Municipal Library Research Articles

Cheerful Chick by M. Brockenbrough

Brockenbrough, Martha. Cheerful Chick. Illustrated by Brian Won, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2019.
 Accompanied by Brian Won’s vibrant illustrations, Martha Brockenbrough tells the story of an energetic chick with a passion for cheerleading. Waving her pompoms and performing her best moves, Cheerful Chick tries to spread cheer around the barnyard. However, the grown-up animals do not seem to share her enthusiasm and Cheerful Chick soon finds herself feeling discouraged. In the end, Cheerful Chick realizes that her high spirits have not gone unappreciated after all.
 This picture book explores the fact that we cannot always count on others to share in our passions. Brockenbrough’s use of the descriptor grown-up for the animals too busy for Cheerful Chick’s antics opens up room for discussions about the stressors that can make adults seem grumpy to energetic children who want others to share their cheerful moods. Although Cheerful Chick finds there is a troupe of chicks ready to join her cheers, the lesson about learning to feel joy even when joy is not shared by others proves to be the most interesting aspect of this story.
 Packed with colourful full-page spreads and rhyming text that is perfectly paced for reading aloud, Cheerful Chick is sure to become a story time favourite. The obvious place for this picture book is in a farm-themed story time, but librarians, educators, and parents will also find it lends itself well to themes such as feelings and friendship. This picture book is an irresistible burst of optimism that is sure to delight preschoolers and older children alike.
 Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 stars Reviewer: Samantha Nugent
 Sam works as a librarian at Hinton Municipal Library.

Librarian in charge of social media: Volunteering or staffing position?

Тhe problems of library services integration into social media are considered. The main activities of the library specialist working in social media are revealed. The opinion is expressed that the library account in social networks has not only a marketing function, but also an educational and service one. The example of applied research "Activities of municipal public libraries in Belgorod region on the grounds" held in 2016, Belgorod state universal scientific library, lists the shortcomings of the mission of the municipal libraries of the region in social networks, among them the lack of system and low frequency, incorrect processing of accounts, poor navigation, insufficient efficiency in answering queries of users and the support of dialogue. It is proved that the insufficient realization of the potential of social networks as a resource for promoting libraries and a platform for full library and information services is due to human resources. It is concluded that the library, the leading representation of the library in social networks, requires an employee at a separate rate for work in social networks.

«БРОШЕННЫЕ ВПЕРЁД». Проектная деятельность общедоступных муниципальных библиотек Хабаровского края как результат взаимодействия с местным сообществом

«БРОШЕННЫЕ ВПЕРЁД». Проектная деятельность общедоступных муниципальных библиотек Хабаровского края как результат взаимодействия с местным сообществом

