scholarly journals The MOSC Project: Using the OAI-PMH to Bridge Metadata Cultural Differences across Museums, Archives, and Libraries

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eulalia Roel
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Access To Resources ◽  
Southern Culture ◽  
Metadata Standards ◽  
Museum Archives ◽  
Music Hall ◽  
Hall Of Fame ◽  
Metadata Harvesting

The MetaScholar Initiative of Emory UniversityLibraries, in collaboration with the Center for the Studyof Southern Culture, the Atlanta History Center, and theGeorgia Music Hall of Fame, received an Institute ofMuseum and Library Services grant to develop a newmodel for library-museum-archives collaboration. Thiscollaboration will broaden access to resources for learningcommunities through the use of the Open ArchivesInitiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAIPMH). The project, titled Music of Social Change(MOSC), will use OAI-PMH as a tool to bridge thewidely varying metadata standards and practices acrossmuseums, archives, and libraries. This paper will focusspecifically on the unique advantages of the use of OAIPMH to concurrently maximize the exposure of metadataemergent from varying metadata cultures.

Toward the Creation of a New Order for Nigerian Women: Recent Trends in Politics and Policies

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-8
Author(s):  
Simi Afonja
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
New Order ◽  
Access To Resources ◽  
Nigerian Women ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Creation

Women experience numerous contradictions as they undergo social change. Many have celebrated the autonomy of Nigerian women. Some “got drunk” with the notions of this autonomy. Change created a number of problems that supposed autonomy could not come to grips with. Just a few examples: First, women appeared to contribute more labor to the development process than men, burdening them with physical and time constraints. Second, modernization created new resources and along with them, new kinds of inequalities in access to resources. Specifically, women had much more limited access to resources than men. Consequently, women could not invest resources in the same ways as men.

Cultural and Identity Transmission in Mixed Couples in Quebec, Canada

2015 ◽  
Vol 662 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiane Le Gall ◽  
Deirdre Meintel
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Ethnic Identities ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Multiple Meanings ◽  
The Creation

Drawing on eighty interviews with mixed couples in Quebec, this article discusses how parents in such unions negotiate strategies of cultural transmission and develop “identity projects” for their children, that is, blueprints for the children’s ethnic identities. Our data show that instead of one person having to take on the other’s culture, and the children adopting that culture, both partners usually embrace cultural differences as enriching for themselves, their children, and the society in which they live. It is not so much a question of transmitting a “heritage” but rather making available a set of virtual cultural resources to the child that he or she will activate (or not) later in life. We argue that through the choices they make, mixed couples contribute to shaping a society where plural identities are normalized. In so doing, they become important agents of social change and participate in the creation of an enduring diversity, a long-term transformation of Quebec society, and even contribute to the multiple meanings of “Quebecois.”

COCON – Swiss Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlis Buchmann ◽  
Jeanine Grütter ◽  
Corinne Igel
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Developmental Outcomes ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences

This study profile describes COCON – the acronym for COmpetence and CONtext. This is an interdisciplinary, multi-cohort and multi-informant longitudinal study with a primary focus on how children and adolescents cope with the developmental tasks of early life course transitions. It strives to detect the social and individual antecedents and consequences associated with the handling of these transitions. The project frames child and adolescent development in the triple theoretical perspective of challenges imposed by early transitions in the institutionalised life course, inequality in resources and opportunities, and young people’s competencies. Thanks to the longitudinal and multi-cohort design of the study, this conceptual perspective facilitates the joint examination of intra-individual development, inter-individual differences in developmental outcomes and social change in developmental processes.COCON consists of three age groups, whereby each groups represents a prototypical stage in the process of growing up: mid-childhood (6-year-olds), mid-adolescence (15-year-olds) and early adulthood (21-year-olds). The samples are representative for the French- and German-speaking parts of Switzerland. The large sample sizes and the multilingual context of Switzerland permit the analysis of group disparities as well as cross-cultural differences. The multi-informant component of the study includes the primary caregiver and class teacher.The current study profile outlines the most important characteristics of the study in the context of the conceptual framework and discusses strengths and caveats related to study management as well as ethical considerations and information on data availability.<br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>The COCON study is a multi-cohort and multi-informant longitudinal study which enlightens challenges imposed by early transitions.</li><br /><li>COCON examines intra-individual development, inter-individual differences in developmental outcomes, and social change.</li><br /><li>The large sample sizes and the multilingual context of Switzerland permit to analyze group disparities as well as cross-cultural differences.</li></ul>

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
pp. 291-296
Author(s):  
Lillian Hoddeson ◽  
Peter Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Disordered Materials ◽  
Normal Science ◽  
Technological Systems ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Culture ◽  
Hall Of Fame

The conclusion reviews Ovshinsky’s accomplishments and historical significance. Ovshinsky is now gaining mare recognition. In May 2015 he was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. During his lifetime he “saw the future” because he envisioned new possibilities and consequences that others were unable to imagine. His innovations, which began with new amorphous and disordered materials, became the basis for new technological systems capable of changing society for the better. Although he made important scientific discoveries, his work was never a part of normal science, and his inventions were aimed not just at incremental technological advances but at transformational social change. Finally, while the conclusion considers how his career spanned, and to some extent helped bring about, the transition from the industrial to the information age, it also notes his continuing ties with the social and economic culture of his youth.

