scholarly journals 2018: A Streaming Video Odyssey

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anali Perry ◽  
Karen Grondin
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Streaming Video ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Implementation Plan ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Environmental Scan ◽  
Training Materials ◽  
Navigation Strategies

In this case study, we reflect on our journey through a major revision of our streaming video reserve guidelines, informed by an environmental scan of comparable library services and current copyright best practices. Once the guidelines were revised, we developed an implementation plan for communicating changes and developing training materials to both instructors and internal library staff. We share our navigation strategies, obstacles faced, lessons learned, and ongoing challenges. Finally, we map out some of our future directions for improving and streamlining our services.  

Water in the Time of Drought II: Lessons from Droughts around the World

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphaëlle Ortiz ◽  
Anamaría Núñez ◽  
Corinne Cathala ◽  
Ana R. Rios ◽  
Mauro Nalesso
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Institutional Frameworks ◽  
The World ◽  
Relevant Case ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Successes And Challenges

This technical note is an update to the previous "Water in the Time of Drought: Lessons from Five Droughts Around the World", published in 2018. It explores drought situations and policies in Spain (including the Canary Islands), Chile, Mexico, the dry corridor between Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Brazil, and South Africa. Each of these countries has recently dealt with droughts and/or developed long-term solutions to manage them. HydroBID, a tool developed by the IDB, will be presented through relevant case studies. After defining drought experiences and institutional frameworks in each country, the brief will explore the successes and challenges of national drought and water management policies. Best practices and lessons learned will be extracted from each case study to help policymakers better prepare for droughts.

Part VII Structure and Operations, Ch.39 Secretariats

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piiparinen Touko
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Power Bases ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
The Way

This chapter analyzes the traditional, ‘Weberian’ bureaucratic powers of the international secretariats of international organizations (IOs). It argues that globalization is opening up new, post-Weberian power bases for secretariats and IOs at large which were not envisaged in Weber's time. These new power bases include emerging global networks of cooperation between secretariats and other actors involved in global governance, which further reinforce the bureaucratic powers of secretariats by enabling them to exchange expertise and specialized information, best practices, and lessons learned in a flexible and swift manner. The chapter draws upon an in-depth case study of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretariat to illustrate the way in which secretariats exert the aforementioned Weberian and post-Weberian powers in practice.

Challenges and opportunities for parliamentary libraries during COVID-19: A case study of the National Assembly of Quebec Library

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110230
Author(s):  
Carolyne Ménard
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Information Support ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Virtual Services

Parliamentary libraries play a crucial role in providing information support to decision-makers around the world. These institutions have faced an unprecedented situation with the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have had to modify their practices considerably to keep serving their users. This article explores how the National Assembly of Quebec Library has responded to this issue and redefined its services during the pandemic. The author presents the challenges and opportunities met while adapting virtual services, redefining document handling and improving team communication, and foresees future obstacles for the institution. This case study shares best practices and the lessons learned in the hope of informing and advising similar institutions facing challenges during this pandemic.

Managing Software Risks in Maintenance Projects, from a Vendor Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srikrishnan Sundararajan ◽  
M. Bhasi ◽  
K.V. Pramod
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Software Maintenance ◽  
Fortune 500 ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Global Software Development ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Geographical Locations

Global software development exposes projects to the challenges arising from geo-cultural spread of the team and delegation of project ownership. Therefore, risk management in global software development receives attention from many researchers today. The primary focus in this paper is an investigation of risks associated with the maintenance of information systems by teams distributed across geographical locations, cultures, and vendors. Here the authors present the case study of a large offshore outsourced program that maintained a portfolio of business applications for a fortune 500 US client. The program exhibited a wide variety of characteristics typical of maintenance projects. The study investigated the risks, risk resolution techniques, lessons learned and best practices adopted in the program, from a vendor perspective. The findings provide useful insights into understanding and responding to the challenges in initiating, transitioning and managing global software maintenance projects.

scholarly journals A Case Study: Growing Community Partnerships with a Service-Learning Intergenerational Computing Course

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean F Coppola ◽  
Sharon Stahl Wexler ◽  
Lin J. Drury ◽  
Janna C. Heyman ◽  
Barbara A. Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Technology Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Positive Perspective ◽  
Significant Change

This article presents an interdisciplinary and intergenerational technology research project. Uniquely trained undergraduates enrolled in an Intergenerational Computing service-learning class instruct older adults in geriatric facilities. Geriatric facilities have few staff to work with older adults for technology activities. This model is based on mutually beneficial partnerships.  Information on best practices, research instruments, classroom exercises, and lessons learned is presented for replication into the reader’s agency and discipline. A statistically significant change in students’ attitude and advocacy toward older adults was found, as well as a more positive perspective and awareness of careers in the field of aging.

Moving towards e‐government: a case study of organisational change processes

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Burn ◽  
Greg Robins
Keyword(s):  
Organisational Change ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Process Change ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Online Strategy ◽  
Western Australian

Looks at an online strategy project at Legal Aid in Western Australia. Begins with an overview of e‐government and the Western Australian Government context, and then discusses the research model and methodology. Gives a background to the case and analyses the change management process against a comprehensive model of business process change. Concludes with some lessons learned and future directions for research in this area.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION MUNICIPALITIES: A CASE STUDY

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neetu Sharma ◽  
Vishal Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Combining Evidence ◽  
The City

The city of Edmonton, the fifth largest municipality in Canada, passed the Affordable Housing strategy in year 2015. The strategy formalizes the City’s role in the effort to bring affordable housing to needy residents and outlines the framework to engage the stakeholders for effective implementation. The strategy’s goals include increasing the supply of affordable housing in all areas of the City. This paper focuses on a critical analysis of this goal – especially the implementation phase of the policy. Combining evidence-based implementation has performed analysis, lessons learned from best practices across the globe and presented using the NATO model. Based on the critical analysis, this paper provides recommendations for an effective implementation of affordable housing policy, which can be adapted to other municipalities in Canada.

scholarly journals Recruiting and Preparing Undergraduate Students for a Collegiate Debate: An HBCU Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
LaShawn Wordlaw ◽  
Kevin J. Harrell ◽  
LaHoma Smith Romocki
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Pedagogical Tool

The benefits of debate as an effective pedagogical tool in higher education are well-published. It fosters students’ development of critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. This paper describes a conceptual model of debate categories: in-class debate, co-curricular debate, and tournament debate. It proposes six levels of debate for faculty to employ to create engaged active learning experiences. It is a case study written from the perspective of faculty who served as debate coaches over a four-year period. It shares lessons learned and best practices for recruiting and preparing undergraduate students for a co-curricular debate competition, a subject that is missing in the literature.

Design and Development of Sentient Collective Urban Spaces

2017 ◽  
pp. 167-183
Author(s):  
Burak Pak
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
User Needs ◽  
Continuous Representation ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Interactive Spaces

This chapter aims to envision design approaches for creating ubiquitous interactive spaces which can empower the users to shape and reshape their living environments. It starts with the discussion of the affordances of networked sentient technologies to facilitate cycles of reflexivity through a comparative case study. Based on this analysis, the author distils key principles for future practices including: incomplete, dynamic architectural program, continuous representation of the user needs, incorporation of user variety and differences, embracing open-endedness, self-organization and spontaneity in use. Following these principles, the author reveals a conceptual design for a sentient space in Ghent as a means to demonstrate action possibilities latent in ubiquitous spaces. In conclusion, the author shares lessons learned and elaborates on future directions.

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