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Academic Library Leadership Issues And Challenges: An Informational Interview With Peter Sidorko, Librarian Of The University Of Hong Kong, Patrick Lo, Dickson Chiu, Heather Rogers
Academic Library Leadership Issues And Challenges: An Informational Interview With Peter Sidorko, Librarian Of The University Of Hong Kong, Patrick Lo, Dickson Chiu, Heather Rogers
Journal of East Asian Libraries
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Fame And Latter-Day Saint Youth: Value Conflicts And The Interpretive Audience, Shellie M. Frey
Fame And Latter-Day Saint Youth: Value Conflicts And The Interpretive Audience, Shellie M. Frey
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Fame is a paradoxical issue: a phenomenon that is both embraced and shunned simultaneously in American culture and particularly within many religious institutions. Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), for instance, discourage its members (particularly the youth) from seeking out fame as well as famous individuals as role models. Yet they also incorporate positive rhetoric about fame as well in terms of famous LDS people, landmarks or groups. Furthermore, various aspects of the LDS Church (worldwide televised conferences, widely distributed books written by Church leaders, etc.) are highly mediated, thus, integrated with a public venue …