Look for the Helpers: Public Libraries and the Homeless: A Literature Review

I wanted you to have a narrative to accompany my presentation. My name is Kellian Clink and I have been a librarian for 34 years, 2 of them at a public library in Geneva, Illinois. I love coming to PNLA every year and try to concoct something that would be of interest to you. I am from Wyoming so I love coming West every year and will miss being with you in person this year. Last year, everyone was talking about the homeless in their libraries so this year, I thought I would outline some of the findings from research articles in our field, after briefly noting the staggering number of counted homeless in the PNLA regions, and a brief outline of some of the reasons for homelessness. Librarians serve the homeless and of course can advocate for more affordable housing, more mental health and substance abuse services, but in the meantime, they will be encountering the homeless in their libraries as we reopen. The salient issue is the navigating between wanting to be a helper and wanting to make sure your library is an inviting space for all (Geisler 2019). I had hoped for this to be just a jumping off point for a rich conversation, but then there was Covid. I know in Geneva’s public library, which was situated in a very prosperous community, we were still scratching our heads about how to keep the library inviting to our patrons while keeping the homeless from getting naked and washing up in the bathrooms next to the children’s area. It’s a dilemma

Homecoming.

The poems featured in Homecoming are narrative, and are written in free verse, prose and lyrical form. This anthology of poems was inspired by Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street, Sonya Sones, and Ted Kooser. The objective of this project is to introduce readers to a town with a distinct landscape. The descriptive language and voice explore nature and its effect on a young girl as she relates to situations with family, society, nature and other elements. It was also important to communicate a universal theme of nature personified, providing a safe haven for any one, for any reason. A major conceptual challenge was to let the poems come together in a way that is not forced by preconceived notions of what I think should be the focus or core. Some of the poems were written a few years ago, and after many revisions, it was satisfying to find the heart of the poem after stripping away the excess. Strategies employed: I re-arranged my office to be more conducive to creative thoughts. Much research was conducted on technical/or non-technical names of plants, insects, locations, and other things, as authenticity was very important and key to the process. The significance of the poems in Homecoming relates to familial dysfunction caused by mental illness. It is important to note dark, relational predicaments is not the only motif employed to communicate and create thoughts and ideas. When combined with nature; orange native stones, wild goldenrods growing in tractor wheels; hedgerows of Bois d'arcs, knee deep in blackberries, there is always hope tucked inside giving the audience a sense of optimism. The contribution to the field is that within the thought provoking themes of home, there is a dual purpose; readers will look at mental illness in a different light. Poetry is one of the greatest communicators to make that happen

An Evaluation on Compost Quality Produced in UTP Campus

UTP is producing compost or organic fertilizer from the food waste that generated by cafeterias in UTP. A few tests have to be carried out to analyze the content of the compost and to determine the quality of the compost, whether it is suitable and safe to be used as fertilizer. Compost quality standard documents from Canada and United States are the main references in determining the quality of compost produced in UTP. There are 6 criteria that being considered in determining the quality of compost produced in UTP which are maturity of the compost, heavy metal content, foreign matter content, pathogens content, constituents of the compost which indicates the percent ofCHNS, NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium) content of the compost and moisture content. Maturity of compost is determined based on the germination of radish seeds and bean sprout seeds in the compost and C/N ratio of the compost. Germination of those two types of seeds is carried out in three different conditions which are in 100 % soil, 1 00 % compost and in 50 % soil and 50 % compost. The content of seven types of heavy metal which are lead, cadmium, copper, chromium, zinc, nickel and boron were tested on the compost. Any matters that are greater than 2 mm in dimension that results from human intervention and having organic or inorganic constituents such as metal, glass and synthetic polymers (plastic, rubber) are considered as foreign matters. Quanti-Tray I 2000 are the device that being used to determine the amount of bacteria in 100 ml of compost sample using IDEXX-d substrate reagent. NPK content is determined by carrying out powder pillow test. Moisture content of the compost is determined using the moisture analyzer. For maturity aspect, germination of both types of seeds only occurred in 100% soil. C/N ratio of the compost is 17.67. The content of heavy metal in the compost are within the allowable limit. For foreign matter analysis, compost produced in UTP contains no man-made foreign matter such as glass, plastic, metal and stones. For pathogens analysis, the compost does not contain E.coli. The amount ofNPK in compost produced in UTP is low compared to the standard and moisture content of the compost is 54.65 %

