Library Books Research Articles

Refractiveindex.info database of optical constants

We introduce the refractiveindex.info database, a comprehensive open-source repository containing optical constants for a wide array of materials, and describe in detail the underlying dataset. This collection, derived from a meticulous compilation of data sourced from peer-reviewed publications, manufacturers’ datasheets, and authoritative texts, aims to advance research in optics and photonics. The data is stored using a YAML-based format, ensuring integrity, consistency, and ease of access. Each record is accompanied by detailed metadata, facilitating a comprehensive understanding and efficient utilization of the data. In this descriptor, we outline the data curation protocols and the file format used for data records, and briefly demonstrate how the data can be organized in a user-friendly fashion akin to the books in a traditional library.

Genrefication in Secondary School Libraries

Most school libraries organize fiction books alphabetically by an author’s last name. In order for a student to find and compare potential fiction reading material, the traditional school library model would have the student either search the library system for the topic and then go from stack to stack looking for books about the topic from any number of locations or seek advice from school library staff who would direct the student to potential titles as part of a reader’s advisory. In an effort to make fiction book selection easier for students, some school librarians have turned to genrefied fiction collections. However, there are many school librarians who feel that organizing fiction books by genre first rather than author’s last name creates more problems than it solves. This paper will explore the history behind genrefication, discuss the Paradox of Choice and patron browsing habits, and present the modern debate regarding genrefication of fiction books in school libraries.

Leadership Style Analysis to Build A Positive Image For Market Employees

Every company aspires to have a positive image, an impression one gains through experience with a thing; it is a compilation of a person’s perceptions of the company, reputation for creating jobs, and willingness to share social responsibility. This study aims to explore the leadership style in building a positive company image for good employees and the image development process according to the targets that have been planned and formed. This study aims to describe the characteristics of a particular individual, situation, or group, as well as highlight the phenomena that occur when the research takes place and present the data as they are. This study describes and interprets data relating to the situation and is used to examine the condition of natural objects where the researcher is the key instrument. This research was conducted using qualitative methods with a naturalistic approach due to the natural conditions and objects. This study used qualitative methods to collect in-depth meaningful data. The data collection method utilized primary data that was collected directly from respondents by researchers, as opposed to previously collected data: interviews, observations, and documentation yield research that were obtained directly from researchers. Primary data were obtained directly by the author through interviews with parties within organizations regarding the leadership style of the fresh market leader in constructing a positive company image among employees. Secondary data were obtained by quoting from other sources, such as various types of data obtained through literature studies, such as library books, and so on, for reference in research. This study concludes that the company’s image in the eyes of its employees can also be constructed effectively, as the type of leader is one way to construct an image, particularly in the eyes of the internal public.
 Keywords: leadership style, positive image, company

An automatic college library book recommendation system using optimized Hidden Markov based weighted fuzzy ranking model

An automated book recommendation system has becoming a necessary role in increasing the efficacy and user experience of college library. The number of books in the library is very large, and it is difficult for students to choose the appropriate book from each department efficiently. The manual selection of books is time-consuming, and an automatic library book recommendation system is highly required. Therefore, this research proposes a novel ranking-based hybrid recommendation system for assisting each student in different department to select required books with minimal time. Initially, pre-processing is done to label each department name, which can effectively reduce the time complexity. Then, weighting is provided for each book using a timestamp based on the days the book was issued between the date of issue and return. After, Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) is computed to find the similarity between the department and the corresponding books. Finally, the Hidden Markov-assisted Chaotic Artificial Humming Bird with Discriminant Analysis and weighted fuzzy ranking (HMCAHB_DA-WFR) model is proposed to classify the books according to the department accurately based on the generated ranks and provides better recommendation to the students. The proposed method is implemented in PYTHON software, and a real-time dataset is utilized from Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg. The proposed method obtains a better accuracy of 99.2%, Kappa of 97.6%, MAE of 0.074, NMCC of 98.7%, FPR of 0.0085% and FNR of 0.034%. The attained simulation results prove the efficiency of proposed method over other existing methods.

Borges Reading Jung

ABSTRACT Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges wrote as he read. He made note of important passages in his books to which he might refer later, listing page numbers and ideas in the endpaper pages. As director of the National Library of Argentina, he maintained this same practice with the library books that he read and returned to be reshelved. In 2017, librarians Laura Rosato and Germán Álvarez at the National Library of Argentina published Borges, libros y lecturas, a catalogue of Borges’s marginalia and endpaper notes that they discovered in books in the national collection. These published notes confirm the extent to which Borges read Jung and found in books such as Psychology and Alchemy and Psychology and Religion a lexicon with which to map and describe his private cosmology.

