Journal of Japan Society of Library and Information Science
Online ISSN : 2432-4027
Print ISSN : 1344-8668
ISSN-L : 1344-8668
Volume 60, Issue 4
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  • Mari AGATA, Hiroyuki KOJIMA, Shuichi UEDA, Chie SANO, Masataka YANO
    Article type: Article
    2014 Volume 60 Issue 4 Pages 129-147
    Published: December 31, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2017
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    This study investigated the current state of preservation of microfilm materials held in Japanese libraries by a questionnaire survey of all university libraries except junior colleges, graduate university libraries, prefectural libraries, and the National Diet Library. A total of 906 valid responses, comprising 902 complete questionnnaires (response rate 62.8%) and 4 pretest results, were analyzed. 474 libraries (52.3%) had microfilm, of which 47.5% regarded microfilm as a long-term preservation medium, 30.0% still regularly acquired microfilm more than once a year, but 11.4% of libraries did not know the exact amount of their microfilm holdings. 24-hour air-conditioning was available in only 150 libraries (31.6%) and humidity control was possible in only 108 libraries (22.7%). 44.3% of libraries had noticed the occurrence of vinegar syndrome, the most typical kind of deterioration. Since hydrolysis causes and accelerates vinegar syndrome, humidity control is crucial for microfilm preservation. However, the present results showed that the conservation environment has not been significantly improved.
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  • Yukie ISOBE, Makiko MIWA
    Article type: Article
    2014 Volume 60 Issue 4 Pages 148-164
    Published: December 31, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2017
    JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS
    This research explores requirements for offering e-book services in Japanese public libraries by focusing on the relationship between public libraries and publishers. We identified situations, problems, and perspectives of both public libraries and publishers concerning e-book services by a series of studies using qualitative method of semi-structured interveiws, and quantitative survey method. Issues emerged from interveiws of public libraries and publishers were tested by survey for generalization. Findings indicate that there are considerable differences in genre, pricing strategy, and timing in providing e-book from publishers to public libraries. However, both public libraries and publishers want to offer e-book services with some restrictions in printing and downloading. Nevertheless, publishers need to develop an effective business model in order to continually offering e-books to public libraries. It was clearly demonstrated that both public libraries and publishers take a serious veiw in developing basic rules which are agreeable by both parties.
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