　Introduction………601

　Ecological approach to scientific misconduct
　Shigeaki YAMAZAKI………602

　Ethical problems in science and technology
　Teruo YOKOYAMA………609

　Ethical standards on scientific information of medical journals-from the point of editors among the Japanese journals
　Shigetoyo SAJI………614

　Ethics in patent information and patent
　Munetomo NAKAMURA………619

　The lives and academic ethics of social scientists and humanists in Japan
　Jun'ichi YAMAMOTO………624

　The new international records management standard : Its content and how it can be used
　James C. Connelly, translated by Munehisa SAKUYAMA………630

　INFOSTA 33th summer seminar report………641

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!! (11)………Yoshiko IMATOMI………646
●INFOSTA Forum (131)………Seiko HAYASHI………650
●New book………651
●INFOSTA News………653
●Editor's note………656
●Table of contents Vol. 51, 2001

Vol.51 (2001) . No.11
Special feature : Legal matters on the library and information services

　Introduction………555

　Contract issues of the electronic publications ; e-journals etc., for the official facilities
　Kazuo YAMAMOTO………556

　The offense and defense on amendment of the RPMS
　Toshikazu GOMI………565

　Consideration in legal aspect of lending and photoduplication service in libraries
　Ryoichi MINAMI………573

　Reproduction and copyright
　Isao MIURA………579

　Legal grounds on services for the disabled
　Hiromi UMEDA………585

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!! (10)………Chie IDEJIRI………591
●INFOSTA Forum (130)………Mika MATSUOKA………596
●INFOSTA News………597
●Editor's note………600

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.10
Special feature : INFOSTA Symposium 2001

Special lecture : Future trends of information services in 21st century
　Masaya TAKAYAMA………509

General presentation………514
Impressions of general presentation………529
Impressions : The 26th INFOSTA Prize………534
Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!!(9)………Tatsuo YAMAMOTO………541
●Impressions of successful candidates of database searcher's examination (2000)………545
●INFOSTA Forum (129)………Ikuo MUSA………549
●New book………550
●INFOSTA News………551
●Editor's note………553

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.9
Special feature : Portal

Introduction………447

Library Portal as a Strategic function for Service Deployment
　Haruki NAGATA………448

Making a portal site―INIS Web Services and Energy Information Sources
　Minoru YONEZAWA………455

Creation of InfoPro Community―Free Pint
　Kyoko TOYODA………461

Web Applications for Developing A Portal Site
　Yumiko SHIGEMATSU, Osamu SATO, Yasuyo KIKUTA………467

The outline of EIP
　Takashi SEKI, Hiroaki TARUMI………473

What's a Vortal?―About Vertical Portal sites
　Yuji SEKI………477

Managed environments for accessing electronic information resources within
the higher education community across the UK
　Saori DONKAI………484

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!!………Minoru TANABE………495
Series : Another 50 Years' History of INFOSTA (1)　………Akiko HOSOKI………499
●Proceedings of 44th annual meetings of INFOSTA………501
●INFOSTA Forum (128)………Yukihiro HAMADA………504
●INFOSTA News………505
●Editor's note………507

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.8
Special feature : Meta Data Ⅱ
　　　　　　　　　　　―Availability and Possibility of the Metadata in the 21st century.

Introduction………401

Metadata for the Library Community : focusing on the strategic documents of the Library of Congress
　Yasuko MURAKAMI………402

The CORC Project
　Mizuki KASHIMA………409

The Geographical Survey Institute clearinghouse gateway (ISO 23950 gateway)―development of
clearinghouse nodes for geographic information using ISO 23950 and processing of metadata written
in Japanese
　Kazushige KAWASE, Norishige KUBO, Kazuhiko AKENO………418

Repository as a base technology ―required features and the recent trend
　Atsushi YUKINARI………424

Metadata implementation for GIS ; Introducing ArcInfo version 8
　Tamotsu AMEMIYA………429

The possibilities of metadata technology for digital broadcasting services
　Yoshihisa GONNO………436

INFOSTA Forum (127)………Kyujirou SAGARA………442
●INFOSTA News………443
●Editor's note………446

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.7
Special feature : New waves of Public Libraries in Japan

Introduction………359

Present state and problems of Japanese public libraries
　Hideki MINAI………360

The library of the 24 hour opening (The studying house “Manabo-kan")
　Takemasa NISHIMURA………366

The trial of the library in a small town―Shiga Kosei Town Library
　Kohei UMEZAWA………371

Digitalization of Japanese Public Libraries and their Publicness
　Akira NEMOTO………375

The management of the library by NPO―Kochi Children's Library, Kochi Prefecture
　Rei HOKIYAMA………381

PFI and Public Library
　Michihiro HAMANO………386

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!! (7)………Yukiko KITAJIMA………391
●INFOSTA Forum (126)………Hirochika OCHIAI………396
●INFOSTA News………397
●Editor's note………400

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.6
Special feature : Library evaluation and Library statistics

Introduction………311

General discussion : Statistics and performance evaluation in academic libraries
　Masaru ITOGA………312

Towards the business statistics as a management target
　Shin IRIE………318

The Chiba University Library case of external review and evaluation
　Kazuo YAMAMOTO………324

Evaluation activities in special libraries
　Touru UMEKI………328

The international movement that development of a new measure at the research library
　Seiji SUGIYAMA………337

