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{"title":"Russian and East European Books, Journals, Photographs, and Archival Materials at the Canadian Centre for Architecture","authors":"Tim Klähn","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.2018248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.2018248","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Dedicated to supporting research in architecture and the built environment in the broadest sense, the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s collection has significant Russian and East European archival and library holdings, including an outstanding collection of Russian and East European avant-garde books, journals, photographs, and drawings. This brief overview showcases some of the collection’s highlights.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"310 - 330"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44172061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"To Every Thing There Is a Season, and a Time to Every Purpose under Heaven","authors":"Norman A. Ross","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.2025882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.2025882","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Between 1989 and 2002 Norman Ross (Figure 1) published tens of thousands of microfilms and microfiches, created in Russia and Eastern Europe for his company, Norman Ross Publishing. He also published 33 reference books, Over the course of 25 visits to Russia, as well as on frequent trips to Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, Ross developed microfilm and book projects with national libraries and local academic institutions and organized the local filming of major current newspapers. In these endeavors he was assisted by local representatives, a multi-lingual in-house staff in New York, and guidance from Edward Kasinec, the late Robert T. Whittaker, and others. This was the most rewarding segment of owning his own publishing company, which began in 1972 and continues nearly 50 years later.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"356 - 384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43310565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial","authors":"Jon C. Giullian","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.1917071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"129 - 132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917071","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48909126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Collection Profile Analysis and Possible Methodology Based on Current and Projected Needs","authors":"Janet Crayne","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.1917070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917070","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Thanks to the ease of access and functionality facilitated by the internet, WorldCat and its contents have acquired more expansive meaning and are now being viewed in more global terms. More specifically, WorldCat is increasingly used to create portraits of different institutions’ holdings for comparative purposes. Such comparisons might be used to inform very real, large-scale collection decisions and strategies, particularly in the context of today’s earnest discussions about collective collecting. This article questions the wisdom of relying on WorldCat in this way and proposes an alternative approach.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"228 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917070","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49596060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Journey from Wrocław to San Francisco: Memoir of А Bookstore Owner","authors":"Veronica Ahrens-Puławski, Jon C. Giullian","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.1917068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917068","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This memoir tells the story of how Veronica Ahrens-Puławski came to America, settled in San Francisco, California, worked in the business of importing books and periodicals from the Soviet Union, and became the owner and manager of the Russian bookstore, Globus, for 34 years (from 1984–2018). Ahrens-Puławski describes the challenges she faced in learning how to run a business, adopting to new computer technologies, and adapting to changes in the Soviet-Russian book trade brought about first by perestroika and later by the information revolution and the internet.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"235 - 251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44577906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"If Time and Money Matters: EBook Program Challenges in Tallinn University of Technology Library","authors":"K. Kont","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.1917065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917065","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The subject of electronic book (eBook) acquisition and cataloging time and cost management are an unexplored field in Estonia, and based on the information known to the author, there are no similar studies using a “time-driven activity-based costing” (TDABC) methodology for analyzing costs of activities related to eBooks. The purpose of this paper is not to compare the advantages and disadvantages of eBooks. The purpose of the current paper is to verify, by using the Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing method, that the process of purchasing and cataloging eBooks is significantly cheaper, less time-consuming, and ultimately more cost-effective than the process of purchasing and cataloging printed books (pBooks); and to determine whether eBooks streamline the acquisition and cataloging process for books. The results of this study were compared with the results of a previous study on the acquisition and cataloging of print books (pBooks) that was conducted at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) Library in 2012–2013.Methodology.The data used in this paper are based on a review of relevant literature in order to survey the different problems and challenges in the library sector that slow down the success of the eBook management process. Through a case study conducted at TalTech Library, a time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) method was used, such that all activities related to acquisition and cataloging of individually purchased eBooks were identified, recorded in detail and analyzed. More specifically, the study concerned eBooks offered in the Ebook Central platform and covered acquisition processes (such as receipt of purchase requests, communication with patrons, making a purchase, and feedback to the patron).Findings. On the basis of the current study it can be said that the activities related with eBooks take remarkably less staff time and finances than pBooks. The efficiency of staff increases due to electronic retrieval, processing, and delivery of collections. This study led to an understanding that many activities between different units or departments, especially in a large library, actually duplicate each other, and work could be organized in a more effective way if duplication is avoided, which in turn saves time and money. The results of this study suggest that some acquisition of eBooks can eliminate duplication of effort in both the acquisition and cataloging processes.