A Rationale for Public and School Library Cooperation in Sierra Leone

This article explores the need for public and school library cooperation in Sierra Leone. Establishing a library service to meet user needs and keeping it relevant is one of the important tasks of professional librarians. In Sierra Leone, however, an increase in enrollment in schools, decreasing library budgets, and the information explosion have had grave consequences in the management of libraries, be they special, school, or public. If public and school libraries are to provide satisfactory services to the nation's young, there is every need for the establishment of greater public and school library cooperation.     

Public Library Services in the Knowledge Economy: The Sierra Leone Experience

Sierra Leone's knowledge economy stresses the importance of information for national development, and libraries have a crucial role to play in this development. Libraries are catalysts for human progress because they help in the development and transmission of knowledge and culture; they foster civic awareness in support of economic productivity and innovation in society. Although many economic programs have been implemented by the Sierra Leone government, a vast amount of information is unused, either because national decision-makers do not realize its importance or because people who might want it do not know how to access it. The public library has to play an increasingly significant role if rapid economic recovery is to be made. This article examines Sierra Leone's economy in postwar reconstruction, the importance of information and knowledge in a knowledge economy, and the problems affecting library services and how the public library can overcome these problems and make meaningful contributions to the knowledge economy.     

Transferring Skills,Transferring Students: A Call To Academic Libraries

The growing number of transfer students on college and university campuses presents a challenge to academic libraries. For years, these libraries have taught students information literacy skills to enhance their abilities to locate, evaluate, and use information in order to be successful students as well as lifelong learners. At many libraries, both direct from high school and transfer students are taught these skills together, without the recognition that either of them has special or diverse needs. Several studies over the years have concluded that the information needs of transfer students differed from those of their native counterparts and stress the importance for separate instruction. A recent survey of some Ohio academic libraries by the authors revealed that the vast majority of these libraries do not provide separate instruction for transfer students. This article, therefore, calls for a dialogue among librarians to continue to discuss this topic and consider developing instructional programs to meet the needs of transfer students.     

Cost-Effectiveness of Consolidated County Library Systems in Midwestern Cities

This study examines the cost-effectiveness of consolidated county libraries in large metropolitan areas of the Midwest and compares it with the cost-effectiveness of large city libraries which share service to the county with other large public library systems in the area. The hypothesis that consolidated county library systems serve a large metropolitan area more economically than two or more large public libraries within a county is tested. The survey method is used to collect population, budget, and circulation statistics from 19 libraries in Midwestern cities of 100,000 or more. The data are analyzed for cost-effectiveness using a one tailed T-test to compare the means of county versus noncounty. The results of this study demonstrate a significant difference between the Cost per Item Circulated and the Per Capita Circulation from county to non-county libraries. It costs the county libraries less to circulate one item and they also circulate more items for each person in the population they serve. These results have implications for future decisions of libraries considering merger of several libraries into a consolidated system.     

都市圈形成与高校图书馆的区域合作

认为在都市圈形成中加强高校图书馆区域合作可以更好地为区域经济发展服务。阐明在都市圈形成发展中加强高校图书馆区域合作具有可行性;从统一思想,更新观念,建立有效的协调组织机构,完善图书馆区域合作制度体系,制定科学合理的利益分配机制和多元化的经费来源保障机制等方面,提出加强都市圈内高校图书馆区域合作的对策与建议。     

非书资料管理的比较与思考

合理管理和使用非书资料是网络环境下图书馆文献资料管理的一个中心话题。文章通过三种非书资料管理系统的比较,论述了目前我国高校图书馆非书资料管理的一些具体方法,对非书资料的管理提出合理化的建议。     

日本图书馆法框架下的图书馆业务建设

日本是世界上图书馆事业较为发达的国家之一,在图书馆建设方面的成就有目共睹。不仅有图书馆法作为保障,更有合理的图书馆架构及图书馆间的合作。文章着力探讨日本图书馆法基础、修改与图书馆间合作结构的关系,希望能够对我国图书馆间的合作起到参考作用。     

图书馆合作发展研究

图书馆的合作伴随着图书馆事业发展的整个过程,我国的图书馆在不同的历史时期,其合作的内外环境、形式、内容、作用等各有时代特点。随着现代信息技术的发展,图书馆进入了一个关键的、新的合作发展时期。我国现阶段图书馆联盟的发展中还存在管理体制、评估体系、服务效益不理想等问题,应该加强同级或跨级图书馆联盟的合作,建立第三方评估机制。     

图书馆合作发展研究

图书馆的合作伴随着图书馆事业发展的整个过程,我国的图书馆在不同的历史时期,其合作的内外环境、形式、内容、作用等各有时代特点。随着现代信息技术的发展,图书馆进入了一个关键的、新的合作发展时期。我国现阶段图书馆联盟的发展中还存在管理体制、评估体系、服务效益不理想等问题,应该加强同级或跨级图书馆联盟的合作,建立第三方评估机制。     

日本图书馆法框架下的图书馆业务建设

日本是世界上图书馆事业较为发达的国家之一,在图书馆建设方面的成就有目共睹。不仅有图书馆法作为保障,更有合理的图书馆架构及图书馆间的合作。文章着力探讨日本图书馆法基础、修改与图书馆间合作结构的关系,希望能够对我国图书馆间的合作起到参考作用。     