Evaluating method for information system of library　―Evaluation from Web site of library―
　Hironori HIRAISHI, Kenichi MITSUTOMI, Teruo YAMASHITA, Fumio MIZOGUCHI………344

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!! (6)………Yukiko KITAJIMA………349
●INFOSTA Forum (125)………Yasuko OCHI………353
●INFOSTA News………354
●Editor's note………357Introduction………261

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.5
Special feature : Further retrieval of literature information

Introduction………261

Information retrieval in the Digital Age
　Kazuyuki MATSUDA………262

Future of electronic journals and literature databases
　Yuji MATSUYAMA………266

The future of the electronic publishing
　Takushi FUKAMI………271

The next generation of ScienceDirect ―New aspects of information retrieval
　Masaaki OSANAI………277

The view from Database Distributor : New service of G-Search
　Takashi NAGATSUKA………281

The view from Database Distributor : The current situation and the future deployment of STN Service
　Mikiko FUKUSHIMA………285

The view from Database Distributor : Database distributors―the way to outlive
　Mariko SHITARA………289

New possibilities and problems for German Japan ―libraries in the Internet age
　Atsuyuki HARA………293

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!! (5)………300
●INFOSTA Forum (124)………Yuuko NAGAO………304
●New book………305
●INFOSTA News………307
●Editor's note………310

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.4
Special feature : Why not to be a “COOL" information professional ?

Introduction………201　

Requirements for information professionals in the information age
　Makiko MIWA………202

Academic librarianship in Japan : a comparison with that in the USA
　Koichi WADA………208

Present and future of Systems Librarian -To be a “COOL" Librarian
　Minoru TANABE………213

Knowledge, skills, and attitudes, needed to public librarians
　So・ichi YAMASHIGE………221

What is the professional librarian in private company ?
　Michiyo NAGANO………227

The responsibility and the act power at the library “Through the releasing in INFOSTA Symposium 2000"
　Tatsuo HAKAMADA………233

The problems of citing electronic sources
　Setsuko FUJITA………239

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!! (4)………245
Winners of fundamental knowledge examination for IR (1999)………249
Winners of database searcher's examination (2nd class 1999)………252
Winners of database searcher's examination (1st class 1999)………253
●INFOSTA Forum (123)………Mariko TANAKA………254
●New book………255
●INFOSTA News………256
●Editor's note………259

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.3
Special feature : Legal Information on Statute and Case

Introduction………137　

Introduction : Basic information of law and case ―The process of production and dissemination
　Makoto IBUSUKI………138

How to find the law : Domestic statutes
　Shozo FUKUNAGA………144

How to search Japanese law cases
　Mariko ISHIKAWA………150

Information on foreign law materials
　Masayuki SOMEYA, Yuka ISHIKAWA, Yoshiko NAIKI………156

Japanese Official Gazette
　Hiroko ADACHI………162

A study of a polymer search using Polymer Compound Term Free Keyword in PATOLIS : Evaluation of the reliability of Polymer Compound Term Free Keyword
　Ayako HOMMA………167

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!! (3)………174
Examination paper of fundamental knowledge examination for IR (2000)………178
Examination paper of database seardher's examination (1st class 2000)………182
Examination paper of database seardher's examination (2nd class 2000)………186
●INFOSTA Forum (122)………Yukihiro MATSUSHITA………196
●INFOSTA News………197
●Editor's note………200

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.2
Special feature : The current status of the information disclosure from the viewpoint of the information policy

Introduction………79　

Information disclosure from the viewpoint of information policy
　Katsuya UGA………80

Freedom of information and public participation
　Haruhiko KAWAMURA………86

Archives and freedom of information
　Chiyoko OGAWA………95

Electronicization of disclosure system of the enterprise content on Securities and Exchange Law
　Yoichi ISHIKAWA………102

Public access to local government
　Akira MORITA………107

Improving R&D management and efficiency in the era of the IT revolution
　Kazuo TANAKA………113

The present and the subject of a library system―For the establishment of the next operating model and the collaboration between university libraries
　Shin IRIE………121

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!! (2)………127
●INFOSTA Forum (121)………Ikuko TERAMURA………131
●INFOSTA News………132
●Editor's note………135

Vol. 51 （2001） ,　No.1
Special feature : E-Commerce and Libraries' Futur

Foreword………Takuya GONDOH………1　

Introduction………2　

An introduction of E-commerce ―For the realization of E-commerce at the library
　Hiroshi SUZUKI ………3

E-Commerce from a cyber-law viewpoint
　Jun'ichi YAMAMOTO ………9

E-Commerce and scholary journal
　Toyohiro HASEGAWA ………15

E-Commerce in book trade―experience of “Kinokuniya BookWeb"
　Junji USHIGUCHI ………22

Reshaping library services in aspects of electronic commerce and a service-oriented digital library
　Yukiko SAKAI ………27

E-Commerce navigator : IT literacy for library and information science
　Masaki MATSUBAYASHI ………38

Reports on the commemorative events for the 50ｔｈ Anniversary of INFOSTA foundation ………44

VOD Internet service for diet deliberations (Japan)
　Takeshi USUBA ………61

Series : Hop and Step to InfoPros!! (1)………67
●INFOSTA Forum (120)………Tatsuo KOTAKE………71
●INFOSTA News………72
●Editor's note………78

The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association (Johono Kagaku to Gijutsu) Contents of Back Number

The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association
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