The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association
(Johono Kagaku to Gijutsu) Vol. 59 (2009)
Past Issues

Special Feature : Applications of the geographic information systems

• Introduction
  ………525
• Libraries and GIS
  Yoshinori SATO………526
• Perspective on application of GIS in history and geography education
  −Development of compounded views on regionality through Web based GIS−
  Nobuya WATANABE………532
• Trend of GIS services in US academic libraries
  −from comparison of past surveys and current situation of the University of Pittsburgh
  Hiroyuki Nagahashi GOOD………539
• Conference report from the symposium on the perspective of the historical GIS at Tezukayama University
  Hiroshi KAWAGUCHI………545
• Application and GIS analysis of the high quality digital image data of old maps
  Shogo HIRAI………551
• Mapping the past −The digitalization of the Japanese maps at University of California at Berkeley
  Hisayuki ISHIMATSU………557
• INFOSTA Forum (227)
  Yasuko SUZUKI………563
• INFOSTA News
  ………564
• Editor's note
  ………566

Special Feature : Guidance for information professionals on how to plan

• Introduction
  ………485
• It aims at the acting librarian:
  library management that makes the best use of library resources
  Yoko INABA………486
• Leveraging the results of user survey: from the marketing perspective
  Makiko UEOKA………492
• Mind maps as a thinking tool in practice
  Kenji HIRANABE………498
• Regional alliances of university that uses library function
  Noriko TAIRA, Hirohiko TAIRA………505
• The art of empowering myself and library,
  "Library Management Seminar": How it was developed and run
  Yoko AMAKAWA………513
• Report of the 9th INFOMATES
  ………519
• INFOSTA Forum (226)
  Kayoko CHINO………520
• INFOSTA News
  ………521
• Editor's note
  ………523

Special Feature : Enterprise Search

• Introduction
  ………425
• What is "Search" in the Enterprise Search
  Kazuhiko KINOSHITA………426
• The Enterprise Search in its Emerging Age
  Shigeru MIHARA, Mari TAKABA………431
• Enterprise Search is not enough:
  What is really needed for enterprise information sharing?
  Noriaki TAKAYAMA………438
• Natural Language Processing in Enterprise Search
  Benjamin Douglas………445
• Report of full-text search using e-commerce search engines
  −For the realization of digital library
  Shin IRIE………450
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (18)
  Early days of CAS ONLINE
  Soichi TOKIZANE………457
• Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers −The final remark
  Soichi TOKIZANE………463
• Impression: The 34th INFOSTA Prize
  ………464
• INFOSTA Forum (225)
  Yasuko SEKIGUCHI………469
• Seminar report1
  ………470
• Seminar report2
  ………473
• New books
  ………474
• Proceeding of the 52nd annual meeting of INFOSTA
  ………476
• INFOSTA News
  ………482
• Editor's note
  ………484
• Paper of the 52nd annual meeting of INFOSTA

Special Feature : Universal services for barrier-free access to information

• Memorial of Yukio ICHIKAWA
  Katsunosuke SASAMORI
• Memorial of Rihei FUJIMOTO
  Urara KATSUYAMA
• An inaugural address
  Natsuo ONODERA
• Introduction
  ………371
• Universal design at library service
  Chika SEKINE………372
• The contemporary condition & future of support. service for the deaf-blind:
  based on the technological assistance for the disabilities
  Masayuki SUGITA………378
• The conditions of universal design in publishing media
  Tomoko KONDO………385
• Some aspects of the disabilities acts of Japan since 1946
  Takashi SAKATA………391
• Multicultural library services:
  Library services to users with diverse language and cultural backgrounds:
  What is so significant?
  Taku KOBAYASHI, Ryuichiro TAKAHASHI………397
• Current state and trend of services in the people with disabilities for the public library use
  −the case of Nagoya City Libraries−
  Takafumi SUZUKI, Yasuko SAKAGUCHI, 　Shoichi FUJIMOTO, Hisashi YAMADA, Atsushi TANAKA………403
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (17)
  Retrospection on the retrieval methods before the online retrieval
  Tatsuo KOTAKE………411
• INFOSTA Forum (224)
  Kenjiro SUDO………419
• Seminar report
  ………364
• INFOSTA News
  ………420
• Editor's note
  ………423

Special Feature : Information literacy

• Introduction
  ………315
• What is information literacy education?:
  about the approach and practice
  Makoto SETOGUCHI………316
• Understanding users through information retrieval practicum for undergraduate students
  Reiko NAKAJIMA………322
• Information literacy and learning commons:
  learning support in the Japanese and American university library
  Mamoru KOAKUTSU………328
• Information literacy education activities in American university libraries:
  case study of Harvard University libraries etc
  Toshinori EGAMI………334
• End-user training for scholarly database by using internet conferencing system
  Toshifumi YATA………341
• NII academic information literacy training course for librarian
  Sawako KOJIN………348
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (16)
  When I started using CAS ONLINE
  Tadashi WATAKABE………353
• SciVal Spotlight - Staying ahead of the curve: Rethinking research performance
  Goki ISHIKAWA………356
• INFOSTA Forum (223)
  Saori OKI………363
• Seminar report
  ………364
• INFOSTA News
  ………366
• Editor's note
  ………369

