The authors attempt the comprehensive study of developing publishing industry in the Turkestan region after accession to the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19-th century. The study is based on the periodicals, research papers, archival materials related to the period under study. The authors summarize information on the first printing houses, bookstores and their owners in the materials available from the rare book and manuscript collections of the National Library of Uzbekistan, the Fundamental Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The authors emphasize that despite private publishing houses and printing houses were then established in Turkestan, the book publications by government institutions, departments, scientific and cultural societies prevailed. The authors conclude that the enhancement of the publishing industry in the end of the 19-th century was stipulated by the increasing population demand for printed products, as well as by the increasing demand for printed advertising products owing to the growth of industry and trade. The authors describe the evolution of the book distribution system within the socio-economic and cultural processes in the regional in society. The authors argue that the book distribution in the region combined with the principles of entrepreneurship and enlightenment, while the involvement of the regional administration in the management of this industry was insignificant.

The authors discuss the findings of the study to compare relevant master versions of the State Rubricator of Sci-tech Information and Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) in Russian. The classifications are compared through the method of intellectual analysis of intrinsic and semantic characteristics of SRSTI subject headings and UDC main schedules and its general and special subdivision tables. The UDC compound numbers are assigned to over the half of all rubrication vertexes. Over one third of SRSTI headings are assigned the compound UDC numbers made of two+ simple or compound numbers. The semantic matches between SRSTI headings and assigned UDC numbers are established as logical match, inclusion or extension overlapping with provision for terminological, structural and semantic features of the classifications being compared, as well as of the substance of the subject areas and their indexing principles. The interreflection of SRSTI and UDC numbers is executed in three types of relations: equivalence, hierarchy, association. Based on the analysis of coefficients of distribution by types of relations between semantic SRSTI headings and UDC numbers, the conclusion is made on the relatively high matching of terminology and structure of the given classification systems in almost every thematic class of subject areas. The value of the study is that the “converter” between SRSTI and UDC is to expand functionality of the interrelated classifications.

Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, within the framework of the Government Order No. 075-01235-23-01, R&D theme No. 1021070112681-2-1.2.1;5.8.3, has been pursuing research for building the single network of links between classifications, development of “converters” between them for the purpose of computer-aided thematic systematization, and integration of dispersed information resources. The State Rubricator of Scientific and Technical Information (SRSTI) is the core classification of the unified networked classification links.

Within the R&D program “Information support of research by scientists and specialists on the basis of RNPLS&T Open Archive – the system of scientific knowledge aggregation”, the RNPLS&T analyzes the use of linguistic tools of thematic search in the modern library information systems and the prospects for their development. The author defines the key common characteristics of e-catalogs of the largest Russian libraries revealed at the first stage of the analysis. Based on the specified common characteristics and detailed comparison analysis, the author outlines and substantiates the vectors for enhancing search inter faces of e-catalogs. The focus is made on linguistic tools of thematic search in library information systems; the key vectors are suggested: use of thematic search at different search levels with the clear-cut level differentiation; use of combined functionality within thematic search system; implementation of classification search in all e-catalogs; hierarchical representation of classifications; use of the matching systems for classification information retrieval languages, and in the long term classification and verbal information retrieval languages, and various verbal information retrieval languages. The author formulates practical recommendations to improve thematic search in library information systems.

The RNPLS&T’s Single Open Information Archive (SOIA) under construction supports the functionality of open access repository. To provide interoperability, the metadata describing the SOIA objects are rendered to external information systems in various formats using OAI-PMH and SRU/SRW [1, 2] technologies.

The open access repositories support Dublin Core metadata. Besides, MARCXML, ORE, RDF metadata are also among the supported schemes for some program implementations, however, their presence is quite limited. The OAI-PMH proprietary software used in SOIA enables to expand the completeness of metadata, in particular, for integration with promising technologies, e. g. semantic networks and linked data.

The authors analyze the match between SOIA subject headings and concepts of GEMET thesaurus built within SKOS model and RDF. Terms interpretation within the thesaurus is one of SKOS functions. Despite the relatively quantitatively low intersection of SOIA headings and GEMET concepts, the identified matchings enrich SOIA information model. The authors suggest the extended model for RDF presentation of SOIA objects.

