Planning strategically, designing architecturally : a framework for digital library services

In an era of unprecedented technological innovation and evolving user expectations and information seeking behaviour, we are arguably now an online society, with digital services increasingly common and increasingly preferred. As a trusted information provider, libraries are in an advantageous position to respond, but this requires integrated strategic and enterprise architecture planning, for information technology (IT) has evolved from a support role to a strategic role, providing the core management systems, communication networks, and delivery channels of the modern library. Further, IT components do not function in isolation from one another, but are interdependent elements of distributed and multidimensional systems encompassing people, processes, and technologies, which must consider social, economic, legal, organisational, and ergonomic requirements and relationships, as well as being logically sound from a technical perspective. Strategic planning provides direction, while enterprise architecture strategically aligns and holistically integrates business and information system architectures. While challenging, such integrated planning should be regarded as an opportunity for the library to evolve as an enterprise in the digital age, or at minimum, to simply keep pace with societal change and alternative service providers. Without strategy, a library risks being directed by outside forces with independent motivations and inadequate understanding of its broader societal role. Without enterprise architecture, it risks technological disparity, redundancy, and obsolescence. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this conceptual paper provides an integrated framework for strategic and architectural planning of digital library services. The concept of the library as an enterprise is also introduced

Applied scientific and systemic problems of the related ore-dressing plants interaction in the event of decommissioning the massif that separates their quarries

