An unidentified Christian-Palestinian-Aramaic fragment in the Taylor-Schechter Collection: Isaiah 36: 16–37:4

1993 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-122
Author(s):  
Christa Müller-Kessler
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
University Library ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

Among the Taylor-Schechter Collection in the University Library Cambridge there are still Christian-Palestinian-Aramaic (CPA) fragments which have yet to be identified. One such fragment, T-S 12.742, was published for the first time in 1900 by A. Lewis and M. Gibson, though scarcely any of the text had been read.2 Like all the other CPA fragments of earlier date, T-S 12.742 is a vellum palimpsest, and has a small part of another page attached to it (see plates). The CPA script underneath the Hebrew square letters is very faint and consists of two unheaded columns of 24 lines each on both sides of the fragment. It is one of the most difficult CPA palimpsests to decipher.

Korrespondenz zwischen A. G. van Hamel und drei isländische Gelehrten

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 336-372
Author(s):  
Arend Quak
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
University Library ◽  
The University

AbstractThe University Library in Utrecht holds photocopies of 19 letters by the Dutch celtologist A. G. van Hamel (1886–1945) to Icelandic friends. The originals lay in the Landsbókasafn in Reykjavík. The first letter is written in English and concerns the preparations of van Hamel’s second trip to Iceland in 1929. All other letters are in Icelandic. A few letters concern the poem van Hamel composed in commemoration of Iceland’s 1000th birthday in 1930. The other letters (from 1929 to 1937) concern van Hamel’s membership of the Íslenzkt Bókmenntafélag and the exchange of scholars and books between the universities of Utrecht and Reykjavík. The last letter contains a report about the situation in Holland after the liberation in 1945.

scholarly journals Ethical Aspects of the Publishing Activity of the University Library

2012 ◽  
pp. 112-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Yu. Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Publishing Activity ◽  
University Library ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Web

On the history of creation of digital library of the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University. For the first time ethical aspects of university library activities on publication on the web site the results of intellectual works of teachers and students are considered.

scholarly journals A Study on Using the University Library and Reading Habits of Students: A Study on Tishk International University Students in Erbil, Iraq

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Bünyamin Celik
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Education ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
University Library ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Library Use ◽  
International University ◽  
The University

The library uses habits of the students and their choices what to read change dramatically from student to student. Reading habits of newspapers are indicated very low in statistics, while reading habits of books were relatively much higher. In addition, the habits of library use are different, so the underlying reasons should be delved into. The aim of this study is to reveal the use of the university library and reading habits of Tishk International University Education Faculty students. 200 students who were randomly chosen from 530 students from different departments of the Faculty participated in this survey voluntarily. Descriptive and correlational research model was used in the study. In the analysis of the data, the questionnaire technique and the “chi-square test” was used. According to the results of the study; students’ use of the university library and reading habits were found to be high (strong habits). On the other hand, it was concluded that students’ newspaper reading habits were lower than those of reading books. Students who think that they have not read enough books, magazines and similar reading sources have cited the problem of not finding time as a reason and the lack of the printed media and publishing in the country. In addition, it is clear that students with a high frequency of library use have academic success and a strong reading habit. On the other hand, no significant relationship was found between the frequency of reading the books and the levels of income and the level of education of parents.

A note on two manuscripts of Sophocles

1977 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 168-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. G. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Library ◽  
The University

In my review of R. D. Dawe's Studies in the text of Sophocles (JHS xcvi [1976] 171 ff.), I reached the conclusion that scholars now possess all the information about manuscripts that is needed in order to constitute the text of the Ajax, Electra and Oedipus Tyrannus, subject to two provisos.The first of these concerns the Jena manuscript (Bos. q. 7), a copy written late in the fifteenth century and containing only the first two plays. Reports of interesting readings found in it were given by Purgold in 1802, and since collations were not always undertaken very carefully at that date it seemed worth while to examine the book again to see whether the reports were correct. Thanks to the good offices of the University Library in Jena I was able to collate a microfilm, and am now in a position to state that Purgold did his work well. The interesting readings cited by subsequent editors are correctly reported, and so far as I can see there are no others of striking merit.The other manuscript which seemed to deserve further investigation is in Milan (Ambrosianus E 103 sup.). It is usually assigned to the fourteenth century, and if this date were certain it would not deserve any special attention. In my opinion the script is of a type that must almost certainly be placed before the year 1300, probably c 1275, and in that case the book might be of some interest, since it could be early enough to escape the reproach of offering a text affected by Palaeologan scholars. I have now collated the text from a microfilm kindly supplied by the Ambrosian Library. A very small number of valuable readings came to light.

