MLA committee membership: retrospect and prospect

MLA committee membership by category (medical school, society and hospital) for the past three years is examined revealing a heavy reliance upon medical school librarians for committee members. A ten-year examination of committee membership and turnover in individual committee membership rosters points out those committees whose rate of turnover is greatest. Opportunities for service by new MLA members is examined as is committee tenure as experienced during the last decade. Turnover, tenure, and frequency of leadership is examined for the ten-year period. Pointing out that only 360 individuals have served MLA in committee positions listed in the Bulletin, the Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Goals and Structure of the Medical Library Association is urged to more actively seek the opinions of the membership and to consider the service patterns of the past in recommending a course for the future.     

Creating a more inclusive journal: the Journal of the Medical Library Association's evolving process for selecting editorial board members

The Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) selects new editorial board members every year. In the spring of 2021, JMLA used a new process for reviewing and selecting applicants for the limited number of open editorial board positions. This reevaluation of the selection process was spurred by a desire to create a more diverse and representative board. Changes to the procedures for selecting new editorial board members included having an open call for editorial board members, creating an application form, creating a selection committee to screen applicants, creating a form for the selection committee to extract data from applications, and creating a two-step process for screening and then selecting board members. As part of construction of this new process, areas for continued improvement were also identified, such as refining the application form to allow more specific answers to areas of interest to the selection committee. The newly created selection process for editorial board members constitutes a significant change in JMLA processes; however, more can be done to build on this work by further refining the selection process and ensuring that new members are selected in a transparent and streamlined manner.     

科研模式变革中的数据管理服务:实现开放获取、开放数据、开放科学的途径

随着信息技术的发展与普及,全球学术交流模式总体朝着开放获取的趋势发展,信息时代的科学活动需要更多的数据开放和共享。开放数据是公众参与科学、推动社会进步的必要条件。无论是对于图书馆工作还是对于信息服务、知识服务来说,科研模式的变革都是一种新的挑战。与此同时,在此背景下,也产生了一种新的机遇,即与科研数据管理相关的一系列新内容,包括:明确科研数据管理各利益方;明确数据管理服务的主要内容;塑造科研数据开放共享文化,开展各个利益相关者之间的数据对话;进行科学数据开放共享各个环节的政策研究;明确数据馆员发挥的作用和职业价值。表6。参考文献70。     

Museums,Public Service,and Funding: Today's Conundrum,Tomorrow's Partnership?

Abstract Museums have become adept at working with giving allies in foundations, corporations and government agencies who prefer to make grants for specific projects. This works well for discreet activities such as planning an exhibition, cataloguing a collection, or setting up a new store designed to eventually strengthen earned income. It even worked well as museums began to experiment with creating new products such as curriculum kits that would “reach out” to specialized audiences. However, truly providing museum‐wide public service for a broad audience and creating social capital in our communities is not a discreet project, therefore the project‐funding model can thwart the mutual goals museums and institutional funders are trying to achieve. This article explores the problem and suggests that museums work with philanthropic allies to find better ways to create and sustain true public service.     

信息系统服务质量模糊综合评价的一种新算法*

 信息系统服务质量评价的关键是实现隶属度转换,但现有模糊综合评价方法不能揭示“指标隶属度中哪部分对目标分类有用,哪部分无用”,使得原本对目标分类不起作用的冗余数值参与计算目标隶属度。从目标分类角度定义指标区分权、指标有效值及可比值,消除指标隶属度中的冗余数值,给出模糊综合评价的一种新算法,并用于信息系统服务质量综合评价。     

Envisioning the Tapestry: Discovering and Planning Member-Driven Services

ABSTRACT

WiLS is a non-profit organization with over 500 libraries and cultural institutions as members. It facilitates collaborative projects and services to save members time and money and to advance library service. WiLS is designed to be a nimble organization; our staffing structure, membership and cost recovery models, virtual office environment, and service development processes all allow WiLS to anticipate and respond to member needs. We take a unique approach to designing new services to meet those needs, one which is like creating a tapestry. As we begin to conceive of the service, an outline appears on the cloth, but it is faint and difficult to recognize. As we learn more, the outline becomes clearer and we see not only the shape of the service, but begin to see the details that add threads to create the color and texture of the work. By the time we have completed the process, we have a full understanding of the service we may offer, and the full picture with all of its detail has emerged. Any “art” that we conceive and create comes from who we are and the environment in which we are creating. In this article, we’ll share more about our organization and the foundations that make us who we are, along with the process we use to develop our service tapestries.     

