230 research outputs found
Library-mediated collaborations: Data curation at the National Agricultural Library
To effectively support research activities and data stewardship, library and information professionals engage in collaborative projects that involve diverse disciplinary and institutional partnerships. While this idea is stressed in existing literature, the different ways in which librarians and domain experts working in library and information organizations engage in collaboration is rarely made explicit. This paper proposes the term library-mediated collaborations to capture the ways in which library and information professionals perform actions that facilitate, coordinate, and even create opportunities for multiple stakeholders to leverage their resources and expertise in data curation. By mediation, the paper refers to the active and critical involvement of institutional actors, in this case information professionals in a national library, in ensuring the creation and execution of a project over a period of time. The paper discusses the various manifestations of library-mediated collaborations in four data cu-ration projects currently taking place at the National Agricultural Library (NAL). A national library located within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), NAL has long supported the preservation of and access to agricultural information. The paper concludes by identifying important questions that information professionals may consider asking when they participate in collaborative data curation projects
Transforming the Archival Classroom for a Connected Reality
The Archival / Preservation Education SIG panel engages with interconnected external
pressures and curricular goals in the archival classroom. Four moderated presentations focus on
innovative classroom pedagogy, including modeling and visualizing collection data, the digital
and physical interconnectedness of digitization activities in pre-professional training, and
practical experience and deliverables with unique archival collections; presenters bring
perspectives from three states and two countries. âInclusive Collection Visualization and
Arrangementâ by Sarah Buchanan discusses the data practice of visualization as a creative
response to archival arrangement and metrics for aggregating collection attributes. âParadigm
Shift in LIS Education from Digital Revolution to a Cyber-Physical Systemâ by Najim Babalola
examines how emerging and immersive information and communication technologies (ICT) such
as digitization are changing service deliveries, with a view to preparing prospective professionals
in Nigeria with knowledge and critical skills. âClosing Doors Opens Others: Exploring
Pedagogical Opportunities through Temporary Custody of Recordsâ by Katherine Wisser, Adam
Kriesberg, and Sarah Pratt reviews how faculty, archives staff, and students across levels are
processing and learning with the American Textile History Museum records, before eventual
transfer to UMass Lowell. âEducation to Support Language Data Archives and Preservation:
Experiential Learning and Community Collaboration in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Course at
University of North Texasâ shares lessons learned in teaching a multi-modal, team-based, and
experiential course with South Asian language materials and UNT Digital Collections
SOME CHANGES REQUIRED TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC'S UTILIZATION OF PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY *
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PARENTS' SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTION WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S DENTIST *
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Establishing an international computational network for librarians and archivists
Research and experimentation are underway in libraries, archives, and research institutions on various digital strategies, including computational methods and tools, to manage "Collections as Data." This involves new ways for librarians and archivists to manage, preserve, and provide access to their digital collections. A major component in this ongoing process is the education and training needed by information professionals to function effectively in the 21st century. Accessible and transferable infrastructure is a key requirement in creating a network of collaboration for information professionals to fully realize the full potential of managing "Collections as Data." Elements needed include: 1. Open source research and educational platforms to remove barriers to access to curation tools and resources. These are needed to deliver and share computational educational programs. 2. Creation of a Cloud-based student-learning environment. 3. Development of Open Source software architectures that use computational infrastructure. 4. Exploration of new pedagogies for educating librarians and archivists in computational methods and tools. 5. Establishment of a community of practice for developing collaborative projects, and liaising with the wider international iSchool community and practitioners in the field. Our "Blue Sky" proposal seeks to explore a number of these challenges (infrastructure, computation, collaboration, learning) that stimulate the iSchool research community and have the potential to jumpstart international collaborative networks. The goal is to establish an international computational network for supporting librarians and archivists, akin to the existing Sloan Foundation funded "Data Curation Network", which seeks to model a cross-institutional staffing approach for curating research data in digital repositories.Ope
The Normative Agency of Regional Organizations and Nonâgovernmental Organizations in International Peace Mediation
This article analyzes the increasingly prominent role of regional organizations (ROs) and nonâgovernmental organizations (NGOs) in promoting norms in mediation processes. In particular, we seek to understand the processes by which RO and NGO mediators promote the inclusivity norm to negotiating parties and the outcomes that result. We employ the concepts of local agency and social practices in examining the normative agency of ROs and NGOs in promoting and redefining the inclusivity norm. Through illustrative case studies of peace processes in South Sudan and Myanmar, we argue that ROsâ and NGOsâ mediation practices reflect their claims to alternative resources of power, such as longâstanding expertise and insider status in the context, and build congruence with strong local norms. We provide nuanced theoretical insights on RO and NGO mediatorsâ claims to agency and provide empirical illustrations on how these claims contribute to constitutive changes to norms
Marketing as a means to transformative social conflict resolution: lessons from transitioning war economies and the Colombian coffee marketing system
Social conflicts are ubiquitous to the human condition and occur throughout markets, marketing processes, and marketing systems.When unchecked or unmitigated, social conflict can have devastating consequences for consumers, marketers, and societies, especially when conflict escalates to war. In this article, the authors offer a systemic analysis of the Colombian war economy, with its conflicted shadow and coping markets, to show how a growing network of fair-trade coffee actors has played a key role in transitioning the countryâs war economy into a peace economy. They particularly draw attention to the sources of conflict in this market and highlight four transition mechanisms â i.e., empowerment, communication, community building and regulation â through which marketers can contribute to peacemaking and thus produce mutually beneficial outcomes for consumers and society. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for marketing theory, practice, and public policy
Social media conflicts during the financial crisis: Managerial implications for retail banks
Social media can be used proactively to disseminate accurate corporate information and address undesirable consumer behaviors online in order to help counteract negativity in the business environment in the wake of a financial crisis. Social media thus has become a popular open forum for financial institutions such as retail banks to engage in corporate dialogue with consumers. We recommend that financial services firms preemptively use their social media?based online communities in order to disseminate accurate corporate information in times of a financial crisis. Particularly, firms can choose between a range of reactive and proactive strategies to manage social conflict in the wake of a financial crisis
Dealing with difference in the divided educational context:balancing freedom of expression and non-discrimination in Northern Ireland and Israel
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