Brief information is presented on the results of the International scientific and practical conference «Science, Technology, Information in Libraries (Libway-2022)», which continued the traditions of the 2018–2020 forums. This year, the participants discussed topical issues, practices and research in the field of scientific communications and the organization of science, book culture and library and information activities. The papers and messages presented at the plenary session, section sessions, round tables and panel discussions are characterized. The moderators of the events provided information about the work of the meetings.

Expositions in museums, libraries, other institutions of culture and arts as well as publications about book inscriptions are an illustration of the increased interest to this theme. The Scientific Library of the Tobolsk Historical and Architectural Museum- Reserve contains more than three thousand books with inscriptions and autographs of many famous figures of Siberia, Russia and abroad. Even if the addressee’s surname does not belong to the category of famous and celebrated, the donation record does not become less interesting. The publication presents a brief characteristic of the book collection of the producer A. I. Tunkov, found in the stock of the Scientific Library of the Tobolsk Historical and Architectural MuseumReserve, and attributes the discovered script of the actor M. M. Mikhailovich-Dolsky on the book “Picture Gallery or Systematic Collection of Drawings in all Branches of Human Knowledge” (St. Petersburg, 1872). The author managed to determine the names of the addressees of this inscription, the circumstances that gave rise to its origin. Work in the Scientific Archive of the Tobolsk Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve and in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art permitted to find out previously unknown facts from the biography of A. I. Tunkov.

The publication of scientific journals performs a number of functions, including that of state importance, which, in turn, embrace the country image formation and determination of its place on the international arena by demonstrating the level of scientific and economic potential development of the State. Therefore, the process of publishing and studying scientific journals is an actual task. This article considers the publication of scientific journals in SB RAS in the period of 2001–2010 thereby clarifying and complementing to the picture of the regional and all-Russian scientific book publishing. The source base is representative as, based on the current archives of the Siberian enterprise “Science” RAS (printing house No. 4) and the Siberian publishing company “Nauka” of RAS, the analysis of normative-legislative documents, prepared by the Presidium of SB RAS and the Scientific-Publishing Council of SB RAS, regulating organizational and financial aspects of the Branch activities for the publication of scientific journals in the period under study, has been made. Besides, all issues of the weekly newspaper SB RAS “Science in Siberia” for the period of 2001– 2010, 24 scientific journals published by the Publishing House of SB RAS (ISO RAS), which founder was SB RAS together with institutes, as well as scientific journals published in scientific institutes and institutions of SB RAS, universities, private publishing houses have been viewed. The role of the Scientific-Publishing Council of SB RAS (INSO SB RAS) as a permanent advisory body of SB RAS Presidium, which formed and implemented into practice the strategic tasks of publishing, is presented. The discrepant role of English-language versions of journals, which, on the one hand, contribute to the entry of Russian science on the international arena and its integration into the global science, present its results to the world community, forming a positive image of the country, on the other hand, demand considerable labor and financial expenses, is disclosed. The obtained data allow revealing and characterizing the basic structural divisions of SB RAS publishing and printing base for issuing scientific journals (Publishing House of SB RAS, publishing houses of scientific centers, institutes and institutions of SB RAS, universities), and composing the list of private publishing houses, attracted by the Branch for these objectives.

The goal of the article is to present the experience of creating an electronic catalog of the library of the Znamensky Cathedral of Kemerovo diocese. The article examines the history of the library foundation, its role in the educational activities of Kemerovo diocese. The characteristic of documents of the library collections as objects of metadata forming when creating the electronic catalog is given, the availability of both religious and secular literature in different languages including reprint publications and electronic resources is emphasized. The technology for creating the electronic catalog using the “Authoritative Files” database, developed by the catalogers of the State Scientific Library of Kuzbass named after V. D. Fedorov, is described in detail. Regulatory documents including national standards are listed as well as the software in the form of the automated library and information system “OPAC-Global” and linguistic tools used in cataloging are presented. The classification table brief characteristic and its peculiarities used in the systematization of documents in the library under analysis is given. The experience of working together the Znamensky Cathedral, the State Scientific Library of Kuzbass named after V. D. Fedorov and Kemerovo State Institute of Culture in the project “The Electronic Catalog Creation in the library of the Znamensky Cathedral” is summarized. Participation of KemSIC Faculty of Information and Library Technologies students in this project within their work practice for to perfect their cataloging skills and abilities is emphasized. The quantitative results of the creation of bibliographic records in the electronic catalog for the period of 2021 are presented. In the conclusion, the outlook for the electronic catalog being created in the activities of the Znamensky Cathedral library is denoted: optimization of the information search, the opportunity to participate in the machine-readable cataloging projects, the creation of the quality system of library and information services for readers.

