Health Services Technology Assessment Research (HSTAR): an introduction

The National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR), located at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), mounted a database called Health Services Technology Assessment Research (HSTAR). HSTAR pulls together a number of online resources which cover topics such as clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments, and clinical trials. This article gives a brief overview of the database and some hints for effective searching.     

Assessment of Health Literature Information Services in Indian Health Science Libraries

Abstract

The paper describes succinctly the historical development of Indian health science libraries. With this background it illustrates the outcome of a study conducted for the purpose of assessing the strengths and weaknesses of prevalent health literature information services such as bibliographical, current awareness, selective dissemination of information, MEDLARS/MEDLINE, indexing and abstracting, translation and reprographic of 240 medical libraries belonging to modern medicine (allopathy system) and recommends the suitable steps to be undertaken to optimize the utilization of available resources and services.     

The World Health Organization Library (Geneva) and Health Literature Services Programme

The origins and functions of the World Health Organization (WHO) Library and the global, regional, and national objectives of the WHO Health Literature Services Program (HLSP) are reviewed. WHO is an aggregate of nations and not a supra-national body. With limited resources and unlimited needs, HLSP is involved in surveys, training, regional medical libraries, national and regional networks, bibliographic services and document delivery, promotion, coordination, and communication. The basic concept of HLSP eschews internationally-conceived, self-contained technical projects in favor of broad programs based on national planning. Small rural centers receive more attention than large urban hospitals, and preventive medicine together with health education and community involvement are of more immediate concern than curative medicine. National self-reliance implies national initiative but not necessarily national self-sufficiency. Recent planning and implementation of HLSP activities are described.     

CrossRef's Text and Data Mining Services

CrossRef ( http://www.crossref.org/ ) is an association of scholarly publishers that develops shared infrastructure to support more effective scholarly communications. In May 2014, CrossRef launched CrossRef Text and Data Mining Services for its members. This article covers the thinking behind CrossRef launching this service, and the particular problems it aims to address around the collection of full‐text content for the purposes of text and data mining (TDM). It explains the technical aspects of the service for researchers and lets publishers know what they need to provide to CrossRef in order to participate and how to do so. It will also describe the pilot of CrossRef's TDM Services, and information on publisher uptake since the launch and how this can be measured, and the costs for joining or using the service.     

Health Information Services for Lay People

No abstract available for this article.     

试论网络实时参考咨询服务－兼述NSTL实时参考咨询系统的建设与服务

介绍国内外网上实时咨询服务的发展情况，探讨网上实时咨询系统的服务功能和实时咨询员的素质要求；概述NSTL 开展网上实时咨询服务的指导思想和服务效果，对租用现成系统(如美国国会图书馆与OCLC合作开发的QuestionPoint系统)与自行开发系统的优缺点进行比较。     

基于数字纸张的信息检索和数据挖掘技术

随着数字纸张概念的提出和相关产业的日益发展，基于数字纸张的应用需求日益迫切，满足这些应用的软件解决方案中的一个核心内容就是数字纸张的内容管理，其中最基本最核心的两项技术是信息检索技术和数据挖掘技术，本文重点地阐述了这两项技术的最新应用成果。     

Enhancing Reference Services Through Technology

Summary

Technology makes it possible for library users to ask reference questions using e-mail or forms on the web and for librarians to conduct reference interviews using chat or videoconferencing software. This article explores each of these technologies and their current and potential use in reference services. A discussion of how technology has changed the way librarians find answers to reference questions is followed by a review of the tools needed for a well-equipped reference desk.     

信息服务的社会监督(Ⅱ)--信息服务的价格监督

信息服务价格监督是信息服务市场化发展中的一个有待解决的问题.本文通过对信息服务市场中不正当价格行为及其危害分析,讨论了不正当价格行为的社会成因,提出了对行为的监督问题.在分析信息服务价格监督主、客体构成及监督原则的基础上,立足于信息化的国际环境,以进行基本层面监督为基础,提出了根据客观现实和市场规律组织我国的社会监督体系和实行全方位价格监督的设想.     

Health Information Services for Lay People:

No abstract available for this article.     

Tanzania: An Overview of Information Communications Technology (ICT) Development in Libraries and Information Services

This paper highlights Tanzania efforts in the development of ICT infrastructure for libraries and other information services since the 1980s. It notes progress in this area and relates it to the liberalization policies adopted by the country in 1986 and formulation of the 1985 science and technology policy of Tanzania. Other efforts include the formation of Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH). It is argued, however, that there is a need for a comprehensive national information policy which is non-existent at the moment.     

面向智慧健康的知识管理与服务

智慧健康是一种全新的医疗保健模式,对其产生的海量、异构、多源健康大数据进行有效的获取、组织、查询与分析,是实现健康保健“智慧化”的关键。在把握智慧健康知识管理的内涵、定位、目标及体系架构的基础上,探究面向智慧健康的领域知识库构建、健康数据管理分析平台的建设与实施、知识服务机制等问题,提出从本体库构建的粗粒度匹配、多种知识融合模式的细粒度匹配及用户画像构建三种方案的知识服务机制,并指出面向智慧健康知识管理与服务研究需要进一步突破与落实的方向。图5。 参考文献44。     

三论读者与文本

根据读者与文本的关系,将重点放在“文本”上,指出文本既是作者初发言行的物化物,又是读者参与创新的百衲衣;文本寿命既由作者确定,最终则由读者决定;文本的意义既是自我封闭的,又是永向读者开放的;对文本的新解释既不能脱离文本,也不能受制于文本。因此,图书馆人既要研究文本与作者,又要研究读者与阅读。     

论知识信息服务的营销（上）

正如制造业是工业经济的王牌军那样,服务业乃知识经济的主力军.早在10年前,服务业便统辖了发达国家2/3以上的GNP、约3/4的劳动力、多达九成的新就业岗位以及大量的公司.     

科技信息服务生态系统健康评价体系构建与实证研究

[目的/意义]针对当前科技信息服务生态系统研究的不足,借鉴自然生态系统健康理论,从信息生态视角,构建科技信息服务生态系统健康评价体系,引导科技信息服务生态系统稳定、健康发展。[方法/过程]基于文献调研和专家访谈,结合科技信息服务生态系统的健康特征,构建科技信息服务生态系统健康评价体系。采用网络层次分析法（Analytic Network Process,ANP）对各指标的相对重要性权重进行估计。通过访谈、问卷调查收集数据,采用多层次模糊综合评价法进行实证研究。[结果/结论]结果表明活力是最关键的准则维度。运用ANP与多层次模糊综合评价法构建科技信息服务生态系统健康评价体系和权重估计具有较好的适用性,可以为完善科技信息服务功能、优化科技信息服务生态系统结构提供指导与借鉴,促进科技信息服务生态系统稳定、健康的发展。