Home on the electronic range: bringing the Journal of Animal Science online

This article describes why the American Society of Animal Science decided to make the Journal of Animal Science available online, some of the issues that were considered before and during the project, and the responses of those who use the electronic journal. The article also contains discussions of new additions to our electronic offerings and the challenge of granting library access to electronic publications. Based on feedback received from American Society of Animal Science members, our online endeavors have been well received, and members perceive these offerings as an important enhancement of membership services.     

科技期刊编委会的结构优化与作用提升——以《应用生态学报》为例

编委是科技期刊学术质量的把关人,对于提高期刊质量和扩大期刊影响力发挥着重要作用.为进一步调动编委工作积极性,激发主动性,本文以《应用生态学报》为例,阐述如何优化科技期刊编委会结构,根据编委特点进行分类,充分发挥不同类型编委的作用,并对编委会进行制度化建设和充分的服务保障,以期显著提高期刊组稿能力,提升审稿质量,加快审稿速度,大幅增加高质量论文的数量,进而提高科技期刊的学术质量和综合影响力.     

Users or Supporters? Understanding Motivations and Behaviors of Museum Members

Research into museum membership schemes and their members is limited and fragmented. This study presents an overview of existing research as a contextual framework for a study of the motivations and behavior of members of a British national museum. The paper examines factors such as members' motives for joining, their usage of benefits, the value they place on membership, and their feelings about the host organization. It concludes with advice as to how membership managers can more effectively manage their own membership organization.     

基于训练集裁剪的加权K近邻文本分类算法

文本分类是信息检索领域的重要应用之一,由于采用统一特征向量形式表示所有文档,导致针对每个文档的特征向量具有高维性和稀疏性,从而影响文档分类的性能和精度。为有效提升文本特征选择的准确度,本文首先提出基于信息增益的特征选择函数改进方法,提高特征选择的精度。KNN(K-Nearest Neighbor)算法是文本分类中广泛应用的算法,本文针对经典KNN计算量大、类别标定函数精度不高的问题,提出基于训练集裁剪的加权KNN算法。该算法通过对训练集进行裁剪提升了分类算法的计算效率,通过模糊集的隶属度函数提升分类算法的准确性。在公开数据上的实验结果及实验分析证明了算法的有效性。     

行动研究：图书情报工作研究的新范式

针对目前图书情报工作研究中理论与实践脱节、理论研究者与实际工作者相分离的状况,有必要引入行动研究这种新的研究方法。图书情报工作行动研究,可以激发图书情报从业人员的主体性与创新精神,促进理论研究与实际工作的结合,改进图书情报工作的实际效果,优化服务职能,是现代图书情报从业人员职业发展的重要方式。     

关于设立人大专门图书馆的思考

新形势下的人大工作对人大代表和人大常委会成员以及工作人员（以下简称“人大常委会人员”）提出了更高的要求,如以立法工作为例,从以往更多的强调数量和速度到现在更多的关注质量。因此,人大代表和人大常委会人员需要掌握更全面更准确的国内外相关政治、法律信息,结合本国或者本地区实际情况,进行比较、借鉴、吸收。为解决目前人大代表和人大常委会人员获取图书信息渠道有限的矛盾,建议在具有立法权的人大常委会设立人大专门图书馆,舁就其设立的必要性和特点进行论证和阐述。     

国内档案服务研究进程探析

为了给国内学者们在该领域的后续研究提供有益思路,针对国内档案服务研究领域的现状以及发展趋势进行较为系统的分析变得尤为重要。以中文社会科学引文索引数据库中收录的2000-2016年国内档案服务研究文献作为研究对象,借助可视化分析软件CiteSpaceIII,分别从研究力量、研究热点以及研究主题等三个方面进行分析,以此揭示出国内档案服务研究领域的研究现状、特点及发展趋势。国内档案服务研究领域机构相互之间的合作频次较少,机构之间的合作呈现出较强的区域性。但是,研究人员在新课题探索中具有国际化的研究视野。此外,对于公共档案馆、档案网站等方面的研究热度迅速升温,越来越注重开发档案的社会化服务职能。该领域研究已经呈现出档案资源服务社会化、知识化、数字化等三大发展趋势。     

