Book Reviewing in Medical Journals

Epidemics of duplication and fad occurring in the area of medical books has increased the need to rely on book reviews to avoid the purchase of worthless material. Thus the identification of medical journals containing book reviews of high quality is of paramount importance for collection development. Three areas need improvement in order to enhance the value of book reviews: I) a cooperative effort between editor and reviewers to shorten the present time lag between the publication of the book and the appearance of its review, 2) coordination among publishers to avoid excessive duplication of reviews, and 3) an increase in the number of books being reviewed.     

Human Rights Reference Sources: A Critical Annotated Bibliography

The area of human rights has had significant attention both nationally and internationally in the press and in the political arena. While there is a renewed commitment to human rights advocacy, there is also an upward trend in popular culture of depictions of torture. This article provides critical annotations of English-language reference sources published since 1990 and available both in print and online, in an effort to aid librarians collecting and weeding materials for human rights research.     

Cultural Diversity in Brazil: A Guide to Reference Sources

ABSTRACT

Brazil is a unique and vibrant country. Researching the diverse cultures of Brazil, although a fascinating pursuit for many individuals, is made difficult by the vast amount of information available for this topic, published in many different languages. In an effort to bring together materials from various sources, assess their quality, and provide a listing of high quality titles, this bibliography presents a compilation of relevant materials from a wide variety of resources.     

An Academic Library's Self-Study in Ethics: A Library-Wide Investigation of Ethical Practice

Abstract

In the fall of 2017, the Clark Library at the University of Portland undertook an investigation of ethics in academic libraries to understand ethical practices in the library’s day-to-day work. The self-study was a year-long, library-wide project with directed activities within small groups, individually assigned readings and responses, and discussions at all-staff meetings. The project culminated in three specific deliverables: an annotated bibliography focused on ethical issues by functional area, a Clark Library Statement of Ethics, and a Statement of Ethical Information Use for inclusion in University syllabi.     

关联数据在馆藏书目组织中的应用进展研究

在对传统元数据与关联数据进行比较研究的基础上,以书目数据、知识组织系统数据、规范数据为主线,全面梳理关联数据在馆藏书目组织中的应用现状,并分析其应用特点及所面临的挑战,指出关联数据在图书馆书目组织中的应用已成为一种趋势。     

Bilingual and Multilingual Legal Dictionaries in the European Union: An Updated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography is intended to shed light on the availability and distribution of legal dictionaries that translate the twenty-seven European languages. The representative corpus consists of about 200 printed bilingual legal dictionaries (BLDs) with terms from two or more legal languages used in the European Union. This bibliography aims to illustrate the wide variation in the quality of these BLDs by the usage of three special headings and by referring to relevant professional reviews. In addition, the authors have commented upon noticeable BLDs that deserve serious criticism or special attention. This annotated bibliography updates the previous bibliography (Gerard-René de Groot & Conrad J. P. van Laer. The Quality of Legal Dictionaries: An Assessment [Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2008/6, 2008]) and covers almost all recently published BLDs. However, this bibliography is not exhaustive because of the dispersion of publishing houses: Each publisher issues only two BLDs, on average.     

关联规则与图书馆书目推荐

文章分析了现有的图书馆书目推荐系统和商务书目推荐系统存在的不足,介绍了数据挖掘中的关联规则及其在图书馆书目推荐的应用.最后以简单的图书借阅例子说明Apriori算法的应用,通过分析大量历史借阅记录,对读者的借阅提供个性化的推荐服务.     

文献目录的情报功能

文献目录是在揭示文献所蕴藏的情报的过程中产生和发展的,文献目录的情报功能是与生俱来的.本文就文献目录的情报揭示功能、情报传递功能、情报挖掘功能和情报服务功能进行阐述,并说明尽管目录是文献的替代和缩影,但它毕竟不是文献本身,二者之间必然会出现一定的变异,只有规范目录工作,文献目录的情报功能才能发挥最大化.     

20世纪中后期国外目录学研究述评

国外目录学对中国目录学的发展产生了深刻影响。我国学者对国外目录学的研究经历了20世纪50-60年代的小高潮期、70年代未-80年代中的过渡期和80年代后期-21世纪初的稳定发展期。研究主题包括国外书目和书目工作、目录学基础理论、目录学史、中西目录学比较、西方目录学分支理论和研究综述6个方面。研究中出现了“受到政治、经济、文化背景的深刻影响、内容从单一肤浅走向广泛深入、研究队伍相对集中与总体分散”等特点和问题。