A World of Knowledge for Legal Hands

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-141
Author(s):  
Anna Venturas
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
British Library ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
National Library ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Business Engineering

The UK's national library today serves a wider range of users than ever before. The British Library is the world's largest supplier of vital information to science, technology, business, engineering and academia, either at the walk-in reading rooms at St Pancras, London or remotely from the Document Supply Service in Yorkshire. It has also become an advocate for the implementation of a national collection of foreign, comparative and international legal research materials. Additionally, the Library is a well-used resource for professionals such as social workers and clinicians requiring information about the legal framework within which they operate.

scholarly journals Ethical Development of Artificial Amniotic Sac and Placenta Technology: A Roadmap

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Verweij ◽  
Lien De Proost ◽  
Judith O. E. H. van Laar ◽  
Lily Frank ◽  
Sylvia A. Obermann-Borstn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Value Sensitive Design ◽  
Ethical Development ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Research Setting ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Study Participants

In this paper we present an initial roadmap for the ethical development and eventual implementation of artificial amniotic sac and placenta technology in clinical practice. We consider four elements of attention: (1) framing and societal dialogue; (2) value sensitive design, (3) research ethics and (4) ethical and legal research resulting in the development of an adequate moral and legal framework. Attention to all elements is a necessary requirement for ethically responsible development of this technology. The first element concerns the importance of framing and societal dialogue. This should involve all relevant stakeholders as well as the general public. We also identify the need to consider carefully the use of terminology and how this influences the understanding of the technology. Second, we elaborate on value sensitive design: the technology should be designed based upon the principles and values that emerge in the first step: societal dialogue. Third, research ethics deserves attention: for proceeding with first-in-human research with the technology, the process of recruiting and counseling eventual study participants and assuring their informed consent deserves careful attention. Fourth, ethical and legal research should concern the status of the subject in the AAPT. An eventual robust moral and legal framework for developing and implementing the technology in a research setting should combine all previous elements. With this roadmap, we emphasize the importance of stakeholder engagement throughout the process of developing and implementing the technology; this will contribute to ethically and responsibly innovating health care.

scholarly journals Kebijakan Online Single Submission sebagai E-Government dalam Mewujudkan Good Governance di Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Rahmi Ayunda ◽  
Nertivia Nertivia ◽  
Laode Agung Prastio ◽  
Octa Vila
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Reform Era ◽  
The Public ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Government

Based on the history before the reform era, there have been many cases of government committing corruption, collusion and nepotism, this is the background of the movement to create a government to run good governance. As time has progressed, the time has come for a time that is all full of digitalization, both in the economy, education and politics. This research uses normative legal research methods. This study shows that the government in running its government will also be based on the development of sophisticated information technology which can be called E-Government. Therefore, there is now a time when the Indonesian government has used and allowed the Online Single Submission (OSS) system to make it easier for people who want to take care of business licensing. The implementation of good governance during the Industry 4.0 Revolution can take advantage of science, technology and information to provide good facilities and services to the Indonesian people, and the public can easily access government information.

scholarly journals THE NEW BRAZILIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Dercio Luiz Reis ◽  
Marcelo Albuquerque de Oliveira ◽  
Sicy Rusalka Goes de Melo Barreto ◽  
Gabriela De Mattos Veroneze ◽  
Ana Nubia dos Santos de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Productivity Cost ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Brazilian Legislation ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Support Seeking

The recognition of science and technology as a risk activity, focusing on results rather than procedures, means that researchers are more effectively engaged in activities involving innovation. The purpose of this article is to analyze the applicability of law known as the Legal Framework of Science and Technology, and it was constructed with bibliographical support seeking to contribute to a different view of the control organs regarding the research. The new Brazilian legislation brings with it the expectation that research and market have a process of approximation, reducing the distance between the knowledge produced in universities and their transformation into wealth. The possibilities arising from the new legislation tend to have effects in solving problems of quality, productivity, cost reduction, with the possibility of incorporating benefits to production and competitiveness, with the introduction of technology, methods and processes aligned with lean production. It concludes that the Legal Framework for Science and Technology, with its specific purpose of reducing bureaucracy in the country's research and innovation activities in general, is an important instrument in the integration of the academic and scientific community at all levels, and companies, representing a new path to boost the process of education.

