scholarly journals Controlled Digital Lending of Video Resources: Ensuring the Provision of Streaming Access to Videos for Pedagogical Purposes in Academic Libraries

2022 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lear
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
A Current

This article examines a current crisis within media librarianship regarding the challenges for academic libraries in providing streaming access to video resources despite the growing need for users to have streaming access. The article discusses this crisis largely within the context of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease of 2019) and how the pandemic has exacerbated the problem. This article also posits a possible solution to the issue through the application of controlled digital lending (CDL) to video resources for a pedagogical purpose. The article demonstrates the extent of the crisis, examines how other media librarians have addressed the problem, and shows the limitations to the solutions that have so far been offered. It then broadly discusses the concept of CDL and how this practice could be applied to video resources to address the frequent inability of libraries to provide streaming access to videos.

Chief Constables: A Current ‘Crisis’ in Scottish Policing?

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (First Serie (1) ◽  
pp. 54-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Scott ◽  
Roy Wilkie
Keyword(s):  
Current Crisis ◽  
A Current

scholarly journals The Canadian Dollar versus the Collection: How Canadian Academic Libraries are Coping

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Scott ◽  
Nicole Eva
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Canadian Dollar ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Research Knowledge ◽  
The Impact

Through 2015 and into 2016, Canadian academic libraries’ collections budgets were severely strained due to the steady decline of the CAD/USD exchange rate. As most subscription fees for electronic resources (e-resources) are billed in US dollars, the falling value of the Canadian dollar significantly reduced libraries’ purchasing power. This study is based on a survey of the English-speaking member institutions of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), a Canadian collections consortium, carried out to determine the impact of the poor exchange rate on collections development and how libraries are coping with new budgetary pressures. Librarians from 33 universities provided survey responses. Of these, 22 participated in telephone interviews to further discuss concerns and ideas regarding the current crisis. The study finds that all participant libraries have taken actions to address the budgetary shortfall, including cancelling serial and database subscriptions, negotiating lower costs with vendors, purchasing fewer monographs, and soliciting additional funding from their institutions. While the financial strain resulting from exchange rate fluctuations is indeed a significant problem for which solutions should be sought, several respondents stressed that it only exacerbates the ongoing inflation of e-resource subscriptions. This deeper and enduring issue, which is expected to outlast the present exchange rate crisis, is enabled by an inherently flawed scholarly publishing system. Thus, librarians engaged in discussions with their wider academic communities concerning collections budgets should not focus exclusively on the exchange rate but should leverage the opportunity to explore alternatives to the current scholarly communication model. If solutions exist, they will likely only be achieved through the support of faculty and university administrators, as well as cooperation among post-secondary institutions and library consortia. Au cours de l’année 2015 et au début 2016, les budgets des collections des bibliothèques universitaires canadiennes ont connu d’importantes restrictions en partie causées par la baisse du dollar canadien face au dollar américain. La plupart des frais d’abonnements aux ressources électroniques sont en dollar américain ce qui signifie que le pouvoir d’achat des bibliothèques a été significativement réduit face à la dévalorisation du dollar canadien. Cette étude utilise un sondage auprès des établissements anglophones qui sont membres du Réseau canadien de documentation pour la recherche (RCDR), un consortium canadien pour les collections, afin de mieux connaître l’impact du faible taux de change sur le développement des collections et sur la façon dont les bibliothèques s’adaptent à de nouvelles pressions budgétaires. Des bibliothécaires de 33 universités ont répondu au sondage. Parmi ceux-ci, 22 ont participé à des entrevues téléphoniques pour discuter davantage de préoccupations et d’idées concernant la crise actuelle. L’étude montre que toutes les bibliothèques participantes ont pris des mesures pour contrer l’insuffisance budgétaire incluant l’annulation d’abonnements de périodiques et de bases de données, la négociation de coûts inférieurs avec les fournisseurs, l’achat de moins de livres ainsi que la sollicitation de financement additionnel auprès de leur institution. Quoique ce stress financier causé par les fluctuations du taux de change représente un sérieux problème pour lequel il faut trouver des solutions, plusieurs répondants ont réitéré que cette réalité ne fait qu’aggraver l’inflation continue des abonnements aux ressources électroniques. Cet enjeu sérieux et persistant, qui risque de perdurer au-delà la crise du taux d’échange actuel, est le résultat d’un système de communication savante défaillant. Les bibliothécaires qui discutent avec leur communauté universitaire au sujet des budgets de collections ne devraient pas se concentrer uniquement sur le taux de change mais devraient en profiter pour explorer des alternatives au modèle de communication savante actuel. Si des solutions existent, elles se réaliseront seulement avec l’appui des professeurs et des administrateurs ainsi qu’avec la coopération entre les établissements postsecondaires et les consortiums des bibliothèques.

