Journal Article Access Via a Pay-Per-View Model: Report and Recommendations from an Academic Leave, Spring Semester 2010

The focus of my academic leave project was an analysis of Trinity’s pay-per-view program, with an emphasis on statistics related to usage and finances. The project extended to an investigation of practices by other academic libraries for comparable information. My goal was to develop recommendations for changes to our existing program, including its possible expansion to publishers beyond Elsevier

US Based Theme Parks and the Visitor Experience

There are hundreds of theme and amusements parks located throughout the United States. There are hundreds of choices out there for the consumer to experience. For a theme park to be the number one choice amongst consumers, theme parks must establish themselves as the best choice amongst all the parks. The best in visitor participation, education, esthetic appeal, food and beverage, diversity of rides, low wait times, virtual lines, affordability, and a host of others. Utilizing secondary research, this literature review aims to analyze, compare, and contrast some previous studies that focused on the visitor experience

Fashion Conscience

An HSUS campaign seeks to inspire lifelong fur-free commitments by the next generation of designer

‘Sameness’ and ‘Difference’ for Women Bureaucrats: Experience from a Management Development for Women Programme

Summary This article uses experience from a management development programme (run by RIPA International in London) for women civil servants from the ‘south’ to explore how participants are required to be both ‘the same’ as male bureaucrats alongside whom they work; and the expectation that they are ‘different’ from their male colleagues; both expectations working to women's disadvantage. It shows how such a programme can challenge the concept of the ‘gender?neutral’ bureaucracy through a process of sharing and legitimizing the experience of participants, and of making explicit the gendered power relations that structure the organization. RESUME La ‘comparabilité’ et la ‘différenciation’ des femmes bureaucrates: l'expérience dans un programme de développement des femmes dans l'administration. Cet article fait appel à l'expérience dérivée d'un programme de développement administratif (mené par la RIPA, à Londres) à l'intention des femmes fonctionnaires du ‘sud’ pour déterminer dans quelle mesure les participations sont appellées à être dans un même temps ‘comparables’ aux bureaucrates masculins à côté desquels elles travaillent et par ailleurs ‘différentes’ de leurs collègues masculins; l'une et l'autre de ces attentes aurait des conséquences négatives pour les femmes. L'étude démontre comment un tel programme peut servir à contester le concept des administrations ‘neutres au genre’ grâce à un processus de partage et de légitimisation de l'expérience des participants, lequel processus peut mettre en lumière le nuancement par le genre qui soustendent les rapports de pouvoir dans les structures organisationnelles. RESUMEN ‘Igualdad’ y ‘Diferencia’ para las mujeres burócratas; experiencia de un programa de desarrollo de técnicas de dirección para mujeres El presente artículo utiliza experiencias de un programa de desarrollo de técnicas de dirección (a cargo de RIPA Internacional en Londres) para mujeres funcionarias del ‘sur’, con el propósito de explorar la exigencia de que las mujeres sean ‘iguales’ a sus colegas masculinos; y al mismo tiempo, la expectativa de que son ‘diferentes’ (ambas expectivas redundan en perjuicio de las mujeres). Se analiza aquí la forma en la que un programa de este tipo puede desafiar el concepto de la burocracia de ‘género neutral’ a través de un proceso de compartir y legitimizar la experiencia de los participantes, y de referirse explícitamente a las relaciones de poder que estructuran la organización, y en donde siempre aparece el elemento de género

Fashion Conscience

An HSUS campaign seeks to inspire lifelong fur-free commitments by the next generation of designer

Giving Animals the Podium

Animal advocates use stock ownership to give them a leg up in the boardroo

No Place for Poaching

The HSUS and state wildlife agencies band together to wipe out illegal huntin