Development and construction of China

Libraries in China's higher education institutions have been developing in keeping pace with the flourishing development of China's higher education. This article aims to make an introduction to the construction of China's higher education libraries, especially the recent three decades' achievements since China's reform and opening-up in 1978. In this article, the authors draw a general picture of the development of libraries in China's higher education institutions, covering such eight aspects as management, types and positioning, organizational structure and personnel, expenditure and buildings, reader service, building and sharing of resources as well as automation system.</p

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Document Delivery and Resource Sharing: Global Perspectives

This publication is intended to provide librarians, library practitioners, as well as teachers, researchers, and students of universities and research organizations and other interested parties, a foundation in resource sharing principles, practices and management. This publication provides an overview of where things stand today with resource sharing, including key trends, challenges, opportunities, and priorities. The publication seeks to address international resource sharing, exploring the current state of European and international resource sharing systems and the governing laws and regulations and includes case studies and best practices from various countries

Critical analysis for big data studies in construction: significant gaps in knowledge

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the gaps and potential future research avenues in the big data research specifically in the construction industry. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts systematic literature review (SLR) approach to observe and understand trends and extant patterns/themes in the big data analytics (BDA) research area particularly in construction-specific literature. Findings A significant rise in construction big data research is identified with an increasing trend in number of yearly articles. The main themes discussed were big data as a concept, big data analytical methods/techniques, big data opportunities – challenges and big data application. The paper emphasises “the implication of big data in to overall sustainability” as a gap that needs to be addressed. These implications are categorised as social, economic and environmental aspects. Research limitations/implications The SLR is carried out for construction technology and management research for the time period of 2007–2017 in Scopus and emerald databases only. Practical implications The paper enables practitioners to explore the key themes discussed around big data research as well as the practical applicability of big data techniques. The advances in existing big data research inform practitioners the current social, economic and environmental implications of big data which would ultimately help them to incorporate into their strategies to pursue competitive advantage. Identification of knowledge gaps helps keep the academic research move forward for a continuously evolving body of knowledge. The suggested new research avenues will inform future researchers for potential trending and untouched areas for research. Social implications Identification of knowledge gaps helps keep the academic research move forward for continuous improvement while learning. The continuously evolving body of knowledge is an asset to the society in terms of revealing the truth about emerging technologies. Originality/value There is currently no comprehensive review that addresses social, economic and environmental implications of big data in construction literature. Through this paper, these gaps are identified and filled in an understandable way. This paper establishes these gaps as key issues to consider for the continuous future improvement of big data research in the context of the construction industry

Development of a BIM-enabled software tool for facility management using interactive floor plans, graph-based data management and granular information retrieval

Since its very conception Building Information Modeling incorporates the notion of using digital models—rich in geometric and semantic information—throughout the whole life cycle of a building. The creation of these models is a process tied to much effort, split by disciplines ,executed by different parties and brought together under difficult collaboration. However, in reality the effective utilization of the BIM process ends with the conclusion of the construction project. The subsequent Operation & Management phase makes little to no use of the information contained in these files, although it would be valuable resource to boost productivity. Especially the Facility Management phase, suffers from great inefficiency caused by challenges of data management and outside advances in digitization. Research suggests thatBIM is able to provide benefits for processes in FM and O&M related tasks and increase their overall efficiency, but previous attempts to introduce BIM software have remained fruitless.We argue that current solutions have failed to meet expectations and requirements by FM community, which generally lack expertise in working with CAD-like software. Instead this thesis presents a concept which puts interactive, two-dimensional floor plans at the center of a possible BIM-enabled Facility Management (FM) software tool. These floor plans are directly derived from BIM models and maintain linkage to all relevant semantic data, which is stored in a graph database. Users are able to navigate rooms, equipment and themselves on the floor plans. Further information about rooms can be accessed through 360◦photospheres—enabling remote exploration and conception—and room specific 3D model. The latter is generated beforehand and follows the underlying concept that FM seldomly requires a holistic view of the whole building but instead a cross section of many different domain models, tied by a specific location. Based on the mentioned features and concepts a prototypical web application is developed in order to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed solution

Benefits and Challenges of Integrating IoT, VR & AR in the BIM-based Facility Management Process: Literature and Case-based Analysis

With the emerging technologies of the fourth industrial revolution (4th IR), there are more possibilities to enhance the facility management (FM). Despite the increasing tendencies to integrate new technologies in the process of FM, its potentials in enhancing the BIM-based FM decision making process is not yet totally explored and its application is facing many challenges that should be considered. This paper aims to explore the benefits and challenges of integrating the Internet of Things (IoT), Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in the Facility Management (FM) process to enhance the decision making; and to conclude a framework for integrating of such technologies in the BIM-based FM Process. The paper adopted a descriptive methodology through a comprehensive literature and case-based review to achieve its objectives. The conclusion shows that integrating the IoT, VR & AR in the FM process and handling its related challenges from the early stages could greatly enhance and support the FM team and the FM related parties in making quick, accurate and effective decisions, saving energy & cost and optimizing the use of resources

Benefits and Challenges of Integrating IoT, VR & AR in the BIM-based Facility Management Process: Literature and Case-based Analysis

With the emerging technologies of the fourth industrial revolution (4th IR), there are more possibilities to enhance the facility management (FM). Despite the increasing tendencies to integrate new technologies in the process of FM, its potentials in enhancing the BIM-based FM decision making process is not yet totally explored and its application is facing many challenges that should be considered. This paper aims to explore the benefits and challenges of integrating the Internet of Things (IoT), Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in the Facility Management (FM) process to enhance the decision making; and to conclude a framework for integrating of such technologies in the BIM-based FM Process. The paper adopted a descriptive methodology through a comprehensive literature and case-based review to achieve its objectives. The conclusion shows that integrating the IoT, VR & AR in the FM process and handling its related challenges from the early stages could greatly enhance and support the FM team and the FM related parties in making quick, accurate and effective decisions, saving energy & cost and optimizing the use of resources

Building Information Modeling (BIM) for existing buildings - literature review and future needs

Abstract not availableRebekka Volk, Julian Stengel, Frank Schultman

Bridging the lifecycle : A case study on facility management infrastructures and uses of BIM

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study the conditions of the building information modelling (BIM) implementation in facility management (FM) specifically from the point of view of different groups of FM practitioners, and the FM infrastructures already in use. Design/methodology/approach - A literature review on the gap between the uses of BIM in design and FM has been done. The key professional groups of FM in the Premises Centre of the City of Helsinki were interviewed on the information tools they use, and the needs and impediments of the BIM implementation in the FM. Cultural-historical activity theory is used as a theoretical framework. Findings - The literature discussing the BIM implementation tends to omit the analysis of the existing FM information systems and software tools in use. The challenge in the BIM implementation is in which ways the relevant information included in the BIM models could be integrated with these systems. No well-articulated problems or developmental contradictions came up that would demand the investment in the BIM implementation. Practical implications - The results call for experimenting with incremental implementation of BIM in different FM activities and in the FM information infrastructures in use. Originality/value - This paper studies empirically different FM activities and information systems used by the professional groups. Such studies are needed for a realistic view of the potential integration of the BIM information to the FM information systems.Peer reviewe