scholarly journals The Forest, The Trees, The Bark, The Pith: An Intensive Look at the Circulation Rates of Primary Texts in Ten Major Literature Areas at the University of Oregon Libraries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff D. Staiger
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Turnover Rate ◽  
Circulation Rate ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Intellectual Community ◽  
The Past ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The University

This poster looks at the circulation rate for literary primary texts, which constitute a unique area of collecting in academic libraries: while they do not in most cases meet immediate research needs, it is assumed that libraries ought to acquire them, for reasons including future research needs, preservation of the cultural record, and the ability of members of the intellectual community to stay current, those these remain primarily tacit. The circulation trends of contemporary literary works in ten areas of literature (English, American, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin American, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian) over the past twenty years at the University of Oregon Knight Library are presented and the circulation turnover rate (CTR), for each of these subject areas are presented. Sample graphs allow for the comparison of circulation rates and numbers of books across time, and serve as examples of the utility of such visualizations of the numbers. The key question raised by the study is what makes a good CTR for a particular region of the collection? The poster concludes by summarizing the considerations that bear on the interpretation of the CTR as an index of how the collection is “working.”

Literature, philosophy in Latin American

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Gomez-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Philosophical Discourse ◽  
Intellectual Community ◽  
Philosophy And Literature ◽  
Literary Expression ◽  
European Culture ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Liberation Philosophy ◽  
The University

Within the Latin American intellectual community, the relationship between philosophy and literature constitutes one of the most interesting chapters in its development. Much Latin American literature is characterized by profound philosophical concerns, focusing on the question of identity. From the time of the conquest and colonization of the American continent in the 1500s, a debate regarding the humanity of the recently discovered inhabitants began in Spain. This debate would prove to be one of the most revealing controversies of sixteenth-century Europe. At the point of colonial expansion, Europe projected a logocentric vision which would incite a unique Latin Americanist philosophical discourse relating to the question of identity. During the nineteenth century, philosophical discourse was formulated principally through literary expression. At first the quest for a cultural identity was the philosophical focus, although two conflicting positions were evident: the desire to achieve cultural independence from Europe and a yearning for Latin America to become European. This latter position inspired the urge to identify with European culture and from the mid-1900s, with the political and economic success of the USA. In the twentieth century, from the time of the University Reform of 1918, an academic philosophy emerged close to that of Europe and began to diversify the Latin American philosophical panorama. From the various philosophical stances which arose at that time, one that dominated the cultural arena, despite its occasional relegation to a secondary position in academia, was the urge to articulate a Latin Americanist philosophical discourse which would succeed in transcending its own frontiers through liberation philosophy, beginning in the 1960s.

University Startup Accelerators: Startup Launchpads or Vehicles for Entrepreneurial Learning?

2020 ◽  
pp. 251512742093175
Author(s):  
Lynn E. Metcalf ◽  
Thomas M. Katona ◽  
Jonathan L. York
Keyword(s):  
Return On Investment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Uniform Structure ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mode Of Operation ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into

Over the past decade, universities have invested heavily in startup accelerator programs; however, their role in the university entrepreneurial ecosystem is ambiguous. Are university startup accelerators intended to educate or are they created to facilitate business starts and to contribute to regional economic development? In contrast, most private-sector startup accelerators serve a consistent and differentiated role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem—they provide programming and resources to startups to increase the probability of a return on investment. Understanding the role of university startup accelerators is an important precursor to evaluating their impact and whether or not the return is worth the considerable investment. In this study, we poll university accelerator directors to gain their perspective on the role(s) that university startup accelerators play and to identify how they are structured and operated. Our research reveals a fairly uniform structure and mode of operation. While facilitating business starts is a key role for some, it confirms education as the primary role for university startup accelerators. We outline appropriate means of assessing the learning that takes place in accelerator programs, offer insight into how these findings can help accelerator directors deliver on outcomes and demonstrate impact, and propose avenues for future research.

Passenger in transit

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Tito Valenzuela
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
The Past ◽  
The University ◽  
In Transit ◽  
The Military ◽  
Film Making