scholarly journals Sci-Hub provides access to nearly all scholarly literature

eLife ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel S Himmelstein ◽  
Ariel Rodriguez Romero ◽  
Jacob G Levernier ◽  
Thomas Anthony Munro ◽  
Stephen Reid McLaughlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research University ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

The website Sci-Hub enables users to download PDF versions of scholarly articles, including many articles that are paywalled at their journal’s site. Sci-Hub has grown rapidly since its creation in 2011, but the extent of its coverage has been unclear. Here we report that, as of March 2017, Sci-Hub’s database contains 68.9% of the 81.6 million scholarly articles registered with Crossref and 85.1% of articles published in toll access journals. We find that coverage varies by discipline and publisher, and that Sci-Hub preferentially covers popular, paywalled content. For toll access articles, we find that Sci-Hub provides greater coverage than the University of Pennsylvania, a major research university in the United States. Green open access to toll access articles via licit services, on the other hand, remains quite limited. Our interactive browser at https://greenelab.github.io/scihub allows users to explore these findings in more detail. For the first time, nearly all scholarly literature is available gratis to anyone with an Internet connection, suggesting the toll access business model may become unsustainable.

scholarly journals Factores que motivan el uso de la biblioteca universitaria

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Segoviano Hernández ◽  
Miguel Ángel Palomo González
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
The Other ◽  
Library Services ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Research Project ◽  
University Library ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Use Studies ◽  
The University

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a documentary search about factors that motivate the use of university library. Literature about these factors was not found, either not standards or indicators used to measure those factors’ impact. On the other side, evidence was found about the decrease in library attendance, reported by the university libraries themselves; however, no evidence about the causes of this phenomenon was found. In sucha context, this article presents a research project that will be applied in 3 universities at Northeast Mexico, in which a methodology to identify and analyze motivation in students to use the university library is proposed.Keywords: academic library, library use studies, library users, motivation, library services, user satisfactionResumen: En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de la revisión documental sobre el tema de los factores que motivan el uso de la biblioteca universitaria. No se encontró literatura sobre estos factores y tampoco se encontraron normas o indicadores de referencia que permitan medir su impacto. Por otro lado, se encontró evidencia de un descenso en la asistencia reportada por las bibliotecas de las instituciones de educación superior, pero no se encontró evidencia de sus causas. Ante este escenario, en el presente artículo se plantea unproyecto de investigación que se aplicará en 3 universidades del noreste de México, en el cual se propone una metodología para identificar y analizar los factores que motivan, a sus estudiantes para utilizar la biblioteca universitaria.Palabras clave: biblioteca universitaria, estudios de uso de biblioteca, usuarios de biblioteca, motivación, servicios bibliotecarios, satisfacción de usuarios.

scholarly journals Developing informational literacy among doctoral students and researchers - Case Åbo Akademi University Library and Turku University Library

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Costiander-Huldén ◽  
Leena Järveläinen
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Search ◽  
The Other ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Transferable Skills ◽  
University Library ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The University

