“Books.Google.RU”—Google's Mass Digitization of Russian‐Language Books

ABSTRACT. Google is pursuing “mass digitization” of Russian books as part of its efforts that now involve more than a dozen partners, although so far there is no separate Russian‐language search interface. How easy is it to find materials in books.google.com that are in Russian? What do users need to know to maximize their results?     

Relational messages associated with nonverbal involvement,pleasantness, and expressiveness in romantic couples

Previous research suggests that individual nonverbal cues and cue complexes communicate multiple relational messages simultaneously. This work examines the contention that nonverbal percepts may predict relational message interpretations in romantic relationships. Results provide support for the hypothesis that nonverbal cues indicative of greater involvement, pleasantness, and expressiveness connote messages of intimacy. Specifically, the current study reveals that perceptions of intimacy and composure are associated with greater vocalic involvement. Interpretations are provided in line with the social meanings model.     

Black Studies Scholarship and Its Coverage in Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science

This study analyzes the coverage of black studies journals as compared to women's studies journals in Web of Science, Academic Search Complete, and ArticleFirst. This study also examines black studies bibliographies and directories to identify journals that are suitable for inclusion in Journal Citation Reports and consequently Web of Science and evaluates seven black studies journals using the Thomson Reuters journal selection process.     

Google Book Search and Metadata

This article summarizes published documents on metadata provided by Google for books scanned as part of the Google Book Search (GBS) project and provides suggestions for improvement. The faulty, misleading, and confusing metadata in current Google records can pose potentially serious problems for users of GBS. Google admits that it took data, which proved to be inaccurate, from many sources and is attempting to correct errors. Some argue that metadata is not needed with keyword searching; but optical character recognition (OCR) errors, synonym control, and materials in foreign languages make reliable metadata a requirement for academic researchers. The authors recommend that users should be able to submit error reports to Google to correct faulty metadata.     

From Google Print to Google Book Search: The Controversial Initiative and Its Impact on Other Remarkable Digitization Projects

Google's initiative to scan and add book content into its search engine has resulted in much praise and protest. Changing its digitization project's name from Google Print to Google Book Search and adding information to its site did not keep Google out of copyright court. However, publicity surrounding this project has spawned renewed interest in book digitization projects, with collaborative efforts quickly growing. This article will look at Book Search's history, highlight how it has been altered along with its name, and point out other interesting book digitization projects that Book Search has spawned or recently brought into the limelight, such as those associated with the Internet Archive.     

浅谈《阅微草堂笔记》与《搜神记》中死而复生故事的异同

死而复生是琐闻异事小说常有的文学主题,《搜神记》与《阅微草堂笔记》是中国古代两部不容忽视的志怪小说集,这两部小说中都有大量死而复生的故事,其主题既有相同的地方,也有较大的区别．相同之处表现在因情复生和误死复生上,反映了当时社会环境和社会制度对人类的辖制;不同之处主要是它们的创作主旨有较大的区别,而且《阅微草堂笔记》在很大程度上丰富并超越了《搜神记》。     

Transitioning from Marketing-Oriented Design to User-Oriented Design: A Case Study

The transition to a new architecture and design for an academic library Web site does not always proceed smoothly. In this case study, a library at a large research university hired an outside Web development contractor to create a new architecture and design for the university's Web site using dotCMS, an open-source content management system. The library participated in the design and development process along with other campus units. Because the university-wide process focused on marketing the university to prospective students, parents, and donors, the contractor's fact-finding process focused on how the library's site design could incorporate Web 2.0 technologies. The resulting library Web site showcased Web 2.0 technology more than it provided users with access to library resources. The library's users quickly communicated their dissatisfaction and confusion, which led to some immediate changes and a commitment to redesign the site based on expressed and demonstrated user needs. The library then hired another contractor to conduct iterative usability testing on both the new site and prototypes for a redesigned version. The testing showed that Web 2.0 technology that does not meet existing user needs creates obstacles for both novice and experienced users. In collaboration with the university's information technology unit, the library developed and launched a revised Web site, which helped users connect to the resources they needed. In the upgrade, Google Search Appliance replaced the native dotCMS search functionality. The authors of this case study demonstrate that libraries may need to advocate for different Web design priorities than those used at the university-wide level and that working with outside contractors presents different challenges and opportunities depending on the contractor's hiring unit. These experiences also demonstrate that libraries can do a better job learning about their users when they lead the fact-finding process. Following these experiences, the library committed to conducting iterative usability testing on a regular basis.     

网络信息计量学与搜索引擎研究

搜索引擎网络信息计量研究中重要的数据收集工具,但也存在着覆盖率低、使用不便、功能不足、稳定性差、缺乏客观性等不足之处。开发专业搜索引擎将是未来的发展重点。另一方面,搜索引擎还是网络信息计量学的重要研究对象,其研究内容包括评价研究、应用研究和改进研究三个方面,所取得的研究成果可以有力地促进搜索引擎的发展。参考文献32。     

提高应用程序执行速度的几种方法

应用程序执行的速度越快越好。讨论了几种提高应用程序运行速度的方法和技术。通过编写实际应用程序,证明这些方法和技术非常适合应用在短时间内(如在帧周期里)处理并显示大量的像素点的应用程序中。     

个性化元搜索引擎的研究

针对现有搜索引擎的局限性和当前用户的个性化需求,以用户兴趣模型为基础,对个性化元搜索引擎的基本原理和结构、方法及关键技术进行了研究,并在此基础上提出了用户个性化元搜索引擎的简单实现。