Reinventing the public value of libraries

ABSTRACT

Libraries worldwide have had to re-think their purpose and adapt to changing community needs and expectations. They are no longer simply repositories for old books. Rather, they are vital components of a community’s social and economic infrastructure that connects communities and fosters creativity and innovation. This paper explores the changing role of libraries—and public value organizations more broadly—in creating positive social, economic, and environmental outcomes for individuals and communities.     

Quality,Innovation, and Financial Sustainability

Entrepreneurial, independent digital media sites arose in response to disruption in the journalism industry brought on by emerging technologies. This study explores this trend in Latin America from the perspective of audiences. Based on surveys of readers of entrepreneurial digital news sites in Guatemala and Nicaragua, this mixed-methods study offers a snapshot of who these readers are and what they are interested in. Results showed readers of the Guatemalan and Nicaraguan news sites valued equally quality journalism and innovation, but differed when it came to the importance they placed on the sites’ business models. This study also illuminated a new dimension of innovation, one from the readers’ perspective. While some respondents associated innovation with use of new technologies, in general readers defined innovation as unique (to the region) and alternative (to mainstream media) ways of doing journalism; their definition, unlike that of journalists, was not necessarily technologically driven.     

液压与气压传动教学改革的探索与实践

《液压与气压传动》课程是机械类各专业的一门重要技术基础课。几年来通过优化整合教学内容,充分利用以计算机技术为基础的现代教学媒体,对课程内容、教学手段及教学方法的改革进行了探索与实践,提高了教学质量,较好地完成了教学任务。     

项目教学法在计算机应用基础教学中的应用探析

确保计算机应用基础教学效能得到有效发挥,已成为中职教育工作者关注的焦点。文章探讨项目教学法在计算机应用基础教学中的应用,指出教师要以学生兴趣为出发点,实现任务情境的创设;以实践探究为驱动点,注重学生技能的锻炼;以开放环境为切入点,倡导创新能力的培养。     

Finding the common ground: Teachers' and employers' representations of English in an assessment context

There has been a long‐standing debate about how ‘English’ can be defined. Educational policy changes have typically been driven by differing representations of the subject, and have ranged from broad ‘aesthetic’ definitions to more narrow ‘functional’ views. The present study aims to analyse areas of consensus and contention in stakeholders' discourse regarding English. A questionnaire‐based survey and focus groups were used to explore how teachers and employers viewed English as a subject. Their views were conceptualised into three themes: the importance of functional English; English as atomistic versus holistic study; and English as critical thought. These themes are discussed in relation to historical definitions of ‘English’, and their implications for the future reform of English qualifications.     

我国体育行政执法方式改革研究

新时代对体育强国和体育法治建设提出了新要求，行政执法作为体育强国建设的重要抓手也面临着方式革新的机遇和挑战。简政放权背景下，体育执法面临着“应不应该管、怎样管”的尴尬处境，广为体育行政执法主体运用的强制性执法手段极易加剧执法矛盾，执法的社会效果得不到保障。由于传统执法方式难以适应新时代体育市场监管的现实需要，革新体育行政执法方式就显得尤为必要。面对时代课题，应遵照由“形式优化”到“实质革新”的逻辑，并树立行政平衡、服务合作和正当程序的理念，从引入信用工具、推广非强制性执法和全程说理式执法3个方面推进改革，实现体育行政执法方式的精简化、多元化和法治化。     

新时期高校思想政治教育“灌输论”教学策略

高校思想政治教育必须坚持发挥"灌输论"的传统优势,结合高校大学生自身的一些特点以及高校教育的基本规律进行创新,增强其实效性。在思路上,坚持灌输与双向互动交流的原则;在内容上,立足人文关怀,关注个体价值;在方法上,运用心灵沟通和思想互感的方法;在形式上,积极运用多元化的隐性形式;在途径上,充分利用现代化的宣传工具。     

Six into One: The Contradictory Art School Curriculum and how it Came About

This article reports historical research which sought to understand the present‐day post‐secondary art curriculum through analysing its history in terms of changes in conceptions of art. It found that there have been six distinctive curricula: Apprentice, Academic, Formalist, Expressive, Conceptual and Professional. As a new curriculum has been introduced, it has co‐existed with much contained in a previous one. Most of the curriculum changes have taken place in the past 65 years. During this time, there has been a massive expansion in the education of artists and at the same time art schools accommodated first modernism and then post‐Duchampian aesthetics. A conclusion is that this has made for a very crowded curriculum. Moreover, despite there being an ever increasing choice of things a student might learn, it appears that there is nothing which all students have to learn. It can be problematic that one part of the curriculum is in contradiction to another part, and moreover this lack of a core raises fundamental, ontological questions about what art as a discipline is.     

新时期高校档案的服务创新

新形势下高校档案服务社会化全面展开，促使高校档案馆必须树立新的服务理念，创新服务模式，改进服务手段，革新评价体系。本文基于高校档案管理服务创新理念，提出档案服务创新方法，用服务质量评估衡量高校档案服务是否到位，促进高校档案馆合理生存，顺向发展。     

关于城乡结合部中小学生心理困境现状的调查分析——以河南省周口市为例

城乡结合部中小学生面临的心理困境有日趋增多的趋势。困境产生的原因主要来自社会、学校、家庭和学生个人四个方面。只有采取强化心理健康教育工作、提高教师心理健康教育能力、构建心理健康教育体系等对策,才能使中小学生走出心理困境,实现全面发展。