The impression of videos was measured by means of SD method when different types of transitions were used in the same video contents. Thus 64 videos were prepared for the experiment: four kinds of scene (nature, human, artifact and geometric figure) × four types of frame size pairs × four styles of transition (dissolve, wipe, zoom and cut). The impression of each video was rated with the 24 SD scales by 52 observers (22.3 years old in mean age). The factor analysis was applied for the ratings and three factors were extracted: preference, impact, and vividness). Then 3-way ANOVA (4 scenes × 4 framepairs × 4 transitions) was applied for each factor with the factor score. The result showed that the different styles of image transition revealed the different impression even if the same scene was used. No significant interaction was showed between the transition and the frame size. The present study clarified that editors could chose the adequate transition style of the video contents to give observers with higher impact or preference through scientific procedure.

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Many Japanese public libraries provide their resources on the Web. This paper shows an analysis of about 5,000 resources collected from the Web sites of 121 public libraries in Japan. We first collected resources from the library Web sites and created a metadata for every single resource. Based on the analysis on these metadata, we created a metadata for each of 194 collective resources (collection metadata). The metadata schemas were defined based on Dublin Core. We analyzed subjects and resource types using the collection metadata. We found that the major subjects were regional history and culture, especially after the Edo era. On the other hand, academic resources in natural and social sciences were not dominant. We also found that many libraries provided their resources on the Web but not all of the resources were fully digitized. The libraries provide lists of their resources and/or partially digitized resources with their descriptions.

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Literary museums play a role as specialized libraries for students of modern Japanese literature. However, they have been slow to popularize online searches and there are very few instances where literary museums have actually brought search systems to fruition. Twelve literary museums offer official Web sites with online search systems, but these are the exception and have problems such as 1) data collections with special characteristics, 2) isolated systems. Online searches at literary museums necessitate attention to such issues as 1) credibility as a formal organization, 2) making existing information available to the public, 3) making the location of information available to the public, and 4) providing detailed explanations. Besides the development of online search systems, it is desirable that literary museums function more completely asspecialized libraries for research on modern Japanese literature.

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Objective: In this paper, we propose a novel method to classify scientific journals into subject fields based on interjournal citation data. Object: Citation data of 5964 journals from JCR2004 Science Edition CD-ROM. Cited ratio vectors of the journals were used for analysis. Method: Our original clustering programs based on k-means were used. For the clustering, cosine distance (1-cosθ) was used. Results: In the cited-ratio-vector space, the spike-like-regions which appear to correspond to particular scientific fields were observed. And we succeeded to extract each spike-like-region by our clustering method. The number of fields (clusters identified) was 22. It was revealed that the cited feature of prominent multidisciplinary (general) science journals was similar to that of biochemistry journals.

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"FUNANIFUNE RENGA" is a rare historical manuscript preserved in the collection of the Sagami Women’s University Library. No reference can be found to this work in either the “KOKUSYO SOUMOKUROKU” (Iwanami Shoten), the “KOTENSEKI SOUMOKUROKU” (Iwanami Shoten), or the “RENGA OUMOKUROKU”. Likewise, no corresponding copies of "FUNANIFUNE RENGA" have ever been made public. While possible that a copy may exist in a private collection, it is very likely that the Sagami Women’s University manuscript is the only one in existence. Beyond its distinction as a unique surviving document, in estimation of what can be learned through the writings of the early-modern Sagara family, "FUNANIFUNE RENGA" can indeed be considered a valuable reference and highly significant work.

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