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Social media content can be considered an unprecedented historical resource that reflects present-day ordinary life. However, although private data are publicly available on social media, the preserving of such personal content by a third party entails legal and ethical concerns. We report on a nationwide questionnaire survey conducted to obtain the responses of people to hypothetical scenarios of social media archiving by the National Diet Library in Japan. Within our survey sample, 35% of respondents (n = 1126) disagreed with scenarios involving the preserving of blogs and public tweets. Moreover, we found that the agreement rate for the archiving of government websites already collected under the current legislation was 44%. Ordered logistic analysis clarified that privacy-sensitive respondents tend to resist archival scenarios, and content analysis showed that the disagreement reasons involve concerns over information privacy. Our findings suggest that informed consent and data anonymisation could be effective means to mitigate such concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides an overview of the development of digital collections at the National Library of Latvia, highlighting experiences in digitising periodicals and making digitised material accessible. The article is based on the author's experience in digitising periodical collections in the period 2007-2024, as well as on information available online.

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The Indonesian constitution provides for welfare and education. To achieve these constitutional mandates, the Indonesian government passed several laws as the foundation for lifelong education, including the Library Act of 2007 and the National Repository Act of 2018. These Acts are the main legal foundation for the National Library of Indonesia (NLI) to create public policies in library service development across Indonesia. This study seeks to understand these laws through Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) Topic Modelling. Using these methods, we uncovered the major themes of these legal mandates for library services. Our research revealed five topics for each law. We then analyzed the NLI budgets from 2021 to 2023 to see how the key legal mandates were implemented. We found greater implementation of the 2007 Act than the 2018 Act. Our study offers new methods for library law and policy research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The National Library and Archives of Iran is the most important library in the country, taking on tasks such as providing and protecting the written and unwritten national heritage and organizing the services of other libraries in Iran. An assessment of the National Library and Archives of Iran is critical to understanding how the organization contributes to organizational and strategic goals. This article aims to show the rankings and priorities of performance indicators based on the four perspectives of the balanced scorecard framework (resources, access and infrastructure; use; efficiency; and potentials and development) and with use of the analytic hierarchy process. The perspectives of resources, use, efficiency, and potentials and development were rated. The top performance indicators included: 'Level of user satisfaction with searching the National Library and Archives of Iran's website', 'Percentage of acquired books in any medium and multimedia resources entered by legal deposit' and 'Qualitative evaluation using case studies of use and value of the collection and services'. Pervious literature shows various applications of a joint balanced scorecard and analytic hierarchy process. This study applies this integrated framework throughout an organization in a new service field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The role of the national library in country life is important as a given, and during the wartime, it increases and changes its activity directions. During wartime the libraries face new tasks in the scientific informational field, particularly in teaching and popularising the history of Ukraine, our country's defence stance, and the postwar rebuilding. Using modern technologies, it is possible to direct multiple types of informational activity and bring such work to an appropriate level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Public libraries reflect the contemporary way of life. In the era of the digital data age, actions carried out through libraries can be traced and analyzed to monitor the demand for library services. This study presents the development and utilization of Korea's National Library Big Data Platform (NLBDP), which was constructed to collect operational data from public libraries in the country and to build national open data platform for the participating libraries and for public use. This study analyzed 17 application cases that utilized NLBDP in order to understand the way the platform has been used. The findings showed that the types of data analyzed so far have been somewhat limited. It suggests needs for further enhancing the data quality and for diversifying data sources, such as individual local library operational data, surveys, demographics, news, and social media. The results also revealed that NLBDP has been utilized for seven distinct purposes: library operations and strategic planning; social trend analysis; collection management; redesigning library space; recruiting new patrons; library marketing; and non-library applications. Building an infrastructure for networked data analysis not only enables evidence-based decision-making in public libraries, but also extracts timely topics that can be developed as useful services for their community. The findings of this study highlighted the necessity to formulate national library data policies and gather data capable of measuring the social impact of libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The National Library of Armenia, a vital public institution, has played a crucial role in accumulating a vast database of human knowledge over its century-long existence. Emphasizing the importance of making its collections accessible and usable, the library has adapted its priorities in response to challenges posed by the pandemic and war. Aligning with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) introduced in 2017, libraries, including the National Library of Armenia, contribute significantly by promoting literacy, ensuring free information availability, and fostering safe and inclusive spaces. The integration of libraries into the SDGs is rooted in their role as primary suppliers of information, supporting the broader goals of sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article provides a description and edition of MSS Leiden Or. 14.545 b–c. Radiocarbon dating (14C dating) pinpoints the manuscript to an early period in Islamic history, and this is affirmed by its palaeographical and codicological features. As a result of its dating, it has received considerable attention from scholars and the media. This study confirms the manuscript's direct relationship with MSS Paris, BnF Arabe 331 and St. Petersburg, National Library, Marcel 3. A verse count analysis was carried out in order to establish its origin. There is evidence that the manuscript journeyed from al-Fusṭāṭ in Old-Cairo to Beirut in Lebanon before finally settling in Leiden in the Netherlands. For several reasons, it was difficult to determine the exact origin of the manuscript. