The Trouble With Bibliographies: Where Is Mezhov When You Need Him?

This is a review of twelve bibliographies that reflect the holdings of the Russian collection in Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaii focusing on Siberia, the Soviet/Russian Far East, and Russia in Asia and the Pacific, especially Russians in China. The chosen titles represent a mixture of the great, the average, and not-so-good that the author has used over the past four decades. While there is a question about the usefulness of bibliographies in this digital age, most of the old standards should still play a role in academic scholarship.     

Equity in New Zealand university graduate outcomes: Māori and Pacific graduates

Higher education confers significant private and social benefits. Māori and Pacific peoples are under-represented within New Zealand universities and have poorer labour market outcomes (e.g., lower wages, under-represented in skilled professions). A New Zealand tertiary education priority is to boost Māori and Pacific success in an effort to improve outcomes for these graduates, their communities and society in general. Using information collected in the Graduate Longitudinal Study New Zealand, we compared Māori and Pacific university graduate outcomes with outcomes of other New Zealand graduates. Data were collected when the participants were in their final year of study (n?=?8719) and two years post-graduation (n?=?6104). Employment outcomes were comparable between Māori, Pacific and other New Zealand graduates at two years post-graduation; however, Māori and Pacific graduates had significantly higher student debt burden and financial strain over time. They were significantly more likely to help others (e.g., family) across a range of situations (e.g., lending money), and reported higher levels of volunteerism compared to their counterparts. Boosting higher education success for Māori and Pacific students has the potential to reduce ethnic inequalities in New Zealand labour market outcomes and may result in significant private benefits for these graduates and social benefits as a result of their contribution to society.     

中国的海洋意识与海权现状——纪念郑和下西洋600周年

21世纪是海洋的世纪,中国民族的伟大复兴与海洋战略密切相关。郑和下西洋的伟大壮举及其强烈的海洋意识,是中华民族的骄傲,是中华民族的财富,今天的中国可以从中吸取宝贵的营养。今天的中国是海洋大国,但同时也是海洋弱国,要改变中国海洋弱国的局面,首先得在广大民众中强化海洋意识,大兴海洋文化。只有当浩瀚的南海、东海、黄海和渤海,成为与黄河、长江、长城一样神圣的民族图腾的时候,中国才可能真正成为太平洋上的巨龙。     

Regime formation and consequence: The case of internet security in the East-Asia ‘Four Tigers’

The purpose of this article is to identify the process in which each nation appropriates a new technological force challenging regulatory regimes. Departing from regime theory, this paper critically assesses the interaction between Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation and the East-Asia ‘Four Tigers’ in formulating Internet security policy. A particular concern is about the formation of global information policy regime that arbitrates the tension between citizens' right to privacy and free information flow. This paper argues that the potential of the greater protection of information privacy are curtailed as market incentives of information flow dominate over the region's policy effort. A 2003 Bangkok meeting epitomizes such policy formulation in the interaction between international and national regimes that are particular to the region's regulatory legacies. Implications are discussed in terms of the function of industrial legacies in new information policy.     

A National Laboratory and University Branch Campus Library Partnership: Shared Benefits and Challenges from Combined Reference Services

SUMMARY

The Hanford Technical Library of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Max E. Benitz Memorial Library of the Washington State University Tri-Cities Branch Campus have functioned both separately and in combination since moving into the same space within the Consolidated Information Center in 1997. The libraries have successfully partnered to serve different clientele at a combined reference desk since June 1997. Although having separate staffs, catalogs, and collections, the libraries share a single reference/information desk. The reference staffs work together to serve a very diverse clientele including students, faculty, engineers, scientists, contractors, regulators, and the public. The combined libraries offer significant benefits to both library staffs and their users. The libraries have expanded access to collections and information expertise, enhanced staff training opportunities, and provided additional hours of reference service to patrons while at the same time maintaining the individual identities of the two libraries.     

论太平洋战争后日汪对上海保险市场的监控

太平洋战争后,日军占领整个上海,接管了英美等国保险公司,追随而来的日本保险公司则妄图攫夺、控制上海的保险市场。汪伪政府也相机而动,对1992年开始出现的上海保险市场的混乱状态进行了监控,也取得了一定成效。但随着抗日战争的胜利,日汪控制上海保险市场的图谋最终归于失败。     

试论亚太地区大国关系中的经济因素

亚太地区的大国关系错综复杂,任何一组关系的变化都会引起其他国家的政策性调整。本文从经济效应的新视角分析亚太地区大国关系以及亚太地区大国关系互动中的经济因素;揭示经济全球化条件下亚太地区大国新经济关系联动效应与中国的区域战略。     

Influence of climatic warming in the Southern and Northern Hemi- sphere on the tropical cyclone over the western North Pacific Ocean

INTRODUCTION Global warming is a critical environment prob- lem, and has long been a subject of concern for sci- entists, policy-makers, and many citizens. Increased interest in global warming stems from its potentially disastrous consequences to ecosystems on earth, which may give rise to anomalous regional drought, more frequent and severe floods, intensification of storm, hurricane and typhoon, etc. Concern about mankind’s negative impact on global environmental changes gave rise to th…     

‘Revisiting’ the South Pacific approaches to learning: a confirmatory factor analysis study

There has been substantial research evidence concerning the learning approaches of students in Western and non‐Western contexts. Nonetheless, it has been a decade since research in the South Pacific was conducted on the learning approaches of tertiary students. The present research examined the learning approaches of Fijian and other Pacific Islands students enrolling in a professional‐based education course at the University of the South Pacific. Biggs’ (1987 Biggs, J. 1987. Student approaches to learning and studying, Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Research.  [Google Scholar]) Study Process Questionnaire was revised to suit the social and cultural contexts before it was distributed among 159 undergraduate students. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis did not support the theoretical framework of a three‐factor model (Biggs, 1987 Biggs, J. 1987. Student approaches to learning and studying, Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Research.  [Google Scholar]) and, instead, indicated the existence of a two first‐factor model, emphasising two major types of learning approach – reproducing and meaning (Richardson, 1994 Richardson, J.T.E. 1994. Cultural specificity of approaches to studying in higher education. Higher Education, 27: 449–468. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] [Google Scholar]). The study’s findings suggest that educators should ensure that assessment and other teaching learning components are aligned constructively to promote the appropriate approach of learning.