1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455921403321

Titolo

Digital preservation [[electronic resource] ] : ICSTI/CODATA/ICSU Seminar on Preserving the Record of Science, 14-15 February 2002, UNESCO, Paris, France / / edited by Barry Mahon and Elliot Siegel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, D.C., : IOS Press

Tokyo, : Ohmsha, c2002

ISBN

1-280-50583-4

9786610505838

600-00-0401-X

1-60129-418-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MahonBarry

SiegelElliot R

Disciplina

025.840285

Soggetti

Science - Information services

Digital preservation

Technology - Data processing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This is the book edition of the journal Information Services & Use, Volume 22, Nos. 2,3 (2002), ISSN 0167-5265."

"The record of science"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Contents; Preface; Summary report; Opening remarks; CODATA work in archiving scientific data; Archives of electronic material in science: A view from ICSU; Digital preservation: Overview of current developments; STM members and digital archiving; Preserving electronic publications; Digital object identifiers; Applying the lessons learned from retrospective archiving to the digital archiving conundrum; Metadata and preservation; The preservation problem: Collaborative approaches; Preserving tomorrow's memory: Preserving digital content for future generations

Annex 1: Programme of the SeminarAnnex 2: Useful Web sites

Sommario/riassunto

Preservation or ""permanent availability"" of the record of science as



represented by scientific information is one of the processes which is dramatically affected by the change to an all digital world. This work covers the viewpoints of technologies which are important in the preservation process.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463907303321

Titolo

Legacies of the U.S. occupation of Japan : appraisals after sixty years / / edited by Rosa Caroli and Duccio Basosi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 pages)

Disciplina

952.044

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Japan Civilization American influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779431003321

Autore

Ruggeri Laderchi Caterina

Titolo

Balancing act : : cutting energy subsidies while protecting affordability / / Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Anne Olivier, Chris Trimble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2013

ISBN

0-8213-9790-7

1-299-16032-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Collana

Eastern Europe and Central Asia reports

Eastern Europe and central Asia reports

Altri autori (Persone)

OlivierAnne

TrimbleChris

Disciplina

333.79/158

Soggetti

Power resources - Europe, Eastern - Finance

Power resources - Asia, Central - Finance

Petroleum products - Prices - Europe, Eastern

Petroleum products - Prices - Asia, Central

Electric utilities - Rates - Europe, Eastern

Electric utilities - Rates - Asia, Central

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction -- Costs, subsidies and household tariffs : the status of reforms in the energy sector in ECA -- Household energy consumption patterns are unlikely to change in the short run -- Energy tariff increases can significantly affect the livelihoods of large segments of the population -- Helping households cope and adapt requires more effective social assistance and demand management -- Balancing fiscal and social sustainability in the energy sector is possible -- Addressing the social impact of energy subsidy removal through ESAS requires significant resources -- Methodological annexes -- Methodological appendix A -- Methodological appendix B -- Methodological appendix C -- Methodological appendix D -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

In Eastern Europe and Central Asia there are significant pressures for residential energy tariffs to rise, as government budgets are



increasingly stretched and cannot afford to pay large energy subsidies. Further pressures for tariffs to rise come from environmental concerns, as the tariff levels that households now face do not cover the social costs of energy production. Because reforms that would increase energy tariffs are likely to affect significantly the poor and the middle class, their political feasibility may be questioned unless appropriate ways of cushioning the impacts can be devis