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Houlin Zhao
International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General
Key words: WSIS, International Telecommunication Union, informatization, information society, Internet communications, small and medium business.
Maksim Andreevich YuREVICh
Junior Research Associate, Center of Macroeconomic Studies, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation; Ph.D. student, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Irina Pavlovna TsAPENKO
Doctor of Economics, Leading Research Fellow, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
Altmetrics was created as an alternative to traditional scientometric and expert approaches. It is aimed to overcome their drawbacks that are especially evident in socio-humanistic sciences. The main tool of altmetric evaluation of magazine articles and other kinds of scientific published materials is calculating comments to them in social networks, blogs and other online services. Main advantages of this new approach includes capabilities to measure social effect made by the research, getting results fast, and flexibility of indicators. At the same time, altmetric criteria have such disadvantages as manipulative capability and susceptibility to “populist” authors’ messages, restricted presence of researchers in social networks. According to the authors, it is still too early to pose a question of applying altmetrics in science management, though it is expedient to use its information-related functions.
Key words: altmetrics, scientometric approaches, citing, socio-humanistic sciences, Internet resources, media platforms.
Valeriy Arkadyevich Konyavskiy
Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Scientific Director, Semiconductor Engineering Design Bureau “Rostech”
Mikhail Yuryevich Kuzmin
Head of Department, Scientific Director, Semiconductor Engineering Design Bureau “Rostech”
Boris Vladimirovich KRISTALNIY
Professor, Advisor of Director-General, Scientific Director, Semiconductor Engineering Design Bureau “Rostech”
The article offers some methods of reducing information risks insurance costs allowing to extend the area of insurance, from media and processing tools up to information technologies and IT systems in general. The suggested approach is illustrated by examples of using new innovative Russian import-substituting product – protected microcomputers based on “Harvard” microprocessors.
Practical value of the approach in question is that it can be applied for both legal entities and individuals. This will facilitate considerable extension of the Russian market of trusted information technology with insured information risks.
Key words: information technology, information technology security, information security, information risk, information risk insurance.
Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Knowledge Economy of the Institute of Applied Economic Research of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Researcher of Gaidar Institute of Economic Policy Today, crowdsourcing offers new opportunities to the state, business and society: projects integrating crowdsourcers’ GPS coordinates, sensors’ data and external databases were started us. In order to systematize these opportunities a new classification of crowdsourcing projects is offered. More than 20 examples from the US, Europe and Russia illustrate the basic idea of the article - crowdsourcing has huge potential and requires further studying.
Vladimir Timofeevich GRIBOV
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Director General, Data Express JSC
Special attention is paid to such important distinguishing feature of new ALISs as their cloud-based application. The article shows main models of rendering cloud services to libraries and their users, such as SaaS и ASP. It also considers options of deploying library-based cloud service data centers having the respective infrastructure.
As a practical example of next-generation software tool for libraries, the article shows the MegaPro ALIS that can be used as both classical and cloud-based ALIS called “bibliohosting”.
Key words: library, information technology, automation, automated library systems, cloud technologies, cloud service models, data center, continuity.
Dmitry CHIZHOV
Candidate of Political Sciences, Senior Research Fellow at the Sholokhov Russian Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Technology (RIAS SMSUH), member of the Russian Political Science Association
According to experts, society is not ready to perceive the impact of the Internet on the development of modern civilization in full extent yet. Political life, as many other aspects of society, has changed due to the widespread penetration of the Internet, which is controlled by the government only in a very small extent in comparison with traditional media. The author affirms that the Internet is not only a channel for the dissemination of information, but also a serious political mobilization tool technology.
Keywords: media landscape, political party, communication field, internet-communication, internet project, blogosphere, interactive tools.
Margarita Sergeevna REShETINSKAYa
Senior lecturer, Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Sciences; Ph.D. student, Department of Sociology, Political Science and Psychology, Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Sciences
Key words: mass media, ethnic information, migrant workers, inter-ethnic conflicts.
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