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"170 - 196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917065","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46402107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Repertoire of Lubok Books Covering Ukrainian History (1830s - 1910s)","authors":"T. Karoyeva","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.1917063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917063","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In Western modern book publishing, there existed “folk” books also known as chapbooks that were intended for grass-root readers. In the Ukrainian tradition, they were called lubok books. Ukrainians had no opportunity to study their national history at school in the Russian Empire, therefore, alternative channels of social communication, in particular, books were gaining importance. The article deals with the repertoire of lubok books that depicted events of the history of Ukraine. The repertoire has been analyzed by time, place and language of printing, as well as by thematic directions.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"133 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46596217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Late Soviet and Post-Soviet Ephemera Collection at Harvard Library","authors":"A. Rakityanskaya","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.1917067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917067","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Russian Ephemera Collection (late 1980s–1990s) at Harvard Library is a monumental primary source collection for the study of the late Soviet and post-Soviet era. It was acquired in the 1990s along with the collection of Independent and Post-Soviet Press, but remained “hidden” until 2013–2014, when it was cataloged and digitized. Digitization played a role not only in the preservation but also in the discovery of the collection. The ephemera cover various subjects, ranging from purely political (elections, the 1991 coup d’état attempt, rallies, political parties and politicians, independence movements, ethnic conflict) to cultural, religious and business-related topics.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"210 - 227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46982327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Croatian Collections in the British Library","authors":"Milan Grba","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.1917066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917066","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The paper discusses Croatian historic collections acquired by the British Museum Library in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The results of previous research into the collection are mentioned and the new findings are presented. The paper considers the growth of the Croatian collection to the present and it describes the current holdings. Special attention is paid to academic publications which are at the core of the historic collections and these collections continue to be an important part of the Croatian contemporary collections. The paper states that the British Library holds over 30,000 Croatian titles and more than 100,000 items in various formats: books, journals, periodical issues, maps, manuscripts, typescripts, microform, and digital objects, as well as electronic journals and other e-collections. It argues that together with other resources in the Library, the British Library is the largest Croatian cultural, scientific, research, and information center in the U.K.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"197 - 209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43747269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mapping the Ukrainian Foreign-language Press in Europe during the Ukrainian Revolution (1917–1921) in Western and Ukrainian Archives and Libraries","authors":"Serhiy Blavatskyy","doi":"10.1080/15228886.2021.1917064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917064","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper seeks to develop new avenues of research for the study of the Ukrainian press in Europe in a retrospective of the 20th century. Specifically, it aims to present here a comprehensive overview of the Ukrainian periodicals issued in the West European languages during the Ukrainian Revolution (1917–1921). In the process of the search work conducted during 2012–2019, the corpus of the Ukrainian foreign-language press in Europe spanning the Ukrainian national liberation movement/Ukrainian Revolution has been identified. This has been accomplished through a comprehensive study of the foreign-language bibliography (by means of the bibliographic heuristics’ method) and scholarly reference sources, as well as systematic fieldwork in the holdings of both Western and Ukrainian archives and libraries. The Ukrainian press in the West European languages of Europe of that period serves as a barometer of receptions by different West European media outlets of the Ukrainian Revolution (1917–1921). Its structure, editorial policies, and content serve both as a record, as well as a digest of the foreign (i.e., West European) press receptions about the Ukrainian national revolution. The complex nature of this cluster of the Ukrainian press thus enables researchers (both Ukrainian, and foreign scholars) to use it as an important (and sometimes indispensable) source of information about the development and transformations of the Ukrainian Revolution. This study argues that this corpus of publications is a unique phenomenon in the history of Ukrainian journalism in terms of its transformation, diversification, internationalization and subsequent integration into the European public sphere. This study also shows that there are yet many gaps in the fields of media history, Slavic and East European Studies, and Ukrainian Studies of the interwar period awaiting attention of future bibliographers and scholars.","PeriodicalId":35387,"journal":{"name":"Slavic and East European Information Resources","volume":"22 1","pages":"147 - 169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15228886.2021.1917064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46644691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}