Improved Global Competitiveness on the Basis of New Business Models Influenced by Dynamic Strategic Thinking

2020 ◽  
pp. 271-288
Author(s):  
Drago Dubrovski
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
New Business ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
New Business Models ◽  
A Current

In modern business, dynamic changes in the environment (macro trends) provoke changes within the company. Companies can protect themselves from latent, acute crises. In addition, companies can navigate a turbulent environment while ensuring organizational existence and development. Organizational forms and characteristics, as well as business models to maintain or increase existence and create competitive advantages in the global market, are increasingly sought in a more creative manner. These actions are based on dynamic strategic thinking. Revolutionary methods are often required for the creation and adaptation of competitive business models. The data from companies that face a current crisis show a gap between the need to change business models and the introduction of adapted business models to achieve the desired level of competitiveness.

Leadership development: an applied comparison of Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle and Scharmer’s Theory U

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 336-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Potter
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Theory U ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
A Current

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine two contrasting leadership development methodologies, Reflective Practice and Scharmer’s Theory U. Design/methodology/approach – Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle and Scharmer’s Reflecting Deeply exercise were applied to the same leadership incident on separate days. Findings – Reflective Practice provided helpful insights through focusing on one’s thoughts, feelings and motives during the event, as well as the actions of others and the author’s responses to them. The author found that using Scharmer’s Reflecting Deeply exercise enabled a deeper understanding of the incident to emerge, which also provided new and distinct insights. Research limitations/implications – The main limitation was the case study nature of this exercise; these findings are merely the result of one person’s experiences. Practical implications – To develop rounded leadership skills, leaders can benefit from tapping into all of their resources; these two approaches allow different aspects of one’s intelligence to be accessed, which ought to facilitate greater development. Social implications – Many authors cite a current crisis of leadership, not least of all a perceived failure to tackle the environmental challenges we face. By seeking to develop more intelligent and rounded leaders, leadership itself ought to improve which in turn should help society tackle pressing issues. Originality/value – To the author’s knowledge, a direct comparison of the leadership development methodologies used in this paper has not been previously described. This paper provides useful insights into the practical application of Reflective Practice and Scharmer’s Theory U, which will help inform others seeking to develop as leaders.

scholarly journals BRASIL-DADÁ: na era da pós-verdade

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Vívian De Camargo Coronato
Keyword(s):  
Weimar Republic ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
A Current ◽  
Do So

O presente artigo discorre sobre o movimento dadaísta e relaciona a sua vertente berlinense, ocorrida no início da República Weimar, com a situação brasileira contemporânea e a pós-verdade. Para tanto, apresenta um panorama da situação da Alemanha entre sua unificação e a ascensão do nazismo e compara com a atual crise brasileira iniciada com os protestos de 2013.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: dadaísmo; pós-verdade; Brasil, Berlim.     ABSTRACT This article discusses the Dada movement and relates its Berlin aspect, which occurred at the beginning of the Weimar Republic, with the contemporary Brazilian situation and the post-truth. To do so, it presents an overview of the situation of Germany between its unification and a rise of Nazism and compares to a current crisis started whit the protests of 2013.   KEYWORDS: Dadaism; post-truth; Brazil; Berlin.       RESUMEN El presente artículo discurre acerca del movimiento dadaísta y relaciona su vertiente berlinés, ocurrida al inicio de la República Weimar, con la situación brasileña contemporánea y la post-verdad. Para tanto, presenta un panorama de la situación de Alemania entre su unificación y el ascenso del nazismo y compara con la actual crisis brasileña iniciada con las protestas de 2013.   PALABRAS CLAVE: dadaísmo; post-verdad; Brasil; Berlín.

The Role of Analogies in Crisis Decision Making

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Patrick Houghton
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Analogical Reasoning ◽  
Optimal Decision ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Current Case ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Optimal Decision Making ◽  
Heuristic Devices ◽  
A Current

Analogical reasoning is a mode of thinking in which a current situation, person, or event is compared with something encountered in the past that appears “similar” to the analogizer. The 2020 Coronavirus crisis was often compared with the 1918 flu epidemic, for instance. In addition to reasoning across time, we can also reason across space, comparing a current case with something that has been encountered within a different geographical space. Sticking with the Coronavirus example, the management of the disease in one country was often compared with that in another, with favorable or unfavorable lessons being drawn. Analogical reasoning plays a major role in crisis decision-making, in large part because decisions made under such circumstances have to be taken in rapid (and, indeed, almost immediate) fashion. When this is the case, it is often tempting to conclude that “this time will resemble last time” or “this problem will resemble a situation confronted elsewhere.” But these analogies are drawn, and decisions are made, by individuals who must confront their own very human cognitive psychological limitations. Since analogies are essentially heuristic devices that cut short the process of informational search, they are usually seen as good enough but do not ensure optimal decision-making. Analogies are at a premium during crisis-like events, but their “bounded” nature means that their use will sometimes lead to errors in processing information. In particular, the drawing of an analogy often leads to an underestimation of ways in which the current crisis is “different” from the baseline event.

