INFORMATION ABOUT SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT: FROM EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS TO FEDERAL CENTERS

Issue № 8, 2023, article № 11, pages 96-103

Language: Russian

Original language title: ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О НАУЧНЫХ АГРАРНЫХ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЯХ В ЦИФРОВОЙ СРЕДЕ: ОТ ОПЫТНЫХ ПОЛЕЙ ДО ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫХ ЦЕНТРОВ

Keywords: DATABASES, AUTHORITY FILE, AUTHORITY DATA, INFORMATION SEARCH, INFORMATION RESOURCES, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCE, CSAL

Abstract: The results of research on updating the reference and information database named as «Authority file: research institutions in agricultural field» of the FSBSI CSAL generation are presented. The database contains reference information, historical data about modern and defunct scientific agricultural institutions, provides a search for publications of institutions in the information resources. In 2023, the database was replenished with authority data in the amount of 85 entries for the names of modern scientific agrarian institutions and agricultural institutions of the XIX century. The reliability of data on institutions has been monitored, necessary amendments and additions to the authority records have been made, and links with the information resources have been established. Work has been carried out for updating, editing and adapting the database content in a new software environment – the OPAC-Global Automated Library and Information System. The operations on editing and automatic replacement of individual elements of the authority records, on automatic replacement of data in controlled access points of bibliographic records when changing the authority data are given. The works on setting up the program functions for creating, editing, deleting authority records, and organizing hierarchical relationships are described. The database accumulates information about scientific agricultural institutions from reliable sources and provides users with free access to authority data on the FSBSI CSAL website.

Authors: Semenova Olga Fedorovna, Lastochkina Natalia Vladislavovna