Through investigating both users' and librarians' perceptions of the relative importance of the major criteria governing the selection of digital resources, we attempted to develop a criterion weight framework...Through investigating both users' and librarians' perceptions of the relative importance of the major criteria governing the selection of digital resources, we attempted to develop a criterion weight framework for a library's selection of digital resources, which can meet both the users' requirements and the library's goal of developing digital collections. The respective weight of each specific criterion is decided through the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) Method. The findings of this study indicate that, when assigning weights to the selection criteria, it is important to consult the opinions of a wide crosssection of people, especially the views of different users. As a result, the digital resource selection system characterized by the criteria weights can reflect more comprehensively the users' requirements, and meanwhile it enables librarians' more rational selection of digital resources.展开更多
The rising acceptance of e-only policy and open access initiative transforms the collection composition in academic libraries. Accordingly, the roles of electronic, print and open access journals as part of a library...The rising acceptance of e-only policy and open access initiative transforms the collection composition in academic libraries. Accordingly, the roles of electronic, print and open access journals as part of a library’s journal holdings have become different from the past, which needs to be brought to the forefront. Samples of this research are drawn from the articles whose first author is from Wuhan University. They should be issued in 2013 and indexed by SCIE, SSCI or A&HCI. The authors introduced an improved citation checking method to the study by matching the journal cited references of the sample with the journals from print, electronic collections and the world’s major open access databases that are available at the Wuhan University Library in accordance with the publishing year instead of the volume number. Thus, the availability and unavailability of the source journals in open access, electronic, and print journal resources can be examined and compared in a comprehensive manner. By comparing the effectiveness of these three formats of resources as the reference source of published articles, this article attempts to analyze their features and tendencies under the current open access environment as well as discusses how the development of open access journals has impacted the collection building of university libraries in China, so as to provide enlightenment and reference for academic libraries to optimize their resource provision and meet the patrons’ current needs.展开更多
Libraries in China's higher education institutions have been developing in keeping pace with the flourishing development of China's higher education. This article aims to make an introduction to the constructi...Libraries in China's higher education institutions have been developing in keeping pace with the flourishing development of China's higher education. This article aims to make an introduction to the construction of China's higher education libraries, especially the recent three decades' achievements since China's reform and opening-up in 1978. In this article, the authors draw a general picture of the development of libraries in China's higher education institutions, covering such eight aspects as management, types and positioning,organizational structure and personnel, expenditure and buildings, reader service, building and sharing of resources as well as automation system.展开更多
基金the Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences of the Chinese Ministry of Education(Grant No.:10CTQ011)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.:20100470971)
文摘Through investigating both users' and librarians' perceptions of the relative importance of the major criteria governing the selection of digital resources, we attempted to develop a criterion weight framework for a library's selection of digital resources, which can meet both the users' requirements and the library's goal of developing digital collections. The respective weight of each specific criterion is decided through the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) Method. The findings of this study indicate that, when assigning weights to the selection criteria, it is important to consult the opinions of a wide crosssection of people, especially the views of different users. As a result, the digital resource selection system characterized by the criteria weights can reflect more comprehensively the users' requirements, and meanwhile it enables librarians' more rational selection of digital resources.
文摘The rising acceptance of e-only policy and open access initiative transforms the collection composition in academic libraries. Accordingly, the roles of electronic, print and open access journals as part of a library’s journal holdings have become different from the past, which needs to be brought to the forefront. Samples of this research are drawn from the articles whose first author is from Wuhan University. They should be issued in 2013 and indexed by SCIE, SSCI or A&HCI. The authors introduced an improved citation checking method to the study by matching the journal cited references of the sample with the journals from print, electronic collections and the world’s major open access databases that are available at the Wuhan University Library in accordance with the publishing year instead of the volume number. Thus, the availability and unavailability of the source journals in open access, electronic, and print journal resources can be examined and compared in a comprehensive manner. By comparing the effectiveness of these three formats of resources as the reference source of published articles, this article attempts to analyze their features and tendencies under the current open access environment as well as discusses how the development of open access journals has impacted the collection building of university libraries in China, so as to provide enlightenment and reference for academic libraries to optimize their resource provision and meet the patrons’ current needs.
基金supported by the National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science(Grant No.04BTQ002)
文摘Libraries in China's higher education institutions have been developing in keeping pace with the flourishing development of China's higher education. This article aims to make an introduction to the construction of China's higher education libraries, especially the recent three decades' achievements since China's reform and opening-up in 1978. In this article, the authors draw a general picture of the development of libraries in China's higher education institutions, covering such eight aspects as management, types and positioning,organizational structure and personnel, expenditure and buildings, reader service, building and sharing of resources as well as automation system.
