The Future is Flexible,Extensible, and Community-Based: Stories of Successful Electronic Resources Management

Centralized Online Resources Acquisitions and Licensing (CORAL) is an open source electronic resources management system originally developed by the University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries. The CORAL system consists of five modules designed to manage the library electronic resources life-cycle, including licensing and contact information, procurement and activation workflow, usage statistics, and the storage of documentation. CORAL was designed as a flexible and customizable management system, with the ability to utilize each module independently or as a suite to maintain the electronic resources management needs of individual institutions. Scott Vieira of Rice University, Steve Oberg of Wheaton College, and Andrea Imre of Southern Illinois University Carbondale present on the functionality of CORAL and demonstrate the system’s flexibility and extensibility in managing library electronic resources.     

Intermediating knowledge exchange between universities and businesses

The forging of links between universities and businesses is viewed increasingly as an important means of stimulating knowledge development that can lead to commercial innovation. Achieving effective knowledge exchange, however, requires the midwifery of different kinds of intermediaries often working in concert. Active and many faceted intermediation for the purposes of knowledge sharing and commercialization is essential when the knowledge is tacit or uncodified. The papers in this special section describe and discuss various intermediary mechanisms that assist universities in transferring knowledge and aiding the process of innovation. No single recipe is clearly superior but examining a variety of experiences helps to highlight the strengths of specific intermediary processes and to identify some of their shortcomings.     

斯坦福大学技术转移运转模式研究及启示

对斯坦福大学技术许可办公室运转模式进行研究与分析,梳理其参与高校科研成果走向市场的全过程,其从发明专利技术披露、评估、专利申请以及市场化推广与收益分成对高校技术转移的全过程开展跟踪与服务。在对斯坦福大学技术转移运转模式分析的基础上,结合我国现阶段高校技术转移现状及问题,提出若干政策建议,以期为我国高校的技术转移提供一些借鉴。     

2010年乡镇临床执业助理医师医学综合笔试试卷质量分析

2010年卫生部在江西、云南、贵州和甘肃4省开展了乡镇临床执业助理医师的试点工作。数据分析结果显示,考生成绩总体呈现负偏态分布,符合标准参照考试的基本要求;考生成绩随着考生学历的提高而增高,说明考试具有较好的区分能力;试题难度比例符合考试设计;试卷信度系数符合教育测量标准;试卷内容结构合比较合理。