Enhancing children’s activity in browsing/reading together by the installation of the BrowsReader in the children’s room of a library

Reading together draws much attention as a societal concern for children not only to yield emotional reaction but also to gradually advance intellectual thinking. We here aim to build a new environment, in which children’s browsing and reading of picture books together with families and/or friends is steadily enhanced, by installing the BrowsReader in the children’s room of a public library or a kindergarten. The original BrowsReader was a system to assist children in finding and reading picture books. The children, by gathering around the BrowsReader, can browse picture books and then choose and read a book by flipping pages on it. After reproducing each printed, digitized or web picture book as a surrogate picture book consisting of the front-cover image followed by the page images, we first introduce two basic notions: (i) an abstracted bookshelf, which presents the front-cover images of the surrogate picture books in the form where all are linearly arranged, with some of the images bundled in places, and (ii) a unified view, which presents each page of any surrogate picture book in a form that seems like a printed picture book’s page. We then specify, based on these notions, the improved version of the BrowsReader which can be installed in each children’s room so that children together with families and/or friends can easily browse a large number of surrogate picture books as if they are browsing in the physical bookshelves of the children’s room, and can read a wide variety of surrogate picture books as if they are reading ordinary printed picture books on a table. The improvement was carried out in a step by step process based on feedback and results from case studies, and its effects were clarified by seeing whether, in a new environment, the children’s activity in browsing/reading together were steadily enhanced when using the BrowsReader.     

Loan period distribution in academic libraries

The length of time that borrowers keep books out of a library may be represented as the cumulative percent of books out vs the percent of the maximum loan period. This loan period distribution has been computed for a variety of academic libraries, with a variety of maximum loan periods and with a variety users. The results are quite consistent and suggest that the loan period distribution may possess universally consistent characteristics.     

Library-user interface: A simulation of the circulation subsystem

The loan policy of a university library can have a significant effect on the ability of library users to find the particular books that they are seeking. This paper focuses on the library-user interface by relating two measures of user satisfaction, book availability and the delay associated with recalls, to the loan policy of the library. This relation is established by computer simulation techniques. This paper synthesizes the results of two studies conducted at the Sears Library at Case Western Reserve University. The results of these studies confirm that the model can accurately predict two measures of user satisfaction as a function of the load policy of a library. Thus this technique can be used to evaluate alternative loan policies in terms of their impact on user satisfaction.     

论我国高校图书馆管理的创新

图书馆是搜集、整理、收藏图书资料供人阅览、参考的机构,早在公元前3000年就出现了最早的图书馆,图书馆有保存人类文化遗产、开发信息资源、参与社会教育等职能。图书馆管理是一门关系到图书馆工作中方方面面的学科,在图书馆学的意义上图书馆管理分为：图书馆开支、书籍工作、书籍使用和狭义上的图书馆管理。高校图书馆管理的创新只有通过观念创新、人本管理创新、服务创新、机制创新、文献资料的管理创新,才能对现存的各种管理要素进行重新组合,建立以知识创新为核心的管理体系,并在创新中求生存谋发展。只有不断进行管理创新,才能适应经济社会快速发展的需要。图书馆服务工作是一项开发利用图书馆资源的工作。它包括发展读者（如发放借书证）、读者研究、文献流通和推广服务（包括文献外借、阅览服务、文献复制服务、馆际互借、流动图书馆服务等）、馆藏报道、阅读辅导、参考咨询和文献检索、读者教育等等。     

论古籍阅览室信息共享空间的建设

本文论述了目前图书馆古籍阅览室中普遍存在的古籍利用限制太多,资源分散、服务设施不完善,管理队伍力量薄弱等问题。提出了建设古籍阅览室信息共享空间的构想,古籍阅览室信息共享空间将在提供综合的资源和服务,方便读者使用;提高古籍管理人员素质,创造协作学习环境;加强古籍资源的整理开发,提升古籍保护意识和水平方面发挥重要作用。     

