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Ondaatje's The English Patient And Rewriting History, Stephanie M. Hilger Sep 2004

Ondaatje's The English Patient And Rewriting History, Stephanie M. Hilger

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Stephanie M. Hilger, in her paper "Ondaatje's The English Patient and Rewriting History," situates the novel within the long-standing Western tradition of writing about the cultural "Other," from Herodotus to Michel de Montaigne to Rudyard Kipling. Michel de Certeau's notion of history serves as a reference point for the analysis of Ondaatje's presentation of the "English" patient's story as well as of twentieth-century history. Hilger argues that the protagonist's physical mutilation is a metonymic representation of post-World War II and postcolonial consciousness. In the same way that the characters in the novel attempt to understand the mystery that is the …

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Information Technology For Detecting Medication Errors And Adverse Drug Events, James G. Anderson Aug 2004

Information Technology For Detecting Medication Errors And Adverse Drug Events, James G. Anderson

RCHE Publications

It is estimated that over three-quarters of a million people are injured or die in hospitals ‎each year from adverse drug events (ADE’s). The majority of medical errors result form ‎poorly designed healthcare systems rather than from negligence on the part of healthcare ‎providers. In general, healthcare systems rely on voluntary reporting, which seriously ‎underestimates the number of medication errors and ADE’s by as much as 90%. This ‎paper reviews the causes and impact of medication errors and ADE's. It also reports ‎studies that have used information technology (IT) to detect and prevent medication ‎errors and ADE’s. Significant reduction of …

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Relation Between Children's Attachment Representations And Secure Base Behavior, Patricia S. Barrig Jo Aug 2004

Relation Between Children's Attachment Representations And Secure Base Behavior, Patricia S. Barrig Jo

Open Access Theses

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that there is a relation between preschool children's forming attachment representations and the organization of their secure base behavior. Subjects were recruited from Greater Lafayette, Indiana. Participants were 50 children 36 to 67 months of age. Each child was presented an attachment story completion task to make up stories regarding attachment events. In addition, information about their secure base behavior was collected through live observation at home and park. Attachment representations were assessed on the extent of scriptedness and elaboration of the secure base phenomenon shown in the stories. A …

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2004 Directory Of Indiana State, County, City And Town Officials Responsible For Road And Street Work, Indiana Ltap Jul 2004

2004 Directory Of Indiana State, County, City And Town Officials Responsible For Road And Street Work, Indiana Ltap

Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Directory

Contact information for agency officials and employees responsible for Indiana’s local road infrastructure.

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Incremental Evaluation Of Sliding- Window Queries Over Data Streams, T. M. Ghanem, M. Hammad, M. Mokbel, Walid G. Aref, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid Jul 2004

Incremental Evaluation Of Sliding- Window Queries Over Data Streams, T. M. Ghanem, M. Hammad, M. Mokbel, Walid G. Aref, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Efficient Randomized Search Algorithms In Unstructured Peer-To-Peer Networks, Ronaldo A. Ferreira, Murali Krisna Ramanathan, Ananth Y. Grama, Suresh Jagannathan Jul 2004

Efficient Randomized Search Algorithms In Unstructured Peer-To-Peer Networks, Ronaldo A. Ferreira, Murali Krisna Ramanathan, Ananth Y. Grama, Suresh Jagannathan

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Janus: Towards Robust And Malicious Resilient Routing In Hybrid Wireless Networks, Bogdan Carbunar, Ioanis Ioannidis, Cristina Nita-Rotaru Jul 2004

Janus: Towards Robust And Malicious Resilient Routing In Hybrid Wireless Networks, Bogdan Carbunar, Ioanis Ioannidis, Cristina Nita-Rotaru

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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The Changing Of The Guard Or : Moving From Paper To "E" With A New Financial Model, Johan Engelbrecht Jun 2004

The Changing Of The Guard Or : Moving From Paper To "E" With A New Financial Model, Johan Engelbrecht

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The Changing of the Guard, or Moving from Print to “E” with a new Financial Model. Johan Engelbrecht, Univ of Stellenbosch During the past decade academic libraries all over the world have been faced with escalating costs which made budgeting for information resources, and especially academic journals, a nightmare. Libraries in South Africa were no exception, and the matter was made worse by the continuous weakening of the South African currency against major overseas currencies such as the Dollar and the Euro. In 2002 alone the South African Rand weakened by as much as 40% against the American Dollar. This …

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Quality Management/Change Management: Two Sides Of The Same Coin?, Felicity Mcgregor Jun 2004

Quality Management/Change Management: Two Sides Of The Same Coin?, Felicity Mcgregor

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Change management strategies, as discussed in the literature, commonly share similar approaches and processes. Quality management or business excellence frameworks include many of the elements seen to be essential to effective change management. By adopting a management framework, a holistic approach to organisational change, development and innovation can be achieved. Instead of managing change as a series of events, a system wide approach is adopted. The disparate elements of effective management practice: human resources, industrial relations, customer relationship management, leadership strategies and planning processes are all integrated in a model underpinned by a systems approach and informed by systematic data …

