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Comprehensiveness of national bibliographic databases for social sciences and humanities: Findings from a European survey

by Janne Pölönen, Bojan Macan, Marjeta Pisk, Michal Petr, and Marta Dušková

Research Evaluation, 2018

This article provides an overview of national bibliographic databases that include data on resear... more This article provides an overview of national bibliographic databases that include data on research output within social sciences and humanities (SSH) in Europe. We focus on the comprehensiveness of the database content. Compared to the data from commercial databases such as Web of Science and Scopus, data from national bibliographic databases (e.g. Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the SSH (VABB-SHW) in Belgium, Current Research Information System in Norway (CRISTIN)) are more comprehensive and may, therefore, be better fit for bibliometric analyses. Acknowledging this, several countries within Europe maintain national bibliographic databases; detailed and comparative information about their content, however, has been limited. In autumn 2016, we launched a survey to acquire an overview of national bibliographic databases for SSH in Europe and Israel. Surveying 41 countries (responses received from 39 countries), we identified 21 national bibliographic databases for SSH. Further, we acquired a more detailed description of 13 databases, with a focus on their comprehensiveness. Findings indicate that even though the content of national bibliographic databases is diverse, it is possible to delineate a subset that is similar across databases. At the same time, it is apparent that differences in national bibliographic databases are often bound to differences in country-specific arrangements. Considering this, we highlight implications to bibliometric analyses based on data from Article Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/rev/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/reseval/rvy016/5038114 by Masaryk University user on 18 June 2018 national bibliographic databases and outline several aspects that may be taken into account in the development of existing national bibliographic databases for SSH or the design of new ones.

The Current State and Future Perspectives of the Research Information Infrastructure in Croatia

Journal of information and organizational sciences, 2019

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing Croatian research information infrastructure... more The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing Croatian research information infrastructure and to outline a new model of the Croatian Current Research Information System (CroRIS), required for the systematical monitoring and evaluation of the research processes and output of the Croatian public research and higher education institutions, as well as for the increasing of their international visibility. Based on the results of the analysis of the existing research information infrastructure in Croatia, the general outline of the new CERIF-based CroRIS model is proposed. The analysis of the existing research information infrastructure showed that there are some functional parts which could be reused and/or used as a basis for the implementation of the proposed CroRIS model. The proposed model represents a concept which would allow a quality decision and science-policy making in Croatia.

ABCD vs. Koha: open source library options

Abstract: The selection of the integrated library management system (ILMS) is often affected by s... more Abstract: The selection of the integrated library management system (ILMS) is often affected by social, economic and political circumstances that may result in an inappropriate choice for a specific library's needs. Lately open source software products are very often selected as a solution in libraries all around the world, mostly because they are free of charge, but also because of other advantages (possibilities of copying, modifying and distributing of the software by the community, as well as integration with other applications. In this paper the ...

(Inter)national orientation of Croatian social sciences and arts and humanities journals indexed in the Web of Science database

Društvena Istraživanja, 2012

After the beginning of the year 2007, the number of Croatian scientific journals indexed in bibli... more After the beginning of the year 2007, the number of Croatian scientific journals indexed in bibliographical and citation database Web of Science (WoS) has rapidly increased, and among them the number of Croatian social sciences (SS) and arts and humanities (A&H) journals as well. In this paper, the (inter)national orientation of Croatian social sciences (SS) and arts and humanities (A&H) journals indexed in the period 2008-2010 in the Web of Science (WoS) database was analyzed. The analysis was conducted via language of the journal title and published papers, national distribution of authors and co-authorship structure, as well as via the INO indicator. For the purpose of this analysis, SS journals were divided into 2 groups – SS journals related to medicine and health (SSM) and other SS journals (SSO), while A&H journals were observed as one group (AH). Results of the analysis showed that Croatian SSM journals are the most internationally oriented among analyzed groups of journals according to all indicators, while the SSO journals have the strongest national orientation. However, all three analyzed groups of journals are still the most attractive first for Croatian authors, and than to authors from region (SSO, SSM) and top 20 countries in the world sciences (AH).

The Croatian national open access journal platform

by Jadranka Stojanovski and Bojan Macan

Learned Publishing, 2009

Until recently, Croatian scientific journals were accessible only in print form and only to a rel... more Until recently, Croatian scientific journals were accessible only in print form and only to a relatively small audience. A national online journals platform was therefore planned to offer publishers a simple tool for building online versions of their journals and to make them open access (OA). The platform, named Hrčak, was launched in 2006, and its development and maintenance are supported by governmental funds. It currently includes 170 open access journals. Most journals include backfiles from 2006 onwards, but 19 journals have archived all back issues. The average archived period is 6.3 years and 56.5% of the journals come from the fields of social sciences and humanities. Metadata from the Hrčak platform are regularly harvested by OA repositories like OAIster, Base etc. and search engines like Google Scholar. In order to increase the number of Croatian journals covered by relevant interdisciplinary and subject oriented databases and to speed up their indexing process, Hrčak also established cooperation with Elsevier (Scopus), Thomson Reuters (Web of Science) and EBSCO (Academic Search Premier). So far, the Hrčak platform's main achievements include assisting publishers of small scientific journals in the process of electronic publishing, together with improved accessibility of the output of the Croatian scientific community.

