Foreign research reports low use of mobile devices for reading e-texts among students, so we investigated mobile reading behaviour among UL students. Since the results of the online survey showed ...that low use of mobile devices for reading e-texts is also characteristic of UL students, we wanted to investigate in more detail the reasons and barriers to the use of mobile devices for reading e-texts. The paper summarises the results of a survey which showed similar results to foreign surveys: students already use mobile devices (most often a smartphone) to read e-texts, but not frequently and not to read longer texts. Barriers are the smaller screen and keyboard, poorer page clarity and poorer ability to highlight text. The surveys also provided information on the most appropriate formats of library services for mobile devices and the most appropriate formats of training on how to use these services. The findings of the research are important for academic libraries, as e-resources constitute a large part of their services and mobile technology is already an important part of student life.
About a year before the pandemic struck, personal archives of Anton Sovre (1885–1963) were rediscovered, and they eventually made their way to the National and University Library in Ljubljana. During ...the fifties, Anton Sovre was the undisputed éminence grise of the field of classics in Slovenia and among the new sources now available to researchers is an essay on “Perspective Development of Classical Philology” from 1959. The document was written in the tradition of the Five-Year Plans, and its rhetoric is often amusing. Its content, however, was written mainly by Sovre’s best student. At that time, Kajetan Gantar (1930–2022) had already defended his PhD thesis on Homer. Due to political reasons, he was initially blocked from getting a university position. However, the situation changed somewhat during the thaw in the sixties, when he could finally get the position of lecturer, and he eventually became the leading classical scholar and translator in the country and Sovre’s successor. His proposal for the future of the discipline shows strategic thinking, which was confirmed by the decades that followed.
Richard Klemen was the first teacher of enzymology at the University of Ljubljana. His early career in Ljubljana ended in January 1942 when he moved to Vienna, Austria. During the war he conducted ...experiments that led him to describe the so-called Hofmann-Klemen effect in clay. Later he was a research assistant and titular associate professor in the field of biochemical technology at the Vienna Technical University and finally a lecturer at the University of Natural Resources in Vienna. His life is an interesting example of a scientist and educator whose Gottscheer German origin would probably prevent him from continuing his career in post-war Yugoslavia. At the same time, he did not achieve in Austria the positions and status that his former colleagues and students had achieved in Slovenia. Although he was almost forgotten, he remains important as the first trained enzymologist and teacher of enzymology in Slovenia. This article also presents his full bibliography.
The purpose of this article is to explore the social and spatial dynamics within the university libraries of the University of Ljubljana and the University of Vienna. The analysis shows that ...university libraries are crucial for shaping the academic environment and culture and play an important role in city-university relations. Understanding these dynamics is essential for planning and developing university spaces that can effectively respond to the needs and activities of their users. The article applies qualitative research methods and uses interviews with professors, students and assistants along with on-site observations to analyse the dynamics and transformative role of university spaces in Ljubljana and Vienna.
Walking and running are natural way of human motion. Today running is effective aerobic exercise to maintain vital human functions, mostly cardiovascular and breathing functions. Modern human’s lack ...of movement results in numerous health problems and generally reduce the quality of his life. The impact of regular physical exercise on the body is proven beyond any doubt; but we can also see the growing negative effects of physical exercise, which are typically a result of the unadjusted and to demanding exercise programs. Walking and running are human’s the most effective and health activities, but running can have large load on joints, bones, tendons, ligaments and muscular system. The negative effects of physical exercise are manifested in the form of overload which often leads to injuries. Running injuries and their development takes place at the beginning relatively unnoticed, obvious symptoms with pronounce consequences for the runner occur relatively late. Identifying overload factors of the human can help runners and all other athletes who run in their sport disciplines; it is a huge challenge for sports science. Correct and in time answers on overload can have important contribution to a more humane and safe practice.
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