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The article presents the discussion on implementation of Asana as a ticketing system for managing e-resource access and troubleshooting at Towson University's Albert S. Cook Library. Topics include growing need for efficient e-resource support, the limitations of traditional methods like email, and the benefits of a dedicated ticketing system for streamlining issue resolution and identifying recurring problems.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the pilot project of collection assessment performed by an academic library for the Computer Information Science (CIS) Department specifically and share the experience involved in this assessment. Design/methodology/approach: In this descriptive research, the library gathered and analyzed a set of evaluation reports for CIS-related print and electronic materials. This assessment includes analyses of physical items, periodicals, electronic resources, peers' databases, faculty syllabi, as well as departmental allocation fund. Findings: This project shows the importance of collaboration between the library and academic departments on collection evaluation and assessment. It demonstrates that the assessments of a department-specific collection can provide the library with insights into the quality of the collection and help librarians better understand the information requirements of the faculty and students in the department. By analyzing the data collected in the assessment, the library can spend the tight budget on the most needed core materials related to the curriculum and research of the department. This project provides a good example for future routine assessments. Practical implications: The procedure, results and future work of this assessment provide other academic libraries with insights into and practical solutions to department-specific collection assessments. Originality/value: The study describes a set of collection assessment activities specific to a disciplinary department undertaken by Spiva Library. Few studies have been conducted to study department-specific collection assessments. This type of study can assist a university library to develop a core collection in support of teaching, learning and research for individual academic departments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To achieve precise voltage value for modern model-based motor control strategies, an accurate voltage distortion compensation method for voltage source inverters is proposed in this paper. The voltage distortion principles of a mosfet-based inverter and an IGBT-based inverter are analyzed and compared. A graphical solution of compensating voltage error is proposed, all the voltage distortion factors are considered. A current observer is designed to overcome time delay, achieve precise current in each switching period for compensation. The proposed method is of high precision, intuitive, and easy to implement. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Highly active Pt‐based intermetallic nanoparticles (i‐NPs) loaded on stable supports have garnered considerable interest as promising oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts for proton‐exchange‐membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Herein, thermostable tellurium (Te) is vapor‐deposited onto commercial conductive carbon to anchor high‐temperature‐synthesized Pt3Co i‐NPs. Advanced characterization and density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that the binding energy of Pt 4f and Co 2p shift positively by 0.12 and 0.95 eV after the introduction of Te in carbon support, promoting the formation of Pt─Te bonds, which enhances the metal–support interactions (MSIs) in Pt3Co/Te‐C (with a more negative binding energy of −10.28 eV). The average size of well‐dispersed Pt3Co i‐NPs (≈3.9 nm) on Te─C is considerably smaller than that of Pt3Co i‐NPs (≈9.1 nm) on commercial carbon. The specific activity of Pt3Co/Te‐C decreases by only 1.5% after 100,000 ultra‐long voltage‐accelerated cycles, while the morphology remains almost unchanged. The membrane electrode assembly using Pt3Co/Te‐C as a cathode demonstrates impressive activity (power density of 2.32 W cm−2@4 A cm−2 and mass activity of 0.50 A mgPt−1@0.9 V) and robust durability (mass activity@0.9 V loss of 26% after 30,000 cycles with intact L12 ordered structure) in H2–O2 operation, significantly exceeding the DOE 2025 requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]