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the program called "Gecenin İçinden" broadcast on TRT Radio 1 due to the 59th Library Week, the interview consists of the answers to the questions posed on the history of Turkish Librarianship, important examples, the place and importance of libraries in socio-cultural and academic life, and the role of books and libraries in the socialization of knowledge in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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To preserve and promote the historical and cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia is an urgent and timely issue in the context of sociocultural changes taking place in the world due to transformation of the society value orientations, information sphere globalization, and information digitalization. The significant contribution to the solution of these issues is made by national libraries, including the national libraries of the republics of the Russian Federation.The article discusses the activities of the five national libraries in Republics of Altai, Buryatia, Sakha (Yakutia), Tyva, Khakassia on the formation of thematic full-text electronic collections. This study contributes to the creation of a unified (consolidated) regional information and navigation portal of electronic collections of the named national libraries.Presentation of diverse local collections through a single access window, their relaying will contribute to the most complete preservation of historical memory, attracting the attention of specialists to these collections, meeting information needs.

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Beyond the shadow of a doubt, technology has changed and continues to change irrevocably our lives. From one day to the next, we are witnessing complex transformations, acting both on society as a whole and each individual. No matter how advanced today's society seems, we cannot ignore the obvious differences between different social groups, the regional imbalances and, even more so, the effects these have on equal opportunities. And society, through the state authorities, must seek and find solutions to mitigate all of this. The emergence and development of the library as an institution have been instrumental in mitigating these differences, at least at the informational level, creating the premises for openness and opportunities for every citizen, regardless of social status, religion, ethnicity or gender. As it has been pointed out from the analysis of the policies and strategies developed and approved by the world's largest national libraries or by international bodies representing the interests of libraries, the libraries' activity field makes no exception to the general rule, being subject to the transformations generated by the unprecedented technological advances of recent years, by the rigours imposed by the need to protect the ecological balance of the planet or to narrow the development gaps between or within regions, all in the context of fulfilling their traditional missions. The strategic directions pursued by elite institutions from the library's field are user-centred and concentrated on meeting user needs, with a focus on data collection and analysis, digitalisation of processes and digitisation of collections, adoption of new technologies in daily practice, and openness and involvement in international collaborations. The idea of information sharing and open access, at least in terms of research data, is increasingly taking shape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most existing performance indicators, devised mainly for academic and public libraries, compared a library's input and output to the size of its primary user group. However, national libraries do not have such a defined user group -- a fact that had to be reflected in the chosen indicators, which cover: building the national collection, making services accessible, offering reference services, building potentials for development, preserving the collection, and managing the collection efficiently. Performance indicators for library services have been developed and standardized and are today in widespread use. The article is an overview of performance criteria in libraries and information services and shows methods for assessing and measuring the quality of library services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Globalization is closely connected with the process of transition to a common information space. Libraries take an active part in this process. They, thanks to the development of cooperation, can use international experience, evaluate their activities and achievements, identify problems, improve the professional level of library specialists and participate in the development of new concepts for the development of library and information business and culture in general, intensify interaction with state and interstate coordination bodies. The article summarizes the experience of organization of work on the development of international cooperation between the libraries of the Republic of Uzbekistan with libraries and leading information, educational and scientific institutions, publishing houses of foreign countries, diplomatic missions, funds, representative offices of international organizations. It includes international document exchange, readers service within the framework of international interlibrary loan; project activities, preparation and holding of international scientific and practical conferences, symposiums, seminars, exhibitions, etc. The main directions of international activities of the National Library of the Republic of Uzbekistan named after A. Navoi and information resource centers of universities are also described. The author comes to the conclusion that for a fruitful solution of problems, it is necessary to create a legal framework, attract grant funds and organize joint commercial international projects.

