A comparative analysis of information literacy curriculum standards in the educational programs of high schools in China and in the United States

Our study aims to take a closer look at China's current information literacy(IL) program standards at secondary schools and to analyze their level of success and/or failures in a comparative way with those of the United States in terms of fulfilling their each other's mission-oriented mandates. Our research findings show that China's current IL standards of high schools contain a disproportionate emphasis on information technology(IT). Moreover, the stipulations of these IL standards are narrowly construed and without being solidly grounded on a broad and comprehensive educational perspective. We also suggest that there are two underlying causes for this set of unsound IL standards in China.Firstly, there is a lack of collaboration between two major competing forces engaged in the curricular development and research of IL in China: Those professionals in educational IT discipline vis-à-vis those in Library and Information Science. Secondly, library professionals have a very limited influence on major socio-cultural policies, even at their own institutions. As a result, this paper recommends the following three possible measures,which may help remedy this situation strategically: 1) Establishing a set of new IL curriculum standards based on an IL-centered educational perspective; 2) establishing a teacher-librarian's training program to promote school librarians' role in IL education; and 3) strengthening the research and development of an online IL education program and an accompanied evaluation mechanism.

Evaluation of International Standards of Management of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) in Khorasan Razavi Hospitals from the Perspective of Managers

The general goal of the management of communication and information technology (MCIT) in the health sector, is to accelerate collecting, achieving and supporting the health system processes, and effective decision-making for managing this system;because preparing and providing health care services for society is very complex, and highly dependent on the information system. The aim of this investigation is to determine the mean scores of the possibility of implementing the MCIT standards in Khorasan Razavi hospitals, from the perspective of managers. This was a cross sectional descriptive-analytic study conducted in two steps in all hospitals. In the first step, the applicability of the standards in hospitals was studied. In the second step, the current status of hospitals was compared with international standards MCIT. In order to determine the validity of the questionnaires, opinions of professors and experts were acquired. Regarding the reliability, the SPSS V. 12 calculated the value of Cronbach’s to be 0.95 for the first questionnaire and 0.86 for the second questionnaire. Data were analyzed using statistic tests of one way ANOVA and t-test. The level of significance was fixed at 0.5. In the 16 hospitals studied, the mean and standard deviation of MCIT were (57.25 ± 13.74). The MCIT standards are applicable in hospitals of Khorasan Razavi according to half (49.4%) of managers;nonetheless, their application requires greater efforts by the hospitals.

The Challenge of Implementing Information Security Standards in Small and Medium e-Business Enterprises

The dynamic nature of online systems requires companies to be proactive with thwarting information security threats, and to follow a systematic way for managing and evaluating the security of their online services. The existence of security standards is an important factor that helps organisations to evaluate and manage security by providing guidelines and best practices that enable them to follow a standard and systematic way to protect their e-Business activities. However, the suitability of available information security standards for Small and Medium e-Business Enterprises (e-SME) is worth further investigation. In this paper three major security standards including Common Criteria, System Security Engineering-Capability and Maturity Model and ISO/IEC 27001 were analysed. Accordingly, several challenges associated with these standards that may render them difficult to be implemented in e-SME have been identified.

Certification Institutions Expected to Update and Transfer Information on Present Standards

Standards are the basis for production enterprises to organize production, ex-factory inspection, trade (delivery) and technical exchanges, product certification, quality arbitration and supervision. It is important for certification institutions to explore methods for updating and transferring present standards, to accelerate the transfer of standard information and ensure present standards are implemented in a timely manner.

Information standardization for typical toxic and harmful algae in China's coastal waters——a case study of Karenia mikimotoi

To assist the researches of toxic and harmful algae and provide government workers with judgment basis for decision-making related events,we established a biological information management system for toxic and harmful algae in China’s of fshore to assist relevant research.In this study,Karenia mikimotoi was studied as a typical toxic and harmful algae species,and the basic biological information and biogeographic distribution information of K.mikimotoi were systematically studied and collected.In the part of basic biological information,the name,toxin,and molecular characteristic sequence of K.mikimotoi were sorted out by literature searching and website browsing.Through experimental means,the relevant information of morphological identifi cation,pigment composition,and lipid composition were obtained.In the part of biogeographic distribution information,this study sorted out the information of K.mikimotoi,analyzed the characteristics of its occurrence,and completed the standardized construction of biogeographic distribution information.Through the collation of basic biological information and biogeographic distribution information of K.mikimotoi,the standardization of related information was completed,which provided template and method reference for information collection of other toxic and harmful algae species,which was benefi cial to the database analysis and design.

