Managing Uncertainty for Preventive Conservation

ABSTRACT

This paper examines how conservators engage with uncertainty when creating preventive conservation strategies. It argues that by recognising contexts in which uncertainty will be encountered conservators can develop effective management strategies. A typology of uncertainty explores a range of categories of uncertainty, their experience in preventive conservation and identifies distinct approaches to manage them. Managing uncertainty may include acts of defining its parameters, exposing and resolving through communication or protecting from with contingency. Whatever approach is adopted it must be accepted that uncertainty cannot be avoided. It is important therefore to aim to live well with uncertainty and the paper advocates for preventive conservation applications of strategies recommended in health care for patients with life-threatening illnesses. These strategies include working on things that can be controlled, goal setting, acceptance and factoring in emotions. The ability to identify contexts in which uncertainty is inbuilt should trigger those concerned with preventive conservation to activate strategies developed for managing and living well with uncertainty.     

均等化视角下中美社区图书馆阅读推广实践与启示

[目的/意义] 针对均等化视角下中美社区图书馆阅读推广实践的差异进行比较分析,旨在中美社区图书馆相互借鉴的基础上,提高社区图书馆的服务水平和质量。[方法/过程] 以中国宁波市社区图书馆、美国密尔沃基市社区图书馆为例,利用个案分析和对比分析的方法比较中美社区图书馆开展的阅读推广均等化实践。[结果/结论] 通过对社区图书馆服务的供给均等、过程均等和消费均等的对比与分析,得出均衡资源配置、实现阅读推广供给均等化,创新文化活动形式与内容、实现阅读推广过程均等化,尊重读者自由选择权利、实现阅读推广消费均等化,依托文化特色、宣传社区图书馆均等化服务以及构建城市社区公共文化服务平台,共建、共享社会文明新成果的启示。     

Benefits to Collection Development Librarians from Collaborating with “Community-Embedded” Librarians-In-Training

The 21st century collection manager encounters serious challenges in collection development (e.g., budget shortages, lack of skilled personnel, lower agency prioritization, and reduced available staff time). This article explores a practical, low-cost solution to these challenges that prevent collection developers from regularly creating/managing adequately balanced collections. It discusses the role of 93 “community-embedded” librarians-in-training to develop contextually situated collections in a graduate course taught seven times in an information sciences program in a southern land grant university. Findings of collection management activity tasks completed during the course provide evidence of accrued tangible outcomes/benefits to motivate collection development librarians and their information agencies collaborate with librarians-in-training in future initiatives.     

Information-seeking behavior of economics graduate students: If you buy it,will they come?

The information-seeking behavior of social science graduate students has been the subject of many studies, but none have concentrated only on the economics graduate student population and their unique needs. The purpose of this focus group study was to use group discussions to understand the actual online behavior of graduate economics students when conducting research. The results provide insight and information about the skills and characteristics of economics graduate students, their first steps in conducting research online, their use of publicly available and library resources, challenges to finding information, and resources used to overcome these challenges.     

高校图书馆利用第二语言开展阅读推广的研究——以华东理工大学图书馆为例

近年来,随着第二语言学习热情高涨,多语言阅读日益普遍。高校图书馆进行第二语言阅读推广是大势所趋。根据本人多年从事阅读推广的经验,本文从以下三个方面分析了第二语言阅读推广的策略:结合时代热点、将需求驱动与价值植入相结合、积极调动本校外语资源,并且提出了开展相关推广中存在的问题,最后展望了利用第二语言进行阅读推广的广阔前景。     

高校图书馆社交媒体阅读推广实证研究

文章通过调查问卷分析高校图书馆用户对社交媒体阅读推广的需求和影响因素。研究表明:微信是用户使用频率最高的社交媒体,图书推荐是用户评价度最高的微信阅读推广类型,阅读服务是用户需求度最高的社交媒体阅读推广类型;用户的性别、学科背景和年级对需求存在显著影响。文章建议:建设以微信、微博为主的阅读推广平台,加强社交媒体阅读服务,积极开展推广活动,提供差异化的阅读推广服务,强化社交媒体平台的宣传推广。     

中国漆艺的发展脉络及其价值

中国漆艺历史悠久，源远流长，是世界漆艺的源头，对世界漆艺产生了深远的影响。她有着“气韵生动的线”、“精彩绝艳的色”，是“宇宙生命的象征”和“上古东方的现代派绘画”；有着极强的防水、防蛀、防腐和装饰的实用价值。她品类繁多、用途广泛，具有极高的收藏价值。     

篮球教学中学生观察学习能力的提升研究

为了深入探讨提高学生在篮球教学中的观察学习能力,本论文主要通过文献资料法,对观察学习的分类及其过程进行阐述,分析了观察学习与相关学习的区别。并对学员观察学习的对象及其特点进行了分析,最后根据观察学习理论与学生身心特点给出了相关建议。     

征收电子商务税的必要性分析以及相应对策探究

高度普及的网络生活,促进了电子商务的快速发展。在此背景下,一方面,传统的门店商务受到前所未有的冲击;另一方面,我国的传统税收体制也受到前所未有的挑战。也正因为如此,我国正面对着"电商征税,该不该""电商征税,难不难""电商征税,谁受益"等问题。将主要分析征收电子商务税的必要性以及征收电子商务税所带来的冲击,由此探究如何合理征税、增加财政收入、创造公平竞争平台和网络环境、提升就业率等,并提出相应的解决对策。