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The Evaluation of Worldwide Digital Reference Services in Libraries

  • 1st Edition - June 30, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Jia Liu
  • Language: English

This book outlines and evaluates the digital reference services in libraries worldwide. The work is based on an international collaborative project between two groups from German… Read more

Description

This book outlines and evaluates the digital reference services in libraries worldwide. The work is based on an international collaborative project between two groups from German and Chinese institutions, during which digital reference services provided by nearly 200 libraries all over the world were evaluated. The book also examines the reasons for the resulting differences; it also contains more generic proposals and perspectives on digital reference services.

Key features

  • An international, evaluative approach is taken
  • Includes unique information - which has never before being gathered and evaluated
  • Includes a brief introduction to the basic knowledge and development in the field of digital reference service in the library

Readership

Professionals and practitioners in the field of digital reference service

Table of contents

Introduction; Basics about digital reference services; Evaluating digital reference services; Views from the Western world: Evaluation by the German team; Views from the Eastern world: Evaluation by the Chinese team; Comparisons and conclusions.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 30, 2007
  • Language: English

About the author

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Jia Liu

Jia Liu is currently an Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. His research interests include power electronics in power systems, microgrids and distributed generation, and auxiliary services from renewable energy generation. He has been working on grid-forming converters for the last decade. He has published 15 first-/corresponding-author papers in reputed journals, including 2 ESI highly-cited papers, and his works have been cited thousands of times. He has been the principle investigator of 3 national research projects in Japan and China, and more than 10 joint projects with Japanese and Chinese companies. He has been supported by Talent Plans of Xi’an Jiaotong University and Shaanxi Province. He is an IEEE Senior Member, and serves as the Vice Secretary of the International Exchange Committee of China Power Supply Society, Member of P2988 Working Group of IEEE Standards Association, and as a Committee Members of several IEEE TCs and Chinese Societies.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University,School of Electrical Engineering, China

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