Open access repositories: interoperability as the only way

13. okrugli stol o slobodnom pristupu informacijama 'Nakladnici i knjižnice', 2014

Archiving of full-text documents in open access repositories (OAR) is one way of enabling open ac... more Archiving of full-text documents in open access repositories (OAR) is one way of enabling open access to scientific information. Today almost every important scientific institution in the world has its own institutional repository that archives full text papers published by its employees. Although the number of OAR's and the amount of deposited content is increasing, OAR's do not fulfill their purpose if they don't join the global network of OAR's and devote enough attention to interoperability with other similar and related systems. Therefore, when establishing the OAR, one should think about metadata standards that will be used to describe stored records, quality control of input metadata, usage of controlled vocabularies, persistent identifiers, author identifiers, the implementation of various standards and protocols that will allow harvesting and/or the exchange of metadata between systems, etc. In this way repositories will be connected and this will provide greater visibility of their content and easier access to scientific literature. This paper provides an overview of the main areas and major initiatives related to interoperability issues that need special attention during the implementation of such an open access repository.

Organizing digital collection for students with special needs and disabilities

by Bojan Macan, Koraljka Golub, and Kruno Golubić

Libraries in the digital age (LIDA), May 30, 2003

Statistika bibliografskih podataka o projektima, znanstvenicima i znantsvenim institucijama.

Introducing the Journal Impact Factor into Appoinment to Scientific Positions Procedure

Kemija u industriji/Journal of Chemists and Chemical Engineers

KEKS - a short educational library seminars, an example of user education at Ruđer Bošković Institute Library in Zagreb

Among many traditional and new library roles in modern society, education is certainly one of the... more Among many traditional and new library roles in modern society, education is certainly one of the most important. Along with the numerous information resources that libraries offer to users, libraries also, through various forms of education strive to enable users qucker and easier use these resources to the users, particularly digital sources. The “Rudjer Boskovic” Institutes’ Library recognised the importance of education of library users as early as 2003, when the library seminars, known as KEKS, acronym of Kratki edukacijski knjižnični seminari (short educational library seminars), were started. The librarians, at the invitation of the sceintists, held half an hour lectures at the laboratories and ofﬁ ces. They carried the necessary equipment with themselves. The topics they offered were adapted to the needs of scientists at the Institute and current information trends. Some of the ﬁ rst topics were: database searching, making Power Point presentations and posters, use of e-jour...

WoS, WoK, CC, WoSCC…?!?

Kemija u industriji/Journal of Chemists and Chemical Engineers

U radu su objašnjene promjene vezane uz novu Thomson Reutersovu platformu Web of Science te baze ... more

(Inter)national orientation of Croatian social sciences and arts and humanities journals indexed in the Web of Science database | Međunarodna orijentacija Hrvatskih časopisa s područja društvenih i humanističkih znanosti i umjetničkih područja indeksiranih u bazi podataka Web of Science

Drustvena Istrazivanja, 2012

After the beginning of the year 2007, the number of Croatian scientific journals indexed in bibli... more After the beginning of the year 2007, the number of Croatian scientific journals indexed in bibliographical and citation database Web of Science (WoS) has rapidly increased, and among them the number of Croatian social sciences (SS) and arts and humanities (A&H) journals as well. In this paper, the (inter)national orientation of Croatian social sciences (SS) and arts and humanities (A&H) journals indexed in the period 2008-2010 in the Web of Science (WoS) database was analyzed. The analysis was conducted via language of the journal title and published papers, national distribution of authors and co-authorship structure, as well as via the INO indicator. For the purpose of this analysis, SS journals were divided into 2 groups -SS journals related to medicine and health (SSM) and other SS journals (SSO), while A&H journals were observed as one group (AH). Results of the analysis showed that Croatian SSM journals are the most internationally oriented among analyzed groups of journals according to all indicators, while the SSO journals have the strongest national orientation. However, all three analyzed groups of journals are still the most attractive first for Croatian authors, and than to authors from region (SSO, SSM) and top 20 countries in the world sciences (AH).

Revizija: Nemoguća misija 4?

