Journal of Information Processing and Management
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Volume 56, Issue 11
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  • Music information processing research related to Hatsune Miku and N-th Order Derivative Creation : VocaListener and Songrium
    Masataka GOTO, Tomoyasu NAKANO, Masahiro HAMASAKI
    2014 Volume 56 Issue 11 Pages 739-749
    Published: February 01, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2014
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1241/johokanri.56.739
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    In this paper we introduce two examples of music information processing research related to "Hatsune Miku" and N-th Order Derivative Creation: a singing synthesis technology "VocaListener" and a music browsing assistance service "Songrium". VocaListener is a technology that uses singing synthesis software like "Hatsune Miku" to synthesize natural singing voices by imitating the pitch and dynamics of recorded examples of human singing voices. Songrium is a music browsing assistance service that visualizes various kinds of relations, such as relations among both original songs and their derivative works generated from the N-th Order Derivative Creation. This paper then examines future possibilities of automatic creation and automatic appreciation and also discusses essential factors of emotional, touching experiences elicited by music.
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  • Business services in U.S. public libraries
    Haruhiko ANDO
    2014 Volume 56 Issue 11 Pages 750-757
    Published: February 01, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2014
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1241/johokanri.56.750
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    This article overviews current activities of "business libraries" in the U.S. and Japan, including the Chicago Public Library's 3D-printer based "Maker Lab" to embody the President Obama's 2013 States of Union Speech - "the next revolution in manufacturing is Made in America". Business support libraries have been serving the local economy in the U.S. for more than 100 years.
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  • What RDA (Resource Description and Access) can do and cannot do : Toward the understanding of RDA
    Shoichi TANIGUCHI
    2014 Volume 56 Issue 11 Pages 758-765
    Published: February 01, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2014
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1241/johokanri.56.758
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    This paper discusses matters that are important to understand RDA but not described in RDA itself. First, the evaluation of RDA and the necessity of RDA implementation in Japan are described. Next, some matters that would be key points to understand RDA are discussed: a) RDA is based on FRBR and FRAD models, but it is proper to understand that RDA has its own model slightly different from FRBR/FRAD. b) There are several options and ways to implement RDA, and in particular RDA does not contain any guideline on encoding schema. The MARC21 format has been still used as the element set and syntax encoding for RDA metadata, while a new schema is under developed. c) RDA will bring users the FRBRization of OPACs, which enables users to search and display metadata in such a way that the FRBR model demonstrates. d) The RDA elements and controlled terms used in recording values have been registered in Open Metadata Registry so that RDA metadata would be toward the Linked Data.
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  • National Research Integrity System (NRIS) of foreign countries (2) : Comparative analyses of typical NRIS models
    Takaaki MATSUZAWA
    2014 Volume 56 Issue 11 Pages 766-781
    Published: February 01, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: February 01, 2014
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1241/johokanri.56.766
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    In the preceding issue, we classified the national research integrity system (NRIS) from 55 countries and regions into 3 categories according to the HAL report classification. This article compares features and backgrounds of NRIS from countries representative of each category. Whether an office of research integrity exists and what legal authority any office of research integrity has varies with the category, thus presenting NRIS strengths and weaknesses. Even countries falling under the same category have different features with different NRIS organizations, functions, and founding backgrounds. NRIS features of a country have a close relation to that country's innovation system features. Which organization oversees and directs research integrity activities - a unitary office of research integrity or some other decentralized organizations - also represents country features. Mapping out a NRIS requires full recognition of country-specific features and differences from other countries.
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  • Circumstances surrounding Japan's bioinformatics human resources : Findings from a survey on human resources
    Keiko SATO, Yoshiko SHIROKIZAWA, Toshihisa TAKAGI, Hiroyuki TOH
    2014 Volume 56 Issue 11 Pages 782-789
    Published: February 01, 2014
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1241/johokanri.56.782
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    In January 2013, the JST's National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC) conducted a questionnaire survey in Japan to help examine a new system focusing on human resource development in the field of bioinformatics. It aimed at understanding present state of the researchers involved in bioinformatics, types of human resources, and problems which should be taken into account for the human resource development. Most of the respondents recognized talent shortages. The most common answer to the question about the types of human resource required was "those who are capable of carrying out so-called wet biological experiments on their own and developing new information technologies". It was also pointed out that the unestablished carrier path in the field of bioinformatics is the cause of the talent shortage.
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