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The Irish Working Group on Information Literacy: a cross-sectoral approach
Get PDFBACKGROUND
At its 2006 AGM, the Library Association of Ireland (LAI) passed the following motion:
‘That this Annual General Meeting calls on the incoming Executive Board to work with other agencies to adopt a standard for Information Skills; lobby to ensure government is made aware of the need for, and value of Information Skills; lobby government to recognise and affirm the role of Libraries in the delivery and maintenance of Information Skills’
(proposed by the Executive Board of the LAI).
Following this, a call was sent to all library sectors seeking out members either working in or interested in the area of information skills / information literacy (IL). Members were asked whether they would be willing to contribute by participating in a working group on this topic. Membership of the working group was open to everyone, the sole stipulations being that any officers of the group must be members of the LAI, and have interest and enthusiasm!
The Working Group on Information Literacy (WGIL) was consequently established by the LAI in January 2006.
WORKING GROUP ON INFORMATION LITERACY (WGIL
Beethoven's Works for Violin and Piano
Get PDFThe purpose of this dissertation is to examine Beethoven’s works for violin and piano and to investigate their impact on the development of writing for the violin. Although Beethoven received violin lessons, they did not have any lasting benefit, as his attempts to play the instrument were far from successful. His influences when writing for the violin were French violinists such as Kreutzer and Rode. By the late 18th century when Beethoven began to compose his works for violin and piano the future of violin playing was focussed on the French school of performance, especially with Viotti, who was the first to champion Stradivari violins and to use the newly developed Tourte bow.
During much of the 18th century the ‘accompanied sonata’ was very popular. Despite the fact that the violin was recognised as an equal partner by the 1770’s, when Beethoven was composing his early works in the 1790’s for violin and piano the latter was the dominant instrument. His first four sonatas, Op. 12/1-3 and Op. 23, follow the three-movement plan and are typical of the eighteenth-century but are stylistically advanced over his earlier works for violin and piano. It is the fifth sonata, Op. 24, consisting of four movements that mark his greatest early advance in violin writing. The three Op. 30 violin sonatas express a significant development in musical style and signify a parting with his predecessors, especially the four movements of no. 2. The ninth sonata, Op. 47, is Beethoven’s most demanding and best known sonata followed by his four-movement Op. 96 sonata written after a gap of ten years
Fourier Transform Spectroscopic Demodulation of Fibre Bragg Grating Arrays
Get PDFThe application of interferometric techniques to the measurement of the thermal and strain induced shift in the resonant reflected wavelengths from an in-fibre Bragg grating array is reported in this thesis.
High power issues relating to the reliability, and subsequently to the interrogation techniques, of fibre Bragg gratings inscribed with an infrared femtosecond laser using the point-by-point writing method are reported. The study has revealed the presence of broad spectrum power losses. When high powers are used, even at wavelengths far removed from the Bragg condition, these losses produce an increase in the fibre temperature due to absorption in the coating.
The principal interest of the work is in the application of Fourier Transform Spectroscopy and Hilbert Transform Processing techniques to the calibration of interferometric delay and to provide simultaneous, high resolution measurement of all gratings in an array. These approaches are applied to interferograms captured using customised interferometric configurations. The interferometric delay is scanned by mechanical means. Calibration is based on recovery of the temporal phase vectors of the interferograms fromwhich non-uniformdelay sampling is corrected for using the temporal phase vector obtained from a reference interferogram.
This thesis demonstrates the efficacy of the Hilbert transformprocessing approach for long-scan delay calibration (1.2 ns delay). A referencing systembased on amultiple transverse mode beam, allowing co-propagation with the measurand beam through the demodulating interferometer, is also demonstrated to provide identical Fourier transformspectralmeasurements.