智慧图书馆中基于用户画像的图书推荐研究

【目的/意义】利用用户画像以及个性化推荐算法实现智慧图书馆中的图书推荐。【方法/过程】从构建智慧 图书馆用户画像的自然属性、兴趣属性、社交属性三个数据维度出发,借助相似度计算方法分别计算不同维度读者 和图书的相似度,实现基于相似读者和相似图书的虚拟图书推荐,阐述了借助智慧图书馆的先进技术实现基于位 置的实体图书推荐。【结果/结论】实验结果表明将用户画像用于智慧图书馆图书推荐可提升图书馆个性化服务能 力,针对读者实现精准推荐。【创新/局限】基于用户画像的图书推荐从多个维度进行组合推荐,实现了智慧图书馆 虚拟图书和实体图书的个性化推荐,提高了推荐质量,为提升智慧图书馆个性化服务具有一定的借鉴意义。局限 在于选取的读者以及图书数量较少。     

图书电子化趋势对高校图书采购的影响及应对策略研究

随着互联网信息技术的迅猛发展,知识的传播不仅仅局限于传统的纸质图书等媒介,基于互联网信息技术而产生的电子图书开始逐渐进入人们的生活。电子图书的出现不仅改变了读者的阅读习惯,更改变了知识传播的模式。作为知识传播的中心---高校的图书采购工作将不得不面临新的挑战。本文将从电子出版物的发展趋势出发,在探讨纸质图书与电子图书的优劣势比较的基础上,研究了图书电子化趋势对高校图书采购的影响,重点分析了高校在图书电子化趋势下图书采购策略的调整问题。研究对于高校图书采购单位如何在图书电子化趋势下提升图书采购的质量具有一定的指导价值。     

大学生阅读现状调查研究——北京师范大学本科三年级情况

本文主要调查分析了处于巩固专业知识,或为考研,或为工作承前启后的三年级学生阅读状况,结果表明三年级学生仍以纸质阅读为主,图书来源主要是图书馆借阅,同学们普遍对阅读感兴趣,目的多样,但同时存在没有良好的阅读心境,课业重挤压了阅读时间等问题。另外,北师大图书馆是很好的资源提供者,但"好书推荐"等阅读服务明显不足,以上结果表明我校图书馆还需要进一步改进阅读推广方面的工作。     

用文献计量方法研究图书出版现象——以文献信息类图书为例

本文借助国家图书馆联机公共书目查询系统、中国知网(CNKI)引文数据库,对我国2000-2009年10年间出版的信息检索类729种图书进行了统计分析,包括图书的年代分布及数量变化,学科分类、出版社、图书被引情况等,以期明确我国信息检索领域出版图书的现状及发展趋势,为出版单位制定出版规划、读者和文献收藏单位阅读和收藏信息检索类图书提供一种推荐的依据。     

Optimal loan periods

The influence of a library's loan period on user satisfaction is a topic of considerable current interest. In this paper a model is created that is useful for studying this interaction. A policy, possibly appropriate for a reserve book room, is assumed, in which no queues form. Users not able to take out a book either give up or return. Also, the model includes the effect of a patron not being able to use a book for a sufficient length of time. This model yields equations for the value of the loan period that minimizes the number of transactions at the circulation desk consistent with a constant level of real demand. An iterative solution procedure is described and its convergence proven. Other objective functions, and in particular, the probability of a user successfully using a book, are considered.The objective of the paper is not to detail an operating procedure for circulation systems, but to continue the discussion initiated by Philip Morse about how such systems can be modelled. Morse introduces a queuing model for circulating books, but neglects to consider the impact of queue formation on the arrival rate to the system. The intention of this paper is to emphasize the necessity of introducing such considerations and to indicate how such complications can be analytically treated. The specific system modelled is a simplified one, similar to the one discussed by Bruce in a recent article published in L.Q. This model, or variants adapted to local conditions should be useful in assisting decision-making regarding circulation, but it is the modelling process rather than the management aspect that is addressed by this paper.     