The article reveals the history of the creation and main functions of the Book Chamber of the Chuvash Republic (in 2000–2012 – the State Press Archive), which in 2013 became part of the National Library of the Chuvash Republic. The purpose of the article is to reveal the significance of the Book Chamber of the Chuvash Republic as the main center for collecting and storing printed materials about Chuvashia and the Chuvash people, regardless of the place of publication. On the basis of the chronological method, the role of printed materials in the Chuvash language in the preservation of the ethnic culture of the titular people has been studied. It was revealed that the Book Chambers as institutions with a special legal regime existed in 5 points of the Russian Federation: in Moscow, in the republics of Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Chuvashia and Karelia. Their funds were used in scientific and publishing developments, preparation of materials for publication and for reprints. At present, the main activities of the Department of the Book Chamber are the acquisition, accounting and preservation of the fund of printed documents; state registration of printed documents in the Chuvash Republic, preparation of state bibliographic and statistical information; information and bibliographic services for users; methodological support of editorial and publishing activities of the mass media, publishing and printing enterprises of the republic; creation of a bibliographic database of articles «Chuvashik»; preparation and publication of the state bibliographic index «Chronicle of the press of the Chuvash Republic».

How can documentary heritage institutions protect the rights of publishers and creators while archiving their digital works for future generations? Is such an intervention of collecting, archiving and making available digital work justifiable and, if so, why? A legal deposit system is implemented in most national libraries to balance protecting rights holders and guaranteeing public interest. However, the expansion of collection coverage such as e-books and social media content has resulted in legal and ethical conflicts. Legal and economic approaches can convert legal conflicts into analysable trade-off phenomena. Therefore, we explore whether and to what extent economic reasoning applies to the legislative process. This is primarily for electronic legal deposit systems, specifically focusing on copyright and privacy issues. For copyright, legal deposits serve a public domain function and a correction function for market failures. Preserving the function of legal deposits can mitigate legal and ethical risks over time. However, such risks remain, as long as privacy is subjective and contextual. Even if documentary heritage institutions are granted legislative authority to collect digital work mandatorily, they must pursue other methods to minimise such risks. This suggests that collection coverage diversifies between countries and regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media content includes an unprecedented number of personal documents reflecting our time. Few countries or regions have established legal grounds for securing long-term access to these documents, while paper-based publications have been exhaustively accumulated under legal deposit systems. However, archiving social media through national libraries, as a sort of state intervention, could bring about chilling effects on free speech in unexpected ways. The article aims to present empirical data of public concerns concerning social media content, focusing on Twitter's public tweets archived by third parties, through two questionnaire surveys involving university students (Research I) and the public (Research II). The surveys were designed based on three settings: researchers, organisations to which the respondents belong and the National Diet Library in Japan. Consequently, approximately 30% and 47% of the respondents in Research I (n = 197) and II (n = 728), respectively, disagreed with any hypothetical scenario. An ordered logistic analysis to reveal the inter-relations of variables suggests the existence of other factors; thus, neither variables related to Twitter/Internet use nor demographic variables influenced