Let's Tell a Tale: Storytelling Events in English L2

Let's Tell a Tale:Storytelling Events in English L2 Elisa Bertoldi (bio) In Italy, cultural organizations and associations promote children's literature and the pleasure of reading through storytelling initiatives. These initiatives support reading from very early childhood to adolescence, starting from parental storytelling and gradually proceeding to autonomous engagements with books. The initiatives are organized and take place in libraries, theaters, cultural centers, and schools where volunteer narrators and librarians run open-access storytelling events based on books for children or adolescents (Nati per Leggere, Crescere Leggendo, Youngster). To cater to the many different languages used in Italy and to promote inclusion through activities and initiatives that are relevant at the intercultural level for children, local libraries in Italy also organize storytelling events in languages other than Italian. For many years, the collaboration between the University of Udine and the Municipal Library "Vincenzo Joppi" in Udine (Northeast Italy) has given rise to initiatives that promote plurilingualism through children's literature. A few years ago, a lecturer of the University of Udine, Maria Bortoluzzi, and the librarians of the main municipal library decided to offer some storytelling events in English as a second language (from now on English L2) in the main library of the town. For the children and the narrators, English is a foreign language. The main aim was to promote the acquisition of English L2 through narrative and informal modalities in libraries as significant and familiar contexts for children. Thanks to the local librarians, teachers, and educators, a series of storytelling meetings called "Let's Tell a Tale" was organized. The events in English L2 have been taking place in the town libraries and focus on children from four to eight years old. The volunteer narrators have been offering to little boys and girls the opportunity to listen to stories in English inspired by books for children. The initiative promotes English acquisition not only as a second language but also as a multicultural means to offer a wider perspective on children's literature in languages different from the native languages. The events have been taking place in recent years at the children's section [End Page 51] of the Municipal Library of Udine, and they are based mainly on picture-books of stories in English. In June 2018, regional funding resulted in the initiative "Let's Tell a Tale" being transformed into a research project of the Udine University entitled "Storytelling in English L2 for Young Learners and Adolescents in Informal Contexts of Acquisition: Innovative and Inclusive Approaches for Local Library Networks." The project (directed by Maria Bortoluzzi, Udine University) is organized in collaboration with the librarians of the Children's Section of the Municipal Library of Udine, led by Tiziana Danna. I (Elisa Bertoldi) am involved in the project as a research assistant. My role is to identify best practices and effective actions to support students from nursery, primary, and middle school in their approach to English L2 through narration used informally in extra-school contexts such as libraries. The initiative "Let's Tell a Tale" has been extended to four district libraries of the Udine area. The project is also used to conduct qualitative research about the use of children's literature in informal contexts to approach English L2 in an effective, emotionally positive, and motivating way. This gave me the opportunity to organize and supervise sixteen storytelling events from October 2018 to May 2019. The local libraries that have been chosen to host "Let's Tell a Tale" 2018-2019 share some common characteristics: even though they are quite small in terms of space, they have a large catchment area, and they are not yet equipped with a multilingual section for children. Click for larger view View full resolution The decision to host these events in the district libraries was also aimed to reach a wider number of parents and caregivers in order to disseminate the importance of giving children the opportunity of an early approach to a second language through literature. Recent scientific research in the field of second language acquisition has demonstrated the extraordinary advantages of acquiring and learning languages different from the native tongue especially, but not exclusively, at a...

Diane J. Reilly, The Cistercian Reform and the Art of the Book in Twelfth-Century France. Knowledge Communities. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2018, 230; 16 color plates.

This volume contributes to our understanding of the liturgical and mental world of the early Cistercian monks and to the oral and aural community associated <?page nr="398"?>with early Cîteaux. Its title may be a misnomer for it is not about “Reform” per se or really about the art of the book (in the sense used by most specialists on the medieval book), but about the early liturgical practices at the new monastery that came to be called Cîteaux and about illustrations or illuminations of a limited number of manuscript volumes produced at Citeaux and preserved in the Dijon municipal library.

The Library Improving Life for Older Adults

This article discusses aging in Cuban society and the role of public libraries in this sphere. Research performed at the Municipal Library of San Antonio de los Baños shows how it is possible for libraries to contribute positively to the quality of life of older adults, in terms of both physical and mental health. A multistage study involving a questionnaire (N=200 elders), interviews (N=83), recruitment to a library program (N=18), and follow-up interviews demonstrated improvements in the lives of the participants in the library program. These improvements overcame challenges that were found in the lives of the total number of study participants. Study findings indicate that elders integrated into society maintain a more positive outlook as compared to those who do not participate actively in society, and the library performs a key role in bringing about positive outcomes for older adults.

A11] Initiatives for Promotion of Open Data Utilization: The Osaka Municipal Library Digital Archives

A11] Initiatives for Promotion of Open Data Utilization: The Osaka Municipal Library Digital Archives

أثر مكتبات المطالعة في تنمية مهارة القراءة لدى الأطفال

Reading Is The Mechanism That Allows Knowledge And Science To Be Received In Different Forms; They Are One Of The Few Means Of Acquiring Scientific Skills, And Thus They Are Of An Important Nature. Without Them, - In Any Case - To Communicate With Different Scientific Patterns, Such As The Book And The Magazine And The Department Of Knowledge And So On. Different Countries And Governments Have Given This Skill (Reading) The Utmost Importance; They Have Provided Public Reading Spaces, Including Specialized In A Particular Area Of Knowledge. The Interest Of Some Countries Has Been To Allocate Reading Spaces To Certain Segments Of Society, Because It Is Favored And High, Because A Child Today Is The Man Of Tomorrow. The Libraries Of Our Country Have A Great Deal Of Interest And Focus. Algeria Has Built Many Different Libraries, Including Municipal Libraries, Libraries Of Cultural And Youth Houses, Not To Mention School Libraries, Reading Rooms And Libraries In Our Universities; This Has Enriched And Developed Minds , And Developed By Receiving Different Methods Of Knowledge And Acquisitions. This Article Attempts To Explain The Role Played By The Public Reading Libraries In Algeria, Focusing On Their Impact On The Establishment Of The Child's Reading Culture, And Its Role In The Promotion And Promotion Of Reading And Literary Products Among Them, And The Development Of This Skill, Which Is No Less Important Than Other Language Skills Other (Listening, Speaking And Writing).

