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Assessment of Self-Archiving in Institutional Repositories: Depositorship and Full-Text Availability
No full textThis research evaluates the success of open access self-archiving in several well-known institutional repositories. Two assessment factors have been applied to examine the current practice of self-archiving: depositorship and the availability of full text. This research discovers that the rate of author self-archiving is low and that the majority of documents have been deposited by a librarian or administrative staff. Similarly, the rate of full-text availability is relatively low, except for Australian repositories. By identifying different practices of self-archiving, repository managers can create new strategies for the operation of their repositories and the development of archiving policies
Applying the NISO Metasearch Initiative Scheme to Enhance E-Resources Management at Rutgers University Library
No full textThis paper discusses problems in the management of library e-resources and attempts to identify potential solutions to the problems. By describing an e-resources enhancement project taken by Rutgers University Libraries, this paper points to the importance of providing contextually-rich metadata and reorganizing the accessibility of e-resources on a library’s website. It introduces how this Rutgers project adopted the National Information Standards Organization Metasearch Initiative to support the identification of appropriate e-collections for metaseaching. The outcomes of the project have facilitated a dynamic display of relevant e-resources to library users as an effective way of automatic access to library e-collections.Peer reviewe
A Metadata Manager's Role in Collaborative Projects: The Rutgers University Libraries Experience
No full textPurpose – This article discusses the roles and responsibilities of a metadata manager in collaborative digital projects.
Methodology – It describes the general requirements for metadata management, and introduces some scenarios in the practices of digital projects by the Rutgers University Libraries to support the generalized definition. A workflow of metadata management is illustrated.
Practical implications – With an explicit definition of the roles and responsibilities of the metadata manager, many other digital libraries that need to develop a new or optimize the existing workflow may find the Rutgers experience useful as reference.
Originality – Very few articles have explored this topic although the functions of metadata in the development of digital projects have been talked extensively.Peer reviewe
Factors to Assess Self-Archiving in Institutional Repositories
No full textThis paper proposes a group of factors that may be used to assess the success of open access self-archiving. It concentrates on self-archiving in institutional repositories. The authors emphasize the importance of examining content materials, particularly the availability of full text versus abstracts and the deposits archived by authors versus by others.Peer reviewe
Batch Loading in Metadata Creation: A Case Study the Rutgers University Libraries Experience
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this article is to describe a workflow of automated batch loading metadata from existing text to a database.
Methodology/Approach – It introduces a case for the experience of metadata creation at Rutgers University Libraries in a collaborative digital project with the Hoboken Public Library in New Jersey.
Findings – It is found that a well-designed workflow is crucial to the success of metadata batch loading. It is also found that the metadata manager needs to collaborate with people of different roles and work carefully with data reorganization and transferring.
Practical Implications – Metadata creation and management is an integrated component of any digital project. Our experience in metadata batch loading has practical significance that may be incorporated into the practice of other metadata projects. The workflow introduced in this article will provide valuable example for librarians and information professionals to consider or redesign their own digital efforts.
Originality – Based on our real exercise, this workflow has been proven to be unique and useful. It was, after the writing of this article, applied to a new collaborative digital project and once again fulfilled the requirements for another batch transferring process.Peer reviewe
Studies of Flowering Character of 'Hui Sun'(Pyrus koehnei) Pear
No full textThe number of flower from single bud of 'Hui Sun' was 8 to 9 and the percentage of flowering uniformity was 91%±4 at lowland in Taiwan with very little chilling. For different circumstances of pollen germination, the rates of pollen germination were 46%, 43%, 44% and 51% when cultured in 30℃, pH5.5, 1% agar and 15% sucrose, respectively.The fruit could be obtained from the hybridization of 'Hui Sun' pear and pollen parent 'Hui Sun' pear.臺灣野梨單芽開花數平均為8~9朵，於低海拔開花整齊度為91±4%。花粉發芽環境，溫度30℃時有46%之發芽率，pH值於5.5時有43%之發芽率，洋菜濃度1%時有44%之發芽率，蔗糖濃度15%時有51%之發芽率。利用台灣野梨之花粉授粉於豐水梨，可獲得果實
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Oral History Interview with Hui Sun, November 18, 2012
No full textInterview with Hui Sun, a Chinese-American immigrant from Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Hui Sun discusses her childhood, her marriage, coming to the United States, American and Chinese culture, her children, parenting, her local Chinese community, Chinese holidays, reflections on love and personal growth, and her service in the People's Liberation Army
Genome analysis of medicinal Ganoderma spp. with plant-pathogenic and saprotrophic life-styles
No full textKües, Ursula, Nelson, David R., Liu, Chang, Yu, Guo-Jun, Zhang, Jianhui, Li, Jianqin, Wang, Xin-Cun, Sun, Hui (2015): Genome analysis of medicinal Ganoderma spp. with plant-pathogenic and saprotrophic life-styles. Phytochemistry 114: 18-37, DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.11.019, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.11.01
Mesopolobus mesoeminulus Sun & Xiao 2005
No full textMesopolobus mesoeminulus Sun & Xiao, 2005 (Fig. 12) Mesopolobus mesoeminulus Sun & Xiao, 2005: 832–833. Material examined. China. ♀ (holotype), Tibet Lhasa, 3 650 m, 27 August 2001, coll. Chaodong Zhu; 2♀ 9♂ (paratypes), same data as holotype; 1♀ (paratype), Tibet Xigazê, 3 960 m, 30 August 2001, coll. Chaodong Zhu. Biology. Unknown. Distribution. China (Qinghai, Yunnan, Tibet).Published as part of Xiao, Hui, Sun, Lei, Jiao, Tianyang & Li, Zi, 2016, A revision of Chinese species of Mesopolobus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) with descriptions of four new species from China, pp. 64-81 in Zoological Systematics 41 (1) on page 69, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201604, http://zenodo.org/record/461757
Efficient recovery of lithium from spent lithium-ion battery raffinate by Mn and Al-based adsorbents: pretreatment, adsorption mechanism, and performance comparison
No full textAs a strong wave of retired lithium-ion battery approaches, lithium extraction from spent lithium-ion battery
raffinate (SLR) becomes increasingly critical for environmental protection and for sustainable lithium supply. To
understand the factors that affect maximum recovery of lithium from SLR, the organic and inorganic components
of SLR were initially determined. The organic matter content (up to 760.5 mg/L) seriously impacted the recovery
rate of lithium. Therefore, SLR was managed with a series of pretreatment techniques, including coagulation,
biochar aerogel adsorption, and ultrafiltration, achieving more than 84.3% removal of organic substances.
H1.33Mn1.67O4 and Li/Al layered double hydroxides adsorbents were then synthesized by solid state reaction
method and hydrothermal method, respectively, granulated into spheres with a PVC skeleton, and applied to
recycle lithium from pretreated SLR in a fixed bed adsorption column. The results indicated that both Mn and Albased
adsorbents exhibited rapid adsorption kinetics, reaching saturation within 2 h. The Mn-based adsorbent
exhibited superior adsorption selectivity for Li+ and higher Li+/Na+ separation factor (αLNia) compared to Albased
adsorbent, with partition coefficients and αLNia values equal to 6.62 mL/g, 8.79 for the former material,
and 4.92 mL/g, 8.17 for the latter. On the other hand, the Al-based adsorbent displayed better stability with
negligible Al loss, while Mn loss from the related adsorbent was less than 0.2% in every adsorption–desorption
cycle. Notably, both adsorbents demonstrated excellent reusability with their adsorption capacity maintained
after twenty adsorption–desorption cycles
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