Alexa,Siri, Cortana,and More: An Introduction to Voice Assistants

Voice assistants are software agents that can interpret human speech and respond via synthesized voices. Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google’s Assistant are the most popular voice assistants and are embedded in smartphones or dedicated home speakers. Users can ask their assistants questions, control home automation devices and media playback via voice, and manage other basic tasks such as email, to-do lists, and calendars with verbal commands. This column will explore the basic workings and common features of today’s voice assistants. It will also discuss some of the privacy and security issues inherent to voice assistants and some potential future uses for these devices. As voice assistants become more widely used, librarians will want to be familiar with their operation and perhaps consider them as a means to deliver library services and materials.     

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。     

Digital Inclusion in Library Context: A Perspective from Users with Print Disability

Digital inclusion is a strategy pursued to foster social inclusion of those who have been sidelined from the mainstream of information society due to lack of access to digital technologies and the skills to use them. Libraries have been working to close the gap by providing access to computers, the Internet, digital content, and digital literacy programs. However, research reveals a new type of divide where digitally competent people could be digitally excluded. This shows the need for a better conceptualization of access and literacy. This paper commits to exploring the concept of access to digital content from the perspective of people with print disability. It involved in-depth interviews with ten participants with print disability where the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health was used as a framework for data analysis. The overall analysis shows that digital inclusion would be more meaningful if it involved providing content in alternative formats and empowering users to make informed choices. Issues such as flexibility and adaptability in content presentation and design of content discovery tools are among those discussed.     

试论影响组织设计过程中的关键因素

组织设计是确定适合组织的战略、组织成员、技术和组织任务等组织结构的过程。组织设计五项经典原则一直在组织设计中发挥着指导性作用,但在组织设计过程中,对一些关键因素,如:组织战略目标、组织环境变化、组织的成长性与稳定性、组织的核心能力、组织的可塑性、组织所处环境的文化价值观等仍是我们在组织设计中要给予重视的关键因素。     

语文多媒体教学设计之初探

阐述了如何优化语文多媒体教学课件设计的几个方面。     

软件复用技术的理论与应用

阐述了软件复用技术的分类、益处和应用途径．并通过实例阐明了软件复用技术在考试系统中的应用，考试管理系统中的可复用部件主要分为常用键盘操作的复用、错误处理程序的复用、典型操作、典型结构的复用。     

共生图形的类型及其在现代设计中的运用

共生图形在视觉上具有趣味性和巧妙性,可以取得以少胜多、以一当十的画面效果,因此共生图形在现代设计中备受青睐,很多创意设计作品都是通过共生图形的配合运用以达到完美的视觉效果。     

机制设计理论与设计过程综述

主要围绕机制设计理论中的目标确定、激励相容、显示原理、实施理论及机制设计的过程进行综述，为机制设计提供一个理论框架，促使机制设计过程的规范化、科学化．     

谈高职院校计算机专业毕业论文（设计）的改革

当前,我国高校毕业论文（设计）存在抄袭、拼凑成风的不良现象,结合高职院校计算机专业毕业论文指导工作的现实情况,有针对性地提出了基于工作过程的改革方法,在实践中让学生自主选题,形式上不拘一格,并且规范写作与指导流程,使得毕业论文（设计）真正地为学生服务。     

Ipad远程开放教育教学初探

目前国内许多学校都开始尝试采用Ipad进行教学,教育人士对其褒贬不一,作为一种新型的移动学习媒体,它有着自身的优势,但也有一定的弊端。Ipad在远程开放教育方面有着较为明显的优势,也符合成人学员移动学习的习惯。在具备了充分的硬件设施和完善的教学环节设计之后,Ipad会为远程开放教育揭开一个新篇章。