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Developing A Learning Organisation, Hans Selberg Jun 2004

Developing A Learning Organisation, Hans Selberg

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The learning organisation is an organisation which consciously and continuously betters its capacity to learn and develop both at an individual -, group -, and organisational level. The purpose is to increase efficiency, flexibility and the ability to change. The learning organisation is continually developing its capacity to create its own future. NTNU Library is the second largest university library in Norway, with the nations largest and most comprehensive collections covering technology and architecture. The rapid change from traditional collections to e-resources, seen particularly within technological libraries, may cause a feeling that traditional library-values are being threatened. To counter this, …

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Medieval Cosmopolitanism And The Saracen-Christian Ethos, Marla Segol Jun 2004

Medieval Cosmopolitanism And The Saracen-Christian Ethos, Marla Segol

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her paper, "Medieval Cosmopolitanism and the Saracen-Christian Ethos," Marla Segol argues that in Floire et Blancheflor and Aucassin et Nicolette, two medieval Occitanian romances, the writers work actively to incorporate Islamic culture and its accomplishments into a hybrid communal identity. The hybrid elements of this identity are demonstrated in two ways: first, through the portrayal of mixed couples and second, through depiction of a biculturally constituted landscape and culture. Intercultural relations between the characters are dramatized through the structures of religious conversion. Each romance features a mixed couple, with one member Christian and the other, formerly Muslim but converted …

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From Commonwealth To Postcolonial Literature, Edward O. Ako Jun 2004

From Commonwealth To Postcolonial Literature, Edward O. Ako

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper,"From Commonwealth to Postcolonial Literature," Edward O.Ako begins by establishing the link between Empire and English-language literature. Drawing on Elleke Boehmer, Gauri Viswanath, and Terry Eagleton, Ako discusses the ideological uses of literature and argues that the textual forms that emerged as "resistance" to imperial domination were referred to by a multiplicity of terms: Commonwealth Literature, New English Literature, Literature in English, Third World Literature, World Fiction, Minority Literature, Multicultural Literature, or Postcolonial Literature. Ako examines the merits and handicaps of each designation and explains why, in his view, the term "postcolonial" is the more appropriate notion and …

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Asian-American Literature And A Lacanian Reading Of Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey, Fu-Jen Chen Jun 2004

Asian-American Literature And A Lacanian Reading Of Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey, Fu-Jen Chen

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Asian-American Literature and a Lacanian Reading of Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey," Fu-jen Chen explores the protagonist's subjective progression into the post-Symbolic Real in Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey -- from subject as Demand, through subject as Desire, to subject as jouissance. Tripmaster Monkey records Ah Sing's transformation from a racial paranoiac at the beginning of the novel through a subject as demand to a subject as desire who is learning to target new desires via his engaging in real myth and staging real theater, and finally to a subject as jouissance -- one who is oriented to his …

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Benjamin, Agamben, And The Paradox Of Translation, Paolo Bartoloni Jun 2004

Benjamin, Agamben, And The Paradox Of Translation, Paolo Bartoloni

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Benjamin, Agamben, and the Paradox of Translation," Paolo Bartoloni offers a theoretical discourse on translation that goes beyond the traditional precincts of linguistics and literary theory as well as the disciplines of cultural studies and postcolonial theory. Bartoloni argues that more recently, the discourse on translation has begun to incorporate epistemological concerns, dealing not only with language but also with subjectivity and ethics. At the root of this theoretical articulation of translation are the essays "The Task of the Translator" ("Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers") by Walter Benjamin and other reflections on translation by Martin Heidegger, especially in …

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Haruki Murakami And The Ethics Of Translation, Will Slocombe Jun 2004

Haruki Murakami And The Ethics Of Translation, Will Slocombe

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Haruki Murakami and the Ethics of Translation," Will Slocombe argues that despite the fact that Murakami has gained world-wide popularity recently, there has been little critical attention to his works outside of the comparatively narrow area of Japanese studies. Slocombe proposes that Murakami is too important an author to be limited in this way because of his definition of "translation." For Murakami, translation delineates an operative ethics between Self and Other, a dialogue that is not only between different languages and cultures, but also between the private and political spheres, and between different individuals. Slocombe discusses Murakami's …

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The Representation Of 'Race' In Ondaatje's In The Skin Of A Lion, Glen Lowry Jun 2004

