The scientific conferences of universities of culture on library and information activities: The information support in digital environment

Abstract

The authors analyze how the university scientific conferences in library and information studies are being reflected on the Internet. The findings of the study conducted by authors draw the attention of professional community to the problem of representation of academic proceedings of the Russia's institutes of culture. These conferences are seen as a professional communication channel and a means to improve professional competences in the whole library and information industry. The authors analyze the problems of accessing the proceedings of scientific conferences held by the universities of culture, which are the essential component of the Russian library science advance. Through monitoring the www-sites of the universities of culture and studying the Internet resources in the area, the authors review the existing ways of distributing information and propose the options for presenting full-text science information to provide efficient information exchange in the library and information sphere. The resources being built with the open data technology, providing a multiaspect search and storage of information for repeated and free use, are proposed as a priority. The findings of the study evidence that for the moment, the complete representation of the research activities at the universities of culture is unavailable, and there is a need to apply the resources proposed by the authors.