IN Far Eastern Federal University a large-scale project to create an information technology system is being implemented "Electronic University". Specialized software is used for this VTLS Inc., one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of automated library systems for universities for over 30 years. The creation of such a system will automate all aspects of activity FEFU Scientific Library, including the organization of an electronic library.
Let us remind you that at present the “Electronic University” is the most modern university management system, according to which only a few educational institutions operate in the world. The system makes it possible to remotely manage all processes at the university, and students do without grade books and student cards. An integral part of the system is an electronic library. Any student, including those from another city, will be able to access the university’s resources.
The united electronic catalog contains information about all printed publications and electronic materials stored in the FEFU Scientific Library. It also contains information from external electronic catalogs with which the library cooperates. Readers can not only quickly find the book they need, but also clarify information about which repository or book lending department it is located in, how many copies are available, and also reserve the publication they are interested in for a specific date.
To enable readers to perform consolidated searches, specialists of VP GROUP Group, the official distributor of VTLS Inc., the following external directories were connected:
– directory of open access journals (http://www.doaj.org) – a moderated directory of scientific journals with free web access to full texts of articles. It has been created since February 2003 at the University of Lund (Sweden). To date, there are more than 9,000 magazine titles on this platform;
– catalog of scientific articles, directories of open access journals (http://www.doaj.org);
– electronic catalog of the journal Nature Biotechnology published by NPG (http://www.nature.com/nbt);
– electronic catalog of the journal Nature Materials published by NPG (http://www.nature.com/nmat);
– electronic catalog of the journal Nature Methods published by NPG (http://www.nature.com/nmeth);
– electronic catalog of the journal Nature Nanotechnology published by NPG (http://www.nature.com/nnano).
To access the resources of connected external electronic catalogs of journals and scientific articles, readers need to go to the online catalog of the FEFU library at http://lib.dvfu.ru:8080 and enter a search query.
All information about the internal and external resources of the FEFU library is summarized in a single online catalog interface (OPAC) - VTLS Chamo Discovery.
The library asks you to leave your wishes for its work in the “Electronic Library” community (http://goo.gl/mdtxe) on the internal portal of the FEFU campus - ip.dvfi.ru.
– FEFU is one of the federal universities designed to form the elite of higher education in Russia. The development program of the united university is aimed at forming a scientific and educational center of international level, representing Russia in the Asia-Pacific region. The unique educational environment that is being created on Russky Island is available not only to students, but also to residents of Primorye. The “Electronic University” project sets itself the task of creating a modern, convenient environment for educational and scientific activities, noted Head of the Electronic University project group, Deputy Vice-Rector for Developmentcampus Ilya Krasilnikov.
The history of the FEFU Scientific Library dates back to 1899, when it was formed together with the Oriental Institute. Its initial funds were created by gifts from other Russian universities, primarily St. Petersburg University, and private collections of the first teachers.
Today it is the largest university library in the Far Eastern region with a collection of over 2 million copies, where unique publications of scientific, educational, and fiction literature in Russian and 16 foreign languages, book collections, and a collection of rare books are stored.
Library users have access to scientific journals of more than 800 titles in print and more than 10,000 in electronic form, more than 18,000 full-text books (textbooks, teaching aids, monographs); virtual reading room of dissertations and abstracts of the Russian State Library; resources of the unique electronic repository of the B. N. Yeltsin Presidential Library; e-books from Elsevier and Springer, Oxford Russian Foundation; archives of journals of major international publishing houses: the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Annual Reviews, Cambridge University Press, etc. (about 90 databases). In addition, electronic versions of regulatory and technical documentation, regulatory documents and other electronic resources are available.
The pride of the library is the collection of rare books, the only one of its kind in the Far East, which numbers over 20 thousand items, dating back to the 16th century, in Russian, English, German, French, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Czech, Spanish, Latin languages.
The FEFU scientific library has its own “Electronic Library” - these are the works of FEFU teachers, articles, dissertation abstracts, textbooks and teaching aids, educational and methodological complexes (UMK), rare books, etc. One of the components of the “Electronic Library” is full-text bibliographic indexes on scientific fields created by library staff. The VIRTUA program of the American corporation VTLS, on the basis of which the library operates, allows you to link the full texts of indexes directly with an entry in the catalog.
VTLS Corporation's Virtua automated library system provides users with the same services that students and teachers of the world's best universities use, including an electronic catalog with unique information search capabilities.
The FEFU Scientific Library is the methodological center of the Zonal Methodological Association (ZMO) of university libraries of the Far Eastern region. It coordinates the activities of these university libraries: organizes and conducts regional conferences, meetings of interuniversity sections in all areas of information and library activities; identifies, studies and implements innovative technologies that help improve the quality of information and library services to users in the practical activities of the Scientific Library and university libraries of the Far Eastern Region.
The main book depository of the Scientific Library is located in the building at the address: Aleutskaya, 65-b (Pokrovsky Park transport stop), tel. 423-246-61-74, e-mail: .
Reading rooms with open access to the collection are located on the FEFU campus on the island. Russian (building A - level 10).
The FEFU Scientific Library invites teachers and researchers of the Far Eastern Federal University to cooperate and offers to place their monographs, textbooks and other publications in electronic form, as well as video and audio recordings of lectures in the Electronic Library (FEFU Repository).
The placement and use of electronic versions is carried out only on the basis of direct Agreements with copyright holders (authors). Please note that to post electronic versions of publications two levels of access are provided:
1. Full access to the FEFU corporate network.
2. Publicly available on the Internet.
When drawing up a copyright agreement, you must indicate the desired level of access.
Advantages of posting electronic publications in the Electronic Library (FEFU Repositories):
= Free placement of educational and scientific materials.
= The problem of book supply in the educational process is being solved,
(since an almost unlimited number of students can work with an electronic document at the same time).
= Provides an additional channel for promoting electronic versions of works and increases their visibility.
Requirements for electronic publications:
Electronic publications must correspond to the printed version and contain:
information about authors, compilers, etc.,
= publication title,
= imprint (place of publication, year of publication, name of publisher).
If the publication has not been published, then it is necessary to provide an extract from the minutes of the department meeting with a recommendation for publication of this work. If there is no electronic version of the publication, the Scientific Library will digitize printed books.
Data presentation format – PDF, MP3, MP4.
All material must be carefully checked for spelling, grammatical and stylistic errors. The author/compiler of the document is responsible for the quality of the provided electronic resource.