The dynamic academic and educational environment needs the specialists capable to work in the intensively developing open science information infrastructure, to retrieve, analyze and synthesize heterogeneous information, to process structured and unstructured research data; to document research findings, to represent them in the open access; to be engaged in social media, and to be aware of many aspects of the open science concept. The programs, forms, approaches and practice of training specialists in open science within the global initiative projects and organizations (FOSTER, Creative Commons, Digital Curation Center, COS, etc.), and individual organizations/universities (Humboldt university, Delft University of Technology) are explored. The best experience of educating open science culture online is discussed. The author also suggests the program of advanced training course “The open science culture” for scientists, post-graduatestudents, lecturers, and librarians. The program may be used in professional training and practice-oriented extended professional programs and specialized professional retraining. The study makes the background for building the system for teaching the principles and procedures of open science. The system may be implemented in academic and educational institutions.

Many scholars point to the crisis in the Russian bibliology. Meanwhile, those involved in the discussion specify the origins of the crisis in the discipline differently. One possible way to overcome the theoretical crisis of bibliology is to turn to Robert Darnton’s conceptual model of communications circuit. Robert Darnton is well known for his studies in the history of book culture of the modern era yet his model, which has long been recognized as a classic in international historical book studies, has been ignored by Russian bibliologists. The author describes the model that contemplates to identify agents of book communications; the sustained interactions between the agents structure and reproduce the world of book culture. The methodological context of the “pragmatic turn” that defines the model-based concept of book culture based on Clifford Geertz’s semiotic theory of culture, is revised. Possible ways of adapting Darnton’s model to the subsequent stages of media development are outlined. The communications circuit model offers research optics to consider book culture as the communicative wholeness within which the book serves as a medium to facilitate social interactions between different agents involved in the book communication process. Application of Darnton’s model would provide a new research agenda and its incorporation into the relevant international scholarly context.

The article is prepared on the occasion of the jubilee of Professor Yury N. Stolyarov, a prominent Russian scholar, pedagogue, science organizer, Doctor of Science in Pedagogy. The authors analyze the key vectors and products of his scholarly endeavors. His authority and status in the library theory and practice are high. The authors discuss Y. Stolyarov's contribution into modern library science, bibliology, documentology in the subject field of library science and practice. The authors emphasize his most significant achievements in methodology (structural and functional approach in library science, documentology development and institutionalization); terminology and its formation mechanisms; historical reconstruction of book culture origins; preservation and promotion of the legacy of famous librarians and library scientists of the past and present; theoretical and practice-oriented tools of library collection studies; scientific background of library policy; original approaches toward library profession studies and management; and science organization. The authors examine each group of achievements through the prism of the well-known and most significant theoretical and practical works by Yury N. Stolyarov.

The article is timed to coincide with the anniversary of Reserve Colonel Anatoly Mikhailovich Panchenko, a prominent researcher of the history of military libraries, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Chief Researcher of the Book Science Laboratory of the State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GPNTB SB RAS). The biography of the hero of the day is briefly reviewed, including the years of his military service, pedagogical and scientific activities in a military educational institution and work in the scientific institution. The author outlines and characterizes the range of Panchenko’s scientific interests reflected in more than 200 of his scientific publications: the history of military library science, scientific book publishing in the post-Soviet period, history of book culture, work with egodocuments, and cultural traditions of Russian officers. The key scientific works in the history of military libraries of the Russian army are characterized. Panchenko’s contribution to the personalization of the history of military librarianship is emphasized. The author focuses in particular on the interest Panchenko takes in the history of the library of the Military Headquarters and General Staff, its structure and development in the pre-revolutionary period, which is evidenced by the bulk of publications: several of these papers coincide with the Library’s various anniversaries. For many years, A. M. Panchenko has cooperated with the Military Historical Library of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The journals that publish his works are named. The personal qualities that enable M. Panchenko to succeed in science are emphasized. The works by A. M. Panchenko have received high appraise among Russian historians of librarianship and librarians.