Changes in working schedule

Due to the celebration on the 24th of August (Independence Day of Ukraine) Library changes its working schedule.

21-24 August (Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) – holidays.

From the 25 August (Wednesday-) library is working due to the usual schedule.

28 August (Saturday) library working hours 9:00-17:30.

Academic integrity: online-course for teachers

Online-course for the teachers of higher educational institutions!

New course ‘Academic integrity: online-course for the teachers’ starts on the Prometheus platform on the 3rd of August.

The course consists of 6 modules, each containing video lectures, practical tasks and materials for self-study.

On this course you can:

• evaluate your own teaching through the prism of academic integrity;
• learn the theoretical basis;
• master practical tools that help strengthen the culture of academic integrity.

Registration for the online-course is open. Hurry up to register!

More here.

ScienceDirect Summer Academy webinars

We would like to share the details of Science (Direct Summer Academy), within the framework of which special educational and development programs, accessible only for Ukrainian institutions, will be held. Reserve a place in your calendar for webinars, including:

July 20, 2021 ScienceDirect Topic Pages – Transforming content into the result

August 3, 2021 Strategies for writing successful grant applications

August 17, 2021 Effective use of research metrics and indicators in grant proposals. 

Be sure to visit the Elsevier Online Training Hub for Central and Eastern Europe, where you will find detailed information on how to access all «Summer Academy webinars».

Memorandum between the State Language Standards Commission and the Ukrainian Library Association

The memorandum of cooperation was signed by the President of the Ukrainian Library Association, the Director of the KPI Library Oksana Brui and the Chairman of the National Commission on State Language Standards Orysia Demska.

In accordance with the memorandum, the parties agreed to jointly promote:

• increasing the prestige of libraries through the promotion of the Ukrainian language;
• dissemination of knowledge about the Ukrainian language and its role in the development of Ukrainian and European cultures;
• creating a network of posts where exams will be held to determine the level of proficiency in the state language and determining the schedules of their work.

New edition of «MARC 21 format for the bibliographic data»

The Library experts prepared new edition of the publication «MARC 21 format for the bibliographic data : methodological recommendations (short version)».

The edition is downloaded to the KPI electronic archive. You are welcome to scroll and use via the link.

Methodical recommendations are made taking into consideration the international standard of cataloging in the RDA digital environment. They will be useful for all librarians of Ukraine.