The purpose of this paper is to research and define the promising worldwide scientific trends in the field of railway transportation of various dangerous goods. To obtain relevant empirical data, the authors reviewed the world literature on paper topic using Scopus and Web of Science citation bases. We determined that this research was focused on several major thematic areas: 1) automation and telematics systems; 2) navigation systems; 3) logistics; 4) energy; 5) locomotives; 6) freight cars; 7) materials; 8) rails; 9) impact on the environment and people. The article used mapping, ensuring a visual perspective for researchers and helping to understand general situations in specific subject areas of the research. This study provides useful information concerning the development of the field of research for the railway transportation of dangerous goods, identifying those academics (authors, countries and institutions) that have made the greatest contribution to its development and defining the priority research directions
Abstract Objective – The objective of this study was to assess the current state of digital library publishing (DLP) in university libraries in the Ukraine. The study was conducted in the hopes of gaining a better understanding of the DLP landscape, namely institutional operations, as well as their varying publishing initiatives, processes, and scope. Methods – The current study was conducted from January to June 2017 using a mixed methods approach, involving semi-structured interviews and an online questionnaire. Semi-structured interviews were conducted (n = 11) to gain insight into participants’ experiences with DLP. The interviews helped in the creation of the questions included in our online questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to 195 representatives (directors and leading specialists) of university libraries in the Ukraine. Replies were received from 111 of those institutions. The questionnaire consisted of 11 open- and closed-ended questions to allow the researchers to obtain a holistic picture of the process under investigation. Results – Analysis of the 111 questionnaires showed that for 26 libraries, DLP services were performed by employees of a separate structural unit of the library. For 34 libraries, employees of various departments were involved in performing certain types of services. The other 40 respondents’ libraries were planning to do this in the near future. Only 11 respondents replied that they did provide DLP services now nor planned to in the future. Among the libraries providing DLP services, the following results were observed: 54 of 60 work with digital repositories, 47 provide digital publishing platforms for journals, 26 provide digital publishing platforms for books, and 23 provide digital publishing platforms for conferences. Conclusions – The results obtained indicate a growing trend of expanding digital services in university libraries to support study, teaching, and research. Despite the still spontaneous, chaotic, and poorly explored nature of the development of the library publishing movement in the university libraries of the Ukraine, the readiness of librarians to implement publishing activities is notable. At the same time, the survey results point to specific aspects, such as organizational, economic, personnel, and motivational, that require further study.
показатели результативности научных исследований-библиометрические показатели, являются мощным информационным инструментом поддержки развития науки. Поэтому сегодня во всем мире они относятся к обязательным элементам в отчетности научных учреждений, университетов, исследовательских групп и отдельных ученых. Исходя из вышеизложенного, целью статьи является: 1) раскрытие основных понятий в библиометрии; 2) определение роли университетских библиотек в процессах измерения университетской науки; 3) описание методики программы Bibexel для анализа метаданных научных статей. Методика. Теоретической базой исследования стали публикации, освещающие современные процессы в библио-и наукометрии. Практической базой-метаданные статей, размещенных в: 1) БД Scopus, авторами которых являются ученые Днепропетровского национального университета железнодорожного транспорта имени академика В. Лазаряна, 2) БД ScienceDirect, посвященные развитию железнодорожного транспорта. Результаты. В ходе проведения исследования авторами были раскрыты основные библиометрические понятия. Описана методика программы Bibexel для анализа метаданных, а именно-анализа связей между соавторами и анализа ключевых слов. С ее помощью определено, что наиболее «топовыми» темами для исследователей всего мира в области железнодорожного транспорта в 2015 г. являются: планирование высокоскоростного движения, определение критической скорости, компьютерный расчет железнодорожных мостов. Доказано, что сегодня работа университетских библиотек мира с библиометрическими показателями как индикаторами развития науки постепенно становится одним из ведущих направлений их деятельности. Научная новизна. Авторами обоснована и реализована возможность проведения библиометрических исследований с помощью программы Bibexel в условиях ограниченного доступа университетских библиотек Украины к международным полнотекстовым БД и базам данных научного цитирования. Расширено представление об университетской библиотеке как структуре, которая переходит от управления научными коллекциями к управлению научными процессами. Практическая значимость. Результаты данного исследования могут быть использованы: 1) при принятии оптимального решения по управлению информационными ресурсами с целью совершенствования процессов информационного обеспечения и обслуживания, в т. ч. оценки научного влияния публикаций ученых и научных журналов вуза; 2) при организации системы обучающих семинаров, курсов повышения квалификации, мастер-классов, лекций по информетрии. Ключевые слова: научные исследования; методики оценки развития науки; библиометрия; библиометрические показатели; университетская наука; университетские библиотеки; программа Bibexel; информетрия
Objective. The authors study: 1) the level of awareness of librarians of Ukrainian universities about Open Educational Resources (OER); 2) the ability of librarians to provide support services for the development, creation and use of OER in teaching, learning, research. Methods. The study was conducted by methods of analysis of professional literature, online survey (questionnaires) and analysis of the results. The questionnaires “Library of Higher Education Institution in Support of Distance Learning: Open Educational Resources” was distributed from 20.04. until 20.05.2021 among 137 directors of libraries of higher education institutions of Ukraine. Responses came from 77 libraries. The questionnaire consisted of 9 open-ended and closed-ended questions to allow researchers to get a holistic picture of the research process. Results. The analysis of 77 questionnaires showed that the vast majority of free HEI libraries in Ukraine have extensive experience in working with electronic educational resources. Ranking by resource type prove that 95.89% of library collections are the own generation resources (HEI authors): databases, incl. repositories. The concept of "Open Educational Resources" (OERs) is familiar and understandable to 84.42% of respondents. At the same time, 75.32% are already involved in supporting the OER. Librarians may catalog them (21.92%) or not catalog (32.88%). Among the OER types supported by librarians, educational materials (77.05%) and textbooks (55.74%) predominate. The closest partnership of librarians in OER support (except for teachers) is with the specialists of IT services (66.13%). Conclusions. Despite the still spontaneous, chaotic and little-studied nature of the library movement towards OER, librarians are well aware of this issue. At the same time, 96.1% of respondents want to improve their competencies in the direction of supporting open educational resources. This is very important, because it is the understanding and acceptance of OER that is crucial for a long-term vision of this movement. That is why specific aspects, such as organizational, economic, personnel and motivational, need urgent further study.
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