The eight public library systems in the County of San Mateo, California have joined together under a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) for the purchase of a shared automated…
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The eight public library systems in the County of San Mateo, California have joined together under a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) for the purchase of a shared automated circulation system. This mutual effort, known as the Peninsula Libraries Automated Network (PLAN), is an effective cooperative library network for the planning, operation, and use of the system. Background information about PLAN member libraries and the circulation system of choice are described, followed by discussion of the basic components of this cooperative effort: 1) Joint Powers Agreement and organizational structure; 2) jurisdiction responsibilities and financial planning; 3) database and policy areas requiring joint decision; and 4) current areas of concern, and benefits to date.
Rebecca Dunkle and Catherine McLoughlin
The steps requisite to automating a region are outlined by Richard Boss. The initial step is a needs accessment, the components of which are listed. Typical cost elements and…
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The steps requisite to automating a region are outlined by Richard Boss. The initial step is a needs accessment, the components of which are listed. Typical cost elements and telecommunication options are reviewed. The importance of timetables and the scope of decision making are stressed. The IRVING Library Network Project is briefly described.
VINE is produced at least four times a year with the object of providing up‐to‐date news of work being done in the automation of library housekeeping processes, principally in the…
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VINE is produced at least four times a year with the object of providing up‐to‐date news of work being done in the automation of library housekeeping processes, principally in the UK. It is edited and substantially written by Tony McSean, Information Officer for Library Automation based,in Southampton University Library and supported by a grant from the British Library Research and Development Department. Copyright for VINE articles rests with the British Library Board. The subscription to VINE is £10 a year.
This paper examines four questions: Was the US workforce diverse in previous times? What were the origins of its diversity? How did management scholars of the past view the…
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This paper examines four questions: Was the US workforce diverse in previous times? What were the origins of its diversity? How did management scholars of the past view the diversity of the US workforce? Why did they view diversity as they did? While the workforce was diverse, particularly in the era 1880‐1930, the diversity was addressed exclusively in the early practitioner literature, not in theoretical literature. Five intellectual trends contributed to the “invisibility” of diversity in theoretical literature: ethnocentrism, the USA’s vision of itself, nativism (especially racial nativism), assimilationism and convergence theory.
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In 2020, the latest James Bond film will hit cinema screens. The film has been produced by Eon Productions, is based on Ian Fleming’s suave, sophisticated super spy and stars…
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In 2020, the latest James Bond film will hit cinema screens. The film has been produced by Eon Productions, is based on Ian Fleming’s suave, sophisticated super spy and stars Daniel Craig in the title role. With a troubled production shoot well-documented in the media, Daniel Craig often seeming and contradictorily at odds of being both enamoured and loathing with the role, a director leaving through ‘creative differences’ and numerous screenwriters being drafted in as last-minute replacements or add-ons, it will be interesting to see how the latest Bond adventure fares both critically and financially.
At their heart, the Bond adventures – originally in Ian Fleming’s novels and short stories, and then in their film incarnations before spilling out into newer platforms – offer pure escapism for the reader, viewer, listener and gamer. Set against the backdrop of exoticism in a post-war climate, the stories centre around MI6 Agent, James Bond, stopping enemies of the British Empire in their attempts at world domination. They gave the reader a sense of both an attempt by Fleming/Bond to recapture Britain as an important power on the world stage. Whilst Bond may have sipped martinis as he coolly dispatched the latest despotic tyrant, they also offered up ideas about time, place, culture, the social climate of the period and gender.
This book will focus on numerous aspects of the Bond-catalogue, but in particular paying particular attention to how the portrayal of gender, both in the stories and behind the scenes, has helped shape one of the most significant, important and successful British franchises.