Comics and the Modern Library Catalog: New Rules for Breaking the Rules

Scholarly and curricular uses of comics extend to many disciplines in higher education, resulting in increased demand for institutional access to such materials. Despite nearly twenty years of justification in the literature for inclusion of such materials in libraries, there are not widely adopted conventions or models for engaging in the business of a comics collection. At San Diego State University, this presented an opportunity to pioneer new modes of access, from cataloging and organization to storage and retrieval. This article explores the process of making a collection of floppy comics accessible alongside a theoretical discussion of cataloging shortcomings and opportunities.     

An Interview with Arlene G. Taylor

In this interview, conducted via email during August 2016, Dr. Arlene G. Taylor discusses her career as a cataloger, professor of cataloging and classification, and her work in professional associations. Topics include her early cataloging and teaching experiences, changes in both cataloging practice and the teaching of cataloging, subject analysis, and “aboutness” as compared with form/genre access, professional experiences outside the United States, and the future of MLIS programs.     

坚持以人为本的研究性学习--"邓小平理论和‘三个代表’重要思想概论"课的社会实践活动

在“邓小平理论和‘三个代表’重要思想概论”课的教学中,如何找到一条既能体现“两课”的导向作用,又使学生乐于接受的途径,成为“两课”教师经常讨论的问题。在实践中,我总结出了坚持以人为本的研究性学习,坚持社会实践活动是行之有效的途径。研究性学习内容丰富、形式多样,可以提高大学生思想理论素质、提高学生综合素质、锻炼能力。研究性学习需要有效的组织机制和学习制度保障。     

如何认识和控制我国当前的财政债务规模

我国财政债务规模包括中央财政规模和隐性、或有债务规模。为此,只有全面认识财政债务的实际规模,并分析其不断扩大的原因,才能在实践中采取有效措施,控制和缩减当前的财政债务规模。     

西部大开发战略的经济学思考

西部大开发战略的提出标志着我国经济发展战略的重大转变,也是实现经济均衡发展的重要举措,如何实现西部经济快速起飞,关键在于实现三个转变：经济发展战略从“梯度推移论”到西部跳跃发展;经济发展环境从偏向沿海地区向西部地区转移;经济发展重点从城市偏向改革到注重农村市场开拓。     

人生看点——文学的瞭望

梦是人类固有本能,是生命资源。所谓人生,实由“实生活”和“梦生活”两部分构成。这一构成方式,为学和宗教提供了巨大空间,它们都关注着人类的善恶生死,排演着各式各样的悲、喜剧。在宗教“绝情”处,学继续“用情”,二相反相成,拓新着我们的研究视野,使“人生看点”更加丰富、好看。     

The Structural Adjustment of Football in Zambia: Politics,Decline and Dispersal, 1991–1994

Abstract

This paper explores multiple and complex relationships between football (soccer), politics, and the economy in postcolonial Zambia. Based on archival and oral sources collected in Zambia, the paper argues that President Frederick Chiluba’s government failed to support football development when it came into power in 1991 because it was elected on a platform of liberalizing the collapsing national economy. Chiluba privatized state-owned companies that were sponsoring the game resulting in the plummeting of the local standards and migration of talented footballers abroad in search of better livelihoods. Furthermore, the paper argues that while the exodus of talented footballers led to the deterioration of the standards of the local league, their transnational experience boosted the performance of the Zambia national football team. This led to the emergence of one of the best national teams the country has ever had. Unfortunately, this particular team perished in the Gabon air disaster in 1993 following the government’s disinvestment in the game. However, a few months after the disaster, the country managed to rebuild a national football team, which emerged as runners up to Nigeria in the 1994 African Cup of Nations final as a result of a large pool of local and foreign-based football players.     

邓小平发展观的思维方式五大特征新探

邓小平发展观是一个科学的内容体系,给建设中国特色社会主义带来了巨大的成功。文章针对邓小平发展观的思维方式的五大特征进行了分析研究,对于科学把握邓小平发展观具有重要的理论意义。     

论张世英的哲学—伦理观

张世英"万物一体,民胞物与"的哲学-伦理观,主要包括以下几个方面的内容:哲学是追求人与万物一体的境界之学;以"主客二分"和"天人合一"作为人与世界的两种关系;基于真善美统一于万物一体,强调要把道德意识建立在万物一体的本体论基础之上;倡导哲学家应按自己的哲学信念生活,提出要以希望哲学来代替猫头鹰哲学,是一种综合了中西哲学史的积极成果,并对时代的挑战做出了创造性回应的哲学-伦理观。     

一种基于服务质量的网格服务发现机制

网格服务体系结构的出现对网格服务发现提出了挑战,UDDI上基于关键词和简单分类的服务发现机制已经不能很好满足需要.本文在分析现有相关研究的基础上,提出了基于服务质量的网格服务发现机制,引入服务质量相似度的概念,为网格服务发现提供了一种有效可行的方法.