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The bibliography represents the "backbone" of any writing, whether it is a doctoral thesis or a simple paper. The lack of primary or elementary documents necessary to write a paper, as well as the lack of theoretical and sometimes practical documentation on a particular topic, associated with the lack of intellectual work techniques and the lack of writing skills, lead, in almost all cases, to plagiarism and non-value. The role of a reference librarian in university libraries, those whose specific users are students, master students, doctoral students, university / pre-university teachers and researchers is, first and foremost, one of training in the use and exploration of a library's resources. The future of the library is conditioned by the 3 major challenges of the moment: open access to information, intellectual property rights and interoperability. To meet these challenges, not only the role of the library needs to be carefully re-examined, but also that of librarians, who need to assess their traditional "status quo" and discover new methods of efficient communication, valorisation and dissemination of information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Book donation is the oldest method of completing a library's collections but is still considered today an act of great generosity, of great interest to libraries, especially in recent years, when the total amounts allocated to the purchase of books are in a vertiginous decline. For the Philosophy Library, branch of the Central University Library "Mihai Eminescu" Iași, an important source of completing the collections is the documents entered free of charge in the library funds following remarkable donations from individuals or legal entities: donations coming from the headquarters, from various institutions, from authors (teaching staff, PhD students, writers), from students (to the final license/master) or from retired teachers. Of great importance are the considerable donations made by families who have inherited impressive libraries of university professors or cultural personalities. Every book donated to the Philosophy Branch is important, we can consider the value of the information it contains, the existence in the library collections, the bibliophile value, the prestige of the publishing house that printed it, the quality of the paper, autographs. All donations entered in the branch's collections contain publications relevant to the library profile; these donations have helped to enrich the Philosophy Branch's collections with some rare, valuable books, but of great importance is the fact that the donated titles, in most cases, did not exist in the library's collections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to analyze the online transparency of the reference services on the websites of the Romanian university libraries. Investigations have been carried out in order to identify the presence of a webpage dedicated to reference services and an organizational structure encompassing the reference activity, the types of reference services provided and the tools created for remote users. The data collected demonstrate a poor representation of the reference services on these websites and a slow pace of their development in line with the current requirements. The presence of web 2.0 services is also not gratifying, on the most popular social platforms we discover more the university and less the library. We have distinguished a small number of library guides, usually written in text format. In most of cases, they refer to listing steps which might solve a specific situation (creating an account, accessing the library, etc.). This analysis is an opportunity for reflection for the Romanian university libraries that must focus their efforts on reviving and rethinking the reference services, so as to align them with the users' needs and trends encountered internationally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Istros Publishing House of the “Carol I” Museum of Brăila has made available to readers interested in the field of book history an imposing “comprehensive volume” (848 pages), bearing the signature of historian and bibliologist Doru Bădără, on the occasion of reaching the age of 70. Renowned specialist in the field of old books and the history of Romanian printing, PhD in the Middle History of Romania, Mr. Doru Bădără has a rich publishing activity. The Foreword and the Word from the Publishing House belong to the friend and former schoolmate, the university professor PhD Ionel Cândea. In the volume edited by Niculae Ravici-Tătăranu, 80 articles and studies published between 1980-1919 are reproduced, mostly representing the texts of the papers presented at various scientific events which were initially printed in well-known scientific periodicals. In general, his subjects were inspired by the rich old book collection of the Central University Library in Bucharest, where Mr. Bădără has worked without interruption since 1972 and until now; since 2001, as head of the Bibliophilia Department. Manuscripts and Restoration. Created with his well-known scientific meticulousness, the articles and studies were grouped in ten thematic chapters: The History of the Romanian Book and Printing; Bibliophily; Manuscripts; Bibliology; Brăila Studies; Vary; Notes; Reviews; Prefaces; In Memoriam. The publisher’s care to print the volume in the best graphic conditions is noticeable. Due to the diversity of topics approached with a lot of professionalism, given that we do not have access to many periodicals, the anniversary volume is welcome in the Romanian publishing landscape and can be a good model to follow. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper analyzes how some of the most important libraries in Romania (The National Library of Romania, the Academy Library, the „Carol I� Central University Library in Bucharest, the „Lucian Blaga� Central University Library in Cluj, the „Eugen Todoran� Central University Library in Timisoara and the „Mihai Eminescu� Central University Library in Iași) and, for comparison, two major UK libraries (British Library and Oxford University Library) uses social media platforms. To perform this analysis are presented the library role in contemporary society, the impact of social media platforms in everyday life and how libraries can use social media tools to achieve their goals. Thus, libraries in the West have better understood that promoting online activity is one of the most effective ways to attract users, an example that should be followed by libraries in Romania, whereas the progress made by them through social networks is evidenced by the statistics attesting to the increase in the number of users. Developments in technology and the presence of the Internet in the Romanian libraries are an advantage these institutions should use more to achieve their goals and objectives being a fast and efficient means of communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]