The Representation Of 'Race' In Ondaatje's In The Skin Of A Lion, Glen Lowry

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Glen Lowry, in his paper "The Representation of 'Race' in Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion" bases his discussion on the observation that critics tend to view Ondaatje's writing in terms of a progression towards complex issues of "race" and post-coloniality. In contrast, Lowry argues that the matter of "race" forms an integral aspect of Ondaatje's oeuvre and Lowry proposes that In the Skin of a Lion is a key site in the development of Ondaatje's engagement with issues of "race" and the cultural politics of post-coloniality. Focusing on Ondaatje's depiction of Toronto in terms of its complex history …

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Mylibrary: Managing The Resources You Need, Ursula Jutzi-Müller, Wolfram Neubauer May 2004

Mylibrary: Managing The Resources You Need, Ursula Jutzi-Müller, Wolfram Neubauer

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Librarians And Engineering Faculty: Partnership Opportunities In Information Literacy And Ethics Instruction, Alice Trussell May 2004

Librarians And Engineering Faculty: Partnership Opportunities In Information Literacy And Ethics Instruction, Alice Trussell

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

As the global economy grew in the latter half of the 20th Century, the demand for the mobility of engineers greatly increased. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), an accreditation agency serving primarily the United States, began to look at engineering programs outside of the United States with the intent of establishing recognized reciprocity. Through the Washington Accord, first established in 1989, mutual recognition agreements were signed with accrediting agencies in several countries. In the year 2000, heavily modified ABET standards affecting North America took effect emphasizing qualitative standards as well as quantitative …

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Using A Three-Year-Rolling-Development Plan (3 Y Rdp) To Lead And Manage Library Transformation, Egbert Gerryts May 2004

Using A Three-Year-Rolling-Development Plan (3 Y Rdp) To Lead And Manage Library Transformation, Egbert Gerryts

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Key success factors for managing change and transformation in the University Library are discussed. In the three year rolling development plan (3YRDP) the importance of sharing and contracting the underlying library philosophy with university management is emphasized. The rolling development plan covers the strategic intention of the library as well as its social and task dimensions. Under the strategic intention, the strategic base of the library and the importance of preparing strategic points of support are pointed out. The social dimension refers to the importance of sound leadership and a healthy organizational culture and climate. Particular premises as conditions for …

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Library Collaboration: What Makes It Work? (Keynote Paper), Murray Shepherd May 2004

Library Collaboration: What Makes It Work? (Keynote Paper), Murray Shepherd

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In previous papers delivered at IATUL Conferences, I described the TriUniversity Group (TUG) library collaboration. I spoke of the advantages and reported that three academic libraries, large (University of Waterloo) medium (University of Guelph) and small (Wilfrid Laurier University) were working together creatively to address a number of issues: • Remote storage of little used library materials, • Development of a web-based, unified and integrated online “catalogue”, • Joint purchases of online resources, and • Rationalization of information resources This pioneering collaborative undertaking, initiated in 1995, is now widely emulated, with some success. The TUG librarians found that collaboration is …

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Projecting Success: Effective Project Management In Academic Libraries, Stephanie Atkins May 2004

Projecting Success: Effective Project Management In Academic Libraries, Stephanie Atkins

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Managing a major project in an academic library can be daunting in the best financial circumstances. However, in the current climate of diminished funding and increased competition, libraries will face the challenge of funding and staffing their initiatives with limited resources. Project management can assist libraries in achieving their projects on schedule and within budget. Best practices in project management are examined in the context of two major projects undertaken at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. The first project was the barcoding of three million in three months in preparation for the transition to a new automated library …

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Infoservices: A Multi-Channel, Multi-Tier Model For Information Service Delivery, Rowan Salt May 2004

Infoservices: A Multi-Channel, Multi-Tier Model For Information Service Delivery, Rowan Salt

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Griffith University’s Division of Information Services provides integrated library, information technology and flexible learning services to Griffith’s community of approximately 30,000 staff and students. A Division-wide restructure in 2001 led to the creation of InfoServices, a new organisational unit created from members of library and information technology front-line staff. This unit was presented with the challenge of answering the majority of customer inquiries related to the Division’s products and services. InfoServices seeks to resolve 80% of all customer inquiries at first contact, regardless of product. In order to meet this demand, InfoServices implemented a multi-channel multi-tier service delivery model. InfoServices’ …

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Worm Meets Beehive, Xuxian Jiang, Dongyan Xu, Shan Lei, Paul Ruth, Jianzhong Sun May 2004

Worm Meets Beehive, Xuxian Jiang, Dongyan Xu, Shan Lei, Paul Ruth, Jianzhong Sun

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Towards The Design Of Robust Peer-To- Peer Communities, Ioannis Ioannidis, Ananth Y. Grama May 2004

Towards The Design Of Robust Peer-To- Peer Communities, Ioannis Ioannidis, Ananth Y. Grama

