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Human Capacity Building In Nigerian University Libraries : An Imperative For Academic Libraries Contribution Toward National Development, Chinwe Veronica Anunobi Dr

Chinwe Veronica Anunobi Dr

No abstract provided.

Pragmatism And Compromise In Conservation, Peter D. Verheyen

Peter D Verheyen

I write this from the perspective of an apprentice-trained bookbinder and conservator who has spent most of his career working in academic research libraries in the US, work that has included working primarily with special collections, but also heavily used circulating collections and digitization. During this time I have also worked with many other conservators, interns from conservation/preservation programs and students of museum studies and librarianship. While the mission ensuring the long-term health of and continued access to the Library’s collections has not changed, how we do that work and prioritize activities has. This has been a result of changes …

Using Softchalk™ For Training, Kathleen M. Spring

Kathleen Spring

This 5-minute lightning talk demonstrated how to use Softchalk™, a web authoring tool, to create interactive training materials.

Puntos De Acceso Públicos A La Información En América Latina, Susana Finquelievich, Adrian Rozengardt

Susana Finquelievich

Tenemos el agrado de presentar la segunda entrega de la Serie Sulá Batsú. Esta serie de publicaciones tiene como objetivo presentar los resultados de las investigaciones y actividades realizadas por nuestros equipos de investigación. Sulá Batsú es un emprendimiento colectivo de profesionales de diversas ramas, quienes de forma colectiva conducimos procesos de investigación, desarrollo de metodologías, desarrollo de capacidades, acompañamiento, facilitación y evaluación en empresas, redes, movimientos, organizaciones y otras expresiones de la economía social en Centroamérica. Nuestra empresa social está interesada en impulsar el uso social de las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC) por encima de su uso …

Staff Training At A Combined Services Desk, Anne E. Rauh, Anne Glorioso, Amy Kindschi

Anne Rauh

In the summer of 2008 Wendt Commons undertook the ambitious task of formalizing a training program for all library staff (including students) who work at the combined services desk. Panelists will discuss the development process, show materials created for the pilot program, and offer an evaluation of the outcome. Please attend this session for an engaging discussion of library staff training and leave with ideas that can be implemented in any library setting.

The Role Of Training In Experimental Auctions, Andreas Drichoutis, Rodolfo M. Nayga, Panagiotis Lazaridis

Andreas Drichoutis

No abstract provided.

Interpersonal Conflict Resolution Skills Could Have Avoided Confrontation Between Cop And Jaywalker, Christopher C. Cooper Dr.

Christopher C. Cooper Dr.

When a Jaywalking event escalates into a physical confrontation, we as a society must ask inquisitive questions: Do our police officers possess in their tool box the requisite interpersonal conflict resolution skills to effectively deliver police services? Certainly the next question must be: Are our police agencies employing screening methods to screen out from hire as police officers, men and women who lack the (1) temperament; (2) problem solving ability; (3) analytical ability; (4) courage; (5) respect for human life; and last but not least (6) the Integrity needed by a person to be an effective police officer? A “solid” …

Training Students For Reference Desk Work, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

Western Michigan University Libraries use student workers to answer reference questions at almost all of the reference points in the library system. The Central Reference Desk in Waldo Library is the most active reference point, with questions on a wide range of topics, and an extensive range of resources. The students working at the Central Reference Desk receive a twelve week training program and a handbook that covers the library collections, services, types of resources, and condensed subject guides for the most popular humanities and social sciences topics. This presentation will show how this training program has evolved over the …

Would More Skills Raise Demand For Those Who Do Not Get Them? Evidence From South African Manufacturing, Alberto Behar

Alberto Behar

Policy makers claim a shortage of skills is constraining output and that a rise in skill supply would benefit less skilled occupations in South Africa. This assumes/implies skilled and unskilled labor are complements. To test the claim, this paper estimates Hicks Elasticities of Complementarity and elasticities of factor price with manufacturing data. Aggregate estimates suggest white collar labor complements blue collar labor, so a rise in skill supply would lead to a rise in demand for less skilled labor. Disaggregated results show skilled/artisanal and unskilled labor are complements while semi-skilled and unskilled labor are substitutes.

Public Services Training At Wendt Library, Anne E. Rauh, Anne Glorioso

Anne Rauh

No abstract provided.

Gates & Crowley, Patrol Officer’S Tool Box: Mandatory Conflict Resolution Skills For Police Officers, Christopher C. Cooper

Christopher C. Cooper Dr.

What happened between a Harvard professor and a street cop from Cambridge was a Testosterone laden confrontation fueled by ego of, and misconceptions held by, both men. In the police academy, we spend hours and hours learning how to fire a gun and then have to go back to the gun range on a regular basis, but not one class or even one hour is spent crafting the best way to talk with citizens. A famous criminologist (Muir) in his studies of American police used the phrase “Streetcorner” Politician to describe the uniformed police officer. What comes to mind of …

Filling The Gap: Identifying Fraternity And Sorority Member Needs Through Assessment, Larry D. Long, Cara W. Luyster

Larry D. Long

No abstract provided.

Education And Training In Europe, Giorgio Brunello

Giorgio Brunello

The second part of this book reviews the existing evidence on workplace training in Europe in different data sources - the CVTS, OECD data and the European Community Household Panel. We outline the differences in training incidence and relate these differences to the private costs and benefits of training, and to institutional factors such as unions, employment protection and product market competition. We ask whether there is a case for under-provision of training in Europe and examine alternative policies aiming both at raising training incidence and at reducing inequalities in the provision of skills

Beyond Training: Law Librarianship’S Quest For The Pedagogy Of Legal Research Instruction, Paul D. Callister

Paul D. Callister

The paper (I) outlines the nature and extent of the dissatisfaction with legal research instruction and demonstrates that the problem predates computer-assisted legal research, (II) presents the history of the debate (focusing on a heated exchange between advocates of a “process-oriented” approach and proponents of the traditional, “bibliographic” methods), and (III) presents the requisite elements of a satisfactory pedagogical model, discussing various issues surrounding each of these elements.

In part III, the paper proposes that a complete pedagogical model requires (A) an identifiable and fully understood objective in teaching legal research (which objective must distinguish between the kinds of research …