Benefits to Collection Development Librarians from Collaborating with “Community-Embedded” Librarians-In-Training

The 21st century collection manager encounters serious challenges in collection development (e.g., budget shortages, lack of skilled personnel, lower agency prioritization, and reduced available staff time). This article explores a practical, low-cost solution to these challenges that prevent collection developers from regularly creating/managing adequately balanced collections. It discusses the role of 93 “community-embedded” librarians-in-training to develop contextually situated collections in a graduate course taught seven times in an information sciences program in a southern land grant university. Findings of collection management activity tasks completed during the course provide evidence of accrued tangible outcomes/benefits to motivate collection development librarians and their information agencies collaborate with librarians-in-training in future initiatives.     

We May Be Teaching Information Literacy,but Are the Design First Year Students Actually Getting It?

The purpose of this study was to examine the outcomes of information literacy instruction for the Design first year students at the Temasek Polytechnic Library. Also of interest was whether or not the librarian was being seen as easily approachable, and if the students were deeming the lessons to be worthwhile. A participant action research approach was used, with the data being collected from multiple choice tests delivered via the institutional learning management system, group exercises, and a diagnostic assessment that was delivered before the workshops. It was found that the students did see the librarian as someone who was eminently approachable, and the majority of them found the lessons to be of value. It was concluded that the use of a diagnostic tool can be very useful in highlighting the gaps in students' knowledge, and that it would be beneficial to use it for all information literacy instruction at TP. Suggested future research could include a study of how much the students retain of IL skills into their third year of study.     

Search boundaries: human flesh search,privacy law,and internet regulation in China

This research examines privacy law and Human Flesh Search (HFS) on the Chinese Internet. HFS is spontaneous, widely participated search and publication of targeted individuals’ personal information on the Internet. This research sees HFS as an important form of non-institutional information gathering and publication, and argues that the regulation of HFS is not only about privacy but also line-drawing for information collection and dissemination in the digital setting. Therefore, legal instruments and court cases in relation to HFS and online privacy must be assessed as important components of the Chinese state’s Internet regulatory scheme. This research finds that the paired concepts of ‘flexibility and populism,’ key features of legal reform and development in contemporary China, are highly relevant to analyze the growth of digital privacy laws in China. The political-legal authorities’ experimentation and innovation in the development of the law shed important light on how China’s Internet governance adapts to changing circumstances and strives to keep pace with profound social transformations in new technological environments.     

Information-seeking behavior of economics graduate students: If you buy it,will they come?

The information-seeking behavior of social science graduate students has been the subject of many studies, but none have concentrated only on the economics graduate student population and their unique needs. The purpose of this focus group study was to use group discussions to understand the actual online behavior of graduate economics students when conducting research. The results provide insight and information about the skills and characteristics of economics graduate students, their first steps in conducting research online, their use of publicly available and library resources, challenges to finding information, and resources used to overcome these challenges.     

高校图书馆利用第二语言开展阅读推广的研究——以华东理工大学图书馆为例

近年来,随着第二语言学习热情高涨,多语言阅读日益普遍。高校图书馆进行第二语言阅读推广是大势所趋。根据本人多年从事阅读推广的经验,本文从以下三个方面分析了第二语言阅读推广的策略:结合时代热点、将需求驱动与价值植入相结合、积极调动本校外语资源,并且提出了开展相关推广中存在的问题,最后展望了利用第二语言进行阅读推广的广阔前景。     

日藏孤本明《清湖琴谱》述略

日本国立国会图书馆藏明代《清湖琴谱》一部,为嘉靖四十三年(1564年)重刻本,目前仅见。经考证《清湖琴谱》体例及所录琴曲、指法等均与明黄献《梧冈琴谱》类似,校订者惠寀为浙人,可见该琴谱当为浙派琴谱之一种。此外《清湖琴谱》对琴曲作者多有发覆,也为研究浙派琴人、琴曲提供了宝贵的新材料。     

用设计思维建设,用连接战略发展——大阅读时代公共图书馆发展战略思考

以大数据、云计算、物联网等新一代信息技术引领的深度信息化阶段已经开启,这不仅让人工智能技术再次兴起,正在创造一个智慧时代,也正在深刻改变甚至颠覆人类的阅读行为,一个大阅读时代正在到来。在这样的大阅读时代,面临着创新转型发展的重大机遇与挑战,公共图书馆可以用设计思维进行建设,从硬件到软件都可以用以人为本的设计思维来建设;公共图书馆还可以用连接战略不断发展,把人与人、人与知识、人-空间-知识以及图书馆的实体空间与网络空间连接起来,公共图书馆可以实施阅读+和图书馆+战略的本质原因是阅读具有无所不在性。     

19世纪美国主日学校图书馆研究

美国主日学校图书馆是十九世纪基督教传教活动的一种辅助设施,以向儿童进行宗教和伦理教化为主要目的。作为公共图书馆兴起以前重要的图书馆形态,其定位、功能与作用值得系统深入的研究。主日学校图书馆的创设始于19世纪初期,1850年左右成为美国提供宗教文献和儿童读物的主要渠道,其广泛建立和发展一直持续到1880年,之后日渐式微。主日学校图书馆藏书重点由宗教文献向通俗童书过渡;分类编目处于草创阶段,较为粗略;读者服务规章严格,以闭架借阅为主;率先向儿童免费开放,是儿童图书馆事业的基石;培养儿童阅读习惯,促进了美国基础教育的发展;突破阶级、种族和性别壁垒,促进了公共图书馆民主、平等与包容等服务理念的形成;遍布美国各地,奠定了农村图书馆事业发展的基础。表1。参考文献38。     

办好民族特色栏目 提升期刊国际影响力——以《上海体育学院学报》的《民族传统体育学》栏目为例

基于我国中文科技期刊稿件外流、整体学术水平亟待提升的现实背景,以《上海体育学院学报》的《民族传统体育学》栏目为例,探讨通过民族特色栏目提升中文科技期刊国际影响力的策略。认为:《民族传统体育学》栏目发挥学科、人才优势,依托专家、专题支撑,推进新媒体、多语种出版的办栏策略,为中文科技期刊依托中国特有的民族文化品牌,通过特色栏目“窗口”提升期刊国际影响力提供了有效路径。     

Strength in Numbers: Encouraging Every Staff Member to Work to Capacity

Libraries play a critical role in enhancing the learning landscape of the schools they support. In order for any library to become a powerhouse and a community meeting place, all library team members need to align with the library's vision, own it and begin to add their own strengths and talents purposefully. This article explores practical strategies for developing a visionary team, including supportive leadership, daily stand-up meetings, weekly staff meetings, special-focus teams, rostering and the “five conversations” approach. These effective strategies can be implemented across a broad range of library workforce contexts in order to ensure the most effective workforce teams are built.