Ruth C. Carter

Bio: Ruth C. Carter is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cataloging & Web page. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 24 publications receiving 123 citations.

Cataloging & classification quarterly : A Web site for a professional journal in librarianship

Abstract: The World Wide Web site tor Cataloging & Classification Quarterly(CCQ) was created to address a serious need-timeli-ness-in communicating the results of research among librarians, while at the same time providing a number of new benefits to enhance the journal's relationship to its readers. Brought online in early 1995, it was the first such Web site for a professional journal in librarianship, and its characteristic method of making abstracts available well in advance of the print version anticipated a practice later employed by journals in a variety of other fields. Historical background to electronic texts is discussed in context with the beginnings of the CCQ Web page, along with providing an orientation to the relevant aspects of the still-evolving World Wide Web. By using the CCQ Web page as an example, an attempt to characterize the current state of electronic journal publishing will be outlined. With the decision early this year by CCQ's publisher, The Haworth Press, Inc., to begin a pilo...

Using the Web

Abstract: As always this current issue of Journal of Internet Cataloging contains informative columns and articles. The “42” columnists offer a philosophy of shared creation of metadata for the Web-based resources. Their column on research and education discusses research trends evidenced in the literature as well as conferences highlighting research techniques, projects, and results. The education section examines education through the literature, tutorials, and tools for the non-professionals. The “Profiles in Digital Information” interview features Ingrid Mifflin discussing her career, cataloging experience, and the organization of the metadata for an Internet database containing newspaper articles on the history of the Pacific Northwest. Archivists, systems librarians, and catalogers are among those who will find Mifflin’s project of interest. The first article describes metadata and authority control in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. A second article reports the results of an Illinois study concerning the impact of consortial guidelines on the cataloging of Internet resources. The “News from the Field” column, with its extensive coverage of both completed and pending con-

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 1980-1990

Abstract: The contents from the first ten years of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly are reviewed. Statistsical analysis of the content is provided along with an examination of the contributors, editors, and changes in emphasis of topics.

Pittsburgh regional library center serials cancellation project

Abstract: Historique la mise en œuvre du projet. Utilisation de listes automatisees accessibles en ligne de periodiques afin de venir en aide aux responsables des collections

Triggers And Enablers Of Sensegiving In Organizations

Abstract: Drawing on a longitudinal study of sensegiving in organizations, we investigate the conditions associated with sensegiving by stakeholders and by leaders. For each group, we identify conditions tha...

Learning concept hierarchies from text corpora using formal concept analysis

Abstract: We present a novel approach to the automatic acquisition of taxonomies or concept hierarchies from a text corpus. The approach is based on Formal Concept Analysis (FCA), a method mainly used for the analysis of data, i.e. for investigating and processing explicitly given information. We follow Harris' distributional hypothesis and model the context of a certain term as a vector representing syntactic dependencies which are automatically acquired from the text corpus with a linguistic parser. On the basis of this context information, FCA produces a lattice that we convert into a special kind of partial order constituting a concept hierarchy. The approach is evaluated by comparing the resulting concept hierarchies with hand-crafted taxonomies for two domains: tourism and finance. We also directly compare our approach with hierarchical agglomerative clustering as well as with Bi-Section-KMeans as an instance of a divisive clustering algorithm. Furthermore, we investigate the impact of using different measures weighting the contribution of each attribute as well as of applying a particular smoothing technique to cope with data sparseness.

What drives and inhibits university-business cooperation in Europe? A comprehensive assessement

Abstract: Knowledge transfer between universities and organizations is essential, not only for the organizations involved but also for the broader innovation system. Understanding the factors that drive or inhibit this process, thus, becomes a priority. Yet, the increasingly prolific academic literature dealing with university-business cooperation (UBC) possesses a strong focus on barriers rather than drivers and only examines few of the cooperation activities that exist in practice. This article offers a comprehensive review and analysis of an extensive set of barriers and drivers across seven UBC activities with a large sample of European academics from 33 countries. Results highlight that while the identified drivers significantly affect the development of all cooperation activities, barriers have more diverse effects. While significantly limiting research and valorization activities, they barely impact cooperation in education. Additionally, results show that even if academics perceive no barriers they still may not cooperate with business if there are no drivers in place. This article concludes by discussing the relevant implications for research, management and policy development regarding UBC, leading to directions for future research.

Epistemology, Theory, and Methodology in Knowledge Organization: Toward a Classification, Metatheory, and Research Framework

Abstract: This paper proposes a preliminary classification of knowledge organization research, divided among epistemology, theory, and methodology plus three spheres of research: design, study, and critique. This work is situated in a metatheoretical framework, drawn from sociological thought. Example works are presented along with preliminary classification. The classification is then briefly described as a comparison tool which can be used to demonstrate overlap and divergence in cognate discourses of knowledge organization (such as ontology engineering).