Enabling, empowering, inspiring: research and mentorship through the years

The interrelationship between research and mentorship in an association such as the Medical Library Association (MLA) is revealed through the contributions of individuals and significant association activities in support of research. Research is vital to the well-being and ultimate survival of health sciences librarianship and is not an ivory tower academic activity. Mentorship plays a critical role in setting a standard and model for those individuals who want to be involved in research and, ultimately, for the preparation of the next generation of health sciences librarians. Research and mentorship are discussed in the context of personal experiences, scholarship, and problem solving in a practice environment. Through research and mentorship, we are enabled to enhance our services and programs, empowered to look beyond our own operations for information puzzles to be solved, and inspired to serve society by improving health.     

学术期刊与移动互联网技术融合探析

分析学术期刊的传播与移动互联网技术的契合点,认为传统学术期刊应结合自身专注的服务内容来搭建学术推广和内容互动平台,并提出了相应的策略.     

日本手机漫画发展启示录

日本手机漫画业非常发达,受到各国出版界的高度关注.本文从概念入手,用实例介绍了日本手机漫画的制作;同时,从技术发展、媒介融合以及全球阅读趋势的改变等角度,介绍了日本手机漫画兴盛的原因.通过对这一现象的考察分析,指出我国手机出版业务的发展需要技术与内容并重,并且要形成成熟的商业模式.     

Unpacking the role of technology,leadership, governance and collaborative capacities in inter-agency collaborations

Inter-agency collaboration is increasingly important for digital government. Using collaborative governance frameworks and comparative case study of three cases of digital government in the Mexican states of Mexico, Puebla, and Yucatan, we extend current understanding of key determinants of effective inter-agency collaborations in digital government settings. In particular, our research question is as follows: how do leadership, governance, technology, and collaborative capacity and competencies contribute to effective collaboration? Our results indicate that all four components are important, but in different ways. Laws and regulations appear to play an important role supporting governance of the inter-agency networks in our three cases. In addition, multi-level leadership, formal governance, implementation flexibility, the role of technology as a social actor in itself, and trust building based on expertise seem to be particularly salient.     

Linking service development methods to interoperability governance: The case of Egypt

While administrations, and especially e-government “followers,” have been recommended adopting service-oriented architecture (SOA) for the purpose of implementing G2G interoperability, the challenges of reaching this objective remain significant. General guidelines for service development and SOA governance are published, but in view of many self-contained units and IT departments on all administrative levels as well as widespread outsourcing of software development there is a lack of sharing “best practices” how to implement SOA step by step in the area of e-government. In particular, it is unknown to what extent administrations are able to follow existing service development approaches, and there is no research addressing the contribution of service development methods towards governance, i.e. developing and managing government interoperability. In this research the case of Egypt, where SOA was chosen as the main interoperability approach, has been explored in terms of to what extent the current approach to service development supports the interoperability governance, and what kind of changes in the development methods and their application would yield improvements in interoperability governance. The case analysis on practical and strategic level leads to proposing success factors related to linking the methodology of developing G2G services to the overall effort of interoperability governance. These factors, divided into interoperability problem perception, method scoping and deliverables, measurement of goal achievement, and methodological commitment, can be used as hypotheses in future research and as guidelines for improving the interoperability governance in administrative practice.     

Enhancing the government service experience through QR codes on mobile platforms

Digital government is universally gaining acceptance as the public becomes more technologically advanced. It is critical for the government to embrace new technology for minimizing costs and maximizing utility of services to the taxpayers. While administrative services have been easily ported to the digital world, there are still many important citizen-centric services that have not yet been effectively migrated. Quick Response codes (QR codes) provide a means to effectively distribute many different varieties of information to the public. We propose to integrate QR code systems and corresponding smartphone applications into existing government services with the goal of providing a new level of interactivity for the public. We illustrate this through two case studies, examining the National Park Services and the Mobile Environmental Information Services (MENVIS). The focus is on developing a QR code waypoint system for park navigation, as well as incentivizing park use through gamification of site attractions. The system provides increased safety for park goers, disseminates information more effectively and accurately, and improves feedback.     

复旦大学图书馆移动设备外借服务的实践与发展

文章阐述了开展移动设备外借服务的必要性,并介绍了复旦大学图书馆开展移动设备外借服务的情况,探讨了该项服务未来的发展趋势.     

浅谈偏远乡村教育与流动图书馆的发展

根据对目前偏远乡村教育情况的调查，建立“流动图书馆”可促进农村尤其是偏远乡村教育的发展，非常必要。     

Innovative policies to support technology and ICT development

This study is concerned with the government policies and programs to support the process of technology and innovation development of Thailand. The paper also discusses the government policies to promote the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) businesses. The comparative case of Taiwan has shown that the strong innovation networks under the management of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) enable the successful technology catch-ups. The results show the government interventionist models of Thailand and Taiwan in providing various financing policies and programs to develop high technology-based businesses. The analyses of policy implications and strategic implementation of innovation financing programs provide useful lessons for other developing economies.     

