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Summary The National Programme of Informatization in the Culture Sector (SK) Not available... Information Strategy of Slovakia for Joining the European Union (SK) Not available... Library Digitization
Programme in the Slovak Republic (SK) The SR Government has accepted the document - Society Informatization Policy in the Slovak Republic- in the government decree No 522 of 13 June 2001. At the same time the Government has supported the eEurope+ the common initiative launched by the candidate countries to the eEurope+ Action Plan. The objective of the Library Digitization Programme in the Slovak Republic is to build an open information system of the Slovak libraries with international links thus contributing to implementation of the eEurope+ Action Plan. Libraries on Threshold
of the Information Society or the Information Society on Threshold of Libraries
(SK) The term Information Society has disseminated to different languages since 1960’s. Some similar concepts have emerged concurrently. Definitions of the information Society are based on social changes caused by information and communication technologies and media (information as commodity, information sector, virtual character of social processes, configurations of technologies, globalisation). Libraries have absorbed the idea of information society, even there is no complex concept for future development of profession. Librarian can play a role of aninateur of electronic communication, he has social functions, makes internet libraries, catalogues, and archives. Selection and evaluation of information are problematic. Contribution of the
„infotechnologization“ to the development of the modern librarian institute,
and to the overall development of the country (SK) (The „infotechnologization“ means an introduction of the information technologies into a practical use). The implementation of the state development roles is impossible without an information process support, part of which is also the development of the librarian institute. The institute is undertaking a significant change in scope and quality of librarian services caused by the introduction of the information technologies (infotechnologization), as well as by changes in a patern of behaviour to the client or user respectively, but also by the importance of the strategic posture, integrational interdepartmental character and creation of more qualified job opportunities for a creative and inovative workforce. The infotechnologization as a synonymum of the post-industrial stage of economical development of the mankind is a marker of the existentional, and thus also a competitive power of the country. Its „software“ direction is a future for Slovakia with its still rich educational potential not only because of we are lagging behind the world development, but also because of our unlimited opportunities in all sorts of inovations concerning programming, processing and systems development. Information Technologies,
Memory Institutions and Contextualization of the Cultural Heritage
(CZ) The more and more masive utilization of information-communication technologies in the memory institutions (archives, libraries, musea) brings about transition from the dominant printed environment to the electronic-digital one. Accordingly the most important for any considerations and resolutions is view from the standpoint of the stage of electronization, not of by now outdated automation and informatization. The key issue thus becomes not mere cumulation of information resources produced and/or provided by the memory institutions, but their user integration and content contextualization. It presents a claim not only to kind of the presentation, but also to the data preparation and the data processing. An interdisciplinary approach and a knowledge factor of information work done by the memory institutions comes to the fore. It must be understood as a paradigmatic turn that creates a new role of the memory institutions and of their professionals on the field of symbolical and analytical services. Libraries and public
access to the Internet (CZ) Possibilities and limits of usage of libraries as places offering a public available Internet. Forms of a public available Internet- its advantages and disadvantages. State of the public available Internet offer in the Czech Republic above all regarding libraries. How to offer public Internet services in a library: opening hours,acquaintance of citizens, professional infrastructure, charges and other issues. Report is processed on basis of results of polls carried out by company DEMA and information sources, which are available in the Coordination Centre of the „Library Public Information Services Programme“ in the National Library of the Czech Republic. Advanced Rapid Library
and Cooperation of Libraries - the Union Catalogue (SK) Not available... Aleph 500 – boosting
library consortia in the information society (CZ) The paper describes current situation of libraries being pillars of the information society. To manage and share their resources the libraries create and join in various consortia whose members are often quite different (libraries, museums, archives, etc.). The content of the paper is focused on Aleph 500 and its impact and support on consortia workflows. The library system Aleph 500 has open boundaries to its environment and it is possible to set it up for different consortia models: shared installation, shared database, union catalogue, central catalogue and virtual catalogue. Examples of both inland and foreign implementations for different models are provided. Each model has specific advantages and preferred workflows. Services to the end-users are emphasized in each model‘s characteristics. DAIMON - modern system, all the best of classic. Trends: hosting and outsourcing. Modern
architecture of library systems (CZ) Not available... WEB archiv
(CZ) The Webarchiv project started in 2000 as a R&D project of the National Library. Its main target was to investigate problems connected with collection and long-term preservation of electronic information resources. The reasearch involves issues in librarianship, technology and legislation. Uniform Information
