关注弱势群体——联合图书馆的外来工服务

作为公益性文化机构之一,公共图书馆在改善弱势群体文化生态中具有不可替代的优势和职责。禅城区联合图书馆为外来工群体服务的探索与实践包括:以有针对性的文献信息资源建设,倡导学习、阅读;以图书馆服务为纽带,开展丰富多彩的文体活动,提供自我展示与提升的文化平台;开设专题培训与自助培训,成为外来务工人员的文化交流中心和自助培训基地;激发外来务工人员参与意识,发挥其主动性和积极性。     

我国公共图书馆盲人服务体系发展构想

文章通过对国内五百多家公共图书馆盲人服务状况的调查，分析了目前国内公共图书馆盲人服务的资源、宣传、无障碍设施、资金等方面存在的问题，参考国外图书馆界的做法，提出建设我国公共图书馆盲人服务体系的建议，并分析了其可行性。     

图书馆服务链模型构建

对图书馆服务链的特点、分类、模型以及图书馆服务链与知识组织链、用户知识需求链之间的关系作了分析与研究，指出图书馆服务链是为用户提供全过程、全方位、一体化、个性化知识服务的最有效方法。     

做好读者服务工作为学习型社会服务

图书馆是传播科学文化的园地，肩负着提高全民族文化素质的使命。图书馆各项职能履行得到位与否，为读者服务是其关键。文章从在学习型社会中读者服务工作面临的挑战和机遇出发，重点探讨了高校图书馆做好读者服务工作的途径。     

"积极老龄化"与公共图书馆

针对席卷全球的人口老龄化浪潮，就公共图书馆如何开展老年读者服务工作。以配合联合国第二届世界老龄大会提出的“积极老龄化”战略的实施，提出对策。     

QQ网络咨询服务探析

QQ咨询服务是在网络环境下随时为读者提供在线咨询的一种服务手段，是对传统图书馆参考咨询服务的一种完善和更新。将成为现代图书馆参考咨询服务的主要发展方向，具有许多新的特点。图书馆应利用QQ所具备的各项功能为读者开展网络咨询服务，同时要解决服务中的有关问题。     

多媒体阅览室拓展少儿网络学习教育功能的思考——以柳州市图书馆多媒体阅览室为例

互联网承载和传播着大量的信息和数据,其中有不少涉及色情、暴力、诈骗等不健康信息。以柳州市图书馆多媒体阅览室为例,就如何正确引导少儿读者利用网络进行学习,拓展公共图书馆多媒体阅览室的网络学习教育功能阐述了自己的想法。     

Factors associated with the type of violence perpetrated against adolescents in the state of Pernambuco,Brazil

To analyze the factors associated with the types of violence against adolescents reported in Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2009 to 2012. Prevalence study conducted through an electronic database from the Violence Surveillance Official System in a population of 5259 adolescents (aged 10–19 years). Poisson regression was used, with significance level at 5%. There was a significant increase of 204% in the number of violence reports, and the number of reporting units increased by 92.6%. When separately evaluated, physical violence was the most prevalent type, accounting for 44.7% of the reports. Taking as independent variables the age range of 15–19 years, female, having no disability, and public roads as place of occurrence, the positively and independently associated factors were: male gender (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.4–1.6) with physical violence; having deficiency (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.5–2.0) with psychological violence; age range of 10–14 years (PR 2.4, 95% CI 2.2–2.6) with sexual assault; and male (OR 3.9, 95% CI 2.0–7.5), having disabilities (PR 4.6, 95% CI 2.7–9.7), and occurrence in residence (PR 2.8, 95% CI 1.3–6.1) with neglect. Age between 10 to 14 years was associated with the occurrence of sexual assault; male with the occurrence of physical violence and neglect; having disabilities with psychological violence and neglect; and occurrence in the residence was associated with neglect.     

‘It's The Catcher in the Rye… He said it was the kind of book you made your own': Finding Holden in Contemporary YA Literature

Published in 1951,The Catcher in the Rye encapsulated teenage angst. Some time ago David Belbin mused about the influence of Catcher on the proliferation and popularity of YA literature. Salinger's recent death has sparked a renewed interest in his work and more attention on Holden and his inheritors. This article discusses how five recent adolescent novels, with male protagonists, mirror Holden's adolescent paralysis. They exist in a liminal state between childhood and adulthood, attempting to understand the phonies around them. These protagonists help define the nature of the ‘lost’ adolescent in the current golden age of YA literature.     

Mediating effects of resistance training skill competency on health-related fitness and physical activity: the ATLAS cluster randomised controlled trial

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of resistance training skill competency on percentage of body fat, muscular fitness and physical activity among a sample of adolescent boys participating in a school-based obesity prevention intervention. Participants were 361 adolescent boys taking part in the Active Teen Leaders Avoiding Screen-time (ATLAS) cluster randomised controlled trial: a school-based program targeting the health behaviours of economically disadvantaged adolescent males considered “at-risk” of obesity. Body fat percentage (bioelectrical impedance), muscular fitness (hand grip dynamometry and push-ups), physical activity (accelerometry) and resistance training skill competency were assessed at baseline and post-intervention (i.e., 8 months). Three separate multi-level mediation models were analysed to investigate the potential mediating effects of resistance training skill competency on each of the study outcomes using a product-of-coefficients test. Analyses followed the intention-to-treat principle. The intervention had a significant impact on the resistance training skill competency of the boys, and improvements in skill competency significantly mediated the effect of the intervention on percentage of body fat and the combined muscular fitness score. No significant mediated effects were found for physical activity. Improving resistance training skill competency may be an effective strategy for achieving improvements in body composition and muscular fitness in adolescent boys.