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Publication date: 6 December 2018

Charles I. Guarria

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Proposition 13 – America’s Second Great Tax Revolt: A Forty Year Struggle for Library Survival
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ISBN: 978-1-78769-018-9

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Publication date: 1 March 1986

Few issues in recent times have so provoked debate and dissention within the library field as has the concept of fees for user services. The issue has aroused the passions of our…

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Few issues in recent times have so provoked debate and dissention within the library field as has the concept of fees for user services. The issue has aroused the passions of our profession precisely because its roots and implications extend far beyond the confines of just one service discipline. Its reflection is mirrored in national debates about the proper spheres of the public and private sectors—in matters of information generation and distribution, certainly, but in a host of other social ramifications as well, amounting virtually to a debate about the most basic values which we have long assumed to constitute the very framework of our democratic and humanistic society.

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Collection Building, vol. 8 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0160-4953

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Publication date: 2 May 2006

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Advances in Library Administration and Organization
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ISBN: 978-1-84950-403-4

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Publication date: 19 January 2022

Paloma Taltavull de La Paz, Jim Berry, David McIlhatton, David Chapman and Katja Bergonzoli

This paper focusses on analysing the impact of crime on the housing market in Los Angeles (LA) County. By looking at different types of crime instead of general crime measures and…

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This paper focusses on analysing the impact of crime on the housing market in Los Angeles (LA) County. By looking at different types of crime instead of general crime measures and controlling by spatial dimension of prices and crime as well as endogeneity, a model is developed that allows for the understanding of how a specific crime impacts the housing market transaction price. To perform the analysis, the paper merges different data sets (crime, housing transaction and census data) and then computes the distances to crucial transport modes to control the accessibility features affecting housing prices. The latter allows estimating the association of housing prices and crime in the distance and estimating the impact on housing depending on it.

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This paper focusses on the following crimes: aggravated assault, burglary (property crime), narcotics, non-aggravated assault and vandalism. The paper shows firstly how incidents of reported crime are distributed across space and how they are related to each other – thus highlighting crime models with spatial influences. Secondly, the research utilises instrumental variables within the methodology to estimate house prices using spatial analysis techniques while controlling for endogeneity. Thirdly, it estimates the direct impact of crime on house prices and explores the impact of housing and neighbourhood features.

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Results suggest that house transaction prices and crime are closely correlated in two senses. Housing prices are endogenously negatively associated with the levels of narcotics and aggravated assaults. For narcotics, the impact of distance is shorter (1,000 m). However, for burglary, vandalism and non-aggravated assaults, the price reaction suggests a positive association: the further away the crime occurs, the higher the prices. The paper also shows the large spatial association of different crimes suggesting that they occur together and that their accumulation would make negative externalities appear affecting the whole neighbourhood.

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The use of a huge database allows interesting findings, but one limitation can be to not have longer time observations to identify the crime evolution and its impact on housing prices.

Practical implications

Large implications as the relationship identified in this paper allow defining precise policies to avoid crime in different areas in LA. In addition, crime has significant but quantitative small effects on LA housing transaction prices suggesting that the effect depends on the spatial scale as well as lack on information about where the crimes are committed. Lack on information suggests low transparency in the market, affecting the transaction decision-taken process, affecting the risk perception and with relevant implications over household welfare.

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This paper relates the spatial association among crimes defining the hotspots and their impacts on housing transaction prices.

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Publication date: 1 April 1991

J.N. Berry, W.J. McCluskey, W.S. McGreal and T. Beamish

Looks at mechanisms to encourage the growth of the small industrialsector in Northern Ireland. Evaluates the respective ideas of enterpriseagencies and the private developers�…

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Looks at mechanisms to encourage the growth of the small industrial sector in Northern Ireland. Evaluates the respective ideas of enterprise agencies and the private developers′ scheme, together with opinions of users (tenants) and developers. Concludes that slow rental growth means that grant assistance is necessary to ensure a moderate level of return to the developer.

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Journal of Property Finance, vol. 2 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0958-868X

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Publication date: 8 August 2017

Lindsey Reno and Megan Lowe

Weeding is, among all of the tasks common in librarianship, one of the most rife with conflict. The purpose of this chapter was to examine the emotions and emotional impact of…

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Weeding is, among all of the tasks common in librarianship, one of the most rife with conflict. The purpose of this chapter was to examine the emotions and emotional impact of deselection on librarians and library staff using a framework of weeding styles. The authors did a qualitative survey-based case study. They created a survey using Google Forms and deployed it to five library-related listservs and one Facebook group. All of the questions were mandatory, except for the open-answer questions. The authors also conducted an extensive literature review. The survey revealed a more harmonious practice than the literature might indicate. There were some noteworthy correlations drawn among weeding styles, emotions, and the practice of weeding. The authors discuss the implications of their findings and ideas for future research. They also provide strategies and recommendations in terms of communication in the course of deselection and how to handle emotional labor in the workplace. A literature review conducted by both authors did not reveal any other examination of this type. The chapter will fill a gap in the literature.