Developing the information-seeking behavior scale for undergraduates

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to develop a standardized and reliable measurement tool for assessing information-seeking behavior of undergraduate students.Design/methodology/approach: Based on information literacy and information-seeking behavior theories, expert advice and students' interview, items of undergraduates' informationseeking behavior indicators were selected. With the analysis of homogeneity reliability, item analysis and factor analysis, this study constructs an assessment system to evaluate reliability and validity of the scale.Findings: The information-seeking behavior scale for undergraduates has divided undergraduates' information-seeking behavior into seven dimensions, which include 46 items. The reliability analysis of Cronbach's α was 0.910, and the coefficient of split-half reliability was0.817. The results of factor analysis showed that Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin(KMO) was 0.864,which indicates 55.536% of the total variation could be explained by the above seven dimensions.Research limitations: Due to a small sample size and limited sample distribution, further research need be conducted in an expanded sample size in order to explore the application scope of this evaluation system; in addition, the stability of the scale also need be confirmed.Practical implications: The paper sets up an information-seeking behavior evaluation system for undergraduates and explores the characteristics of their information-seeking behavior.This study provides guidance for the development of future information literacy education and the improvement of the information literacy level of undergraduates.Originality/value: An information-seeking behavior scale for undergraduates has been developed, which comprehensively covers information need, information source, information evaluation, information retrieval, information management, information utilization and information morality. The scale is proved to have good reliability, validity, popularity anddiscrimination that it is qualified to be an assessment tool of information-seeking behavior for Chinese undergraduates.

Research on the construction of smart city railvehicle technical standards system

With the rapid development and application of cloud computing,big data,artificial intelligence,5G,satellite communication,blockchain and other emerging information technologies,conditions have been provided for the intelligent development of urban rail vehicles.With the development of smart urban rail vehicles,the standards system of traditional urban rail vehicle cannot meet the development requirements,so it is necessary to study and reconstruct the standards system.To embody the intelligent level of urban rail vehicles,the paper conducts the research on the standards for the urban rail vehicle train control system,monitoring and diagnosis system,passenger service system,and then proposes the overall architecture and standard list of smart city rail vehicle technical standards system,providing reference for the planning and establishment of China's smart city rail standards system.

Studies on Agricultural Scientific and Technical Information Core Metadata Register System

To construct the Agricultural Scientific and Technical Information Core Metadata （ASTICM） standard and its expanding principles, and to develop a register system based on ASTICM, the policy and methods of DC （Dublin Core） and SDBCM （Scientific Database Core Metadata） were studied. The construction of ASTICM has started from the proposed elements of the DCMI （Dublin Core Metadata Initiative）, and has expanded the DC and SDBCM with related expanding principles. ASTICM finally includes 75 metadata elements, five expanded principles, and seven application profile creation methods. According to the requirement analysis of a large number of users of agricultural information, a register system based on ASTICM was developed. The ASTICM standard framework and its register system supported the search, sharing, integration exchange and other applications, effectively.

Combining Likelihood Information from Independent Investigations

Fisher [1] proposed a simple method to combine p-values from independent investigations without using detailed information of the original data. In recent years, likelihood-based asymptotic methods have been developed to produce highly accurate p-values. These likelihood-based methods generally required the likelihood function and the standardized maximum likelihood estimates departure calculated in the canonical parameter scale. In this paper, a method is proposed to obtain a p-value by combining the likelihood functions and the standardized maximum likelihood estimates departure of independent investigations for testing a scalar parameter of interest. Examples are presented to illustrate the application of the proposed method and simulation studies are performed to compare the accuracy of the proposed method with Fisher’s method.

Study on Shanghai Water Management Information Standard and its application

In Shanghai, three trades including water conservancy, water supply and water drainage are managed integratively by Shanghai Water Authority. However, trade division is apparent among them, and information sharing needs to be strengthened. Therefore, lack of information standard is becoming an urgent problem to be solved. According to the strategic objectives of "Golden Water Project" in China and "Digital City" in Shanghai, "Shanghai Water Management Information Standard" is made for normalizing information classifications, codes, terms, GIS symbols and attributed data structures. It not only coincides with national standards, ministerial standards and Shanghai local standards, but also embodies the characteristic of integrated water management in Shanghai. It provides "traffic rule" for resources integrating and information sharing. Some good research ideas such as omni-direction, multi-levels and facing application can be popularized in other provinces and municipalities of China.

ISO25000-Related Metrics for Evaluating the Quality of Complex Information Systems

Evaluating complex information systems necessitates deep contextual knowledge of technology, user needs, and quality. The quality evaluation challenges increase with the system’s complexity, especially when multiple services supported by varied technological modules, are offered. Existing standards for software quality, such as the ISO25000 series, provide a broad framework for evaluation. Broadness offers initial implementation ease albeit, it often lacks specificity to cater to individual system modules. This paper maps 48 data metrics and 175 software metrics on specific system modules while aligning them with ISO standard quality traits. Using the ISO25000 series as a foundation, especially ISO25010 and 25012, this research seeks to augment the applicability of these standards to multi-faceted systems, exemplified by five distinct software modules prevalent in modern information ecosystems.

