Journal of Japan Society of Library and Information Science
Online ISSN : 2432-4027
Print ISSN : 1344-8668
ISSN-L : 1344-8668
Volume 58, Issue 2
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  • Saori DONKAI, Toyoaki WATANUKI
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 58 Issue 2 Pages 69-82
    Published: June 30, 2012
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2017
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    The purpose of this study was to consider the acceptance of library manners in modern Japanese times. We analyzed the descriptions in modern Japanese books on the rules of decorum. After the Showa Period we found there were twelve common types of descriptions specifically related to libraries. There were six kinds of descriptions about "things" found in libraries, and six kinds of descriptions about "behaviour" in libraries. Most of the descriptions about "things" were related to the books in libraries. Specifically, "Handle library books with care" was found in all of the books on manners. On the other hand, the most frequent descriptions about "behaviour" were related to being quiet. In particular, "Don't read aloud in the reading room" was the most frequent description. It has been already determined that the rule prohibiting oral reading in libraries became widespread after the Meiji Period; however it tended to decrease from the Taisho Period to the beginning of the Showa Period, based on previous studies. We believe that the "no oral reading" rule was transformed into a manner because of the impact of courtesy education promoted through the popularity of books on manners.
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  • Chie SUGA
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 58 Issue 2 Pages 83-96
    Published: June 30, 2012
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2017
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    In 2009, a local inquiry into Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council was conducted by the UK government on the basis of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. The purpose of this study is to examine the inquiry process and clarify the value and problems of this institution. The result of the study revealed that, as a consequence of the inquiry, Wirral MBC withdrew its decision over the closure of libraries, and it can be said that the central government effectively handled the emergency in Wirral by utilizing the institution of the local inquiry. Moreover, the inquiry was found to have the following shortcomings: first, the institution was not stable enough to transcend politics; second, citizens did not have other alternatives but to lobby the Secretary of the State for notifying about the breach of the law, which possibly placed enormous burden on them in terms of time, effort and financial cost; third, the appropriateness of the inquiry depended majorly on the inspector's capability; fourth, the effectiveness of correction of the breach of the law cannot be sustained unless the central government State monitors the performance of the authorities on a regular basis.
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  • Yosuke MIYATA, Teru AGATA, Atsushi IKEUCHI, Emi ISHITA, Shuichi UEDA
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 58 Issue 2 Pages 97-109
    Published: June 30, 2012
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2017
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    The more the size of Web increases, the more serious the problem of the deep Web (the Web not accessible to search engines) becomes. McCown et al. (2006) and Hagedorn & Santelli (2008) surveyed extent of deep Web using metadata contained in institutional repositories. In this research, applying the method used in that previous work, we measured the extent of the deep Web on a larger scale using PDF file URLs contained in institutional repositories in Japan in September 2009. The results show that the coverage rate of major search engines (Google, Yahoo! and Bing) is 72%, leaving 28% as the maximum extent of the deep Web. And examination of the characteristics of the files revealed that dynamic URLs and longer URLs are associated with decreased coverage rates for search engines.
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  • Shuntaro KAWAMURA
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 58 Issue 2 Pages 110-126
    Published: June 30, 2012
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2017
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    The purpose of this study was to clarify the role of central library of Tokyo Imperial University in university and library organizations from the perspective of their models and actual operation. The types of library which served as a model of the organization were two. One type was research-based and represented by German university libraries. In the type, the departments was cut off from the central and only important works was purchased. Another type was education-based and represented by American traditional university libraries. This type of library was aware that the relationship between the central and the department and not only important but also educational materials was collected. Tokyo Imperial University hoped the research-based libraries, while three library directors who had laid the foundation of the university library focused on the type of education. Looking at the operation of the library, central library and the department library were managed separately. Staff knowledge of the university library did not wear well but their knowledge of academic studies, especially Shisho's and Shishokan's, wore well. In the era of The Great Kanto Earthquake, KantoBook selection of central library was conducted by librarian, but did not have the relationship with faculty and classes fully. From here, we concluded that in 1920s, the central library was closer to the research-based type.
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