Arhivi, knjižnice, muzeji: mogućnosti suradnje u okruženju globalne informacijske infrastrukture, Nov 24, 2006

Page 1. Bojan Macan, Knjižnica Instituta “Ruđer Bošković” Marina Mayer, Knjižnica Instituta “Ruđe... more Page 1. Bojan Macan, Knjižnica Instituta “Ruđer Bošković” Marina Mayer, Knjižnica Instituta “Ruđer Bošković” REVIZIJA: NEMOGUĆA MISIJA 4?! “Knjižnice su obvezne provoditi redovite revizije svojih fondova knjižnične građe periodično, ovisno o obimu knjižnične građe i to... Do 50000 jedinica svakih 6 godina.” Čl. 2. Pravilnika o reviziji i otpisu knjižnične građe (2002.) PROBLEMI I POSEBNOSTI: - posljednja revizija provedena prije 30-ak godina - velik dio fonda računalno neobrađen - velik dio fonda u stalnoj posudbi kod korisnika (djelatnika IRB-a) ...

Bibliometric services as a research support services in academic and research libraries

by Bojan Macan and Jadranka Stojanovski

Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) Proceedings, Jun 13, 2012

BIBLIOMETRICS-changes in the research management-increase in the quantity of published papers-nee... more BIBLIOMETRICS-changes in the research management-increase in the quantity of published papers-need for systematic evaluation of research-publications outcome assessment for advancement, research funds allocation, institution impact measurement...-important for researchers, policymakers, funding bodies-the use of bibliometric quantitative indicators has become common practice, but could bring problems if acquired data are not interpreted well-LIS knowledge in this area

Analysis of the Financial Support by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports to Croatian Scientific Journals

by Bojan Macan and Jadranka Stojanovski

Kemija u Industriji, 2008

Usporeðeni su podaci o novèanoj potpori izdavanju hrvatskih znanstvenih i znanstveno-struènih èas... more Usporeðeni su podaci o novèanoj potpori izdavanju hrvatskih znanstvenih i znanstveno-struènih èasopisa te èasopisa namijenjenih promicanju znanosti koju osigurava Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i športa RH (MZOŠ) prema znanstvenom podruèju koje èasopisi pokrivaju. Detaljnije su analizirani èasopisi iz podruèja prirodnih znanosti u odnosu na broj objavljenih znanstvenih radova, broj objavljenih brojeva èasopisa, kao i postojanje mreÞnih stranica èasopisa. Poseban osvrt dan je èasopisima koji su zastupljeni u jednoj od dvije promatrane baze podataka Thomson Scientifica (Current Contents i Web of Science), kao i èasopisima koji nude cjeloviti tekst objavljenih radova u otvorenom pristupu putem vlastitih mreÞnih stranica ili Portala znanstvenih èasopisa RH -Hrèak.

The Croatian national open access journal platform

Until recently, Croatian scientific journals were accessible only in print form and only to a rel... more Until recently, Croatian scientific journals were accessible only in print form and only to a relatively small audience. A national online journals platform was therefore planned to offer publishers a simple tool for building online versions of their journals and to make them open access. The platform, named Hrčak, was launched in 2006, supported by governmental funds. It currently includes 170 open access (OA) journals. Most journals include backfiles from 2006 onwards ; the average archived period is 6.3 years. 56.5% of the journals come from the fields of social sciences and humanities. Metadata from the Hrčak platform are regularly harvested by OA repositories. To increase the number of Croatian journals covered by relevant bibliographic and full-text databases, Hrčak has forged links with Elsevier, Thomson Reuters and EBSCO. So far, the main achievements include assisting publishers in the process of electronic publishing, and improving accessibility to Croatian scientific output.

Open source solutions for libraries: ABCD vs Koha

by Bojan Macan and Jadranka Stojanovski

Program: electronic library and information systems, 2013

Purpose -The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integrat... more Purpose -The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integrated library systems (ILS) -Koha and ABCD (ISIS family), to compare their "next-generation library catalog" functionalities, and to give comparison of other important features available through ILS modules.

A survey of interlibrary loans at Ruđer Bošković Institute Library, Croatia, 2003-2008

by Bojan Macan and Sofija Konjevic

Purpose- The purpose of this survey is to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interlibra... more Purpose- The purpose of this survey is to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interlibrary loan (ILL) at the RBI Library in Croatia.
Design/methodology/approach – Various indices were measured including: the percentage of fulfilled ILL requests, the difference between copy and loan requests, the difference between requests fulfilled free of charge and fee based and also to calculate the document delivery time. The analyzed data on received ILL requests were gathered via an in-house developed application for ILL called SEND, via which RBI researchers submit their ILL requests to the RBI Library.
Findings – This survey showed a high percentage of fulfilled ILL requests (94.6%), but there was also a surprisingly high percentage of cancelled ILL requests, because RBI Library owned the requested documents (21.8%). Most ILL requests were copy requests and the analysis of the gathered data showed a trend of acquiring more documents free of charge. Delivery time has decreased in the period of the survey, and in 2008, it was less than 6 working days for copy requests and approximately 10 days for loan requests. The delivery time was shorter for fee based requests.
Originality/value - This paper presents a systematic analysis of ILL service of the RBI Library for a six year period (2003-2008).

