The Program for Cooperative Cataloging’s Transformative Role as a Leader of Change

Abstract

The transformation of library metadata encoded in MARC to linked data will enable libraries to participate in the Semantic Web. This transformation, however, will be an iterative development dependent upon community-based decisions. The PCC, as a community-based organization, is ideally positioned to lead this transformation. As PCC guides this transition, three broad areas must be resolved: the conversion of legacy data to linked data, the use of identifiers to support controlled headings, and the transformation of current workflows to linked-data counterparts. By embracing the Web as a community, PCC can confirm its relevance in a complex web of global data.     

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a Novel Display Case Design: Case Study of the Renovated Anne Frank House

ABSTRACT

Many museums are housed in historic buildings, sometimes the building itself is part of the museum collection. Creating a stable environment by providing a nearly constant temperature and relative humidity at correct levels decreases the risk of object degradation. Maintaining this steady indoor environment, however, increases energy consumption and risks to the historic building. Museum display cases offer a solution to the mitigation of risks to which valuable objects may be subjected by providing an extra layer of protection to indoor climate fluctuations. The Anne Frank House is a historic house museum located in Amsterdam. The museum has undergone several renovations in the last years to deal with an increase in the number of visitors to over 1.2 million a year. The original diaries and other documents of Anne Frank are permanently on display in the Anne Frank House. With the recent refurbishment the possibility arose to design a new state-of-the-art display case. This study presents the results of the experimental research related to the design, performed in-situ. The temperature and relative humidity in the new exhibition space and inside the new display cases were monitored to gain insight into the hygrothermal behavior of these controlled environments. A complementary numerical study was performed to investigate effects of dynamic climate control of the exhibition gallery and climate conditions in the display case under various circumstances. Four main conclusions are presented in this paper. The investigated display case design is able to provide a stable relative humidity environment by means of silica gel, while using an active box-in-box climate control system to create stable temperature conditions. The inner case temperature depends on the temperature supplied by the display case air handling unit. Protocols must be in place in case of malfunction or failure of the climate control system of the display case. The air handling unit of the case needs to be shut off to create a passive environment for the objects on display until necessary actions are taken. Exhibition gallery set points can be less stringent when susceptible museum objects are on display in the display case. The environments are separated and provide an opportunity for energy saving set point strategies. The last conclusion drawn is that the numerical study provides valuable insight into imposing dynamic control of set points for temperature and relative humidity in the exhibition gallery and the effect on the display case environment.     

The kinematic differences between accurate and inaccurate squash forehand drives for athletes of different skill levels

ABSTRACT

To maintain the accuracy of squash shots under varying conditions, such as the oncoming ball’s velocity and trajectory, players must adjust their technique. Although differences in technique between skilled and less-skilled players have been studied, it is not yet understood how players vary their technique in a functional manner to maintain accuracy under varying conditions. This study compared 3-dimensional joint and racket kinematics and their variability between accurate and inaccurate squash forehand drives of 9 highly skilled and 9 less-skilled male athletes. During inaccurate shots, less-skilled players hit the ball with a more open racket, demonstrating a difference in this task-relevant parameter. No joint kinematic differences were found for accuracy for either group. Coordinated joint rotations at the elbow and wrist both displayed a “zeroing-in” effect, whereby movement variability was reduced from the initiation of propulsive joint rotation to a higher consistency at ball-impact; potentially highlighting the “functionality” of the variability prior to the impact that enabled consistent task-relevant parameters (racket orientation and velocity) under varying conditions. Further, highly skilled players demonstrated greater consistency of task-relevant parameters at impact than less-skilled players. These findings highlight the superior ability of highly skilled players to adjust their technique to achieve consistent task-relevant parameters and a successful shot.     

SmartRolling: A human–machine interface for wheelchair control using EEG and smart sensing techniques

Smart wheelchairs based on brain–computer interface (BCI) have been widely utilized recently to address certain mobility problems for people with disability. In this paper, we present SmartRolling, an intuitive human–machine interaction approach for the direct control of robotic wheelchair that jointly leverages EEG signals and motion sensing techniques. Specifically, SmartRolling offers two wheelchair-actuation modes for users with different physical conditions: (1) head motion only — people who are severely disabled but able to do basic tasks using eyes and head, and (2) head and hands motion — in addition to type 1, people who can use functioning hands/arms for extra tasks. The system issues operation commands by recognizing different EEG patterns elicited by motor execution (ME) tasks including eye blink, jaw clench, and fist open/close, while at the same time estimates users’ steering intentions based on their facing direction by leveraging inertial measurements and computer vision techniques. The experiment results demonstrate that the proposed system is robust and effective to meets the individual’s needs and has great potential to promote better health.     

基于短时交通流量预测对路网微观交通仿真的研究

针对早高峰短时交通流量预测数据少、波动大的特点,提出用灰色模型进行预测。将灰色GM(2,1)改进为灰色GM(2,1,λ,ρ)预测模型,以提高预测精度。针对粒子群算法(PSO)的早熟现象,将Logistic混沌搜索嵌入到PSO算法,应用混沌粒子群算法(CPSO)寻找灰色GM(2,1,λ,ρ)预测模型最优的参数λ和ρ。结合两者提出了基于CPSO–GM(2,1,λ,ρ)的早高峰短时交通流预测模型。利用VISSIM对研究路网进行微观交通仿真,通过VISSIM–Excel、VBA–Matlab平台实现了短时交通流量预测和路网微观交通仿真数据的交互,对集成交通控制系统的架构进行了方案设计。仿真结果表明,结合流量预测的路网优于固定信号配时下的路网仿真。     

Word sense disambiguation based on context selection using knowledge-based word similarity

In this paper, we introduce a novel knowledge-based word-sense disambiguation (WSD) system. In particular, the main goal of our research is to find an effective way to filter out unnecessary information by using word similarity. For this, we adopt two methods in our WSD system. First, we propose a novel encoding method for word vector representation by considering the graphical semantic relationships from the lexical knowledge bases, and the word vector representation is utilized to determine the word similarity in our WSD system. Second, we present an effective method for extracting the contextual words from a text for analyzing an ambiguous word based on word similarity. The results demonstrate that the suggested methods significantly enhance the baseline WSD performance in all corpora. In particular, the performance on nouns is similar to those of the state-of-the-art knowledge-based WSD models, and the performance on verbs surpasses that of the existing knowledge-based WSD models.     

信息时代医院图书馆服务质量管理面临的问题及对策

通过对国内外医院图书馆服务管理比较分析,从质量管理体系、人本管理、顾客满意理念、管理评价等方面探讨了我国医院图书馆服务质量管理面临的问题,并提出通过健全质量管理体系来强化质量意识,实施人本管理来提高馆员素质,树立顾客满意理念来强化服务意识,完善图书馆质量管理评价制度来改进工作质量等对策。     

浅谈治理我国虚假广告的建议与对策

本文在参酌先进国家或地区的立法条例的基础上,结合中国的具体国情,从政府监管和行业自律两方面来探讨虚假广告的治理与管制问题。具体而言,本文从行政资源的利用、扩大权限给其他机关以及加大立法体系的整体平衡等三部分阐述了治理虚假广告的对策。     

加强内部控制制度建设提高高校财务管理水平——对某高校财务状况调查与分析

通过对某高校的财务状况的调查与分析,指出造成我国高校财务管理水平不高、资金使用效率低下的状况的原因主要是内部控制制度不健全,内控乏力。解决问题的根本途径是加强内部控制制度建设并切实贯彻落实,强化全面预算管理。该大学通过实施有效的内部控制制度,资金使用效益大大提高,内部控制制度的重要作用日益凸现。