Impacts of Library Space on Learning Satisfaction – An Empirical Study of University Library Design in Guangzhou,China

The current generation of millennial university students is more accustomed to searching reference information online than visiting the physical library facility, compared to the previous generations of students. Studies have shown that the role of the physical library facilities as a mere collection point of reading and reference materials is being threatened by the availability of free and high-speed online search engines. University libraries have always been an integral part in higher education learning activities, and they are not exempted from this threat. Based on a structural equation modelling framework, we analysed empirically the importance of different library design features that help enhance students' learning satisfaction, and found that lighting environment, acoustic environment as well as location of the library building were the main determinants impacting on the use of the university library by students in a major university in China. We conclude the paper with our suggestions in modifying library design to accommodate students' learning needs, and more importantly in recon?uring the spatial and functional role of university libraries in this age of digital information from a mere provider of reference materials to a physical space of learning commons on campus.     

创作共用授权条款探析

数字网络时代,作品得到充分的传播,而版权侵权也更加容易。如何实现作品在广阔空间的交流并兼顾作者及作品使用者的利益,成为数字时代版权保护研究的新课题。作为一种新型的版权使用许可方式,创作共用授权条款给网络版权的发展提出了新的思路和方法。本文从创作共用授权条款的产生背景入手,分析条款的版权法基础,进而探讨其与传统版权使用许可的异同,并对知识共享的未来作了展望。     

萧伯纳与老舍的戏剧叙事比较

全文以中外著名戏剧家萧伯纳与老舍为个案，进行戏剧叙事比较。从叙事的表层即文本叙事立场与视角、表现手法和叙事策略方面力图追溯文本的深层原因，探索中西艺术对话的可能性和必然性。     

政府规范与国家意志的强化——论抗战时期国民政府对戏剧团体的组建与管理

抗战时期,组建和管理戏剧团体是国民政府规范戏剧活动的重要环节。管理剧团的行政部门更迭变换,剧团组织由民间自筹到官方组建,乃至对剧团的经济扶植与日常管理中的着重点,都体现了抗战时期国民党政府对于戏剧活动的强烈干预,戏剧作为文化事业的一部分被纳入国家建设的总体规划之中。然而,在剧团管理方面,国民党从立足民族利益的国家统制到立足政党利益的政党专制,走上一条与民主政治背道而驰的道路,对戏剧运动的发展产生不良影响。     

英汉“姓”与“名”所折射的文化异同

每一种文化的存在都有其渊源,人名也不例外。人名由“姓”和“名”组成,本文从“姓”和“名”孰重孰轻这个角度出发,对比东西方文化的差异并从自然地理环境这个角度来分析这一差异。     

论国际合作出版英文学术期刊专有出版权的重要性:从著作权许可谈起

我国期刊的著作权许可尚未成熟.在深度融入世界出版格局和专有出版权的影响下,国际合作出版英文学术期刊的著作权贸易将会更加复杂.文章介绍了国际著作权贸易的通行办法,论述了合作出版的英文期刊处理著作权许可时特有的问题,论证了专有出版权的重要性,旨在为中国期刊出版方优化国际合作模式提供参考.     

论图书馆阅览室向信息共享空间的转变

信息共享空间的构建,无论是采用改建或是新建模式,都与阅览室的空间、资源、服务密切相关,甚至直接影响阅览室的未来发展。电子阅览室、多媒体阅览室和普通阅览室、专门阅览室由于信息共享空间的建设都在发生着深刻变化,向信息共享空间的转变成为阅览室的发展方向。这种转变既是图书馆阅览室变革的突破口,也是信息共享空间在我国广泛实施的便捷途径。     

博弈论视角下河流污染问题的研究

通过河流公地悲剧和集体行动的逻辑视角切入,运用博弈论中的"囚徒困境"和"智猪博弈"的分析方法,对河流污染的成因进行分析,发现河流公地悲剧是博弈方之间缺乏监督与合作、博弈规则失灵、博弈目标及收益存在着缺陷等综合作用的结果,从而提出一些针对性较强的对策。     

信息共享区服务质量评价指标体系的构建

信息共享区是最近几年兴起的一种创新型图书馆服务模式．信息共享区服务质量评价指标体系是根据信息共享区服务的特点,在全面性、科学性、指导性、定性分析与定量测评相结合等原则的指导下,建立了以评价信息共享区服务质量为总目标,以服务过程、服务内容、资源及用户感知度为制约层,并从各个角度确定子目标,构建信息共享区服务质量评价指标体系。     

Locke,Intellectual Property Rights,and the Information Commons

This paper examines the question whether, and to what extent, John Locke’s classic theory of property can be applied to the current debate involving intellectual property rights (IPRs) and the information commons. Organized into four main sections, Section 1 includes a brief exposition of Locke’s arguments for the just appropriation of physical objects and tangible property. In Section 2, I consider some challenges involved in extending Locke’s labor theory of property to the debate about IPRs and digital information. In Section 3, it is argued that even if the labor analogy breaks down, we should not necessarily infer that Locke’s theory has no relevance for the contemporary debate involving IPRs and the information commons. Alternatively, I argue that much of what Locke has to say about the kinds of considerations that ought to be accorded to the physical commons when appropriating objects from it – especially his proviso requiring that “enough and as good” be left for others – can also be applied to appropriations involving the information commons. Based on my reading of Locke’s proviso, I further argue that Locke would presume in favor of the information commons when competing interests (involving the rights of individual appropriators and the preservation of the commons) are at stake. In this sense, I believe that Locke offers us an adjudicative principle for evaluating the claims advanced by rival interests in the contemporary debate about IPRs and the information commons. In Section 4, I apply Locke’s proviso in my analysis of two recent copyright laws: the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA), and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). I then argue that both laws violate the spirit of Locke’s proviso because they unfairly restrict the access that ordinary individuals have previously had to resources that comprise the information commons. Noting that Locke would not altogether reject copyright protection for IPRs, I conclude that Locke’s classic property theory provides a useful mechanism for adjudicating between claims about how best to ensure that individuals will be able to continue to access information in digitized form, while at the same time also allowing for that information to enjoy some form of legal protection.