SEND 2.0 - Sustav elektroničke nabave dokumenata u novom ruhu

Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, 2015

U radu je prikazana mrežna aplikacija za međuknjižničnu posudbu SEND 2.0. Razvijen u Knjižnici In... more U radu je prikazana mrežna aplikacija za međuknjižničnu posudbu SEND 2.0. Razvijen u Knjižnici Instituta Ruđer Bošković, izrađen je na mrežnim tehnologijama otvorenog koda. Besplatno je dostupan hrvatskim knjižnicama iz sustava znanosti i visokog obrazovanja i njihovim korisnicima. Autentikacija i autorizacija korisnika je regulirana putem AAI@EduHr korisničkog računa, a za knjižnice izvan sustava koje se žele priključiti omogućena je posebna registracija.

Bibliometrijski pokazatelji za procjenu kvalitete znanstvenih časopisa

Hrvatski znanstveni časopisi : iskustva, gledišta, mogućnosti, 2015

Znanstveni časopisi zauzimaju važno mjesto u znanstvenoj zajednici te obavljaju različite uloge, ... more Znanstveni časopisi zauzimaju važno mjesto u znanstvenoj zajednici te obavljaju različite uloge, među kojima posebice valja spomenuti objavljivanje i diseminacija rezultata znanstvenih istraživanja, vrednovanje zaprimljenih članaka kroz recenzijski postupak, zaštita intelektualnog vlasništva autora te njegovo predstavljanje znanstvenoj zajednici. Znanstveni časopisi također zauzimaju i važnu ulogu u procjeni kvalitete znanstvenoga istraživanja pa se od 60-tih godina 20. stoljeća nadalje uočava porast kvantitativnih istraživanja svojstava časopisa, odnosno radova/članaka koje oni objavljuju kao osnovnih jedinica na kojima se provode, tzv., bibliometrijske analize. U ovom su poglavlju opisani bibliometrijski pokazatelji o časopisima kao što su to faktor odjeka časopisa (IF), SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) i h-indeks. Također je i razjašnjena metodologija njihovog izračuna te je donesen i kritički pregled njihovih prednosti i mana, kao i naglašena važnost razumijevanja kontektsta unutar kojih se spomenuti bibliometrijski pokazatelji o časopisima moraju interpretirati. Donesen i pregled relevantnih citatnih baza podataka koje bilježe podatke o citiranosti pojedinih radova objavljenih u časopisima, a na temelju kojih se izračunavaju razni bibliometrijski pokazatelji o časopisima (Web of Science Core Collection i Scopus), kao i besplatne citatne baze podataka Google Znalac. Kao alternativa, ali i dopuna bibliometrijskim pokazateljima o časopisima donesen je i pregled altmetrijskih pokazatelja o radovima objavljenim u časopisima koji se temelje, primjerice, na broju posjeta nečkom članku u digitalnoj verziji, broju preuzimanja, dijeljenja i spominjanja na raznim društvenim mrežama i sl.

Open source solutions for libraries: ABCD vs. Koha

Program - electronic library and information systems, Jan 1, 2013

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integra... more Purpose - The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integrated library systems (ILS) – Koha and ABCD (ISIS family), to compare their “next-generation library catalog” functionalities, and to give comparison of other important features available through ILS modules. Design/methodology/approach - Two open source ILSs, Koha and ABCD, were compared in-depth according to their functionalities and characteristics. A checklist was created for each module: acquisition, cataloging, serials, patron management and circulation, reports and statistics, and administration. For an online catalog module, a separate checklist with “new generation catalog” characteristics was created. Authors also defined an additional set of criteria which could influence the decision process and selection of appropriate ILS like funding, metadata schema, preferred ILS functionalities, provided support, and the role of the IT department, and computer and network infrastructure in the library. Findings - Evaluation of ILSs reveals that Koha has more functionalities than ABCD, especially those connected with the “next generation library catalog”. If library is using UNIMARC or MARC21 format for bibliographic description and has a good IT support, Koha is an open source ILS with wide community which has to be considered for implementation. ABCD has great metasearch possibilities and is worth to be considered for libraries using other or no metadata schemas or without IT support. Research limitations/implications – The research was limited to two research libraries and their praxis and experiences. Further analysis can include other open source ILSs. Practical implications – This study can help libraries preparing to migrate to open source ILS to choose an appropriate ILS. Originality/value – This is the first comprehensive study conducted on Koha and ABCD comparing all modules in details.

