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Charting The Landscape Of An Innovation University Library, Ari Muhonen, Irma Pasanen-Tuomainen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The digital age calls for strategies in issues regarding access, dissemination as well as preservation of information. The global digital environment offers new and exciting possibilities to share knowledge across boundaries. In terms of scientific information access to information is crucial for research and innovation. Indeed, universities and libraries have in recent years made considerable investments in providing access to online information.

The European Union has invited the member states to reinforce national strategies and structures for access to and preservation and dissemination of scientific information. Furthermore, the member states of the European Union should ensure the long term preservation …

Towards A Canadian Digitization Strategy, Janine Schmidt, Louis Houle

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Digital Strategy: European Perspectives, Paul Ayris

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role and content of digital strategies in European research libraries. The paper will look at current developments in UCL (University College London) in the UK in terms of strategic directions at an institutional level. It will then examine how UCL Library Services is developing its own strategy to meet these institutional objectives. The paper will look at changing digital architectures, which reflect the new emphasis on student-centred learning and research. Three types of e-content will be examined, and the success or otherwise of libraries in delivering this type of content examined. …

Creating A Digital New Zealand: New Zealand's Digital Content Strategy, Opportunities And Challenges For The Education And Research Sectors, Penny Carnaby

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva 2000 http://www.itu/int/wsis/geneva/index.html and Tunis http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/index.html

set the agenda for the development of e-strategies in a number of countries. Drawing from the strategic vision and inspiration of WSIS New Zealand launched its own Digital Strategy in May 2005 http://digitalstratregy.govt.nz. This was a far reaching all of country digital vision impacting on communities, business and local and central government throughout the country. The NZ Digital Strategy argued that there were three components that would define the digital environment. These are referred to as the 3 C’s framework these are connection, content …

Digitization Initiatives: A Reconnaissance Of The Global Landscape, Marinus Swanepoel

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Digitization has become quite a buzzword around libraries and library organizations. Conferences, symposia and workshops on digitization are becoming more popular and many general conferences feature a technology or digitization track.

A factor contributing to the popularity of digitization is that the technology required for basic digitization is very affordable. It is therefore not uncommon to find an under funded enthusiast doing excellent work, making content available through a free hosting service on the Internet and using only a simple digital camera and/or scanner, bought for a couple of hundred dollars.

The proliferation of local digitization initiatives great and small …

The Impact Of Imaginary Companions On Social Development, Emily Bloom

Senior Honors Theses

The imagination and creativity of children is often puzzling to the adult mind. Pretend play and make-believe friends are often prevalent in the life of a child. Past research shows a relationship between the use of the imagination in children’s play and their social, cognitive, and emotional development. Furthermore, there are a number of gender differences in the type of imaginary play and pretend friends children create. Children of all ages reported engaging in make-believe play. Therefore, this study investigated whether children create imaginary companions as a result of their social adaptability or socially adapt in the way that they …

New Galileo Password Coming May 5, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• New Galileo password coming May 5

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, April 20, 2008

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf Finding Aid

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, April 20, 2008

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

Lacuny Emerging Technologies Committee Meeting Minutes, April 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

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Lacuny Emerging Technologies Committee Minutes Minutes, April 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

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Pvn-Lot-202-Oi-011, Joanna Hayes

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Lot-202-Oz-006, Joanna Hayes

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Lot-202-Pm-005, Chester Liwosz

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Lot-202-Pk-005, Chester Liwosz

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Lot-202-Oz-008, Joanna Hayes

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Cat-202-Kc-029-001-Cnlp, Cally Haggerty

Four Valleys Archive

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Pvn-Lot-202-Pe-009, Lara Britain

Four Valleys Archive

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Mapping The Evolution Of 'Food Deserts' In A Canadian City: Supermarket Accessibility In London, Ontario, 1961–2005, Kristian Larsen, Jason Gilliland

Geography & Environment Publications

Background: A growing body of research suggests that the suburbanization of food retailers in North America and the United Kingdom in recent decades has contributed to the emergence of urban 'food deserts', or disadvantaged areas of cities with relatively poor access to healthy and affordable food. This paper explores the evolution of food deserts in a mid-sized Canadian city (London, Ontario) by using a geographic information system (GIS) to map the precise locations of supermarkets in 1961 and 2005; multiple techniques of network analysis were used to assess changing levels of supermarket access in relation to neighbourhood location, socioeconomic characteristics, …

More Tibet Reading

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

It has been a few weeks since we last posted an installment of recommended reading on the situation in Tibet and neighboring provinces. Here are a few of the interesting or informative things we’ve run across in that time:

1. Historian James Millward’s piece at openDemocracy on how China could right its worldwide public image is insightful–we urge you to read it.

2. A recent (often heated) discussion on the Asian history listserv, H-asia, centered around China’s historical role in Tibet–reflecting questions that have been important in the popular discussions of Tibet as well. For example, Tibet specialist Elliott Sperling …

Frivolous Friday: Remembering The Tokyo Olympics

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

This video of the opening ceremony for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games (mislabelled as the winter Olympics at Youtube) seems like an example of how China would like this summer’s games to be remembered.

April 2008 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 41, April 18, 2008

Central Florida Future

A call to help; Summit looks at U.S. economy; Speaker addresses Fla. conservation; Trying to find balance.

Cobb, Sheila Marie (Fa 223), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 223. Paper: "[Folk Medical Beliefs]" written by Sheila Marie Cobb for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Hexing (Fa 228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 228. Paper: "Hexing" Personal Experiences That Were Possibly 'Hexing' Episodes." Written for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. Author's name withheld at time of donation.

Poindexter, Karen S. (Fa 225), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 225. Paper: "A Ghostly Experience in Breeding, Kentucky" written by Karen S. Poindexter for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Norris, Keith (Fa 226), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 226. Paper: "Superntaural Storytelling Session and Subsequent Events Which Occurred in Jefferson County, Kentucky" written by Keith Norris for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Program: Rodney Hurst Sr Presents "It Was Never About A Hot Dog And A Coke," His Personal Account.

Textual material from the Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Papers

A presentation by Rodney Hurst at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church on Friday, April 18, 2008

Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, April 2008, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

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Pvn-Lot-202-Od-052, Jenny Dillon

Four Valleys Archive

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