people's perceptions of the archival issue. While protecting privacy rights and copyrights was the primary reason for disagreements regarding third-party archival of tweets, many respondents intuitively displayed a negative reaction without any specific reason. Those who question its value and feel uncomfortable with an authoritative intervention were also identified. To nurture acceptant attitudes, advocating the archival of personal documents and adopting more restrictive archival procedures like taking down posts and anonymisation, public debates on the intervention of public bodies and demonstration of archival values should be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author describes the creation and history of the Historical Photo and Video Collection of the National Széchényi Library (NSZL), and in order to explore the paths of its development, she visited the websites of several national public collections to assess international trends. It is examined what they consider their mission in the field of visual documents, whether they have a separate collection of photographs, what types of photographs they hold and what criteria they use for collection development. She consulted the British Library, the Library of Congress, the French, Canadian, German, Norwegian, Austrian, Spanish and Romanian national library sites for information and, where this was not enough, asked the heads of the photo archives, Jill Delaney of the National Library of Canada and Michaela Pfundner of the Austrian National Library, for help. In the last third of the article, the author gives an overview of the photo collections in Hungary, analysing their relationship with the Historical Photo and Video Collection of the NSZL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Journals are small sized books created by selecting poems written in different genres and styles by an author. While creating these books, some poets took the poems by classifying them according to some of their characteristics. Some of them brought the poems together without observing any rules. This situation is entirely at the discretion of the author who created the journal. Magazines could be created by taking into account a single species, as well as a mix of species. The work of unearthing the journals gives us information about the culture of the period in which they were written, and the understanding of literary taste. At the same time, it is important that some of the information in the magazine has the possibility to change, support and add to our existing information. In this study, the classification of the poetry magazine named Mecmu'a-i Eş'ar, registered in Ankara National Library Manuscripts Collection at 06 Mil Yz A 3639 Number, was made according to the systematic classification project (MESTAP). Apart from a part of Sâlim's divan, there are verse pieces in different shapes belonging to 56 poets in the journal. In the study, firstly, the physical properties of the journal were mentioned. The poems in the journal have been handled in terms of verse type, form and the number of poet's couplets. Information requiring explanation about poets and poems are given as footnotes. The poems and poets identified in the journal were examined by taking into account the table and frame specified within the scope of the "Systematic Classification of Journals Project" (MESTAP). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the relationship that exists between a closed building in tension — a national library—, and an open component that defines it — its storage—. The concept of the library has been transformed over the length of history according to the number of existing books. From then on, they came up with new storage ideas and new types of libraries: from armarium or arkon to a room and, from a room to building. To determine the type of building to which the national library would have to turn in the 21st century, architecture assumes an important role. For this, Chile’s National Library is considered as a case study and compares it with two world referents: France National Library and the British Museum Library1 in England. In addition, the article reveals three typologies that come from a national library to give account of this phenomenon.

