Books are silent ambassadors: The Noma award for the translation of Japanese literature

Summary Now more than ever good translations are proving to be vitally important to fulfilling Shoichi Noma’s mission of advancing good relationships between cultures. With the emergence of dozens of world-class Japanese writers, the translators of Japanese literature have acquired a new significance and a new importance. No longer are they required to simply handle the language like an exotic and precious commodity but they must prepare a writer’s work to compete with literature from around the globe and let others understand the issues at their very heart of the Japanese people. Indeed, the selection committee’s choice of Murakami’s Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is an apt example of how literature at its very best can span cultural divides to promote mutual understanding of very complicated and important world issues. Written for Japanese to help them understand the devastation of war, it is a rare and timely book that confronts Japan’s experience head on. Ironically, Noma’s idea that books are silent ambassadors, an idea born from agony and defeat, so many years later is helping the world come together towards a unified vision of peace and understanding. “Literature has been described as a means of exchange between the hearts of people. Literary translation, then, is the building of bridges so that all peoples of the world can interact in this way.” Ye Weiqu, Chinese Institute of Social Studies.     

高校图书馆人对农村图书馆问题的忧思

对农村图书馆问题的研究,体现着时代的要求、学术研究的境界和中国图书馆事业发展的进程。高校关心农村图书馆建设,具有理论价值和实际意义,当前应重点关注农村图书馆的统计、管理和服务工作等机制。     

信息网格技术的研究和实现

信息网格是网格技术的重要应用模式，本文在分析网格技术的基础上介绍了信息网格的应用背景、定义，讨论了信息网格的关键技术，并详细介绍了信息网格的典型事例——上海网格。     

基于.NET的XQuery处理器网站的实现与应用

XML文档通常用于数据的描述、存储和交换，缺乏有效的信息查询手段将限制其进一步的应用。本文简介了XML查询语言XQuery，探讨了基于ASP.NET的XQuery处理器网站的功能和实现，描述了.NET平台下XQuery处理器的技术要点和实现代码，给出并分析了XQuery在图书管理中的几个应用实例。     

Analysis of Statistical Question Classification for Fact-Based Questions

Question classification systems play an important role in question answering systems and can be used in a wide range of other domains. The goal of question classification is to accurately assign labels to questions based on expected answer type. Most approaches in the past have relied on matching questions against hand-crafted rules. However, rules require laborious effort to create and often suffer from being too specific. Statistical question classification methods overcome these issues by employing machine learning techniques. We empirically show that a statistical approach is robust and achieves good performance on three diverse data sets with little or no hand tuning. Furthermore, we examine the role different syntactic and semantic features have on performance. We find that semantic features tend to increase performance more than purely syntactic features. Finally, we analyze common causes of misclassification error and provide insight into ways they may be overcome.     

Glocalization and Other Challenges to Cataloging Chinese Continuing Resources

ABSTRACT

Glocalization describes the adaptation of international products around the particularities of a local culture, and extends to areas beyond political campaigns and cultural communication. Chinese continuing resources are effectively influenced by glocalization, which reflects the changing society in China and Chinese overseas communities, as well as the changing practice in Chinese studies all over the world. Glocalization brings unexpected challenges to a library's cataloging service, and a number of issues need to reach our awareness and be solved. We have to face squarely its influence, and look for an appropriate solution in handling Chinese continuing resources under glocalization.     

运用EndNote批量编辑加工英文参考文献

为提高编辑加工英文参考文献的效率和准确率,本文提出将英文参考文献的编辑加工与参考文献管理软件EndNote相结合,找到利用EndNote的批处理编辑方法,针对参考文献的不同情况选择相应的方式,对参考文献进行批量导入及查新纠错,改进了参考文献编辑加工中逐一上网搜索和核查的工作方式,大幅提高了编辑加工英文参考文献的工作效率,并充分保证了正确率。     

我国期刊集群的研究进展与发展态势——基于共词分析方法

期刊集群是国际期刊业的重要发展趋势,也是提升我国期刊整体水平的正确方向,理解和把握期刊集群的研究热点和发展态势是做好期刊集群理论创新和实践应用的关键问题。基于共词分析法,研究我国期刊集群领域学术论文的整体概况、高频