The Value of Natural History Collections

The value of museum natural history collections is commonly poorly explained to, and therefore commonly misunderstood by, the general public. This is an increasingly dangerous situation at a time of tight fiscal constraints; if natural history collections are to survive, those charged with their care will have to do more to broadcast their value as both resources for research and public education. Research values include documenting biotas no longer available and present and past biogeographic distributions, housing type, voucher specimens, and (perhaps most importantly) serving as fertile places for scientific discovery and inspiration. Public values include serving as resources for identification of unknown specimens, hands-on education and the support of systematics, and (perhaps most importantly) as the depository for the final physical evidence for the history and diversity of life on Earth.     

The Uncertain Future for Digital Visual Collections in the University

Digital documents in the networked information environment fundamentally change the ways that visual materials can be used in education and scholarly discourse. These new uses raise questions about research library strategies with regard to digitized visual materials as a part of their collections, challenge assumptions underlying intellectual property rights for images and their scope, and offer ways in which visual literacy can become a more integral part of the common educational experience.     

隋代官府藏书考述

隋代不足四十年,官府藏书事业十分兴盛,仅嘉则殿就有书三十七万卷.考察其官府藏书之形成、处所、管理,以及后来散亡史实,于今仍很有学习借鉴作用.     

哈佛大学图书馆及其所藏中文文献

本文概述了美国哈佛大学图书馆的基本情况，着重对其所属哈佛－燕京图书馆贮存的中文文献尤其是中文报纸作出介绍。     

基于捐赠的清华大学图书馆特藏建设

总结清华大学图书馆实践经验,提出高校图书馆特藏建设方案。从接受捐赠图书中选择本馆特藏发展方向,有目的地开展捐赠征集工作,高效、快捷地做好特藏建设。     

高校专业资料室的定位与发展

随着社会的飞速发展,各学科研究领域逐渐形成了本专业的理论研究中心,并发挥着学科带头作用.在这些以研究中心为单位的专业研究基地中,云集着本专业的拨尖人才,在开展学术研究的活动中,为其提供信息资料服务的专业资料室就显示出不可缺少的重要性.     

深圳大学图书馆馆藏资源的建设与利用

深圳大学图书馆的馆藏资源经过二十余年的发展历程,其纸质资源、非书资源和数字资源的数量和品种都有大幅度增加.分析论述了深圳大学馆藏资源建设方面的特点,以及其在开发利用馆藏资源,提高馆藏资源利用率方面所采取的举措.     

高校图书馆特藏资源推广研究

特藏资源是图书馆最可珍视的资源。特藏推广的独特价值在于,以＂有形＂资源之推广,促＂无形＂文化之传播。以特藏推广为载体,不仅可以促进特藏资源的利用,而且有利于图书馆服务品牌的塑造和文化价值的传播,特藏推广可以成为带动图书馆全局工作的战略。特藏推广要以高质量的资源建设为基础,通过制定完善的推广计划,辅以专业的服务以及多样化的推广方式,并以制度作保障,将深度整合图书馆的资源,带动图书馆整体服务水平的发展,而实现特藏资源的共建共享则是特藏推广的终极目标。     

西部高校馆藏地方文献中图片的收集与整理

文章论述了西部高校馆藏地方文献中图片的价值与特点,介绍了西部高校如何收集、整理和保管地方文献中的图片资料。并结合实际,提出对当前西部高校图书馆地方文献中图片管理的一些对策和建议。     

有关近代中国教会大学图书馆藏书的两个问题

近代中国教会大学图书馆的平均藏书量,在20世纪30年代要优于国立高校图书馆,但是在20年代则并非如此.教会大学图书馆的藏书特点,最为突出的就是外文书籍所占比例很高,这在30年代以前表现得尤为突出;此中因由,一是与其资金、图书的国外来源有关,再就是教会大学自身对外语学习的重视.     

