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The advent and universal of scholarly communication and the widely application of artificial intelligence in digital scholarship have posed both opportunities and challenges for academic libraries with patrons anticipating more diversified library services delivered through convenient, customized and refined ways. This paper aims to investigate the current development of digital scholarship services in China's academic libraries and explore how these services can be reshaped based on user relationship management. With methods of literature review, the development trends and innovative models of digital scholarship services of academic libraries were studied. By website surveys, it probed into the digital scholarship services and the operational structure of libraries from 42 of the first-class universities in China. The study reveals a comparison of digital scholarship services in China and abroad and concludes that the digital scholarship services in academic libraries in China are still in its infancy. Although academic libraries are attentive to user relationships and continuously adapt their services to meet the diverse needs of users, there is a scarcity of universities capable of delivering comprehensive research services according to the scientific research paradigm and only a small fraction of the surveyed libraries have specific digital service department. Based on the theoretical foundation of user relationship management in the Compass Report for Academic Libraries on User Relationship Management released by Steering Committee of Academic Libraries in China, it proposes to remodel digital scholarly services in academic libraries in the context of digital scholarly communication from five perspectives. (1) To identify specific user demands according to scientific research life circle including data access, storage, analysis, and sharing. (2) To recognize different patterns of demands among disciplines and communities, constructing user profiles with differentiated service indicators and goals for efficient services. (3) To subdivide the digital scholarship services into three categories as basic services, expected services and value-added services based on the KANO model with detailed contents and standards to meet multi-level user demands. (4) To construct a multi-dimensional user management platform, integrating user data with library operational data to present the academic needs, research trends and service expectations of users and accurately evaluate the services through user feedback mechanisms. (5) To emphasis the importance of staff training by developing digital competencies, practices and knowledge to augment support for digital scholarship services. Further research on detailed remodel procedures and applications of user relationship management in practices are needed in future study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper briefly describes the operation of library storage facilities in the USA and introduces the latest developments in shared storage facilities of U.S. academic libraries by taking ReCAP as an example. The developments provide implications for the shared storage facilities of Chinese academic libraries: standing “above the institution” to enhance collaboration, creating an efficient and shared storage model, developing ASRS, providing seamless discovery services; and ensuring sustainable development of shared storage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In 2021, compared with the previous year, the total funds of Chinese academic libraries and average literature resources purchase fee decreased slightly and the average paper literature resources purchase fee increased slightly. The average electronic resources purchase fee was 3.37 million yuan, slightly lower than the previous year. Yet, the proportion of literature resources purchase fee increased by 7.9% compared with the previous year, which showed academic libraries might actively respond to the new needs of readers under the environment of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control. The average library space was 25.500 thousand square meters, unchanged from the previous year. The professional titles of library directors were mainly senior and associate senior professional. The average number of positioned staff were 28.9, which kept downward trend. However, the academic degree of positioned staff had improved significantly, and the number of staff with doctor’s degree and master’s degree kept increasing in 2021. The average of part-time job student kept stable. Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the utilization rate of library resources increased significantly compared with the previous year. The average volume of books and periodicals borrowed in academic library were 54 thousand. The average cumulative volume of paper books were 1.315 million including 12 thousand volume of ancient books. We can estimate that the total volume of ancient books in Chinese academic libraries might be over 15.038 million volumes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2022, compared with the previous year, the total funds of Chinese academic libraries in- creased slightly. The average literature resources purchase fee was 1 million and 981 thousand Yuan and de creased slightly from last year. The average electronic resources purchase fee was 3 million and 617 thousand Yuan increased slightly compared with the previous year. The average library space was 260 thou- sand square meters, increased slightly from the previous year. The professional titles of library directors were mainly senior and associate senior professional. The average number of positioned staff were 28.6 which kept slightly downward trend. The academic degree of positioned