scholarly journals Teaching information literacy- for the benefit of the future profession and lifelong learning?

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Du Toit ◽  
Helena Rydberg ◽  
Lotti Dorthé
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Round Table Discussion ◽  
Dental Hygienists ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
The Future ◽  
Search For Information ◽  
Teaching Information

What opportunities do dental hygienists have to search for information in his or her daily professional life? Do dental technicians continue to update their skills after graduation? Do private dental practitioners have access to databases? Are graduating students experiencing that training in information literacy is relevant in their professional life?These questions gave birth to the idea to study if and in what ways dental hygienists, dental technicians and dentists are searching for information in their professional life, and which information resources they have access to. Through a study of this kind we were hoping to evaluate our work with teaching information literacy. We sent a survey to 164 students that had graduated from the Faculty of Odontology during the years 2005-2009, and got 97 responses. From the responses we have seen that the most frequently used resources were Google, books, colleagues and journals. A far larger percentage of those who work within the public sector and universities have access to a library than those within the private sector. We have observed differences between the three professional groups in terms of search patterns and choice of sources. 79 % of the respondents answered that they benefit from what they learned through the library's instruction and guidance in their work. Thus, the lack of time often determines how often, and where, the information searching is done. Many expressed that they have forgotten what they learned during their studies and comment that refreshing these skills would be beneficial. The results made us think about how we could adjust our teaching in order to prepare the students for their professional life, without cutting down on the regular teaching which the students need in order to manage their studies. How do we highlight the future usefulness of information literacy? The students who graduate from Malmo University will be a part of the surrounding society with which the library should interact. Do we inform students of the services the library can offer them as professionals? Disposition Round table discussion A 10 minute presentation of our study, then a 25 minute discussion in smaller groups based on the questions below and finally 5 minutes to summarize. Learning for school or learning for life? What is important to you - the education or the future professional life or both? In what way can we better prepare students for professional life? What services have we to offer professionals today? Should we offer them other services in addition to the ones we currently offer? Should we evaluate the education based on the perspective of "lifelong learning"? Is it relevant?    

scholarly journals The Identification of Research Priority in The Field of Food Security

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Budi Triyono ◽  
Chichi Sinthia Laksani ◽  
Muhammad Zulhamdani ◽  
Irene Muflikh Nadhiroh ◽  
Lutfah Ariana
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Round Table Discussion ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Research Priority ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Future

The development of food security in Indonesia still faces various problems. Dealing with those problems, the role of research and development institutions such as the Indonesia Institute of Sciences (LIPI) is needed. LIPI as a government R & D institution is expected not only to produce knowledge, but also to play an active role in solving various problems of the nation including in the field of food security. The results of the evaluation of LIPI's activities show that it has produced significant and strategic research outputs. However, only a few have been successfully implemented to solve food problems. Therefore, a study of Research Priority Setting (RPS) is needed so that the LIPI research activities program in the future will produce more research outputs that play a role in providing solutions in this food sector. The purpose of this RPS study is to provide direction so that LIPI research in the future can contribute more to solving problems in the food sector. This study starts from the activity stage to identify strategic issues that need to be resolved through R & D activities. This identification activity is carried out through a round table discussion involving stakeholders. The next stage is to determine researches that need to be prioritized by LIPI in the next five years using the Delphi method. From the study, it is concluded that in the next five years LIPI's R & D activities should be focused on: (1) the development of biological organic fertilizer, (2) the development of local food materials, (3) the development of Germplasm, (4) the functional food development, and (5) the development of modern agriculture.  JEL Classification: D24, L26, Q12

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Thomas Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Round Table ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Round Table Discussion ◽  
Table Discussion ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Future ◽  
Diabelli Variations

The starting point for the book is a series of metaphors used by Barthes at a round table discussion on Proust in 1972. He suggests, for example, that À la recherche is comparable to Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations insofar as it is made of ‘variations without a theme’, and he observes that a novel constructed in this way requires readers and critics to ‘rewrite’ and to ‘operate variations’ on the literary work rather than to interpret it. By unpacking these (and other) figures and connecting them to others that appear in Barthes’s (and Proust’s) writing, the remaining chapters of the book provide answers to the following questions: Are the variations in Proust’s novel indeed themeless? What is it that makes Proust’s writing, for Barthes or generally, both endlessly seductive, productive and unamenable to more conventional, hermeneutical forms of criticism? What does Barthes do with À la recherche, and how, in his approach, is Barthes different from other critics who have written about Proust? What possibilities do Barthes’s Proust variations open up for the future of criticism more generally?

The Future of Laboratory Astrophysics

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S350) ◽  
pp. 281-284
Author(s):  
Farid Salama
Keyword(s):  
Round Table ◽  
Laboratory Astrophysics ◽  
Round Table Discussion ◽  
Table Discussion ◽  
The Future

AbstractA Round Table discussion on the future of Laboratory Astrophysics and the role of IAU Commission B5 was held on the fourth day of the conference to discuss how the IAU Laboratory Astrophysics Commission (B5) can best support the astronomy community and help promote laboratory astrophysics.

The Future of Avant-Garde Studies

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Asholt ◽  
Peter Bürger ◽  
Éva Forgács ◽  
Benedikt Hjartarson ◽  
Piotr Piotrowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Round Table ◽  
Round Table Discussion ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Table Discussion ◽  
The Future

Abstract A decade ago at a conference in Poznań, leading scholars of the avant-garde were asked to share their thoughts on the future of their discipline. Now we are launching the first Journal of Avant-Garde Studies it is time to reflect on these visions from scholars mainly based in Europe. Have we moved in different directions or have promises remained unfulfilled? Contemporary scholars of the avant-garde reflected on the round table discussion and offered their views on where we will go from here.

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