Telephone History

DISCONNECTING PARTIES—MANAGING THE BELL SYSTEM BREAK-UP: AN INSIDE VIEW by W. Brooks Tunstall (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985--$17.95)

THE TELEPHONE ENTERPRISE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE BELL SYSTEM'S HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE, 1876-1909 by Robert W. Garnet (210 pp.---$22.50)

THE ANATOMY OF A BUSINESS STRATEGY: BELL, WESTERN ELECTRIC, AND THE ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE INDUSTRY by George David Smith (237 pp.---$20.00)

FROM INVENTION TO INNOVATION: LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE TRANSMISSION AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY by Neil H. Wasserman (160 pp.--$17.50)

THE TELEPHONE BOOK: BELL, WATSON, VAIL AND AMERICAN LIFE, 1876-1983 by H.M. Boettinger (available from AT&T Corporate Archives, 195 Broadway, New York, N.Y.---$35.00, paper)     

Cataloging Telephone Directories

Telephone directories often cover many geographic entities. Small geographic entities commonly are included in directories of larger entities, thereby limiting access to the location of the smaller unit. Finding telephone directories for some geographic areas can be very difficult at times. Cataloging all telephone directories in a library's collection is one way to help the patron and reference librarian. This article discusses how to catalog telephone directories in order to provide maximum access to this information.     

老北京的电话

北京最早的电话曾叫"电铃".是用木板钉成的小木箱,木箱装有两个铜铃,来电话时铜铃就"当当"响起来,所以叫电铃.1899年,督办电政大臣盛宣怀以"办理电报已具规模,电话未可缓图,致为外人觊觎"为由,奏请"以电报余利为推广电话之需".     

Ex-Communication: Competition and Collusion in the U.S. Prison Telephone Industry

This paper explores the political economy of the prison telephone industry, with special emphasis on changes in the industry since the mid-1980s. Contrary to the expectations of competition advocates, the principal outcome of deregulation in the prison telephone sector has been a sharp increase in price, as new market entrants compete for monopoly service contracts on the basis of steadily escalating commissions paid to state and private prison authorities—costs which are then passed on to the (literally) captive market through exorbitant end-user rates. The sheer magnitude of such rate increases, together with explosive growth in the national prison population over the same period, has turned the prison telephone sector into a lucrative and largely invisible growth center for the U.S. telecommunication industries as a whole.     

Telephone Interviewing Practices within Academic Libraries

This study explores the use of telephone interviews within academic libraries by surveying the 112 academic institutional members of the Association of Research Libraries to identify how telephone interviews are utilized. By comparing the literature to the research results, the authors conclude with best practices for telephone interviews.     

The Telephone Patron and the Reference Interview

No abstract available for this article.     

手机电视领军"第二媒介时代"

此文内容涉及了一个本刊以往尚未涉足的新课题——手机电视。手机电视就是利用具有操作系统和视频功能的智能手机观看电视节目。手机电视作为一种新兴媒介．目前在我国已显现出良好的发展态势．此文以翔实的资料、理性的思考对手机电视在我国的发展现状、其对传统电视传播方式的刷新作了分析，并对其未来发展走向特别是催生新的媒介产业作了预测。     

The Triple-Play Bundle Strategy of Cable and Telephone Companies in the Current U.S. Telecommunications Market

Abstract

The development of Internet Protocol technology and the Federal Communications Commission's competition-promoting policy have brought about triple-play offering services that combine video, voice, and data services in a single package at a discount rate for telecommunication consumers. As cable and telephone industries offer similar bundles, the price competition promise to increase, which may lead to thinner profit margins. That companies bundle services despite the fact that selling 3 services independently at regular prices would bring greater benefits to the companies is referred to as the “prisoner's dilemma.”

In this situation, a company commits a “one minimum and one maximum” strategy to prevent its existing consumers from switching over to its competitors and to attract new consumers. Using data regarding the triple-play bundle from 69 U.S. cities, this study reveals that both cable and telephone industries minimize price differentiation for the triple-play offering. Furthermore, this study demonstrates that both industries maximally differentiate in the video service category compared to the other 2 services in the triple-play bundle: voice and data.     

