The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association
(Johono Kagaku to Gijutsu) Vol. 58 (2008)
Past Issues

Special Feature : Improving findability: Information access optimization

• Introduction
  ………581
• Improvement of the findability in the information search action
  Hideyuki YOSHIKAWA………582
• How usability can improve findability
  Ayumu KAWAZOE, Sonoko SAGA, Toshikazu SHINOHARA………588
• User model and findability on academic information services
  Ikki OHMUKAI………595
• Trends of "Next Generation OPAC": its functions and installation in Japan
  Takeshi KUBOYAMA………602
• Access path to institutional repositories
  Satsuki KAMIYA, Yuji NONAKA and Shigeki SUGITA………610
• Improvement of findability that depended on a low cost
  Akira MAEDA………615
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (9)
  Recollection: MARUZEN DIALOG information retrieval system
  Yoshibumi TAKAHARA………621
• INFOSTA Forum (216)
  Taku ONOZATO………629
• INFOSTA News
  ………630
• Editor's note
  ………633

Special Feature : Document management primer; for librarians

• Memorial of Taisuke Nagayama
  ………533
• Introduction
  ………534
• Recordkeeping and archives: thinking about the modern records management
  Masahito ANDO………535
• Mutual cooperation between libraries and archives: The case in Samukawa town
  Hideaki TAKAKI………542
• Service strategy of university archives
  Seiichi KOIKE………548
• Document management in the digital library age
  Norio TOGIYA………554
• Concerning the management of documents in the era of internal control
  Jiro MAKINO………560
• The importance of "Vital Records Management"
  Yukio ISHII………565
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (8)
  Information retrieval services in a fiber company: SDI service using CA Condensates tapes
  Toshiharu OKAMOTO………572
• INFOSTA Forum (215)
  Rie MATSUMOTO………576
• INFOSTA News
  ………577
• Editor's note
  ………580

Special Feature : Library economics and financial analysis for fundraising

• Introduction
  ………485
• Recent trends of library finance and fundraising
  Ikuyo FUKUDA………486
• American libraries' fundraising and management
  Norihisa YODA………492
• Current trend of public library funding in the U.S.
  Hideki TAKEUCHI………499
• America's foundations and public libraries
  Nobuko KANAYA………505
• Fundraising of academic libraries in the United States
  Takanori UMEZAWA………511
• An evaluation of PFI-type library management
  −Kuwana City Central Library as an example−
  Masatsugu FUJIE………517
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (7)
  The debut of DIALOG service in Japan
  Isao MIURA………523
• Report of the 7th INFOMATES
  ………528
• INFOSTA Forum (214)
  Yashushi ANDO………529
• INFOSTA News
  ………530
• Editor's note
  ………532

Special Feature : Cataloging: Now and future

• Introduction
  ………423
• Resources description in libraries in the days ahead
  Haruki NAGATA………424
• Future of bibliographic control:
  Some issues based on the 2008 Report of LC Working Group and two reports in Japan
  Takahiro WATANABE………430
• Which direction should cataloging go? −A report of the experience in University of Toronto Libraries−
  Kayo SAKEMI………436
• A report of the next-generation catalog information service by National Institute of Informatics
  Seiji HOSOKAWA, Yoshiro HIRATA, Yasuo SAITO, Yumiko NAITO………442
• Technical processes in Tokyo Metropolitan Library about items in Japanese
  Junko OOGUSHI, Kimie TAKAI………448
• Cataloging and metadata education in the Google age
  Shoichi TANIGUCHI………454
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (6)
  The handicraft database which software house began−The HiNET & the HAPPINESS development secret story−
  Naoaki KUTSUZAWA, Kazuyuki IIDA………460
• Impression: The 33rd INFOSTA Prize
  ………466
• INFOSTA Forum (213)
  Masataka TANAKA………473
• New books
  ………474
• Proceedings of the 51st annual meeting of INFOSTA
  ………476
• INFOSTA News
  ………481
• Editor's note
  ………484
• Paper of the 51st annual meeting of INFOSTA