Рецензия на книгу «“К Вам с письмом советский читатель...”: письма читателей М.А. Шолохову: 1956–1984» (отв. ред. Н.В. Корниенко. М.: ИМЛИ РАН, 2022. 1120 с.)

The second volume of the peer-reviewed edition completes the project of publishing readers’ letters to Mikhail Sholokhov. The texts prepared by the compilers represent one of the largest collections of readers’ correspondence to the writer (1,162 letters). Most of the letters are in the personal archive of Sholokhov’s family. The phenomenon of fan mail developed in Russia in the early 1870s. It became particularly widespread in the Soviet period due to a number of cultural initiatives in the early years of Soviet power. Letters to Sholokhov appear not so much as signs of his reputation, but as material for the study of the Soviet reader and his era. This is especially evident in the letters included in the second volume: they were written from 1956 until the end of the writer’s life. At this time, people wrote to Sholokhov not only the writer, but also the deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Materials from different years clarify the general cultural, political and literary context of these letters. The compilers distinguished groups of letters to Sholokhov by subject matter: letters from readers of the USSR, foreign readers, and representatives of emigration; letters from novice writers; letters to Sholokhov as a public figure; letters from participants in World War II; letters from prisoners; and requests for material assistance. The main topics include requests to send books, autographs, photographs, to tell about the fate of heroes (primarily Grigory Melekhov); appeals for help in solving private and public problems; complaints about the lack of books in libraries, bookstores and at private sellers. Chronologically and compositionally, the letters caused by Sholokhov’s speech at the 20th Congress of the CPSU on the problems of literary creativity and the work of the Writers’ Union are singled out. The awarding of the Nobel Prize to Sholokhov in 1965 caused a reaction of readers. Letters with negative reviews either did not survive in the archives or were not included in the edition. In general, the letters to Sholokhov appear as a subject of general interest of the humanities in collecting, preserving, and publishing documents that reflect the perception of contemporaries of an event or phenomenon. They could become the material for history of reading in Russia. For this purpose, at the first stage, it is necessary to create digital copies of the letters, do their markup and statistical processing according to the main parameters: the letter’s author, date, address, and topic. The next stage could be the correlation of the results obtained with data on letters to other writers. A thematic index could be the first step in this direction and, at the same time, a help in using the existing edition. The author declares no conflicts of interests.

The History of Orthopedics in the Long Term: From General Medicine to Medical Specialties.

A thorough literature search was done in PubMed and Google Scholar as well as in physical books in libraries to summarize the literature on the history and evolution of medicine and orthopedics. The philosophical ideas that emerged in ancient Greece served as a foundation for the development of medicine. In the 5th century BC, the schools of Knidos and Kos emerged as influential centers for the development of medical thinking. The field of orthopedics can be traced back to early human civilizations. Ancient Egyptians perpetuated the tradition of employing splinting techniques. Hippocrates provided insights for the diagnosis, correction and treatment of many musculoskeletal entities. The field of medicine experienced a period of limited advancement during the Middle Ages. The Renaissance provided for the foundation of modern orthopedics and important contributions to the understanding and implementation of antisepsis. The discovery of x-ray and advancements in infection control and anesthesia have shown substantial progress in the domain of orthopedics and have contributed to the development of orthopedic subspecialization. Orthopedic surgery holds a historical lineage deeply entrenched in ancient practices and early human civilizations. Physicians specializing in orthopedics should be aware of the historical origins of their discipline and continue to evolve through further subspecialization and enhanced research.

What Students Want: Electronic v. Print Books in the Academic Library

What Students Want: Electronic v. Print Books in the Academic Library

STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF M- LIBRARIES THAN THE TRADITIONAL LIBRARIES

The 21st century has witnessed transformative advancements in technology across various sectors, including information dissemination. Libraries, as essential repositories of knowledge, have had to adapt their services to meet the evolving needs of modern users, who increasingly prefer digital and mobile resources over traditional print materials. The limited availability of physical books in many libraries has further necessitated a shift toward more dynamic, digital services. Mobile technology, in particular, offers faster access to information, presenting libraries with both opportunities and challenges to remodel their service delivery. With the ubiquity of smartphones, libraries can extend their reach to remote users and provide more personalized, user-friendly experiences. This study explores the impact of mobile technology on traditional libraries, emphasizing the effectiveness of mobile libraries (M-libraries) compared to their conventional counterparts in terms of accessibility, user engagement, and service delivery.