Comprehensiveness of national bibliographic databases for social sciences and humanities: Findings from a European survey

by Janne Pölönen, Bojan Macan, Marjeta Pisk, Michal Petr, and Marta Dušková

Research Evaluation, 2018

This article provides an overview of national bibliographic databases that include data on resear... more This article provides an overview of national bibliographic databases that include data on research output within social sciences and humanities (SSH) in Europe. We focus on the comprehensiveness of the database content. Compared to the data from commercial databases such as Web of Science and Scopus, data from national bibliographic databases (e.g. Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the SSH (VABB-SHW) in Belgium, Current Research Information System in Norway (CRISTIN)) are more comprehensive and may, therefore, be better fit for bibliometric analyses. Acknowledging this, several countries within Europe maintain national bibliographic databases; detailed and comparative information about their content, however, has been limited. In autumn 2016, we launched a survey to acquire an overview of national bibliographic databases for SSH in Europe and Israel. Surveying 41 countries (responses received from 39 countries), we identified 21 national bibliographic databases for SSH. Further, we acquired a more detailed description of 13 databases, with a focus on their comprehensiveness. Findings indicate that even though the content of national bibliographic databases is diverse, it is possible to delineate a subset that is similar across databases. At the same time, it is apparent that differences in national bibliographic databases are often bound to differences in country-specific arrangements. Considering this, we highlight implications to bibliometric analyses based on data from Article Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/rev/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/reseval/rvy016/5038114 by Masaryk University user on 18 June 2018 national bibliographic databases and outline several aspects that may be taken into account in the development of existing national bibliographic databases for SSH or the design of new ones.

The Current State and Future Perspectives of the Research Information Infrastructure in Croatia

Journal of information and organizational sciences, 2019

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing Croatian research information infrastructure... more The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing Croatian research information infrastructure and to outline a new model of the Croatian Current Research Information System (CroRIS), required for the systematical monitoring and evaluation of the research processes and output of the Croatian public research and higher education institutions, as well as for the increasing of their international visibility. Based on the results of the analysis of the existing research information infrastructure in Croatia, the general outline of the new CERIF-based CroRIS model is proposed. The analysis of the existing research information infrastructure showed that there are some functional parts which could be reused and/or used as a basis for the implementation of the proposed CroRIS model. The proposed model represents a concept which would allow a quality decision and science-policy making in Croatia.

ABCD vs. Koha: open source library options

Abstract: The selection of the integrated library management system (ILMS) is often affected by s... more Abstract: The selection of the integrated library management system (ILMS) is often affected by social, economic and political circumstances that may result in an inappropriate choice for a specific library's needs. Lately open source software products are very often selected as a solution in libraries all around the world, mostly because they are free of charge, but also because of other advantages (possibilities of copying, modifying and distributing of the software by the community, as well as integration with other applications. In this paper the ...

(Inter)national orientation of Croatian social sciences and arts and humanities journals indexed in the Web of Science database

Društvena Istraživanja, 2012

After the beginning of the year 2007, the number of Croatian scientific journals indexed in bibli... more After the beginning of the year 2007, the number of Croatian scientific journals indexed in bibliographical and citation database Web of Science (WoS) has rapidly increased, and among them the number of Croatian social sciences (SS) and arts and humanities (A&H) journals as well. In this paper, the (inter)national orientation of Croatian social sciences (SS) and arts and humanities (A&H) journals indexed in the period 2008-2010 in the Web of Science (WoS) database was analyzed. The analysis was conducted via language of the journal title and published papers, national distribution of authors and co-authorship structure, as well as via the INO indicator. For the purpose of this analysis, SS journals were divided into 2 groups – SS journals related to medicine and health (SSM) and other SS journals (SSO), while A&H journals were observed as one group (AH). Results of the analysis showed that Croatian SSM journals are the most internationally oriented among analyzed groups of journals according to all indicators, while the SSO journals have the strongest national orientation. However, all three analyzed groups of journals are still the most attractive first for Croatian authors, and than to authors from region (SSO, SSM) and top 20 countries in the world sciences (AH).

The Croatian national open access journal platform

by Jadranka Stojanovski and Bojan Macan

Learned Publishing, 2009

Until recently, Croatian scientific journals were accessible only in print form and only to a rel... more Until recently, Croatian scientific journals were accessible only in print form and only to a relatively small audience. A national online journals platform was therefore planned to offer publishers a simple tool for building online versions of their journals and to make them open access (OA). The platform, named Hrčak, was launched in 2006, and its development and maintenance are supported by governmental funds. It currently includes 170 open access journals. Most journals include backfiles from 2006 onwards, but 19 journals have archived all back issues. The average archived period is 6.3 years and 56.5% of the journals come from the fields of social sciences and humanities. Metadata from the Hrčak platform are regularly harvested by OA repositories like OAIster, Base etc. and search engines like Google Scholar. In order to increase the number of Croatian journals covered by relevant interdisciplinary and subject oriented databases and to speed up their indexing process, Hrčak also established cooperation with Elsevier (Scopus), Thomson Reuters (Web of Science) and EBSCO (Academic Search Premier). So far, the Hrčak platform's main achievements include assisting publishers of small scientific journals in the process of electronic publishing, together with improved accessibility of the output of the Croatian scientific community.

