All About Books

The properties of the book are determined by its functions. Accordingly, if we consider the book in the social communication and information process, it is revealed that the book is inherent in both the properties of Document IV, and specific properties. One of the most important properties of the book is its connotation. This property was written about in the 20s of the XX century, but was understood differently. M.N. Kufaev understood the book "as a receptacle of all thoughts and words clothed...

The book performs an aesthetic function to a greater extent than a document. Among non-book documents, this function is characteristic mainly of works of art (literary, visual, musical unpublished documents). Among the books, almost every book-edition should be made according to the laws of aesthetics, laws of book art. The ethical function of a book is a special aspect of cultural and managerial functions. Many prominent figures of the past and present have noted the enriching nature of the influence of the book; some varieties of books have a negative impact on readers...

The ideological function of G.N. Shvetsov-Vodka is attributed to the manifestations of the administrative function [14, p. 270]. If the witnessing function is widely understood, it becomes obvious that it is inherent in the book. Any book, as well as a document, is first of all the evidence, a confirmation of the existence of activity aimed at its creation. Thus, for a writer, the publication of his book will be a confirmation of his creative activity. Moreover, the book "testifies" not only to...

Modern book science considers the book from the standpoint of document science. Hence, a special approach to the separation of the functions of the book. If the functional approach considers the functions of a book by itself, out of connection and without comparison with the functions of the document, then modern research is based on the relationship between the document and the book. It is suggested to find out whether the book has a document function and what specific functions the book has. V...

The preservation of both the content and the material form of a book when consumed is as much a must for a book as for a document in general. One of the properties of a document is that any document can be characterized by the formula of the characteristic of a communication message (Lassuella's formula: "Whosays, what, inwhichchannel, towhom, withwhateffect", i.e. "who, what, to whom, to whom, through what channel, with what effect reports") [citation: 14, p. 280]. Correspondence to this formula is also inherent in the book...

When defining the essence of the book in book science, the functions of the book are considered. It is necessary to note that in the course of time (at change of the approach to definition of concept "book") the list of allocated functions of the book changed, experts-book experts allocated various functions as the basic. Barenbaum and Barsuk considered the communication function of I.E. and A.I. Barsuk (book as a means of information transfer) to be a universal one. The cognitive function is inextricably...

Important for the definition of the concept of "book" is the study of the relationship between the concepts of "document", "book", "edition", "print", "literature", "publication". The meaning of the term "document" depends on the context of its use. This may be the broadest possible meaning, equivalent to Document I and covering all types of documents. G.N. Shvetsov-Vodka draws attention to the fact that in addition to the general concept of "document", the term "document" can be used to refer to any phenomenon that can be called a "document" in one sense or another...

In order to understand the difference between a book and other docksG.N. Shvetsova-Vodka considers the place of the book in the social communication and information process. This process consists of three main elements: a communicant, a document as a channel of information communication, a recipient [14, p. 255]. In order for a "document" to become a "book", the activity of communication intermediaries (CPs) is needed on the way from the communicant to the recipient, who turn the original document created by the author into a book and facilitate its delivery to the recipient of information...

It considers the concept of "book" taking into account the peculiarities of the material medium of information. At the same time, we shall define different meanings of the concept "book" in this way: Book I (equal to Document IV), Book II (paper document), Book III (paper document sheet), Book IV (paper document sheet, sheet collection), Book V (paper document sheet, sheet collection, block), Book VI (paper document sheet, sheet collection, sheet collection, block), Book VII (paper document sheet, sheet collection, block, block edition)...

Considering the above definitions, Migon notes that all these definitions more or less successfully outline the scope of the concept of "book", but they are not able to separate it from others, such as "newspaper", "magazine", "leaflet", that is, from the printed word in general. Therefore, it gives recommendations that should be taken into account when defining the concept of "book": the definition should reflect the essence of the book as a public phenomenon; it should reflect the main characteristics...

The book since ancient times accompanies and pushes the thinking activity of man. At the early - handwritten - stage the book had information and cognitive functions, allowing to transfer the accumulated information to descendants. After the invention of the printing press the book gets a new round of development. Now it becomes possible to publish more books, book trade and book business as a whole reach a new level. In this regard, the definition of the concept of "book" is expanding, the book itself acquires new functions and properties...