A Study on the Opening Hours of Public Libraries According to the 52-hour Working Week: Focused on Gimhae Municipal Library

A Study on the Opening Hours of Public Libraries According to the 52-hour Working Week: Focused on Gimhae Municipal Library

Research on the Construction of Annual Report System of Urban Libraries in China

The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee clearly stated the modernization of the national governance system and the ability to govern. The library annual report system is a complete framework and mechanism for dealing with the interaction between the state, libraries, society and citizens. The important component is an important part of the modern state governance system. The Public Cultural Service Guarantee Law and the Public Library Law regulate the annual report. As one of the types of public cultural facilities, it is inevitable that public libraries establish an annual report system and improve the mechanism of library management and service. New situations and new problems encountered in systems, business processes, and improving service efficiency have a major role to play. The paper uses literature research, network research, questionnaires and other methods to investigate the current situation of the construction of the annual library system of urban libraries in various provinces and municipal libraries across the country. The Shenzhen Library and the Guangzhou Library have established an annual report system or norms, which are compiled in the annual report. In the process, there are problems such as imperfect system design, unattractive content structure, inconsistent data statistics, and timely timeliness. City libraries can propose strategies for improving system design, user experience, supervision and evaluation, and provide reference for the establishment of the annual public notice system and the preparation of annual reports for the new round of opportunities.

PROJETO ARQUITETÔNICO PARA RELOCAÇÃO DA NOVA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA MUNICIPAL E PARQUE DE LEITURA – CIDADE DE PRESIDENTE PUDENTE/SP

The project of the new municipal library comes with the intention of creating a space that is inviting for people to enter, use and stay doing the integration of the public with the place and promoting the approximation with the habit of reading, attracting the public through meeting points and leisure that allows you to stay. The project also brings a brief rescue to the memory of the former occupation of the building that was Cine Cine Gomes very well known in the city of Presidente Prudente. With the great circulation of pedestrians were proposed environments that start in the outside with a square and open parklets, and with the transparency of the building makes visible the interior attracting the public into the library, in addition to providing natural lighting and ventilation for greater visual comfort and thermal room inside the building, with spaces accessible for people with disabilities.

Ein Leben Mohammeds

Abstract The principal purpose and nucleus of the article is the publication of a Latin text of highly demanding qualities in terms of philological principles which, in connection with its first abundantly annotated translation into German, has hitherto scarcely been noticed by researchers. The only literary collection which bears witness to the existence of the manuscript is a folio edition which presumably came into being in the middle of the 12th century, i. e. during the time of the crusades (conquest of Jerusalem in 1099) and is kept in the municipal library of the city of Treves. The dialogue between the anonymous author and a Greek, who hates the Saracens, forms the content. When, in the centre of the text, the author asks about Mohammed, the ‘monster’ (monstrum), the Greek relates the life of the hater of all Christians in the darkest colours. He begins wit Mohammed’s youth when he was a swineherd, continues with his devil-initiated encounter with the heretic Nestorius and the general development of a new common ‘faith’ as well as its spreading among the desert tribes by means of sorcery and deceipt and the student’s treacherous murder of his teacher. The assassin is then married to a Babylonian royal widow and, finally, meets his contumelious death caused by a pigs’ attack. The repeated comparison of our text with poetical ‘western’ scripts of the 11th and 12th centuries (Embricho of Mayence, Guibert of Nogent, Walter of Compiègne) as regards the subject matter leads us to the conclusion that our manuscript is likely to be of a most Islam critical tendency.

Biblioteki miejskie jako „miejsca trzecie” a deglomeracja kultury. Wnioski z badania sieci bibliotek miejskich w Krakowie

This text addresses the significance and potential of municipal libraries. The author considers the results of research conducted to evaluate the network of municipal libraries in Kraków (a UNESCO City of Literature) and to prepare a strategy for a new cultural institution, the Kraków Library. He considers libraries in terms of “place.” The notion of “place” here involves both the urban dimension of a library (that is, its role and location in the city space) and the architectural sense (its interior and attractiveness). He attaches great importance to a library’s city-forming and culture-forming roles, and to the social role of the library as a “third place,” a place that is neither home nor work and in which diverse participants can undertake joint activities.

