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A comparative study of public‐health emergency management
Authors: Hu Jiaxiang , Zeng Amy Z. , Zhao Lindu 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study the managing of emergencies pertinent to public health which is critical to the well‐being of a society; as such, the management mechanisms employed should be of great interest and significance for research.Design/methodology/approachThis paper first relies on extensive literature to describe the mechanism used in the USA from three aspects – organizational structure, management system, and logistics network. For the purpose of comparison, the Chinese version of the mechanism is presented from the same three aspects. The two management systems are then compared both qualitatively and quantitatively.FindingsDeficient areas in Chinese public‐health management mechanism as well as challenging issues associated with supply chain design and coordination for emergency supplies in the context of large‐scale public health emergencies with low frequency but catastrophic impacts are found. Specifically, the following three important research problems are revealed from the comparative study: how to establish an efficient organizational structure that incorporates all the relevant entities in public‐health emergency management? How to establish an information system for emergency management that integrates disease surveillance, control, and prevention? How to design an efficient and cost‐effective logistics network to ensure prompt and sufficient delivery of emergency supplies?Originality/valueTo date, this research has been the first of its kind that compares two countries' emergency management systems in the context of public health management.
Successful enterprise resource planning implementation: taxonomy of critical factors
Authors: Dezdar Shahin , Sulaiman Ainin 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the current literature base of critical success factors (CSFs) of enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations, provide a systematic compilation of CSFs, and present a new comprehensive taxonomy of CSFs for ERP system implementation.Design/methodology/approachThis paper compiles literature that highlighted possible references to CSFs for ERP implementation projects. Given that the purpose of this paper is to achieve a depth of understanding of the various CSFs already identified by other researchers, “content analysis” is used. Four stages of content analysis are adopted to collect and analyse the literature, i.e. data collection, open coding, axial coding, and selective coding.FindingsBy analyzing all CFSs mentioned in literature during the last ten years (1999‐2008), taxonomy of ERP CSFs implementation was formulated. In total 17 CSFs were identified, which is then categorized into five main categories.Research limitations/implicationsLiterature is collected from selected databases and journals from 1999 to 2008.Practical implicationsThis paper is significant because taxonomy helps us organize the knowledge. Taxonomy can help the researchers to make their search easier by assigning CSFs to a category and defining relationships between those categories.Originality/valueThe output of this paper will help future researchers to increase identification of related studies in the literature review phase of their work.
The university library: incubation center of research innovation literacy
Authors: Li Xiaoling , Wang Yufang , Fu Liping , Xu Meirong 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore why the university library should become the incubation center of research innovation literacy (RIL) competency. It states how the library develops RIL instruction and how the library impels university students to improve their independent knowledge innovation competence.Design/methodology/approachThis paper reviews some of the research papers on information literacy (IL) instruction. Based on background analysis, it enumerates and states the methods of the effective practice of the library in RIL competency instruction.FindingsThe university library possesses the information resources and advanced web technology, owns the experience in IL instruction, and has an advantage in terms of information instruction and research environment. The university library has the ability and responsibility to practice RIL instruction.Originality/valueThis paper provides a point of view that the university library can develop the RIL instruction based on IL. The university library can play not only an important role in general courses of the university, but can also sufficiently expand the function of librarians.
Information literacy among undergraduate students in Niger Delta University
Authors: Emmanuel Baro E. , Fyneman Biokuromoye 
Published: October 2009

PurposeResearch is carried out in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The purpose of this paper is to determine the undergraduate students' level of awareness of information sources available in the university, to know their level of digital literacy and to determine the different search strategies used by them.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts a descriptive survey method and covers the 350 undergraduate students of the four departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences: Economics, Sociology, Political Science, and Geography and Environmental Studies, from which a sample of 105 students is drawn. A questionnaire tagged “Information Literacy among Undergraduate Students of Social Sciences Questionnaire (ILUSSSQ)” is designed to collect data for the paper.FindingsThe paper reveals that male students in the faculty are more aware and use the information sources available in the university more than the female students. There is significant difference between gender and search strategies used by the undergraduate students in the social sciences. Male students are more digitally literate, they utilize the internet facilities provided in the university library, use different search engines and utilize the CD‐ROMs in the e‐library section more than the female students.Originality/valueThe paper will enable librarians to intensify their efforts to educate students on how and where to search and source for information, and how to evaluate information to meet their information needs.
