Learning to Lead: Challenges and Resources for The New Public Library Director

Library directors are part of the infrastructure of information management, but how well do they manage their institutional knowledge for succession planning? Our study looked at strategies to ease managerial transitions between libraries, focusing on knowledge management, communities of practice, and mentorship. Our survey found that succession planning was dictated by local practice and size of library. The results of this paper inform knowledge of succession planning and reveal existing gaps between informal transfer of knowledge and structured knowledge management (KM), as well as librarians' resourcefulness. Library directors use KM strategies, mentoring, and involvement with communities of practice to foster innovation.     

Explorations of the Gauss-Lucas Theorem

Abstract

The Gauss-Lucas Theorem is a classical complex analysis result that states the critical points of a single-variable complex polynomial lie inside the closed convex hull of the zeros of the polynomial. Although the result is well-known, it is not typically presented in a first course in complex analysis. The ease with which modern technology allows the plotting of zeros and critical points makes the result discoverable by students. We propose a visual investigation, followed by a series of exercises leading to different complete proofs of the theorem.     

Strategies for assessing severely multihandicapped children for augmentative and alternative communication

ABSTRACT

This paper is designed to present strategies for assessing cognitive, perceptual, sensory and motor functions and symbol and modality preferences relative to preparation for augmentative communication programming with severely multihandicapped children. Suggested treatment strategies are provided for each of the domains addressed.     

It's My Life,Now: The Impact of Professional Development School Partnerships on University and School Administrators

It is a professional way of life for me. I fully believe in and I'm committed to partnerships in education to improve teaching and learning and foster and promote improved teacher education programs for both pre-service and inservice tasks. (school-based administrator)     

Development of Gender Typicality and Felt Pressure in European French and North African French Adolescents

Trajectories of gender identity were examined from Grade 6 (M_age = 11.9 years) to Grade 9 in European French (n = 570) and North African French (n = 534) adolescents, and gender and ethnic group differences were assessed in these trajectories. In Grade 6, boys of both ethnic groups reported higher levels of gender typicality and felt pressure for gender conformity than girls. European French girls and boys and North African French girls reported decreasing gender typicality from Grade 6 to Grade 9, whereas North African French boys did not change. Felt pressure decreased among girls, did not change in European French boys, and increased in North African French boys. Ethnic and gender differences in gender identity development are discussed.