Trends in courses taught: Insights from CMG’s college faculty database

CMG Information Services, or CMG (formerly College Marketing Group), has been maintaining a database of U.S. college and university teaching faculty since the mid-1970s. The database is primarily used by scholarly, academic, and college text-book publishers to promote their books by direct mail. One of the features that makes the database valuable to publishers is that it contains all the courses taught by each faculty member. The number and kinds of courses taught over the period of time that the database has been maintained affords a unique perspective on some of the changes occurring in the academic world. John F. Hood is senior vice president of CMG Information Services. Formerly known as College Marketing Group, CMG developed and introduced the first college faculty database for college text and academic publishers in 1973.     

Reference Use of Electronic and Optical Full-Text Databases

Use of full-text databases in electronic and optically published format is being pursued vigorously by major publishers. Reference librarians are using databases published in these alterative formats to print for dissemination of information products by publishers. Introduction of distribution technology for databases in these formats should be easier for reference librarians to introduce to end-users than has been the case with formats other than print for full-text searching of newspaper and periodicals. Bibliographic instruction in the use of databases embedded in these formats have interactive features allowing the publisher to use interactive tutorials to assist the librarian in introducing them to novices in the use of such technology in libraries. This should facilitate their acceptance in reference areas of libraries. Several such systems are described. An examination of the standards governing this technology is discussed.     

Children and Young Adult Readers in Morocco

The development of the publishing industry for children and young adults is very recent in Morocco. Indeed it was in the 1980s that people became aware of its importance for future generations. The first national publications were mainly in Arabic language, stories were very short, books were of paperback format and the subjects were very much dominated by moral, social and religious didacticism. In the late 1990s, publishers started being more and more concerned with the appearance of the book (size, cover, illustrations, topic, etc.) and there are nowadays two publishers specialized only in children’s books—Yanbow al Kitab and Yomad—who produce books that respond to international norms. They are both very active in promoting reading and especially allowing children from disadvantaged social backgrounds to have access to books, price being a main constraint for those children. But there is still a lack of publishers specialized in children’s books in Morocco (two publishers for the whole country), not enough pleasant reading spaces and no real government policy to allow mass access by making books cheaper.     

Web-Scale Discovery: Impact on Library Database Web Page Views and Usage

ABSTRACT

Web page views of databases by title and databases by subject pages, in conjunction with COUNTER Database Report 1 and Journal Report 1 statistics, were examined to determine what impact a migration to Primo, a Web-scale discovery layer, had at Central Washington University Brooks Library. The analysis determined that the first year post-migration (2015) compared to the two years pre-migration (2013–14) saw a decline in Web page views of database Web pages, journal full-text article requests, and database record views and result clicks. The implementation of Primo thus had a noticeable negative impact on both direct database access and overall electronic resource usage during the first year post-migration.     

Google学术搜索工具及其在我馆的应用

分析了Google学术搜索在学术资源服务体系中的积极作用。Google学术搜索继承了Google的优点,吸引了大批用户。它基本上可以正确地甄别资源的学术性,在搜索的效果方面也有不错的表现,在弥补图书馆对公开获取资源的资源服务方面,起到很好的补充作用。但是也有不足之处。比如没有考虑用户的资源环境,不能很好地解决“合适版本”的问题,不能避免用户的无效链接现象。最后介绍了北京师范大学图书馆对Google学术搜索的理解和实际应用的做法。以及通过参加Library Link计划,将Google学术搜索成功纳入图书馆学术资源服务体系的成功案例。最后的统计数字说明Google学术搜索在该校起到了很好的资源服务作用。     

鑫磐全息数据库和现代图书馆文献信息服务

为了在 Internet和 Intranet上提供数据库网络查询服务,图书馆需要将现有的数据库进行加工（如转换成全文数据库）。鑫磐公司的鑫磐全息数据库GSADB,为文献情报机构提供网络数据库查询服务提供全面解决方案。本文论述了GSADB的数据库定义、索引、因特网互连等关键技术和应用。     

Full-text and bibliographic database searching in the health sciences: an exploratory study comparing CCML and MEDLINE

An exploratory study to investigate perceived differences between searching full-text databases and bibliographic databases was undertaken. BRS's full-text database, Comprehensive Core Medical Library (CCML), and BRS's current MEDLINE file (MESH) were compared. Identical literature search topics were run in the two databases and the results evaluated regarding currency of search results, success in answering specific questions, uniqueness of information retrieved, and relevancy of retrieval. Additionally, connect time and costs were noted to aid in determining the feasibility of offering full-text database searching as a service for which the authors' institution would charge.     

What is BioOne?