scholarly journals Future Anthropology Ethics and Datafication: Temporality and Responsibility in Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630511876829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Pink ◽  
Debora Lanzeni
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
The Past ◽  
A Current ◽  
Alternative Ethics

In this article, we argue for an ethics of big data that is embedded in the emergent processes through which data are made, interpreted, and mobilized in mundane everyday contexts and examine how this could potentially be played out in research practice. We situate this as a response to a current crisis in accountability that has arisen in the context of the use of digital data to inform societal interventions, which we propose calls for a future-oriented anthropological ethics situated in the ongoingness of life. Such a standpoint offers a revised approach to temporality and attends to the ethics of intervening and engaging with the uncertainty of what is as yet unknown rather than simply with an ethics of the past. It offers us an opportunity to think differently about big data and ethics and to create an alternative ethics for big data and their analysis.

scholarly journals The rationale for embedding ethics and public value in public administration programmes

2021 ◽  
pp. 014473942110282
Author(s):  
Vanesa Fuertes
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Public Value ◽  
The Government ◽  
Recent Financial Crisis ◽  
The Uk ◽  
A Current

When crises occur, revisiting given knowledge and practices seems sensible and necessary. For instance, the recent financial crisis in 2008 lead to questioning the role played by financial institutions and business schools in precipitating the crisis by allowing questionable professional ethics to go unchallenged. There is a current crisis in public administration in the UK, visible in the growing challenges to public sector professionals in their practice and in the increased questioning of the government as a guarantor of public services and welfare. To understand the current situation, exploring the role of public administration teaching and professional organisations in the UK is key. Have we perhaps neglected the teaching of ethics and public value as crucial tenets to the profession and to its practice? This paper explores the necessity, merits, and difficulties of embedding ethics and public value concepts into the curriculum.

Iceland and European Integration

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baldur Thorhallsson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Integration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
European Project ◽  
Crisis Situation ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Accession Process ◽  
A Current ◽  
The Eu

Iceland’s European policy is a puzzle. Iceland is deeply embedded in the European project despite its non-EU membership status. Iceland is a member of the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) (1970), the European Economic Area (EEA) (1994), and Schengen (2001). Moreover, Iceland applied for membership in the European Union (EU) in 2009. Nonetheless, the Icelandic political elite have been reluctant to partake in the European integration process. They have hesitated to take any moves toward closer engagement with Europe unless such a move is seen as necessary to deal with a crisis situation. Decisions to engage with the European project have not been made based on outright economic and political preferences. They have primarily been based on economic or political necessity at times when the country has faced a deep economic downturn or its close neighboring states have decided to take part in European integration. The country has essentially been forced to take part in the project in order to prevent crises from emerging or to cope with a current crisis situation. For instance, in 2009, Iceland unexpectedly applied for membership in the EU after the collapse of its economy nine months earlier. However, four years later, after a swift economic recovery and after Iceland having been “betrayed” by the EU in the so-called Ice-save dispute with the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the accession process was put on hold. The EU was no longer seen as an economic and political savior. Iceland’s close relationships with its powerful neighboring states, the United States and the United Kingdom, have also had considerable influence on the country’s European policy. Iceland’s membership in the EFTA, the EEA, and Schengen was largely dictated by the Nordic states’ decisions to join the organizations and because of crisis situations their lack of membership would have meant for Iceland were it to be left out. Moreover, the decision by the United Kingdom to leave the Union has firmly frozen Iceland’s accession process and contributed to increased criticism of the transfer of autonomy from Reykjavik to Brussels that takes place with the EEA Agreement. Furthermore, many at the right of center in Icelandic politics do not see any security reasons for joining the EU, as Iceland’s defense is guaranteed by a bilateral defense treaty with the United States and membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). European debates about partial and full participation in the European project have led to harsh opposition in Althingi (the National Parliament), deep divisions in society at large, and public protests. Opposition has been driven by an overwhelming focus on sovereignty concerns. The political discourse on sovereignty and self-determination prevails except when the country is faced with a crisis situation. To prevent a crisis from emerging or to deal with a current crisis, Icelandic politicians reluctantly decide to take partial part in the European project. They are determined to keep autonomy over sectors of primary political importance, sectors that are close to the heart of the nation, those of agriculture and fisheries.

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