This second piece by a Latin American about exile explores through that experience many aspects of his people's ‘personality’ and the events leading to exile. Tito Valenzuela is a 37-year-old Chilean poet and … now … novelist. After studying painting and graphic design at the School of Fine Arts of the University of Chile in Santiago, he worked during the years of Salvador Allende's Popular Unity government in film-making and television. A book of his poetry was published in 1971, and more appeared in an anthology of work by young Chilean poets in 1972. At the time of the military coup of 11 September 1973 he was working on a film on the nitrate mining area of northern Chile. During the coup the military raided his home, removing books and manuscripts. After living clandestinely for several months, Tito left the country for Peru. Unable to remain there he took up an offer by the United Nations to go to Rumania. Finding the atmsophere there restrictive and stifling, he left for Sweden, where he worked in a ham factory, then travelled on to Berlin and finally London in 1975. After a long battle with British immigration authorities he was given permission to stay. Pasajero en transito (‘Passenger in Transil’) is Tito Valenzuelas's first novel, as yet unpublished. It concerns a young Chilean photographer, Ignacio (García, who is exiled (like the author) first in Bucharest and then in Stockholm. The protagonist's profession is itself an image of his psychological state, where the past freezes in the present, tending to mystification and distortion. By tracing Ignacio's obsessions in exile and the deterioration in the past of his relationship with Soledad … who disappears during the first days of the coup … the novel explores the Chile of both Allende and the months following the coup, as well as exile itself. The extract we publish finds Ignacio in Bucharest, playing chess with another exile, Pedro ‘El Peluca’ Morales, whose situation is also producing crisis and domestic rupture. Certain references need explanation. Chileans make great use of nicknames, and most of the characters are referred to by these. El Peluca means ‘the wig’. Loco ‘crazy’ and El Caluga ‘the candy’ (as in sweet). Others have been translated - The Philologist, the Marquis. Coco is untranslatable. Huevón is the all-purpose Chilean interpolation, used incessantly, affectionately and in anger. Literally obscene, it means ‘big balls’. El Pedagogico is the Instituto Pedagogico, the Teacher Training Institute in Valparaiso. The Lebu was a ship used by the military as a prison during the military coup. Milico is slang for military. The tanquetazo was the attempted coup carried out by a tank regiment in June 1973.

scholarly journals Compendium of Health and Wellness Coaching: 2019 Addendum

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Sforzo ◽  
Miranda P. Kaye ◽  
Sebastian Harenberg ◽  
Kyle Costello ◽  
Laura Cobus-Kuo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Health And Wellness ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Group Coaching ◽  
Wellness Coaching ◽  
Initial Work ◽  
Nature Quality

The 2019 Addendum, in conjunction with the original health and wellness coaching (HWC) Compendium, organizes HWC literature with the aim of assisting researchers while providing a resource for practitioners. The 2019 Addendum to the HWC Compendium extends the initial work by adding HWC-related literature published in the past 2 years. The 2019 Addendum divides articles retrieved into 8 categories, including a new miscellaneous section complementing categories examining HWC effects on cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, obesity, and wellness. The 2019 Addendum again provides in-depth information about the nature, quality, and results from each article in a detailed spreadsheet provided as an electronic appendix. The 2019 Addendum contributes another 104 peer-reviewed coaching-related articles to the HWC Compendium. This most recent research again describes HWC as a favorable intervention with treatment potential in all categories, though only 3 new cancer articles were included in the 2019 Addendum. Trends in HWC (ie, e-coaching and group coaching) are identified, and there is also discussion of future research needs. In conclusion, the field of HWC continues to grow, as does the research describing this clinical practice; the 2019 Addendum to the Compendium of HWC organizes and assists understanding of this literature.

Rethinking Older Adult Murder Victims: Looking Back at 25 Years of Homicide Studies to Inform Future Research Needs

2021 ◽  
pp. 108876792110469
Author(s):  
Lynn A. Addington
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Demographic Shift ◽  
Baby Boomer Generation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
Murder Victims

Over the past 25 years, homicide researchers have largely ignored older adults. This pattern continues even in light of the ongoing demographic shift associated with the aging baby boomer generation. This article reflects on the current state of the literature and discusses areas in need of attention. Future research needs can be categorized into substantive and methodological issues. The insights gained by exploring these topics can generate nuanced explanations for fatal violence against older adults and support future evidence-based prevention policies.

scholarly journals Evidence based research activities, interests and opportunities exist for practitioners in all library sectors in the British Isles

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie McKenna
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
British Isles ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

A review of: McNicol, Sarah. “Is Research an Untapped Resource in the Library and Information Profession?” Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 36.3 (September 2004):119-26. Objective – To scope the range, nature and challenges of present, planned and future research by practitioners within libraries in the British Isles. Design – A series of survey questionnaires sent by mail. Setting – Public, academic, health, special and school libraries of the British Isles. Subjects – A total of 2384 questionnaires were sent out and 334 responses were received. 62 academic libraries, 83 health libraries, 78 public libraries, 63 school libraries and 48 special libraries participated in the study. Methods – This study was undertaken in 2003 by a research team at the University of Central England. Survey questionnaires were sent by mail to library directors in all public library authorities, academic libraries, health libraries and special libraries in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In addition, questionnaires were sent to the librarians in all state and independent schools within a sample of nine local education authorities. Each participant was asked to identify past and future research issues of interest and the barriers to research practice within their library. Research was defined to include work on both externally funded and in-house projects and examples of the types of activities that this might include were provided. Main results – Half the respondents reported that they had been involved in some form of research in the past two years, with the lowest level of involvement from school libraries and the highest in public libraries. Generally, only the library directly involved in conducting the research made use of the findings and a gap in the dissemination of results was identified across sectors. User surveys were the most common form of research undertaken across libraries and slightly fewer respondents intended to carry out research in the coming twelve months than had in the past (the area most commonly mentioned was user surveys). Information and communications technology (ICT) was an area of planned future research in all libraries, as were user needs and user behaviour. The most frequently cited barriers to research activity across all sectors were lack of time and financial resources. Staff skills and the lack of focus on practical problems to solve were indicated as a barrier in health, public and academic libraries. Libraries reported a range of common uses for the research findings including: informing strategic and service planning; providing benchmarking data and measuring the effectiveness of services; identification of marketing and public relations opportunities; discovery of staff training needs; and use of the results to demonstrate the value of libraries to funding bodies. Conclusion – This study provides insight into practitioner-focused areas of research interest and possible areas for future investigation. As the author reports in her conclusion, the survey results cannot be considered representative of the wider population. Since research interests often overlap, a sector wide or cross-sectoral research approach should be considered to allow library staff to identify and resolve common problems. Wide dissemination of research results within the practitioner community would be of benefit to all. Greater communication between practitioner and information science communities is also encouraged, as these communities’ work is mutually beneficial.