网格技术的发展与数字图书馆建设

网格是近年来兴起的一种前沿信息技术.本文分析了网格技术的有关内容和特点,介绍了网格技术研究的进展,论述了网格技术在数字图书馆建设中的应用以及一些相关的问题.     

Cultivating open government data platform ecosystems through governance: Lessons from Buenos Aires,Mexico City and Montevideo

Open government data (OGD) initiatives are an emergent platform research topic. There is little understanding how these platforms are governed for the innovation of services using open data, where the cultivation of an installed base of heterogeneous service innovators can lead to increased usage of OGD. In this paper, we draw on established literature from digital platforms research to investigate how service innovation is cultivated in open government data contexts. We employ a comparative case study of open government data platforms in three leading Latin American cities and draw upon the concept of boundary resources taken from platform theory. Our research generates two key contributions. First, we propose a theoretical model, which explains how an OGD platform owner is able to govern the demand and the supply side of its platform to facilitate the cultivation of a platform ecosystem. Second, we develop contributions to practice in terms of a set of recommendations for governments in emerging countries concerning how to establish and manage a vibrant OGD platform ecosystem.     

Optical technology: Considerations for collection development

Collection development librarians are confronting yet another new technology, the optical media. The industry is fast-paced and vacillating. New prototypes and products are introduced in rapid succession. Prices are fluctuating with the demand in the marketplace. This presents unique considerations for collection managers. How will optical technology, particularly CD-ROM, affect the collecting of print and use of online sources? The potential impact of optical technology on library users, user education, collection management, and library budgets is explored in this paper.     

科技期刊服务于国家科技发展的思考

为了深入贯彻国家科学技术发展战略,明确科技期刊的办刊方向,本文从科技期刊在科学研究中的导向和学术引领作用、科技期刊服务科学研究的能力建设、科技期刊对青年科研人才培养3个方面,论述了科技期刊通过服务于国家科技发展来拓展生存空间、体现自身价值的一些思考,提出了一些科技期刊提升办刊质量、扩大期刊品牌影响力的建议.     

纳米技术在档案保护技术中的应用与发展

纳米技术是一门在0.1-100nm空间尺度内操纵原子和分子,对材料进行加工、制造具有特定功能的产品,或对某物质进行研究,掌握其原子和分子的运动规律和特征的崭新高技术学科.纳米粒子粒径小、比表面积大、熔点低、导热性能好,具有极高的表面能和扩散率,从而使纳米粒子之间、纳米粒子与其他粒子之间的相互作用异常强烈,范德华力得以充分发挥.正是由于纳米材料具有这些优良的性能,21世纪的今天,纳米技术已被各国广泛应用于工业、航天业、军事、日常生活中,因而对传统产业产生了实质性影响.近年,纳米技术也逐渐影响到档案保护领域,并产生了一系列有益的影响.     

Adaptive governance and decentralization: Evidence from regulation of the sharing economy in multi-level governance

When does decentralization lead to adaptive governance? This study proposes a conceptual framework of the necessary conditions in which decentralization may result in adaptive governance. We thereby consider two distinct forms in the context of multi-level democratic governance: central and local governments. Based on prior findings that local governments are more sensitive to democratic influences than central ones, we point out that decentralization may hinder the process of adaptation if the considered policy embodies entrepreneurial politics (i.e., if the adaptation generates widely distributed benefits but narrowly concentrated costs). To support our analyses, we use the example of the recent rise of the sharing economy, as manifested by Airbnb, and present qualitative evidence suggesting that higher-tier (central or federal) governments are relatively more favorable to such sharing services than lower-tier (local or city) governments.     

我国移动图书馆的现状、服务模式与发展对策研究简

随着信息时代的到来,移动图书馆应运而生并成为图书馆未来的发展方向。我国移动图书馆的发展还处于起步阶段,各方面服务工作都还不成熟。文章对我国移动图书馆发展现状、服务模式以及制约因素进行了分析,并提出发展对策。     

A case for harnessing information technology for rural development

In spite of planned development in the independent India, gaps remain in its basic infrastructure, adding to the variety of structural disadvantages and disparities. Studies on information systems serving rural communities have focused on a few sectors like agriculture, health or education. The paper touches upon the role of traditional media, developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs), the digital divide, and computerization at the rural level in various parts of the country. An experiment conducted by the National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, on the use of IT to deliver information through the establishment of Public Information Kiosks (PIKs) is described in detail. Issues that were considered for humanizing the establishment of PIKs were identified. It is concluded that organizational linkages and networking capacities are to be strengthened for ‘digital unity’ to provide multiple opportunities to the rural communities to exploit local resources for their self-development.