scholarly journals Book Review: Digital Library Programs for Libraries and Archives: Developing, Managing, and Sustaining Unique Digital Collections

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Meghan Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Step Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Big Picture

Digital Library Programs for Libraries and Archives: Developing, Managing, and Sustaining Unique Digital Collections is a well-organized text that helps readers better understand the historical context and development of digital collections in libraries into the present, and provides a useful step-by-step process for the management and sustainment of digital programs with the goal to move the concept of a digital program into reality. This text serves as a workbook for leaders and managers in libraries and archives and is highly relevant to all levels of staff including students that are involved or interested in the process of creating a digital program. The use of this text can extend to practitioners working with digital collections in government agencies and corporations in the public or private sector. Creating a digital program is still a relatively new endeavor for many institutions with limited resources and is often misunderstood by those with limited knowledge of the process. This text can help these professionals understand the different facets and requirements of creating and sustaining a digital program while maintaining a big picture view.

scholarly journals A Commitment to Public Office Ethics Reduces the Administrative Corruption Manifestation in Sudan

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
Zuly Qodir ◽  
Adil Hasan Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Public Office ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corporate Transparency ◽  
Descriptive Approach

This paper dealt with the issue of a commitment to the public office ethics reduces the administrative corruption manifestations in Sudan. The purpose of this paper is to find out what are the administrative corruption manifestations and how the commitment to the public office ethics contributes in the decreasing of administrative corruption forms. This paper depends on the literature review and uses descriptive approach in order to describe the forms of corruption which are related to the administration. Qualitative method has been followed in this work because, according to the view of the researcher, it is acceptable for this kind of study. The findings show that, embezzlement, extortion, exploitation of public position, forgery, deception, mediation, nepotism, favouritism and gifts to the public office are all shapes of administrative corruption that are pervasive in Sudan, Also, it indicates that, high levels of corporate transparency (auditing and reporting) and high Internet access can be beneficial in Sudan, that by combating corruption in the public sector and adopting effective policies to encourage the development of the private sector. Likewise, increase of salaries and wages for public sector workers can contribute in corruption reduction.  The study recommends strongly to implement the principles of ethics of public offices, and law should be set in order to organize the bad morals of individuals in government agencies in Sudan.

scholarly journals Innovation Strategy of Small Medium Enterprise (SME) Through Public-Private Partnership in Depok City

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-235
Author(s):  
Anita Maulina ◽  
Maya Puspita Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Medium Enterprise

The rapid growth of SMEs in Depok City is not accompanied by the increase in the capacity of the SMEs itself, especially in terms of innovation. The limited resources that SMEs have, can be supported by the existence of public-private sector partnerships. This research is a qualitative research with data collection techniques through interviews, observation, and literature study. The results show that public-private sector partnerships in Depok City have not been successful in increasing the capacity of SMEs to innovate. This is because the partnership is limited to providing infrastructure and focuses on increasing temporary income. Therefore, the public-private sector partnership should focus on more technical assistance in increasing added value to ensure business continuity for a longer period.

scholarly journals Cuba, Pearl of the Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula De La Cruz-Fernandez ◽  
Ivette Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
The Public ◽  
Intellectual Content ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The University

The George A. Smathers Libraries Graduate Internship Program Exploring the Work and Times of Cuban Intellectuals in the Nineteenth Century has published the digital resource Cuba, Pearl of the Caribbean (http://cubanthinkers.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/) to promote the rich and enlightening intellectual content of the Cuban Thinkers online collection of the University of Florida Digital Collections as well as to introduce and develop the skills of a UF graduate student in fundamental tools in Digital Humanities, including TimelineJS, Zotero, and the popular Content Management System WordPress. Through the bilingual website, the public can learn about the historical context of key Cuban thinkers of the nineteenth century and be encouraged to explore the extensive and freely accessible Cuban patrimony material of the Celebrating Cuba! Collaborative Digital Collections of Cuban Patrimony project.

scholarly journals Smart City Citizenship

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-145
Author(s):  
Igor Calzada
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Data Collections ◽  
The Way

Against the backdrop of the current hyperconnected and highly virialised post-COVID-19 societies, we, ‘pandemic citizens’, wherever we are located now, have already become tiny chips inside an algorithmic giant system that nobody really understands. Furthermore, over the last decade, the increasing propagation of sensors and data collections machines and data collections machines in the so-called Smart Cities by both the public and the private sector has created democratic challenges around AI, surveillance capitalism, and protecting citizens’ digital rights to privacy and ownership. Consequently, the demise of democracy is clearly already one of the biggest policy challenges of our time, and the undermining of citizens’ digital rights is part of this issue, particularly when many ‘pandemic citizens’ will likely be unemployed during the COVID-19 crisis. Amidst the AI-driven algorithmic disruption and surveillance capitalism, this book review sheds light on the way citizens take control of the Smart City, and not viceversa, by revolving around the new book entitled Smart City Citizenship recently published by Elsevier. The book review introduces nine key ideas including how to (1) deconstruct, (2) unplug, (3) decipher, (4) democratise, (5) replicate, (6) devolve, (7) commonise, (8) protect, and (9) reset Smart City Citizenship.