Purpose. Determining the possible and substantiating expedient alternate design and engineering decisions regarding the stage of spacial union of the adjacent quarries belonging to various owners by mining the rock pillar between the No. 3 quarry of PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” and the quarry of PJSC “Southern Mining Factory” with involvement into mining the reserves, extraction of which is possible within the existing mining and land allotments. Methods. It was used an integrated methodological approach, including mining and geological analysis of the rock massif between two adjacent quarries, which is subject to decommissioning; technical-economical analysis of the operational efficiency of the ore-dressing plant when decreasing the ore mine productivity as a result of cleaning-up the deposit; theoretical substabtiation of design and engineering decisions regarding the quarry objects parameters in the specified conditions and with the efficient development of a rock pillar that separates quarries. Findings. The state of the projects and plans for the development of mining operations in the No. 3 quarry of PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” and the quarry of PJSC “Southern Mining Factory” has been analyzed, which, in the coming years, indicates their spacial union. It has been revealed that the decommissioning of the rock pillar between the quarries is complicated both spacely and technologically, especially as a result of seismic restrictions, but the proposed solutions and measures simplify and make safe this stage as much as possible. The problem has been defined of reduce in the loading at the dressing plants proportionally to the decline in ore output. The technical-economical calculations substantiate that the corresponding sequential decommissioning the enrichment sections of the ore-dressing plants is expedient at one of the two cooperating ore mining and processing plants. Originality. An integrated approach has been improved regarding the evolution of mining and processing enterprises at the stage when their quarries approach to the maximum depths and final contours by taking into account adjacent ore mines as a single complex dynamic system. The analytical substantiation of drilling and blasting technology of the rocks destruction has been adapted to the specific conditions of decommissioning the pillar adjacent to both quarries. Practical implications. It is distinguished their high level of suitability for implementation and use in the designing of mining operations development in the quarries of PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” and PJSC “Southern Mining Factory”.Мета. Визначення можливих і обґрунтування доцільних варіантів проектно-технологічних рішень щодо етапу просторового з’єднання суміжних кар’єрів різних власників на прикладі розробки породного цілика між кар’єром №3 ПрАТ “АрселорМіттал Кривий Ріг” і кар’єром ПрАТ “Південний гірничо-збагачувальний комбінат” з включенням до відпрацювання запасів, виїмка яких є можливою в межах існуючих гірничого та земельного відводів. Методика. Використано комплексний методичний підхід, що включає гірничо-геологічний аналіз породного масиву між двома суміжними кар’єрами, який підлягає ліквідації; техніко-економічний аналіз ефективності експлуатації рудозбагачувальної фабрики при зниженні продуктивності рудника внаслідок доробки родовища; теоретичне обґрунтування проектних і технологічних рішень щодо параметрів об’єктів кар’єру за даних умов та продуктивної розробки розділяючого кар’єри породного цілика. Результати. Проаналізовано стан проектів і планів розвитку гірничих робіт кар’єру №3 ПрАТ “АрселорМіттал Кривий Ріг” і кар’єру ПрАТ “Південний гірничо-збагачувальний комбінат”, що свідчить про їх просторове з’єднання в найближчі роки. Виявлено, що ліквідація породного цілика між кар’єрами ускладнюється як просторово, так і технологічно, особливо внаслідок сейсмічних обмежень, але запропоновані рішення і заходи максимально спрощують й убезпечують даний етап. Встановлена проблема зниження завантаження збагачувальних фабрик пропорційна падінню видобутку руд. Техніко-економічні розрахунки доводять, що відповідне зазначеному послідовне виведення збагачувальних секцій рудозбагачувальних фабрик є доцільним на одному зі взаємодіючих ГЗК. Наукова новизна. Вдосконалено комплексний підхід щодо еволюції гірничо-збагачувальних комбінатів на стадії наближення їх кар’єрів до граничних глибин та кінцевих контурів за рахунок врахування суміжних рудників як єдиної складної динамічної системи. Адаптовано аналітичні обґрунтування технології буро-підривного руйнування скельних порід до конкретних умов ліквідації міжкар’єрного цілика. Практична значимість визначається високим рівнем придатності їх до впровадження та використання в проектуванні розвитку гірничих робіт кар’єрів ПрАТ “АрселорМіттал Кривий Ріг” і ПрАТ “Південний гірничо-збагачувальний комбінат”.Цель. Определение возможных и обоснование целесообразных вариантов проектно-технологических решений относительно этапа пространственного соединения смежных карьеров различных собственников на примере разработки породного целика между карьером №3 ЧАО “АрселорМиттал Кривой Рог” и карьером ЧАО “Южный горно-обогатительный комбинат” с включением в отработку запасов, выемка которых возможна в рамках существующих горного и земельного отводов. Методика. Использован комплексный методический подход, включающий горно-геологический анализ породного массива между двумя смежными карьерами, который подлежит ликвидации; технико-экономический анализ эффективности эксплуатации рудообогатительной фабрики при снижении производительности рудника в результате доработки месторождения; теоретическое обоснование проектных и технологических решений относительно параметров объектов карьера при данных условиях и продуктивной разработки разделяющего карьеры породного целика. Результаты. Проанализировано состояние проектов и планов развития горных работ карьера №3 ЧАО “АрселорМиттал Кривой Рог” и карьера ЧАО “Южный горно-обогатительный комбинат”, что свидетельствует об их пространственном соединении в ближайшие годы. Выявлено, что ликвидация породного целика между карьерами осложняется как пространственно, так и технологически, особенно в результате сейсмических ограничений, но предложенные решения и меры максимально упрощают и защищают данный этап. Установленная проблема снижения загрузки обогатительных фабрик пропорциональна падению добычи руд. Технико-экономические расчеты доказывают, что соответствующее указанному последовательное выведение обогатительных секций рудообогатительных фабрик является целесообразным на одном из взаимодействующих ГОК. Научная новизна. Усовершенствован комплексный подход к эволюции горно-обогатительных комбинатов на стадии приближения их карьеров до предельных глубин и конечных контуров за счет учета смежных рудников как единой сложной динамической системы. Адаптировано аналитические обоснования технологии буровзрывного разрушения скальных пород к конкретным условиям ликвидации междукарьерного целика. Практическая значимость определяется высоким уровнем пригодности их к внедрению и использованию в проектировании развития горных работ карьеров ЧАО “АрселорМиттал Кривой Рог” и ЧАО “Южный горно-обогатительный комбинат”.The authors express their deep gratitude to the Head of the Research and Development Laboratory for quality control of iron ore raw materials, Professor A.A. Azaryan, as well as the staff of the Department of Open Pit Mining at Kryvyi Rih National University for their assistance when implementing the scientific developments and their introduction into production

Designing Traceability into Big Data Systems

Providing an appropriate level of accessibility and traceability to data or process elements (so-called Items) in large volumes of data, often Cloud-resident, is an essential requirement in the Big Data era. Enterprise-wide data systems need to be designed from the outset to support usage of such Items across the spectrum of business use rather than from any specific application view. The design philosophy advocated in this paper is to drive the design process using a so-called description-driven approach which enriches models with meta-data and description and focuses the design process on Item re-use, thereby promoting traceability. Details are given of the description-driven design of big data systems at CERN, in health informatics and in business process management. Evidence is presented that the approach leads to design simplicity and consequent ease of management thanks to loose typing and the adoption of a unified approach to Item management and usage.Comment: 10 pages; 6 figures in Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on ICT: Big Data, Cloud and Security (ICT-BDCS 2015), Singapore July 2015. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1402.5764, arXiv:1402.575

