86 research outputs found
THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK AUCTION RECORDS
No full textThis paper describes the Australian Book Auction Records, a dataset of prices and other information collected from auctions of rare books. The dataset contains a large number of prices from Australian rare book auctions, and a much smaller number from London rare book auctions. All the books in the records are connected in some way to Australasia. The sources and inclusion criteria of the records are set out, and the process of converting the records into a digital database is described. The paper presents a statistical profile of the data which includes the distribution of prices, the sizes of the auction events documented and details about repeat sales. The usefulness of the data is discussed, and suggestions for supplementing the data are provided, along with directions for future research.
EXPLAINING THE BREADTH OF EXPERT ESTIMATE RANGES IN AUCTIONS OF RARE BOOKS
No full textThis paper uses data from 3144 rare book auctions to study the breadth of auctioneers’ estimate ranges. The ‘information hypothesis’ proposes that wider ranges reflect greater uncertainty. The ‘reserve hypothesis’ proposes that a narrower range indicates a higher reserve price. The information hypothesis is tested by seeing whether estimate breadths are related to the presence of greater information about likely prices. The reserve hypothesis is tested by seeing whether narrower estimate ranges predict ‘no sales’. Evidence is found in support of the information hypothesis but not the reserve hypothesis. The paper identifies differences between the auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s in the estimate strategies they adopt.
THRUSTERS, SCOOPERS, SCROUNGERS AND SQUIRRELS: A TAXONOMY OF PUBLIC SECTOR AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS
No full textThe concept of public sector accountability is attracting a great deal of attention both inside and outside the academy. Performance auditing is one of a large and growing number of mechanisms that are used to enhance accountability. Though it is an important and prominent feature of public administration in many countries, performance auditing is often said to be difficult to define. Kells and Hodge (2009) proposed a framework for defining performance auditing, which they then used to study other types of accountability and review mechanisms, including management audits, whistleblower laws, freedom of information laws, open book policies and citizen engagement models. This paper formalizes and generalizes Kells and Hodge’s framework. After expressing the framework using set function notation and concepts from game theory, the paper then applies the elements of the framework to develop a general taxonomy of audit and accountability mechanisms. The taxonomy is presented graphically, and then in the form of a new terminology of mechanism types. The paper concludes with directions for future research regarding the design and evaluation of accountability mechanism
Mi Cultura Cura/Healing Through Culture: Testimonios de la Nueva México Digital Archive Project
No full textKells and Romero will discuss their Mi Cultura Cura: Testimonios de la Nueva México Digital Archive and their research approach to the examination of diverse public discourses through grassroots community engagement. Kells and Romero apply a social epistemic rhetoric approach toward constituting a public archive to generate rich descriptions of the public health experiences, environmental conditions, and cultural landscapes of New Mexico communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project implements a reciprocal research process through a cooperative of New Mexico institutions and community organizations to constitute and contribute to the construction of Mi Cultura Cura: Testimonios de la Nueva México Digital Archive.
Levi Romero is the New Mexico State Poet Laureate and Professor of Chicano Studies at the University of New Mexico where he serves as Director of New Mexican Cultural Landscapes Certificate Program. He is the author of A Poetry of Remembrance: New and Rejected Works, In the Gathering of Silence and Sagrado: A Photopoetics Across the Chicano Homeland. He is co-editor of a recently published collection of essays Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland as well as Metamorfosis: New Mexico Women Writers, Bilingual Anthology.
Michelle Hall Kells is a professor of Rhetoric and Writing in the Department of English at the University of New Mexico where she teaches courses in civil rights rhetoric, environmental justice, and language equality education. Her most recent books include Vicente Ximenes, LBJ’s Great Society, and Mexican American Civil Rights Rhetoric and a co-edited volume with Laura Gonzales, Latina Leadership: Language and Literacy Education Across Communities. Kells is currently working on several book projects including a monograph on the Salt of the Earth Recovery Project, a memoir, and an eco-poetry collection, The San Joaquin River Club.
Mi Cultura Cura Team Members: Keith Sanchez, Graduate Student, Chicana & Chicano Studies Isabel Strawn, Undergraduate Student, Rhetoric & Writing Jonathan Sisneros, Graduate Student, Rhetoric & Writinghttps://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_events/1095/thumbnail.jp
Australian pulps 1939–1959: You go high, we go low
No full textThis is an La Trobe eBureau publication by Stuart Kells.The book explores the little-known pulp publishing scene in Australia, popular during the middle parts of the 20th
century. Stuart examines the circumstances that gave rise to this field
of ‘low literature’; the major publishers, artists, and authors; and
the different expressions of pulp genre – crime, westerns, sci-fi,
romance and ‘weird tales’. Filled with vividly illustrated covers, it
provides a valuable record of mostly overlooked Australian writers and
the culture surrounding their production.Browse our open access books on eBureau</div
"The ways of the world." Being a history of the life of David Kells, the hero of seven battles.
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Conflict between Independent Scrutinisers of Transport Megaprojects: Evidence from Australia
No full textIf, in the context of an ‘audit explosion’, public sector projects are subject to multiple and uncoordinated forms of independent scrutiny, then the different scrutinisers could reach contradictory conclusions, adopt incompatible methods, and ultimately provide less effective oversight. In the Australian state of Victoria, three independent scrutiny mechanisms operate concurrently on transport megaprojects. The three mechanisms – performance auditing, probity auditing and gateway reviews – are not coordinated and yet have overlapping goals relating to integrity and value for money. This paper describes the three scrutiny mechanisms, before presenting evidence that the mechanisms can generate contradictory conclusions that remain unreconciled, and that the mechanisms conflict in ways that affect the viability of at least one of the mechanisms. The paper concludes with a discussion of implications for Europe and directions for future research
The Australian book auction records
No full textThis paper describes the Australian Book Auction Records (ABAR), a resource of information collected from auctions of old, fine and rare books. All the books in the records are connected in some way with Australasia. The authors outline the history of ABAR, consider the usefulness of the resource for librarians and other potential users of the data, explain the inclusion criteria of the records, and present a statistical profile of the data. The authors discuss their recommendations for supplementing the records, focusing on their contention that the results of on-line book sales should be included in future if the resource is to remain relevant for users.Published versio
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