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Rumo(U)Rs From Paddington, Daryl Rayner Jun 2004

Rumo(U)Rs From Paddington, Daryl Rayner

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Charleston Conference Call For Papers, Editor Jun 2004

Charleston Conference Call For Papers, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Ctw -- Early Explorations And New Directions, Marian Shilstone Jun 2004

Ctw -- Early Explorations And New Directions, Marian Shilstone

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Innovations Affecting Us -- Xml In Action, Norman Desmarais Jun 2004

Innovations Affecting Us -- Xml In Action, Norman Desmarais

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Leaving The Books Behind, Mary E. (Tinker) Massey Jun 2004

Leaving The Books Behind, Mary E. (Tinker) Massey

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Adventures In Librarianship -- Annotated Bibliography, Ned Kraft Jun 2004

Adventures In Librarianship -- Annotated Bibliography, Ned Kraft

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Cases Of Note -- Copyright -- In Which An Aspiring Screen Writer Learns That His Access Came Too Late, Bruce Strauch Jun 2004

Cases Of Note -- Copyright -- In Which An Aspiring Screen Writer Learns That His Access Came Too Late, Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Webworthy, Pamela M. Rose Jun 2004

Webworthy, Pamela M. Rose

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


People Profile: Michael Mabe, Editor Jun 2004

People Profile: Michael Mabe, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Planning A Prospective Shared Print Journal Collection At The University Of California, Cynthia Shelton Ph.D. Jun 2004

Planning A Prospective Shared Print Journal Collection At The University Of California, Cynthia Shelton Ph.D.

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Management Of Change In Romanian Technical Libraries: Case Of Library Of The Politehnica University In Timosoara, Romania, Erica Otesteanu Jun 2004

Management Of Change In Romanian Technical Libraries: Case Of Library Of The Politehnica University In Timosoara, Romania, Erica Otesteanu

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

A short historic overview of the situation of Romanian University Libraries is the starting point for presenting the actual development of the Technical University’s Libraries. The paper makes a brief presentation on the actual situation of Romanian Technical University Libraries, through some statistical records. As a particular case, the paper presents the experience of the Politehnica University Library of Timişoara in managing last years’ changes. An overview of the most important problems and shortcomings that characterized the starting point of the library changes, ten years ago is listed: manual searching system, inefficient services, obsolete collections, reduce number of staff, with …


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 …


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 …


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 …


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 …


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

No abstract provided.


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 …


Measuring Cost Efficiency Of Public And Academic Libraries In Poland - A Methodological Perspective And Empirical Experience (Keynote Paper), Jacek Osiewalski, Anna Osiewalska May 2004

Measuring Cost Efficiency Of Public And Academic Libraries In Poland - A Methodological Perspective And Empirical Experience (Keynote Paper), Jacek Osiewalski, Anna Osiewalska

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


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 …


Radical Management And The Modern Information World (Keynote Paper), Henryk Hollender May 2004

Radical Management And The Modern Information World (Keynote Paper), Henryk Hollender

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


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 …


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 …


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’ …


Primary Resource Material Online: Research And Teaching Perspective, Paul O'Pecko, Kelly Drake May 2004

Primary Resource Material Online: Research And Teaching Perspective, Paul O'Pecko, Kelly Drake

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Digital imaging projects of the G.W. Blunt White Library at Mystic Seaport Museum, funded by the Library of Congress and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are explained and demonstrated with comments on how the Library has incorporated the projects’ outcomes into its workflow. Upon reapplying for additional funds, the Library was asked by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to instead reach out to scholars in the field and determine what their actually needs were in developing new scholarship. The Library hosted a conference and developed a survey to measure the scholars’ needs. Methodology and preliminary results are discussed.


Beyond The Happy Sheets! Evaluating Learning In Information Skills Teaching, Richard German, Jane Barton, Nick Joint May 2004

Beyond The Happy Sheets! Evaluating Learning In Information Skills Teaching, Richard German, Jane Barton, Nick Joint

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper reviews three years of data measuring students' immediate reactions to a computer-assisted learning package in information skills and reports on work in progress to establish a more comprehensive programme of evaluation which will assess the medium term impact on learning of both the courseware itself and the way the courseware is delivered to students. The GAELS courseware was developed in the late 1990s as part of a collaborative project between the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, with funding from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. The courseware was designed to teach higher level information skills and was initially …


If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch Apr 2004

If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Consortial Circulation Via Patron Placed Holds In The Usmai's Shared Catalog And Its Impact On Collection Development And Ill, Jessame Ferguson, Michelle Flinchbaugh, Robin Moskal Apr 2004

Consortial Circulation Via Patron Placed Holds In The Usmai's Shared Catalog And Its Impact On Collection Development And Ill, Jessame Ferguson, Michelle Flinchbaugh, Robin Moskal

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Atg Familiar Faces, Editor Apr 2004

Atg Familiar Faces, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Atg Interviews Albert Majors Mcclendon And John Albert Majors, Iii, Bruce Strauch Apr 2004

Atg Interviews Albert Majors Mcclendon And John Albert Majors, Iii, Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


The Intersection Where Collection Development And Acquisitions Meet Interlibrary Loan, Maria Silva Kuhn Apr 2004

The Intersection Where Collection Development And Acquisitions Meet Interlibrary Loan, Maria Silva Kuhn

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.