was visited by numerous local, national and international personalities, who signed in Library`s Golden Book. Nowadays at the Library are kept four incunabula and many old and rare books. The librarians try to buy the latest books published on the editorial market. A special section is „Teleki-Bolyai” Library. Bibliotheca Telekiana is a historic public library founded by the Count Sámuel Teleki in 1802, at the time when Transylvania was part of the Habsburg Monarchy. The Teleki book collection contains over 40,000 volumes. Teleki compiled and published a four-volume catalogue (Vienna, 1796-1819), divided according to general topics. Teleki's instructions concerning the operation of the library are also presented in the catalogue (Volume II). It was completed with other collections as: the Bolyai Biblioteca Judeţeană Mureş 16 Library with over 80,000 volumes, the Miscellaneous Collection made up of several private libraries previously held by religious schools and those of a Franciscan Monastery. Today, it is one of the richest Transylvanian collections of past centuries’ book culture. It`s well over 200,000 volumes. The library possesses 67 incunabula, the oldest of which is „Liber de Homine” by Galeotto Marzio printed in Bologna around 1475. Approximately 20,000 pages of manuscripts by Farkas and János Bolyai are among the library's most praised pieces. It also contains many old and rare books. Today, the continuously growing book collection is focused on scientific subjects, specialising in history, local history, cultural history, and social sciences. Many people use the Reading Room and the museum is visited by thousands of tourists every year.

Zajęcia dla dzieci i młodzieży w wybranych miejskich bibliotekach publicznych województwa śląskiego – przegląd

Author(s): Anna Gawinek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2020

The article discusses the offer of activities for children and youth in libraries. The websites of 42 public libraries from the Silesian Voivodeship were subjected to the examination. Forms of work with a child reader were presented. Types of library classes have been distinguished. Examples of activities are included in the article.

Game Engine Conventions and Games that Challenge them: Subverting Conventions as Metacommentary

Author(s): Mikhail Fiadotau / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

Consumer-grade game engines such as Multimedia Fusion and RPG Maker have dramatically extended the reach of digital games as a medium. They have also spawned online communities, where conventions and canons of using these tools have evolved. These partly stem from the functional constraints of the game engines themselves and are institutionalized through manuals, examples, tutorials, and games made with them. However, some members of game engine communities actively seek to challenge these conventions by experimenting with the engines and finding ingenious ways to put them to unexpected uses. Such experiments can be regarded as a form of metacommentary on the engines’ capabilities and limitations. While arguably impractical and inefficient, they enrich the scope of what can be done with the engine and can contribute to its further development.

Avatars Going Mainstream: Typology of Tropes in Avatar-Based Storytelling Practices

Author(s): Marta Tymińska / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

Due to the growing popularity of video games, gaming itself has become a shared experience among media audiences worldwide. The phenomenon of avatar-based games has led to the emergence of new storytelling practices. The paper proposes a typology of tropes in these avatar-based narratives focusing on non-game case studies. Suggested tropes are also confronted with the latest research on avatars in the area of game studies and current knowledge of the issues concerning the player-avatar relationship. Some of the most popular misconceptions regarding the gameplay experience and its representation in non-game media are exposed as a result of this analysis. The research confirms that popular culture perceives gaming experience as closely related to the player identity, as the latter inspires new genres of non-game narratives.

Żydowskie egodokumenty w serii „Żydzi. Polska. Autobiografia”

Author(s): Joanna Lisek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 46/2020

Настанак, развој и значај библиотерапије

Author(s): Danica Savić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2021

The paper aims to synthesize the available texts that problematize bibliotherapy as an auxiliary therapeutic method scientifically recognized only in the twentieth century. Also, in addition to defining the term, it presents the importance of bibliotherapy on the transformation of personality, as well as the role of therapists/ librarians in the process of treatment with books. The paper emphasizes the results of socionics, which additionally complements the bibliotherapeutic method with knowledge about the types of readers based on Jung’s typology of personality. Similar to personality types, there are different book types within bibliotherapy that enable an individualized approach in the treatment process. Different types of bibliotherapy ‒ institutional, clinical, and developmental ‒ jointly performed by medical and library experts are presented and described. The paper presents multiple positive effects of bibliotherapy, from psycho-correction of emotional state, through creative and adaptive habits, to improvement of communication with others. Also, domestic authors who have so far contributed to the study of this topic are listed.

Zajedno smo jači

Author(s): Darko Šehović / Language(s): English,Serbian Issue: 3/2021

Scurte opinii cu nuanţe biblioteconomice

Author(s): Cristian Bodnrescu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 8/2009

The paper starts from a personal experience and reveals the hardships that an author has to face if he wants to publish a book in Romania. First of all, there’s a lack of money, then there’s a lack of interest for any book which can’t be perceived as a sure and quick success. Publishing houses have to deal with so many financial problems that it can be very hard to convince them to support a project, no matter how interesting or innovative it may be. The bookshops and the libraries, at their turn, hardly show any sign of interest and they are also very hard to contact.

ДАРИТЕЛСТВОТО НА КНИГИ – МЕЖДУ КУЛТУРНОТО ПОСЛАНИЕ И УВЕЛИЧАВАНЕТО НА ПАЗАРНИЯ ДЯЛ(ПО ПРИМЕРИ ОТ БЪЛГАРСКОТО КНИГОИЗДАВАНЕ)

Author(s): Malina Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The article considers an observed tendency to redefine the meaning and volume of book donations. The connection between the cultural message and the mechanichs of the book market is being analysed. The reasons for changed priorities and their effects on the practice of book donations are explored. Examples of publisher prctices are being considered and several models of book donations are outlined. The examples under consideration are clearly distinguished in terms of the negative correlation between values and practices. The article’s goal is not to render judgement on specific publisher practices but rather analyse the novel market models for book donation used by some publishers.

