Impact of degree program satisfaction on the persistence of college students

Many theories on college retention recognize the significance of student satisfaction as a positive factor in students’ persistence. Yet, there are few theories that address the relationship of degree program satisfaction to study behaviour and dropout. This paper explores the impact of degree program satisfaction on academic accomplishment and dropout. The impact of degree program satisfaction was studied within a multitheoretical framework. The results of the study show that student accomplishment not only depends on differences in academic ability but also on degree program satisfaction. Decreased degree program satisfaction appears to diminish both study motivation and study behaviour. The authors discuss some implications for current educational practice.     

Research and teaching cultures in two contrasting UK policy contexts: Academic life in Education Departments in five English and Scottish universities

The paper explores academic staff and departmental research and teaching cultures in the Education Departments of five universities in Scotland and England, countries with increasingly diverging public policies in respect of education. The relationship between research and teaching, how the purposes of universities are defined and the status of research in Education are current UK higher education policy preoccupations. Data is drawn from interviews with 40 academics, observation of department settings, documentation and websites. The analysis draws on the work of Bourdieu, considering the changing habitus of individual academics, their departmental and academic subject context and the forms of symbolic capital now required in Scottish and English Education departments in response to new policies affecting their academic field. The paper also utilises recent literature on the research–teaching relationship. The career trajectories of respondents, their habitus and the forms of symbolic capital that they bring to academic life are examined, as are the extent to which the teaching and research cultures in each of the five departments studied mirror each other and whether these also reflect the two different policy contexts. The themes how academic cultures are shaped and research/teaching connections viewed have international as UK relevance.     

美国学校辅导员的学生成功技能干预

学生成功技能是指学业成功所必备的技能。学校辅导员的学生成功技能干预是美国学业成就研究领域的一项新进展。研究表明,通过辅导员实施学生成功技能干预可以有效地提高学业成就。     

期刊学术论文的被引缺失研究——以情报学期刊为例

学术论文被引可以为学术论文质量的判定提供依据。论文以部分情报学刊物中被引缺失的论文为研究对象,以《中国引文数据库》网络版为统计源,从数量比例、篇均引文率、被引缺失论文的基金论文分布、被引缺失论文的研究主题等视角进行了对比分析,认为期刊的被引缺失论文指标应纳入期刊评价体系,并从稿源选择、学术研究规范培育、期刊间合作等视角提出提高期刊质量的相关建议。     

Focus Groups and Usability Testing in Redesigning an Academic Library's Web Site

ABSTRACT

As the World Wide Web has advanced since its inception, librarians have endeavored to keep pace with this progress in the design of their library Web pages. User recommendations collected from focus groups and usability testing have indicated that the University of Scranton's Weinberg Memorial Library's Web site was not working as intended, and the library's home page, in particular, was cluttered. Focus groups indicated that the process of accessing the library's databases from off-campus took too many steps, key resources were not located in key areas of the page, links were too close together, and the font was too small. Library staff determined it was necessary to rethink and redesign its pages. Self-reports from focus groups were insufficient to get at the mechanics of Web page use. Through usability testing, librarians were able to observe students and faculty completing simple research and directional tasks. Before “going live” with the new page in January 2007, users who had participated in the focus groups and in the usability testing were surveyed about the redesigned library Web page. The users indicated that the new Web page was less confusing, easier to use, and somewhat more intuitive than the previous library Web page. Web sites are always works in progress, and academic librarians should be proactive about making changes to their library Web sites to take advantage of emerging technology and to meet user expectations.     

广州大学图书馆学科馆员机制建设研究

介绍了学科馆员的定义和发展历史以及在国内几所高校图书馆的实行情况，在此基础上结合广州大学的实际提出了广州大学图书馆建设学科馆员的方案。     

我国高校科研人员Altmetrics评价需求差异研究

[目的/意义]随着Altmetrics研究日益深入,有效识别Altmetrics评价的利益相关方需求对评价指标设计及数据基础设施建设具有重要意义。[方法/过程]以高校科研人员为对象,利用半结构访谈法识别我国高校科研人员的Altmetrics评价需求,采用问卷调查法获取数据并检验识别出高校科研人员Altmetrics评价需求的差异性。[结果/结论]研究发现,我国高校科研人员主要有7类Altmetrics评价需求,分别是:研究评价,成果展示,需求发现,学术认可,交流传播,成果操作,学科发展;不同年龄组别高校科研人员在"研究评价"方面有差异,"51-60岁"年龄组较其他年龄组在"研究评价"方面的需求明显偏低;除"交流传播"外,人文学科的6个Altmetrics评价功能需求强度均低于社会学科和自然学科,自然科学与社会科学间的评价需求完全一致;除"研究评价"功能需求在教师与学生存在差异外,6个Altmetrics评价需求对所有不同身份类别高校科学人员没有差异;7类Altmetrics评价需求对高校科研人员具有较高的普遍适用性。     

网络环境下高校图书馆文献资源建设探讨

针对高校图书馆文献资源建设所面临的网络环境及网络环境下文献资源的变革，提出要采取三方面措施加强高校图书馆的文献资源建设。     

用“四四法”提升期刊学术质量 ——《煤炭学报》学术质量提升实践

针对"修后发表"的修改稿,从保证期刊学术质量、提高审稿专家积极性、提高终审效率这3个方面,讨论审稿专家再次审核修改稿的优势,进一步分析可能存在的不足及相应的处理措施.结果显示,对于涉及论文实质内容的修改稿,通过审稿专家再次审核,可以更好地保证论文和期刊的学术质量.     

论高校图书馆人才资源立体结构图

本文对高校馆员所具有的资源进行分析,以人才所具有的四种基本素质:即体力、专业知识、信息素养、管理能力为元素建立坐标系,探析出人才资源立体结构图,为人才准确定位和努力的方向提出一种较为理想的模式.