The library of Lajos Kossuth arrived in Budapest on 19 June 1894, at the National Széchényi Library of the National Museum of Hungary, and the collection has been a treasure of the national library ever since. The author of the article has been researching the history of the library for years, and in the course of this research he came across an unorganised bundle of documents in the Manuscript Archives of the National Széchényi Library, most of which deal with the sale of the Kossuth Library. The original owner of the letters and minutes is the chairman of the Kossuth Library Committee, lawyer Károly Eötvös. The documents found do not fundamentally change our knowledge of the events, but they complete and in some cases clarify what we already know. Within the framework of the article, the author will discuss a side issue, discovered in the above-mentioned bundle of documents and closely connected with the sale of the Kossuth Library, which focuses the spotlight on the person of Lajos Kossuth’s last secretary, who had been rather obscure until now. This man shared the last days of the used-to-be governor of Hungary, was a direct witness to the events of his final months and, although not originally hired by Kossuth for this task, an active participant in the preparation of the politician’s library for sale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is a written version of the section on general web archiving problems complementing the presentation of Ádám Perger at the 2021 conference “404 Not Found – Who preserves the Internet?”, in which the authors present typical problems they have encountered frequently during the five years of operation of the Web Archive of the National Széchényi Library. Some of these can be solved by the parametrisation the archiving tool or using alternative technology, while others require the involvement of the content provider. The aim of the paper is to raise awareness on how to make websites robotand archive-friendly, similar to the way optimisation is done for accessibility. The article is based partly on the experiences of the Web Archive of the Nation al Széchényi Library and the MIA Wiki knowledge base, and partly on examples collected in the course material for the accredited course of the Library Institute entitled “Internet archiving as a public library task”. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The manuscript of Nahj al-Balaghah belonging to the Safavid period is one of the treasures of the National Library's treasury of documents. of writing this work by the traditional way shows the visual knowledge of the calligrapher and his unique creativity in managing the written text. Its layout is written with distinct visual arrangements. The present study seeks to answer the question of what visual and semantic space creates a visual and semantic space in the audience in the manuscript of Nahj al-Balaghah belonging to the Safavid period and what visual principles and basics influence the creation of this sensory space. The hypothesis of researching the beauty of form and content in a linear work owes much to the heartfelt belief in Islamic-Shiite teachings as well as the creative use of framing and page layout management based on the principles of image organization to convey meaning to the audience Creating a relaxing and amazing atmosphere for the audience of the present age. The purpose of this research is to explain the semantic and visual aspects of influential page layout of Nahj al-Balagheh manuscript as part of the traditional graphics of the Islamic period. The research method is descriptive-analytical, the method of collecting library materials is through phishing and image reading. Based on the studies, it can be concluded: The creation of this manuscript by Shiite calligrapher is associated with love of beauty and enlightenment to the truths of divine existence and self-cultivation, and provides the background for the creation of aural writing on the page, the beauty of form in the Nahj al-Balaghah manuscript, it owes much to the use of conventional and creative frameworks formed the basis for the formation and management of writing. There is a harmony between gilding and writing in conveying a soothing sensory meaning on some pages. Visual arrangements follow the transmission of special meanings such as harmony and calmness, visual movement and effervescence, rhythm and rhythm, darkness and light, distance and proximity, contrast and contrast. The author of this work has used the principles of image organization such as harmony, contrast, balance, mastery, movement and proportion, to convey the sensory meaning, attract the view and visual guidance of the audience.

This paper analyzes the development of libraries in Japan, resulting in the establishment of the National Diet Library. The history of libraries is closely connected with the history of printing, which dates back to the 8th century in that country. The oldest libraries in Japan were archives of official documents or private collections of nobles and aristocrats. Later on, as Buddhist monks dealt with printing technology, libraries appeared near temples. In the Middle Ages, special attention was paid to the literacy of the nation, which directly encouraged the culture of reading. However, the beginning of modern librarianship in Japan is linked to the end of the 19th century and the increasingly rapid modernization of the country in all spheres of society. The first modern library - the Book Institute (Shojaku-kan, 1872), later known as the Imperial Library, is one of three pillars on which the present National Diet