Introduction………623

The new technology of information retrieval
　Takashi NAGATSUKA………624

Bioinformatics
　Hiroshi HAYASHI………629

Information access based on association
　Akihiko TAKANO………634

Semantic web―Machine understandable metadata―
　Toshio YOKOI………640

Evaluation models of web information access technologies
　Koji EGUCHI………647

Series : BOOKMARK for InfoPros (9)
Searching News information through internet………Tetsuya KIKUCHI………653
●INFOSTA Forum (168)………Taro MIURA………658
●New book………659
●INFOSTA News………660
●Editor's note………663

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.11
Special feature : Information visualization

Introduction………557

Recent Trends in Information Visualization Technologies.
　Toshiyuki MASUI………558

Subject World : A System for Subject Retrieval
　Harumi MURAKAMI, Takashi HIRATA, Hiroshi UEDA………568

A study on patent citation visualization―application of bibliometric concepts
　Nobuko MIYAIRI………575

MIRACLES : Multimedia Information Retrieval System which enables “seeing and
selecting information"
　Daiki MASUMOTO, Takayuki BABA, Susumu ENDO, Shuichi SHIITANI,
　　Yusuke UEHARA, Shigemi NAGATA………582

Interactive Data Visualization Environment
　Mitsuhiro OIKAWA………589

Integrated Data Mining…Visualizations in OmniViz Software
　Yuko KOBUNE………596

Adaptive presentation and adaptive navigation support of Web information
services : personal Differences and learning effectiveness in hypertext learning
　Eiichi KURAHASHI………603

Series : BOOKMARK for INFOPROS (8)
Retrieval of Standards………Yumi SHIGETA………611
INFOSTA　Forum (167)………Motonobu YOSHITUGU………617
Editor's note………621

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.10
Special feature : Knowledge Innovation

Introduction………499

Knowledge Innovation : Organization & Information for Fostering Sustainable Knowledge Creation
　Takahiko NOMURA………500

Knowledge Services at McKinsey-its evolution and future perspective
　Haruko NISHIDA………507

Basic Concepts in Knowledge Management and How They differ from Document Management
　Hayuru YOSHIOKA………515

Moving Ba―The Interaction between Physical and Virtual Environment
　Dai SENOO………521

Visualizing Innovation Competencies in the context of Organization Learning
　Ellie OKADA………530

Visualizing Intangible Asset―IC RatingR
　Sumio SHIMOYAMA, Hideki EBISU………535

Series : BOOKMARK for INFOPROS (7)
MSDS………Rika HIGURASHI………541
INFOSTA Forum (166)………Tohru KOIZUMI………546
Impression : The 29th INFOSTA Prize………547
New book………552
INFOSTA News………553
Editor's note………555

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.9
Special feature : Archiving of digital information resources

Introduction………439

The Subject and Perspectives in Digital Archives
　Mitsuhiro TAKEMURA………440

The policy for long…term digital presevation of the United States and Japan
　Atsushi KONNO………447

Establishments of a Portal to Digital Archives in Japan―To implement the “National Diet Library Digital Library Medium Term Plan2004"
　Masaki NAKAYAMA………453

The OAIS Reference Model and Preservation Metadata
　Masamitsu KURIYAMA………461

Using and preserving digital imaging information
　Kou HIDA………467

Initiatives for setting up institutional repositories in Japan : focusing on the efforts of Chiba University and National Institute of Information
　Koichi OJIRO, Shigeki SUGITA, Haruo ASOSHINA, Koichi KATO………475

Series : BOOKMARK for INFOPROS (6)
　Searching the patent information on Asia
　Yuko OGAWA………483

INFOSTA Forum (165)………Takanobu FUJIMOTO………488
New book………491
Proceedings of 47th annual meeting of INFOSTA………492
INFOSTA News………495
Editor's note………498

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.8
Special feature : Usability

Introduction………383

Usability of information service
　Masaaki KUROSU………384

Usability testing
　Muneo KITAJIMA………391

Actual situation of web usability testing
　Toshikazu SHINOHARA………398

Web design in view of human interface
　Miwako DOI………407

Tips and design of useful portal web sites
　Hideki TANAKA………413

Accessibility for Persons with Disabilites Information Services
　Hiroshi KAWAMURA………421

Series : BOOKMARK for INFOPROs (5)
The patent information of Japan, the U.S. and Europe is investigated
　Yuko OGAWA………425

●INFOSTA Forum (164)………Yuichi USUI………432
●New book………433
●INFOSTA News………434
●Editor's note………437

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.7
Special feature : Subject access

Introduction………333

Subject approach for information retrieval : general remarks
　Katsuichi KITA………334

Subject retrieval in books : retrieval with NDL-OPAC (National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalogue) and tracking problems in National Diet Library
　Toshiyasu OBA, Michiko KAWANABE………341

The subject information retrieval of journal articles:with focusing on the chemical and medical fields
　Takahiro TAKEUCHI………348

Searching for the patent information by the theme information. Concept searching and its limits
　Teruaki TAKAHASHI………355

Information access behavior of music reserchers and music materials
　Hitoshi MATUSHITA………363

Series : BOOKMARK for INFOPROs (4) Drug information
　Yukiko KITAJIMA………371

●INFOSTA Forum (163)………Yurie IINO………377
●New book………378
●INFOSTA News………379
●Editor's note………382

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.6
Special feature : Scientific communication in science and technology

The news of former president, Professor Akira Ohmi's death
　Takuya GONDOU………271

The news of Masami Takahashi's death
　Hisamichi YAMASAKI………273

Introduction………275

Characteristics of the scientific communication:Functions of the scholarly journals
　Keiko KURATA………276