An Object-Oriented Approach to the Modular Design of Mechatronic Systems

The design of modern mechatronic systems involves multidisciplinary and high-level integration, creating challenging and complex tasks for industrial designers and engineers. Their development requires intricate interaction between heterogeneous subsystems, and necessitates coordinated trans-sectoral cooperation between mechanical, electronic, and software engineers. Although efforts have been made to create efficient methods to guide the design of mechatronic systems, no existing solutions solve the complexity of design problems experienced during their design. This article, therefore, proposes a structured step-by-step approach to guide the design of mechatronic systems using an object-oriented methodology. Three information streams are employed that flow through the logical layers of a mechatronic system to track requirements and define modular specifications during the design process. The proposed approach benefits those developing mechatronic systems by improving collaboration, minimizing errors, reducing chances of design failure, and helping meet the desired functionality and goal of multidisciplinary integration. To evaluate the proposed approach and demonstrate the practicability of the systematic framework, we present a case study of a library book returning system. Our results highlight the capability of the proposed approach to guarantee top–down consistency and traceability of derived specifications among logical layers and contribute to the successful integration of requirements during the design process of mechatronic systems.

IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE METHOD IN CLASSIFYING SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS WITH COMBINATION OF TF-IDF AND WORD2VEC

The development of technology in education is integral to enhancing its quality, such as implementing information technology in school libraries. Searching for books in school libraries is time-consuming due to conventional book classification, lacking organization based on classifications. Therefore, implementing information technology in school libraries is crucial to improve library management effectiveness. An innovative solution optimizing library management involves leveraging artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning. In applying machine learning to library book classification, Support Vector Machine acts as an algorithm understanding patterns and characteristics of book titles, categorizing them into Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). The dataset comprises 10 classes aligned with DDC. Random data collection follows an 80:20 scale for training and testing data. Data preprocessing is an initial research stage, addressing imbalanced data through oversampling. Testing the SVM algorithm with a linear kernel and C = 1 parameter is conducted three times using different feature extraction methods: TF-IDF alone, Word2Vec alone, and a combination of TF-IDF and Word2Vec. Model performance evaluation employs K-Fold Cross-Validation. After the three objective tests, the most accurate book classification results were obtained using a combination of TF-IDF and Word2Vec feature extraction. It's concluded that SVM's book classification method can be applied, yielding the highest accuracy of 73% with the TF-IDF and Word2Vec feature extraction combination. This outperforms other feature extraction methods, with precision at 83%, recall at 72%, and an F1-Score of 76%.

Venous Pseudoaneurysms: Sonographic Presentation, Correlation with Other Diagnostic Imaging Techniques, and Supported by the Literature

Objective: The objective of this study is to demonstrate the sonographic and computed tomographic features of venous pseudoaneurysms and show the difference between true and false venous aneurysms and arterial pseudoaneurysms. Likewise, it was important to provide a historical context based on a literature review of vascular aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms, emphasizing venous pseudoaneurysms. Materials and Methods: Clinical cases are presented for context, and the vascular examinations were performed utilizing a General Electric (GE) Logiq Fortis or Logiq S8 scanners with a broad-band linear-array transducer (L2-9). Computed tomography (CT) with contrast was performed on a GE Revolution Maxima 64-slice CT scanner with 100 mL Omnipaque-350 as a contrast agent. The three-dimensional (3D) axial, sagittal, and coronal reconstructions were made with the Philips IntelliSpace software. Levels of evidence are provided based on a literature search of relevant publications using the National Library of Medicine, PubMed, and Google Books. Results: Different types of venous pseudoaneurysms, venous aneurysms, and arterial pseudoaneurysm diagnosed by duplex sonography and CT were presented. An extensive historical and literature review was conducted based on publications from the 18th to 21st centuries. Conclusion: Venous pseudoaneurysms are uncommon. Most of them are iatrogenic and are usually found as a complication of repetitive venipuncture in patients receiving hemodialysis with arteriovenous fistulas. In rare cases, venous pseudoaneurysms occur spontaneously.

