State Data Centers: improving access to census information

"The U.S. Bureau of the Census created the State Data Center program in 1978 to improve public access to census information. This article discusses the background, structure, and services of that program; the role of libraries in the program; and future directions in State Data Center/library relationships. The appendix lists contact person names, as well as addresses and telephone numbers for State Data Center lead agencies."     

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     

论缓冲溶液的制备

凡实验室涉及到生物学和化学的水溶液体系时,pH和离子强度(I)是两个极为重要的可变量。由于酸—碱混合物的存在,这两个参量往往相互依赖。控制pH值的通常方法是使用缓冲剂。它们是由那些对于溶液离子行为影响不大、且不活泼的稳定电解质来配制的。本文提出的方法适用于计算某种酸及其盐混合物的pH值和离子强度;或与此相反,用于计算配制预知pH值和离子强度(I)所需酸及其盐的相当量。这种计算方法很实用,具有启发性和直观教学的价值,在许多普通的可编程序计算器上容易完成。