The making process of "Report of Research Results" be KAKENHI Grants
　Hideaki MATSUGI………282

Health and labour sciences research grants (HLSRG) :Report of researches supported by HLSRG
　Ryuji NAGATA, Mari ASAMI, Emiko TAKAGAI, Hiroki NAKATANI………289

The disclosure and dissemination of research results of basic research projects in the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
―Centered around medium-term plan of JST
　Yoshinori ITABASHI, Nobuko MISHIMA, Tsutomu KUROSAWA………294

Information collection and seruice on government―Subsidized research and development
　Haruhiko OTAKE………303

Informal communication for Science research
　Mamoru HAYASHI………311

Research evaluations using journal article database ―Limits and possibilities of bibliometrics indicators―
　Masashi SHIRABE………317

Series : BOOKMARK for INFOPROs (3)
　Kenji KIKUCHI………324

●INFOSTA Forum (162)………Jyunko BABA………328
●INFOSTA News………329
●Editor's note………332

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.5
Special feature : Knowledge and skills for patent searching

Introduction………213

The database and system which are used for patent information searching
　Yuko OGAWA………214

Have a further knowledge of Database ―Insight and cost―consciousness are decisive factor for progress
　Akira MUTO………224

Learning the Patent Law
　Toshiyuki SUZUKI………229

Brief study on how to get knowledge about subject of patent information retrieval
　Hiroshi NAGASAWA………235

Training for end user and selection of appropriate patent information retrieval system
　Yuriko ISHIDA………240

Data handling and analysis
　Tsutomu KIRIYAMA………248

Information of Associations which were founded to provide a close contact between the patent information specialists
　Yasuko OCHI………254

Series : BOOKMARK for InfoPros (2)
　Kenji KIKUCHI………260

●INFOSTA Forum (161)………Miwa YAMAZAKI………264
●INFOSTA News………265
●Editor's note………269

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.4
Special feature : Library performance evaluation and E-metrics

Introduction………161

Trends of practical and research efforts for measuring performance of electronic library services
　Kazuaki KISHIDA………162

Usage statistics of electronic resources : COUNTER Project and the code of practice
　Shinya KATO………168

Customers' context of evaluation in electronic libraries
　Haruki NAGATA………176

“A report on evaluation indicators for the university library (version 0)" and case studies of their effectiveness focusing on electronic library service
　Hidehiro GAMOH………183

Possibility and potential for a change in Academic Libraries
　Saori DONKAI………190

Series : BOOKMARK for InfoPros (1) Full-text search of the medical literature
　Masahiko WATANABE………198

Winners of IR qualifying examination, beginner class (2003)………203
Winners of IR qualifying examination (2nd class 2003)………205
Winners of IR qualifying examination (1st class 2003)………206
●INFOSTA Forum (160)………Ikuko NOZAKA………207
●INFOSTA News………208
●Editor's note………211

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.3
Special feature : The current state of review journal

Introduction………101

Role of review journal in the journal communities
　Yuko FUJIGAKI………102

Performance analyses of review journals and review articles emerging from citation trends
　Yoshiko TANAHASHI, Nobuko MIYAIRI………109

The current state of review journals on library and information science, pedagogy
　Tomoharu ANDO………115

An information bulletin “Current Awareness": the role and new directions
　Akiko HASHIZUME………120

Analysis of electronic journal usage in Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Library
　Masashi ISHIKAWA, Tadashi HABARA, Takeshi OOSHIMA………126

The report on lecture for INFOSTA's qualifying examinations of the EPIDOS meeting　………Hajime TACHIBANA………133
Examination paper of IR qualifying examination, beginner class (2003)………136
Examination paper of IR qualifying examination (2nd class 2003)………141
Examination paper of IR qualifying examination (1st class 2003)………151
●INFOSTA Forum (159)………Kazuhiko OKAMOTO………155
●New book………156
●INFOSTA News………157
●Editor's note………160

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.2
Special feature : Internet Search Engines

Introduction………65

Technologies and mechanisms of web search engines
　Toshikazu FUKUSHIMA………66

Search engine relation chart
　Motoharu SUMI………72

Search engine algorithms
　Susumu KANEMUNE………78

The architecture of search engines
　Hayato YAMANA………84

How Google works, and how should we use it?
　Yuji SEKI………90

●Report of “Joint Konwakai 2003"……95
●INFOSTA Forum (158)………Noriko OKA………96
●New book………97
●INFOSTA News………98
●Editor's note………100

Vol. 54 （2004） ,　No.1
Special feature : Mobile

Foreword
　Hajime TACHIBANA………1

Introduction………2

Information services through mobile communication to various remote access in the ubiquitous network society
　Eiichi KURAHASHI………3

Reliable P2P type communication model
　Motomitsu ADACHI………11

Recent technologies and management of secure remote access
　Koichi HATOGAI………16

Limitations of mobile and issues
　Masahiro KURODA………22

Database contract and remote access requirement
　Ikuo KAN………27

Operation and trends of digital contents to remote access
　Norihiko OMIYA, Chiyoshi ISHII………31

The measure for ubiquitous in a library ―wireless LAN and an application share server―
　Hitoshi NISHIMUKAI………37

Chinese patents search
　Yukie AKAKABE………43

The new information service proposal of a public library ; An example of the Yuki city
　Takashi SASANUMA………50

●INFOSTA Forum (157)………Mitsuko NAKA………56
●New book………57
●INFOSTA News………59
●Editor's note………64