BioOne is a Web-based aggregation of full-text, high-impact bioscience research journals. Most of its titles are published by small societies or non-commercial publishers and have not been previously available in electronic format. This column describes the BioOne database and gives some basic information about the best ways to search its content.     

Territorial Rights and Wrongs

In this short article, Henry Rosenbloom, the founder of Australian independent publisher Scribe, complains about the tactic of UK-based publishers buying ‘Commonwealth’ rights and preventing Australian publishers from acquiring separate Australian rights. ‘UK publishers are not entitled to Australia as a territory. It is our country, our market, and our industry,’ he writes. This article was originally published in The Age newspaper in early 2008, then on Rosenbloom’s blog, and it was the catalyst for a spirited debate at this year’s London Book Fair.     

我国数据库产业的现状、问题及对策

我国的数据库产业存在着规模小,上网数据少、商品化程度低,缺乏市场意识、重复建库严重、全文数据库少、标准化程度低,兼容性差,重视硬件建设,软件投入不足,政府监管不力、维护不及时,待建栏目多等问题。发展对策是:数据库经营的商业化、市场化;数据库产业的法律化、规范化;数据库经费的正常化,制度化;数据库企业的现代化、品牌化;数据库标准的科学化,统一化。     

图书馆自建专题特色数据库的实践研究——以“三坊七巷特色数据库”为例

三坊七巷数据库是基于福州地域资源、突出福州文化和建筑特色的数据库。数据来源于闽江学院的馆藏、网络免费资源、地方特色资源及出版商资源等方面。以电子全文图书资料、电子全文期刊、图片库和视频资料四种形式表现,展示福州古建筑、名人、民风民俗文化、特色老铺老店和其他综合信息,其标准化、检索功能、共享度有待加强,数据覆盖面尚需扩大。     

外文期刊全文数据库医学期刊调查研究

通过对高校图书馆现有的外文期刊全文数据库的分析与评价，进行了医学文献覆盖分析和质量调查，探讨了成本效益，指出了外文期刊全文数据库的特点及存在的问题。旨在为外文期刊全文数据库的选购提供指导，并提高其利用率。     

构建基于WWW的浙江大学学位论文全文数据库

探论当前流行的web数据库的构造技术,着重阐述浙江大学学位论文全文网络数据库系统后台数据库的建设、用户管理、安全及数据完整性管理和论文的全文检索,并给出数据库查询及结果显示界面。     

A View from Australia

Until 50 years ago the purpose of publishers in Australia was to act as distributors for overseas companies, mainly British. From 1970 onwards a local publishing industry began to develop, taking advantage of the greatly increased investment by publishers in distribution systems to service the “closed market.” In 1991 the “30-day rule” was introduced, leading to an increased amount of local printing of overseas titles, and a growing number of rights purchases of overseas-published books. The pros and cons of “separating out” Australian rights are addressed in this paper.     

我国期刊优先数字出版中乱象的根源及对策

实行优先数字出版对于作者、读者、期刊出版方及国家科研发展都具有重要意义.我国实行优先数字出版的期刊越来越多,但与此同时出现了诸多乱象.对优先数字出版的认识不足、期刊出版方的管理制度不严、数据库的监管不严及行业标准的缺失是造成乱象的根源.期刊出版方在规范优先数字出版方面需要明确4 个要素: 概念、DOI 认证、版本的设置和优先出版文献的规范引用.此外,期刊出版方、数据库方和管理方应充分发挥自身力量推动优先数字出版有序、健康发展.     

图书馆自建数据库著作权保护限制缘由透析

尽管图书馆自建书目数据库、文摘数据库、全文数据库和多媒体数据库有具体的表现形式,但是独创性较差,致使其著作权保护处于较弱的地位;由于维护公共利益和公民其他基本权利等著作权外部条件的限制,图书馆自建数据库著作权保护也不可能强势.     

Academic e-Book Publishing in China: An Investigation of Current Status and Publishers' Attitudes

This study investigates the current status and attitudes towards academic e-book publishing by mainland Chinese academic publishers through an online survey. This study collected survey data from 49 authoritative academic publishers in China, focusing on their e-book sales profiles and their perceptions of how e-book sales affect publishers and libraries. The data reveals that China's academic e-book industry is still at an early development stage and has a relatively small market. The findings show significant differences in the willingness and attitudes towards e-book publishing between SSH publishers and STEM publishers, and also demonstrate that the enhancement of the demand for e-books by academic libraries promotes the process of the digital transformation of academic publishers. This study then argues that Chinese academic publishers need to further improve the quality of academic e-books, accelerate the transition from academic content providers to academic content service providers, and strengthen their cooperation with stakeholders.