scholarly journals The communication networks used by special librarians in solo and small libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Nathan Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Specific Population ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Common ◽  
Communication Habits ◽  
Depth Interviews

<p>This study is an exploration of how isolated special librarians communicate with other professionals in the library field. It examines the means in which they connect with librarians for professional development and social reasons; the value they place on this interaction; and the barriers that hinder this communication. The qualitative study used semi-structured, in-depth interviews with a representative sample of seven special librarians in New Zealand. The specific population was professionals at special libraries with either a solo staff member or a very small staff. There were several common themes among the interviews. Most interviewees were members of at least one professional library association such as LIANZA, but were more likely to be active in groups that were targeted at their field or at special librarians. When faced with a need for information, advice, or collaboration, the librarians interviewed were most likely to call upon colleagues they had met or worked with in the past, rather than an organised network or purpose-created group. There were several barriers identified that kept librarians from communicating with others, being active in the library field, and engaging in professional development activities. These included lack of support from their managers, lack of support from professional associations, feelings of isolation, and personal responsibilities such as raising a family. The common concerns raised by the special librarians could be taken into consideration by professional associations, organisers of communication networks, and the librarians’ managers. For a clearer picture of special librarians’ communication habits, a quantitative survey could be conducted, with survey questions informed by the results of this study.</p>

scholarly journals The communication networks used by special librarians in solo and small libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Nathan Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Specific Population ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Common ◽  
Communication Habits ◽  
Depth Interviews

<p>This study is an exploration of how isolated special librarians communicate with other professionals in the library field. It examines the means in which they connect with librarians for professional development and social reasons; the value they place on this interaction; and the barriers that hinder this communication. The qualitative study used semi-structured, in-depth interviews with a representative sample of seven special librarians in New Zealand. The specific population was professionals at special libraries with either a solo staff member or a very small staff. There were several common themes among the interviews. Most interviewees were members of at least one professional library association such as LIANZA, but were more likely to be active in groups that were targeted at their field or at special librarians. When faced with a need for information, advice, or collaboration, the librarians interviewed were most likely to call upon colleagues they had met or worked with in the past, rather than an organised network or purpose-created group. There were several barriers identified that kept librarians from communicating with others, being active in the library field, and engaging in professional development activities. These included lack of support from their managers, lack of support from professional associations, feelings of isolation, and personal responsibilities such as raising a family. The common concerns raised by the special librarians could be taken into consideration by professional associations, organisers of communication networks, and the librarians’ managers. For a clearer picture of special librarians’ communication habits, a quantitative survey could be conducted, with survey questions informed by the results of this study.</p>

scholarly journals The challenges of donor engagement with faith-based organizations in Cameroon’s health sector: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibylle Herzig van Wees ◽  
Michael Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
International Development ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Past ◽  
Faith Based Organizations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract Substantial global advocacy efforts have been made over the past decade to encourage partnerships and funding of faith-based organizations in international development programmes in efforts to improve social and health outcomes. Whilst there is a wealth of knowledge on religion and development, including its controversies, less attention has been payed to the role that donors might play. The aim of this study was to describe and analyse the engagement between donors and faith-based organizations in Cameroon’s health sector, following the implementation of the Cameroon Health Sector Partnership Strategy (2012). Forty-six in-depth interviews were conducted in selected regions in Cameroon. The findings show that global advocacy efforts to increase partnerships with faith-based organizations have created a space for increasing donor engagement of faith-based organizations following the implementation of the strategy. However, the policy was perceived as top down as it did not take into account some of the existing challenges. The policy arguably accentuated some of the existing tensions between the government and faith-based organizations, fed faith-controversies and complicated the health system landscape. Moreover, it provided donors with a framework for haphazard engagement with faith-based organizations. As such, putting the implications of donor engagement with FBOs on the research map acknowledges the limitations of efforts to collaborate with faith-based organizations and brings to the surface still-remaining blinkers and limited assumptions in donor definitions of faith-based organizations and in ways of collaborating with them.

scholarly journals From Best Friends to Silent Ends: Exploring the Concepts of Ghosting in Non-Romantic Relationships

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 943-950
Author(s):  
Megan Ann Yap ◽  
Angelo Miguel Francisco ◽  
Christian Gopez
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Video Communication ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Best Friends ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Relationship

