Breaking Down Barriers for Student Parents and Caregivers with Family-Friendly Library Spaces

Abstract

In 2016, J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte opened a reservable study room where student parents and caregivers can study with their children on campus. In 2018, the library opened a second family-friendly study room to meet the needs of our growing campus community. To inform the room design, the library conducted a mixed methods research study that included a user survey, an examination of room reservation and usage data, and one-on-one user interviews. This paper focuses on the user-centered design process used to inform the development of the second, family-friendly, library study room.     

Neighborhood crime undermines parenting: Violence in the vicinity of households as a predictor of aggressive discipline

Child discipline is a central component of parent-child interactions. Evidence suggests corporal discipline impairs children’s physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development and compromises their future chances, especially since it is more frequently used against at-risk children. Using geocoded data for 1209 children under the age of five and their mothers, this study analyses the relation between the occurrence of crimes in close proximity to households in four major urban municipalities of Colombia and a particularly violent corporal discipline practice: hitting children with objects. Results indicate that exposure to violent crimes, such as homicides and personal injuries, predicts a higher probability of hitting children with objects, even after controlling for a set of individual, family, and neighborhood characteristics. Sensitivity analyses suggest violent crimes are not related to other discipline methods, and less threatening crimes, such as robbery and drug trafficking, are not associated with hitting children with objects. These findings suggest households’ walls are permeable, and outside threats may interfere with families’ dynamics and well-being. Future directions and implications are discussed.     

图书馆馆藏文献资源评价：层次分析法应用的理论研究

在分析文献资源的特征的基础上,以大学图书馆为例,研究了层次分析法实际应用的客观环境、评价目标、评价模型的厘定以及评价方法。     

学术期刊的目次及其编排

针对学术期刊这一特定属类，分析了目次的功能、特点，给出6种常见的目次编排位置；依据侧重点的异同，归结了4种编目方法，逐一阐释各编排方法的特点及适用范围。     

试论网络环境下高校图书馆的参考咨询工作

分析了当前我国高校图书馆所处的网络环境，网络环境下参考咨询工作的新特点和主要问题，提出了深化基于网络的高校图书馆参考咨询服务的新思路。     

发挥学术期刊对国家西部大开发战略的科技支撑作用<林业科学>的有益尝试

西部大开发是我国政府在2000年提出的重大战略决策，生态环境建设是这一决策的重大问题之一。学术期刊应该采取积极措施，为实现这一战略发挥科技支撑作用。介绍《林业科学》在过去几年中发挥这种作用的一些探索性工作。     

高师美术教育学科的定位与走向

高师美术教育的繁荣与发展,面临着许多机遇和挑战。在新时期,师范院校的美术教育应符合当前形势的需要,结合高等师范类美术教育的改革,明确自身定位,突出自身特色,并确立切合实际的美术教育新理念,以适应当前的新形势、新任务和新要求。     

现实世界不确定性的哲学意蕴

不确定性是普遍存在的,是现实世界的本质属性。人类的实践和认识活动并不仅仅在于追求确定性,更重要的是消除不确定性。不确定性渗透在人类的思想、行动之中,是各种理论的前提和基础。它根源于客观事物或过程自身和认识主体以及认识主体与客体之间的复杂关系中,具有本体论与认识论的含义。     

论21世纪高校学报的集成管理

为提高高校学报的整体质量，根据系统科学思想以及综合集成方法理论，提出高校学报集成管理的设想，并对高校学报集成化管理的特征和优越性进行了论述。     

RESEARCH SECTION: Examining the nature and perceived causes of indiscipline in Zimbabwean secondary schools

The problem of student indiscipline is an issue of concern for teachers and parents around the world. Teachers need to maintain student discipline and for them to do so it is important that they also understand the nature of discipline problems. This study, by Lawrence Kofi Ametepee, who is studying for a PhD in special education, Morgan Chitiyo, board certified behaviour analyst and Assistant Professor of Special Education, both at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA, and Susan Abu, who is currently a graduate student in the Department of Women's Studies at Texas Women's University, was designed to examine the nature and perceived causes of student indiscipline in Zimbabwean secondary schools. The authors anticipate that such an examination will promote teachers’, parents’ and policy makers’ understanding of student indiscipline, which will, in turn, enhance disciplinary policies and practices, making schools safer for all students and more effective in their role as educational and socialising agents.