Responsible aquaculturists: The information-seeking behavior of milkfish farmers in Iloilo, Philippines

Compliance with a policy, law, standard or code requires understanding of its provisions. However, for someone to understand it, he must be aware of its existence and be provided access to it. A qualitative-quantitative research was conducted to determine the awareness of milkfish farmers about the Philippine Code of Practice for Aquaculture in the municipalities of Leganes and Zarraga, Iloilo Province, the Philippines and their information-seeking behaviors. Results revealed that the majority of the respondents were not aware of the existence of the Code, hence, there is a low level of compliance. When seeking everyday life information, the majority of the milkfish farmers depended on television, personal or person-to-person communication and radio, while when seeking for fish farming information, personal communication was the preferred source. None of the respondents was aware of the existence of their municipal libraries.

Modernization of the Municipal Children’s Library: the Way of Development

The aim of the article is conceptual justification of the modernization process of the municipal children’s library in Krasnoyarsk. The article substantiates the prerequisites for the modernization of urban libraries associated with the rethinking of library functions in the era of informatization. The library is considered as a public institution, whose activities are subject to changes in time and space. Publications of many domestic librarians, such as S.G. Matlina, O.A. Dubinina, V.V. Zverevich and E.A. Kalinina, became the basis for this study. The process of modernization of municipal libraries, launched in Krasnoyarsk in 2015, occurred as a spatial modernization. Single color scheme, design, symbols and library logotypes are intrinsic to Krasnoyarsk libraries. The developed brand is networked, but it remains possible to create an individual image of each library separately, taking into account its personification and priority areas of activity. The technological processes of modernization of the children’s library presented by the example of S.V. Mikhalkov Children’s Library, belonging to the Krasnoyarsk Centralized Library System for children named after N. Ostrovsky, are of great interest for professionals. Implementation of the concept of library as a centre for the development of language culture became part of the modernization. The research trend allowed to create a unique zoning for the library through the image of ‘laboratory’, using the principle of research, study and discovery. For two years of work, the main indicators of the modernized library activity changed: attendance, book delivery and the number of readers have increased. The updated library, offering modern work formats, is now popular among the population, as clearly evidenced by the dynamics of the main indicators of library activities. The library becomes an attractive and even prestigious place of work for young and promising professionals, full of ideas and desire to implement them.

Libraries as learning environments: the example of “Libraries for Everyone”

PurposeIn this paper, the Libraries for Everyone Project and the studies carried out within the scope of the project are presented; the role of libraries as learning environments is discussed; and the data obtained from the library usage research/survey are shared. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approachThe research includes the findings of a questionnaire study that was applied in May, 2017 to 4,566 respondents from 147 libraries participating in the project. The population is represented with a 99% confidence level and a sampling error of 0.02. The sample size was decided based on the number of registered members in the libraries.FindingsMunicipal libraries have potential to be used as learning environments.Originality/valueThe usage survey reported in the study is the most comprehensive usage study on municipal libraries so far in terms of the number of participants. The Libraries for Everyone Project is the most extensive project implemented at municipal libraries in Turkey.

Enacting property: Making space for the public in the municipal library

The space of the municipal library is changing. Libraries are no longer the traditional haven for quiet contemplation. In many cities across North America and the UK, municipal libraries have become a central social hub, a social service provider and a place of shelter for the marginal. In combination with technological advances and the hovering threat of budget cuts, the space of the library and the multiple publics it serves has becoming increasingly debated. We argue that the library and its changing mandate can be usefully understood through a property lens. The library is not only public space, we argue, but also public property. The manner in which the library, as public property, is enacted, is complicated most immediately by the competing conceptions of the ‘public’ that the library is to serve, but also by the ambivalent relationship between the ‘public’ and the ‘private’, and by the spatiality of the library itself. We demonstrate these complications in the context of changes to the sleeping policy in the Edmonton Public Library in Alberta, Canada (2014–2015).

