The authors discuss the results of analyzing scientometric indicators of “Povolzhskaya аrkheologiya” journal acquired to the Web of Sciences, Scopus and RSCI (Russian Science Citation Index) databases. To specify the journal position within the archeological periodicals and its possible inclusion into the Web of Science database, the study findings were compared to the analyses results for the Russian authoritative academic journals in the related domains. The rating for selected journals by Scopus and RSCI key scientometrics indicators is built. The journal position in these ratings is discussed. Within the Web of Science system, the indicator of the journal “latent citation” is obtained. The journal dynamics within the databases under examination is demonstrated. The articles published in 2015–2019 are analyzed for their territorial affiliation. Based on the analysis results, the authors determine the journal position in the national and global context and suggest that “Povolzhskaya аrkheologiya” journal has got high starting position if included into the Web of Science.

Digital transformation of education leads not only to the increase in the number of professional terms, but also to the change in their content and intensity of application. The article raises the problem of using the most common terms in the Russian-language scientific literature in the field of e-learning. The purpose of this article is to identify the concepts of “digital learning”, “e-learning”, “online learning”, “distance learning”, “blended learning”, to raise the question of their interpretation and application, as well as to build the model of organisation of educational activities. This model should fully reflect the areas of application of these concepts, including for continuous library and information education.To identify the dynamics of the use of terms, the author collected the data on publication activity in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) system for 2016—2020 using the studied terms as key words. In the analysis, there is revealed the decline in interest of part of theoretical researchers in individual terms and the increase in the interest of practical researchers in all the studied terms. The author carried out terminological analysis. As a result, the article identifies and justifies intersections and differences in content; definitions of terms are in full compliance with the current federal legislation. The author presents correlation and specifics of the concepts reflecting different types of processes of modern vocational training.

Several findings of the study of students’ attitude toward methods and forms of e-learning and distance educational technologies, are discussed. The surveyed area of studies is “library and information activities”. In May, 2021, the author conducted the survey at educational institutions of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The master program students demonstrated the higher level of engagement working with electronic and online learning technologies than the undergraduates. The author explains this with the fact that postgraduate students are offered more time for their independent work, moreover, they master the universal competence – “the ability of self-organization and self-education”. The author establishes that big (and possibly, excessive) number of information systems and mass media was used for the final and midterm assessment and knowledge transfer using distance learning technologies. In the final part of the study, the author demonstrates that the vast majority of respondents (75.7% bachelors and 81.5% masters) think it necessary to apply e-learning and online technologies in education. The study enables to evaluate the modern trends of continuing library and information education and to specify challenges of its development in the circumstances of digital transformation of education and culture.