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Masasuke Kuroda1958 Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 63-73
Published: 1958
Released on J-STAGE: July 29, 2023
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe author asserts that the procedure of classification needs, so to speak, a calculation. He discusses as follows.
In order to prevent the confusion of classification, logic has taught that the principle of divison must be not multiple, but single. In other words, the viewpoint of classification must be single and unified. But practically multiple viewpoints are necessary very often. Without them we cannot characterize any book or other kind of material on the table of classification. Here the author proposes the following principle: If we want to make a classification which contains many viewpoints (principles of division), we must classify terms step by step, and thus take so many steps of classification that every one of them includes single principle of division. The method of decimal classification is applied only to the last step. The other steps do not appear on the table of decimal classification.
But the process of the other classifying steps before the last result is indispensable to get better classification, and we call it the calculation of classification. If we practice the calculation, we get a classification where terms locate regularly according to the grade of similarity or difference. It is desirable that the process of calculation is recorded, preserved, and, if possible, published.View full abstractDownload PDF (852K) -
Kintaro Hattori1958 Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 74-84
Published: 1958
Released on J-STAGE: July 29, 2023
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn view of the larger numbers of public libraries in Japan, many of those are small, understaffed libraries under five librarians.
For a library, the catalog should be simplified to the point where it is merely the essential key to the location of books.
Although Margaret Mann recommended the fullest possible use of printed cards, unfortunately 3 per cent of the public libraries take advantages of printed cards of the N. D. L., because they are very expensive.
My only one solution to the problem is to have the best use of the catalog cards of the J.L.A. on a prefectural level.View full abstractDownload PDF (878K) -
Hiroshi Makiyama1958 Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 85-93
Published: 1958
Released on J-STAGE: July 29, 2023
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThis report is the fruit of the research concerning both acquisition and purchase of academic periodical publications in university libraries especially in industrial and chemical faculty libraries.
The purchasing budget of academic periodical publications relating to engineering and chemistry in the university libraries in Japan are compared in the list. According to the list there is great difference among the book budget, but the avarage budget is about 20% of the total budget. In other words, in the scientific faculties about 80% of the budget are expensed by the study and various experiments. The rest is spent for buying books.
Then, how much money is spent for buying foreign books in these scientific faculties ? There are great difference, but it is clear that comparing government university libraries with the prefectural university libraries the latter is spending much money for buying foreign books. Furthermore the fact is that more than 50% of the periodicals published from 1950 to 1957 are utlized fully.
In conclusion it has been proved that periodical publications which are utilized highly by the students, are purchased above all publications. In the future it is believed that this report will be helpful for university librarians who have to select the new publications concerning with industrial or engineering chemistrv.View full abstractDownload PDF (658K) -
Takehiko Kitajima1958 Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 94-110
Published: 1958
Released on J-STAGE: July 29, 2023
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSThe purpose of this survey is to clear up the actual condition of reference service, which lays emphasis on personnel, materials, and quarters of college and university libraries in Japan.
For this purpose, the writer adopted the random sampling method and chose 160 samples from 462 libraries, to which questionnaires were sent.
According to the results of this survey, 76.3% of 160 libraries are providing this service for students and faculty and services provied are as follows:
a. Handling the reference questions 87%
b. Instruction in the use of the library 84%
c. Selection and care of reference materials 60%
d. Inter-library loans of library materials 58%
e. Advisory service to readers 52%
f. Compiling bibliographies and indexes 36%
g. Reproduction of materials using optical instruments 36%
h. Recording reference questions and evaluating reference services 10%
i. Others 6%
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Mitsuna Nagamine1958 Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 111-120
Published: 1958
Released on J-STAGE: July 29, 2023
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSTwo quite different kind of inks, carbon and iron-gall ink, were used for the writing of text in medieval manuscripts. Most of the European manuscripts in early middle ages were written with the carbon ink as at classical times. The transition from the carbon ink to the iron-gall ink was very gradual which began about the eleventh century, but the references to the iron-gall inks dates back to the pre-Christian ages, earliest of which is Philo of Byzantium, third century B. C., who described the method of ink prepared by mixing the tannin extracts from nut-gall with the solution of iron salt. Medieval literature on the iron-gall ink was written by Theophilus Presbyter, twelfth century. And, the ancient Indian people also have known this tannin-iron method of producing black dye or black stain. This is indicated in “Mahasanbhika-Vinaya”, a primitive Budohist canon, vol. 18 of Chinese translation, fifth century. The tannin was obtained from fruits and one of them is “haritaki”, “haritaka” in Pali language, which is known by European as “Myrobalan.”View full abstractDownload PDF (820K) -
Masanobu Fujikawa1958 Volume 5 Issue 2 Pages 121-138
Published: 1958
Released on J-STAGE: July 29, 2023
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSUnder the five topics, historical and current crucial problems are discussed being put the main emphasis upon the interpretation of those in view of the present Japanese situation.
In the Introduction a strong desire is expressed to set up a functional organization capable of establishing the necessary standards of both training institutions and their curricula. Under the General Problems， the relation of theoretical disciplines and practice, sylabi, and examination systems are discussed. Under the Formal Library Education Institutions, present short term institute system is scrutinized and criticized, curriculum contents are examined, and the establishment of more full courses are urged. Under Internship, ah istorical glimpse is made on American system and the difficulties are checked. As to In-service Training and Correspondence Study, conditions which make them most effective are enumerated. In the Future Problems, it is tried to minimize the number of required courses and increase electives to get the essentials first and to enable the students to train themselves in specialized directions on professional basis.View full abstractDownload PDF (1601K)
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