Real inflation of journal prices: medical journals, U.S. journals, and Brandon list journals

Increases in price during the last twenty years were studied for the journals listed in the 1983 Brandon list, and during the last fifteen years for all medical journals and for U.S. periodicals overall. When compared with increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), prices in all three categories of publications have increased much more rapidly than have prices overall. Libraries whose journal-acquisition budgets increased merely at the same rate as the CPI during the periods examined today can purchase only 50% to 70% of the journals they purchased in 1963. This information should help librarians justify budget increases.     

科技期刊选订的系统聚类分析与决策

论文选择期刊类型、质量、信息量和订购价格四类指标作为聚类要素,对某一学科领域内的23种中文科技期刊进行了系统聚类分析。当聚类距离λ=3.29时,可将这23种科技期刊划分为7类。在分析各类期刊优缺点的基础上,合理确定其订购原则,旨在对高校图书馆科技期刊选订工作产生一定的指导作用。     

高校学报促进学科建设及人才培养的实证

通过数据统计与典型事例相结合研究高校学报对学科建设特别是新学科(包括交叉学科、边缘学科等)建设及人才培养的作用.结果表明,高校学报在培植新的学科增长点、造就学术大师、建立学术队伍、形成学校特色等方面所发挥的作用是普通学术期刊难以替代的.     

中文纸质期刊利用的实证研究

随着数字技术的快速发展,图书馆的馆藏期刊也发生了深刻的变化。对纸质现刊的利用分析表明,总体上纸质期刊的利用尚可,但各个类别的利用差异很大。纸质期刊的利用集中于休闲科普性质的期刊,学术类纸质期刊的利用率低,相当多的期刊表现为零利用。文章对纸质期刊的利用情况进行分析,以期为图书馆期刊配置提供依据。