The Optimization Path of Research Support Services in University Libraries from the Perspective of Affordance Theory

University libraries,as an integral component of university research capabilities,are tasked with serving education by providing research support to faculty and students.This study adopts an affordance research perspective originating from ecological psychology to explore the optimization path of research support services in libraries in the new media era.Based on the characteristics of university library services,this research analyzes three aspects:production affordance,mobile affordance,and social affordance,and proposes practical recommendations to guide future research service practices of university libraries.

The Role of Library and Information Science Education in the Development of Community Health Information Services for People Living with HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Directors and Managers of Public Libraries

This article identifies the role of library and information science (LIS) education in the development of community health information services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Preliminary findings are presented from semi- structured qualitative interviews that were conducted with eleven directors and managers of local branches in the Knox County Public Library (KCPL) System that is located in the East Tennessee region in the United States. Select feedback reported by research participants is summarized in the article about strategies in LIS education that can help local public librarians and others in their efforts to become more responsive information providers to PLWHA. Research findings help better understand the issues and concerns regarding the development of digital and non-digital health information services for PLWHA in local public library institutions.

Sports Education Library Information Services

Library website,is the first window for readers to understand library information services.Sports Education academy library fully take advantage of homepage,combine open access resource searched with the library collections,after targeted collection,selection,sorting,processing,clustering or reorganization,establish a navigation system of open access resource of physical Sports Education.

Public library services to older adults in China:An empirical study based on content analysis

Purpose:The research is undertaken to help the Chinese public libraries answer the growing needs for library services to the elderly.Based on an investigation of the current situation of the services to older adults in China and a comparative analysis of the services in the U.S.,we attempt to explore what improvements the Chinese public libraries can make to better serve the needs of older adults.Design/methodology/approach:We empirically analyzed the older adults services of 271public libraries in China from 2002 to 2011 via content analysis of both the print materials such as the regulations and policies released by these libraries and the related information on the libraries' websites and the Internet Web pages.Findings:Great strides have been made in the Chinese public libraries' services to older adults in constructing service systems,providing facilities and equipment,exploring cooperative programming,and planning diversified and regularly scheduled activities.Compared with American counterparts,however,the Chinese public libraries need to catch up in understanding the elderly people as library users,planning customized services,formulating service guidelines and evaluation systems,and working with other local agencies for cooperative programming for seniors in communities.Research limitations:It is hard to collect more data covering more geographical areas and longer periods of time.The content analysis of libraries' policies and regulations is a very rough approximation of the libraries' 'real' services.The study should be extended to visits to public libraries in the future.Practical implications:This study provides useful information for the Chinese library policymakers to formulate regulations and policies to provide services to older adults.Originality/value:To the best of our knowledge,the comprehensive survey reported in this paper is the first in-depth investigation of the current situation of public library services to older adults in China,providing the analysis framework for more in-depth surveys in the future.

The college students' response to customized information services based on Library2.0 technologies at universities in Nanjing

Through a questionnaire survey of students’ response from 6 universities in Nanjing, this paper aims to determine their varying degrees of satisfaction about the customized information service based on Library2.0 technologies. In so doing, the authors carefully examined the data collected from the returned questionnaires about such key issues as the students’ perceptions about the customized information service via a Library2.0platform, self-initiated use experience of such a mechanism, their achieved information searching results vis-à-vis their expectations, etc. In addition, the authors also made a comparative study between information providers(i.e. librarians) and information consumers(i.e. students) at Chinese and American academic libraries.

Activity-Based Costing of Library Services in Universities——A Case Study of a Private University

An organization’s costing system is a system that helps the management with the strategy planning while the system plays an important role in providing accurate cost information about the products and customers.In other words,the costing management system is important to provide timely and quality information to help managers in their decision-making process.Producing quality graduates is the main objective of any university and the cost of quality or the cost of poor quality is one that is often difficult to measure in higher education.This can be partly attributed to the fact that most accounting systems are not structured to capture important cost-of-quality information.In order to succeed,many organizations tend to shift from conventional or traditional costing system to Activity-based costing(ABC).ABC provides both higher education administrators and policymakers with better information on which to base decisions.The use of multiple cost pools and drivers under ABC leads to more detailed and accurate product costing than that provided by traditional cost systems.This paper attempts to investigate the possibilities and limitations of implementing ABC in universities.More specifically the study makes use of the case study method to illustrate the implementation of activity-based costing of library services in a private university in the Kingdom of Bahrain.The research methodology of the case study is a combination of both descriptive and quantitative analyses.The study identified six categories of cost pools which are related to the activities of the library as well as 17 relevant cost drivers.Accordingly,ABC should lead to a better understanding of what drives costs and,by extension,what changes are necessary to reduce costs.Unnecessary activities that do not add value to services can be identified and eliminated.Further ABC is feasible in an academic library and that much can be gained from the process of analyzing activities.However,more work needs to be done in terms of designing accounting and other information systems to capture cost and activity transaction data in a more routine and disaggregated form for ABC analysis.