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Tib - An Organisation With A Cost-Effective, Strategy-Oriented Approach, Petra Düren Jun 2004

Tib - An Organisation With A Cost-Effective, Strategy-Oriented Approach, Petra Düren

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Middle Management In Libraries: Is It A Hug Or A Squeeze?, Shabiran Rahman Jun 2004

Middle Management In Libraries: Is It A Hug Or A Squeeze?, Shabiran Rahman

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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To Be Or Not To Be Together: Is There A Choice? (Keynote Paper), Elena Maceviciute Jun 2004

To Be Or Not To Be Together: Is There A Choice? (Keynote Paper), Elena Maceviciute

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The paper aims to reflect on the aims of contemporary regional library co-operation, its reasons, forms and types of co-operation. It introduces the concept of regional co-operation, follows the historical development of its types, forms, models, and complexity. The emphasis is on the essential difference of modern library co-operation from earlier periods, its drivers and inhibitors, main actors and ultimate possibilities that is open as an intermediary level between local and international library work.

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Science And Technology Libraries In Evolution: Adaptation And Synergy For Survival And Success, Paul Nieuwenhuysen Jun 2004

Science And Technology Libraries In Evolution: Adaptation And Synergy For Survival And Success, Paul Nieuwenhuysen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

A brief overview is presented of some challenges that science and technology libraries have to face, caused by the evolution from classical libraries towards more electronic and digital libraries. This is a consequence of the fast evolution in information and communication technology (ICT) that has lead to more applications of ICT, not only to manage classical libraries, but also to create, distribute and access information resources in digital format through computer networks.

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Monénembo's L'Aîné Des Orphelins And The Rwandan Genocide, Lisa Mcnee Jun 2004

Monénembo's L'Aîné Des Orphelins And The Rwandan Genocide, Lisa Mcnee

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her paper, "Monénembo's L'Aîné des orphelins and the Rwandan Genocide," Lisa McNee discusses Tierno Monénembo's L'Aîné des orphelins, a novel that offers a double discourse and a dual memory of the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. McNee argues that L'Aîné des orphelins presents us with an extraordinary kind of fictional testimonial to genocide. Although Monénembo is not from Rwanda and did not participate in the tragedy, only someone who has paid the price of the clarity needed to distinguish between good and bad faith could have written a novel like L'Aîné des orphelins. Monénembo's characterization of …

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Robust Security Mechnisms For Data Streams Systems, Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Eltabakh, Cristina Nita-Rotaru Jun 2004

Robust Security Mechnisms For Data Streams Systems, Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Eltabakh, Cristina Nita-Rotaru

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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Addressing Staff Concerns In Changing Times: Supporting The Institution's Greatest Asset, Erika Linke Jun 2004

Addressing Staff Concerns In Changing Times: Supporting The Institution's Greatest Asset, Erika Linke

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The strategic plan at Carnegie Mellon University highlights the important contributions that staff members make to the organization. Concomitantly the university encourages the growth of a diverse campus community and stresses the important of developing a culture of respect. The university libraries have embraced these two threads – recognizing the important contributions made by staff and the desirability of a diverse work force. This paper discusses the importance of these two threads and highlights the various steps taken to acknowledge staff contributions and to create a culture of respect.

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Changing Culture - The Experience Of Tu Delft Library, Ellen Van Der Sar, Maria Heijne Jun 2004

Changing Culture - The Experience Of Tu Delft Library, Ellen Van Der Sar, Maria Heijne

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Drexel University, The University Of Maryland, And Their Libraries’ Experiences Collaborating With Various Research Programs, Jay Bhatt, John Meyer, Rafael Sidi Jun 2004

Drexel University, The University Of Maryland, And Their Libraries’ Experiences Collaborating With Various Research Programs, Jay Bhatt, John Meyer, Rafael Sidi

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Last year, researchers and librarians at both Drexel University and the University of Maryland initiated similar collaborative projects in their respective institutions to contribute to the development of life-long learning skills among the select participants. One joint finding was the importance of linking advances in knowledge, not just as hypothetical learning that benefits an elite few, but rather for the advancement of our society as a whole. Drexel University has two NSF-supported programs, Research Experience for Teachers (RET) and the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site (REU) DREAM (Drexel Research Experience in Advanced Materials). RET’s primary goal is to provide experiential …

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Adapting To Changing User Expectations, Jean Poland Jun 2004

Adapting To Changing User Expectations, Jean Poland

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Results of user surveys indicate that science and technology library user needs differ from those of humanists and social scientists and are changing rapidly. Science and technology libraries are taking the lead in adapting the public services model accordingly. Science and technology library users are most interested in easy-to-use access tools and library Web sites that enable them to find information on their own as well as easy access to materials from home and office. Their expectations are based on the speed of access provided by the Web and through search engines like Google. As fewer users come to the …

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Cooperation Between Estonian Research Libraries: Integration And Resource Sharing Issues, Jüri Järs Jun 2004

Cooperation Between Estonian Research Libraries: Integration And Resource Sharing Issues, Jüri Järs

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In this paper the main fields of cooperation (coordinated collections development, creating common databases, joint supply of electronic resources, standardization etc) between Estonian research libraries are examined and the institutions which have been founded for cooperation purposes are introduced. The results of cooperative activities are brought out. An overview is also given about the legal acts and regulations concerning the operation of research libraries.