合并升格高校图书馆的馆藏建设刍议

合并升格高校图书馆文献信息资源建设要适应学校发展的需要,就要更新观念,制定科学的馆藏发展规划。优化馆藏结构,合理配置文献信息资源,开发整合资源,加强合作,资源共享。     

高校图书馆业绩管理的核心价值

高校图书馆的业绩管理不应仅仅是一种考核手段,更应该是一种循环反复的"过程"管理。该过程应包括目标分解、业绩交流、业绩考评和结果应用4个环节,而其核心是业绩交流。通过交流可以明确高校图书馆对馆员的期望,及时了解各馆员和部门的任务完成情况,并为其提出建议和支持,建立领导与馆员之间的理解和信任。业绩考评应充分利用信息系统,实现量化考核,也应兼顾资质考核。在结果应用环节应重视业绩反馈,以实现业绩改进为目标。     

院系自采文献管理初探

我国高校院系一般可根据教学、科研和工作等需要,自行购买中、外文书刊及电子文献.这些文献采购渠道十分广泛,针对性、专业性很强.虽然它们与图书馆文献重复较多,却是图书馆文献资源的有益补充.为了充分发挥院系自采文献的作用,院系有必要制定文献采买及管理制度,合理使用文献购置经费,科学管理文献资源,提供有效利用.各院系资料室与校图书馆共同构成学校的两级文献保障体系,可在文献购置经费、文献采购及管理等方面加强协调.     

Realizing the Value of Non-Purchased Content

This presentation summarized a May 2013 white paper published by Taylor & Francis Group, Facilitating access to free online resources: challenges and opportunities for the library community (www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/pdf/TF-whitepaper-free-resources.pdf). Taylor & Francis staff conducted research aimed at exploring free content discoverability from the perspective of librarians. Study focus groups were held in London and Seattle, Washington in early 2013. Research also included telephone interviews, surveys, and literature searching to identify relevant studies and commentary articles.     

Evaluating Research Library Collections in Psychology:

By 1986, all of the University of California (U.C.) Campus Libraries as well as the Stanford University Libraries had completed the Psychology Conspectus as part of the North American Collections Inventory Project (NCIP). Phase I. Between 1986 and 1988, they participated in a "pilot" project which was designed to further review, analyze and explore possibilities for coordinating policy in the subject area of psychology. The article is a recounting of some issues and problems encountered in this attempt.     

燕京大学学位论文的印本收藏与特色库建设

北京大学图书馆藏有燕京大学学位论文(以下简称燕大学位论文)印本特藏2 700余册。燕大学位论文分类排架体系有其自身特点,馆藏号由四级结构组成,论文本身具有很高的学术研究价值和文物收藏价值。目前燕大学位论文特色库已建成并正式发布,但界面显示、检索和著录等方面存在一些问题,仍有待完善。高校图书馆应加强印本资源的保存和管理以及特色数据库的建设和质量控制。     

The Preservation and Maintenance of Special Research Collections in Public Libraries:

Whether or not, or under what circumstances, public libraries should house special-subject research collections is examined with respect to: (1) feasibility of community participation in administrative decisionmaking and allocation of funds: (2) reliability of library/collection use statistics as measures of performance: (3) rationales for and costs of maintaining special collections. Literature on local history and performing arts research collections is discussed to illustrate practical administrative considerations. Creation of community participation opportunities, either through formal analyses of library communities or other methods, is advocated as essential with respect to the preservation and maintenance of special subject research collections in public libraries.     

Video in the Collections

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高校图书馆对已故教授私人藏书的开发与利用

已故教授的私人藏书具有很高的利用价值,是馆藏文献的有益补充。高校图书馆为已故教授的私人藏书设立书架、对这些藏书进行开发与利用不仅必要而且可行。高校图书馆应打破放在图书馆的已故教授藏书便是图书馆财产这一观念,吸引已故教授家属将教授生前藏书存放于图书馆;建立管理工作细则对已故教授藏书征集工作进行管理;对已故教授私人藏书进行合理的分类排架。