Special Feature : Web archiving：the present and challenges

• Introduction
  ………371
• Web archiving and Socio-Sense
  Masaru KITSUREGAWA, Masashi TOYODA, Takayuki TAMURA, Nobuhiro KAJI………372
• Web archiving and the law
  Fumio SHIMPO………376
• The mechanism of web archiving and the technical features
  Takashi HARADA………383
• Web archiving in the world−International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) and their activities
  Wasuke HIIRAGI, Tetsuo SAKAGUCHI, Shigeo SUGIMOTO………389
• Issues and prospects about Web Archiving in Japan compared with the trends of overseas:
  the project of National Diet Library (NDL)
  Kazuya TAKEDA………394
• Korea Knowledge Portal and web archiving through the legal deposit system of digital resources in Korea
  Suk-Doo CHOI, Naoki TAKUBO………401
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (5)
  Memories of NEEDS, NIKKEI TELECOM
  Yukio　SUEYOSHI………408
• Seminar report
  ………415
• INFOSTA Forum (212)
  Syunsuke MIURA………418
• INFOSTA News
  ………419
• Editor's note
  ………422

Special Feature : Rethinking reference services

• Introduction
  ………321
• Overview: Rethinking reference services
  Shunsaku TAMURA………322
• Who is a "reference librarian" in the Internet age?
  Mamoru ANDO，Makoto INOUE………329
• Skill improvement of "Individual" and "Organization" in business support service at library
  Momoko YONO………335
• Introducing Ochanomizu University Learning Commons:
  A report on installing a Learning Commons in a small-scale university library
  Riko MODEKI………341
• Toward an automatic reference service
  Hidetaka MASUDA, Yoji KIYOTA, Hiroshi NAKAGAWA………347
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (4)
  　Free keyword patent information retrieval system and PATOLIS
  Jun KAWASHIMA………353
• A research on the existing condition of online library pathfinders in Japan
  Mashiro ITO, Kota OZAWA………361
• INFOSTA Forum (211)
  Kentaro FUKUMOTO………367
• INFOSTA News
  ………368
• Editor's note
  ………370

Special Feature : Library user surveys

• Introduction
  ………271
• Incorporating user studies into library services
  Yoshinori SATO………272
• User study at Keio University Library
  Makiko UEOKA………278
• Usability survey of library webcat -A case study of the University of Pittsburgh
  Good, Hiroyuki NAGAHASHI………285
• A report of the user questionnaire survey at Tohoku University Library;
  use radar charts and matrix analysis
  Yoshitsugu MATSUI, Hiromichi TERUUCHI, Kanako KATSUMOTO………290
• The history and use of internet research
  Takahiro NAGASAKI………295
• Survey on usage of electronic journals in Japan Atomic Energy Agency
  Takeyasu FUKAZAWA, Hidemitsu NAKAJIMA, Masashi ISHIKAWA………301
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (3)
  The history of the system development of JOIS
  Shusaku SUWA………306
• Seminar report
  ………313
• INFOSTA Forum (210)
  Tatsuya HORII………317
• INFOSTA News
  ………318
• Editor's note
  ………320

Special Feature : Encouragement of software use for information professionals

• Introduction
  ………213
• Introduction: freeware beginner's guide
  Editorial committee, The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association………214
• How to make the illustration manuals with the free software
  Hiroshi SAWAI………221
• It eases some daily work: small and useful freeware
  Susumu SHIMADA………226
• Introduction to text processing with free software
  Wataru ONO………232
• How to make iGoogle gadgets for library services
  Hisashi KADOYA ,Kazuhiko KINOSHITA………237
• How to make the Firefox search extension for the OPAC
  Takanori HAYASHI………242
• A display of cover image using Amazon Web Services
  Tomoaki SUGIYAMA………248
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (2)
  The first database service in Japan: research, development and service of TOOL-IR
  Takeo YAMAMOTO………254
• Report of the 6th INFOMATES
  ………264
• INFOSTA Forum (209)
  Ippei TAKAHASHI………265
• INFOSTA News
  ………266
• Editor's note
  ………269