广州市石牌地区六校图书馆馆际协作回顾与分析

馆际协作是高校联合办学的组成部分，文章分析了广州市石牌地区六校图书馆协作办馆的背景，回顾了六校协作办馆的十年历程，总结了协作办馆的做法、成效、存在的问题和差距，对今后进一步协作的内容和方向进行了分析。     

Trends in Library Systems: Improved Workflow Processes,Greater Collaboration,and Unbounded Openness

The evolution of print, electronic, and digital resources, as well as shifting technology advancements, are significant drivers of change in libraries, including library systems. This article reviews the latest variety of library systems available focusing on the library services platform, ¹ 1. “Library services platform” is a term used by Marshall Breeding. See Marshall Breeding, Contents from the Guest Editor, 24 Information Standards Quarterly 2, 2 (2012). open source solutions, and the hybrid open source library services platform. All of these newer alternatives to the integrated library system are attempting in their own way to address the overarching drive for libraries, including law libraries, to have greater efficiencies in the following ways: (1) more productive business processes, (2) collaboration among libraries, institutions, and vendors, and (3) unfettered access to open code and software in order to customize library systems to their own specifications.     

Now Tell Us What You Want: Information-Seeking Habits of Health Sciences Faculty

Over the years, library collections have vastly changed due to an ever-growing presence of resources available online. Many libraries have experienced a dramatic decrease in the circulation of physical materials with the shift to online availability of materials. It is of great value to ensure libraries are meeting the needs of their users, and this can be accomplished by identifying their information-seeking patterns. The aim of this article is to examine how faculty use the library and to identify what services and resources are of value to their work.     

基于用户馆体验视角的图书馆服务平台选择思考

[目的/意义] 传统的集成图书馆系统（ILS）正在被图书馆服务平台（LSP）所取代,国内许多高校图书馆致力于对ILS的评估和对LSP的考察。然而,LSP的产品多种多样,图书馆很难决定哪种LSP最适合他们。对目前LSP主流产品的市场格局、发展情况进行分析,旨在为计划由ILS转向LSP的高校图书馆决策提供参考。[方法/过程] 基于国外高校图书馆使用LSP的体验和感知,对市场上主要的图书馆服务平台进行分析、评估和总结。[结果/结论]由于ILS/LSP市场的整合,LSP供应商数量正在缩减,目前只有Alma、Sierra和OCLC WMS得到充分实施。此外,开源项目FOLIO的推出为图书馆提供了另外一种思路。但目前这种单一的整合性图书馆服务平台不是解决方案,基于平台由若干松散耦合的组件构成的图书馆生态系统,才是图书馆真正的下一代服务平台,自主创新,研发适合国内图书馆环境的下一代开放服务平台迫在眉睫。     

A Review of: “Health Informatics for Medical Librarians. Cleveland,Ana D. and Cleveland,Donald B.”

This article is a retrospective look at the changes in hospital libraries from 1970 to 2014 based on the author's experience and a survey of the literature related to hospital libraries indexed in PubMed from 1970 to the present. New roles for librarians and methods for conveying the value of libraries to administrators are described.     

联合建库 资源共享——21世纪中国高校图书馆展望

21世纪，我国高校图书馆需要在网络环境下进行联合建库、资源共调。这项工种不但为读者提供网络公共查询，还能实现高校图书馆界的资源共享，但是，全国范围内高校信息资源共享还存在许多问题和障碍，文章针对这些问题并且提出了解决方案。     

关于搜索引擎打造网上图书馆的思考

针对以Google为代表的搜索引擎打造网上图书馆的状况,指出网上图书馆给用户获取知识信息带来极大便利的同时,也给传统图书馆的工作带来影响和挑战。图书馆面对这样的新信息技术环境,首先需要加强相关领域间的合作,奠定更加开放的知识理念;其次应发挥行业优势,创新服务模式;再者应顺应挑战,采取面向未来的应对措施。     

Engaging a Wider Community: The Academic Library as a Center for Creativity,Discovery, and Collaboration

Academic libraries have reported long-term declines in circulation, reference transactions, reserves, and in-house library materials usage. Increasingly, libraries are perceived as being less critical to the academic enterprise. Are these trends irreversible? Perhaps public libraries and some innovative academic libraries can provide us with some answers. A 2014 IMLS survey of public libraries reported increased visitation and circulation over the past decade. Community outreach, in the form of programming, and investments in collection development contributed to these outcomes. Purchasing additional public workstations also bore results. This article discusses these and other findings along with ways to re-conceptualize our mission and marketing goals. In addition, it also outlines different strategies for using programming and technology initiatives to help academic libraries reconnect with a broader community paying particular attention to experiences at Montclair State University.     

增强现实技术对图书馆的意义和作用

[目的/意义] 以现有研究成果为基础,将AR技术与图书馆服务要素有机结合起来,探讨AR技术对这些要素的作用以及相互间的关联。[方法/过程] 通过案例分析,对AR技术自身功能特点及其对图书馆服务中文献、空间、阅读、体验、展览等各要素的作用进行剖析。[结果/结论] 认为AR技术可以助力图书馆充分挖掘上述要素中的潜在效能,加快各要素间的"生态循环",并在循环流中衍生新的效益和价值,全面提升服务能力,提高用户满意度。     

网络环境下高校图书馆发展的新特点

网络时代是虚拟化的数字图书馆时代。本文主要论述了随着网络技术的发展 ,高校图书馆在馆藏及服务方面出现的新特点。