Gratifications,chronic loneliness and internet use

This study examined how chronic loneliness is associated with gratifications‐sought and its effect on Internet use. Results from a telephone survey of 864 Internet users of 16‐years of age or older found that surveillance, affection, and social interaction were strongest instrumental use of the Internet followed by ritualized use such as entertainment, escape, and arousal. The proposition that the chronically lonely derive fewer gratifications from Internet use than do the situationally lonely and the nonlonely people was not supported. Moreover, no consistent patterns of ritualized or instrumental use of the Internet were found when comparing the chronically lonely and the nonlonely groups. However, the hypothesis that chronically lonely persons will report less active use of the Internet such as using e‐mail, surfing the WWW, reading online news, and playing online games than do the situationally lonely and the nonlonely persons received much support. Finally, regression results show that instrumental gratifications were more predictive of Internet activities for the nonlonely group than the lonely group. Implications of loneliness on Internet use in Chinese culture are discussed.     

A meta-analysis of the relationships between psychosocial problems and internet habits: Synthesizing internet addiction,problematic internet use,and deficient self-regulation research

Losses of self-control over Internet use, indicative of Internet habits, have caught the attention of the public for some time. A large collection of studies that theorize about and test the associations between psychosocial problems and Internet habits has been amassed over the last two decades. A meta-analytic review was used to determine the average correlations of Internet habits with loneliness and depression in existing research and explore several conditions under which these effects may vary. The cumulative correlations revealed that loneliness and depression were independently associated with Internet habits across the studies. Although the relationship between loneliness and Internet habits was stable across a number of different conditions, the depression-Internet habit association varied with age groups, year of publication, and sample types.     

Alignment 2.0: Strategic use of new internet technologies in government

This paper challenges the view that strategies for using Web 2.0 should primarily be based upon technological characteristics. The value of the organizational strategic alignment approach for developing specific operational Web 2.0 strategies for government organizations is explored both theoretically and empirically. On the basis of a review of the literature we conclude that there are no a priori reasons why the idea of a fit between IT strategy and business strategic orientation cannot be applied to the development of operational Web 2.0 strategies for government organizations. The empirical exploration based on intervention research at the Dutch Department of Education results in the identification of five configurations: organizational transparency, organizational interactions, policy sector transparency, policy sector interactions and process and policy innovation. These configurations are logically consistent with the strategic orientations of the three directorates of the Department of Education. This overview does not pretend to be exhaustive but validates the idea that an alignment approach leads to differences in operational strategies. The configuration approach provides organizations with useful a starting point for developing their Web 2.0 strategies.     

互联网时代科技期刊传统编辑与互联网编辑的融合

分析在出版业网络化和数字化的大环境中传统科技期刊的现状和面临的挑战.认为传统科技期刊编辑要与互联网编辑相融合,要做能够适应互联网技术发展要求的新型编辑.探讨并给出了如何提升传统编辑网络素质的途径.     

高效利用网络信息应对出版职业资格考试

介绍在出版职业资格考试复习期间,利用互联网了解政策规定、获取复习资料、交流学习心得、熟悉应考技巧的方法和体会。     

皖籍学人与中国现代图书馆建设

文章论述了皖籍学人对中国现代图书馆建设的卓著贡献。全文第一部分以孙家鼐、胡适、陶行知为代表,论证了皖籍学人在创建近代藏书楼、地方图书馆、大学图书馆、民间流通图书馆过程中的种种努力;第二部分以洪范五、施廷镛、朱家治、陈东原为代表,列举了皖籍学人在中国现代化图书馆内涵建设中的卓越成就。     

The internet

Conclusion Despite the claims of some, listservs do not supplant the need for professional print journals. Most messages are short (5,000 bytes, the equivalent of one single-spaced page, is considered lengthy) and revolve around useful day-to-day professional information exchanges. This type of information is valuable and extremely useful-where else can one post a plea for advice which will be read by hundreds of professional peers within 24 hours? However, there is no reason why this same vehicle cannot be used to substantively examine the professional literature and facilitate reporting on talks and/or sessions from professional meetings. Given the wide scope of cultural and organizational institutions employing list subscribers, listservs provide a fertile forum for communication on user populations. A more robust understanding of our clientele and the sharing of data about them will allow our professions to more propitiously position ourselves both within society and with those with the power of the purse.     