Open access repositories: interoperability as the only way

13. okrugli stol o slobodnom pristupu informacijama 'Nakladnici i knjižnice', 2014

Archiving of full-text documents in open access repositories (OAR) is one way of enabling open ac... more Archiving of full-text documents in open access repositories (OAR) is one way of enabling open access to scientific information. Today almost every important scientific institution in the world has its own institutional repository that archives full text papers published by its employees. Although the number of OAR's and the amount of deposited content is increasing, OAR's do not fulfill their purpose if they don't join the global network of OAR's and devote enough attention to interoperability with other similar and related systems. Therefore, when establishing the OAR, one should think about metadata standards that will be used to describe stored records, quality control of input metadata, usage of controlled vocabularies, persistent identifiers, author identifiers, the implementation of various standards and protocols that will allow harvesting and/or the exchange of metadata between systems, etc. In this way repositories will be connected and this will provide greater visibility of their content and easier access to scientific literature. This paper provides an overview of the main areas and major initiatives related to interoperability issues that need special attention during the implementation of such an open access repository.

Organizing digital collection for students with special needs and disabilities

by Bojan Macan, Koraljka Golub, and Kruno Golubić

Libraries in the digital age (LIDA), May 30, 2003

Statistika bibliografskih podataka o projektima, znanstvenicima i znantsvenim institucijama.

Introducing the Journal Impact Factor into Appoinment to Scientific Positions Procedure

Kemija u industriji/Journal of Chemists and Chemical Engineers

KEKS - a short educational library seminars, an example of user education at Ruđer Bošković Institute Library in Zagreb

Among many traditional and new library roles in modern society, education is certainly one of the... more Among many traditional and new library roles in modern society, education is certainly one of the most important. Along with the numerous information resources that libraries offer to users, libraries also, through various forms of education strive to enable users qucker and easier use these resources to the users, particularly digital sources. The “Rudjer Boskovic” Institutes’ Library recognised the importance of education of library users as early as 2003, when the library seminars, known as KEKS, acronym of Kratki edukacijski knjižnični seminari (short educational library seminars), were started. The librarians, at the invitation of the sceintists, held half an hour lectures at the laboratories and ofﬁ ces. They carried the necessary equipment with themselves. The topics they offered were adapted to the needs of scientists at the Institute and current information trends. Some of the ﬁ rst topics were: database searching, making Power Point presentations and posters, use of e-jour...

WoS, WoK, CC, WoSCC…?!?

Kemija u industriji/Journal of Chemists and Chemical Engineers

U radu su objašnjene promjene vezane uz novu Thomson Reutersovu platformu Web of Science te baze ... more

(Inter)national orientation of Croatian social sciences and arts and humanities journals indexed in the Web of Science database | Međunarodna orijentacija Hrvatskih časopisa s područja društvenih i humanističkih znanosti i umjetničkih područja indeksiranih u bazi podataka Web of Science

Drustvena Istrazivanja, 2012

After the beginning of the year 2007, the number of Croatian scientific journals indexed in bibli... more After the beginning of the year 2007, the number of Croatian scientific journals indexed in bibliographical and citation database Web of Science (WoS) has rapidly increased, and among them the number of Croatian social sciences (SS) and arts and humanities (A&H) journals as well. In this paper, the (inter)national orientation of Croatian social sciences (SS) and arts and humanities (A&H) journals indexed in the period 2008-2010 in the Web of Science (WoS) database was analyzed. The analysis was conducted via language of the journal title and published papers, national distribution of authors and co-authorship structure, as well as via the INO indicator. For the purpose of this analysis, SS journals were divided into 2 groups -SS journals related to medicine and health (SSM) and other SS journals (SSO), while A&H journals were observed as one group (AH). Results of the analysis showed that Croatian SSM journals are the most internationally oriented among analyzed groups of journals according to all indicators, while the SSO journals have the strongest national orientation. However, all three analyzed groups of journals are still the most attractive first for Croatian authors, and than to authors from region (SSO, SSM) and top 20 countries in the world sciences (AH).

Revizija: Nemoguća misija 4?

