In the Lending Library

The Bipartite Network Study of the Library Book Lending System

Through collecting the library lending information of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology during one year, we build the database between the books and readers, and then construct a bipartite network to describe the relationships. We respectively establish the corresponding unweighted and weighted bipartite network through the borrowing relationship and the reading days, thereo...

The benefits of a lending library for female urinals.

Reduced mobility, physical weakness or other disabilities can all contribute to continence problems (McIntosh, 1998). The ability to transfer from a bed or chair to a commode may be a critical factor in deciding whether patients can be discharged home or into residential care. Also, patients--particularly women--may be prescribed continence pads simply because they cannot access the toilet or c...

From inter - library lending to instant universal access : First World

I wonder: how many of this audience are working in libraries in which typewriters are still in daily use? And how many libraries still have telex machines? In all but a few professional situations typewriters have been replaced. First came electronic typewriters, then proprietary computer-like wordprocessors, and today just about all typing is done on personal computers. Typewriters are now oft...

Catalogue of Lewis's Medical and Scientific Lending Library

Catalogue of Lewis's Medical, Scientific and Technical Lending Library

THIS book was first published in 1945 and each succeeding edition makes a detailed survey of every aspect of the development, problems, and treatment of the cleft palate patient in the light of the known deviations from normality and the history of surgical techniques. It reflects the changes that have taken place in the past 20 years. This particular edition includes a revised and extended sec...