Assessing Use and User Needs for Content Management Systems in the Canadian Federal Public Sector

Canadian public sector organizations require users to make use of content management systems. Symptoms of low adoption include misuse and inefficient workarounds. This research project, through the use of a survey, investigates perspectives of end users in the Canadian public sector; it focuses on assessing users' needs and incorporating their feedback. A goal for this research was to explore and interpret the challenges related to needs assessment in content management projects.     

Video tutorials revisited: The relationship between their use and library assessment quiz scores

There is considerable literature evaluating video tutorials. By the first decade of the twenty-first century, research established that online video tutorials performed as well as traditional face-to-face instruction. However, there is little evidence that students actually viewed the tutorials. This study compares postinstruction assessment quiz scores from one class over four semesters with usage statistics for five video tutorials during the same time frame. The data indicate that students do view the tutorials. However, the results also show that usage statistics, together with quiz scores, declined as students progressed through the five tutorials. Additionally, the study determined that there was no positive correlation between the number of viewings and postviewing assessment scores.     

贵州省榕江县宰荡村侗汉双语教学实验项目再考察

2000年由世界少数民族语文研究院和贵州大学西南少数民族语言文化研究所共同合作。一个为期9年的侗汉双语教育实验项目在贵州省一个名叫宰荡的侗族村寨举办。项目推行至今已有5年。一年前。笔者对项目进行考察，考察结果认为。双语教学成果较好，它在保护侗族传统文化方面是一种有效形式。如今，又一年过去，双语教学进展如何。桐、汉双语教学接轨成效怎样，项目是否继续发挥其保护传统文化功能。带着这些问题，笔者再次前往宰荡进行考察，本文即为此行的考察报告。     

互联网发展的新思考

互联网技术的广泛应用,对整个世界政治、经济、文化等各方面产生了十分广泛和深远的影响.它奇迹般地崛起、爆炸般地扩容,令全世界瞩目.我们认为,互联网拥有庞大的信息资源、给人类提供全新的交往方式、存在着巨大的商机、虚拟现实技术的广泛应用等等,是促进互联网发展的重要因素.     

分析测试中的质量评定

本文简要介绍了分析测试中的质量评价技术，并着重介绍了质量控制图的相关知识。     

买壳上市"壳"的价值分析

自中国证券市场诞生以来,许多公司通过资本市场获得了巨大的发展,但也有相当数量的上市公司由于产业定位或经营管理方面的原因,失去了发展的能力和投资价值,从而沦为被其他上市公司并购或非上市公司买壳上市的"壳资源"公司。本文主要从买壳方的角度出发,把买壳上市作为一种多层次的兼并收购和利益追求行为,分层次地讨论公司的价值,以"壳"的价值为研究终点和重点,为探索合适并具有操作性的壳的定价提供理论依据。     

Does Title-By-Title Selection Make a Difference? A Usage Analysis on Print Monograph Purchasing

This article compares the usage of print monographs acquired through firm orders and approval plans to determine whether title-by-title book selection makes a difference. The circulation data of print monographs acquired in a four-year period were extracted and separated according to their acquisition methods. Usage data were analyzed according to the Library of Congress Classification system and library's three subject area groups (Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences). The results indicate that books acquired via firm orders had a higher circulation rate in almost all subject areas. The authors discuss how the findings can be used to inform future collection practices.     

Initiating Cultural Shifts in Perceptions of Cataloging Units through Interaction Assessment

Points of contact formulate the culture of any organization and shape the perceptions of decision makers and colleagues alike. This research project investigated the interactions between Cataloging and Metadata Services staff and other library employees by analyzing interactions. This article summarizes the results of data gathered from interaction assessments and compares them with surveys about the current perceptions of the cataloging unit at the Utah State University Libraries. It discusses the ways these results have influenced existing unit workflows to enhance awareness of cataloging and metadata contributions to the library and posits possible ways to continue such initiatives moving forward.     

A Tale of Two Outliers: Evidence-Based Management in Non-ARL Research Libraries and Pre-NARA Presidential Libraries

Administrators in libraries of all types face the challenge of managing and planning in times of static or declining funding and rapidly changing technology. What tools do they use to gather and employ data for decision-making and evidence-based management? Are the same tools and techniques useful for all types of libraries? Although there are established measurements and metrics for academic libraries, there are few, if any, for others such as hybrid presidential libraries which are not part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) system. This column identifies the metrics used by the pre-NARA presidential libraries and compares them to metrics used by a subgroup of Carnegie Research 1 and Research 2 libraries, those that do not participate in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) statistics program. It identifies similarities and differences.