Document Delivery as a Supplement or Replacement for Serial Subscriptions

Abstract

Increasing serials costs and shrinking budgets present challenges for academic libraries to continue providing sufficient access to scholarly articles. Rapid document delivery services can serve as an effective means to fill the gap caused by serials cancellations. This column examines several of the existing document delivery service providers and addresses issues involved in their implementation.     

Social Policy's ‘Greatest Hits’

The ‘age of metrics’ or ‘the metric tide’ in the form of bibliometrics has largely by‐passed Social Policy. This study aims to broaden the focus from the most cited articles in Social Policy journals to discover the most cited works in Social Policy or ‘Social Policy's Greatest Hits’. It finds some 24 works with over 2000 Google Scholar citations, but only nine of these are by social policy writers. In terms of total citations, Gosta Esping‐Andersen's The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism is the clear leader by a significant margin, with the most cited Social Policy (or Social Administration) writers being Peter Townsend, Richard Titmuss, Ruth Lister and Jane Lewis. In addition to total citations, it presents citations per year, and ‘Social Policy citations’ (i.e. the use made of the work within the discipline of Social Policy). This list is headed by Gosta Esping‐Andersen and Paul Pierson, with the leading social policy writer being Jane Lewis. This article presents a set of the ‘most plausible contenders’ for the works with greatest influence within Social Policy or ‘Social Policy's Greatest Hits’. It is concluded that, even with its flaws, bibliometrics is an important approach to exploring the vast field of Social Policy.     

The relationship between financial strain,perceived stress,psychological symptoms,and academic and social integration in undergraduate students

ABSTRACT

Objective: Financial strain may directly or indirectly (i.e., through perceived stress) impact students’ psychological symptoms and academic and social integration, yet few studies have tested these relationships. The authors explored the mediating effect of perceived stress on the relationship between financial strain and 2 important outcomes: psychological symptomology and academic and social integration. Participants: Participants were 157 undergraduate students. Data were collected from December 2013 to March 2014. Methods: Cross-sectional data collection conducted using online survey software. Results: It was found that perceived stress mediated the relationship between financial strain and (a) psychological symptomology and (b) academic and social integration. Both models included first-generation status as a covariate. Conclusions: Results suggest that perceived stress is an important intervention target for reducing psychological symptoms and improving academic and social integration for undergraduate students. Implications for university health centers and mental health professionals include incorporating a public health model to minimize stress risk.     

中国人文社会科学跨学科研究成果评价探析

跨学科研究成果的评价是颇具挑战性的重点和难点问题,国内外人文社会科学跨学科研究成果评价在某些方面形成了初步的共识,但是总体上相关探讨尚在起步阶段。文章在已有研究的基础上,就人文社会科学跨学科研究成果评价的总体原则、评价指标、评价方法等进行探讨,以期为科研管理部门制定相关政策提供参考。     

硕士学位点评估工作探究

本文简单介绍了省级学位委员会及其主要职能,探讨了硕士学位点的评估办法,讨论了硕士学位点评估的主要观测点,对硕士学位点评估的一些问题进行了思考。     

关于高校学报与学术道德建设的几点思考

当前的学术环境发生了很大的变化,高校学报自身也时有学术失范现象发生。在学术道德建设中,高校学报应该发挥作用,匡正学术功能定位,并采取积极措施遏制学术不端行为。     

美国洛克菲勒大学出版社考察纪实——兼对我国科技期刊办刊体制的思考

通过对美国洛克菲勒大学出版社的考察与交流,提出了对如何办好我国科技期刊办刊的一些思路,旨在为我国目前科技期刊的改革与发展提供借鉴和参考。     

改革开放以来湖南省高等学校党建工作的主要成就与基本经验

改革开放以来,湖南省高校确立和完善党委领导下的校长负责制,始终用党的理论武装广大师生员工,加强高校党建理论的创新,开创了高校党建工作的自主性和创新性的新局面。在一切从实际出发的原则指导下,高校党建工作在思想政治、组织、作风、制度和反腐倡廉建设等方面均取得了显著的成绩,高校领导班子的治校水平明显提高。     

西方大学教授会的起源与发展探析

教授会是大学中的学者团体组织,它的萌芽可以追溯到大学的起源时期.在千余年的大学发展史中,教授会扮演了非常重要的角色.在大学的早期,它以行会组织的方式领导大学的自治管理;在漫长的发展期,它铸就了大学“教授治校”的管理模式,坚定地捍卫着学术自由的权力;在现代大学中,它的功能在“共治结构”下进一步专门化,但依然不可或缺,举足轻重.教授会是大学中最古老的机构,它是大学自治、学术自由以及学术生活的天然践行者与捍卫者.     

Public relations and place branding: Friend,foe or just ignored? A systematic review

Communication about places is typically termed place branding and is generally situated within the marketing discipline. However, in practice, place branding shares many commonalities with public relations. It involves relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, reputation management, and communication campaigns that involve no direct sale of a product. While some have noted the parallels between place branding and public relations, the intersection of these two fields has not been reviewed empirically. This study examines the relationship between public relations and place branding by exploring how scholars in each field have conceptualised and represented the other in their research publications. A systematic review of 378 journal articles, published from 1988 to 2018 in 18 selected journals from both fields, was conducted. This research shows that while there is a significant conceptual crossover between the two fields and they work together in practice, the place branding literature largely treats public relations as a promotional tactic rather than a disciplinary body of knowledge. Conversely, outside of public diplomacy research, public relations has shown little interest in places and place communication, and there is limited research applying public relations theories and concepts to places. This paper adds to current knowledge on the interdisciplinarity of public relations theories and concepts and how public relations is perceived outside its own field and suggests new possibilities for interdisciplinary research on place communication.