Intelligibility and comprehensibility of the Filipino English accent to Hong Kong English speakers

Intercultural communication between Hong Kong people and Filipinos is common and crucial in Hong Kong as Filipinos are the largest non-local ethnic group, and Filipino domestic helpers play a significant role in households and childcare. This study investigated the phonological patterns of Filipino English and explored the intelligibility and comprehensibility of the English spoken by Filipino domestic helpers to student teachers of English in Hong Kong. By analysing the speech produced by three Filipino English speakers, features of Filipino-accented English were identified. Moreover, by conducting listening-dictation tasks, it was found that the listeners considered 30% and 80.6% of the isolated words and keywords in a passage respectively to be intelligible, and 74.7% of the speech produced by Filipino English speakers was comprehensible. The major types of features of the Filipino English accent, which are also found to be factors which contribute to problems in intelligibility and comprehensibility such as consonant substitutions, deletion of consonants and consonant clusters, no distinction between long and short vowels, replacement of vowels, and shifting of word stress, are discussed in detail in this research paper along with the pedagogical and social implications

et cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community. Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art

Shanghai and the experience of war: <br />The refugee problem

Shanghai was probably the first large metropolis to experience large-scale modern warfare in its very midst. Bitter and brutal fighting raged for three months in and around the city, with intense bombings from ships and planes. The war threw literally hundred of thousands of people on the streets. As war expanded to the countryside, millions became refugees. This paper is concerned with the massive and sudden transformation of Shanghai residents into refugees and its impact on the city and its resources. In the first part, I address the issue of war in Shanghai and its past experience with refugee issues. I argue that 1937 created an entirely new situation no authority was prepared to meet. The second part is devoted to a study of the refugee population, both in quantitative and qualitative terms. In fact, those who found refuge in camps -- a small part of the refugees – do not reflect the normal structure of the local population. The last part is concerned with the challenges refugee camps had to face to maintain alive a huge destitute population with limited resources in an overcrowded urban space engulfed in war

Mustang Daily, April 18, 2000

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In The Days of My Youth : Frances Fulton Cunningham Harper

My niece Janet suggests that I write the memories of my youth. It will not be an exciting or adventurous story. The older children of our family could have told more stirring tales, for they lived through the Civil War, and the momentous days of the Battle of Gettysburg. I came along towards the close of 1864 when hoopskirts had passed their greatest rotundity, and pantalettes were on the wane. I remember seeing my sister Maggie, in embroidered pantalettes, but I never wore them. I did have a hoopskirt. It was bought by my sister Jennie, somewhat against my mother’s will. It was to be worn under a very pretty apricot “wool delaine,” one of the few dresses bought directly for me; for most of my frocks were hand-me-downs from my older sisters. In those days cloth was made to last. One of mother’s wedding dresses was a striped gold and brown changeable taffeta. Doubtless mother wore it for two or three years, then it was remade for Maggie in turn. I had an enduring hate for these made over frocks, and was glad that by the time Maggie was through with the silk dress, it was too far gone to be remade for me. My dislike for my older sister’s clothes was a needless self-torture, for both mother and sister Jennie were exquisite needlewomen; they knew how to fashion very nice garments; and while the material might be long in the public eye, it was always good in quality, and made up according to the mode. [excerpt

Plantsman, Aug/Sep 1996

A newsletter of the New Hampshire Plant Growers\u27 Associatio