Valstybinės dokumentų statistikos raida pasaulyje ir jos tikslai šiuolaikinių poreikių kontekste

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Atrankos kriterijai; Bibliografija; Bibliografinė statistika; Dokumentų statistika; Istorinė raida; Leidyba; Nacionalinė bibliografija; Spaudos statistika; Spausdinta produkcija; Statistikos metodai; Statistinė dokumentų apskaita; Taikomi metodai; Valstybinė dokumentų statistika; Applied methods; Bibliographic statistics; Bibliography; Document statistics; Historical development; National bibliography; National documents' statistics; Press statistic; Print production; Publishing; Publishing statistics; Selection criteria; Statistical accouting of documents; Statistical methods.

ENStriving to compare adequately the publishing range of separate countries on the dinamic - chronological basis, a necessity for the methodical-methodological principles and technical resources regarding selection of the statistically viewed object and presentation of the results of such control is evident. They will enable to realize the control of such a massive phenomenon as press, which is peculiar for its interrelated correlative links according to the individual characteristics. The results of such control should be officially available and also, the conditions for users to have access to this type of information should be created. Solution of this pressing problem of international significance has been commenced far back in the third decade of this century. Criteria for selection of the object for this control have been determined, including guidelines for the accumulation of statistics about them. However, due to diverse comprehension of the methodical-methodological principles, existing in different countries regarding the control of the national documents’ statistics, also, technical possibilities, the comparability problem of the adequate, uniform and balanced evaluation of the publishing range remains crucial even at present. Realization of the problem has started under the auspices of the CoBRA METRIC project, utilizing data accumulated in the current national bibliography, which are accordingly identified and standardized, and also, offered for users in a relevantly understandable form.In its development, the Lithuanian national documents’ statistics has incurred the practices and methods both of the bibliographic and publishing statistics, the latter being broader, in accordance with the object selected for the statistical study. For a long time, statistical control has been carried out on the grounds of the methodical -methodological principles adopted in the former Soviet Union, which in some cases have been adapted to the international ones. Still, due to the administrative policy of the Soviet production and other motives they are rather specific. Nonetheless, the Soviet documents’ statistics, in view of the exhaustiveness of the information provided and from the standpoint of the statistically perceived object, even exceeds the countries with high living standards. Lithuania, which chose the course of an independent state is confronted with the necessity of the revision of the existing concept of control of the national documents’ statistics and also, exploration of further ways and means for its evolution, including technical resources. This will facilitate in resolving related practical tasks of the national and international importance and concurrently, will assist in keeping up with apparent changes in the publishing world, also, overcoming problems concerning integral presentation of its results, together with data of other information systems in the same format. [From the publication]