民国图书馆学学人研究回顾与展望

我国民国图书馆学学人研究目前呈现出四个特点:对学人的生平事迹有较严谨的考证、由知名学者转向普通学者研究、个体研究与群体研究并重、注重档案资料尤其是美国档案资料的利用。未来民国图书馆学学人研究可从四个方面拓展与深入:扩大资料(包括外文资料、档案资料和口述资料)的查找与使用范围、著述的通读与比较解读、民国图书馆学学人著述的恰当评价及拓宽民国图书馆学学人研究视域等。     

Reference service for the internet community: A case study of the internet public library reference division

The creation of the Internet Public Library Reference Division is presented in the historical context of librarians' efforts to integrate the use of technologies with reference services. The article examines ways that librarians have successfully incorporated new technologies, and makes recommendations about how these strategies can be applied to the Reference Division and to Internet usage for the reference process in general.     

封龙、苏门二山学者与蒙元初期的学术和政治

蒙元初期,封龙山和苏门山的学者们在文化救亡、推行汉法、学术研究等方面都有突出贡献.但由于学术旨趣与政治态度的差异,苏门山学者后来在政治上和儒学上的影响都要大于封龙山学者.     

Building and organizing internet collections

This paper discusses the evolution of Internet information servers in libraries, from their typical origin as maverick systems department experiments, to the current state where libraries must address the need to incorporate network-based information into the traditional work of collection management, acquisitions, and cataloging. Does the traditional model of information acquisition and organization apply to network-based information? where nearly anyone can be both a provider and a consumer of information from the comfort of their personal computer, what role do libraries have? How should the library profession respond to the proliferation of gopher and world wide web servers?     

民国时期图书馆学人

文章将民国时期的图书馆学人按其主要的学科背景分为文献学家和图书馆学家两大类,并将其中的图书馆学家与"四代图书馆人"中的前两代对应起来,重点考察第一代留美学人,详其生平、补其空白、纠以往记述之谬误,使他们的贡献得以充分彰显。     

Distributing quality-controlled software via the internet

We describe in this paper an archive of software which has been established and made available to users of the Internet. The archive was establishde initially as a collection of public domain software, made available to users at no cost. Use of the archive has grown rapidly: it now contains over 600 items, and withdrawals take place to some 50 countries world-wide at a rate of about 40,000 items each month. We describe here the organisation of the archive and summarise its contents. A particular aspect of this has been our aim to define qualitative criteria for the inclusion of software in this collection, and we discuss our approach to this and other issues.     

Use of Periodicals by Humanities Scholars

Requests for periodical publications as recorded for scholars in residence at the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, are tabulated, and the results compared with those of previous studies done in other situations. A list of most frequently requested journal titles is given. A comparison with citation data disc discloses some similarities.     

国立北平图书馆学者传略:张宗祥 徐森玉

张宗祥 张宗祥(1882-1965)初名思曾,字阆声,别号冷僧.浙江海宁人.晚清举人,隐居不仕.先在硖石开智学堂、桐乡桐溪学堂、秀水学堂以及嘉兴府中学、杭州府中学任教.     

Assessing internet access and use in a medically underserved population: implications for providing enhanced health information services

Background: The relationship between health information seeking, patient engagement and health literacy is not well understood. This is especially true in medically underserved populations, which are often viewed as having limited access to health information. Objective: To improve communication between an urban health centre and the community it serves, a team of library and information science researchers undertook an assessment of patients’ level and methods of access to and use of the Internet. Methods: Data were collected in 53 face‐to‐face anonymous interviews with patients at the centre. Interviews were tape‐recorded for referential accuracy, and data were analysed to identify patterns of access and use. Results: Seventy‐two percentage of study participants reported having access to the Internet through either computers or cell phones. Barriers to Internet access were predominantly lack of equipment or training rather than lack of interest. Only 21% of those with Internet access reported using the Internet to look for health information. Conclusion: The findings suggest that lack of access to the Internet in itself is not the primary barrier to seeking health information in this population and that the digital divide exists not at the level of information access but rather at the level of information use.