Examining citizens' perceived value of internet of things technologies in facilitating public sector services engagement

With the advancement of disruptive new technologies, there has been a considerable focus on personalisation as an important component in nurturing users' engagement. In the context of smart cities, Internet of Things (IoT) offer a unique opportunity to help empower citizens and improve societies' engagement with their governments at both micro and macro levels. This study aims to examine the role of perceived value of IoT in improving citizens' engagement with public services. A survey of 313 citizens in the UK, engaging in various public services, enabled through IoT, found that the perceived value of IoT is strongly influenced by empowerment, perceived usefulness and privacy related issues resulting in significantly affecting their continuous use intentions. The study offers valuable insights into the importance of perceived value of IoT-enabled services, while at the same time, providing an intersectional perspective of UK citizens towards the use of disruptive new technologies in the public sector.     

中国科技期刊“走出去”路径探析——以航空航天科技期刊为例

深化改革培育世界一流科技期刊是当前的紧迫任务,要求科技期刊“走出去”,在世界舞台与国际科技期刊同台竞争。为探索中国科技期刊“走出去”路径,以航空航天科技期刊为例,介绍当前该类期刊“走出去”现状,指出存在的问题,并分别从中英文刊的不同角度出发,阐述航空航天学术期刊“走出去”的可行路径,同时辅以案例分析,验证所提路径的有效性。强调“走出去”需要强化保护版权意识。这为探讨中国科技期刊如何“走出去”提供有益参考。     

提高稿件初审效率和质量的新方法——以《仿生工程学报》实践为例

为了在保证期刊的学术质量的基础上,提高稿件初审的效率,本文结合编辑部的工作实际,提出了一种从稿件最后的结论开始看起,反向追溯作者的研究过程,以提问的方式一路质疑到引言部分的初审方法。实践结果表明通过这种方式对文章进行梳理,可以快速地对文章的科学性和逻辑性做出判断,从而高效地完成初审工作,并有助于给出明确的让作者信服的初审意见。此外,还指出了几点初审中应注意的问题。     

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.     

Chinese Students in Kennesaw State University Libraries: Their Perceptions and Patterns of Use

With the globalization in education, there has been an influx of Chinese students studying in the United States. The needs and challenges of understanding their backgrounds and their perceptions about libraries are becoming more present and urgent for librarians who are on the frontline of serving this special cohort. To discover and address the growing needs and challenges, we surveyed 42 Chinese students at Kennesaw State University, analyzed the data collected, and discussed the research results. Our goal is to identify the characteristics common to this group and to provide some insightful information to our fellow librarians.     

基于同构性档案本质的档案元数据核心集元问题研究

本文在“元数据”定义的基础上,应用同构性档案本质观点详细地阐述了档案元数据核心集构建中的元问题,将“档案元数据核心集”定义为“档案历史联系数据的数据集合”,揭示出了档案元数据核心集“整理档案历史联系”的根本功能以及“必须最大限度保持档案历史联系与历史同构性”的构建原则,以此印证了同构性档案本质观点的理论导向功能及其科学性和实用性。     

基于协同保障机制的云南少数民族传统手工艺特色档案数据库建设

云南少数民族传统手工艺档案蕴含着云南少数民族的文化价值观、思想智慧和实践经验,具有重要的保护及开发利用价值。本文基于协同保障机制的背景,阐述了云南少数民族传统手工艺特色档案数据库建设的必要性,分析了云南少数民族传统手工艺特色档案数据库协同机制建设的可行性,并针对云南少数民族传统手工艺特色档案数据库建设现状及问题,提出了相应的建设路径。     

论网络环境中科技编辑对学术成果的价值判断

网络时代学术期刊的社会功能已发生价值位移,从注重科研成果的首次发布转变为注重科研成果的社会认同.科技编辑应该针对不同学科的发展状况,判断该学科科学规范的实际价值,在鉴定学术成果过程中对常规研究和创新研究作出不同的价值评定.科技编辑还应对学术成果的表达方式有所创新.     

用"第三只眼"看科技学术期刊审稿人

在肯定科技学术期刊审稿人重要作用的前提下,认为绝大多数审稿人是值得颂扬的,其奉献精神值得刊社人员学习,但也有少数审稿人因种种原因不能很好地承担审稿任务,刊社在使用审定意见时必须慎重.     

科技论文英文注释语句中的省略问题

通过对科技论文英文注释语句中省略现象的分析,归纳出其省略用法的一般规则:省略注释语句的主语、动词be以及常用短语中的虚词;用标点符号替代注释句的谓语动词.对经常出现的注释句中的省略错误进行剖析,并给出了相应的修改方法.