Relationship management: capitalising on the informal

Most Library Academic Liaison teams will have formal channels of communication which are used to ‘get work done’, but often we make the most progress when we forge relationships in less formal settings. Key elements of these relationships are the trust and respect that is developed and being seen as partners. This discussion draws on examples of successful relationships that we have built at the University of Sussex. I will discuss how we have worked in partnership with academics in the Sussex Humanities Lab to deliver events such as Library Carpentry. I will share insights from our ongoing relationship with SAGE Publications which has enabled us to expand our understanding of students and researchers. I will share how we have worked with a number of teams across the University to deliver a Digital Skills support based on JISC’s Digital Capability Framework. I will also reflect on how the Library as a whole benefits from these relationships

Interpretations of racism/segregation/apartheid in South African historiography

Paper presented at the Wits History Workshop: Structure and Experience in the Making of Apartheid, 6-10 February, 199

The Syracuse University Professoriate, 1870-1960: Four Grand Masters in the Arts

Tatham discusses four great teachers of fine arts at Syracuse University George Fisk Comfort, Irene Sargent, Ivan Mestrovic, and Sawyer Falk whose careers reflected local manifestations of changes that occurred in the professoriate nationwide at four points in its history

The impact of solid cooking fuels on the health of rural South African households

Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) from the combustion of solid cooking fuels has been proven to adversely affect the health of household residents. Those most affected by IAP are the poorest and most vulnerable members of society, specifically poor women and children residing in rural households. This study evaluates the impact of using solid cooking fuels on various health outcomes of residents in rural South Africa, using the nationally representative General Household Survey 2018. Propensity Score Matching Methods are used to address the confounding of variables associated with the use of solid cooking fuels and health outcomes. We find that the use of solid fuels significantly increases the risk of suffering from Acute Respiratory Illnesses (ARI's) as well as increasing the risk of residents reporting a poor health status. Our analysis goes on to evaluate separate gender and age groups and find some evidence that women and the elderly may suffer relatively more adverse health outcomes from the use of solid cooking fuels. Our results suggest that IAP from the combustion of solid fuels poses a threat to health of South Africans residing in rural households. Hence policy should focus on providing access to clean sources of energy for cooking in rural areas

Ivan Mestrovic in Syracuse, 1947-1955

IVAN MESTROVIC \u27s eight and a half years as a member of the Syracuse University faculty stand as a period of exceptional historical importance for both the sculptor and the institution. For the University, the arrival in 1947 of this world- renowned artist marked not only the beginning of a full-fledged sculpture program, one which rapidly gained national distinction, but also the beginning of a postwar effort to bring to Syracuse scholars and creative artists already eminent in their fields

George Fisk Comfort

1973 marks the centennial of the founding of the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University, the first degree-granting college of its kind in America1 and in many respects the model for most of the American programs in fine arts education of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The College of Fine Arts no longer exists as an entity - it was formally dissolved in 1945 - but those schools, departments, and programs which carryon its work still bear something of the stamp of the college\u27s founder, George Fisk Comfort (1833-1910). His long career, at Syracuse and elsewhere, as a scholar, educator, and organizer of the arts was devoted to nothing less than elevating the cultural level of his nation and moving it ever closer to the high level of civilization he was confident it would one day attain. At the close of his life he could claim three monuments to his labors as an advocate for the arts: the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Syracuse University College of Fine Arts, and the Syracuse (now Everson) Museum of Art. His contribution in each case was not in dollars but in ideas and unremitting labor