scholarly journals Glancing through Two Decades of Research on the Human Side of Sustainable Innovation: The Past, the Present, and Directions for Future Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6355
Author(s):  
Jan Kratzer ◽  
Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß ◽  
Gunter Festel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
Sustainable Behavior ◽  
Human Side

The increasingly negative effects of climate change are caused by humans and can be solved only by humans. In the past two decades, researchers have conducted considerable studies devoted to the human side of sustainable innovation. The present work aimed to provide a structured overview of these studies in the frame of the Special Issue: The Human Side of Sustainable Innovations. In contrast to the concepts capturing the human side, the definitions and operationalizations of sustainability and sustainable innovations are considerably ambiguous. We identified six journals that exemplify three factors on the human side of sustainable innovation and elucidate the concept. For their findings to be conclusive, researchers need to engage in significant efforts in investigating the differences in the interpretation and recognition of sustainability, in establishing consensus on the sustainable behavior of actors, and in executing comparable studies and experiments. Moreover, future research needs to establish generally accepted evaluations and measurements of sustainability.

scholarly journals STILL SPECIAL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Billings
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Library Science ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The Past ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Comprehensive Collection ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

To answer the question, one needs to consider whether special collections are any more special today than they have been in the past. The question has particularly intrigued me since I was asked to present a paper in November 1976 as part of the University of Texas at Austin Graduate School of Library Science Colloquium Series, to wit —“What’s So Special about Special Collections¿̣” My perspective was that of a university administrator with line responsibility for one of the great Latin American collections in the world, the most comprehensive collection of Texas-related materials in existence, very young area collections of . . .

Future research needs

1971 ◽  
Vol 177 (1048) ◽  
pp. 463-468
Keyword(s):  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Good Time ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Saline Waters ◽  
Marine Waste

The increased interest in marine pollution problems over the past decade results principally from the greater emphasis being placed on coastal discharge of wastes with increasing constraints on inland disposal, from an awareness that the oceans are not limitless in their acceptance of wastes, and because of comparatively recent evidence of possible general effects of pollution resulting from the widespread aerial transfer of pollutants such as toxic metals and organochlorine pesticides and the possible influence of climatic changes associated with atmospheric pollution on the energy balance of the oceans. Several national and international bodies have considered and reported on the need for information on which policies for marine waste disposal may be planned. This contribution will not summarize such information but will attempt to emphasize aspects which have not received, in the opinion of the author, the consideration they deserve, particularly in relation to effects of pollution on marine biological resources. The identification of research needs Before one can define research needs one must define objectives and the principal one must surely be to provide information so that we know, in good time, the environmental consequences of the disposal of wastes resulting from man’s activi­ties. Some of these environmental consequences may have little overall effect on man’s welfare, either directly on his health or his assimilable resources, and only he can decide whether more purist ecological consequences should greatly in fluence his environmental plans and designs. The pollution biologist should have two goals, first to forecast or detect effects and then to assess ‘damage’. Those concerned with our non-saline waters appreciate this distinction, for there must be very few inland waters in the developed parts of the world which have not been modified ecologically by man’s activity.

scholarly journals Recent work and prospective analysis on offshore structures and marine energy harvesting at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

2021 ◽  
Vol 1201 (1) ◽  
pp. 012043
Author(s):  
F Taveira-Pinto ◽  
P Rosa-Santos ◽  
T. Fazeres-Ferradosa
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Offshore Structures ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Marine Renewable Energy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Energy Group ◽  
Marine Energy ◽  
The University ◽  
Offshore Oil

Abstract Marine energy harvesting and offshore structures for marine renewable energy exploitation rise as a trending topic of both research and industrial activities. However, many challenges are yet to be tackled and solved when it comes to place such equipment and structures at sea. Over the past years the Marine Energy Group at FEUP has been tackling some of those challenges aiming at a better competitiveness of marine renewable energy in comparison to traditional oil & gas sector, which is more mature and developed at this point in time. Additionally, recent findings of this research team have also been applicable to several offshore oil & gas infrastructures. In this work, the latest contributions, projects and research outcomes developed by the team are reviewed and presented towards the enhancement of future research lines and industrial opportunities.

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