Gateway (CZ) The objective of the project was to set up a Uniform Information Gateway (UIG) that would allow the users a uniform and easy access to both traditional library holdings and resources in the electronic format (local and remote). The objective of the original project was to establish the UIG for the National Library and the Charles University, with the understanding that other libraries would be invited to participate in the project after it has been implemented and tested in those two institutions in the pilot stage. A number of libraries participating in a similarly focused project for the STM area joined the project already in the first year of its implementation (in 2001). That made our joint effort a de facto national information gateway project from the very beginning. In the year 2002, the project transcended the national boundaries when Slovak libraries expressed their interest in participating in it. The smooth start of the UIG project was made possible by the results achieved in previous years within CASLIN project activities. One, two,
three ... portal! (SK) The internet is essentialy broadening the possibilities and duties of libraries in the public information services. Beside the library catalogs is needed to ogffer fulltext and multimedia documents and the global network information. The development drives towards development of portal systems, providing via an unified user interface access to digitised documents and informations and offer electronic library and information services. The University library Bratislava created an experimental portal based on the Internet Portal Suite software package. The solution was inspired by the consortial digital library of North Rhine - Westphalia. Librarianship
ante portas (SK) Short information about project of first slovak portal devoted to library and information science and practice. Demands for content managament system for create, modify and administrate of the portal. Digital Libraries
of the Future - New Directions of the Research Programme (SK) The term digital library is becoming frequently used in professional literature. We often use it and do know realize what the term really means. The aim of the study is to outline the future possible research directions in the area of digital libraries. It is based on the detailed analysis of the present interpretation of the term digital library, its characteristics, but especially on the results of research in digital library field. As the methodological foundation is the vision of the future digital library and the long-term goal that should be reached in creation of the content of the digital library and in satisfying information needs of its users. The guidelines and priorities are formulated that should be taken into account during the future digital library research. Quiet, Please,
Digital Library: Advances and Issues (EN) This essay informs about the digital libraries initiatives and their ongoing design, development, and implementation in the USA. The essay also looks at some conceptual, technological, and sociocultural issues in order to place digital libraries in a context. Digital Libraries
Research at the Masaryk University in Brno (CZ) The paper describes topics, activities and main results of the research program „Digital Libraries“ solved by the Institute of Computer Science at the Masaryk University in Brno since 1999. Four main research areas are investigated in the program: transformation of classic libraries into digital environment, processing of information in heterogeneous distributed resources, accessing and transmission of sensitive information in a public computer network environment, technologies for collecting, processing, archiving, and transmitting of digitised medical images (the MeDiMed system). Current Research
Areas for Digital Libraries (CZ) The paper specifies notion of Digital Libraries and provides overview of current research areas in the field of Digital Libraries. It concentrates on eight main areas: digital collection building, general framework and architecture, global persistent identification, metadata, interoperability and scaling, resource discovery, intellectual property rights and economics, long-term preserving of digital information. Selected current research trends or projects for each of the areas are briefly mentioned. The Digital
Library Initiatives in Slovakia (EN) The presentation explains the present state of digitization in Slovakia and informs that the Slovak library community and the Slovak Government have adopted the Slovak Librarianship Development Strategy until 2006, in which the digitization programme is viewed as a priority. The Government has also adopted a Resolution no. 801/2002 concerning the library automation and networking programme, which adjures that the Ministry of Culture prepare a cultural heritage digitization project in 2003 named the Virtual Library of Slovakia - Virtuálna knižnica Slovenska (VIKS). The State
and Prospectives of Z39.50 Application in Slovakia (SK) The article is an abridgement of a thesis on the Z39.50 standard and its use in Slovak library environment. The entire work is abailable at http://z3950.host.sk. In theory, the thesis outlines client/server communication, the development of previous 3 versions of the protocol and its future and emphasizes the need for development of application profiles, especially international profiles like Bath. In practice, the work sums up the results of a survey of implementations worldwide and describes the role of the Z39.50 Maintenance Agency. This part includes lists of Z39.50 servers (Index-data, Sea Change a Z39.50 Gateway at the US Library of Congress). The last part of the thesis deals with Z39.50 in Slovakia and lists all Slovak servers as of the end of 2002. In general, another concern is selection criteria of Z39.50 software, as the author has learnt that support for Z39.50 is not thoroughly dealt with within Slovak library community. 4 products by various vendors (VTLS, Cosmotron Systems, ASP/SVOP and Exlibris) using Z39.50 are briefly described as well. Who, what,
how and when are used e-resources? Usage statistics for librarians from