In recent years, there has been a demand to include doctoral students and researchers in the curriculum for information literacy. Not only information search, but also the expertise of the librarians in scientific publishing, bibliometric analysis is demanded. As a result of the demand the two universities in Turku/Åbo have developed their research services. The libraries have also met for benchmarking and further cooperation is being discussed. 1.The implementation of three focus group interviews with 18 researchers at Åbo Akademi University The Focus Group survey methodology has its roots in social science qualitative research. It is widely used in the library world and is considered to be suitable particularly well for the evaluation and development of library services. The overall purpose with our interviews was to obtain feedback on how library users (in this case, researchers and graduate students) wish ÅAUL to develop its services to better meet their needs. Three group interviews were conducted, with 6-8 participators. The following questions were, among others, discussed in every session: How do the researchers perceive the library's role in their daily work? What is the starting point for retrieving information (e.g. The MetaLib portal, Google Scholar or other)? Is there a need for courses/more supervision in information search and reference management? Is there a need for tailored and integrated library services? As a result of the sessions and analysis of the group discussions a number of measures were proposed: Targeted teaching of subject-specific databases, more topic-specific sessions in the library portal and RefWorks. Compulsory information retrieval course for first year doctoral students. Information Weeks or "hands on" sessions on campus libraries. The library should participate more in workshops and seminars to increase their visibility and their services. The library should actively consider how to measure the impact and influence of such as the teaching of information retrieval and databases to better develop and monitor the results. More individual supervision and focus on the personal touch. The presentation will also discuss the pros and cons of the focus group method. 2.Transferable skills for researchers in Turku University Library (TUL) In Turku University Library the need for IL among doctoral students and researchers had also been recognized and when the University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS) was established in 2011, the library immediately contacted the coordinator of UTUGS. Already in the first meeting both parties agreed that the first training of which the library would be responsible would take place in Spring 2012. The course blended well into the other transferable skills training of UTUGS. The IL course contents were then planned with the UTUGS Coordinator who had the best knowledge of what the PhD students would need from the library. E-resources, reference management, affiliation, plagiarism etc. were discussed and the first course description was written. One of the key elements was that other experts in the university were asked to lecture also. They covered subjects like ethics and plagiarism. For all three courses the library has asked for feedback and adjusted the content respectively. For the most part the feedback has been encouraging but there are still things to be done. Which are the interfaces with the other UTUGS courses? How can the course participants benefit more of the interdisciplinary groups they are studying in? Does the training have effect on the research the participants are doing? 3.Cooperation and benchmarking Since 2004, The Information Literacy Network of the Finnish Universities has coordinated further education and exchanges of experiences. Some of the members were appointed in 2012 to develop the recommendations of information literacy in universities and universities of applied sciences in Finland. The recommendations are now under consideration by the libraries and will be used in negotiations with the university administration to implement compulsory studies of information skills among doctoral students. On a local level, ÅAUL and TUL, as neighbouring libraries, have strengthen the exchange of ideas and experiences during the last years. As ÅAUL started with focus group surveys and abstracts before implementing information literacy courses, TUL started with customized courses for doctoral students last year. There have been fruitful, professional discussions and more elaborative benchmarking sessions between the libraries. Together the both libraries have also hosted the University Library of Gothenburg and arranged a two-day-long benchmarking seminar about research services.

scholarly journals Concepción frente al consumo de alcohol en jóvenes de la Universidad del Cauca

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Janneth Molano Tobar ◽  
Dolly Ximena Molano Tobar
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Other ◽  
School Year ◽  
High Consumption ◽  
Symbolic Value ◽  
University Population ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

Objetivo: Identificar el concepto frente al consumo de alcohol de los jóvenes de la Universidad del Cauca. Materiales y métodos: Cualitativa de diseño etnográfico, a través de observación, entrevista guiada en profundidad con 12 universitarios, 6 hombres y 6 mujeres durante el año 2013 en la ciudad de Popayán-Cauca, con promedios de edad de 17,5 años, que permitió valorar aspectos socio-demográficos y personales sobre el inicio y habituación al alcohol. Resultados: Se identificó que el consumo de alcohol se presenta a temprana edad específicamente durante el periodo escolar, en los últimos niveles del bachillerato y se acentúa en la universidad, ampliándose en esta última la posibilidad de adquirir otras sustancias estimulantes. El consumo de alcohol es debido a las presiones sociales, por el valor simbólico que representa ante sus iguales acerca de la madurez, y la sensación de desinhibición que genera al enfrentarse por primera vez a personas de su otro sexo. Conclusiones: El consumo de alcohol es un medio que emplean los jóvenes para la socialización y la puerta de entrada a nuevas experiencias, por ser una sustancia legal y socialmente aceptada de fácil adquisición y bajo costo, es lo que permite su alto consumo dentro de la población juvenil y universitaria, hecho que amerita generar campañas desde las universidades para la prevención de este hábito.Abstract Objective: To identify the concept against alcohol consumption of young people at the University of Cauca. Materials and methods: An ethnographic qualitative design through observation was performed where 12 university, 6 men and 6 women in 2013 in the city of Popayan Cauca were in-depth guided interviewed with average age of 17.5 years, allowed evaluating sociodemographic and personal aspects about starting and habituation to alcohol. Results: It was identified that alcohol consumption occurs early during the school year specifically, in recent high school levels and is accentuated in college, and extends in the latter the possibility of acquiring other stimulants. Alcohol consumption is due to social pressures, the symbolic value it represents to their peers about maturity, and the feeling of disinhibition generated when confronted for the first time to people of the other sex. Conclusions: Alcohol consumption is a means young people employ for socializing and it represents the gateway to new experiences since it is a legal substance and socially accepted, which is easy to acquire and inexpensive, that allows its high consumption within the youth and university population, a fact that deserves to generate campaigns from universities to prevent this habit.