The development history and enlightenment of the scientific data services of American university libraries

In the era of the big data. the national strategies and the rapid development of computers and storage technologies bring opportunities and challenges to the library＇s data services. Based on the investigation literature of the scientific data services in the university libraries in the United States, the development process of the scientific data is analyzed from three aspects of the service types, the service mode and the service contents. The author of this paper also proposes opportunities and challenges from 5 aspects of the policy support. strengthening the publicity, the self learning, the self positioning and relying on the embedded subject librarians, to promote the development of the library scientific data services.

B/S结构下基于Web Services技术的空间分析方法的研究

文本重点研究了B/S体系结构下WebServices技术在GIS中的应用,分析了其中的关键技术,包括B/S体系结构、WebServices技术,进行了基于WebServices技术的GIS空间分析技术的研究,最后指出了基于WebServices技术的WebGIS发展前景。

In search of service innovations by public libraries in Chinese urban centers:A case study of Dongguan Library

This article introduces several of the more significant service delivery innovations and their resulting accomplishments instigated by Dongguan Library(thereafter abbreviated as DGL) in recent years. The textual exposition of this paper is based on a case study of DGL by this author about its user-centered vision, mission, immediate objectives and the exhibited service performance within a contextual environment of collegial support from its professional peers. After a five-year period of intensive efforts on such focused professional development and practice, DGL has completed its information service mapping and information delivery for the entire municipality of Dongguan on a 7-day and twentyfour-hour(7/24) basis. This singular feast of accomplishment seems to suggest the moral that any significant development of scale of a municipal library has to be in keeping pace closely with the progress of the society at large in general and with the changing information demands of its local clientele in particular.

A study of subject-focused liaison services to its academic constituents under an IC^2 conceptualized program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library

This paper stipulates that the subject-based library liaison service to a university's teaching and research programs with certain embedded distinctive features should become the mainstream modus operandi of its library service. It takes the innovative service program based on an IC2 conceptualized program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library(thereafter abbreviated as SJTUL) as a concrete example to elucidate the merit of such an endeavor. Specifically, this paper discusses the particular development background, overall objectives and service contents of the IC2 motivated program at SJTUL. By presenting a detailed account of some of the key measures, major achievements and also possible future directions of library service development under the guiding principles of SJTUL's IC2 program, these authors hope that its innovative library practice may serve as a reference for other academic librarians to gain some inspirations for their own parallel service innovations or refinement focused on subject-oriented library liaison service to their constituents and parent institution's curricula and research projects.

A discourse on creating and rendering educational and cultural enrichment services to rural migrant workers by public libraries

As far as China's enormous success in her economic reforms and development is concerned,Chinese rural migrant workers indeed have had their biggest share of contributions.Yet ironically in return,they have only received a disproportionate meager share of benefit rewards.These people represent a huge economically deprived group at the bottom of the social totem pole in China's metropolises.On the whole as a social group,their educational attainment is relatively low as compared to their average urban coworkers.As such being the case,their rights to access some of the cost-free cultural and educational enrichment programs in the society are limited and not always assured.Nevertheless and in general speaking,they manifest a strong and consistent desire to acquire all sorts of new and practical knowledge by means of accessing the resources and facilities of their local public libraries.It is suggested in this paper that public libraries are in a good position to give strong support to the central government's strategic planning for the development of a public culture service systema).In implementing such a government initiative with an unswerving purpose of advancing social justice and equality,public libraries should strife to provide as many as possible their library services at no cost to the public,especially to those socially deprived rural migrant workers.