Arhivi, knjižnice, muzeji: mogućnosti suradnje u okruženju globalne informacijske infrastrukture, Nov 24, 2006

Page 1. Bojan Macan, Knjižnica Instituta “Ruđer Bošković” Marina Mayer, Knjižnica Instituta “Ruđe... more Page 1. Bojan Macan, Knjižnica Instituta “Ruđer Bošković” Marina Mayer, Knjižnica Instituta “Ruđer Bošković” REVIZIJA: NEMOGUĆA MISIJA 4?! “Knjižnice su obvezne provoditi redovite revizije svojih fondova knjižnične građe periodično, ovisno o obimu knjižnične građe i to... Do 50000 jedinica svakih 6 godina.” Čl. 2. Pravilnika o reviziji i otpisu knjižnične građe (2002.) PROBLEMI I POSEBNOSTI: - posljednja revizija provedena prije 30-ak godina - velik dio fonda računalno neobrađen - velik dio fonda u stalnoj posudbi kod korisnika (djelatnika IRB-a) ...

Bibliometric services as a research support services in academic and research libraries

by Bojan Macan and Jadranka Stojanovski

Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) Proceedings, Jun 13, 2012

BIBLIOMETRICS-changes in the research management-increase in the quantity of published papers-nee... more BIBLIOMETRICS-changes in the research management-increase in the quantity of published papers-need for systematic evaluation of research-publications outcome assessment for advancement, research funds allocation, institution impact measurement...-important for researchers, policymakers, funding bodies-the use of bibliometric quantitative indicators has become common practice, but could bring problems if acquired data are not interpreted well-LIS knowledge in this area

Analysis of the Financial Support by the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports to Croatian Scientific Journals

by Bojan Macan and Jadranka Stojanovski

Kemija u Industriji, 2008

Usporeðeni su podaci o novèanoj potpori izdavanju hrvatskih znanstvenih i znanstveno-struènih èas... more Usporeðeni su podaci o novèanoj potpori izdavanju hrvatskih znanstvenih i znanstveno-struènih èasopisa te èasopisa namijenjenih promicanju znanosti koju osigurava Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i športa RH (MZOŠ) prema znanstvenom podruèju koje èasopisi pokrivaju. Detaljnije su analizirani èasopisi iz podruèja prirodnih znanosti u odnosu na broj objavljenih znanstvenih radova, broj objavljenih brojeva èasopisa, kao i postojanje mreÞnih stranica èasopisa. Poseban osvrt dan je èasopisima koji su zastupljeni u jednoj od dvije promatrane baze podataka Thomson Scientifica (Current Contents i Web of Science), kao i èasopisima koji nude cjeloviti tekst objavljenih radova u otvorenom pristupu putem vlastitih mreÞnih stranica ili Portala znanstvenih èasopisa RH -Hrèak.

The Croatian national open access journal platform

Until recently, Croatian scientific journals were accessible only in print form and only to a rel... more Until recently, Croatian scientific journals were accessible only in print form and only to a relatively small audience. A national online journals platform was therefore planned to offer publishers a simple tool for building online versions of their journals and to make them open access. The platform, named Hrčak, was launched in 2006, supported by governmental funds. It currently includes 170 open access (OA) journals. Most journals include backfiles from 2006 onwards ; the average archived period is 6.3 years. 56.5% of the journals come from the fields of social sciences and humanities. Metadata from the Hrčak platform are regularly harvested by OA repositories. To increase the number of Croatian journals covered by relevant bibliographic and full-text databases, Hrčak has forged links with Elsevier, Thomson Reuters and EBSCO. So far, the main achievements include assisting publishers in the process of electronic publishing, and improving accessibility to Croatian scientific output.

Open source solutions for libraries: ABCD vs Koha

by Bojan Macan and Jadranka Stojanovski

Program: electronic library and information systems, 2013

Purpose -The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integrat... more Purpose -The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integrated library systems (ILS) -Koha and ABCD (ISIS family), to compare their "next-generation library catalog" functionalities, and to give comparison of other important features available through ILS modules.

A survey of interlibrary loans at Ruđer Bošković Institute Library, Croatia, 2003-2008

by Bojan Macan and Sofija Konjevic

Purpose- The purpose of this survey is to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interlibra... more Purpose- The purpose of this survey is to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interlibrary loan (ILL) at the RBI Library in Croatia.
Design/methodology/approach – Various indices were measured including: the percentage of fulfilled ILL requests, the difference between copy and loan requests, the difference between requests fulfilled free of charge and fee based and also to calculate the document delivery time. The analyzed data on received ILL requests were gathered via an in-house developed application for ILL called SEND, via which RBI researchers submit their ILL requests to the RBI Library.
Findings – This survey showed a high percentage of fulfilled ILL requests (94.6%), but there was also a surprisingly high percentage of cancelled ILL requests, because RBI Library owned the requested documents (21.8%). Most ILL requests were copy requests and the analysis of the gathered data showed a trend of acquiring more documents free of charge. Delivery time has decreased in the period of the survey, and in 2008, it was less than 6 working days for copy requests and approximately 10 days for loan requests. The delivery time was shorter for fee based requests.
Originality/value - This paper presents a systematic analysis of ILL service of the RBI Library for a six year period (2003-2008).

