Nullis in Verba: Advancing Research through Transparency and Openness

Nullis in verba was chosen as the motto of the Royal Society, as it embodied the culture of transparency and collaboration that were the hallmarks of the Royal Society and of the scientific method it promoted. Communication, using the tools of the day, was essential to this community of scientists as they created and shared new knowledge. Almost three hundred years later, libraries continue to advance principles relating to the importance of collaboration and transparency. This two-part article series, published jointly in International Information and Library Review and Technical Services Quarterly explores notions of transparency and collaboration in research and how these ideas are impacting the world of librarianship – from information creation, organization and access perspectives.     

The IR Has Two Faces: Positioning Institutional Repositories for Success

This article describes the ongoing efforts at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Libraries to evolve the role of the institutional repository (IR) and to effectively position it within the context of the Libraries’ collections, research support, and scholarly communication services. A major component of this process is re-examining the fundamental aims of the IR and aligning it to the Libraries and the campus strategic goals. The authors situate UNLV Libraries’ experience within the context of the current literature to provide background and reasoning for our decision to pursue two, at times conflicting, aims for the IR: one for scholarly communication and another for research administration.     

Technological research in the EU is less efficient than the world average. EU research policy risks Europeans’ future

We have studied the efficiency of research in the EU by a percentile-based citation approach that analyzes the distribution of country papers among the world papers. Going up in the citation scale, the frequency of papers from efficient countries increases while the frequency from inefficient countries decreases. In the percentile-based approach, this trend, which is uniform at any citation level, is measured by the e_p index that equals the P_{top 1%}/P_{top 10%} ratio. By using the e_p index we demonstrate that EU research on fast-evolving technological topics is less efficient than the world average and that the EU is far from being able to compete with the most advanced countries. The e_p index also shows that the USA is well ahead of the EU in both fast- and slow-evolving technologies, which suggests that the advantage of the USA over the EU in innovation is due to low research efficiency in the EU. In accord with some previous studies, our results show that the European Commission’s ongoing claims about the excellence of EU research are based on a wrong diagnosis. The EU must focus its research policy on the improvement of its inefficient research. Otherwise, the future of Europeans is at risk.     

金瓶红楼细节描写比较

鉴于红学家们对《金瓶梅》与《红楼梦》细节描写的比较研究证据尚欠充分，故将这两部古典长篇小说加以细致对读，从“细节描写”一项中寻索出19条例证，进行比较分析，并加以阐释，从而就这个方面来进一步论证《红楼梦》对《金瓶梅》的继承、发展和创新。     

对体育课程结构改革的探讨--浅议在高校体育课中增设体育活动课

长期以来体育教学是以体育课程为主体的体育学科体系，在传统的体育教学中占有举足轻重的地位。本文通过对体育学科课程、活动课程及其与教学的关系进行比较分析，对体育活动课程的改革提出几点建议。     

论专业课程教学中的人文教育

目前各高校己在专业课程教学中将人教育摆到了一个相当重要的位置，各高校都明确了化素质教育的定位和内涵，指出了当前专业课程教学中应加强化素质教育工作，以提高全体大学生的化品位，审美情趣，人素养和科学素质。     

液压与气压传动教学改革的探索与实践

《液压与气压传动》课程是机械类各专业的一门重要技术基础课。几年来通过优化整合教学内容,充分利用以计算机技术为基础的现代教学媒体,对课程内容、教学手段及教学方法的改革进行了探索与实践,提高了教学质量,较好地完成了教学任务。     

关于学习控制的定量分析

本文根据著名教育技术学家瑞奇鲁斯 (C .M .Reigeluth)的影响学习控制的主要因素 ,将其进行量化处理 ,并设计出相应的计算公式 ,然后根据学习控制定量分析调查结果 ,计算学习控制的量化数据 ,利用定量分析的方法 ,指导教师制定和实施相应的教学策略。     

浅谈数学创新教学的三个关键性问题

以笔者的亲身实践浅谈开展数学创新教学不可回避的三个关键性问题，培养学生质疑求异能力，组织课堂讨论，教师的示范作用。     

浅谈电子技术实验教学改革

针对提高学员的3种能力进行电子技术实验的教学改革,根据实验教改的设计思路,介绍了实验教改的实施方案及实施过程,可以充分发挥学员的潜能,培养学员的创新能力。