Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956

Review of: "Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956," a part of the "Iowa and the Midwest Experience" series, by Wayne A. Wiegand

Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956

Review of: Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956, a part of the Iowa and the Midwest Experience series, by Wayne A. Wiegand

IMCPL and IU SLIS-Indy Symposium Partnership

The expansion of the Indianapolis program of the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science has made possible an array of collaborative efforts and potential partnerships. Since fall 2002, Indiana University’s library school has been a single program in two locations with full-time faculty in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and a shared mission and curriculum. Located on the campus of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), SLIS Indy has an urban base in the state capital, affording proximity to an array of libraries. IUPUI as a comprehensive university counts civic engagement among its foremost institutional priorities. Academic programs are encouraged to partner both on campus and in the community

Prepare to Be Challenged!

An examination of the controversy at the West Bend Community Memorial Library over homosexual materials in the young adult collection, and an informal survey of the collection development plans, challenge procedures, and challenge forms of more than sixty Wisconsin public libraries, raise questions about the challenge process itself. The survey shows widespread support of intellectual freedom principles but great variety in procedures to address patron concerns. Boards should consider policies that specify who may file a challenge, require an intermediate staff committee to document reviews and circulation statistics, and make a recommendation, set an expeditious timetable, and decide when or whether a public hearing is needed. A process that focuses on the offending item, not the offended patron, and asks whether the work meets the criteria of the library’s collection development process might enhance the process itself and the public’s understanding of why the library’s provision of diverse viewpoints benefits the entire community

Effects of Mindfulness Training on Stress, Mood and Coping in College Students

The present study examined the stress-reducing effects of a mindfulness meditation (MM) intervention in college students compared with a progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) exercise and a control group. The participants were 43 Connecticut College students high in interpersonal sensitivity. In the two experimental sessions, participants learned the stress-reduction techniques. Perceived stress, mood, coping and cortisol levels were assessed pre-and post-intervention. Participants completed a follow-up four weeks after the second session. Repeated measures MANOVAS were used to assess changes in stress, mood and coping. There were no changes in perceived stress. Though avoidant coping, cortisol levels, and negative mood decreased in all groups, the MM group had higher positive mood post-intervention. Limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed

A system for unsupervised color based object classification

Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 61).by Stephen Randolph Preer.M.Eng

Studies on Recombination within the Mouse H-2 Complex I.: Three Recombinants Which Position the Ss Locus within the Complex

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65149/1/j.1399-0039.1972.tb00140.x.pd

Bioavailability in soils

The consumption of locally-produced vegetables by humans may be an important exposure pathway for soil contaminants in many urban settings and for agricultural land use. Hence, prediction of metal and metalloid uptake by vegetables from contaminated soils is an important part of the Human Health Risk Assessment procedure. The behaviour of metals (cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, lead and zinc) and metalloids (arsenic, boron and selenium) in contaminated soils depends to a large extent on the intrinsic charge, valence and speciation of the contaminant ion, and soil properties such as pH, redox status and contents of clay and/or organic matter. However, chemistry and behaviour of the contaminant in soil alone cannot predict soil-to-plant transfer. Root uptake, root selectivity, ion interactions, rhizosphere processes, leaf uptake from the atmosphere, and plant partitioning are important processes that ultimately govern the accumulation ofmetals and metalloids in edible vegetable tissues. Mechanistic models to accurately describe all these processes have not yet been developed, let alone validated under field conditions. Hence, to estimate risks by vegetable consumption, empirical models have been used to correlate concentrations of metals and metalloids in contaminated soils, soil physico-chemical characteristics, and concentrations of elements in vegetable tissues. These models should only be used within the bounds of their calibration, and often need to be re-calibrated or validated using local soil and environmental conditions on a regional or site-specific basis.Mike J. McLaughlin, Erik Smolders, Fien Degryse, and Rene Rietr