面向科研信息管理的高校图书馆数据服务进展与启示

[目的/意义]目前用于科研管理的数据存储分散,缺乏组织,不利于科研规划和决策的有效开展, 因此科研信息管理(RIM)成为新的研究热点,正在引起科研资助机构、高校及图书馆的重视。了解其研究现状可为国内高校图书馆开展相关数据服务提供有益思路。[方法/过程]首先明确RIM的定义、服务对象、内容,简述其与RDM服务的差异;然后分析图书馆开展RIM的优势,通过案例和文献调研分析当前国际研究进展;最后结合笔者所在机构的实践,总结RIM对我国高校图书馆数据服务的启示。[结果/结论]高校图书馆面向RIM的数据服务对象包括产出元数据、情景元数据、统计数据及非结构化数据。RIM服务不仅可以提升高校科研规划和决策的准确性和可靠性,还能巩固图书馆在科研中的地位,开拓数据服务新领域并促进机构库转型。     

From IM to Collaboration

Abstract

As library service providers for distance learners, we are constantly searching for ways to assist them in their use of library resources. Virtual (real-time chat) reference is yet another tool to utilize in reaching these students. While virtual reference has been around for several years and many libraries offer such services, as a medium-sized institution, Emporia State University took some time to move into providing such a service on a formal basis. Several issues, including staffing and funding, delayed entrance into this arena. It was not until a collaborative academic reference venture among several academic libraries in the state was proposed that the ESU library was able to offer this service. Advantages and disadvantages of the collaboration will be discussed, as well as lessons learned that can be applied to any collaborative project.     

Three Reasons Samples Become Separated From Their Populations in Communication Research

There are three reasons why probability samples often become separated from their putative populations in mass communication research. First, researchers sometimes believe populations must surely exist when in fact they do not exist. Yet they relentlessly pursue these phantom populations rather than heed classic warning signs that something is wrong. Second, researchers often struggle with underpowered samples. Rather than render those samples using more appropriate qualitative methods, they plow ahead using misapplied statistical methods and thus never inferentially connect to a population. Third, researchers frequently and incorrectly use random assignment rather than random selection as a sample method. This, in turn, can leave a sample unconnected to a population if the population can be drawn only through random selection. As obvious as these three errors are, researchers nonetheless stumble into them regularly. We examine why that is and what researchers can do to avoid these errors.     

Ugandan health libraries in the 21st century: key initiatives and challenges

This article is part of a series in this regular feature which looks at new directions in health science libraries. This paper highlights new initiatives aimed at ensuring health libraries can contribute to the development of Uganda in the 21st century and the challenges facing libraries. It stresses that for libraries to be successful they need to form networks and collaborations for resource sharing; take advantage of the benefits of information technology; computerise their library systems; as well as invest in the development of staff. The paper highlights the main challenge facing the library service as inadequate funding both from government for public‐funded health libraries and the private sector (for privately funded health libraries). The paper concludes that, despite the bottlenecks brought about by inadequate funding, Ugandan health libraries have taken positive steps to support health research and education, as well as patient care, not just for Uganda, but for the whole of the East African region. J.M.     

Canada’s national initiative to advance access to electronic journals*

This paper describes a national experiment in the licensing of full text information in journals, primarily in the fields of science, technology and medicine. It discusses the initiative of the federal government of Canada through the creation of the Canada Foundation for Innovation as a new funding agency, with an objective of improving research and creativity in Canadian science. The successful efforts initiated by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries/Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada to create a funding opportunity to develop the ‘information infrastructure’ for Canadian researchers and the resulting Canadian National Site Licensing Project (CNSLP) progress is discussed. The evolution of a project governance structure to maintain the support of the 64 participating institutions is reviewed and the need to develop an appropriate exit strategy at the conclusion of the federal funding is also considered.