scholarly journals Strategies for preserving memes as artefacts of digital culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 895-904
Author(s):  
Fátima García López ◽  
Sara Martínez Cardama
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
The Internet ◽  
British Library ◽  
National Library ◽  
The Future ◽  
Specific Assessment ◽  
New Type ◽  
Expression Characteristic ◽  
Web Archive

The Internet archives kept by heritage libraries are analysed, focusing specifically on that new type of expression characteristic of web culture and digital folklore, the meme. Five paradigmatic examples of heritage institutions engaging in web archive initiatives are explored: the Library of Congress, British Library, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Biblioteca Nacional de España and National Library of Australia. Specific assessment categories are defined for the study. The findings reveal a lack of collection policies for such representative objects of today’s mass culture and identify the challenges both for the custodial institutions and for research in the future.

scholarly journals Distributed National Collections: Concept and Reality in Two Countries

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Genoni
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
British Library ◽  
Higher Education Funding ◽  
National Library ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Similar Scheme ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Specialized Subject

The ‘distributed national collection’ is a scheme whereby the British Library envisages completing agreements with other libraries to facilitate the development of specialized subject-based research collections in order to make the most of total national resources. The implementation in Australia of a similar scheme, the Distributed National Collection (DNC), was proposed during the late 1980s and 1990s, with the National Library (NLA) as a main advocate, and a great deal of enthusiasm was generated. The use of Conspectus was envisaged, and a DNC Office was set up at the NLA. It failed for various reasons: Conspectus proved unusable, the NLA had to cut back its own acquisitions, and financial restraints forced other libraries to look after their own interests. In the UK, the initiative for collaborative collection development has been driven by the British Library and the Higher Education Funding Councils. The UK has some features which give it a better chance of success - for instance, the responsible office should be independent of all the main players, whereas in Australia this responsibility could be carried only by the National Library; the UK has a more established network of research libraries, including a number outside the higher education/national library nexus; and the existence of BLDSC is highly beneficial. However, key challenges lie ahead, notably the complexities of managing the scheme, the time needed to put it into operation, the commitment demanded from participants (notably some sacrifice of local interests required for ‘deep resource sharing’), and obtaining the initial acceptance needed from users.

Use of a National Library: A Survey of Readers in the Humanities and Social Sciences Reading Rooms of the British Library

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Cranfield ◽  
Joe Hellowell
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
British Library ◽  
National Library ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Uk ◽  
National Libraries

A questionnaire survey was carried out in the humanities reading rooms of the British Library one day each month from September 1990 to August 1991 with the aim of providing information of help in planning services, particularly at the new building in St Pancras. Readers were asked about their occupations, nationalities, the location of the academic institutions to which they were affiliated, the reasons for and frequency of their visits etc. 65% of readers were academic staff or students, and 33% lived outside the UK; 31% said they had visited the library over 50 times in the past year. The results were compared, where appropriate, with earlier surveys in 1968 and 1977. These comparisons highlighted significant seasonal variations in patterns of usage. It was not possible to compare the results with those from surveys by other national libraries, because of widely differing survey methods and content of reports.

Art history papers in a general manuscripts collection: the case of the National Library of Scotland

1985 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Iain Gordon Brown
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
British Library ◽  
National Library ◽  
Definition Of

This paper was read at the Planning Conference for the projected Artists’ Papers Index, held at the British Library in September 1985. Dr. Brown discusses some problems inherent in the definition of such an index or register of artists’ papers. The author, who is responsible for manuscripts and archives relating to artists and art history in the National Library of Scotland, goes on to outline the resources for art-historical study to be found in one large general manuscript collection-a major collection that is part of an institution with a long-established and very active acquisitions policy in this field.

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