The Future of Serials Cataloging,CONSER and the ISSN: Conversations from the Field

What does the future hold for the shape of serials to come and for cataloging these and other continuing resources? How should cataloging change to cope with still-unknown types of continuing resources? Will there still be a need for cataloging? For CONSER? For ISSN? How can libraries position themselves to partner with nonlibrary metadata creators in a future linked data environment? Four serials experts discuss these and other questions in a free-ranging conversation about the future of serials cataloging.     

高校实训基地：传承大学文化助力高校发展--基于西南交通大学现代工业技术培训中心历史回顾

一部高校发展史就是一部高校文化的发展史,高校发展的历史轨迹都打上了文化的烙印,并以文化的形式呈现出来。现代工业技术培训中心,作为西南交通大学的实训基地,在近百年的发展历程中,处处反映了西南交通大学这所百年老校所经历的岁月沧桑,构成了西南交通大学特有的实践文化内涵。细细梳理西南交通大学现代工业技术培训中心的发展史,不仅有利于凝练和发掘西南交通大学的文化内涵,也有利于激励新一代中心人为西南交通大学的跨世纪腾飞续写新的篇章。     

美国藏学家金•史密斯收集藏文文献的“西去东归”

金?史密斯（Ellis Gene Smith）先生由美国摩门教著名的家族成员转归藏文文献的收集、整理与研究,成为国际知名藏学家及藏传佛教文献资料中心（TBRC）的创始人,为当代世界藏学研究与发展做出了重要的贡献。金?史密斯先生收集藏文文献具有种类齐全、数字化传承、开放利用、坚持不懈等特点,充分体现了其深远的智慧和高尚的人格品德。2007年10月26日,金?史密斯先生决定将其毕生收集的藏文文献捐赠给西南民族大学,而且还为这些被捐赠的藏文文献支付了从美国纽约到中国成都的所有运输费用。西南民族大学秉承金?史密斯先生深远的智慧和周全的考虑,将其所捐赠的藏文文献珍藏在新建的“金?史密斯藏学文献馆”中供藏学学习者和研究者查阅与研究,实现了金?史密斯先生希望所捐赠的藏文文献在中国乃至世界发挥最大利用价值的宿愿。     

Managing “forced” technology transfer in emerging markets: The case of China

This paper explores how foreign multinational corporations (MNCs) manage risks associated with “forced” technology transfer (“FTT”) policies in emerging markets. Although MNCs are increasingly exposed to appropriability risks from these policies, how they respond is relatively understudied in international business (IB) research. We explore this topic based upon a survey and interviews with Western MNCs doing business in China, as well as a discussion about the recent US-China trade war. We find that, as traditional IB theory would predict, internally-oriented strategies (e.g., internalization, maintenance of informal intellectual property (IP), and control of technological centrality and sophistication) are often used to respond to FTT policies; however, the risks from such policies can sometimes be more efficiently managed by externally-oriented strategies (e.g., non-market activities and reliance on formal IP). We discuss how the co-evolution of MNCs' risk management strategies alongside changing value chains, IP institutions, and conditions determining the leverage of FTT policies appear to contribute to this phenomenon. We argue that IB research should more prominently recognize the role of externally-oriented strategies, not only internally-oriented ones, in managing the complex IP-related institutional challenges present in emerging markets today.     

Reexamining a Model for Evaluating Information Center Success Using a Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Structural equation modeling is a technique that has been widely used for instrument validation and model testing in research in marketing and organizational behavior. The technique has also been introduced to MIS researchers and used in several studies recently reported in the literature. This article offers an example of how the technique can be used for instrument validation and model testing. The illustration is made through a reexamination of a model for evaluating information center (IC) success. With the growth of end-user computing, the success of an IC is more important than ever. Obtaining a valid model for measuring IC success is thus crucial to organizations with ICs. The results of this study highlight the importance of a strong theoretical base in developing such a valid model, and management should be cautious when using these models to assess the performance of their ICs.