PEMBELAJARAN KREATIF MENULIS RESENSI BUKU BACAAN ANAK

Education can be prepared carefully because it is a symbol of success in life. In fact, education requires interesting implementation and learning. Teachers are one of the implementers of teaching in schools, as a benchmark for success. With competent teachers and long experience in learning at school, the school will progress. This type of research uses descriptive analytics where researchers not only explain certain phenomena, but researchers participate in analyzing phenomena that occur in accordance with what occurs in the field. Learning resources are not only from textbooks, but can be obtained from books in the library. The use of library books can increase student motivation and improve writing by looking at the results of the sentence descriptions they write on student worksheets. In addition, students will be more active and enthusiastic in participating in learning as well as being able to creatively arrange words to fill in student worksheets.

‘Pour constituer une “Bibliothèque de Littérature Nègre”’

Arthur Barnett Spingarn (1878–1971) was a Jewish American lawyer who during the early twentieth century built an extensive personal library of books by authors of African descent. In 1937, Spingarn delivered a speech in Washington, DC entitled ‘Collecting a Library of Negro Literature’, which sought to expand his audience’s understanding of black literature beyond the United States. The following year, Spingarn’s address was published in anonymous French translation by the Haitian literary and political journal La Relève (1932–1939). This article is an enquiry into how this translation, entitled ‘Pour constituer une “Bibliothèque de Littérature Nègre”’, was used by editors Jacques Carméleau Antoine, Jean Fouchard, and Jules Blanchet to feed into the cultural debates taking place in Haiti during the 1930s. I focus on two key aspects of Spingarn’s text: firstly, his vision for a transnational and transhistorical ‘bibliothèque de littérature nègre’, the broad scope of which corresponded to two related, yet ultimately divergent, cultural ideologies prevalent in post-occupation Haiti, namely, the cultural syncretism of the Indigenists and the ethno-nationalism of the Noirists. Secondly, I assess Spingarn’s schema for the individuals involved in building an archive of black literature, revealing parallel ‘bourgeois public literary spheres’ (Stieber, 2020, p. 13) in Haiti and the United States. The inter-American trajectory of Spingarn’s address reveals a transatlantic interest in collecting practices associated with black literature. A close reading of its republication in La Rèleve offers new directions for French postcolonial studies by demonstrating the value of periodicals as literary sites which juxtapose competing cultural visions and raise important questions regarding the collection and commodification of Africana.

Given by Lady Joan Ingoldisthorpe: The Caxton Cordyal (1479) from a Library at Pott Chapel (Pott Shrigley, Cheshire), c. 1493, Identified

Abstract This paper describes a copy of William Caxton’s printing of the Cordyal of the four last and final thinges (Westminster: 24 March 1479) recently acquired by the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds. It bears a gift inscription from Lady Joan Ingoldisthorpe (d. 1494) to the Downes Chantry Chapel at Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, which possessed a small library of books, including several others printed by Caxton, previously known only through an early inventory. It discusses the book’s ownership and provenance, the reception of Caxton’s printings beyond London, the possible patronage of his edition of John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester’s translations of Cicero and Buonaccorso da Montemagno printed by Caxton in 1481, and the early provenance of the unique copy of the Sarum Missal printed in Paris by Guillaume Maynyal for Caxton in 1487 owned by the National Trust at Lyme Park in Cheshire.

Brocade Papers in the Collection of Russian Books of Civil Printing of the 18th Century of the Russian State Library Book Museum

Among the decorative binding papers of the 18th century, brocade papers, so called because of their resemblance to expensive gold woven fabrics, can be recognized as particularly spectacular. The rich relief pattern, the combination of gold and silver lustre with a multi-coloured paper backing was the secret of their popularity in European countries for a whole century.The technique of paper gilding and embossing originated in the early 18th century in Augsburg. Subsequently, brocade papers were produced in various cities in Germany and mainly spread throughout Europe from there. Although brocade papers were also used by Russian masters, there are no special works about this binding material in the Russian historiography.The article is devoted to the description of the collection of brocade papers preserved as covers and forzats in Russian civil books of the 18th century in the collection of the Book Museum of the Russian State Library (RSL). The questions of terminology, production technology and systematization of brocade papers are considered. The main types of domestic publications characterized by the use of this material are calendars, published annually at the Academy of Sciences printing house in St. Petersburg, and descriptions of various celebrations, speeches “on occasion”, odes, “instructive words” and “reasonings”, produced by different printing houses and usually small in volume.The collection provides rich material for a more accurate understanding of the role of the printing house and the aesthetic preferences of the reading public in the external design of books in the period of the birth of bookbinding in Russia. Decorative binding papers are valuable not only for the researcher of old-printed books, librarian, collector or restorer, but also for the cultural historian in a broad sense, as content, stylistically and technologically they reflect general trends in the production of wallpapers, fabrics, furniture and trade packaging. On the basis of the description of the quantitative and qualitative composition of the collection of the RSL Book Museum a methodology of working with brocade papers is proposed, which can be applied to the collections of other fund holders as well.