Digital content creation and copyright issues
Authors: Mahesh G. , Mittal Rekha 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the modes of digital content creation for digital libraries and discuss the associated copyright issues with the types of digital content.Design/methodology/approachPrevalent copyright laws in India in the context of digital content have been studied and issues related to specific types of digital content have been discussed.FindingsIn addition to two known types of digital content, namely born digital and turned digital, a third type, gained digital has been delineated. It is found that extant copyright laws, particularly in India, allow scope for forming opinions with regard to digital content thereby giving room for insecurity for digital content creators.Research limitations/implicationsCopyright laws in the context of World Intellectual Property Organization and India only have been discussed.Practical implicationsThe paper will be useful to digital content creators and digital library managers/administrators to understand copyright issues relevant to the digital library.Originality/valueThe classification of digital libraries based on content as has been delineated in this paper is an original work and has reported for the first time. The linking of digital content with the copyright issues makes it useful.
Use of e‐journals by research scholars at Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University
Authors: Mannan Khan Abdul , Ahmad Naved 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to find out the level of awareness and use of e‐journals by the researchers of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) – both central universities funded by the University Grants Commission.Design/methodology/approachA well‐structured questionnaire is administered to the research scholars of the AMU and BHU to collect data regarding the use of e‐journals.FindingsThe survey reveals that most of the research scholars are aware of the availability of e‐journals and largely use them for reference purposes in their research work. They fully agree that with the usage of e‐journal the quality of research work improves with enrichment of appurtenant contents and materials leading to high‐quality manuscript. It is however found that lack of training is the obstacle in proper and full utilization of e‐journals.Research limitations/implicationsThe present paper consists only of e‐journal users and the geographical area is restricted to AMU, Aligarh and BHU, Varanasi. The scope of the paper can be extended to additional centrally funded universities. An intra‐comparative study could also be made between some select central and state universities for users of e‐journal.Originality/valueThere are a number of studies on the use of e‐journals, but this is the first of its kind within Indian central universities. As such, it should pave the way for research in other Indian universities as well as elsewhere.
Factors influencing use of the internet
Authors: Williams Nwagwu E. , Adekannbi Janet , Bello Olayiwola 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing use of the internet by students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and to establish the variation of this use by students' personal characteristics, and as a result to recommend improvements where necessary to the benefit of the student community.Design/methodology/approachParticipants are recruited through a random sampling technique, and data are collected from them using a questionnaire. A one‐way analysis of variance is used for the analysis to uncover the variation of use across demographic and other factors.FindingsIt is shown that students who communicate with varies significantly with age, gender and level of study while the various tools they use vary significantly with age, gender, faculty and level of study. Both younger users (<24 years) and older colleagues (>24 years) use chat rooms. Across gender, educational purpose dominates the use of the internet, but it varies with age, level of study and faculty. Higher educational level is associated with less use of the internet for leisure and entertainment. About 73 per cent of the respondents considers internet information as useful while much less than this (44.4 per cent) reported finding internet information as trustworthy.Research limitations/implicationsA major limitation of this paper is that data are collected using only a questionnaire, whereas interview sessions would have uncovered more issues.Practical implicationsBased on this result, this paper suggests discriminated internet education programmes and access by faculty, level of study and gender in order to maximise the use of the internet services by the students in the university.Originality/valueThis study provides useful research information that can guide the university in fine‐tuning its internet projects for optimal benefits of the student community. Other universities in similar situations in Africa as well as elsewhere can also benefit from the findings.
Document delivery from Texas to Qatar: an international inter‐campus service
Authors: Yang Zheng Ye (Lan) , Gyeszly Suzanne D. 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe document delivery services between Texas A&M University Libraries (TAMUL) and Texas A&M University at Qatar Library (TAMUQL) from 2003 to 2008.Design/methodology/approachThe paper provides insights into the development of the new service provided by main campus libraries from College Station, Texas to the new branch library in Doha, Qatar.FindingsDocument delivery is a popular, accurate, prompt, and well appreciated service for students, faculty, researchers, and staff to obtain needed curriculum and research materials unavailable at TAMUQL due to space limitations.Originality/valueThis research provides useful and practical information for administrators and librarians planning to establish document delivery and interlibrary loan services.
