The “Big Deal”: A Survey of How Libraries Are Responding and What the Alternatives Are

The library's mission is to support the information and educational needs of its users. E-journal “Big Deals” offer libraries one method of maximizing the resources available to their users, but, with libraries now experiencing flat or decreasing budgets, these Big Deals present budgetary difficulties for libraries. They also remove collection development decisions from the control of the libraries themselves. Some libraries have canceled their Big Deals, resulting in problems. This article presents the results of an online survey of libraries regarding these bundled journal packages.     

The E-Deal: Keeping Up to Date and Allowing Access to the End User

The “Big Deal” presents unique problems when tracking, cataloging, and promoting content. This article considers different ways of ensuring that content is accurately identified and recorded, and suggests a range of ways in which material can be made available to end users. Issues raised include staffing, the problems of cataloging digital items, and the reliability of knowledge bases and electronic resource management systems (ERMs), which import detail on e-journal packages. Finally, the article looks forward to potential developments that will allow deals to be managed in a way that makes them more current and relevant.     

如何应对网络传播时代受众的变化

进入网络传媒时代,人们的思维方式、思维空间、工作方式和生活方式都将发生很大变化,受众本位意识增强,拥有新的时空观,传播者和受众随时可以进行角色转换,受众的接收指向更加明确。这些变化引起了传统受众群的解体。因此,传统媒体要更新传播理念,开拓思路,发挥自身的优势,吸引受众的注意力。     

试论1933年罗斯福新政中《农业调整法案》的不利影响

在1933——1945年罗斯福执政时期,美国联邦政府为了应对严重的农业危机,缓解国内紧张局势,在农业方面采取了大量的积极政策,如1933年颁布的《农业调整法案》,在一定程度上支援了战争前线,缓解了农业颓废局势,增加了农民收入,减少了产量,提高了农产品价格,从而推动了美国农业的发展,同时美国也开创了一套国家干预经济的新发展模式,发展了国家垄断资本主义。但是,不能否认的是,这种政策存在着它的阶级属性,它只是一种资产阶级的改良措施,不可能照顾到广大劳动人民和众多的小生产者,带来了诸多的不利影响。     

高中美术课改实施中的问题与对策

新一轮的美术课程改革是一个任务复杂而艰巨的系统工程,在实施的过程中必然会遇到不少问题。针对这些问题,通过各种途径和方式充分合理地利用和开发美术课程资源,才能使高中关术课程改革达到预期的效果。     

清末民间媒体关注“公共事务”与晚清社会变迁

晚清十年(1900-1911),中国内陆城市涌现出数量较大、覆盖广泛的民间媒体。从新闻内容上看,地方新闻的激增成为普遍趋势——媒体的视角从国政朝纲开始扩展到地方社会的日常领域,公共事务成为其主要关注对象。这一现象背后有深层的原因——清末地方社会的巨大变迁(公领域的扩大)是主要因素。