vendors (SK) The librarians need and require electronic usage statistics to assure, that electronic services are being used and are cost-effective. They are not able to make them themselves - usage statistics for e-resources, it’s a new task for e-journal’s publishers and providers. In 1998 was published White paper on Electronic Journal Usage Statistics with ICLOC Guidelines about Statistical Measures of Usage of Web/Based Indexed, Abstracted and Full Text Resources. Electronic
information services and sources in ILL used in University Library in Bratislava
(SK) The importance of electronic information services and sources is gradually increasing in the library services in general and particularly in the interlibrary loan services (ILL). The most important electronic sources for ILL are of course the on-line catalogues (OPACs) accessible via Internet: union catalogues and the catalogues of individual libraries. Virtual libraries that are part of information gateways are becoming very important tool for the ILL librarians too. Many of these virtual libraries and systems provide document delivery services. The union catalogues are also able to provide information whether the document is available in an electronic form on the Internet, e.g. its availability in a fulltext database. Other electronic sources used in ILL are CD-ROMs and also Internet search engines. „Ask A Librarian...“
Changes in Reference Services: Digital Reference (SK) Traditional reference services are rapidly changing under an influence of information technologies. Even more inquiries of users head on how to navigate the web and how to use digital resources. What mix of reference services will best meet the changing needs and preferences of users in our library? Definition od digital reference services, types of digital refferals and ways out how to transform traditional reference services into the vibrant virtual services in collaborative environment are described in this contribution. Current Trends
in Professional Electronic Information Resources (CZ) The paper deals with current trends in the field of electronic information resources for science, research, development and education. Two main trends in e-books are demonstrated on examples – on one hand the online-offline solution allowing for download of complete books to a local PC and on the other hand access to online collections that feature higher … (no need to wait until a book is downloaded) and much better searching options. Another trend is a further integration of information resources of various types (bibliographic databases, articles from periodicals, electronic reference books and monographies) which is demonstrated at the Ovid Online service. Electronic
information sources in libraries in the Czech Republic in the 2000-2002
years (CZ) The contribution seeks to generalize experience of Czech libraries during using foreign specialist databases, which libraries obtained in the program Information sources for research and development. The contribution informs about cooperation between libraries and notices consequence of statistics indicators of databases usage. It points out importance national licenses and shows connection of program with other Czech and foreign projects. Involvement
of National Library of Czech Republic into the project Electronic Journal
Library (EZB) (CZ) Project of university library of Regensburg, called Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB – Electronic Journal Library) provides access from one interface to all research electronic journals of a particular library. Electronic journals should be available in individual subscription or in full text databases of publishers or aggregators. National Library of Czech Republic launched the project in the end of the year 2002. General information about project, specification of National Library of CR account and concrete examples of EZB use from users’ point of view are described in the contribution. Open Society
Foundation and Libraries in Slovakia (SK) The aim of the paper is to inform about principal topics of the library program of the Open Society Foundation Bratislava during the last four years. It presents an overwiev of successful projects approved by Open Library Program, Open Society Foundation Bratislava and Information Program, Open Society Institute Budapest. eIFL
Direct Project in Slovakia (SK) Not available... Electronic journals in service of the Slovak Medical Library (SK) Not available... First Results
and Perspectives of the National Program of Retro-Conversion and Conversion
of Bibliographic Databases and Library Catalogues of the Slovak Republic
(SK) The article summarises first important steps in the field of the national program of retro-conversion and conversion of bibliographic databases and library catalogues, which have been organised and co-ordinated by the Slovak National Library since 1996. The national program of retroconversion and conversion is performed through several phases, which run simultaneously. Two phases are possible to qualify as completed: 1.phase represents an electronic transcription of the Slovak National Bibliography – Books in 1901-1975 in the total amount of 100 261 records. An implementation of this size at the Slovak National Bibliography CD-ROM means, that the Slovak National Bibliography – Books of the 20.century is completely available in the electronic form. Simultaneously, data from the 1.phase of the retroconversion become a part of the Union Catalogue of the Slovak Republic Libraries. 2.phase represents the electronic transcription of incunabula and books of the 16.century preserved in the territory of Slovakia as well as the Bibliography of the Slovak-related books till y.1700 in the total amount of 12 000 bibliographical and cataloguing records. Also these data will be implemented into the Slovak National Bibliography and accessible within the Union Catalogue. The article also informs about other semi-finished phases of the national program of the conversion and retroconversion of bibliographic databases, which is planned for y.2010. Bibliographic
support of the retro-cataloguing of the library holdings - new possibilities
on the way to the wide-range electronisation of the Slovak libraries