Copac: current activity and future developments
Authors: Jeskins Lisa , Ruddock Bethan 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to describe the purpose and functions of Copac to the ILL community, and to inform them about recent and forthcoming developments.Design/methodology/approachThis paper takes a descriptive approach based on desk research.FindingsSome indications of how Copac is being used by ILL practitioners are reported. New functionality is described.Originality/valueThe findings should prove to be of practical value for the ILL community. The description of new/forthcoming features allows the community to stay up‐to‐date with the Copac service.
The digital library programme at the British Library: goals and priorities
Authors: Green Steve 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show how the British Library (BL) is responding to the changing world of publishing through the Digital Library Programme.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a descriptive review of the factors that led to the BL establishing the Digital Library Programme. The paper describes the goals of the programme, the priorities for the programme, the mechanisms for providing access to digital material acquired by the Library and gives an overview of the approach to ensuring that material stored in the Digital Library System remains permanently accessible. It also gives a brief overview of some of the main challenges that the Programme faces.FindingsThe unique position of the BL within the research environment means that there is great benefit to be had in building a digital library to store significant amounts of material even where it is already available elsewhere. The reason for this is the ability of the Library to sustain storage and access over a much longer period than can be achieved by commercial companies. The Library has also built up significant expertise and a world leadership in the field of digital preservation. The use of a programme and project structure to manage the development of the infrastructure, processes and procedures has already shown that it can deliver significant benefit in the changing landscape of digital dissemination of information. The use of an iterative and incremental approach both for the programme as a whole and for projects within the programme has shown significant benefits in allowing the BL to make progress where the end goal is very ambitious and there is no obvious off‐the‐shelf solution.Practical implicationsThis may have broad applications for similar complex projects.Originality/valueThe BL Digital Library Programme is providing a solution to the acquisition and dissemination of digital material on a larger scale than is common within the library and archiving community.
Why are scholarly journals costly even with electronic publishing?
Authors: Galyani Moghaddam Golnessa 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the reasons for the high costs of scholarly journals.Design/methodology/approachA brief review of the literature on journal publishing costs is carried out. The paper focuses on the economics of scholarly English language journals published mainly in the USA and Europe, but which are sold worldwide, largely to academic and research libraries.FindingsJournal literature has long played a prominent role in the scholarly communication chain. In recent decades, however, the scholarly communication system has been facing a crisis due to the ever‐escalating costs of journals. Two of the features of the journal publishing industry cited a decade ago and still valid today are a lack of competition and perverse incentives. “First‐copy cost” is reported to be the main reason for high journal prices both in print and electronic publishing.Originality/valueThe paper provides a useful overview to researchers and document supply librarians, enabling them to achieve quickly a clear picture of journal publishing industry costs.
Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 68
Authors: McGrath Mike 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to provide a review of the most recent literature concerning document supply and related matters.Design/methodology/approachThe paper's approach is the reading of over 150 journals as well as monographs, reports and websites.FindingsElectronic books remain a minority market but the literature at least remains optimistic and readers are improving in quality and acceptability. Open access continues to grow but with continuing and widely differing views on its impact – especially the author‐pays model. Recent mandating decisions will mean a step change in the both the creation and the growth of institutional and subject repositories. Increasing concerns are being expressed about the monopolistic implications of Google and there are some stout counter arguments. A number of interesting articles on document supply show it to be in robust health. The economic crisis will have a mixed impact on document supply as libraries consider cuts in acquisition budgets.Originality/valueThe paper represents a useful source of information for librarians and others interested in document supply and related matters.