staff had improved significantly, and the number of staff with doctors degree and masters degree kept increasing in 2022. However, the young positioned staff whose age was below 29 years old were very scarce with 3.7% and their average were 1.07 person per academic library. The average of contract staff and temporary staff decreased while part- time job students increased. The utilization rate of library resources decreased compared with the previous year. The average volume of books and periodicals borrowed in academic library were 42 thousand volumes. The average cumulative volume of paper books were 1 million and 369 thousand including 11 thousand volume of ancient books. We can estimate that the total volume of ancient books in Chinese academic libraries might be over 13 million and 590 thousand volumes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Moral education is the core duty of colleges and universities, and culture education is the mission and advantage of academic libraries. Academic libraries are rich in culture heritage and resources. This paper summarizes the two major channels of culture education for academic libraries, namely environment nourishment and activity cultivation, and the two major ways, namely enculturation and acculturation. In order to explore the mechanism of culture education in academic libraries further, this paper, based on the perspective of learning service activities, analyzes from four aspects, including spiritual interconnection of a scene, synergy of two forms (resource service form and quality development form), dynamic integration of three elements (situations, resources and scaffolding), and overall display of four characteristics (symbiotic synergy of elements, immersion of overall education, spiral of interactive progression, and dynamic generation of community), and meanwhile exemplifies the four aspects with the successful practices of the Dazhao Reading Room in the Peking University Library in carrying out revolutionary culture education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper introduces the research and practical application of the mapping between the library resource classification and first-level disciplines in the Peking University Library. A new hierarchical mapping relationship model between library resources and first-level disciplines has been constructed by the professional classification cataloguers of library, through assigning Chinese library classification numbers to the key words based on the "training objectives, professional scope and knowledge system/curriculum" of discipline construction. It also puts forward data service routes for university libraries to better serve discipline construction based on the mapping. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through web and literature survey, this paper sorts out the practice of financial literacy education in American academic libraries, lists the methods of financial literacy information resource navigation, courses, workshop, peer-to-peer teaching and so on, and summarizes its characteristics and difficulties. On the basis, the paper puts forward suggestions on financial literacy education in academic libraries in China such as taking the lead of association and sharing resources; paying attention to cooperation and forming resultant force; strengthening the penetration of moral education and driving the development with the perspective of local values; building a system of financial literacy education on the basis of the existing work step by step. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On the basis of fully investigating the development trends of libraries both at home and abroad, this paper analyzed the opportunities and challenges faced by the academic library. Centering on the strategic plan and mission of the Xi'an Jiaotong University, the paper re-clarified the positioning, vision JtJJ and strategic plan of the library, and divided the objectives and tasks into three major tasks during the period of 14th Five-Year Plan, which are to serve the cultivation of first-class talents, to develop first-class disciplines and to construct Innovation Harbor in Western China. In terms of condition guarantee, this paper puts forward specific action plans from the aspects of resources, technology, space and librarian team, and points out the path and direction for the implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Purpose/Significance] Currently, most academic libraries utilize the RFID technology with duo-identification method, i.e. "Barcode+RFID tag" but the immature RFID technology and the parallel duo-system cause several issues. This paper provides solutions to the issues, and other academic libraries can use them as references. [Method/Process] This paper reviews the related literature and investigates the issues that arise from the application of the RFID technology such as erroneous identification, signal interference, and function overlaps in duo-systems which make them difficult to operate by librarians, system lagging if calling data frequently, and incompatibility between existing circulation workflow and the RFID technology. This paper summarizes the causes of these issues and explores solutions based on the case study of the RFID technology in the CAU library. [Results/Conclusions] This paper proposes a number of actions including tuning RFID parameters, refining environment conditions to improve tag identification accuracy, outputting and displaying shelf numbers on demand to improve work efficiency, disabling certain functions to resolve function overlaps and make system run smoothly, revising workflow to improve work productivity and enhancing training of the librarians, all of which improve the effectiveness of RFID technology and overall service quality.

