Serials standards work: the next frontier

Serials, one of the more complicated areas of library technical endeavors, has lacked the benefit of standards for a long time. Even now, with standards beginning to be available, the majority of institutions are not working within standard serials formats. A survey to determine the use of serials standards in libraries was conducted in 1988 by the American Library Association, Resources and Technical Services Division, Serials Section, Committee to Study Serials Standards. In the spring of 1988 a survey was sent to a group encompassing the Association of Research Libraries members, CONSER participants, United States Newspaper Program participants, Microform Project libraries, and some vendors and librarians who attended the Committee meetings on a regular basis. The survey questionnaire assessed the current level of serials standards awareness of librarians and vendors. Topics included the type of serials systems used, standards relevant to serials control and union listing and whether or not they are implemented, types and levels of training staff received in the application of standards, benefits of the standards, and areas where standards are most needed.     

彻底简化IT

如何实现"简化IT"的战略,这是困扰很多企业,尤其是CIO的一个重要问题。本文以日本新生银行的例子来诠释如何彻底简化IT。中世纪哲人William of Ock- ham说过,理论应该尽可能的简单。同样的原则适用于企业IT系统:它们按照尽可能少的标准     

41号和43号总统

多萝·布什为其父——美国前总统老布什撰写的传记《我的父亲 我的总统》,堪称迄今首部完整的老布什传,亦是第一幅色彩层次丰富的老布什肖像画。这本书也像一条河,涌动着布什家族许多鲜为人知的个人经历与家庭往事。     

图书馆学实验方法研究

<正> 一、基本概念"实验"可以定义为研究者对起重要作用的条件加以精确地说明和控制的一种研究方式.改变一个或多个自变量的值,观察这种变化对于一个或多个实验组的各个因变量值的影响.而其它可能与研究课题有关的(即影响因变量的值)因素,则通过精密的实验将其限制在最小程度.这样,通过控制实验的条件,研究假设的基本要求就得到满足.在图书馆学方面,实验方法可以用于鉴定那些有关图书馆藏书建设,藏书保管和藏书利用等方面的新技术,说明那些定义不准     

妈妈,我们在天堂重逢

这天晚上,你把一切都看得更清楚了,你几乎得到了解脱,看上去很安然.你知道你的命运取决于这次X光检查的结果.医生和我很快知道你肺部的癌细胞有扩散迹象.你没问检查结果,你还有很多话要说,有很多事情要安排.有几分钟时间,我假装到厨房取点东西,实际是到走廊里跟皮特利医生和凯恩医生交谈.主治医师也过来了.