Making Sense of your Usage Statistics

Usage statistics are a key decision making tool for most librarians. In this tactics session, Bob Schufreider showed how some libraries are using their vendor's usage statistics to inform purchase decisions and justify expenses, discussed the latest technologies and standards designed to make collection and integration of these statistics less time-consuming and more effective, and outlined some of the problems and pitfalls encountered with the collection of usage statistics.     

Standard Generalized Markup Language and the Transformation of Cataloging

Standardized General Markup Language (SGML) provides a syntax and a meta-language for defining the logical structure of documents, and conventions for naming the components of documents. The author discusses how widespread adoption of SGML might transform what and how we catalog. If adopted by all components of the information industry, SGML would provide an opportunity to build an integrated information environment in which the catalog would provide a clearly marked path to both traditional and electronic information formats.     

Communicating With Bank Stakeholders During Recession: Why It's Important,Who Is Doing It,and How to Stay in the Loop

This study explores the attitudes and actions of bank managers toward communication spending during recession. Results of this study indicate that organizational leaders cut communication spending early during recession and also erroneously rely on the bank's financials to mitigate irrational customer withdrawals. This research is used to illustrate the need for public librarians to meet the needs of bank stakeholders when their institution ceases to communicate during crises, for academic librarians to educate students in undergraduate and graduate programs regarding heightened information needs during recession, and for corporate librarians to understand a potential avenue for competitive advantage during recession.     

The ILS as Outreach: Cataloging Campus Partner Collections

Although libraries tend to see the integrated library system (ILS) as a very “library” system, it is actually a powerful inventory and patron management system that can be used much more broadly. At American University, the library has many campus partner collections that it has added to the library catalog. Some collections contain books and media, like traditional library holdings, and some are made up of audiovisual and computer equipment. This article describes the process of cataloging these collections, the challenges of conceiving the ILS as a campus-wide system, and the benefits that these partnerships have brought to the library.     

The Future of Networks and OCLC

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出口贸易结构对澳大利亚抵御金融危机的作用及其国际竞争力分析——基于澳大利亚2001-2011年对外贸易状况的分析

2008年始于美国的金融危机逐渐演变为全球性的经济危机,世界各国普遍深受影响。但对比其他发达国家,澳大利亚是较早摆脱经济危机影响的国家。究其原因,与澳大利亚以能源和矿产品为主的出口贸易结构密切相关。本文从剖析澳大利亚贸易结构在金融危机前后的变化出发,并与另外两个主要能源和矿产出口国——巴西和加拿大的贸易结构相比较,得出澳大利亚的贸易结构在金融危机中表现出较强国际竞争力的结论。但综合考虑国内外因素,这种结构正面临着极大的挑战。     

基于金融差异视角对我国货币政策区域效应的分析

本文基于区域金融结构差异视角考察我国货币政策区域非对称性问题。首先,通过简单描述统计的分析方法对我国的区域金融结构进行比较分析,可知我国金融结构存在着显著的区域差异性。然后,运用面板数据模型实证分析各区域金融结构与货币政策区域差异性的相关性。结果表明,各区域金融结构均对货币政策产生显著影响,但影响程度并不相同。最后,为我国货币政策的有效实施以及地区经济发展提出相关的政策建议。     

中国高校资助包计划的实践特色与启示

资助包计划的核心理念是通过规范合理的配置,使学生获得与其困难程度相称的经济资助。中国高校资助包计划是国际经验与中国国情相结合的产物。2007年以后,面对资助项目和经费的快速增长,我国高校引入国外资助包计划,并对其进行了本土化改造,使其具有“分级资助”、“贫困生优先”、“助人与育人相结合”、“专款专用”等本土特色。从实践结果看,资助包计划促进了高校学生资助工作的公平与效率,今后应加大资助包计划的实施面;另一方面,可改进贫困生认定方法,细化学生分级,健全收入和财产申报制度,以提高其实施成效。     

Mobile Devices Offer Little In-depth News: Sensational,Breaking and Entertainment News Dominate Mobile News Sites

ABSTRACT

The smartphone is now an indispensable part of everyday life. Such mobile devices are increasingly used to consume news. Newspapers have embraced the mobile devices to augment their print and online versions. Newspapers, however, appear to offer different news content to mobile newsreaders when compared to their own print and online content. Mobile newsreaders are provided significantly more sensational, breaking, and entertainment-oriented news. Mobile devices on the mobile web also provide significantly less public affairs content as top stories. Analyzing a sample of 50 U.S. newspapers over a six-month period, this content analysis quantifies the heterogeneity of news content in print, online, and mobile platforms.