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Internet In The Library - The Sky Isn't Blue, Błażej Feret, Barbara Szczepańska Jun 2004

Internet In The Library - The Sky Isn't Blue, Błażej Feret, Barbara Szczepańska

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In the past few years, libraries, including academic libraries, became not only a place in which users could find information supporting teaching and research, but also hubs for patron access to the Internet and its vast resources. However, the Internet is not a “good boy”, and the information easily found with search engines or peer-to-peer programs may be used for bad goals. Should academic libraries promote unrestricted access to the Internet for the sake of people’s right to open access to information, or should they rather restrict and filter the incoming information to that actually related to the subjects of …

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Convergence Between Interlibrary Loan And Acquisitions: A Science And Engineering Library Experience, Louis Houle Jun 2004

Convergence Between Interlibrary Loan And Acquisitions: A Science And Engineering Library Experience, Louis Houle

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Libraries are looking at new types of services to improve the dissemination of information to their users. One such new service, the integration of Interlibrary Loan with acquisitions and collection development, looks like a promising approach to meet the users’ information needs. The requests that meet selection criteria are not sent through the regular ILL borrowing channels but are instead turned into rush acquisitions. A special fund was set aside to purchase books requested by users (students, faculty and staff) through ILL processes. The ILL Librarian does both the selection of the ILL requests and the ordering of the books. …

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Walking The Talk: Is Your Library A Marketing Oriented Organisation?, Barbara Ewers Jun 2004

Walking The Talk: Is Your Library A Marketing Oriented Organisation?, Barbara Ewers

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Libraries are increasingly vocal about the need to adopt strategic marketing management which is the process of creating and facilitating the exchange of products of value with others. However, the largest proportion of library and information science literature on marketing deals promotion and public relations which is only a small part of the marketing mix. There seems to have been a fragmented application of marketing principles in the management and operation of libraries because they have lacked strategies to translate the marketing management into their functional management. The concept of market orientation provides a framework for applying marketing principles into …

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'Digital Is Not Different' - Copyright In Digital Environment, Barbara Szczepańska Jun 2004

'Digital Is Not Different' - Copyright In Digital Environment, Barbara Szczepańska

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Development in technology has brought to the libraries new kind of resources. Digital works such as books, periodicals and other materials are now in libraries collections. In spite of the fact that basic principles of copyright remain the same for ”traditional” and digital works. Copyright in digital environment is much more difficult to control because of the ease of creation, modification and distribution of digital copies over networks. Libraries help copyright holders to protect digital works against copyright infringements. On the other hand they represent also users of protected materials, and have a crucial role to play in ensuring the …

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Reading Rodski: User Surveys Revisited, Grace Saw, Nicole Clark Jun 2004

Reading Rodski: User Surveys Revisited, Grace Saw, Nicole Clark

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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From Paper To Digital Repository Of The University Staff Publications, Milena Matasovska Tetrevova, Zigmund Matasovsky Jun 2004

From Paper To Digital Repository Of The University Staff Publications, Milena Matasovska Tetrevova, Zigmund Matasovsky

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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On Time Synchronization In Multi-Hop Sensor Networks, Ossama Younis, Sonia Fahmy Jun 2004

On Time Synchronization In Multi-Hop Sensor Networks, Ossama Younis, Sonia Fahmy

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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Daisy: A Hybrid Architecture For Anonymity Systems, Chi-Bun Chan, Cristina Nita-Rotaru Jun 2004

Daisy: A Hybrid Architecture For Anonymity Systems, Chi-Bun Chan, Cristina Nita-Rotaru

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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Cooperation Between Gdańsk University Main Library And The Academic Libraries Of The Pomeranian District, Anita Januszewska Jun 2004

Cooperation Between Gdańsk University Main Library And The Academic Libraries Of The Pomeranian District, Anita Januszewska

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Current and new methods of cooperation between academic libraries of the Pomeranian District. Formalization of current cooperation methods by establishing a new body – the Pomeranien District Academic Libraries’ Association, with 12 member libraries participating. Cooperation between the libraries in Poland takes place both on the national and regional scale. This phenomenon is consistent with the spirit of the times, because through the cooperation the quality of library services can be improved and the costs of any innovations can be significantly reduced. There are many examples of a successful cooperation on the national and regional scale in Poland. Among many …

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Managing Staff Concerns And Expectations During A Library Merger, Adriaan Swanepoel Jun 2004

Managing Staff Concerns And Expectations During A Library Merger, Adriaan Swanepoel

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss results of a survey to measure concerns and expectations of library staff before and after a merger. The survey was done four months before a merger took place between three separate Technikons in South Africa, and it was repeated two months after the merger. The questionnaire that was used to gather information from all full-time library staff members of the three technikons included questions on how important it is for library staff, within the context of the merger, that certain work-related conditions stay the same, e.g. to have the same …

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