“South Africa? Wow, how exotic!”I’ve received this comment, or a variation on it,several times. But the truth of the matter is thatJohannesburg is a big, modernized city like manyof the ones you live in. True, the weather is...
In this chapter, we extend debates about free expression into the realm of public budgeting by providing a case study of two PB processes that occurred in Denver, Colorado. We argue that (a) PB offers a pathway to free...
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case study, free expression, participatory budgeting, participatory democracy, deliberative democracy, positive liberty e negative liberty
Review of website Moving Here: 200 years of migration in England. Website is now archived and no longer active. Access: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/<a href="http://www.movinghere.org.uk/;"><span class="fa...
Review of the website Nixon presidential Library and Museum. Access: nixonlibPary.gov Extensive background information on the 37th president and his wife is available. Online exhibits offer a mix of textual, visual and audio...
The purpose of this case study is to share the challenges and successes of a library’s attempt to create a library electronic classroom that both utilizes the principles of active learning and is entirely flexible wire-free....
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Learning spaces, Active learning classrooms, Electronic classrooms, Laptop classrooms, Wire-free classrooms e Wireless display
Hunter Library at Western Carolina University is a midsized academic institution managing 10 large e-book packages and about 80,000 individual e-book titles. Managing e-books involves working with multiple vendors and staff...
Academic library positions can be highly desirable for both new librarians and experienced librarians interested in transitioning into a different setting. Yet for both novice and experienced librarians alike, landing an...
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academic libraries, tenure e job search
O Criador:
Harper, Elizabeth Skene, Kapel, Scottie e Jordan, Whitney
RESUMAquest article examina les possibles implicacions de l’accés obert en la gestió de les biblioteques. Aquesta examinació té lloc en un context en què s’assumeix que el model tradicional d’edició i l’accés obert...