On upscaling of discrete element models: similarity principles
Authors: Feng Y.T. , Loughran J. 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe main purpose of this paper is to derive a set of similarity principles for discrete element modelling so that a numerical model can exactly reproduce the physical phenomenon concerned.Design/methodology/approachThe objective is achieved by introducing the concepts of particle “strain” and “stress” so that some equivalence between the physical system and the numerical model can be established.FindingsThree similarity principles, namely geometric, mechanical and dynamic, under which the numerical model can exactly reproduce the mechanical behaviour of a physical model are proposed. In particular, the concept of the scale invariant interaction law is further introduced. The scalability of a number of most commonly used interaction laws in the discrete element modelling is examined.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a preliminary research for a very important and challenging topic. More research, particularly in the understanding of the convergent properties of discrete element models, is needed.Originality/valueThe paper provides some important theoretical guidances to computational modelling of particle systems using discrete element techniques.
On the application of quaternion‐based approaches in discrete element methods
Authors: Johnson Scott M. , Williams John R. , Cook Benjamin K. 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThough the problem of resolving translational motion in particle methods is a relatively straightforward task, the complications of resolving rotational motion are non‐trivial. Many molecular dynamics and non‐deformable discrete element applications employ an explicit integration for resolving orientation, often involving products of matrices, which have well‐known drawbacks. The purpose of this paper is to investigate commonly used algorithms for resolving rotational motion and describe the application of quaternion‐based approaches to discrete element method simulations.Design/methodology/approachExisting algorithms are compared against a quaternion‐based reparameterization of both the central difference algorithm and the approach of Munjiza et al. for finite/discrete element modeling (FEM/DEM) applications for the case of torque‐free precession.FindingsThe resultant algorithms provide not only guaranteed orthonormality of the resulting rotation but also allow assumptions of small‐angle rotation to be relaxed and the use of a more accurate Taylor expansion instead.Originality/valueThe approaches described in this paper balance ease of implementation within existing explicit codes with computational efficiency and accuracy appropriate to the order of error in many discrete element method simulations.
A poly‐ellipsoid particle for non‐spherical discrete element method
Authors: Peters John F. , Hopkins Mark A. , Kala Raju , Wahl Ronald E. 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a simple non‐symmetric shape, the poly‐ellipsoid, to describe particles in discrete element simulations that incur a computational cost similar to ellipsoidal particles.Design/methodology/approachParticle shapes are derived from joining octants of eight ellipsoids, each having different aspect ratios, across their respective principal planes to produce a compound surface that is continuous in both surface coordinate and normal direction. Because each octant of the poly‐ellipsoid is described as an ellipsoid, the mathematical representation of the particle shape can be in the form of either an implicit function or as parametric equations.FindingsThe particle surface is defined by six parameters (vs the 24 parameters required to define the eight component ellipsoids) owing to dependencies among parameters that must be imposed to create continuous intersections. Despite the complexity of the particle shapes, the particle mass, centroid and moment of inertia tensor can all be computed in closed form.Practical implicationsThe particle can be implemented in any contact algorithm designed for ellipsoids with minor modifications to determine in which pair of octants the potential contact occurs.Originality/valueThe poly‐ellipsoid particle is a computational device to represent non‐spherical particles in DEM models.
Estimating 3D particle motion from high‐speed video for simulation validation
Authors: Price Mathew , Morrison Garry 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present an image based method for estimating the 3D motion of rigid particles from high‐speed video footage (HSV). The computed motion can be used as either a means to generate quantitative feedback for a process or to validate the accuracy of discrete element method (DEM) simulation models.Design/methodology/approachExperiments consist of a diamond impacting an angled plate and video is captured at 4,000 frames per second. Simple image analysis is used to track the particle in each frame and to extract its 2D silhouette boundary. Using an approximate 3D model of the particle generated from a multi‐camera setup, a pose estimation scheme based on silhouette consistency is used in conjunction with a rigid body model to compute the 3D motion.FindingsUnder reasonable conditions, the method can reliably estimate the linear and angular motion of the particle to within 1 per cent of their true values.Practical implicationsAs an example application, we demonstrate how the method can be used to validate DEM simulations of simple impact experiments captured with HSV, providing valuable insight towards further development. In particular, we investigate the effects of shape representation through sphere‐clumping and the applicability of different contact models.Originality/valueThe novelty of our method is its ability to accurately compute the motion associated with a real world interaction, such as an impact, which provides numerical ground truth at an individual particle level. While similar schemes have been attempted with ideal particles (e.g. spheres), the resulting models do not naturally extend to realistic particle shapes. Since our method can track real particles, real‐world processes can be better quantified.