Library in Japan was formed in 1948. Today, the NDL consists of two main facilities: the Main Building in Tokyo and the Kansai-kan in Kyoto, as well as the following branches: the International Library of Children's Literature, the Oriental Library, and 27 other libraries. NDL is the only library in Japan, which has the characteristics of a national library: it is founded by the government; in terms of capacity it is larger than other libraries in the country; it supports other libraries with training programs, etc.; it is the depository library and as such it is looking for mandatory copies, because its duty is to collect and preserve the literary heritage of the nation and to preserve rare, valuable and significant works, etc. In addition, the Japanese National Parliamentary Library manages to cope with the increasingly stressed demands of modern society, focused on information technologies. This includes, above all, the growing need for digitalization, as well as, for the remote use of all types of resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper is the published version of a presentation at the online conference and workshop “404 Not Found – Who preserves the Internet?” on 23-24. November 2021. It describes the co-operation initiative between the Web Archive of the National Széchényi Library (NSZL) and some main county libraries, and briefly outlines its process and content elements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article introduces the WARCnet project that is focusing on the use of web archives for research purposes. It takes an overview about the project structure, major tasks, meetings and publications about institutional web archiving practices related to COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to: Identify the forms of advanced knowledge services provided in national libraries, the emergence of which was associated with the emergence of the contemporary digital knowledge society, which are those services that are based on sharing and sharing knowledge to generate new knowledge and achieve the greatest possible benefit in order to build and develop a knowledge society, and the study followed the approach Descriptive and analytical as the most appropriate approach to achieve the objectives of the study, and the study reached a set of results, the most important of which are: Advanced knowledge services is a more advanced term than the term traditional information services, and it is also one of the new concepts that combines knowledge management, knowledge organization and knowledge markets Knowledge Markets, and among the forms of these knowledge services: (the library's website, the online catalog available on the direct line, the digital reference service, the document supply service, the digital desktop media service, the electronic scientific publishing service, the electronic scientific translation service, the search and retrieval service with rules Scientific data, and the study came out with a set of recommendations, namely: The work system in contemporary national libraries should be developed to keep pace with the requirements of the knowledge society and the multiple needs of users by providing a set of knowledge services that depend on second generation web applications, web2.0, and smart phones applications

One of the most important topics is studying the works of the poet Mir Alisher Navoi common to the entire Turkic world and presenting them to today's Kazakhstan readers. The purpose of the article is to acquaint with the manuscripts and rare editions of Alisher Navoi, which have not been studied and noticed by scientists for many years. Alisher Navoi is a bilingual poet and left behind many works. To date, we know about thirty of his works. Kazakhstan readers are familiar with some of these works, and they are still not familiar with some of them. We note the need to study the works of the poet based on the original text and translate them directly from the original into the Kazakh language. Alisher Navoi became very popular during his lifetime. They passed his works from hand to hand, often copied, it widely distributed in many lists of his works throughout the country. For this reason, the poet's manuscripts can be found in the most famous libraries in the world. Among these libraries is the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Central Scientific Library. The article systematizes the works of Alisher Navoi, which are stored in the above-named libraries. Also, a source study and linguistic analysis of his works were carried out. Each manuscript and rare edition of Alisher Navoi has its own history. Therefore, issues of conservation, letters, covers, scribes, customers, and owners of the poet's manuscripts will be considered. Key words: manuscript, lithography, Chagatai literature, Alisher Navoi, Khamsa, Mahbub al-kulub, National Library, Central Scientific Library.

This paper explores the attitudes of librarians in post-Soviet Kazakhstan regarding their roles at the new National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NAL). Using ethnographic observation, interviews, and surveys of library staff (n=24), we find that Kazakhstani librarians either sensed a ‘calling’ to librarianship or ‘fell into’ library careers given life circumstances, and value their library for its contribution to cultural preservation and digital access on a national scale. This pilot project presents NAL to an international community, sharing the voices of Russian- and Kazakh-speaking librarians to highlight the role of libraries in the development of the post-Soviet nation.