“Indispensable Reference Book”: Russian Calendars or Monthbooks of the 18th Century from the Collection of the Russian State Library Book Museum

For a modern user, a calendar is usually a reference table that lists all the days of the year in sequential order, dividing them into months and weeks, and highlighting weekends and holidays with a special color. People of the 18th century gave the calendar similar definitions, but its functions were much broader: the calendar became a desk book, fulfilled the functions of a notebook, an individual for each family home directory — for this purpose in the copies, even at the stage of conclusion in the cover or binding, blank sheets were bound to keep family and household records. Throughout most of the 18th century, the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg had the exclusive right to issue calendars, and the calendars, along with other academic publications, were subject to state and church control, as they contained current information about persons serving at the court and about the highest Russian officialdom. The Russian State Library as part of the collection of the Research Department of Rare Books (Museum of Books) holds a representative collection of calendars and monthbooks of the 18th century, which makes it possible to get acquainted with the repertoire of this type of publications. The present study examines the subjects and readers’ address of calendars or monthbooks of the 18th century, reveals the content of the “Calendar or Monthbook for the summer from the Nativity of Christ...”, court, historical, geographical, economic, travel, church, “fortune-telling” calendars on the example of copies from the collection of the Book Museum.The calendar as a type of publishing reacted sensitively to the changes that took place in society and in the book business in different historical periods, tried to record the information that seemed important to contemporaries, helped owners to structure their lives and the lives of their families, their homes and households. Calendars had their readers and admirers. It is in the calendar that one finds information that has not passed the test of time, but is so necessary to reconstruct the history of everyday life of a particular era.

Exploring the Information Sources Consulted by Doctors at the Point of Care in Four Selected South African Referral Hospitals.

To provide an understanding of the clinical information sources consulted by teaching or referral hospital-based doctors in four South African provinces. A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was used. To identify provinces, hospitals, and participants, simple random sampling was adopted. This study targeted a total of 276 doctors from all the four hospitals working across different departments within the hospitals. This study was conducted in four selected South African public referral/teaching hospitals in four different provinces, namely Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in the Eastern Cape province; Witbank Hospital in Mpumalanga province; Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Northern Cape province and lastly, Pietersburg Hospital in Limpopo province. Overall, 221 doctors were surveyed. Doctors relied more on colleagues as formal and informal sources of information. They seldomly relied on newspapers, reference, and library books, or used hospital computers to access the internet. They seldomly attended training workshops organised by the district or provincial office. Protocols and clinical guidelines which are kept in the hospitals and easily accessible were often (27.9%) or always (51.1%) used. Teaching hospitals need to strengthen information resources to ensure that even when colleagues are used as an information source, they are an accessible means to validate the correctness of the information provided.

Academic Library Book Digitization and Contemplative Reading

Academic Library Book Digitization and Contemplative Reading

Exploring the Product of Campus Service-based Sharing Economy - A Case Study of Shared Laundry Services at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology

As an emerging economic model, sharing economy has been widely used and promoted on campus, such as library book sharing, database resource sharing, MOOC platform, shared bicycles and shared laundry. The campus service-based sharing economy aims to enhance efficiency and convenience within the campus by sharing resources and services. Taking the shared laundry service of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology as an example, this paper discusses the product of campus service-based sharing economy, and analyzes its impact on campus environment and student life. The study found that shared laundry services reduce the burden on students' lives and promote the efficient use of campus resources by providing convenient and economical laundry solutions. However, the service also has some shortcomings in the implementation process, such as equipment problems and health problems. In view of these problems, this paper puts forward some solutions and looks forward to the development of a campus service-oriented sharing economy in the future.