Data Visualization as Participatory Research: A Model for Digital Collections to Inspire User-Driven Research

The emerging creative practices of digital collections are increasing in prominence thanks to the access to, and appeal of, data visualizations. Interactive data visualizations, such as a map, timeline, chart, graph, or artist’s rendering of data, enable users to pursue their own research interests within a collection and participate in new areas of research. Use of these data visualizations enhances the scope of the collection and enables a modern and diverse thematic collection to emerge. This article considers the question: Does the addition of data visualizations affect how users participate with a research collection? Impacts on collection development, application of user-centered design, and analysis of users’ exploratory strategies are discussed. Examples of data visualizations used in digital humanities projects and digital collections are presented as case studies.     

Diversity Literary Awards: A Tool for Assessing an Academic Library’s Collection

Abstract

Diversity literary awards and other sources were used to create a list of high-quality titles written by and about underrepresented groups. This list was used to assess the diversity and inclusiveness of the library collections of a land-grant university in the Pacific Northwest and compare it to peer institutions. Gaps in the collection and acquisition processes were identified and will be used to improve the processes to increase the number of diverse titles added to the library’s collections.     

校园网管理信息系统中ASP技术应用

校园网络系统在学校的教学和管理工作中发挥着越来越重要的作用,本文从当前Internet/Intranet及MIS系统的发展出发,在比较当前流行的数据存取及信息处理技术基础上,阐述TASP的作用与优点及其在校园网信息处理中的应用。     

Measuring Search Engine Quality

The effectiveness of twenty public search engines is evaluated using TREC-inspired methods and a set of 54 queries taken from real Web search logs. The World Wide Web is taken as the test collection and a combination of crawler and text retrieval system is evaluated. The engines are compared on a range of measures derivable from binary relevance judgments of the first seven live results returned. Statistical testing reveals a significant difference between engines and high intercorrelations between measures. Surprisingly, given the dynamic nature of the Web and the time elapsed, there is also a high correlation between results of this study and a previous study by Gordon and Pathak. For nearly all engines, there is a gradual decline in precision at increasing cutoff after some initial fluctuation. Performance of the engines as a group is found to be inferior to the group of participants in the TREC-8 Large Web task, although the best engines approach the median of those systems. Shortcomings of current Web search evaluation methodology are identified and recommendations are made for future improvements. In particular, the present study and its predecessors deal with queries which are assumed to derive from a need to find a selection of documents relevant to a topic. By contrast, real Web search reflects a range of other information need types which require different judging and different measures.     

海峡两岸大学图书馆虚拟馆藏资源建设比较研究

通过对海峡两岸大学图书馆虚拟馆藏资源建设的调查 ,认为两岸大学图书馆在信息资源建设中 ,应加强协调 ,优化信息资源配置 ,促进信息资源共享 ;应开展学术交流和人力资源交流。参考文献 5。     

合并升本的师范院校图书馆文献资源建设探讨

针对合并升本的师范院校图书馆特别是廓坊师院图书馆文献资源建设现状，提出合并中文献资源结构调整的原则，合并后文献资源整体化建设方案及实施步骤。     

利用三大检索查询收录/引用的方法与技巧

三大检索工具的各种版本在收录范围、检索性能上各不相同, 著者字段使用方法比较复杂。本文研究了各种版本的差异, 以及具体检索个人文章被收录、引用情况的方法与技巧, 最后介绍其它几种常用于科学评价的检索工具。     

利用模板编辑教学网页的简单方法

网上教学是远程开放教育的主要形式。电大教师应积极投身于网上教学资源的开发和设计。教学网页与其它媒体的课件相比具有科学性强,信息量大,便于操作,及时更新和趣味性、交互性等特点。通过模板编辑简单的教学网页是非专业设计人员实现网上教学的捷径。     

高校图书馆的馆藏评估

知识经济时代，高校图书馆馆藏包括纸质献，电子献和其它类型献，馆藏建设必须坚持量与质的辩证统一，电子献资源可以根据对比折算法或系数折算法来统计馆藏。本还论证了馆藏评估必须坚持数量评估和质量评估相统一，提出了馆藏评估指标体系的具体数值。     

关于新形势下天水财政建设的几点认识

针对天水财政现状进行分析,找出天水财政建设和运行质量存在的问题,指出应从投资环境、税收征管、支出结构、预算管理、监督机制等方面进行改革、完善,以求达到优化资源配置,调节经济运行和收入分配,实现强市富民.