Performance measurement : challenges for tomorrow

This paper demonstrates that the context within which performance measurement is used is changing. The key questions posed are: Is performance measurement ready for the emerging context? What are the gaps in our knowledge? and Which lines of enquiry do we need to pursue? A literature synthesis conducted by a team of multidisciplinary researchers charts the evolution of the performance-measurement literature and identifies that the literature largely follows the emerging business and global trends. The ensuing discussion introduces the currently emerging and predicted future trends and explores how current knowledge on performance measurement may deal with the emerging context. This results in identification of specific challenges for performance measurement within a holistic systems-based framework. The principle limitation of the paper is that it covers a broad literature base without in-depth analysis of a particular aspect of performance measurement. However, this weakness is also the strength of the paper. What is perhaps most significant is that there is a need for rethinking how we research the field of performance measurement by taking a holistic systems-based approach, recognizing the integrated and concurrent nature of challenges that the practitioners, and consequently the field, face

A Technology Proposal for a Management Information System for the Director’s Office, NAL.

This technology proposal attempts in giving a viable solution for a Management Information System (MIS) for the Director's Office. In today's IT scenario, an Organization's success greatly depends on its ability to get accurate and timely data on its operations of varied nature and to manage this data effectively to guide its activities and meet its goals. To cater to the information needs of an Organization or an Office like the Director's Office, information systems are developed and deployed to gather and process data in ways that produce a variety of information to the end-user. MIS can therefore can be defined as an integrated user-machine system for providing information to support operations, management and decision-making functions in an Organization. The system in a nutshell, utilizes computer hardware and software, manual procedures, models for analysis planning, control and decision-making and a database. Using state-of-the-art front-end and back-end web based tools, this technology proposal attempts to provide a single-point Information Management, Information Storage, Information Querying and Information Retrieval interface to the Director and his office for handling all information traffic flow in and out of the Director's Office

A State of the Art of Self Help Groups in India

This paper considers the strategies of self help group for micro-enterprise development in rural areas. It seeks to answer the question of whether and under which conditions self help groups are an effective vehicle for organizing and representing local people in the development of community based micro-enterprises. Focusing particularly on examples from India in the context of food as a local resource, special attention is paid to success and failure factors of self help groups. While self help group strategies have been applied in the past as a blind replication of success models without considering the intricacies involved in group formation, success of self help groups is based on a thorough understanding of local conditions and possibilities to intervene

Combined automotive safety and security pattern engineering approach

Automotive systems will exhibit increased levels of automation as well as ever tighter integration with other vehicles, traffic infrastructure, and cloud services. From safety perspective, this can be perceived as boon or bane - it greatly increases complexity and uncertainty, but at the same time opens up new opportunities for realizing innovative safety functions. Moreover, cybersecurity becomes important as additional concern because attacks are now much more likely and severe. However, there is a lack of experience with security concerns in context of safety engineering in general and in automotive safety departments in particular. To address this problem, we propose a systematic pattern-based approach that interlinks safety and security patterns and provides guidance with respect to selection and combination of both types of patterns in context of system engineering. A combined safety and security pattern engineering workflow is proposed to provide systematic guidance to support non-expert engineers based on best practices. The application of the approach is shown and demonstrated by an automotive case study and different use case scenarios.EC/H2020/692474/EU/Architecture-driven, Multi-concern and Seamless Assurance and Certification of Cyber-Physical Systems/AMASSEC/H2020/737422/EU/Secure COnnected Trustable Things/SCOTTEC/H2020/732242/EU/Dependability Engineering Innovation for CPS - DEIS/DEISBMBF, 01IS16043, Collaborative Embedded Systems (CrESt

Decision-focussed resource modelling for design decision support

Resource management including resource allocation, levelling, configuration and monitoring has been recognised as critical to design decision making. It has received increasing research interests in recent years. Different definitions, models and systems have been developed and published in literature. One common issue with existing research is that the resource modelling has focussed on the information view of resources. A few acknowledged the importance of resource capability to design management, but none has addressed the evaluation analysis of resource fitness to effectively support design decisions. This paper proposes a decision-focused resource model framework that addresses the combination of resource evaluation with resource information from multiple perspectives. A resource management system constructed on the resource model framework can provide functions for design engineers to efficiently search and retrieve the best fit resources (based on the evaluation results) to meet decision requirements. Thus, the system has the potential to provide improved decision making performance compared with existing resource management systems