Special Feature : Foreign journal revisited

• Introduction
  ………255
• Management of foreign serials: a practical guide for beginners
  Tatsuji TOMIOKA………256
• The diverse impacts brought by the prevalence of electronic journals for subscription models
  Toshiyuki KAWAMURA, Takashi YAMADA………262
• The role of ERMS and Link Resolver for e-journal management
  Yutaka MASUDA………268
• What should be considered when selecting foreign journals to be subscribed?
  Yasuhiko KIYAMA, Natsuo ONODERA………275
• The distribution of the magazine and the development situation of the e-journal in China
  Michio KAWASAKI………281
• Introduction to the primary sources of Thailand : journals and Web information
  Michiko ISHII………285
• Matching analysis for promoting industry-university cooperation
  Tomoo YAMAMOTO………291
• Recent movement of the UDC 〜in the UDC Consortium's work〜
  Takaya TOTSUKA………298
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (15)
  Memoirs of an old searcher in the first years of online information retrieval services such as JOIS and DIALOG
  Susumu AIKAWA………302
• INFOSTA Forum (222)
  Minori HAGA………307
• New books
  ………308
• INFOSTA News
  ………312
• Editor's note
  ………314

Special Feature : Information Professional : from the past to the future

• Introduction
  ………201
• What can we learn from the 25-year-long experience in giving the qualifying examination for a database searcher?
  Hisamichi YAMAZAKI………202
• "The Japan Association for Searchers" from the past and present to the first step forward
  Tomoko HARADA………208
• INFO SPECIALISTS' Forum (IS Forum)
  Mitsuko NAKA………214
• Think about "INFOPRO" from intellectual property department of the company
  Ayatsugu NAKAMURA………218
• From "Searcher" to "Information User" - INFOPRO in public libraries
  Satoko INADA………222
• How do we foster information professionals?
  Izumi TSUZUKI………226
• Review: Open access - Development of institutional repositories
  Soichi TOKIZANE………231
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (14)
  Memory of the Japan Pharmdoc Association
  Ikuo YOSHIDA, Katsuaki NIIKURA, Kazuaki TAKEUCHI………238
• INFOSTA Forum (221)
  Namiko FUNATO………243
• Joint Committee report
  ………244
• INFOSTA News
  ………250
• Editor's note
  ………253

Special Feature : Factual databases

• Introduction
  ………161
• Development of factual databases
  Soichi TOKIZANE………162
• Database Center for Life Science and integrated database project in Japan
  Hidemasa BONO………165
• Property data-based analysis
  Namiko FUNATO………171
• NIMS Materials Database and its search engine
  Masayoshi YAMAZAKI, Yibin Xu………177
• Reaxys, a new factual database for synthetic chemists
  Naoko SUZUKI, Genryou UMITSUKI………183
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (13)
  A case report for introduction of Ringdoc (Pharmaceutical Information Service), 　and the history of Japan User Council of Ringdoc
  Takaya NISHIKAWA………187
• INFOSTA Forum (220)
  Kouichi MASAOKA………194
• Winners of IR qualifying examination, 2008(No.2)
  ………195
• INFOSTA News
  ………196
• Editor's note
  ………199

Special Feature : The 5th information professional symposium:INFOPRO2008

• Introduction
  ………95
• General reports of INFOPRO2008
  ………96
• Reports of special lecture
  mitsunobu SAKAJOH………97
• General presentation: Each session reports
  ………101
• It participates in INFOPRO2008
  Go KAWAMURA………107
• Toque & toque: Personnel training and user education
  ………109
• Reports of toque & toque
  Noriko OKA………117
• It participates in the product review
  ………119
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (12)
  Intermission
  Soichi TOKIZANE………125
• INFOSTA Forum (219)
  Hitoshi TSUCHIHASHI………126
• Examination paper of IR qualifying examination, 2008
  ………127
• Ansers of IR primary qualifying examination, 2008
  ………151
• Winners of IR qualifying examination, 2008(No.1)
  ………152
• INFOSTA News
  ………156
• Editor's note
  ………159

Special Feature : Career development of librarians

• Introduction
  ………59
• Voluntary career development in library community
  Saori DONKAI………60
• Significance of the graduate school for working people
  Tamami HATAKEYAMA………65
• The present state of education for librarians in the Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba
  Shin-ichi NAKAYAMA………69
• Training and career development of librarians: focusing on public libraries
  Mari ISHIHARA………74
• Library collaboration as career training
  Makoto YONEZAWA………80
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (11)
  Trace the SDC's footprints marked at online information retrieval service
  Takashi MATSUSHIMA………84
• Report of the 8th INFOMATES
  ………89
• INFOSTA Forum (218)
  Kazuki YONEZAWA………90
• INFOSTA News
  ………91
• Editor's note
  ………94

Special Feature : e-Research and scholarly communication

• Foreword
  Hajime TACHIBANA
• Introduction
  ………1
• e-Research: a focus on humanities in Japan
  Yuko MURAKAMI………2
• Digital library on mathematics and e-Science
  Takao NAMIKI………7
• Home-grown E-journals standing at a crossroad
  Kazuhiro HAYASHI, Teruto OHTA………13
• Shinshu University's strategic use of institutional repository in coordination with researcher directory
  Masashi IWAI, Masato GOKAN………18
• Research workflow and e-Journal information
  Chikashi HORIKIRI………23
• Analysis of patents from universities using databases
  −Situation of patent applications and registrations by universities−
  Hidemi TAKASAKI, Izumi TSUZUKI………29
• "Podcast@Chiba University Library":
  A report on the creation of an introductory self guided library tour by way of podcasting
  Hiroko SUZUKI, Nao YONEDA, Aiko IWAI, Sumiko NAKAMURA,Yuri SAITO………34
• Series: Footsteps of information retrieval service pioneers (10)
  Derwent online database service
  Nozomi OHTSUKI………41
• INFOSTA Forum (217)
  Norihiro NATSUME………49
• New books
  ………50
• INFOSTA News
  ………51
• Editor's note
  ………57
• Guideline of writing manuscript

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