The object of the report is to present a complex approach to lifelong professional education of library specialists in the digital environment, used in the Far Eastern State Scientific Library, to disclose the factors influencing quantitative and qualitative indicators in this sphere, to identify problematic and positive aspects based on the results of activities for the period of 2017–2021. The main attention is paid to the system of lifelong education of the staff of public libraries in the Khabarovsk Territory, closely related to the activities of the Center for Professional Development on the basis of the Far Eastern State Scientific Library, founded in 2002 with the support of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and received the first license in the Far East to conduct educational activities on the basis of the library institution in 2004. Licensed programs of upgrading skills of library specialists of the region, short-term training in the framework of non-formal education, information and methodological support of educational activities (generation of information resources in modern formats in modern formats on current areas of library activity, development of network educational projects aimed at improving professional level of staff of the Far Eastern State Scientific Library and municipalities of the Khabarovsk Territory, support of professional skills competitions, analysis of the libraries activities) are examined. In the context of the digital space formation, the efforts of the Far Eastern State Library are aimed at interacting with partner libraries, providers of information resources, updating pedagogical tools with an emphasis on a competencybased approach, expanding the list of educational programs, introducing distance learning on additional professional programs, and providing open access to digitized educational resources.

The history of foundation and development of one of libraries of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) – the Institute of Semiconductor Physics is briefly presented, interesting facts are given, and the types of its activities at the present stage are described. The object is to acquaint the library community with the work of the academic library staff in its historical aspect and to show the need for scientific and methodological support for its full-fledged activities.

Digital information technologies’ rapid development over the recent decade has made the smartphone an integral part of the modern user’s life, turning this gadget into a means for instant information acquisition anywhere and anytime, therefore, library, as one of its most important sources, strives to use mobile technologies as efficiently as possible in the process of providing information to users, including by creating adapted versions of websites for smartphones or mobile applications. The purpose of the work is to determine, basing on domestic and foreign sources, as well as data from the Internet sites where mobile applications are presented, which software products meet the needs of library users, what their peculiarity and advantages and disadvantages are like. The absence of detailed domestic studies based on usability testing, which could have provided more complete information about the requirements for library mobile applications, is noted. The basic criteria used to form the first idea of the value of the presented product as well as the tools allowing to collect more detailed information about its applicability are listed. Based on the selected 35 applications, a list of options that are most popular with developers has been composed, and on the app stores, that provide information about user ratings and reviews, functions that are significant for users have been identified. The paper supports the idea that the development of a mobile application cannot be considered an obligatory requirement, it is noted that when planning its creation, the library should take into account a number of objective factors, for example, the availability of sufficient resources, valuable content, as well as social, educational and gender characteristics of its target audience.

The article is about the evolution of reference service models in US libraries, starting with the development of a theoretical concept in the first half of the nineteenth century and ending with innovative models of today. The author’s object is to consider the main approaches to the organization of reference services, to give the description of the most common models, and to describe examples of their practical implementation in public and university libraries in the USA. The article reveals how reference librarians are trying to rethink, re-equip and modernize reference services with the help of experiments and initiatives for information interaction with users. The reference desk in the article is marked as the main “stumbling block” on the way to an ideal SBO model. A number of researchers believe that with the increase in the volume of available information and technological innovations, the previous organizational model hinders the effective use of library staff. The development of a reference service concept capable of providing an innovative competitive position that meets the future expectations of reference services users continues to be a key problem in the era of digitalization.

There exist many problems challenging the translator of literature for children. On the one hand, the obligatory condition is an exact transformation of the sense and idea of the work of literature. On the other hand, the translator should avoid “formal word-for-word”. Besides, it is impossible to “take liberties” with the text of the original. The translation must be sated with the national colour of the original, which could permit any speaking another language reader to conceive style peculiarities of the author being translated. This article is about the relevance and importance of translated foreign literature for children in Uzbekistan in the period of 1991–2021. The author has chosen for the analysis books for children, issued at the initiative of the center of Asian culture with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republics of Central Asia. The article also analyzes the translated fiction for children, published on the pages of the journal “Jahon adabiyoti” (The World Literature). The author focuses attention on works which: are original in content, have a communicative effect, contribute to broadening horizons of young readers and enrich their spiritual world. Using the example of translated into Uzbek foreign literature for children, the author tries to find an answer to the question: what is remarkable and actual in translated literature for children in the space of intercultural interaction. Problems of the relevance and importance of translated literature for children, were discussed at the International Scientific Conference “The 12th Makushin Readings” (Tyumen, May 25-27, 2021).