131st Annual Meeting Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association,The Blometrlc Society,Enar and Wnar,The Institute of Mathematical Statistics

(We are attempting to inaugurate a different type of questions and answers page in this issue of the American Statistician. Our purpose is to stimulate an interest in conceptual and measurement problems which arise in the course of statistical work and which require discussion apart from purely mathematical considerations. It is hoped that our readers will find this approach of interest and value. We are inviting questions of this type.)     

Reports of Conferences, Institutes, and Seminars: ASIS&T 2008 Annual Meeting

This installment of “Serials Spoken Here” features reports on the ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science & Technology) 2008 Annual Meeting, the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference, and the 2008 Charleston Conference.     

新世纪的统计学：创新与发展 —— 第一届中国统计学年会综述

由全国20余所高等院校统计学院(系)和统计科研机构倡议举办的第一届中国统计学年会于2006年10月20日至22日在天津财经大学成功举行。中国统计学年会是中国高等院校为主导的纯民间性质的全国性统计学学术交流会议,力图为进一步促进中国统计学科的发展,扩大统计学科的影响,特别是     

我国全社会科技资金投入问题研究

发展科学技术的两个关键要素是人才培养和资金投入。８０年代以来,我国科学技术发展已从关于人才断层的呼吁转到关于资金投入的不足,什么样的资金规模是适宜国情、国力的科技投入,似乎并没有一个可以公认的标准。虽然可以从不同的目标设定上取得经验性依据,但问题的根...     

2009 New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Spring Conference: Working the Cataloging Landscape: Fishing,Mining, and Harvesting

Abstract

Rachel Fleming and Kristin Calvert of Western Carolina University discuss their study of interlibrary loan borrowing requests in the three years surrounding a journal cancellation project. Noting that the impact of such a cancellation on interlibrary loan has not been studied since the 1990s, they examine numerous facets of requests for cancelled and non-cancelled journals, including request per journal, year of article requested, and request history for newly cancelled journals. Though journal cancellations resulted in a 2 percent increase in interlibrary loan requests, this number proved so small that Calvert and Fleming judged that their cancellations caused no undue effects.     

The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology

Opened in 1946, the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri, is world renowned for its collections in science, engineering, and technology. Just as well known is the strong user orientation of its dedicated staff. While the library certainly collects all types of materials, including books, patent specifications, engineering standards, maps, and more, a particularly strong emphasis is placed on the collection of current journals. The library, a privately funded public library, is situated on fourteen acres surrounded by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, although there is no affiliation with that institution. Serials Review made a visit on a lovely spring day in June, as the day lilies and other flowers were in full riot.     

科技统计发展:方向与思考

世纪之交 ,人们已深切地感受到科学技术对经济增长越来越大的影响与冲击力 ,发达国家开始出现的“新经济形态” ,都在充分验证新经济增长方式以及经济全球化的趋势 ,产业结构的调整以及网络革命所引起经济、社会变革的速度加快 ,都使科学技术以及相关知识对经济作用的定量化研究倍受关注。以定量方法和手段研讨新时期各国的科技政策的得失 ,调整和颁布新的科技政策 ,成为各国科技统计测量的主要需求点。科技政策 ,通常认为是一个国家或地区在一定历史时期内 ,为实现社会经济发展总目标和战略任务而设定的 ,用以促进和协调科学技术发展所遵循…     

全国科技进步统计监测及综合评价研究

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