Análisis de esquemas de metadatos para catalogación de tesis y proyectos de investigación

Este artículo revela el análisis comparativo de los esquemas de metadatos MARC21, MODS, DUBLIN CORE y OPAC en la catalogación y publicación de tesis y proyectos de investigación en el repositorio DSpace. Inicia con la elaboración y aplicación de una encuesta a los administradores bibliotecarios de las instituciones: Universidad de Cuenca, Universidad del Azuay, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana y la Biblioteca Municipal de la ciudad de Cuenca, con el fin de determinar el esquema de metadatos empleado en la catalogación de tesis y proyectos de investigación. Luego se realiza la instalación de una Máquina Virtual bajo el sistema operativo Ubuntu, utilizando la herramienta tasksel se instalan los requisitos previos a la instalación de DSpace, configuración del repositorio DSpace y publicación de los contenidos de tesis y proyectos de investigación dentro del repositorio. Se concluye que el metadato que predomina dentro de los repositorios DSpace es el Dublin Core y es el que mejor se adecua para la catalogación de tesis y proyectos de investigación, en las pruebas con estudiantes y profesores en los tres aspectos: técnico, de uso y funcional. El esquema de metadato Dublin Core en el repositorio DSpace es calificado como excelente, presentando un nivel medio de complejidad en el registro de documentos.
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 This article reveals the comparative analysis of metadata schemas MARC21, MODS, DUBLIN CORE and OPAC in cataloging and publication of thesis and research projects in the DSpace repository. It begins with the development and implementation of a survey to library administrators of the following institutions: University of Cuenca, Azuay University, Catholic University of Cuenca, Salesian University and the Municipal Library of the city of Cuenca, in order to determine the schema metadata used in cataloging thesis and research projects. Then a virtual Machine was installed under the Ubuntu operating system. By using the tasksel tool the prerequisites are installed previous to the installation of DSpace, DSpace repository configuration and publication of the contents of thesis and research projects within the repository. It is concluded that the metadata that prevails within the DSpace repositories is the Dublin Core and it is the one best fits for cataloging thesis and research projects, in tests with students and teachers in the three aspects: technical, use and functional. The Dublin Core metadata schema in the repository DSpace is rated as excellent, having an average level of complexity in registration documents.

Silencio y obediencia en el proyecto educativo de la catalana Juliana Morell (1594-1653)

This article analyzes the projection as Dominican nun of the Catalan Juliana Morell, as well as her thought, and educational discourse within the framework of the recatholizing offensive in France at the beginning of the 17th century after the death of Henry IV. From the documentation of the National Library of France and the Municipal Library and the Library Ceccano of Avignon the works and the correspondence of this personage, who was child prodigy and later prioress in the convent of Sainte-Praxede in Avignon, are examined. In particular, her ideas about education, silence, and obedience are underlined within the framework of conventual discipline. The influence of Jesuit pragmatism (De la Puente and Rodriguez), her distancing from alumbradismo and quietism, her vindication of humility and mortification, and the exaltation of the intellectual union with God, far away from Baroque sensory experiences, is clearly evident.

Collette’s Lost Pet by I. Arsenault

Arsenault, Isabelle. Collette’s Lost Pet. Tundra Books, 2017.In this attractive, graphic novel-style picture book, Canadian author and illustrator Isabelle Arsenault tells the story of Collette—the new girl at Mile End. Unsure of how to meet other children in her new neighbourhood, Collette invents a story about a lost bird. As more children are recruited to help search for Collette’s lost bird, the fib grows, too. Although children and adults of all ages will enjoy this book’s delightful illustrations, the text is best suited to more mature readers within and above the publisher-recommended age range of 4 to 8 years. Since many younger children are taught to always speak truthfully, this book is more suitable for older readers who can reflect critically on a white lie that is not punished, but instead elicits empathy and kindness. Additionally, much of the story is told through Arsenault’s illustrations, which invite readers to find meaning beyond the words on the page. However, this nuanced relationship between text and illustrations is balanced by familiar picture book conventions, such as the repetition of phrases.Collette’s Lost Pet explores the relatable themes of being new and trying to fit in, and the protagonist’s fanciful invention of an increasingly larger-than-life parakeet makes this book’s text as engaging as its illustrations. This story demonstrates the importance of welcoming newcomers and is sure to be an appreciated addition to school, public, and home library collections.Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Samantha NugentSam works as a librarian at the Hinton Municipal Library.