The Availability of Faculty Publication Databases from Library Web Pages

Abstract

Faculty publication databases or author bibliographies offer libraries an opportunity to provide services to users. Initially, these databases remained initiatives of special libraries in the health-sciences fields. Librarians used the publication information derived from these databases to compile lists for annual reports. However, the advent of new technologies, especially the Web, prompted numerous libraries to develop faculty publication databases for their institutions. The author conducted a survey of various listservs to discover the history and development of these databases. The results illustrate the popularity of Web-based faculty publication databases. The motivation for their creation varied, but most respondents emphasized the desire to highlight the research activities of their institutions. In addition, the content of materials included in the databases and the definition of faculty also varied, depending on the type of library. Librarians reported a wide range of software employed in the development of these databases highlighting their creation by librarians with various levels of programming skills. Moreover, additional features included in these projects underscore the potential for librarians to provide added value from this service. Finally, while institutional repositories seemingly present similar content, publication databases differ in their focus on a citation format that offers a solution to items without copyright permission for full-text accessibility.     

An Analysis of Children's Web Pages in Public Library Web Sites in Japan

A progenitor article for this work can be found in Public Library Quarterly 27, no. 4. This study is the first to report on the types of contents in children's web pages and the characteristics of Web-OPACs for children in public library websites in Japan. This study reveals that children's web pages, in general, place more emphasis on providing guidance on library services and on the use of information resources for reference services, rather than on helping children with regular learning or providing research assistance to adults on children's services. Other findings are reported as well.     

图书馆网站Web页面增长规律研究——基于美国三种类型图书馆网站的典型调查分析

以美国公共、专业和高校三种类型图书馆网站的代表为典型调查对象,利用Alltheweb搜索引擎检索它们每年新出现的网页数量及建立网页数据的时间序列.然后运用统计学中的时间序列分析方法和SPSS软件对数据进行统计分析.得出结论:在图书馆网站的初始发展阶段,网页增长经历三个时期、符合普赖斯科学文献指数定律、增长指数与平均发展速度正相关.图1.表3.参考文献8.     

基于模糊聚类的超链分析算法

基于关键字匹配的搜索引擎排序网页时仅仅考虑评价网页的重要性,而忽视分类;基于分类目录的搜索引擎很难动态分析Web信息。本文在分析它们不足的前提下,提出利用模糊聚类的方法对搜索引擎的检索结果进行动态分类,依据超链分析算法PageRank和Web文档隶属度相结合进行分类排序,并给出具有调节值的结合公式。实验证明,该算法能够更有效地满足用户的需要,提高检索效率。     

Faculty Opinions of Academic Library Service Policies

No abstract available for this article.     

An Evaluation of Young Adult Web Pages in Public Library Websites in Japan

This study is the first investigation into the types of contents in young adult (YA) web pages in public library websites in Japan. The study reveals that YA web pages, in general, place more emphasis on providing guidance on YA services, on helping young adults with regular learning, on the use of information resources for reference services, and on improving the communication abilities for young adults, rather than on providing research assistance to adults on YA services. Furthermore, an IRIS (Information Reference Instructional Sharing) Contents Model is proposed for YA web pages, whereas an IRIR (Information Reference Instructional Research) Contents Model is presented for children’s web pages, based on the differences between the contents of YA web pages and those of children’s web pages.     

Law Library Faculty Services Web Sites: Effectively Communicating Services Provided for Faculty

This article contains the results of an empirical analysis and review of 199 American Bar Association-accredited law school library Web pages to identify the law library services for faculty that are advertised or promoted on law library Web sites. The analysis ranked the Web sites based on how thoroughly a law library communicates, or promotes on its Web site, the services it offers to faculty. The analysis also identified the percentage of law libraries advertising specific services for faculty, such as those related to library staffing, publishing support, teaching support, and research services. Suggestions are included for the promotion of the law library to faculty, including services some libraries are uniquely offering.     

高校图书馆业务外包分析

图书馆业务外包,在近年来逐渐成为一种趋势,文章分析了图书馆业务外包兴起的原因及它的优点、存在的问题和解决问题的方法。参考文献5。     

Academic Library Service to Physically Disabled Students and Faculty

No abstract available for this article.     

