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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Sustainable Environmental Awareness Through Community Service Activities: Rangsit University Library (IFLA Green Library Winner Award 2020) Case Study
No full textRangsit University Library, the Winner of IFLA Green Library Award 2020 has started its friendly environmental activities since 2005 continuously including being assessed according to the green library standards of the Library Association of Thailand in 2017. Subsequently, activities were developed to become a green office according to the standards of the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand. Emphasizing the importance of good environmental management, the Library has been awarded the symbol G-Green (gold level - excellent) at the national level in 2019. The following year, the Library has been awarded the Winner of the 2020 IFLA Green Library Award. Rangsit University Library therefore has a body of knowledge in environmental management and has brought knowledge to the community by organizing various activities that provide knowledge and concepts to be able to implement for the benefit of the people in the community.
The activities are conducted both internally and externally. For internal activities, it is an activity organized for groups of users within the university to participate, including faculty members, staff, and students. For external activities, there are activities organized for teachers, students in elementary schools around neighborhood such as Wat Rangsit School, Wat Kai Tia School and also government organizations such as the Juvenile Observation Center, Pathum Thani Province Government.
Besides, the workshop for environment literacy, the activities are includes the DIY from trash recycling and upcycling, environmental friendly multipurpose liquid making, etc. Those activities will help these communities realize the value of environmentally friendly and create value for oneself and society for sustainable development and the importance of the environment.
Rangsit University Library, not only academic and research supports but also provides services to the community. With various group of lecturers, students, and staff in the university and group of schools and organizations in neighborhood community, the library has collaborated and created partnerships in order to sharing the knowledge, experiences in environment conservation and management and fostering to achieve sustainable development in accordance with the goals of the UN SDGs.
Rangsit University Library commits to serve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Since 2018, the library has organized and implemented many services and activities that supported the UN SDGs framework. In 2020, the Library served 9 UN SDGs and at present (2023), the 12 UN SDGs. Regarding the community services and activities in raising the sustainable environment awareness, the Library has supported at least 10 UN SDGs such as goal 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, and 14. These could emphasize that the Library realizes the important role of building a sustainable future for its society and community and the importance of creating partnership to achieve the global goals
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The use of ISO 9001 quality standard in higher education institution libraries
No full textPodeu consultar la versió en català a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/16844 ; i en castellà a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/16810[eng] ISO standard 9001 is one of a set of management tools that libraries have adopted in recent years. This article focuses on libraries in higher education institutions that have received ISO certification of their quality management systems (ISO standard 9001:2000). We examine their reasons for seeking certification and the advantages and difficulties they have encountered in applying this ISO standard. Finally, we consider the future prospects of ISO standard 9001 in university libraries.[cat] La norma ISO 9001 és un dels instruments de gestió que han estat adoptats per les biblioteques durant els darrers anys. En aquest article es presenten els trets principals de les biblioteques d'institucions d'ensenyament superior que han assolit la certificació dels seus sistemes de gestió de la qualitat amb la norma ISO 9001:2000, els motius que les han dut a certificar-se, i els avantatges i les dificultats que els ha comportat aplicar-la. Finalment, s'ofereix una visió prospectiva sobre el futur de la norma ISO 9001 a les biblioteques universitàries
Sustainable Environmental Awareness Through Community Service Activities: Rangsit University Library (IFLA Green Library Winner Award 2020) Case Study
No full textRangsit University Library, the Winner of IFLA Green Library Award 2020 has started its friendly environmental activities since 2005 continuously including being assessed according to the green library standards of the Library Association of Thailand in 2017. Subsequently, activities were developed to become a green office according to the standards of the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand. Emphasizing the importance of good environmental management, the Library has been awarded the symbol G-Green (gold level - excellent) at the national level in 2019. The following year, the Library has been awarded the Winner of the 2020 IFLA Green Library Award. Rangsit University Library therefore has a body of knowledge in environmental management and has brought knowledge to the community by organizing various activities that provide knowledge and concepts to be able to implement for the benefit of the people in the community.
The activities are conducted both internally and externally. For internal activities, it is an activity organized for groups of users within the university to participate, including faculty members, staff, and students. For external activities, there are activities organized for teachers, students in elementary schools around neighborhood such as Wat Rangsit School, Wat Kai Tia School and also government organizations such as the Juvenile Observation Center, Pathum Thani Province Government.
Besides, the workshop for environment literacy, the activities are includes the DIY from trash recycling and upcycling, environmental friendly multipurpose liquid making, etc. Those activities will help these communities realize the value of environmentally friendly and create value for oneself and society for sustainable development and the importance of the environment.
Rangsit University Library, not only academic and research supports but also provides services to the community. With various group of lecturers, students, and staff in the university and group of schools and organizations in neighborhood community, the library has collaborated and created partnerships in order to sharing the knowledge, experiences in environment conservation and management and fostering to achieve sustainable development in accordance with the goals of the UN SDGs.
Rangsit University Library commits to serve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Since 2018, the library has organized and implemented many services and activities that supported the UN SDGs framework. In 2020, the Library served 9 UN SDGs and at present (2023), the 12 UN SDGs. Regarding the community services and activities in raising the sustainable environment awareness, the Library has supported at least 10 UN SDGs such as goal 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, and 14. These could emphasize that the Library realizes the important role of building a sustainable future for its society and community and the importance of creating partnership to achieve the global goals
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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