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced various life orders to change, activities that are usually done manually have turned into digital-based ones. National Libraries in Southeast Asia have an important role in providing relevant and factual information to avoid inappropriate information. The existence of the pandemic has hampered access to libraries. This has encouraged the national library to maximize the use of social media, especially Instagram as a forum for promotion and service extensions so that the public still gets the information and knowledge they need. This study discusses the use of Instagram by the three National Libraries namely Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The method used is qualitative descriptive, researchers describe the data that has been obtained from three national library Instagram accounts during the pandemic (January 2020-September 2021). The results show Malaysia has the highest frequency of content posts with an average of 102 per month. For the distribution of the most content types, Singapore posted 66% mixed content, Indonesia posted 33% event content, and Malaysia posted 43% event content. In response, Indonesia received the most likes and comments, followed by Malaysia and then Singapore. The three Instagram National Libraries have utilized various Instagram features such as posts, stories, story highlights, live, and videos. Account rebranding such as drafting designs and feeds is highly recommended. To attract the community interest, they must maximize the reels feature, create more diverse content, and consistently create quality, useful, current, and needed content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A library is an open system which in turn belongs to a subsystem of the education system, whose functions are dependent on the community concerned. The National Library plays a vital role in creating human resources and their development in our country. It is a life-long process in the appreciation of the achievement of humanity in knowledge and culture. It also helps in the replenishment of people's spirit by providing books for relaxation and pleasure, with assistance to the students. It performs a significant task in a developing country like India. The progress of a nation mainly depends on education, which provides to its citizens either through formal or non-formal means. In present study the behavioural pattern like their frequency of visit and dependence on the public library has been discussed with special reference to the National Library of India. The paper also explores the information seeking behaviour such as their purpose of visit, materials accessed during their visit to the National Library. The main objective of this study is to examine the services provided by National Library of India to its esteemed users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A sustainable collection development in a national library requires long-term public trust. This article aims to clarify the necessity and priority of preserving conventional and unconventional types of documents as a national collection based on questionnaire surveys in Japan, focusing on public perceptions. The findings indicated that the public need conventional media such as books and journals with a high priority for preservation whereas the level of necessity and priority for archiving unconventional media, such as computer games and social media content, remains low. A logistic analysis suggests that time and exposure to unconventional media can gradually alter public attitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the understanding that the record and preservation of the history of subjects dissenting from gender and sexuality norms are an epistemic right, in this article I seek to point out some notes from a cartography that I made in the Alair Gomes Collection, in National Library of Brazil. Alair Gomes (1921-1992) is considered the precursor of homoeroticism in Brazilian photography. Created between the 1960s and 1980s, his work ranges from images of the young male body half naked on the beaches of Ipanema, a work for which he is best known, until photographs of sports, carnival and botany. In addition to the set of 16,000 photographs and 150,000 negatives, the Alair Gomes Collection is composed of manuscripts related to his academic, artistic and intimate diaries activities. This text is about asking how a public institution of memory, as the National Library, relate to this archive? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hungarian-speaking professional acting celebrated the centenary of its birth in 1890. The National Hungarian Actors’ Association and Retirement Institute, the professional organisation of rural theatres, intended to commemorate the anniversary with a series of celebrations. The highlight of the jubilee events was the first national theatrical exhibition, which opened on 15 August 1890 in the Kunsthalle of the National General Exhibition of 1885, in the City Park. For rural theatre, which represented the majority of Hungarian-language theatre, the jubilee was an excellent opportunity to present its past and present – to present itself outside the stage and the theatre as well. The research paper seeks to answer how this was done, and with what results. In addition to the catalogue of the first Hungarian theatrical exhibition, the drawings of Tivadar Dörre and the photographs of Sándor Halácsy have been preserved – and there’s more: many of the exhibited objects have been preserved by the actors’ association. These were the first items of the association’s collection of theatre history, which was later transferred to the Theatre History Collection of the National Széchényi Library in 1950 (since 2020 it is called Theatre History and Music Collection). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper summarizes the activities of the Web Archiving Department of the National Széchényi Library in 2021 in four main fields: archive expansion and enrichment, technological development, knowledge dissemination and cooperation. The author describes the growth of the collection in terms of quantity, topic and genre; briefly presents the archiving and displaying software tested in the past year; lists the various forms of knowledge transfer related to preserving online content; and gives a progress report on the state of cooperation with domestic and foreign institutions and organisations, including the contract signed with the Internet Archive at the end of the year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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