(SK) This contribution is focused on an existing new advanced technologies developed in order to support wide-range electronisation of the Slovak libraries. Contribution points out that each library may have ambition to become a part of the Slovak virtual library without any larger investment above ten thousand Slovak Crowns. Developed tools are focused on support of retro-cataloguing of the Slovak library holdings based on the unified records of the Slovak National Bibliography as well as on support of the on-line access to the library catalogues via internet. Utilisation of the supporting tools for retro-cataloguing of the library holdings is universal for application by any library (including those who already use any other library software) due to support of export of data in the unified format. News in UDC
and membership of Slovakia in UDCC Executive Committee (SK) The article summarises
recent information concerning the facilities of the UDC application and
its status. The article includes information about the Slovak National
Library membership in the UDCC Executive Committee, and about exclusive rights
and responsibilities of the members. The routine
cooperative of national authority files making (CZ) The first edition of the Czech Name Authority Files was created and released by the National Library in the beginning of 1999 on the internet homepage of the National Library of Czech Republic (URL: http//www.nkp.cz, under the heading Catalogues, Databases, Name authorities) and also on a CD-ROM Czech National Bibliography (1998, no. 12/98). The contribution offers new suggestions and guidelines, how we could unify the creation and use of authority files. The only correct way is the creation of national authority files in a sole central database. Administration and management of the central base should be localized in the National Library of the CR. Only consequent cooperation and coordination can assure a high quality of all the catalogues and bibliographies that are being processed every day in our libraries. The crucial point is the unification of selection data, which can be assured only with the help of authority files. The technical means which can help as many libraries as possible to take part in such a cooperation, is the communication protocol Z39.50. This protocol has already been localized for the Czech use and nothing hinders its wide application. Cooperation of Czech libraries on the basis of a consortium should become the platform that will assure both effective and efficient use of the national authority files, which will in its turn make the same the processing of local and union catalogues. Co-operative
System of Article Bibliography and ANL, ANL FULL databases (CZ) Indexing and access to article information - development and prezent state of art in the Czech Republic - is summarised. The ANL bibliographical database (ALEPH) and the ANL FULL (TOPIC) full text database are products of the Co-operative system of Article Bibliography, the latter presents a new form of access to selected articles from the Czech newspapers and magazines which are indexed in the National Library of the Czech Republic for the time being. The ANL FULL is originating within the framework of the automatic extraction indexing workflow of bibliographic records from full texts (TTDE - TamTam Data Extractor). Full texts are acquired from TamTam database (Anopress) IT. The Dublin Core metadata in HTML, XHTML, XML in qualified and non qualified form are generated. In the meantime UNIMARC is generated for ANL database with a link to ANL FULL database. Importance
of Historical Library Collections for Information Society in Slovakia
(SK) Historical library collections are an internal part of the nation´s cultural heritage. Despite thal, it was not until 2000 that they were, rightly, assigned the appropriate position in our culture that they have always deserved. As part of the information society, historical library collections have been getting increasingly important as sourcess of the dialog on cultural and national identities. The project entitled Nation-Wide Program Concept of Complex Preservation of Historical Library Documents and Collections of the Slovak Republic has been launched to contribute to their preservation. Historical
Boockstocks Database as a Means to Access the Cultural Heritage (SK) The article is aimed at information processing of historical boockstocks. It analyzes the concept, problems, their solutions and results of creating a hand press books database in the Central Library of the Slovac Academy of Sciences. Creating of an electronic catalog of hand press books does not only represent changing the way of fixing and presenting meta-data but it also brings redefining of valid methodic usage and conceptual paradigms used for several decades in this specific library sphere. The new technology should become an impulse for creating meta-data files. These will function for the purpose of filing, for the purpose of user’s entering tool, the purpose of identifying risks of physical condition and complete document, as well as for the purpose of identifying important aspects of books with Slovak origin and provenience. The authors of this article present software solution and the possibilities for using the database in the Internet. Influence
of modern information technology upon the transformation of medical libraries
service (CZ) The authors focus, in their article, to the description of choosen medical libraries electronic service. Transformations, which have become in network of medical information service and in the structure of their users, are described at the introduction. Following part describes medical libraries catalogues and service above them. The cataloguing of Internet sources in The National Medical Library database system is described in detail. The program for interlibrary loan system /MEVYS/ illustrates the cooperatin between librarians and program creators. Software Ultra Access offers the increasing possibility of acces to the on-line magazines for users of the library. Personal and corporate author entries from medicine branch are used as the source of biographical information. The project Medical Virtual Library /MEDVIK/ offers the cover of all isolate effors of various medical libraries. Library functions
