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."     

控制与平衡：操纵比赛的法律规制新解——从职业足球切入

“打击与消灭”为治理操纵比赛的传统主题。但是,令操纵比赛尖锐性与紧迫性与日俱增的原因并非仅限于此。其不仅是体育行业内部的顽疾,而是横跨社会、经济、政治、文化等方面,并交织在一起的法治问题,传统的“打击与消灭”难以从根本上解决问题。因此,操纵比赛的法律规制应当以“控制与平衡”为核心。即在体育自治与司法介入之动态平衡的框架下,辅以立法、执法、行政等诸多控制和平衡的手段,综合、适度且正当地介入体育腐败的治理,从而达到规制操纵比赛,控制其无法对于体育运动健康可持续的发展造成实际威胁的最终目标。     

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     

20世纪鞋子的简史

我们脚上穿的鞋子,是压抑、痛苦、美丽、创造力的载体,在很大程度上暴露了我们的性格以及对生活的态度。鞋子的演变和社会文化、性别、财富、地位的发展息息相关,并呈现出一些美好奇妙的时尚潮流。本书娓娓道来鞋履发展历史,体现了女性过去、现在、以及将来是如何逐步被鞋履塑造的。     

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