Special Feature : Database and indexing policy

• Introduction
  ………165
• Anticipation of indexing policy for databases from the viewpoint of a searcher
  Tomoko HARADA………166
• Indexing and searching of MEDLINE/PubMed
  Shinichi ABE………172
• Indexing policy for International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
  Minoru YONEZAWA………178
• Indexing policy for JMEDPlus file
  Kyoko SUZUKI………184
• Chemical Abstracts
  Sachiko MIYAZAKI………188
• How to search and FIND - deep indexing
  Helle Lauridsen………194
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (1)　A brief history
  Soichi TOKIZANE………200
• Seminar report
  ………204
• INFOSTA Forum (208)
  Aiko SHIGA………206
• Winners of IR qualifying examination, 2007(No.2)
  ………207
• INFOSTA News
  ………208
• Editor's note
  ………211

Special Feature : The 4th information professional symposium: INFOPRO2007

• Introduction
  ………95
• General reports of INFOPRO2007
  ………96
• Reports of special lecture "Ubiquitous as innovation base" (No.1)
  Ayatsugu NAKAMURA………97
• Reports of special lecture "Ubiquitous as innovation base" (No.2)
  Yichi USUI………101
• It participates in INFOPRO2007
  Satoko MOCHIZUKI………104
• Toque & toque: It aims at tomorrow's INFOPRO
  ………106
• General presentation: Each session report
  ………111
• Approach on IR Qualifying Examination in Faculty of Intellectual Property of Osaka Institute of Technology
  Izumi TSUZUKI………122
• Joint Committee report
  ………126
• New books
  ………128
• INFOSTA Forum (207)
  Satoko ANAZAWA………129
• Examination paper of IR qualifying examination, 2007
  ………130
• Ansers of IR primary qualifying examination, 2007
  ………155
• Winners of IR qualifying examination, 2007(No.1)
  ………156
• INFOSTA News
  ………160
• Editor's note
  ………163

Special Feature : Classification, with a fresh eye

• Introduction
  ………45
• What do classification and classificatory thinking imply for information professionals?
  Hisamichi YAMAZAKI………46
• Meaning of biological classification
  Shunsuke F. MAWATARI………52
• ICONCLASS: Iconographic classification system
  Hidenobu KUJIRAI………57
• HRAF and classification of books in National Museum of Ethnology
  Yoko INABA………64
• Classification and evolution
  Akira FUKUSHIMA………71
• Methods of constructing concepts for categorization
  Ryutaro ICHISE………78
• Long-term preservation of electronic journals: LOCKSS and Portico
  Soichi TOKIZANE………84
• INFOSTA Forum (206)
  Noriaki YOSHIKAI………89
• New books
  ………90
• INFOSTA News
  ………91
• Editor's note
  ………94

Special Feature : The present state of information society in Singapore

• Foreword
  Hajime TACHIBANA
• Introduction
  ………1
• National Library of Singapore (NLB): Its establishment and current status
  Eisuke NAITO………2
• Infocomm policies in Singapore
  Koji TANABE………8
• Toward a new library service: The activities of National Library of Singapore and the potential of library service
  Shizuko MIYAHARA………13
• Provision of digital resources by libraries and open access of academic information in Singapore
  Saori DONKAI………19
• Intellectual property right circumstances in Singapore
  Keita SATO………25
• Book trade in Singapore : Recent and future development
  Hiroshi SOGO………30
• Report of the 5th INFOMATES
  ………35
• INFOSTA Forum (205)
  Toshinari TSURUHARA………37
• INFOSTA News
  ………38
• Editor's note
  ………44