Business Library Web Sites Revisited: An Updated Review of the Organization and Content of Academic Business Library Web Sites

This article updates the findings from a study by Hal Kirkwood in 2000 of the organization and content of academic business library Web sites. The authors examined 75 sites, focusing on five general aspects of the sites: organization, terminology, instructional elements, integration of resources across formats, and annotations. Results of the study show that business library Websites have dramatically improved in the 7 years since the original study.     

高校图书馆人文教育刍议

本文通过对高校人文教育现状的分析 ,论述了高校图书馆对大学生实施人文教育方面的优势 ,并就如何对大学生实施人文教育提出几点建议     

数字图书馆都柏林核心集网页文本的知识集成与检索研究

数字图书馆面临着进一步提高信息检索质量的问题,基于都柏林核心集的知识集成和检索能够发挥重要作用。结合Web网页的特点和本体知识,给出一种都柏林核心集网页文本的数据模型。词义扩展的相似匹配是当前知识检索采用的较为实用的方法,基于该模型采用词素匹配的技术并结合词义扩展的信息检索的一些技术,能使信息有效地存储集成和提高信息利用质量,能使开发的知识检索系统有更好的应用性。图1。参考文献7。     

Academic Library Web Sites and Distance Education

Abstract

This study focuses on college and university library services provided to distance education students and a content analysis of library Web sites. The Web sites chosen were categorized by the amount of distance education the institution offered to students. Results indicated that the size of the institution had the strongest correlation to library services offered to distance education students (Spearman's rho of .618), not the degree to which distance education is provided (rho of .076). This study suggests that just because an institution offers distance learning courses does not necessarily mean that its library offers a full range of Web services to meet distance learner needs, and it brings into question whether some institutions have been too quick to provide distance education services without properly addressing student library needs.     

Academic Library Outreach Through Faculty Partnerships and Web-Based Research Aids

Summary

Electronic library services and myriad online resources are shifting the roles and workloads of academic reference librarians. Reallocation of staffing through a differentiated reference desk service model provides time to author curriculum-centered online research guides and tutorials, bibliographies, and webliographies. The expanding electronic information environment also opens new opportunities for teaching partnerships with university faculty. This article showcases a librarian's collaborative work with a history professor, noting student benefits/reactions and implications for future collaboration.     

Faculty Participation in Book Selection in a Large Academic Library

Faculty participation in book selection in academic libraries is considered a desirable goal, but one which can have pitfalls, even in a setting where acquisition funds are entirely controlled by the library. This article describes a successful cooperative book selection arrangement which makes use of a faculty library committee and subject bibliographers for book selection in both a traditional, closely-defined field (German literature and philology) and an interdisciplinary area (German studies).     

全国师范大学图书馆主页建设调查与思考

网络环境下图书馆主页已成为用户服务的重要窗口，作者对全国师范大学图书馆主页进行网络调查，提出要在图书馆主页中加强FAQ、网络导航、馆际互借、用户教育等服务平台的建设，重点建设学科知识导航系统，从学科专业知识角度，为用户提供全方位的深层次的知识服务。     

高校图书馆网站现状分析

目前,高校图书馆网站建设势头迅猛.对网站发展的现状进行分析,在看到成绩的同时,找出存在的不足,有助于高校图书馆网站快速、持续、健康地发展.     

Designing Search: Effective Search Interfaces for Academic Library Web Sites

ABSTRACT

Academic libraries customize, support, and provide access to myriad information systems, each with complex graphical user interfaces. The number of possible information entry points on an academic library Web site is both daunting to the end-user and consistently challenging to library Web site designers. Faced with the challenges inherent in designing online search interfaces and the ever-growing amount of resources available online, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries sought to explore how to build effective search interfaces that, at the same time, support a wide variety of computer users and provide comprehensive access to assorted collections of electronic resources. Over a nine-month period, the libraries designed, implemented, and tracked the usage of two different search interfaces on their home page. Each interface allowed users to choose between four different search targets. In this case study, the authors discuss the complexities of designing search interfaces, outline findings from the nine-month study, evaluate the effectiveness of the two interface designs, and talk about future research in these areas.     

An Academic Library Director's Alphabet

This article offers librarians practical insight into a broad range of job-related conditions that affect the academic library director. It discusses the director's professional relationships with employees, colleagues, superiors, and patrons, and it also addresses the director's responsibilities for the quality of library service.     

高校图书馆网上电子期刊利用探析

结合南昌大学图书馆实际对网上电子期刊的利用现状进行调查研究，分析了影响电子期刊利用的因素，对提高电子期刊利用率提出了作的一些看法。