ЛИТЕРАТУРНИЯТ КЛУБ НА СТОЛИЧНА БИБЛИОТЕКА – КУЛТУРНАТА ТОЧКА В СЪРЦЕТО НА СОФИЯ

Author(s): Marchela Borisova,Petar Chuhov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The purpose of this publication is to present the activities of the Literary Club at Sofia City Library. It is not only one of the successful forms of attracting readers through live contact between authors and the public, but It also is a cultural space for citizens and guests of the Capital. The purpose of this publication is to present the activities of the Literary Club at Sofia City Library. It is not only one of the successful forms of attracting readers through live contact between authors and the public, but It also is a cultural space for citizens and guests of the Capital.

ПРОБЛЕМИ ПРИ ДИГИТАЛИЗАЦИЯТА НА КНИЖОВНОТО КУЛТУРНО НАСЛЕДСТВО

Author(s): Nadezhda Tomova,Irena Ilieva,Neli Ninova,Dimitar Dimitrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

At the beginning of the research, some of the basic concepts directly related to the processes of digitalization and the preservation, preservation and protection of literary cultural heritage are considered. The structure and development of the elements, communications, and document flow that the European cultural space strives for to encourage the exchange of scientific information and cultural communication between the countries are also examined. The second part of the study presents the process of digitalization as a technical method, which shows in practice how to apply the method and using what methods (devices, characteristics). The positive and negative sides of working with electronic documents and archives are considered. The study also gives a brief theoretical and methodological idea of digitalization in archives and applications and in cultural institutions. At the beginning of the research, some of the basic concepts directly related to the processes of digitalization and the preservation, preservation and protection of literary cultural heritage are considered. The structure and development of the elements, communications, and document flow that the European cultural space strives for to encourage the exchange of scientific information and cultural communication between the countries are also examined. The second part of the study presents the process of digitalization as a technical method, which shows in practice how to apply the method and using what methods (devices, characteristics). The positive and negative sides of working with electronic documents and archives are considered. The study also gives a brief theoretical and methodological idea of digitalization in archives and applications and in cultural institutions.

ПРОУЧВАНЕ ОТНОСНО ЗНАЧЕНИЕТО НА ДИГИТАЛИЗАЦИЯТА НА КУЛТУРНО НАСЛЕДСТВО В БЪЛГАРИЯ

Author(s): Denitsa Mladenova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

With digitalization, preconditions are created for the emergence and establishment of new models of cultural heritage protection. Digital conversion practically realizes its "dematerialization". The digital code provides unlimited possibilities for preserving the cultural heritage by recreating it in material objects. As part of the study, a survey was conducted among the directors of some of the major regional libraries and museums in Bulgaria dealing with the digitalization of artifacts and objects of tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the country contained in their library funds and museums exhibits. The survey consists of 7 questions related to the importance of digitalization for preservation of cultural heritage and the results of their practice in this area. They are focused on the attitudes, the adoption and implemented projects, the need to improve the legislative and regulatory framework to stimulate the digital transformation of cultural heritage and use the latest advances in the new technologies for its socialization and transfer in future generations.With digitalization, preconditions are created for the emergence and establishment of new models of cultural heritage protection. Digital conversion practically realizes its "dematerialization". The digital code provides unlimited possibilities for preserving the cultural heritage by recreating it in material objects. As part of the study, a survey was conducted among the directors of some of the major regional libraries and museums in Bulgaria dealing with the digitalization of artifacts and objects of tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the country contained in their library funds and museums exhibits. The survey consists of 7 questions related to the importance of digitalization for preservation of cultural heritage and the results of their practice in this area. They are focused on the attitudes, the adoption and implemented projects, the need to improve the legislative and regulatory framework to stimulate the digital transformation of cultural heritage and use the latest advances in the new technologies for its socialization and transfer in future generations.

ФРАГМЕНТИ ОТ ЛИЧНАТА БИБЛИОТЕКА НА СВЕЩЕНИК МИЛАН ДИМОВ (1835–1919) В НАЦИОНАЛНАТА БИБЛИОТЕКА „СВ. СВ. КИРИЛ И МЕТОДИЙ“

Author(s): Gabriela Angelova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

The private libraries of Bulgarian intellectuals and scholars are a significant component of the special collections with rare and Bulgarian revival books (1801–1878) in the libraries of the country. One of the usual practices in receiving such donations is the following distribution of the books in collections built on a different thematic and chronological features, thus making their reconstruction and research difficult or impossible. This leads to a deficit of the main sources in researches related to private libraries history and history of the reading. Such is the case with the private collection of priest Milan Dimov. Fragments of his library are found in the collection of old printed books of the National Library of Bulgaria “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” during the research work on the project “Digitization of the repertoire of the Bulgarian Revival literature (1801–1878)”.

Ion Vlasiu - Ion Brad - exemplul unei prietenii

Author(s): Anca Docolin / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 14-15/2016

Ion Vlasiu was a well-known Romanian sculptor, painter and writer, the author of many monuments dedicated to important events or personalities of the Romanian history and culture. His correspondence with the writer and diplomat Ion Brad (40 letters sent between 1963-1985, most of them from Bistra, Mureş) is preserved in the Special Collection department from „Octavian Goga” Cluj County Library. These letters illustrate not only Vlasiu’s artistic projects but also his personal thoughts and feelings, written in a very distinguished original style.