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Mateus Yuri Passos created the group
Science Journalism and Science Writing on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months ago -
Eileen Joy deposited Not Self-Indulgence, but Self-Preservation: Open Access and the Ethics of Care in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis chapter explores how certain forms of academic publishing—especially scholar-led, community-owned, open-access platforms and presses—might enable better forms of institutional life conducive to personal flourishing and the increase of public knowledge (and to lubricating the important connection between the two), especially at a time when the…[Read more]
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Fletcher Durant deposited Preservation Assessments in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoIn the 40 years since Stanford and Yale undertook the first large scale preservation assessments of library collections, American library collections and responsibilities have grown dramatically, even as funding has failed to keep pace. Evaluating the condition and needs of collections remains essential to preserving collections for current and…[Read more]
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Anthony Cerulli deposited “Epilogue: Healing Concerns in South Asian Texts, Histories, and Societies.” in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis epilogue reflects on scholarship in the study of South Asian medicines and healing traditions at the end of the twentieth century and in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. It underscores the growing multidisciplinarity of this field, and it
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Anthony Cerulli deposited “Allegory and History, Life and Embodiment.” in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoA study of the Sanskrit allegory, Life Delighting (Jivanandanam), and the uses of allegorical literature for historiography.
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Ludovica Price deposited Selecting Fiction – An Evaluation in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis essay aims to make a thorough analysis and evaluation of the research paper, ‘Selecting fiction as a part of everyday life information seeking’ (Ooi and Liew, 2011). In doing so, it broadly uses the ‘three-pass’ approach proposed by Keshav (2007), in order to better appraise the material, its proposals, research methods, findings and conclus…[Read more]
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Isadore Auerbach George deposited Analysis and Commentary on Public Library Services’ Digital Reinvention During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThe advent of digital technologies has caused significant disruption to the operations of public libraries. The Internet-connected user can access information and e-books instantly online, throwing the role of the public library into question. Libraries have responded in different ways: some have focused on expanding digital collections and remote…[Read more]
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Francesco Luzzini deposited Sounding the depths of providence: Mineral (re)generation and human-environment interaction in the early modern period in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThe genesis and growth of minerals, as well as the existence in ore veins of such organic features as ‘seeds’, ‘matrices’, and ‘nourishment’, remained central and recurrent issues for natural philosophers, technicians, alchemists and practitioners throughout early modern Europe. By providing an overview of the main themes, voices, and concurrent…[Read more]
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Fletcher Durant deposited Preservation Librarian: Position Overview in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months ago50 years after Frazer Poole was named the first Preservation Librarian at the Library of Congress, Preservation Librarianship is a small but mature field in research libraries. Since Poole began his work, the core responsibilities of the position, namely to ensure enduring access to collections acquired and held by libraries, remain essentially…[Read more]
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Sophia Griffiths deposited Creating Accessible University Libraries for Students with Visual Impairments: An Investigation of the Resources and Strategies used by Librarians. in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoBackground: University students with visual impairments (VI) can have difficulties accessing the library’s collection. The growth in academic libraries’ electronic resources alongside developments in assistive software technology have given libraries the opportunity to make their material more accessible for visually impaired students, but pre…[Read more]
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Luis Ernesto Paz Enrique deposited Sistema de Superación de las Televisiones Locales para potenciar el Proyecto de Desarrollo Local. Sistematización de Experiencias in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoEl libro aborda los principales resultados y características del proyecto científico: Sistema de Superación de las Televisiones Locales para Potenciar el Proyecto de desarrollo Local, cuyo objetivo se enfoca en el municipio de Caibarién. El territorio se selecciona debido a que cuenta con un canal local y en el mismo se implementa el Programa Nac…[Read more]
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Ludovica Price deposited Evaluating the Past, Present and Future of Chinese Library Classification (CLC) in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoChina is one of the few countries worldwide to have had a relatively sophisticated, unbroken tradition of library classification for nearly two thousand years (Zhang, 2003). This may be considered a crowning achievement in the history of library and information services; yet paradoxically, China’s adherence to its literary traditions led to s…[Read more]
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