Adapted Services by University Libraries from the Lockdown to the Post-Pandemic Period:The Case of USST

As public assembly occupancies,academic libraries in China have been implementing effective strategies in response to the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic since January 2020,in order to meet the teaching,learning,and researching needs of the faculties and students due to the closure of libraries.The library at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology(USST)is one of the typical cases with significantly increased user access during the pandemic.In this article,a reflection is made on the emergency measures and endeavours by the library in USST to adapt various services,including digital resources guarantee while working remotely,moving from an offline reference service to online ones,extending circulation from an in-door service to an out-door service,the use of social media,and so on,in order to discuss the emerging problems and to analyze the lessons learned.On this basis,this article proposes suggestions for university libraries to realign their development directions and measures to digital collections and online services as well as to improve the vocational skills of librarians in the post-epidemic period,so as to provide more professional,active,and considerate services in the future.

Utilization of Resources and Optimization of Services in Libraries

“Resource utilization”is the foundation of library services.This article analyzes the reasons of low utilization of library resources.Besides that,the existing resources are classified according to different genres.The methods of utilizing the existing resources in the library are also discussed.Based on the analysis,by optimizing the service patterns,the service reaches more targeted readers as well as improve the utilization rate of existing resources.

基于Web Services的GIS与应用模型集成研究

分析GIS与应用模型集成的研究现状及存在的问题。针对存在的问题,提出基于Web Services的GIS与应用模型集成方法。具体定义应用模型服务体系及其与空间信息服务体系的关系,讨论基于服务链的GIS-ervices与应用模型服务集成服务链样式、集成实现过程、集成开发流程,给出基于服务集成实现小流域地貌演化问题计算的服务集成分析设计与实验结果。实验结果证明本文提出的基于Web Services的GIS与应用模型集成方法正确可行。

基于Web Services的长江航道测绘资料管理系统设计与开发

针对测绘资料种类繁多、数据量大、地域范围广、跨业务部门多等特点,利用Web Services技术,构建基于B/S三层架构的《长江航道测绘成果资料管理系统》,实现了对长江航道测绘资料的统一管理和维护,解决了数据分发和共享问题。系统的成功运行,证实了Web Services技术的优越性,为长江航道测绘资料管理提供了强大的技术支撑。

A New Start for the Library and Information Services at CAS

The new modern library of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), situated in the central area of Science Town in Zhongguancun, Beijing, has just been put into operation. As the largest specialized library in China, the library has become one of paradises for China' s avid readers,offering a central repository and global gateway for the collection and dissemination of scientific and technical information.……

基于Web Services的MIS结构研究与应用

针对基于传统C/S(C lient/Server)结构的管理信息系统(M IS:M anagem ent Inform ation System s)已经不能满足当前的需求,并且当前流行的B/S(B rowser/Server)和B/C/S(B rowser/C lient/Server)结构等也存在着很多的不足,研究了基于W eb Services的M IS结构,讨论了该结构的特点和实现,并在此基础上以“某省学位管理信息系统”为例,讨论了系统的开发方法。该结构可以解决当前M IS结构的不足,该设计思想也可以应用于其他系统的结构设计中。

语义Web Services描述框架的比较研究

由于Web Services可处于分布式环境中、在异构平台上进行交互以及高度的集成性等优点,Web Services技术引起了越来越多的人的关注,而语义Web Services一直是该领域的研究热点。文章首先通过一个例子说明语义Web Services产生的必要性,然后主要介绍了目前Web Services领域的OWL-S、WSMO、SAWSDL和FLOWS四种服务描述框架,并对其进行比较分析。

基于XML的Web Services的研究和应用

W eb Services是一种新颖的系统应用开发与集成技术,得到了越来越多用户以及开发人员的青睐。对XML、W eb Services技术进行了探讨;阐述了基于XML的W eb Services的相关概念、框架;给出了一个W eb Services应用系统原型的设计和实现。

基于Web Services测井数据远传系统架构

井场数据的远程传输已是大势所趋，数据远程传输对于节约勘探成本，提高管理水平，降低勘探风险方面作用明显。WebServices是电子商务技术的第三次革命，WebServices结合了基于组件开发和web的优势，可以实现跨平台、跨系统应用。使用SoapToolkit3．0开发包可以实现C／S模式的webServices调用。Axis开发包搭配TOMCAT在JSP方式下调用WebServices可实现B／S模式下测井曲线基本信息显示、曲线回放、数据浏览功能。搭建基于WebServices的测井数据远程传输系统可以实现真正意义的跨系统跨平台应用。