International trends in health science librarianship: Part 6 Central Europe series

This is the 6th in a series of articles exploring international trends in health science librarianship with a focus on Central Europe in the first decade of the 21st century. The invited authors are from Hungry, Poland and Czech Republic. Future issues will track trends the Middle East and then the Far East. JM     

Library of Congress Subject Heading Period Subdivisions for the Soviet Union: Some Proposed Additions

Additional period subdivisions are proposed, with justifications, for the Library of Congress's subject headings for the Soviet Union. The areas covered are: Soviet Union, Baltic States, Siberia, Soviet Central Asia, Soviet Far East, Ural Mountains Region, and fifteen individual republics.     

Karasik–Udarnik: Shock-Worker of the Russian Book Arts

ABSTRACT

The article shows the complex of information-bibliographic resources generated by Gosudarstvennaia publichnaia nauchno-tekhnicheskaia biblioteka Sibirskogo otdeleniia Rossiskoi akademii nauk (GPNTB SO RAS) [State Public Scientific-Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences], which is the largest research library in Asian Russia, to support historical investigations in Siberia and the Russian Far East. This complex consists of electronic bibliographic and full-text databases, bibliographic retrospective and current indexes of literature. A brief bibliometric analysis of History of Siberia and the Far East (topical, chronological, quantitative, type-species content of documents, etc.) is discussed.     

International trends in health science librarianship Part 9: the UK – Scotland and Wales

This is the 9th in a series of articles exploring international trends in health science librarianship. The previous article in this series looked at Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In this issue the focus is Scotland and Wales. There will be three or four more articles this year tracking trends in the Far East, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. JM     

伟烈亚力与亚洲文会北中国支会图书馆

简要介绍了伟烈亚力的生平以及他在华创办的亚洲文会北中国支会图书馆,该图书馆作为当时中国境内最好的东方学图书馆在中国近代图书馆事业的变革中作出了突出贡献,它带来了新型的管理方法,同时它是中国最早使用目录卡片的图书馆,在中国图书馆事业中具有重要地位。     

International trends in health science librarianship part 11: Japan and Korea

This is the 11th in a series of articles exploring international trends in health science librarianship. The previous article in this series looked at the Far East (Greater China, Hong Kong and Taiwan). The current issue surveys developments in Japan and Korea. The next issue will explore trends in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). Next year all four issues will be devoted to trends in four regions in Africa (Southern Africa, East Africa, West Africa and North Africa. JM     

The Trouble With Bibliographies: Where Is Mezhov When You Need Him?

This is a review of twelve bibliographies that reflect the holdings of the Russian collection in Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaii focusing on Siberia, the Soviet/Russian Far East, and Russia in Asia and the Pacific, especially Russians in China. The chosen titles represent a mixture of the great, the average, and not-so-good that the author has used over the past four decades. While there is a question about the usefulness of bibliographies in this digital age, most of the old standards should still play a role in academic scholarship.     

The China Medical Board and medical libraries in the Far East

The China Medical Board was created in 1914 to support the development of a medical college in Peking, China. However, its activity had to be discontinued due to the political change in China in late 1950, and the Board's new plans expanded into the whole area of the Far East in 1951. The primary program is to assist financially in the development of medical and nursing education and research; the library is one of the major concerns of the program. The assistance to libraries is categorized as follows: construction and equipment, books and journals, fellowships, and other items. An attempt is made to describe the actual status of medical libraries in the area since World War II from the point of view of the program of the Board.     

民国时期中外各方关于退还庚款的不同应对 ——基于《申报》《民国日报》的视角

民国时期,西方列强退还庚款旨在发展中国教育事业。但是在实际过程中,西方列强有不同的应对,却暗藏着相同的动机。西方列强一直将远东地区作为利益博弈的主战场,因此一个渐进式改革的民国政府才最符合他们的外交战略。民国政府、地方军阀从维护政权和阶级利益角度迎合西方列强的退回庚款的反应,并从中调解教育界的反抗言行;中国教育界以强硬的姿态据理力争西方列强退还庚款用于发展教育事业,从客观上发展了中国教育事业,促进了中国教育界人士民间外交意识的觉醒和中华民族独立意识的崛起。     

(3) The development of librarianship in Czechoslovakia

IDRC has telecentre evaluation initiatives in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Each of these is in the process of establishing evaluation frameworks and each is adopting very different approaches. The current paper seeks to build on the outputs of IDRC's Far Hills Workshop on Telecentre Evaluation (September 1999) to explore the experiences in two of the three regions. These explorations will in turn contribute to IDRC's current initiative to develop a framework for ICTs evaluation.

The Far Hills Workshop, and the resulting report entitled Telecentre Evaluation: A Global Perspective, had as objectives to explore challenges and opportunities for telecentre evaluation; understand and compare emerging evaluation frameworks and methodologies; assess needs and resources available; identify salient issues affecting telecentre performance; and provide an opportunity to exchange experiences and lessons across regions.     

