Análisis de la prestación de servicios a inmigrantes en la red Bibliotecas de Barcelona

The aim of this paper is to analyze the quality of library service provision to immigrants in the Bibliotecas de Barcelona network using as a reference IFLA’s <em>Multicultural Communities: Guidelines for Library Services</em>. By adopting these guidelines, public libraries can become environments capable of facilitating social cohesion, knowledge and cultural exchange, as well as interaction between users from different cultures. To carry out this study, several information sources were reviewed and two library managers from the Barcelona Library Consortium were interviewed. The results show a high level of compliance with the <em>Guidelines</em> by the Bibliotecas de Barcelona network. The possible implications of these results are discussed in relation to the role of public libraries as spaces of interaction and cultural exchange.<br><br>El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la calidad de la prestación de servicios bibliotecarios a inmigrantes en la red Bibliotecas de Barcelona utilizando como referencia el documento Comunidades Multiculturales: Directrices para el Servicio Bibliotecario, elaborado por la <em>International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions</em> (IFLA). La adopción de estas Directrices convierte a las bibliotecas públicas en entornos que pueden facilitar la cohesión social, el conocimiento e intercambio cultural y la interacción entre usuarios de distintas culturas. Para llevar a cabo este estudio se han revisado distintas fuentes de información y se ha entrevistado a dos responsables del Consorcio de Bibliotecas de Barcelona. Los resultados obtenidos evidencian la existencia de un alto nivel de cumplimiento de las Directrices en la red Bibliotecas de Barcelona. Se discuten las posibles implicaciones de estos resultados en relación con el papel de las bibliotecas públicas como espacios de interacción e intercambio cultural

An annotated and critical glossary of the terminology of inclusion in healthcare and health research

yesThe importance of including members of the public has been accorded a significant position in health planning, service delivery and research. But this position masks a lack of clarity about terms that are used. This paper identifies terms that are in common use in the lexicon of community based involvement and engagement in health with the intention of clarifying meaning and thus reducing ambiguity. We define and distinguish between key terms related to inclusion, we consider the terminology attached to community processes and to the challenges of inclusion and we engage with the strengths and weaknesses of the commonly used metaphor of "a ladder of participation". We wish to contribute to the clear communication of intentions, challenges and achievements in pursuing varied forms of inclusion in health

Why Be Normal? Constructing SAS-based Tools to Facilitate Database Design

ABSTRACT Now that the $AS System (as of Release 6.06) features indexed data sets, it&apos;s more viable to do real database design using SAS software. This paper presents a number of automated techniques, implemented using SAS macros, to aid in the normalization, analysis. and documentation of SAS databases. These tools. combined with classical database design methods such as entity-relationship diagrams. help you take SAS-based applications out of the realm of ad hoc data hodgepodges and into the realm of production database design. This paper is especially oriented toward SAS software users without much relational database design experience. During the presentation of these macro tools. the paper will also: o review some basic concepts of relational database design a cover what normalization is: why be normal? a discuss briefly the pertormance tradeofts, advantages, and disadvantages of database normalization o present one approach to the construction of a SAS-based data dictionary model o enumerate some strengths and weaknesses of the SAS System with respect to a data dictionary approach

Theological education in Andra Pradesh : The Kretzman Commision report

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