Towards Building Strong LIS Education: a View of Russian Researchers

The article reflects the main results of comparative bibliometric analysis of the scientific-practical Russian Journal of Library Science “Bibliotekovedenie” and foreign journals in the library sphere. The purpose of the study is to determine the growth points and development directions of the Russian Journal of Library Science for the formation of international scientific communication practices and professional discourse.The object of the research was metadata array of fourteen foreign English-language library journals included in the international scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science, and the journal “Bibliotekovedenie” for 2015—2019. The authors used content analysis method, the method of comparison and correlation, as well as criterion method based on determination of relevant indicators and development of criteria for evaluating journals to identify parameters of similarity and difference, followed by the use of method of data interpretation based on modern cultural-philosophical and cultural-theoretical principles and concepts.As a result, the study identified the typical topics for the most frequently cited articles in the foreign journals. The authors show that the journal “Bibliotekovedenie” publishes the articles that can be attributed to most of the presented topics. However, most often they are characterized by another emphasis, presentation style and structure of the text, as well as approaches to conducting research. Trends in the citation of articles in Russian publications indicate the difference in a set of priority topics.The authors conclude that these differences depend not only and not so much on the “collision” of traditional and modern vision of the situation from the point of view of scientific research, but rather on deeper reasons based on cultural differences. These reasons are driven by the postmodern increase of the impact of culture on the development of science, reflecting these differences in the languages of cultures and in the translations, as well as by other, sometimes opposite, trends in the development of socio-cultural situation in different countries, related to the understanding of place and role of libraries, books and information in modern society.Based on the obtained results, there was adjusted the development plan of scientific-practical journal “Bibliotekovedenie”, as well as its name in English, starting 2019 (no. 6) — Russian Journal of Library Science.

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Bibliometric Analysis of the Russian Journal of Library Science “Bibliotekovedenie” and Foreign Journals in Library Science: Search for Professional Discourse

Nikonorova¹,

Shibaeva²

2020

Professional Development of Library Specialists in the Context of Implementation of the Federal Project “Creative People”

Golubeva

2020

Mastering of new professional practice-oriented competences by library specialists is necessary for achieving positive changes in the cultural space of civil society. The article reveals prerequisites for the development of competence and qualification training of specialists of domestic libraries, mechanisms for strengthening integration of the professional education system and library information sphere. The Federal project “Creative People” within the framework of the National project “Culture” (2019—2024) is considered as a new model of professional development, an indicator of innovative activity of library specialists and consolidation of professional library community. The article presents the additional professional training programs of Krasnodar State Institute of Culture which have been developed taking into account the current trends in the organization of library activities within the frames of the Federal project “Creative People”. Implementation of library’s mission as a socio-cultural institution of society is impossible without a specialist — subject of innovation, strategist and organizer in the field of project management of activity. From this perspective, there was developed additional professional educational program “Innovative project and grant activities of libraries” tailored to top managers, deputy managers, heads of sectors and departments and methodologists of libraries. The article presents the analysis of intermediate results of fulfilment of the program aimed at acquiring new professional competence in the field of development and management of innovative projects in library-information sphere and participation in grant competitions. The author reveals the content of the program modules: innovative development of modern library, technologies of innovative project activity of modern library, grant activity of libraries. The analysis of specific features of full-time and distance learning forms under the program “Innovative project and grant activities of libraries” allows the author to make conclusion about the degree of its implementation as an interactive discussion platform for specialists of libraries of the Russian Federation.

Continuous Library and Information Education in the Era of Digital Transformation

Кудрина

Матвеева

2021

Various modifications of the system of continuous library and information education are associated with the tasks of digitalization, determined by the national development goals of the Russian Federation. The purpose of this study is to identify the main transformational trends of this system in the context of the digitalization of culture. The authors reveal the concepts of “digitalization of education”, “lifelong education”. The article analyses the reports of the track “Professional education of specialists in library and information sphere” conducted in the framework of international scientific and practical conference “Science, Technology and Information in Libraries (LIBWAY — 2020)”, held on September 14—17, 2020. The authors identified the main problematic issues of continuous library and information education: personnel potential of libraries in the era of large-scale and accelerating technological changes; diversification of additional professional education for library staff as one of the links in continuous education; regulatory support for the development of system of continuous library education; new vectors in educational activities aimed at the formation of professional and supra-professional competencies as a factor of competitiveness of the library specialists in the context of multitasking and efficiency of the cultural sector. The article emphasizes that the continuous library and information education of specialists in the era of digitalization of culture is progressing due to the new information technologies, implementation of innovative library experience, as well as the formation of new competencies of library personnel. The authors state that the development of culture and the growth of the country’s potential depend on the success of building unified library and information knowledge space as a valuable resource and the basis for economic success in the future, part of which is the system of continuous professional education.