Comparing Approaches: Telecentre Evaluation Experiences in Asia and Latin America

IDRC has telecentre evaluation initiatives in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Each of these is in the process of establishing evaluation frameworks and each is adopting very different approaches. The current paper seeks to build on the outputs of IDRC's Far Hills Workshop on Telecentre Evaluation (September 1999) to explore the experiences in two of the three regions. These explorations will in turn contribute to IDRC's current initiative to develop a framework for ICTs evaluation.The Far Hills Workshop, and the resulting report entitled Telecentre Evaluation: A Global Perspective, had as objectives to explore challenges and opportunities for telecentre evaluation; understand and compare emerging evaluation frameworks and methodologies; assess needs and resources available; identify salient issues affecting telecentre performance; and provide an opportunity to exchange experiences and lessons across regions.     

儒家文化与中国公共关系的建构

研究业已证明远东国家的公共关系实践中普遍存在着一个“个人影响”的模式。本文探讨了中国的传统文化在“个人影响”模式发展中的作用 ,特别是“关系”的影响问题。通过对照性的比较研究 ,在考查西方国际公关理论的基础上 ,作者试图建构当代中国的公共关系哲学准则。     

美籍华人图书馆员成就简述

美籍华人图书馆员以智慧、勤奋和具有吸收美国文化的能力而得到美国政府和图书馆界的赞赏。尽管面对重重困难与挑战 ,华人图书馆员在创建东亚图书馆、分编东亚及中文图书资料、推动图书馆自动化进程等方面都做出了杰出贡献。参考文献 5     

Serials Acquisition in the Middle East

Serials publishing in the Middle East over the last decade is most noteworthy. Unfortunately, a lack exists of proper bibliographical tools normally useful for the selection and acquisitions of serials, and vendors who specialize in supplying serials are few. In consequence, librarians have to use many channels in obtaining serial publications. As many serials published in the Middle East are non-commercial, publications, gifts and exchange methods must be resorted to in acquiring such publications.     

The Calligraphy Connections Project: Reviving Historical East Asian Texts

Abstract

Historical texts have much to offer young researchers in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Yet, many students feel that such resources are of no value to them. Consequently, academic library usage rates for historical East Asian texts are low, and continue to drop. In Hong Kong and Mainland China, however, there still remains a widespread appreciation of Chinese calligraphy. Through leveraging this interest, academic libraries in East Asia can motivate university students to engage with historical texts and discover what they have to offer. This paper will recount and reflect upon the Calligraphy Connections Project, an initiative aimed at getting students to engage with historical East Asian texts through the creation of calligraphy artworks, which were subsequently exhibited to the public.     

A Bibliometric Analysis of High Impact Research in the Middle East Using Champion Works

Increasing political and financial support for scientific research in the Middle East requires academic and research communities in the region to demonstrate the visibility and impact of their scientific output. However, for countries with smaller scientific communities or lack of detailed information on their scientific production, the use of common metrics of scientific impact (e.g., number of papers, impact factor, h-index, etc.) may fail to reveal their true ability to produce high quality research, and thus guarantee the wanted societal support. In such cases, identifying and highlighting outstanding papers produced by national institutions or scientists may be another way to demonstrate scientific capacity and impact. In this context, this work aims to provide an overview of champion works (papers that have received over 1,000 citations) produced by Middle East countries. This analysis focuses on science, medicine, and technology papers featured in the Science Citation Index Expanded of Web of Science. The authors identified 213 champion works authored by Middle East scientists published since the 1970s. Israel is currently the leading nation in the Middle East in terms of published champion works, but at least one such work was identified for the majority of countries in the region. Middle East champion works were published on a diverse range of subject categories and often featured in the top journals worldwide (e.g., Science, Nature, etc.). The top institutions in the Middle East authoring champion works and their leading collaborating countries worldwide are listed, and the role of international scientific collaborations in achieving these highly cited papers is highlighted.     

Near or Middle East? Choice of Name

Subject access to information has become increasingly important in recent years, and geographic names play a significant role. Some geographic name headings have been changed by the Library of Congress to comply with common usage, in order to improve access. However, it continues to use the name Near East rather than the name Middle East. By comparing definitions and use of Near East to that of Middle East, and by analyzing data dealing with the use of these names in titles, this study demonstrates that Middle East is more commonly used than Near East. This supports the hypothesis that the name currently in use by the Library of Congress, the Near East, is no longer appropriate. Therefore, users will be better served if Near East is replaced by the more common name, the Middle East.     

Area studies librarians and international book fairs: the Hong Kong Book Fair experience

In a newly established venture to support librarians who are working to build collections to better serve their East Asian user communities, the American Librarian Association (ALA) and the Hong Kong Book Fair (HKBF) provided funding for a group of ten U.S. academic and public librarians responsible for selecting Chinese language materials to attend the July 2001 HKBF, which in recent years has become one of the largest gatherings of booksellers in East Asia. This article discusses how international collection development is enhanced and professional librarian skills are honed through participation in organized programs such as the HKBF/U. S. Librarian Invitation Program.     

Party Identifiers

As Digital Media develops into a mature market, the proper referencing of digital content is increasingly critical. The Identification of Parties who contributes to content is key to ensure efficient discovery services and royalty tracking. Far from being simple numbers, Party Identifiers such as International Standard Name Identifiers (ISNI) are built on rigorous structures meeting the requirements of diverse media such as books, music or films. Designed to accurately identify Natural Persons and Legal Entities alike, Party Identifiers must also support language variances, cultural diversity and stringent data privacy regulations.