SEND 2.0 - Sustav elektroničke nabave dokumenata u novom ruhu

Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, 2015

U radu je prikazana mrežna aplikacija za međuknjižničnu posudbu SEND 2.0. Razvijen u Knjižnici In... more U radu je prikazana mrežna aplikacija za međuknjižničnu posudbu SEND 2.0. Razvijen u Knjižnici Instituta Ruđer Bošković, izrađen je na mrežnim tehnologijama otvorenog koda. Besplatno je dostupan hrvatskim knjižnicama iz sustava znanosti i visokog obrazovanja i njihovim korisnicima. Autentikacija i autorizacija korisnika je regulirana putem AAI@EduHr korisničkog računa, a za knjižnice izvan sustava koje se žele priključiti omogućena je posebna registracija.

Bibliometrijski pokazatelji za procjenu kvalitete znanstvenih časopisa

Hrvatski znanstveni časopisi : iskustva, gledišta, mogućnosti, 2015

Znanstveni časopisi zauzimaju važno mjesto u znanstvenoj zajednici te obavljaju različite uloge, ... more Znanstveni časopisi zauzimaju važno mjesto u znanstvenoj zajednici te obavljaju različite uloge, među kojima posebice valja spomenuti objavljivanje i diseminacija rezultata znanstvenih istraživanja, vrednovanje zaprimljenih članaka kroz recenzijski postupak, zaštita intelektualnog vlasništva autora te njegovo predstavljanje znanstvenoj zajednici. Znanstveni časopisi također zauzimaju i važnu ulogu u procjeni kvalitete znanstvenoga istraživanja pa se od 60-tih godina 20. stoljeća nadalje uočava porast kvantitativnih istraživanja svojstava časopisa, odnosno radova/članaka koje oni objavljuju kao osnovnih jedinica na kojima se provode, tzv., bibliometrijske analize. U ovom su poglavlju opisani bibliometrijski pokazatelji o časopisima kao što su to faktor odjeka časopisa (IF), SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) i h-indeks. Također je i razjašnjena metodologija njihovog izračuna te je donesen i kritički pregled njihovih prednosti i mana, kao i naglašena važnost razumijevanja kontektsta unutar kojih se spomenuti bibliometrijski pokazatelji o časopisima moraju interpretirati. Donesen i pregled relevantnih citatnih baza podataka koje bilježe podatke o citiranosti pojedinih radova objavljenih u časopisima, a na temelju kojih se izračunavaju razni bibliometrijski pokazatelji o časopisima (Web of Science Core Collection i Scopus), kao i besplatne citatne baze podataka Google Znalac. Kao alternativa, ali i dopuna bibliometrijskim pokazateljima o časopisima donesen je i pregled altmetrijskih pokazatelja o radovima objavljenim u časopisima koji se temelje, primjerice, na broju posjeta nečkom članku u digitalnoj verziji, broju preuzimanja, dijeljenja i spominjanja na raznim društvenim mrežama i sl.

Open source solutions for libraries: ABCD vs. Koha

Program - electronic library and information systems, Jan 1, 2013

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integra... more Purpose - The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the two open source (OS) integrated library systems (ILS) – Koha and ABCD (ISIS family), to compare their “next-generation library catalog” functionalities, and to give comparison of other important features available through ILS modules. Design/methodology/approach - Two open source ILSs, Koha and ABCD, were compared in-depth according to their functionalities and characteristics. A checklist was created for each module: acquisition, cataloging, serials, patron management and circulation, reports and statistics, and administration. For an online catalog module, a separate checklist with “new generation catalog” characteristics was created. Authors also defined an additional set of criteria which could influence the decision process and selection of appropriate ILS like funding, metadata schema, preferred ILS functionalities, provided support, and the role of the IT department, and computer and network infrastructure in the library. Findings - Evaluation of ILSs reveals that Koha has more functionalities than ABCD, especially those connected with the “next generation library catalog”. If library is using UNIMARC or MARC21 format for bibliographic description and has a good IT support, Koha is an open source ILS with wide community which has to be considered for implementation. ABCD has great metasearch possibilities and is worth to be considered for libraries using other or no metadata schemas or without IT support. Research limitations/implications – The research was limited to two research libraries and their praxis and experiences. Further analysis can include other open source ILSs. Practical implications – This study can help libraries preparing to migrate to open source ILS to choose an appropriate ILS. Originality/value – This is the first comprehensive study conducted on Koha and ABCD comparing all modules in details.