Copyright protection for the artfully sweaty: Feist Publications,Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1991 decision in the Feist case wiped away the idea that “sweat of the brow” is adequate for a copyright claim. The history of the relevant issues is discussed and the Court’s decision is examined. The decision has a number of implications for publishers but leaves many questions unanswered.     

南茜奥尔森的工作

南茜奥尔森是美国著名的AV编目专家,本文回顾了她30多年的著述、教育、学术活动等方面的工作和成就。     

B. BBC General History

AUSTRALIAN CONTENT ON PAY TV: INVESTIGATION (REPORT TO THE MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS) by the Australian Broadcasting Authority (Canberra: Australian Broadcasting Authority, 1997—A$10.00, paper, ISBN 0–642–27036–8, 219 pp.)

RESEARCH IN COMMUNICATION ECONOMICS IN AUSTRALIA: BULLETIN 3 by the Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996—free on request, paper, ISSN 1036–0344, 130 pp.)

YOUTH, CRIME AND THE MEDIA edited by Judith Bessant and Richard Hill (Hobart, Tasmania: National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, 1997—A$35.00, ISBN 1–875236–38–4, 234 pp.)

THE BUSINESS OF ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING by John Colette and Meredith Quinn (St. Leonard's, Queensland: Allen &; Unwin, 1997—A$35.00, ISBN 0–6422–7093–7, 244 pp.)

THE MEDIA IN AUSTRALIA: INDUSTRIES, TEXTS, AUDIENCES edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner (St. Leonards, NSW: Allen &; Unwin, 1997 [2nd ed.]—A$35.00, paper, ISBN 1–86448–273–7, 490 pp., tables, charts, references, index)

THE MEDIA'S AUSTRALIA edited by Hilary Ericksen (Melbourne: The Australia Centre of the University of Melbourne, 1996—A$15.00, ISBN 0–7325–0824‐X, 119 pp.)

ETHICS IN JOURNALISM: REPORT OF THE ETHICS REVIEW COMMITTEE, MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1997—A$19.95, paper, ISBN 0–52284814–1, 170 pp.)

THE WIRED NATION CONTINENT: THE COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION AND FEDERATING AUSTRALIA by K. T. Livingston (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996—A$55.00, ISBN 0–19–553633–9, 218 pp.)

YOUTH AND MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA: A REVIEW by Juliet London and Jenny Hearder (Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Authority, Australia Council, and the Australian Record Industry Association “Australian Broadcasting Authority Monograph, No. 8,”; 1997—no price given, ISBN 0–642–27042–2, 88 pp.)

REVIVING THE FOURTH ESTATE: DEMOCRACY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE MEDIA by Julianne Schultz (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press “Reshaping Australian Institutions,”; 1998—$64.95/24.95, ISBN 0–521–62042–2 hard, 0–521–62970–5 paper, 304 pp., tables, appendix, references, index)

TELEVISION, AIDS AND RISK: A CULTURAL STUDIES APPROACH TO HEALTH COMMUNICATION by John Tulloch and Deborah Lupton (St. Leonards, Queensland: Allen &; Unwin “Australian Cultural Studies,”; 1997— A$29.95, ISBN 1–8644–8224–9, 236 pp.)

TALKING BACK KIT by Young Media Australia and the Federal Bureau of Consumer Affairs (Young Media Australia, 69 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide SA 5000—A$49.00 for full kit, no ISBN provided)     

图书馆电话服务:一项潜力无穷的新业务——从深圳图书馆的实践谈起

随着我国经济的迅速发展,科学技术尤其通信事业的突飞猛进和人们文化水平的日益提高,广大读者向图书馆提出了比以往更高的要求,如果能够满足其要求,无疑图书馆就会前进,反之,就会后退,就有被淘汰的危险.     

Fred B. Rothman & Co.

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