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Synthesis Of Best Practices In Transportation Security, Jon Fricker Mar 2004

Synthesis Of Best Practices In Transportation Security, Jon Fricker

Purdue Road School

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Hyperfix: Coordination And Construction Of 33 Bridges And 35 Lane Miles In 55 Days, Gary Mroczka, M Sean Poerter, Tim Conarroe, Dan Rogers Mar 2004

Hyperfix: Coordination And Construction Of 33 Bridges And 35 Lane Miles In 55 Days, Gary Mroczka, M Sean Poerter, Tim Conarroe, Dan Rogers

Purdue Road School

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Indot 2004 Public Involvement Policy And Best Practices, Rickie Clark Mar 2004

Indot 2004 Public Involvement Policy And Best Practices, Rickie Clark

Purdue Road School

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Front Matter, Purdue Road School Mar 2004

Front Matter, Purdue Road School

Purdue Road School

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Chain Saw Safety And Arborist Techniques, Rick Bryan Mar 2004

Chain Saw Safety And Arborist Techniques, Rick Bryan

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

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Indot Storm Water Management Plan, Tom Duncan Mar 2004

Indot Storm Water Management Plan, Tom Duncan

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

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What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate, Daniel Lybrook Mar 2004

What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate, Daniel Lybrook

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

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Netiquette…Making Sense Of On-Line Communication, Suzanne Karberg Mar 2004

Netiquette…Making Sense Of On-Line Communication, Suzanne Karberg

Purdue Road School

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Underwater Women In Shakespeare Films, Charles Ross Mar 2004

Underwater Women In Shakespeare Films, Charles Ross

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Underwater Women in Shakespeare Films," Charles Ross looks at the film tradition of representing the social oppression of women by scenes submersion, a trope that has its literary roots in the classics, the French Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the novel. Ross argues that unlike classic directors such as Kurosawa, Kozintsev, and Polanski, modern filmmakers not only like to enhance the female body, but also to draw on this trope as a cinematic shorthand to symbolize the oppression of women by various forces. Hollywood films made in the 1990s often go overboard in their attempts to make …

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Race And Othello On Film, Laura Reitz-Wilson Mar 2004

Race And Othello On Film, Laura Reitz-Wilson

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Race and Othello on Film," Laura Reitz-Wilson discusses Shakespeare's treatment of race in Othello and compares it to what Hollywood as a producer of culture has done. Reitz-Wilson looks at nine different film versions and analyzes their approaches to Othello's race and character. She parses the historical and textual evidence for racism in Shakespeare's and concludes that it exists and should not be overlooked. Othello's otherness is, in fact, directly connected to his blackness, but Hollywood has rarely captured the tenuous line Shakespeare creates between barbarian and civilized Venetian. Her analysis of the film versions of Othello …

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Introduction To Shakespeare On Film In Asia And Hollywood, Charles Ross Mar 2004

Introduction To Shakespeare On Film In Asia And Hollywood, Charles Ross

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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Behavior-Based System For Generation Of Security Solutions, Shobha Potluri, Pranathi Venkatayogi, Bharat Bhargava Mar 2004

Behavior-Based System For Generation Of Security Solutions, Shobha Potluri, Pranathi Venkatayogi, Bharat Bhargava

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Simulation Study Of A Cellular Aided Mobile Ad-Hoc Network, Gang Ding, Xiaoxin Wu, Bharat Bhargava, Shan Lei Mar 2004

Simulation Study Of A Cellular Aided Mobile Ad-Hoc Network, Gang Ding, Xiaoxin Wu, Bharat Bhargava, Shan Lei

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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Security Issues In Querying Encrypted Data, Murat Kantarioglu, Chris Clifton Mar 2004

Security Issues In Querying Encrypted Data, Murat Kantarioglu, Chris Clifton

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Shakespeare And The Visualization Of Metaphor In Two Chinese Versions Of Macbeth, Alexander C.Y. Huang Mar 2004

Shakespeare And The Visualization Of Metaphor In Two Chinese Versions Of Macbeth, Alexander C.Y. Huang

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Shakespeare and the Visualization of Metaphor in Two Chinese Versions of Macbeth," Alexander Huang proposes that, in addition to political uses, visualization is an important dimension of cultural translations of Shakespeare. In recent studies, Shakespeare's global presence has been investigated from various perspectives of critical inquiry, especially with postcolonial theories and in East-West literary relations. Instead of faulting cultural imperialism or foregrounding political statements in theatre, Huang explores the visual dimension of cultural translation found in Kingdom of Desire (a Beijing opera adaptation of Macbeth) and Story of the Bloody Hand (a Kunqu opera appropriation of the …

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