基于Web3.0的高校图书馆图书采访智能化决策设想

文章针对目前高校图书馆图书采访决策存在采访人员主观判断,导致图书利用率低等现象,充分利用Web3.0先进技术,计算机通过对用户需求、馆藏数据、书目数据、图书价值、学科经费分配等方面进行全面综合权衡、判断、评价,最后做出图书采访智能化决策。这种方法比传统采访人员图书采购决策做法显得更客观更科学,排除了采访人员主观判断干扰,能较大程度地提高图书馆馆藏质量和提升图书馆服务水平。     

浅析中职卫校图书馆读者借阅管理

本文从图书馆读者阅览群体、类别、规律等方面进行了统计分析,探讨了与学生管理的关系。统计结果表明,中职卫校借阅图书的读者群体主要是学生,学生以女生为主,借阅的图书多是小说、减肥美容、生理性爱、时尚服装等类,借阅医学专业类的比例不高,读者来馆主要是消遣娱乐。因此对我们管理人员的工作要求提高了,必须改变服务理念、加强服务规范,达到管理育人的目的。     

试用hg指数应用于图书借阅数据分析研究

将物理学家Jorge E. Hirsch提出的定量评价科研人员学术成就的方法——h指数及Egghe提出的g指数的结合hg指数试应用于图书馆图书借阅数据分析,得出读者对文献"高利用次数",反映图书利用状况和读者的借阅情况,从而对读者阅读状况进行分析,为群体读者提供针对性的服务起到指导作用。     

图书馆RFID系统建设中的图书定位问题研究

国内许多图书馆在RFID系统建设中对图书定位问题了解不够全面和清晰。RFID系统在馆藏管理方面的实际使用效果远远不及自助借还服务。RFID图书定位分为动态定位模式和静态定位模式。利用智能书车、便携式读写器、物联网手机等定位设备,旧书可以采用全书定位法和首书定位法,新书可以采用人工定位法、首书智能定位法、虚拟首末书定位法和邻居定位法。文章对各种定位方法的原理和优缺点进行了系统的分析比较,并基于数十家图书馆的实际建设经验,提出了若干基本原则和建议。帮助图书馆更全面了解RFID系统建设中的图书定位问题,优化图书定位方案,提升RFID系统馆藏管理价值。     

图书馆古籍部工作探讨

古籍是珍贵的文化遗产,是图书馆的特色馆藏,历来存在着利用与保存的矛盾,图书馆的古籍部不仅具有为读者提供查阅古籍的服务作用,而且还有着整理、保管古籍的藏书功能。本文从4个方面来探讨古籍部工作。     

大学图书馆"图书深、浅阅读"的实证研究

对深、浅阅读图书进行统计分析结果表明,图书的深、浅阅读数量基本呈正态分布,不同类别图书的深、浅阅读量有显著性差异,图书深、浅阅读量和馆藏量呈正相关关系,高阅读量图书类别为语言类、文学类、工业技术类。加强图书深、浅阅读的分析及监控对图书馆的资源建设具有重要的意义。     

创新图书流通策略以提高高校图书馆办馆效益

分析了当前我国高校图书馆印刷型图书流通策略存在的不足,从流通类型、读者类型、借阅、续借、预约等方面．提出结合当前数字图书馆建设大环境,创新角色类型模式、全流通模式、动态等级模式、大数量权限法、无限续借制度、积分式预约制度等流通策略,以期提高图书馆的整体办馆效益。     

RSS技术在图书采访中的应用设计

本文采用RSS技术,构建了图书馆图书采访系统的应用模型,该系统可以完成图书采购信息的发布和读者信息反馈的功能,从而大大提高了图书馆采访的工作质量。     

高校教学评估与图书馆藏书量指标的探讨

在高校教学评估指标体系中,图书馆藏书量指标、生均藏书量指标过高,而生均年进新书量指标过低,应该科学地制定图书馆藏书量指标,否则不利于图书馆的藏书建设。