Other Cities’Distribution Institutions for Publishing Books in Modern Chinese Libraries:Taking Huating Bookstore,the Shanghai General Distribution Office of Modern Zhejiang Library,as an Example

Many modern Chinese libraries have established distribution agencies in other cities to distribute books published or sold on consignment.Huating Bookstore,which was once the Shanghai General Distribution Office of Zhejiang Library in modern times,is one of them.On the basis of a brief description of modern Zhejiang Library and its book publishing,as well as the overview of Huating Bookstore,the paper introduces and analyzes the ZPL Publishing Book Catalogue sent by Huating Bookstore,and the ZPL publishing and selling consignment books issued by Huating Bookstore.It points out that Huating Bookstore is a bridge between the ZPL located in Hangzhou and various retail ZPL publishing bookstores in Shanghai.Their production and sales relationship is a mutually beneficial one.

Management and Construction of University Books and Materials Under the Background of the Internet

The rapid development and popularization of Internet technology has provided important support for the informatization reform of various industries.University books and materials have the characteristics of large quantities and difficult storage and management.Its digital storage and management platform construction can effectively realize the digital storage and real-time retrieval of books and materials,and help students and teachers to find and use books and materials more quickly.Especially in recent years,with the update of intelligent platforms and other technologies,the resource-sharing platform of university books and materials can realize more convenient book information retrieval without the limitation of time and space.This paper mainly explores the optimization path and platform construction scheme of university libraries and information management under the background of the Internet,hoping to provide some theoretical references for university library managers.

BOOKS

SNAPSHOTS OF NOTABLE BOOKS ON AFRICA.Africa’s Fashion Diaspora By ELIZABETH WAY Yale University Press.The author,Elizabeth Way,associate curator of costume at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology,is the curator behind Africa’s Fashion Diaspora(2024).She has also curated several prominent exhibitions.Africa’s Fashion Diaspora is among the first books to delve into the vast influence of the African Diaspora on global fashion.

New Books

Travel in Northern Xizang(Revised Edition of 2024)Author:Ma Lihua.This book is one of the series of books about Ma Lihua's trip to Xizang.It describes the nomadic culture,festivals and daily life of local people,and the vast and magnificent scenery in northern Xizang.Published by China Tibetology Publishing House(ISBN:9787521105094).

Looking up Prescriptions to Treat Infectious Disease:Anti-epidemic Books of Medical Formularies and Epidemic Prevention and Control in the Qing Dynasty

Copying,compiling,publishing,disseminating,and referencing anti-epidemic books of medical formularies were common activities during the outbreak of epidemics in the Qing dynasty.Its emergence,motivated by epidemic disease again and again,was important component parts of epidemic prevention and control.They played a unique role as media on affairs such as treating patients suffering from infectious diseases,mobilizing peoples to make contributions to anti-epidemic activities,integrating and popularizing knowledge of epidemic prevention.Anti-epidemic books of medical formularies were important to link peoples,things,and substances related with epidemic prevention and control,and were a kind of motivation to actively deal with the infectious disease,control the epidemic,and maintain health.Compared to other common measures,anti-epidemic books of medical formularies participated in many prevention and control practices deeply,which actually built a low cost,spontaneous,dispersed and non-institutional system to respond to epidemic,and the system had characteristics of stronger conductibility,bigger coverage area,and better external benefits.

An Exploratory Data Analysis of Mazu Culture Research Based on Diaolong-Full-Text Database of Ancient Chinese and Japanese Books

Mazu is the most famous goddess of canal transport in China,and one of the three folk beliefs in China.Japan is our neighbor across the sea.As early as 1000 years ago,Japan was influenced by the Mazu ceremonial culture.Through big data analysis,this study conducted database counting,screening,and analysis on the Mazu culture in Diaolong,the full-text database of Chinese and Japanese ancient books.Besides,it explored the hot topics of concern and emotional attitudes,and then analyzed the important role of Mazu culture in the cultural exchange and mutual learning between China and Japan in the new era,with a view to completing the contemporary task of“people-to-people bond”and achieving common development.

Automatic Examination of Condition of Used Books with YOLO-Based Object Detection Framework

As the demand for used books has grown in recent years,various online/offline market platforms have emerged to support the trade in used books.The price of used books can depend on various factors,such as the state of preservation(i.e.,condition),the value of possession,and so on.Therefore,some online platforms provide a reference document to evaluate the condition of used books,but it is still not trivial for individual sellers to determine the price.The lack of a standard quantitative method to assess the condition of the used book would confuse both sellers and consumers,thereby decreasing the user experience of the online secondhand marketplace.Therefore,this paper discusses the automatic examination of the condition of used books based on deep learning approaches.In this work,we present a book damage detection system based on various You Only Look Once(YOLO)object detection models.Using YOLOv5,YOLOR,and YOLOX,we also introduce various training configurations that can be applied to improve performance.Specifically,a combination of different augmentation strategies including flip,rotation,crop,mosaic,and mixup was used for comparison.To train and validate our system,a book damage dataset composed of a total of 620 book images with 3,989 annotations,containing six types of damages(i.e.,Wear,Spot,Notch,Barcode,Tag,and Ripped),collected from the library books is presented.We evaluated each model trained with different configurations to figure out their detection accuracy as well as training efficiency.The experimental results showed that YOLOX trained with its best training configuration yielded the best performance in terms of detection accuracy,by achieving 60.0%(mAP@.5:.95)and 72.9%(mAP@.5)for book damage detection.However,YOLOX performed worst in terms of training efficiency,indicating that there is a trade-off between accuracy and efficiency.Based on the findings from the study,we discuss the feasibility and limitations of our system and future research directions.

