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Publication date: 1 March 1987

Alice J. Tallmadge

When former Assistant Oregon State Librarian (now Iowa State Librarian) Shirley George talked about the Oregon State Library's pioneering OPAC system, she began with a story about…

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When former Assistant Oregon State Librarian (now Iowa State Librarian) Shirley George talked about the Oregon State Library's pioneering OPAC system, she began with a story about another Oregon State librarian, a spunky, turn‐of‐the‐century innovator named Cornelia Marvin. According to George, Cornelia was energetic, determined, and very much committed to getting information to the public using any means available.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 15 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 4 April 2013

Davin L. Phoenix

Purpose – This chapter offers a unique examination of the influence of a city’s electoral arrangements and political culture on the governing capacity of minority mayors…

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Purpose – This chapter offers a unique examination of the influence of a city’s electoral arrangements and political culture on the governing capacity of minority mayors. Highlighting the important roles played by institutional context in shaping the agendas and opportunities for minority mayors enriches the scholarly discussion of descriptive representation.Approach – I employ case study examinations of the three minority mayors elected from the city of Denver, Colorado, focusing prominently on current mayor Michael B. Hancock. I utilize archival data consisting of accounts from local newspaper stories, journal articles, and written recollections from the mayors themselves to evaluate how well three distinct electoral strategies—including a novel strategy, which I have termed as the issue agreement coalition model—aid mayors in advancing the interests of their shared race constituencies. I evaluate these strategies by assessing relevant policy outcomes and economic indicators.Findings – Observational comparisons lead me to conclude that across a variety of issue domains, the issue agreement coalition model provides minority mayors with the greatest capacity to advance their shared race constituencies’ interests, whereas the deracialization model provides the least.Value – This chapter is of value to students of urban politics, particularly those interested in descriptive representation. The novel electoral strategy introduced here provides scholars with a new paradigm allowing for richer evaluations of minority mayoral tenures. Additionally, the focus on the relationship between institutional context and mayoral governing capacity can aid scholars’ understanding of the unique opportunities and limitations facing minority mayors.

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21st Century Urban Race Politics: Representing Minorities as Universal Interests
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ISBN: 978-1-78190-184-7

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Publication date: 1 January 1982

George Webb

Although much has been written in Australia about the need to adopt integrated physical distribution management systems, little has been said about the approach firms should use…

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Although much has been written in Australia about the need to adopt integrated physical distribution management systems, little has been said about the approach firms should use in implementing such systems. The present paper used a structured problem‐solving process to show how solutions can be generated, evaluated and implemented. The paper argues that implementation problems in the physical distribution area can be overcome by a proper consideration of resource availability and option acceptability during the evaluation stage of the problem solving process, and by the preparation of action plans.

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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management, vol. 12 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0269-8218

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Publication date: 1 October 1901

The great difficulties which attach to the fixing of legal standards of composition for food products have now to be grappled with by the Departmental Committee appointed by the…

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The great difficulties which attach to the fixing of legal standards of composition for food products have now to be grappled with by the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture to consider and determine what regulations should be made by the Board, under Section 4 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1899, with respect to the composition of butter. As we predicted in regard to the labours of the Milk and Cream Standards Committee, so we predict now that the Butter Committee will be unable to do more than to recommend standards and limits, which, while they will make for the protection of the public against the sale of grossly adulterated articles, will certainly not in any way insure the sale of butter of really satisfactory, or even of fair, composition. Standards and limits established by law for the purposes of the administration of criminal Acts of Parliament must of necessity be such as to legalise the sale of products of a most inferior character, to which the term “genuine” may still by law be applied as well as to legalise the sale of adulterated and sophisticated products so prepared as to come within the four corners of the law. It is, of course, an obvious necessity that official standards and limits should be established, and the Board of Agriculture are to be congratulated upon the manner in which they are endeavouring to deal with these extremely knotty problems; but it is important that misconception on the part of the public and the trade with respect to the effect of the regulations to be made should be as far as possible prevented. All that can be hoped for is that the conclusions at which the Committee may find themselves compelled to arrive will not be such as to place too high and too obvious a premium upon the sale of those inferior and scientifically‐adulterated products which are placed in such enormous quantities on the food market.

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British Food Journal, vol. 3 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 May 1983

In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of…

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In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of material poses problems for the researcher in management studies — and, of course, for the librarian: uncovering what has been written in any one area is not an easy task. This volume aims to help the librarian and the researcher overcome some of the immediate problems of identification of material. It is an annotated bibliography of management, drawing on the wide variety of literature produced by MCB University Press. Over the last four years, MCB University Press has produced an extensive range of books and serial publications covering most of the established and many of the developing areas of management. This volume, in conjunction with Volume I, provides a guide to all the material published so far.

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Management Decision, vol. 21 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0025-1747

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Publication date: 1 March 1926

A publication issued by the Department of Health Wellington, New Zealand, contains the following interesting article which recently appeared in the Wellington “Evening Post”:—

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A publication issued by the Department of Health Wellington, New Zealand, contains the following interesting article which recently appeared in the Wellington “Evening Post”:—

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British Food Journal, vol. 28 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 31 July 2008

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Documents from F. Taylor Ostrander at Oxford, John R. Commons' Reasonable Value
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-84663-906-7

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Publication date: 1 March 1963

A RECENT ‘Dixon of Dock Green’ television episode portrayed a Time and Motion consultant in a very unfavourable light. The script writers did not attempt to explain his work…

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A RECENT ‘Dixon of Dock Green’ television episode portrayed a Time and Motion consultant in a very unfavourable light. The script writers did not attempt to explain his work, being too intent on creating credible circumstances for an attempted murder. All they needed was to build up a situation which made the workers' hostility to his activities obvious. It is to be hoped that homicide is not now an added occupational risk of consultants or Work Study men!

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Work Study, vol. 12 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0043-8022

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Publication date: 1 June 1939

I do not think anyone will deny that some form of control is essential in order to ensure that the processes of milk production and distribution are carried out in a proper…

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I do not think anyone will deny that some form of control is essential in order to ensure that the processes of milk production and distribution are carried out in a proper manner. This object may be attained in one of three ways:—

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British Food Journal, vol. 41 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 December 1995

John Conway O′Brien

Puts forward the view that the atrocities committed in thetwentieth century, particularly in Germany and the Union of SovietSocialist Republics, were due to widespread acceptance…

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Puts forward the view that the atrocities committed in the twentieth century, particularly in Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, were due to widespread acceptance of the Stoic doctrine that man was the measure of all things, a doctrine made popular by scholars of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Discusses the move from belief in original sin, a Supreme Being and the imperfection of man to man as essentially good and self‐perfectible, directed by his own reason. Highlights the effects of Communism and National Socialism and the rejection of traditional morality in favour of secular humanism. Concludes that this move led to the worst atrocities known to man. Advocates a return to the law of nature, a code of morality and the “moral compass” of religion which has perdured the test of time.

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International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 22 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0306-8293

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