The NYU Survey Service: Promoting Value in Undergraduate Education     

Jason B. Phillips  Samantha A. Guss  David M. McGarry 《College & Undergraduate Libraries》2013,20(2-3):183-199

New York University's (NYU) Data Service Studio has recently launched the NYU Survey Service, whose ultimate aim is to support the development and administration of surveys of all types. For the Web-based component, the service utilizes a product called Qualtrics, which allows university affiliates to develop and administer Web-based surveys. This article describes the process by which NYU came to offer the service during a time when concerns abound about the ability of libraries to support and expand offerings while still meeting institutional imperatives such as robust data services. While many considerations went into the evaluation and ultimate conclusion to pilot the service, this article considers those most related to library collaborations, undergraduate instruction, data and information literacy, learning and research, and application administration and support.  相似文献   

ILL-List Conspectus     

《Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve》2013,23(3):5-13

Abstract

The paper analyses the trends of information delivery at the Knust library. It reviews the history of cooperation, conventional practices in information delivery, and current trends in Ghana. CD-ROM and online facilities, which are the two main tools for electronic information delivery, are highlighted.

The paper reveals that there is a general acceptance among members of the academic community that electronic information delivery services have had considerable impact on their work. The paper looks into the future of document delivery and proposed possible ways of enhancing and sustaining the existing facilities.  相似文献   

Why library cards offer more privacy rights than proof of citizenship: Librarian ethics and Freedom of Information Act requestor policies     

Sarah Shik Lamdan 《Government Information Quarterly》2013

This paper demonstrates the divergent requestor privacy policies of professional librarians and the administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and urges the federal government to adhere to librarian ethics in order to protect FOIA requestors. Section 1 of the paper provides information about the origins and purpose of the FOIA. Section 2 offers an overview of the philosophical and historical origins of library patron privacy ethics, discussing both the ethical basis for patron privacy and actual instances where library records have been sought for government surveillance of private citizens. Section 3 describes the state library laws that protect library requestors, as well as federal laws that protect non-FOIA requestor privacy rights, including the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), which protects video rental records. Section 4 of the paper warns that, in the digital era, it is more important than ever to safeguard personal information like that contained in FOIA requests to prevent the stifling of information seeking activities in the United States. By modifying laws tomeet the needs of the “information age,” the United States government can embrace and utilize the ethical standards that are at the foundation of librarianship, and protect the principle that information should be free and available to the American populace.  相似文献   

A Comparative Citation Analysis of Web of Science,Scopus, and Google Scholar     

Michael Levine-Clark  Esther L. Gil 《Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship》2013,18(1):32-46

This article presents the results of a comparative study of Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and Google Scholar (GS) for a set of 15 business and economics journals. Citations from the three sources were analyzed to determine whether one source is better than another, or whether a new database such as Scopus, or a free database such as GS could replace WoS. The authors concluded that scholars might want to use alternative tools collectively to get a more complete picture of the scholarly impact of an article.  相似文献   

Black Studies Scholarship and Its Coverage in Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science     

Carmelita Pickett 《资料收集管理》2013,38(4):260-275

This study analyzes the coverage of black studies journals as compared to women's studies journals in Web of Science, Academic Search Complete, and ArticleFirst. This study also examines black studies bibliographies and directories to identify journals that are suitable for inclusion in Journal Citation Reports and consequently Web of Science and evaluates seven black studies journals using the Thomson Reuters journal selection process.  相似文献   

The Value of Communication Science     

John L. Sherry 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(3):302-306

In communication science, the distinction between applied and basic research is often accompanied by a discussion of the relative value of each. However, the idea that there is a value distinction to be made between applied and basic research is fundamentally inconsistent with scientific epistemology. Rather than different modes of inquiry with different relative value, communication science is a whole, constituted by applied and basic researchers who focus on different goals of science: to explain, to predict, and to control. An example is provided of a highly successful communication intervention created via the cooperation between applied and basic scholars.  相似文献   

Capturing Citation Activity in Three Health Sciences Departments: A Comparison Study of Scopus and Web of Science     

Alexandra Sarkozy  Alison Slyman  Wendy Wu 《Medical reference services quarterly》2013,32(2):190-201

Scopus and Web of Science are the two major citation databases that collect and disseminate bibliometric statistics about research articles, journals, institutions, and individual authors. Liaison librarians are now regularly called upon to utilize these databases to assist faculty in finding citation activity on their published works for tenure and promotion, grant applications, and more. But questions about the accuracy, scope, and coverage of these tools deserve closer scrutiny. Discrepancies in citation capture led to a systematic study on how Scopus and Web of Science compared in a real-life situation encountered by liaisons: comparing three different disciplines at a medical school and nursing program. How many articles would each database retrieve for each faculty member using the author-searching tools provided? How many cited references for each faculty member would each tool generate? Results demonstrated troubling differences in publication and citation activity capture between Scopus and Web of Science. Implications for librarians are discussed.  相似文献   

新创办期刊打开局面的探索 ——以《有色金属科学与工程》为例     

黄志红 《编辑学报》2013,25(6):598-600

以新创办期刊《有色金属科学与工程》为例,阐述其为打造成精品专业期刊的办刊思路与具体举措:依托区域和学科优势,积极为行业服务;紧跟形势,学习先进办刊经验,大力推进期刊数字化;开拓创新,广开渠道,利用各种形式组稿。对刊物今后发展作了展望。  相似文献   

面向LOD的关联发现过程的定位、目标与复杂性分析   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

沈志宏  黎建辉  张晓林 《中国图书馆学报》2013,39(6):101-108

本文以关联数据应用过程中的关联发现过程为研究对象,分析了面向关联开放数据(LOD)的关联发现过程的定位、目标与复杂性。本文认为,关联发现过程处于关联数据应用过程三阶段(数据发布、数据互联与数据消费)中的第二阶段。关联发现过程的整体目标是构建多类资源之间的关联数据网络,该过程的本质就是关联数据网络不断演变的过程。关联发现的过程具有多任务、多路径、多步骤等复杂性特征。目前流行的关联发现框架还存在缺乏对整个网络演变过程的支持、任务类型单一、缺乏流水线机制等不足。因此,关联发现技术的研究急需新的面向整个关联数据网络的、支持完整演变过程的、支持多任务集成的理论、方法与框架。图5。表1。参考文献17。  相似文献   

Science Learning: A path analysis of its links with reading comprehension,question-asking in class and science achievement     

Francisco Cano  Ángela García  A.B.G. Berbén  Fernando Justicia 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(10):1710-1732

The purpose of this research was to build and test a conceptual model of the complex interrelationships between students' learning in science (learning approaches and self-regulation), their reading comprehension, question-asking in class and science achievement. These variables were measured by means of a test and a series of questionnaires administered to 604 ninth-grade students, and the data collected were analysed using a correlational, cross-sectional design. Results of a path analysis indicated that (a) students’ self-regulated and intentional knowledge-constructing activity (self-regulated strategy use, deep approach and knowledge-building) were what chiefly accounted for their question-asking in class; (b) question-asking (high and low levels) was related directly to reading comprehension and indirectly, through its contribution to the this, to academic achievement; (c) reading comprehension was directly and negatively associated with surface approach and indirectly and positively related to deep approach and knowledge-building; and (d) some of these variables, particularly reading comprehension, accounted for academic achievement in science. This model explained nearly 30% of the variance in academic achievement and provided a substantial and distinctive insight into the web of interrelationships among these variables. Implications for future research and science teaching and learning are discussed (e.g. the importance of supporting students' efforts to learn science in a meaningful, active and self-regulated way and of improving their reading comprehension).  相似文献