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Belize Tertiary School Libraries: A Needs-Assessment Survey, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1990

Belize Tertiary School Libraries: A Needs-Assessment Survey, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Having come to the end of a ten-year study of Belize developing libraries, the Belize government asked for a survey of all the tertiary school libraries within the country. The government purpose centered around the number and caliber of staff, book/journal collections, student use and adequacy of the facility housing the collections. When adequacy of any of the above failed criteria, they asked for recommendations for improvement within the eleven schools visited. Thanks to the United States Information Agency’s Academic Specialist Award, the study, followed by training workshops, took place from February 3-6, 1990. Text of the entire study follows.

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Belize Technical College, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1990

Belize Technical College, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Eleven-page report on the state of the Belize Technical College.

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The Society For The Promotion Of Education And Research, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1990

The Society For The Promotion Of Education And Research, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Report on the state of a small society library in Belize, with recommendations for improvement.

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The University Of The West Indies, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1990

The University Of The West Indies, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Brief report on the library of the University of the West Indies.

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College Of Agriculture, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1990

College Of Agriculture, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Report of a visit to Belize's College of Agriculture, with recommendations for improving library services.

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St. John's College, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1990

St. John's College, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Reports on the state of St. John's College in Belize, and gives recommendations for improving the library

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Stann Creek Ecumenical College, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1990

Stann Creek Ecumenical College, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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A report on the courses and programs offered at the Stann Creek Ecumenical College in Belize.

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University College Of Belize, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1990

University College Of Belize, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Report on the state of the University College of Belize, with recommendations for improving its library. Includes photos of book and furniture delivery, and the dedication ceremony for the facility.

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Belize Library Project: A Brief Report, December 16-21, 1989, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Dec 1989

Belize Library Project: A Brief Report, December 16-21, 1989, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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A report of Peggy Wright's activities on a library needs assessment trip to Belize's educational institutions in December 1989.

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Historical Biogeography: Geography As Evolution, Evolution As Geography, Charles H. Smith Jan 1989

Historical Biogeography: Geography As Evolution, Evolution As Geography, Charles H. Smith

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Despite a number of advances in recent years, biogeography remains a field with a poorly developed philosophical core. As a result, its historical and ecological sides remain as isolated from one another as ever. In this essay I argue that a more unified approach to biogeographic studies will become possible only when workers realise that it is necessary to reject absolute space, "geography as handmaiden" approaches to distribution problems in favour of structuralist models compatible with both probabilistic spatial interaction and deterministic phylogenetic kinds of thinking. Pros and cons of regionalist, vicariance, and panbiogeographic approaches are weighed in this regard; …

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Brags And Baggage, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1989

Brags And Baggage, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Report on setting up three libraries in Belize during the summer of 1989. Includes photos of Stella Maris Home/School for the Mentally and Physically Handicapped.

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Corozal Junior College, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1989

Corozal Junior College, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Report on the state of Corozal Junior College in Belize, with recommendations for improving library services.

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Doctor's Library, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1989

Doctor's Library, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Report on the state of the reading room for doctors at the Belize City Hospital, including recommendations for improvement.

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The Intendant, The Merchants, And Free Trade In Louisiana, 1778-1788, Brian E. Coutts Nov 1988

The Intendant, The Merchants, And Free Trade In Louisiana, 1778-1788, Brian E. Coutts

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Spain acquired Louisiana from France in 1763 but was initially unsuccessful in integrating the distant colony into the Spanish commercial system. Encouraged by the colony’s chief financial officer, Intendant Martín Navarro, the Spanish Crown introduced legislation on January 22, 1782 to promote commerce. Free trade was to be permitted for ten years with designated ports in France. The liberal character of the code fostered the growth of numerous merchant companies in New Orleans who found markets for all of Louisiana’s exports in France, England and the French West Indies. Unfortunately, Spain continued to absorb all of the administrative costs for …

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El Intendente, Los Comerciantes Y El "Comercio Libre" En Luisiana 1778-1788, Brian E. Coutts Nov 1988

El Intendente, Los Comerciantes Y El "Comercio Libre" En Luisiana 1778-1788, Brian E. Coutts

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Spain acquired Louisiana from France in 1763 but was initially unsuccessful in integrating the distant colony into the Spanish commercial system. Encouraged by the colony’s chief financial officer, Intendant Martín Navarro, the Spanish Crown introduced legislation on January 22, 1782 to promote commerce. Free trade was to be permitted for ten years with designated ports in France. The liberal character of the code fostered the growth of numerous merchant companies in New Orleans who found markets for all of Louisiana’s exports in France, England and the French West Indies. Unfortunately, Spain continued to absorb all of the administrative costs for …

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Ucb Receives Books Valued $210,000, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Aug 1988

Ucb Receives Books Valued $210,000, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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News article from Belize about initial donations of books to the University College of Belize's Library. The books were donated by four American universities.

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Order Out Of Chaos, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Apr 1988

Order Out Of Chaos, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Article about spending summer of 1986 in Belize working in a college library.

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Professors Broaden Education In Belize, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Oct 1987

Professors Broaden Education In Belize, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Article describes Peggy Wright's initial visit to Belize to help establish its first four-year college.

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Brags And Baggage, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jul 1987

Brags And Baggage, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Article discusses Ms. Wright's first summer in Belize setting up three new libraries.

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Belize Teacher's College: Order Out Of Chaos, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1986

Belize Teacher's College: Order Out Of Chaos, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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Article relates Ms. Wright's experiences traveling to Belcast College in Belize in 1986 to teach History; instead she wound up putting the college library into shape.

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Belize Teacher's College Library Evaluation, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright Jan 1986

Belize Teacher's College Library Evaluation, Mary Margaret (Peggy) Wright

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This is a report on the state of the Library at Belize Teacher's College in 1986. Includes a reprint of Ms. Wright's article, "Belize Teacher's College: Order Out of Chaos."

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Areographic Representation Of Faunal Characteristics Through A "Second Order" Relational Approach, Charles H. Smith Aug 1983

Areographic Representation Of Faunal Characteristics Through A "Second Order" Relational Approach, Charles H. Smith

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Areographic analysis has traditionally depended on primary data consisting of location-specific tallies of presence or absence of given forms. In the present work, an alternate manner of representing distributions is suggested. Regional units are first established, and presence and absence of the forms under consideration in these units is noted. The relation of the biota at any given point location to all others is then established through examination of the former's characteristics of inclusion in the latter. This is accomplished by detailing regional level trends of inclusion and setting up a "second-order" distribution of associations. Two kinds of descriptive information …

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A System Of World Mammal Faunal Regions Pt. 1. Logical And Statistical Derivation Of The Regions, Charles H. Smith Jan 1983

A System Of World Mammal Faunal Regions Pt. 1. Logical And Statistical Derivation Of The Regions, Charles H. Smith

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No abstract provided.

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A System Of World Mammal Faunal Regions Pt. 2.The Distance Decay Effect Upon Inter-Regional Affinities, Charles H. Smith Jan 1983

A System Of World Mammal Faunal Regions Pt. 2.The Distance Decay Effect Upon Inter-Regional Affinities, Charles H. Smith

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No abstract provided.

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Using Federal Documents To Dispel A Myth About Ellis Island, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria Sep 202

Using Federal Documents To Dispel A Myth About Ellis Island, Rosemary L. Meszaros, Katherine Pennavaria

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Government workers at New York’s Ellis Island have been accused of murdering ancestral names to serve their own purposes and prejudices. Despite zero evidence to support this accusation, the myth stubbornly persists. They did not change names. They worked from manifests, which were governed by law.

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