The smart library project. Development of information and library services for educational and scientific activity
| Published date | 04 June 2018 |
| Pages | 535-549 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-01-2017-0017 |
| Date | 04 June 2018 |
| Author | Ruslan Aleksandrovich Baryshev,Sergey Vladimirovich Verkhovets,Olga Ivanovna Babina |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Information & communications technology,Internet |
The smart library project
Development of information and library
services for educational and scientific activity
Ruslan Aleksandrovich Baryshev
Department of Library and Publishing Complex, Siberian Federal University,
Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Sergey Vladimirovich Verkhovets
Department of Ecology and Nature Management, Siberian Federal University,
Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation, and
Olga Ivanovna Babina
Department of Library and Publishing Complex, Siberian Federal University,
Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Abstract
Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the phenomenon of smart libraries, which began in the 2000s,
alongside the development of computer technology, digital storage the internet and human–computer
interactions. The smart library is a system of library and information services developed to support research
and training activity. This paper describes the need to introduce innovative library and information services
at universities through users’ personal accounts.
Design/methodology/approach – An analysis of more than 200 publications mainly written by foreign
scientists was conducted, given the dearth of Russian literature on the smart library and its services. The
analysis revealed that in Western countries, the term smart library represents a wide range of meanings –
from the understanding that it is a typical type of networking to assumptions about the total services
provided by libraries in an urban environment.
Findings – The paper presents a review of both classical library services and those that are focused on the
needs of modern education and science.
Research limitations/implications – The research results may be the best limited to university libraries.
Practical implications – The research results have practical use in the Library and Publishing Complex
of the Siberian Federal University. Consequently, a new library information environment has been developed
and integrated into the university’s information space.
Social implications – The research results have social use in Siberian Federal University. The personal
account can be regarded as a functioning system of interaction and information exchange among the
automated systems of the Library and Publishing Complex, automated learning management system and
integrated educational environment.
Originality/value – This paper presents a certain set of technical solutions and some services available
through personal accounts.
Keywords Library services, University libraries, Information technology in libraries,
Informatization, Smart library
Paper type Technical paper
Introduction
A library traditionally acts as the social institute directed to the realisation of both
information access and cultural functions. An electronic library, acting as a superstructure
Smart library
project
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Received 24 January 2017
Revised 7 April 2017
14 July 2017
Accepted 30 September 2017
The Electronic Library
Vol. 36 No. 3, 2018
pp. 535-549
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DOI 10.1108/EL-01-2017-0017
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