An Anglo-Saxon runic coin and its adventures in Sweden

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Margaret Clunies Ross
Keyword(s):  
Old English ◽  
The Other ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
University Library ◽  
The University

In the years 1741–3, two scholars of Anglo-Saxon and Gothic, one an Englishman and the other a Swede, were engaged in correspondence. The Englishman was the Reverend Edward Lye (1694–1767), then rector of Yardley Hastings in Northamptonshire, and the Swede was Eric Benzelius the Younger (1675–1743), bishop of Linköping and, in the last year of his life, archbishop-elect of Uppsala. For many years Benzelius had been preparing an edition of the ‘Codex Argenteus’ of the Gothic gospels, which had been in Uppsala University Library since 1669, but he had been unable to complete the work on account of his many other commitments and also through the lack of suitable publishers for such a volume in Sweden. In his frustration, he sought the help of his many highly-placed friends in England, who included Sir Hans Sloane and John Carteret, first Earl Granville, a former Ambassador to Sweden. They directed him to Edward Lye as the only man in England competent to complete the edition, and the University Press at Oxford, as the only publisher able to handle the diffcult commission, as it still possessed Junius's type fonts for printing Gothic, Old English and runic characters.

Tides of Change

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Levy
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
High Speed ◽  
City Council ◽  
The Other ◽  
Front Page ◽  
State University ◽  
Approval Rating ◽  
Alien Invasion ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

When Dan Hauser and his friend Wesley Chesbro won the Arcata city council race, their opponents did not concede gracefully. “I’m not a poor loser,” claimed Clyde Johnson, just before he called Hauser and Chesbro “rangatangs.” Then Johnson and the other disappointed candidates accused the winners of using dirty campaign tricks—just like President Nixon. Arcata’s weekly paper, the Union, ran the details of the post-election flap on its front page. That March of 1974, the national obsession with the Watergate scandal reached its peak. The president’s closest aides were on trial for burglary, wiretapping, and obstruction of justice. Nixon had become an international symbol of corruption, and the polls showed his public approval rating plummeting to an all-time low. So while Hauser and Chesbro could laugh off the comparison to an ape, when they were likened to the president the insult cut deep. It was a rough time to start a political career, especially in Arcata, an old logging town on the shores of Humboldt Bay in California’s damp northwest corner. The community was splitting in two like a redwood slat struck with an ax. On one side stood ranchers and timber workers, many of them descendants of the first pioneers to settle here in the 1850s. On the other were outsiders like Hauser and Chesbro, people who’d recently migrated to town to study or teach at Humboldt State University (HSU), and who’d decided to stay in this foggy enclave, 250 miles north of San Francisco. Now, for the first time, the outsiders controlled the city council. The old-time Arcatans felt like victims of an alien invasion. That feeling intensified when the national fad for high-speed nudity reached HSU. A few days after the election, four young guys ran naked through the University quad. Behind them, the crowns of the redwood trees at the edge of campus vanished into the fog. A cold rain fell as the earnest exhibitionists moved across the lawn, and goosebumps rose all over their bodies.

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