and information services for central banking (SK) The article deals with library functions and information services in the National Bank of Slovakia, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The authors describe changes and perspectives of their librarian activities, organizational development and position of a library in the scope of central banks. They look upon a librarian professional in a central bank from the view of their own experiences. The second part is devoted to the management of electronic resources. Two successful portals are described as examples: The Library Network Jolis serving the World Bank Group and IMF, and Bank of Canada Library ... connecting people and information. At the end they summarize first steps for integrating information resources in the National Bank of Slovakia. Film Cultural
Heritage - SK Cinema Information System (SK) Slovak cinematography and audiovisual culture preserved in film archives. The story concentrates on protection of films and the related documents, theri handling and access to information. It defines tasks of the film archive keeping and lists works of the Slovak cinematography for the World Memory, a register of important movies. The contribution describes the current situation and conditions of the audiovisual culture heritage protection through IS SK CINEMA- specification, architecture and standards. Activities
of the National Information Centre of the Fire and Rescue Corps (SK) The paper presents some activities of an information centre, whose primary role is to provide for information support in the field of fire protection and rescue services. The centre is unique in the Slovak Republic and the neighbouring countries as well. As the result of an interdisciplinary character of the fire protection field, this information centre has a very broad spectrum of users. The essential part of the paper creates a survey of the library and information services and the standardisation activities realised by this information centre. The end of the paper is focused on the main strategic goals, which are to be fulfilled by the centre within the next 5 years. CDS ISIS –
Maxi systems on the Micro platform! (SK) This article informs about actual situation in distribution of CDS/ISIS in Slovakia, about international activities of CDS/ISIS distributors and about newest activities of UNESCO. The CDS/ISIS software package is presently used not only as software for automatisation of smaller library. The big internet database of all telephone numbers in Poland is the best example of not library- oriented application. More of another projects and applications are realised on the base of CDS/ISIS in Slovakia and abroad. Learning is
continuous process – we all learn all the time (CZ) The paper representes a development of the continuous learning for librarians in Czech republic from the beginning from nineties years to this day. It describes the profile of activities of the implementation new educationals programs. It describes the importance of life-long education of library employees which was started by the great growth in technology. Application
of the intellectual freedom principles in libraries USA. Experience from
the Fellowship Program at the University of Illinois Library (SK) This article points out the importance and necessity of access to information at the present time. On the base of gained experience during the Fellowship Program at the Mortenson Center University of Illinois Library at Urbana – Champaign, USA the paper explains the basic principles of intellectual freedom and free access to information. The Fellowship Program was concentrated on supporting the training centers of the continuing professional education for librarians. It was realised within the Network Library Program supported by the Open Society Institute in Budapest. The paper is oriented to the comparison of intellectual freedom principles application to the American and Slovak academic and public libraries. To understand
is more difficult than to know – but is it enough? (SK) This contribution reacts to the current situation in tertiary education, specifically with regard to the transformation of „society“ into „information society“. There is a growing need for information literacy and these skills depend on information training which is an inseparable part of education. University students should gain adequate knowledge in the area of information literacy. The importance of academic libraries in the process of information education is also dealt with. The libraries
are one of important keys for the access to European Union (CZ) The problem of unification of Europe is not only a topical question of present but within the framework of the information society – it becomes also an important information area. The growth of information needs of citizens and meeting their demands is directly bound to the ungoing process of the extension of the European Union as well as with their changes and innovations. Public libaries become, from the view of their mission as information institutios, a part of this important and wide aktivity. Its application finds here the orientation of libaries themselves their role in culture and information policy of particular countries but also an access to information aimed at the problem of unificaton of Europe, and their dissemination. The public libraries in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland are the part of information policy and also can help for the all group users of library service e.g. the access to informations about EU. Flexibility of libraries, the use of modern information technologies is a significant aid for inclusion libaries of candidate countries into an information system focused on the European Union its history, structure, law and activty in the period of, e.g.coming referendum of citiziens of the Czech Republic. An analysis of this situation and presenting examples from particular libraries is a real evidence of this situation. Public libraries are an important information tool in being acquainted with EU and unification of Europe mainly in the time of coming referendum. |
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