Linthead Pop

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-25
Author(s):  
David Menconi
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Country Music ◽  
The North ◽  
North Carolina Piedmont ◽  
Music Hall ◽  
Music Recording ◽  
Hall Of Fame

Charles Cleveland “Charlie” Poole was a banjo-playing mill laborer who lived an eventful life before passing at age 39 from one alcohol binge too many. He was arguably the most important musician to emerge from the stringbands populating mill towns across the North Carolina Piedmont -- a working-class hero as well as an important crossroads figure in the 1920s evolution of old-time music into what became bluegrass and country music, recording songs that remain bluegrass-festival standards to this day. And yet he has never been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

scholarly journals Secrets from the Family Album: Official and Silenced Knowledge on Migration

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-96
Author(s):  
Ya’ara Gil-Glazer
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
The State ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
National Narratives ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Jewish Students

This article analyses photo elicitation workshop encounters of Arab and Jewish students in an academic college in Israel. Focused on family albums, the workshop, facilitated by the author, examined family histories of migration shared by both peoples in ways insufficiently addressed in scholarly, educational and daily discourse. The encounters were informed by a critical pedagogy approach, with emphasis on recognizing cultural differences and silenced personal-political histories, and producing new knowledge through critical discussions. One central theme that emerged in the workshop was official and silenced knowledge on migration and uprooting. Distinct from the official knowledge provided by the state curriculum, the alternative knowledge elicited from the albums challenges the divisiveness of national narratives. It has the potential of developing critical and empowered awareness and identity and of promoting social change.

scholarly journals Participatory Prototype Design: Developing a Sustainable Metadata Curation Workflow for Maternal Child Health Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 248-270
Author(s):  
Amanda Harrigan ◽  
Saurabh Vashishtha ◽  
Sharon Farnel ◽  
Kendall Roark
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Grant Writing ◽  
Maternal Child Health ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Metadata Standards ◽  
Project Sustainability ◽  
Child Health Research ◽  
Metadata Harvesting ◽  
Prototype Design ◽  
And Child Health

This paper describes the findings from a participatory prototype design project, where the authors worked with maternal and child health (MCH) researchers and stakeholders to develop a MCH metadata profile and sustainable curation workflow. This work led to the development of three prototypes: 1) a study catalogue hosted in Dataverse, 2) a metadata and research records repository hosted in REDCap and 3) a metadata harvesting tool/dashboard hosted within the Shiny RStudio environment. We present a brief overview of the methods used to develop the metadata profile, curation workflow and prototypes. Researchers and other stakeholders were participant-collaborators throughout the project. The participatory process involved a number of steps, including but not limited to: initial project design and grant writing; scoping and mapping existing practices, workflows and relevant metadata standards; creating the metadata profile; developing semi-automated and manual techniques to harvest and transform metadata; and end project sustainability/future planning. In this paper, we discuss the design process and project outcomes, limitations and benefits of the approach, and implications for researcher-oriented metadata and data curation initiatives.

scholarly journals Dublin Core: state of art (1995 to 2015)

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Augusto Arakaki ◽  
Rachel Cristina Vesu Alves ◽  
Plácida Leopoldina Ventura Amorim da Costa Santos
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Core State ◽  
Access To Resources ◽  
Dublin Core ◽  
Web Environment ◽  
Metadata Standards ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
State Of Art

In face of using Communication and Information Technologies in the 90´s, a new setting started to emerge as the availability of resources in Web environment. The necessity of representation, identification, location and access to resources has been widely discussed and has contributed to events and Dublin Core metadata standards. In twenty years of its creation, the Dublin Core has become a consolidated standard that has provided several possibilities for its use. However, the articles that report its history are spread out, making it difficult to gather and reconstitute them. In doing so, the aim is to show the main factors that contributed to the consolidation of the Dublin Core standard and its development. It is a qualitative and theoretical exploratory study that discusses the Dublin Core background. The outcomes identified the DC trajectory since its creation, consolidation and trends.

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