Study on the Diffusion Performance of Standard E-Government Information Systems

Standard e-government information system(SEIS) including mobile-government applications are playing more and more important roles in the establishing of national e-government framework. It can be beneficial not only for avoiding redundant e-government IS development but also for improving collaboration among government agencies. Two research questions were explored: what are the factors influencing the performance of SEIS? Will mandatory SEIS create a better performance than non-mandatory SEIS? Specifically, the use of five categories of IS aspects--information system quality, online service quality, offline service quality, diffusion modes and standard network size—is proposed to understand the performance of SEIS through applying both survey study and simulation study. The results show that information system quality and online service quality of SEIS have strong effects on users' expectation and users' satisfaction, which thereafter promotes the performance of SEIS. Government agencies' offline service quality shows a significant effect on users' satisfaction while not on users' expectation. Furthermore, the diffusion speed of SEIS in non-mandatory and mandatory modes and the standard network size also have great influence on the utility of SEIS.

A comparative analysis of accounting standards for enterprises in China and Vietnam

Accounting standards is one of the core of each enterprise, each country has different accounting standards, leading to its application is different, will affect the development of enterprises. This paper simply analyzes the difference between the emergence and application of accounting standards between Chinese and Vietnamese enterprises. Secondly, it analyzes the content differences ofaccounting standards, the quality of accounting information, accounting elements and so on.

The Work of JTCA in Standardizing and Improving the Quality of Operating Information in Japan

Main Activities of JTCA JTCA activities cover the following five areas: ……

Analysis of the Standardization of Administrative Management in Colleges and Universities Under the Background of Information Technology

In the development of the information age,universities should recognize the significant impact of information technology on their own development.In practice,it is possible to effectively improve the efficiency and quality of work by dealing with and constructing information-based methods,innovating administrative management models,and adopting more efficient and scientific methods to address various problems and shortcomings encountered in work.As an important part of university management,administrative management is a complex task.Establishing a standardized management model through information technology can further improve the comprehensive efficiency of administrative management.In this regard,the administrative standardization in universities under the background of information technology is analyzed and studied in this paper.

基于钢结构BIM模型的结构分析数据转换和软件开发

为解决当前在钢结构建筑信息模型(building information modeling,BIM)与结构分析模型之间进行数据转换时存在的关键技术问题,本文在分析工业基础类(industry foundation classes,IFC)标准表达方法的基础上,以ABAQUS为结构分析平台,开发了钢结构BIM模型数据转换算法,运用C#语言和Xbim工具包,实现了结构构件信息提取、构件空间位置调整和分析数据自动添加,并形成了相应的转换软件;通过钢框架结构实例分析验证了该软件的可靠性和准确性,并将其应用于安阳市游客集散中心的BIM模型转换和结构分析。结果表明,所开发的算法和软件解决了生成的结构分析模型节点不连接和人工添加分析数据工作量大等问题,实现了BIM中的钢结构设计模型或深化设计模型向ABAQUS结构分析模型数据的准确转换。与传统的在ABAQUS中直接建立结构分析模型相比,本文提出的方法能大大提高复杂钢结构的结构分析建模速度和效率。

基于Web Services的分布式信息过滤系统实现

利用Web Services、.Net和C#技术实现了一个分布式信息过滤系统,给出了系统的设计方案,并针对项目中的4个部分,即总控端Web服务、具有过滤功能的Windows服务、主机端Web服务以及总控端管理程序等关键部分进行开发。该分布式信息过滤系统实现了Web Services技术的跨平台互操作、防火墙的穿越、功能的复用、服务器的中立、业务的可扩展和应用程序的无缝集成。

电动汽车与电网互动:综述与展望

随着新能源发电、电动汽车的大规模发展,电网的调节能力持续下降,新能源消纳的压力日益增加,配电网的薄弱性逐渐暴露。电动汽车与电网互动技术的推广应用对于充电需求的满足、配电网建设压力的缓解、电动汽车灵活性资源的利用及新能源消纳都具有重要意义。文中从电动汽车与电网互动的技术研究、相关政策与标准制定、基础设施及能量管理等平台、信息安全以及示范应用五大方面入手,对电动汽车与电网互动领域的研究现状进行了系统总结,指出了现有研究中的不足之处,并进一步探讨了未来电动汽车与电网互动领域的潜在研究方向。

信息资源管理学科标准化人才培养模式研究——以“N+2+3”培养模式为例

信息资源管理学科与标准化领域关联密切,随着信息产业规模的不断扩大,标准化工作的重要性在信息资源管理领域逐渐凸显。本文旨在基于当前标准化人才培养的经验,优化信息资源管理标准化人才的培养模式。通过文献研究、网络调查对国内外人才培养的现状进行调查;采用访谈法和参与式观察对信息资源管理标准化人才培养的典型案例进行实地调研,继而进行案例分析。该典型案例中,信息资源管理标准化人才培养采用“N+2+3”模式,即“标准驱动、两层培育、三维协同”。通过比较该模式与国内外标准化人才培养的经验,发现该模式存在教学主体不够多元、忽略产业和市场需求的问题。基于此提出了优化模型,以促进更加全面的信息资源管理标准化人才培养。