Ghosting is a popular term in mass media that has continued to baffle many with its ambiguity as a dissolution strategy. Multiple studies in the past have explored ghosting within romantic relationships, examining how this dissolution strategy has impacted the two parties involved: the initiator (ghoster) and the non-initiator (ghostee). However, it has been stated that ghosting can exist outside of romantic relationships as it may also occur within friendships or even if the relationship is questionably nonexistent. The objectives of the paper seek to understand how ghosting happens within these non-romantic relationships, its effects on the initiators and non-initiators, and its possible differences when compared to romantic relationships. Semi-structured interviews were conducted through video communication platforms on thirty respondents ages 18-25 who have experienced ghosting or been ghosted by a friend. Through the use of descriptive phenomenological qualitative study, the results revealed that 1) ghosting in non-romantic relationships occurs on technology-mediated channels, 2) the initiators experienced post-dissolution feelings of regret, 3) the non-initiators experienced feelings of uncertainty, 4) ghosting a friend is more socially acceptable than ghosting a romantic partner, and, 5) ghosting is more frequent in non-romantic relationships due to the lower levels of commitment and expectations. Other recurring themes, such as the common reasons behind ghosting for the initiators and ghosting as a justifiable means of dissolving the relationship, were also found.  

scholarly journals The Color Purple?

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-137
Author(s):  
Fang Bian ◽  
Dongyan Blachford ◽  
Douglas Durst
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Color Purple ◽  
Canadian Culture ◽  
Color Purple ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

During the past two decades, Canadian parents have been regularly adopting infants from China, and have been facing a confusing dilemma on how to introduce their children’s Chinese heritage and language. The aim of this qualitative study is to uncover the beliefs and attitudes of the adopting parents about how to best promote a healthy identify development that includes their Chinese background. Using in-depth interviews, 19 parents of 14 adopted children explored their beliefs about incorporating the Chinese heritage in the development of their girls. The findings reveal that some parents feel that it is best to emphasize Canadian culture - “she is just Canadian.” Some parents feel that it is best to leave it alone and allow the children to choose their “identity” – “she has both feet in both worlds”, whereas, other parents are proactive by introducing Chinese heritage and culture to their children at an early age. Some parents feel that their children created a new identity with the “color purple” – a hybrid and new culture that combines both their Chinese background with a mainstream Canadian lifestyle.

scholarly journals Delivering the Past

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Alexander ◽  
Derek Bryce ◽  
Samantha Murdy
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Provider Perspective ◽  
Depth Interviews

Heritage tourism is increasingly viewed as both an individual and experiential phenomenon as well as being related to specific attributes of a destination. Ancestral tourism fits the former perspective and centers on tourists traveling to sites which they perceive to be a “homeland” where, during the visit, they attempt to discover more about their own heritage. This study explores ancestral tourism from a provider perspective focusing on the delivery of tourist experiences and relationships between tourists and the place visited. The research is based on a qualitative study of tourist and nontourist specific providers across Scotland with data collected using in-depth interviews. This study reveals a phenomenon that delivers deeply personal experiences to visitors and where encounters involve intense, often lengthy, interactions between visitors and providers. Ancestral tourism experiences are also often centered on tourism provision within local communities, which can present challenges to both provider and tourist alike.

scholarly journals The Experience and Meaning of Media to Non-Mainstream Athletes: Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1154
Author(s):  
Eunhye Yoo ◽  
Jeong-Hui Park ◽  
Jung-Min Lee
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Auxiliary Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sustained Effort ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to understand the process by which ssireum (traditional Korean wrestling), which was labeled a declining industry, has regained its popularity owing to the impact of the media. The study was conducted as a case study with ten ssireum athletes who participated in the television program “The Rhapsody of Ssireum.” Additionally, text analysis was performed based on in-depth interviews and auxiliary data collection. As a result, four media-driven transformative trends in ssireum were observed: a shift of the public’s interest from online to offline under the influence of media, shift in the public’s perception of ssireum athletes’ body, birth of ssireum stars with nicknames matching the characteristics of popular ssireum athletes, and ssireum athletes’ increased sense of responsibility toward ssireum matches felt under the spotlight of the media. Admittedly, media exposure of ssireum athletes has increased significantly compared to the past. However, for the popularization of ssireum, a sport unique to Korea, the athletes, and the ssireum association need to make a sustained effort.

