欧洲PATLIB中心项目对我国高校图书馆专利信息服务的启示

[目的/意义] 欧洲专利局与欧盟成员国合作成立了330多个PATLIB项目中心,其中约37%的主办机构设立在大学。深入分析欧洲PATLIB中心项目的服务运行实践,对于推进我国高校图书馆的专利信息服务具有重要的借鉴意义。[方法/过程] 采用文献调研和网络调研方法,对欧洲PATLIB中心项目的开展情况进行分析,以设立在大学中的PATLIB项目中心为研究对象,对其所开展的专利信息服务进行研究。[结果/结论] 借鉴欧洲PATLIB中心项目的实践经验,得到对我国高校图书馆开展信息服务工作的启示,并进一步指出构建具有反馈机制的高校图书馆专利信息服务体系势在必行。     

Scholarly Information Seeking of Academic Engineers and Technologists

This study aimed to investigate the scholarly information-seeking behavior of academic engineers and technologists working at the University of the Punjab. The purpose of the study was to investigate the various information sources being used by academic engineers and technologists for their scholarly tasks, with a focus on use patterns of e-journals. A quantitative study employing “survey” method was conducted to achieve the research objectives. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all regular and contractual academic engineers and technologists working at the university and a response rate of 61% was achieved. The study findings showed that the respondents' most-used information sources were e-journals, e-books, discussion with colleagues, and electronic research reports. They accessed e-journal articles through general search engines, Google Scholar, and open access e-journal websites. Majority of the respondents used e-journals for keeping themselves up-to-date and supervising researchers. While previous studies have investigated academic and practitioner engineers' information-seeking habits, this study is valuable as it investigated academic engineers' and technologists' scholarly information-seeking behavior in relation to their e-journals use patterns.     

Behavioral Intention to Adopt Digital Library by the Undergraduates

The purpose of this research is to investigate the factors that affect undergraduates' behavioral intention to use digital library among the private universities in Malaysia. The target respondents are undergraduates from Malaysian private universities. Questionnaires were distributed among 500 undergraduates through either online or face-to-face method. Reliability test, normality test, Pearson Correlation Coefficient analysis, and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) were carried out for data analysis. Performance expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, habit, and information quality had a positive and significant association with behavioral intention to adopt a digital library except for effort expectancy. This research successfully reinforced that the inspiration to ameliorate Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT 2) by synthesis of Information Systems Success Model (ISSM). This proposed framework with a combination of ISSM and UTAUT 2 has enhanced the fitness of UTAUT 2. Universities that have yet to implement digital library can comprehend undergraduates' needs better by considering all the significant factors to develop a digital library. The universities with the digital library may also notice the important features of the existing digital library that should be maintained and upgraded constantly so that they can fulfil undergraduates' requirements.     

Health information seeking behaviour: the librarian's role in supporting digital and health literacy

This paper is based on Rachel Butler's dissertation carried out at the University of Sheffield as part of the MA Library and Information Services Management. The study examines people's online health information seeking skills, with the specific aim to identify how libraries and health services can work together in supporting digital and health literacy. A survey approach is used to explore online searching habits as well as librarian and health professionals’ views on health literacy. The key findings indicate that whilst the majority of respondents consider themselves to be health literate, there was an overall agreement that effective education and support could be achieved through the collaboration between libraries and health services, and specifically to signpost information and to provide targeted education. The limitations of the research for dissertation are recognised leading to recommendations that further study focuses on the impact of signposting and education on health literacy.F.J.     

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand: a review of the Teaching and Learning in Action feature

Appointed at the turn of the year Donna Iriving is the incoming Teaching and Learning in Action Regular Feature Editor, in this quarters issue Donna presents and overview of Regular Features over the past five years to share examples of your best practice.     

Ugandan health libraries in the 21st century: key initiatives and challenges

This article is part of a series in this regular feature which looks at new directions in health science libraries. This paper highlights new initiatives aimed at ensuring health libraries can contribute to the development of Uganda in the 21st century and the challenges facing libraries. It stresses that for libraries to be successful they need to form networks and collaborations for resource sharing; take advantage of the benefits of information technology; computerise their library systems; as well as invest in the development of staff. The paper highlights the main challenge facing the library service as inadequate funding both from government for public‐funded health libraries and the private sector (for privately funded health libraries). The paper concludes that, despite the bottlenecks brought about by inadequate funding, Ugandan health libraries have taken positive steps to support health research and education, as well as patient care, not just for Uganda, but for the whole of the East African region. J.M.     

Put your instruction to the test: Half a dozen question types for evaluating students

There are different types of questions that can be used to determine whether students learned what they were taught in an information literacy (IL) session. This article summarizes best practices from the education literature for constructing short-answer, alternative-response, matching, multiple-choice, interpretative, and essay questions, as well as includes question examples from the author’s own experience delivering IL instruction.     

基于扎根理论的老年人中医药信息行为整体情境分析

[目的/意义] 探索和分析老年人中医药信息行为相关的情境因素,为开展更高效的中医药信息服务提供理论支撑和依据。[方法/过程] 主要采用质性研究中的扎根理论方法,于2017年3月至2018年6月,选取了22位老年人进行半结构深入访谈。针对访谈资料,采用三级编码方法,通过不断比较,对老年人中医药信息行为的情境进行深入分析。研究提出包含30个概念,8个次范畴,2个主范畴的老年人中医药信息行为情境相关概念体系。[结果/结论] 老年人中医药信息行为的情境是由主体情境和主体条件共同构建的整体情境,两个情境组成要素相互区别又共同作用,推动、激发、调节着老年人的中医药信息行为。     

云服务协议引发的信息安全风险及图情机构的应对措施

[目的/意义] 云服务在图书馆的应用可有效提升图书馆的数据存储与计算能力,但也为图书馆带来众多信息资源安全问题,而云计算服务协议的不规范性更加剧了图书馆面临的信息安全风险。[方法/过程] 选取8家云服务代表运营商的服务协议作为样本,聚焦云服务协议中有关信息安全的条款,从数据收集、数据存储、数据传输、数据访问和服务安全等5个方面深入分析当前云服务协议条款中存在的信息安全风险。[结果/结论] 图书馆应用云服务可能面临的信息安全风险包括：云服务协议内容缺失,用户信息安全难以得到确切保护;云服务协议表述模糊,尚未建立健全的安全保障机制;云服务协议的制定更有利于云提供商,用户权利易受侵犯。在此环境下,图书馆应当进一步明确图书馆用户数据的所有权,强调图书馆信息资源的安全性。