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has pointed out the direction for the development of the Party’s and the country’s educational and cultural undertakings in the new era, and provided a fundamental basis for them. It also shows that the Party Central Committee attaches great importance to the socialist orientation of running schools and the correct political orientation of colleges and universities. This paper puts forward that we should strengthen the mission of cultural education and strengthen the consciousness of the Chinese national community, political consciousness and service innovation on how university librarians serve the fundamental task of enhancing morality and fostering talents, shaping the new driving force. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China further points out the direction of progress for the Party and the country. Based on requirements of “Chinese-style Modernization Promote Great Rejuvenation of Chinese Nation” and “High-quality Development”, combining with original aspiration and mission of Chinese academic libraries, this paper propose that the development of Chinese academic libraries should be integrated into connotative development of constructing a great modernized country and transformation of informatization to meet the people’s needs of a better Life. For realization of High-quality Development of academic libraries on the new journey of Chinese-style modernization, we should adhere to two kinds of starting point, consolidate the basis of four key pillars, improve six fundamentals, construct blending digital library, unite and struggle for concentrating on implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid development of network technology, libraries begin to assist the teaching process by providing resources for teaching activities in colleges and universities. Foreign university libraries have long being offering E-reserve service, which have become very popular and accumulated much practical experience. In order to improve the level of the domestic library to serve the teaching activities? this paper summarizes the experience of foreign library E-Reserve service through the methods of literature research and network research and then analyzes the present situation of the teaching reference service of the libraries in our country. Aiming at the problems such as lacking real-time linkage with courses, lacking variation of formats, comprehensiveness, and systematic design, this paper draws the inspiration and strategy of the construction of E-Reserve in the domestic university libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lack of patent information service ability of academic librarians is one of the main reasons that restrict the development of in-depth service. Based on Boyatzis's quality model, this paper builds the evaluation index system to explore the status of patent information service ability of academic libraries and the gap between the status and requirement. Through analyzing the survey results the study summarized the actual capacity value and the ideal capacity via 12 core patent information services. It shows that the gap in knowledge/skill level seriously affected the service efficiency. Finally, the study suggests four strategies to improve the technical field ability, patent retrieval and analysis ability, patent intelligence analysis ability and patent knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Because of its intuitive and vivid characteristics and close to readers, video reading has been paid more and more attention by academic libraries, and has become one of t he important form s of reading promotion. Based o n the study on 42 World-Class Universities libraries in China, this paper introduces the of video reading promotion from four aspects including development process, brand construct ion, resource type and basic facility, summarizes the practical experience of activity planning and organization,compares and analyzes the typical model and characteristics of activities, and tries to provide methods to further improvement of t he model of activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The sudden global outbreak of COVID-19 makes 2020 to be the most challenging year! Facing the severe inner and outer challenges, Chinese academic libraries pay more attention to formulate strategic plan, in order to maintain stable development and draw the blueprint for the future, From December 14 to 16, 2020, the 3rd Conference of the Steering Committee for Academic Libraries of China from 2018 to 2022 was held in Peking University, the theme of the conference is the 14th Five-Year Plan of Chinese academic libraries, The conference participants learned and understood the spirit of the 5th plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC) and the CPC Central Committee's Proposals for Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long Range Objectives Through the Year 2035, Moreover, the conference conveyed the new policy and strategy on higher education of the Ministry of Education in China, On the basis of in-depth understanding of the above important national strategic policies, the goal of development of Chinese academic libraries has been clarified. That is, how to link up with the national strategic plan, how to integrate into the overall situation of higher education, and how to formulate scientifically the 14th Five-Year Plan of academic libraries.This paper summarizes the contents and highlights of this conference, and discusses the paths and methods of scientifically formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan of Chinese academic libraries from the macro, middle or micro level, so as to provide useful guidance for the long-term development of Chinese academic libraries in the near future, [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How