数字图书馆合理使用规则新发展——美国HathiTrust案与Google Books案的比较

美国判决的HathiTrust案和Google Books案展现了著作权合理使用规则的新发展。文章比较分析两案判决书,研究发现:两案相同之处在于具有搜索功能;不同之处在于谷歌图书馆的营利性质和片段浏览服务,以及HathiTrust的无障碍阅读服务,这些不同之处对合理使用规则的判断具有一定的影响。建议我国借鉴HathiTrust案和Google Books案的判决,在著作权法中增加判断合理使用的开放性标准,并调整相关法条。

Human books的评估标准与评估方式初探

文摘目前Human library在中国高校图书馆已经快速发展起来了,但是Human books是完全不同于普通图书借阅的全新阅读方式。因此,笔者从Human books的评估标准与评估方式上提出了一些建议供同仁探讨,希望能对这一全新阅读方式的发展与推广有所帮助。

基于Human Books阅读需求实证分析的高校真人图书馆发展策略

文章以问卷方式调查了四所不同类型的高校没参加过真人图书馆活动的读者和参加过活动的读者对Human Books的需求,进行对比分析,提出不同类型的高校真人图书馆在招募Human Books等方面的建议。

高校图书馆Human Books评估的意义及重要性

Human Books是区别于一般图书的特殊类型,因此对其进行筛选与评估显得尤为重要。对Human Books评估的意义与重要性进行了探讨,为Human Library的推广与发展提供参考。

Chromebooks教学：新型技术走进课堂之理性探析

近年来,新型教育技术得到迅速发展并得以惠及传统教学。美国作为教育技术探索的先启国家,也先后实施了一系列新型技术项目。如今"Chromebooks教学"这一模式作为当前备受期待的新型教育技术模式,受到部分州和学校的青睐。然而这一新型项目作为发展中的一项技术,也面临新挑战、新困境,这些困境与挑战一方面涉及到功能尚未开发到位,学习过程不乏冲突;学习者在学习过程中的无所适从;一方面也涉及到教师地位流于弱化,学习过程失去重心等一系列问题,因此当下需要审慎地对其进行理性分析,以便探索出更为契合的发展道路。

A Critical Evaluation on College English Reference Books for Teachers

The present paper points out the problems and defects existing in college English reference books in China.Further more,measures for improvement are suggested and the need for such improvement is also analyzed.Finally,through a case study,an improved version of college English reference books is presented and concluded.

A Comparative Study of the Different Design between Interactive New Media E-books and Paper Books

With the rapid development of modem computer technology, Intemet technology has penetrated into people＇s daily life and work and application technology of the Intemet-related products has been promoted, including e-books which are an important part of people＇s lives. Currently e-books gained popularity caused by interactive new media technology and at the same time, the traditional paper books also face enormous challenges. The concepts of interactive new media and e-books were analyzed in this paper. The different design between interactive new media e-books and paper books has been analyzed comparatively, especially from the perspective of the design and layout from the text, colors, images, audio design and cover design to explore the different design between interactive new media e-books and paper books. Finally, under the background of lnternet economic development, interactive new media e-books will be a promising product.

Printed Books Vs. eBooks: What Would You Prefer?

The Double Take column looks at a single topic from an African and Chinese perspective.Reading has become an important way to spend our time when we have to stay at home due to the COVID-19 epidemic.This month,we discuss people’s preference between printed and electronic books.

The early Japanese books reorganization by combining image processing and deep learning

Many early Japanese books record a large amount of information,including historical politics,economics,culture,and so on,which are all valuable legacies.These books are waiting to be reorganized at the moment.However,a large amount of the books are described by Kuzushiji,a type of handwriting cursive script that is no longer in use today and only readable by a few experts.Therefore,researchers are trying to detect and recognise the characters from these books through modern techniques.Unfortunately,the characteristics of the Kuzushiji,such as Connect-Separate-characters and Manyvariation,hinder the modern technique assisted re-organisation.Connect-Separatecharacters refer to the case of some characters connecting each other or one character being separated into unconnected parts,which makes character detection hard.Manyvariation is one of the typical characteristics of Kuzushiji,defined as the case that the same character has several variations even if they are written by the same person in the same book at the same time,which increases the difficulty of character recognition.In this sense,this paper aims to construct an early Japanese book reorganisation system by combining image processing and deep learning techniques.The experimentation has been done by testing two early Japanese books.In terms of character detection,the final Recall,Precision and F-value reaches 79.8%,80.3%,and 80.0%,respectively.The deep learning based character recognition accuracy of Top3 reaches 69.52%,and the highest recognition rate reaches 82.57%,which verifies the effectiveness of our proposal.

高校图书馆开展Human Books阅读活动的实践与思考——以临汾学院图书馆为例

目前,一些高校图书馆、公共图书馆等都纷纷开展了"Human Books"阅读活动。临汾学院图书馆积极探索实践Human Books阅读服务模式,在Human Books的采集、筛选、管理、培训、阅读等方面进行了有益的尝试。

“活人图书(Living Books)”的编目及其管理

文章论述了"Living Library"的兴起、发展、意义,Living Books的服务模式、编目及管理规则。

The Books Recommend Service System Based on Improved Algorithm for Mining Association Rules

The Apriori algorithm is a classical method of association rules mining.Based on analysis of this theory,the paper provides an improved Apriori algorithm.The paper puts foward with algorithm combines HASH table technique and reduction of candidate item sets to enhance the usage efficiency of resources as well as the individualized service of the data library.

An Analysis on the Discourse Cohesion Techniques in Children's English Books

Discourse cohesion techniques analysis attracts much attention both at home and abroad and many scholars have conducted their research in this field, however, few of them focus on children's English books which has its own characteristics and cohesion techniques and deserves our research.