scholarly journals Reflecting on the Challenges encountered by nurses at the great Kermanshah Earthquake: A qualitative study 

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Abdi ◽  
Aliakbar Vaisi -Raygani ◽  
Bahareh Najafi ◽  
Hamid saidi ◽  
khalil moradi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
National Team ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract Background: Iran has experienced an increasing number of earthquake disasters in the past three decades. Nurses are the largest group of healthcare providers that play an important role in responding to disasters. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the nursing challenges to provide care to the injured in the Kermanshah earthquake, Iran. Methods: The present study was conducted as a qualitative conventional content analysis, and data collection was carried out through 16 semi‑structured and in‑depth interviews with the nurses involved in providing care to the injured in the Kermanshah earthquake. The data were analyzed following Graneheim and Lundman’s approach.Results: Data analysis led to the emergence of 453 primary codes, 14 subcategories, and 5 categories. The five categories were as follows: (a) organizational and managerial challenges; (b) human resources; (c) infrastructure; (d) educational system; (e) and ethical.Conclusion: The results of this study showed that nurses faced several challenges in providing care to earthquake victims. Based on these findings, better educational management and planning, infrastructure reform, and establishment of a crisis nursing national team seem necessary.

scholarly journals Contested Sites of Memory on Tarara in New Zealand

2019 ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Senka Božić-Vrbančić
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
Far North ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Colonial Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common

During the colonial time in New Zealand Maori and Croatians worked together on the gumfileds of the Far North. On the gumfields both Maori and Croats were stigmatized, each in their own way and for different reasons. This stigmatisation excluded them from the dominant culture and constituted the common terrain for their relationship. The intermarriages were common. This paper explores the ways the stories about Maori and Croatians in New Zealand have been narrated or represented in five different sites of memory, built in different historical time, from colonial New Zealand to the bicultural New Zealand of the present. It argues that a parallel reading of these sites shows that in between these sites, there seems to be a space where all of these gumfield stories are entangled, with motives that are embedded in social reality. Hence these stories reflect processes of differentiation and power relations in the social. Their meanings are constructed retroactively, the past they strive to embody is always presented in the form of tradition, but the meaning of tradition restructures and changes constantly with the political transformations of the social.

scholarly journals Editorial

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-246
Author(s):  
GARY SPRUCE ◽  
PAMELA BURNARD
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Education Community

The past 20 years have seen ongoing changes to the musical landscape of everyday life and growing evidence of the power of music and its ubiquity in our lives. The music education community, both academic and professional, are becoming increasingly aware of the need to rethink and change practices of teaching and learning that are likely to be beneficial to all. Knowing that across nations and cultures music accompanies the lives of 3.5-year-olds to 85-year-olds for over 80% of the time makes it all the more important that the topics of research that are featured in this final issue for 2011 reflect an international line up of studies originating from Spain, China, New Zealand, Africa, Australia and Britain. Echoing BJME's original aims ‘to strengthen connections between research and practice’ several articles reflect the rise in prominence of practitioners who undertake research as a means of informing practice and professional development.

Maintaining competence: a holistic view of continuous professional development

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (03) ◽  
pp. 133-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Bolderston
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Continuous Professional Development ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The Individual

AbstractContinuous professional development (CPD) is regarded as an essential component of working life for radiation therapists and is increasingly being used by professional associations to ’prove’ the competence of their members. In the past, CPD activities have primarily been viewed as an individual responsibility, and have focused on maintaining a professional knowledge base and, subsequently, hands-on competency through didactic learning. However, there are drawbacks associated with this model; and concentrating on only one facet of learning ignores other theoretical areas of knowledge acquisition. This article explores several areas of social and organisational theories of learning including social networks, communities of practice, learning organisations, knowledge management, knowledge translation and research utilisation. It is concluded that maintenance of competence after graduation is multilayered and should be viewed in a holistic manner to incorporate some of the relevant elements of the concepts discussed. This article also offers some suggestions for the individual wanting to maximise their educational opportunities beyond traditional models of CPD.

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