Managing the Personnel in University Libraries: A Developing Country Perspective

Let's face it, these days leading and managing a library workforce is a complex task, as many competing factors influence the values, behaviors, and culture of library workplaces. This feature column, written by Nosheen Fatima Warraich and Kanwai Ameen, focuses on academic libraries in Pakistan, as the workplace setting; but the research also has implication for the management of library human resources in other contexts and in other countries.

Reading this contribution caused me to think about the issues relating to human resource management in a broader global context. This article is a timely reminder that library workplaces are pretty much the same across the world—something I was reminded of recently when I spent some time at an academic library in Malaysia. Local context and issues are important in any consideration of library human resource challenges and opportunities with local factors (such as enterprise agreements, workforce composition, etc.) never far from the focus of library leaders. However, leaving aside local context, library workplaces are also impacted by global factors (including information and communications technologies, global economic conditions, etc.). More so than ever before, the challenges and opportunities playing out when it comes to leadership and management of library human resources, have many things in common. This feature column highlights this point well as it brings a nice mix of applied research and professional practice experience. Based on some large scale research, its findings may be helpful to library leaders in contexts beyond Pakistan.

I am pleased to feature this contribution to help highlight the global nature of our practice of professional skills in librarianship and the leadership of library human resources. As always, I invite contributions to the column on topics broadly addressing themes or issues for library workers throughout their career lifecycle. Please submit articles for this column to the editor at vicki.williamson@usask.ca. Please mark the subject line of your submission “IILR contribution.”     

“至今活着的一代人的一个代表”——《地下室手记》与《伤逝》比较

鲁迅特别关注过陀思妥耶夫斯基及其创作 ,并受其深刻的影响。《地下室手记》与《伤逝》在思想叙述与表现形式上有着惊人的相似及接近。两位伟大的作家 ,对于灵魂的刻画与描绘 ,至今令人回味无穷     

Conserving a boundary: The conservation and management of a Berlin Wall mural

In 1991, five segments of the Berlin Wall, first painted by renowned contemporary artists Thierry Noir and Kiddy Citny, were bought at auction, transported to the USA, and placed in an outdoor environment that severely advanced the deterioration of the painted surface and reinforced concrete substrate. This paper discusses aspects of the conservation treatment and management plan for these painted segments of the Berlin Wall. The strategy and criteria for the conservation program were defined by a multidisciplinary team that comprised conservators, concrete specialists, and engineers; the deliberations of this team also led to an appropriate treatment and management plan. The choice to intervene at a minimal level meant treatment was restricted to stabilization rather than restoration or reconstruction of deteriorated areas. Additionally, the team decided to reinstall the pieces indoors to reduce future deterioration.     

浅谈地下管网总图管理

结合本溪钢铁公司的地下管网开挖普查的经验教训，详细论述了企业在地下管网总图管理中存在的问题以及应采取的对策。呼吸企业为了长远利益，必须制定一个与生产相匹配的科学的地下管网总图管理办法。     

递归数列通项与不动点原理

运用线性空间的不动点原理,研究了几类递归数列通项问题,获得了求三类递归数列通项公式的一种新方法。     

玻璃幕墙施工的质量控制

玻璃幕墙具有光洁、明快、挺拔、轻质、高强等特点,同时它将建筑物外围护墙的防风、遮雨、保温、隔热、防噪音、防空气渗透等使用功能与建筑装饰功能有效地融合为一体,并作为结构的一部分,直接承受荷载和地震作用.但其构造复杂,施工技术要求高,专业性强.因此,对玻璃幕墙工程的质量控制十分重要.本文通过对华南某医学院图书馆玻璃幕墙施工工程为例,根据国家有关规范,从设计、选材、制作及施工等方面分析了玻璃幕墙工程的质量控制要点.     

关于Lusin定理的教学研究与实践

在实变函数的教学实践中,通过对Lusin定理进行教学实践探索,深深体会到,只有通过深入的教学实践研究,才能逐步加深对教学内容的理解掌握,才能启迪学生智慧、培养学生的创新能力和想象能力、激发学生学习数学的兴趣。这是把数学教活的最根本的一环。     

贮水钢筋混凝土构筑物的整体浇筑

贮水、水处理和泵房等地下或半地下钢筋混凝土构筑物是给排水工程中常见的结构,特点是构件断面较薄,钢筋一般较密。要求具有高抗渗性和良好的整体性,需要采取连续浇筑。对这类结构的施工,须针对它的特点,着重解决好分层分段流水施工和选择合理的振捣作业。     

A completed research and development work project in school: The teachers’ learning and possibilities, premises and challenges for further development

The article is based on a follow-up study of a research and development work project with school leaders and teachers conducted in a Norwegian lower secondary school. The purpose is to present an understanding of what the practitioners find they have learned during the project and how they experience the situation with regard to development about two years after the project has ended. The study concludes that continuity in both leadership and the teaching staff means that the involved practitioners can develop an identity with a common objective over time, and that development can then be seen as improvement.