The Hilbert transform approach to grating interrogation is also applied to an allfibre interferometric configuration to provide∼3 pmwavelength resolution. TheHilbert transformtechnique basesmeasurement on the ratio of reference andmeasurand temporal phase vectors, providing measurement of the mean reflected wavelength of the gratings. A scheme where the reference interferogram for the all-fibre interferometer is generated by a fibre Bragg grating is also evaluated
Teen Dads: Grwoing into Fatherhood
Get PDFTeen Dads are often the forgotten parents. This papere offeres a reflective discussion on the role and needs of young fathers
Xen Installation and Configuration
Get PDFXen is an exciting and still relatively new technology. This paper describes how to get a bare bones install of xen going with minimal trouble and time
Scenarios Designed for the Verification of Mobile IPv6 Enabling Technologies
Get PDFConveying the innovations of an infrastructural based technology such as Mobile IPv6 is not easy. The identification of an application scenario can be a beneficial way to guide the development of Mobile IPv6 enabling technologies and to assist the real life deployment of Mobile IPv6. Well defined scenarios can also become an important part of the final system integration and test bed deployment.
This paper will first describe additional functional components for Mobile IPv6, particularly the ones that have been successfully integrated, i.e. MIPv6 bootstrapping based on EAP (with and without MIPv6 DHCPv6 extensions and DNS/IKEv2), AAA for MIPv6 bootstrapping, and HA load sharing.
We will then highlight a methodology used in identifying an application scenario chosen to demonstrate the operational mobility service. We will briefly review the state of the art in the domain and seventeen scenarios in the “Mobile and Wireless Systems and Platforms beyond 3G” area. We will then show the process of defining one specific demonstrable scenario, which adequately verifies the technical and business requirements for the deployment of a Mobile IPv6 service
Carrier capture dynamics of InAs/GaAs quantum dots
Get PDFCarrier dynamics of a 1.3 mu m InAs/GaAs quantum dot amplifier is studied using heterodyne pump-probe spectroscopy. Measurements of the recovery times versus injection current reveal a power law behavior predicted by a quantum dot rate equation model. These results indicate that Auger processes dominate the carrier dynamics. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics
Promoting physical activity participation among children and adolescents
Get PDFWith global increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents, there has never been a more urgent need for effective physical activity programs. The aim of this narrative review is to summarize the evidence of the effectiveness of interventions that report physical activity outcomes in children aged 4-12 years and adolescents aged 13-19 years. A systematic search of electronic databases identified 76 interventions. Most interventions were delivered via the school setting (57 interventions), nine through the family setting, six via primary care, and four in community- or Internet-based settings. Children's physical activity interventions that were most effective in the school setting included some focus on physical education, activity breaks, and family strategies. Interventions delivered in the family setting were not highly effective, but many were pilot studies. The use of motivationally tailored strategies and program delivery in the primary care setting showed promise among adolescents. Many studies had methodological and reporting flaws (e.g., no baseline data, poor study design, physical activity measures of unknown reliability and validity, and poor reporting of sample size, response rates, attrition/retention, compliance, year of intervention, and duration of intervention). Publications reporting the results of evaluations of intervention studies should follow the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials guidelines or, for nonrandomized studies, should follow the Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs guidelines. Further evidence of the effectiveness of interventions promoting young people's physical activity in family and community settings is needed
Information Literacy’ – a core competency for the 21st century library
No full textSecretary of the LAI Working Group on Information Literacy (WGIL) delivered a presentation about the work of the Group to date. WGIL was established by the LAI to recommend strategies for the development of information skills education at both a theoretical and practical level in the Library and Information Services sector in Ireland. Terry is the Deputy Librarian at the Waterford Institute of Technology
LESSONS LEARNED PRACTICES: CASE STUDY OF A LEADING IRISH CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATION
Get PDFThe implementation of lessons learned (LL) practices within construction
organizations are viewed as an important part of knowledge management (KM),
having the potential to improve the outcomes of a project. PJ Hegarty & Sons, a
leading Irish construction organization, has recently implemented such practices as
part of the Engineers Ireland Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
accreditation scheme. The purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate the
adopted practices, which include a LL database, supported by LL seminars. Adopting
a case study methodology, a survey and in-depth interviews with a broad spectrum of management and professional staff was conducted, including a director, project managers, quantity surveyors, foremen and engineers. It was found that the delivery of LL requires careful consideration of its intended users. In addition to integrating LL practices into existing organizational procedures, notification of new lessons and continuous training on the use of the database are required. Delivery of LL seminars should be focused at project-level and conducted on site to support both individual and organizational learning. The use of both technology and face-to-face interaction is important in the success of LL, particularly in aligning individual learning with that of the organization