scholarly journals Unless Otherwise Indicated: A Survey of Copyright Statements on Digital Library Collections

2009 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Schlosser
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
The Public ◽  
Library Collections

This study examines the copyright statements attached to digital collections created by members of the Digital Library Federation. A total of 786 collections at twenty-nine institutions were examined for the presence of statements and their content evaluated for common themes. Particular attention was paid to whether the institutions in question are meeting their obligation to educate users about their rights by including information about fair use and the public domain. Approximately half the collections surveyed had copyright statements, and those statements were often difficult to distinguish from terms of use and were frequently vague or misleading.

scholarly journals Negotiation of Agreements with Government Agencies as an Approach for More Space and Opportunities for the Private Sector: The Features of the Albanian Reality

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-160
Author(s):  
Teuta Balliu ◽  
Artan Spahiu
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Customs Administration ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The negotiation as a conversation process between two or more parties to settle a dispute or to reach an agreement is an efficient method and it requires attention not only from the private sector, but also from the public one. Negotiation is evaluated in two aspects, from the success achieved and the relationship created. The result that the negotiated agreement reaches is more convenient compared to that achieved through unilateral administrative acts. Establishing relationships with local and national government is a necessity for the private sector. This means that the negotiating agreements with various state authorities should be part of their daily tasks. This paper explores some features of the negotiation process, in which public administration is a party and also gives some recommendations on the real possibilities that government agencies can provide to private companies as a way for surviving and being successful in these dynamic and complex market. We mainly focused on agreements between representatives of the tax authorities and the debtor taxpayers, and at the Albanian legislation on public procurement, which provides the possibility of negotiation between the contracting authority and the bidder. From the analysis of the negotiated cases of the customs administration we notice a level of scepticism in the government agencies while negotiating with debtor entities, which is evidenced by the small number of signed agreements. However the effect of these agreements is evident because the paid value is about 50% of the total negotiation value. Arrangements based on installments, remission of penalties or interest, the possibility to compromise and defer the duties payment are some of the recommended programs that may be part of the tax administration′ offer to debtor entities.

Creating a strategic enforcement approach to address wage theft: One academic’s journey in organizational change

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Weil
Keyword(s):  
Major Elements ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Proactive Approach ◽  
Wage Theft ◽  
The Us ◽  
Limited Enforcement ◽  
Federal Workplace ◽  
Organizational Innovations

Strategic enforcement represents a proactive approach to using limited enforcement resources available to a regulatory agency to protect workers as required by the law. It does so by using enforcement tools, outreach, and collaboration with other government agencies, worker advocates, businesses, and the public to change employer behavior in a sustainable way. Strategic enforcement is critical given the limited resources available to government as well as because of the breaking up (fissuring) of modern employment that increases the prevalence of violations and makes responsibility for compliance more opaque. This article lays out the challenges in instituting such an approach based on the author’s experience in leading a major federal workplace agency in the US during the Obama administration. It describes the major elements of a strategic enforcement approach as well as the major organizational innovations that were necessary to put it into place.

Risk, Uncertainty, and Institutional Failure in the 2014 West Virginia Chemical Spill

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Heather A. Lukacs ◽  
Nik Sawe ◽  
Nicola Ulibarri
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
West Virginia ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Institutional Failure

On January 9, 2014, 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM), a chemical used to process coal, spilled into West Virginia’s Elk River and contaminated the drinking water of over 300,000 people. In the following weeks, the public uncovered a series of institutional failures—among the private sector, local utilities, and government agencies—preceding and following the spill. This case study introduces students to the institutional complexities and ecological vulnerabilities that slowed and confounded response to the disaster due to an unclear chain of responsibility across sectors. This case study also assesses how West Virginia residents and agencies perceived the environmental risk and the responsibility of different institutional agencies and how these perceptions added to the complexity and uncertainty surrounding response to the spill. This case study aims to teach students how risk assessment and perception interact with environmental governance.

Knowledge Organization Systems in Canadian Digital Library Collections

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Shiri
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Knowledge Organization ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Knowledge Organization Systems ◽  
Knowledge Organization System ◽  
Use Of Knowledge ◽  
Library Collections

The paper reports on a study of the ways in which Canadian digital library collections make use of knowledge organization systems to support users’ information search behaviour. The study identified 33 digital collections which have employed some type of knowledge organization system in their search interfaces.Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude sur la manière dont les systèmes d’organisation des connaissances sont utilisés par les collections des bibliothèques numériques canadiennes, afin d’assister le comportement de recherche informationnelle des utilisateurs. Cette étude a identifiée 33 collections numériques qui ont employé certains types de systèmes d’organisation des connaissances dans leurs interfaces de recherche. 

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