to carry out emergency services in public health emergencies is an important issue that academic libraries need to solve urgently. Therefore, this research constructs an emergency service system for public health emergencies. Based on this system, this article summarized the situation through surveys on 137 "Double First-class" academic libraries in China by means of website visit, social media visit and content analysis on aspects of COVID-19 information release, off-campus access to electronic resources, open access electronic resource integration, remote reference services, online subject services, and non-contact paper document delivery services of these libraries. And then it proposes specific countermeasures for academic libraries to improve the level of emergency services, such as providing emergency information services, optimizing digital resource services, improving reference service, strengthening education and training services, implementing emergency response management, carrying out social disaster relief support, and attaching importance to sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre & Folklore / Mínsú Qǔyì is the property of Shih Ho-Cheng Folk Culture Foundation and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Based on users’ demand? the paper explores and analyzes the development trends of academic libraries in terms of environment, space, resources and service, combining some research reports issued by ACRL and NMC with the development status at home and abroad. It found that the reform of higher education puts forward new requirements for the value assessment of academic libraries, and information technology and mobile environment have accelerated the transformation of academic libraries. Faced with increasingly diversified user demands, it is imperative for academic libraries to set up a multifunctional space layout including interactive learning space, digital scholarship space, maker space, spiritual and cultural space, and leisure space. Besides, collection assessment, open educational resources, patron-driven acquisition and the digitization and preservation of special collection will become the key areas of resources development; data management service, information/data literacy education service, mobile service, discovery service, subject service and reading service will become the norm of academic libraries in supporting teaching, learning and research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through the survey of donation websites of academic universities in Taiwan, this paper inves-tigates the characteristics of the donation work carried out in these libraries on aspects of donation websites development, fundraising programs, donation regulations, donation items, and then discusses how to im¬prove the donation work in mainland academic libraries from seven aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the recent years, libraries are evidently expanding their embrace in adoption of ebooks. This may be attributed to the real and perceived advantages demonstrated by ebooks in terms of accessibility, functionality and cost effectiveness. Increasingly, ebooks form a growing part of the collections in academic libraries as a viable format to support the information needs of their patrons. Some libraries have adopted ebooks on a large scale while others are still tentative in their acquisitions. This study aims to examine the current status of collection build-up of ebooks in different academic libraries in Metro Manila. Specifically, it will look at the extent by which they collect and acquire ebooks as well as the issues being faced by the libraries in their efforts to build their ebook collection. This paper employs a survey method to determine the collection size, selection models, methods of acquisition, budget allocation, collection development policy and other related items. The results of the study will provide an overview of the extent of ebook adoption among the academic libraries in the Philippines. It will also serve as a basis for proposing possible solutions to common issues that confronts the libraries of today concerning integrating ebooks in the collection. Lastly, the findings may also serve as a benchmark for best practices for other libraries.

Purpose – This paper aimed to develop a usability evaluation model and associated survey tool in the context of academic libraries. This study not only proposed a usability evaluation model but also a practical survey tool tailored to academic library websites. Design/methodology – A usability evaluation model has been developed for academic library websites based on literature review and expert consultation. Then, the authors verified the reliability and validity of the usability evaluation model empirically using the survey data from actual users. Statistical analysis, such as descriptive statistics, internal consistency test, and a factor analysis, were applied to ensure both the reliability and validity of the usability evaluation tool. Findings – From the document analysis and expert consultation, this study identified eighteen measurement items to survey the three constructs of the usability, effectiveness, efficiency, and learnability, in academic library websites. The evaluation tool was then validated with regard to data distribution, reliability, and validity. The empirical examination based on 147 actual user responses proved the survey evaluation tool suggested herein is acceptable in assessing academic library website usability. Originality/Value – This research is one of the few studies to engender a practical survey tool in evaluating library website usability. The usability model and corresponding survey tool would be useful for librarians and library administrators in academic libraries who plan to conduct a usability evaluation involving large sample.