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Emotion in the Library Workplace
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ISBN: 978-1-78743-083-9

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Publication date: 17 May 2018

Karl Pettitt

Purpose – This chapter will utilize the apprenticeship model developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in their Preparation for the Professions series…

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Purpose – This chapter will utilize the apprenticeship model developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in their Preparation for the Professions series to study how American Library Association (ALA)-accredited Master of Library Science (MLS) programs could be reformed to better integrate the interests of educators with those of the practicing profession and the public they serve.

Design/Methodology/Approach – The Carnegie model uses three “apprenticeships” to distinguish the three areas professional education must address, labeled in this chapter as knowledge, practice, and identity. Each of these three areas is explored as it relates to the education of librarians, with an emphasis on what constitutes the general knowledge, skills, and identity of librarianship. Examples of how these three components could be integrated into an MLS program are given.

Findings – Current ALA-accredited MLS programs differ widely on the number and content of required courses. Applying the model developed in the other Carnegie studies to the field of library education yields a clearer vision for the professional education of librarians and to a reorienting of the educational experience students encounter in their MLS studies.

Originality/Value – Using examples from other professional education programs allows library educators to see the means by which a holistic education is achieved in other professions. The novelty of this approach is in the breakdown of the various components of a professional education program. The tripartite approach to professional education also provides a useful framework around which to build an MLS program.

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Re-envisioning the MLS: Perspectives on the Future of Library and Information Science Education
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ISBN: 978-1-78754-884-8

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Publication date: 2 September 2024

Damian Mellifont, Annmaree Watharow, Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes, Jennifer Smith-Merry and Mary-Ann O'Donovan

Ethical principles and practices frequently support the position that people with disability are vulnerable. Vulnerability in research traditionally infers a need for protection…

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Ethical principles and practices frequently support the position that people with disability are vulnerable. Vulnerability in research traditionally infers a need for protection from harm and raises questions over the person’s capacity to consent and engage. In addition, vulnerability in ethics infers a state of permanency and one that is all-encompassing for everyone within the vulnerable groups. This construction of vulnerability in effect legitimises the exclusion of people with disability from research or monitors and restricts how people with disability can engage in research. This results in an implicitly ableist environment for research. In this chapter, which has been led by researchers with disability, we argue that there is a critical need to move beyond a popularised social construction of vulnerability which serves to perpetuate barriers to including people with disability in research. Like all terms, the traditional and popular construction of vulnerability is open to reclaiming and reframing. Under this reconstruction, what is traditionally viewed as a limiting vulnerability can be owned, openly disclosed and accommodated. Following a pandemic-inspired ‘new normal’ that supports flexible workplace practices, and in accordance with UNCRPD goals of inclusive employment and reducing disability inequity, we argue that the pathway for people with disability as career researchers needs an ethical review and overhaul. We provide readers with a practical roadmap to advance a more inclusive academy for researchers with disability.

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Advances in Disability Research Ethics
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ISBN: 978-1-78769-311-1

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Publication date: 1 August 1991

J.N. Berry, W.G. Deddis and W.S. McGreal

Compares two approaches to waterfront regeneration – theCustom House Docks scheme in Dublin and the Laganside scheme in Belfast.Discusses the background to regeneration…

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Compares two approaches to waterfront regeneration – the Custom House Docks scheme in Dublin and the Laganside scheme in Belfast. Discusses the background to regeneration initiatives as a means of promoting inner city renewal. Concludes that Custom House Docks has been able to institute development at a reasonable pace whilst Laganside may require the status of Enterprise Zone designation.

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Journal of Property Finance, vol. 2 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0958-868X

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Publication date: 1 June 1992

J.N. Berry and W.S. McGreal

Gives background to the Urban Development Grant (UDG), withparticular reference to Northern Ireland. Considers some examples of theapplication of UDG in central Belfast. Evaluates…

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Gives background to the Urban Development Grant (UDG), with particular reference to Northern Ireland. Considers some examples of the application of UDG in central Belfast. Evaluates the effect of UDG on the core of Belfast. Concludes that UDG has made significant developments possible in the core of Belfast, but at a high cost to the public sector.

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Journal of Property Finance, vol. 3 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0958-868X

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