Sentences with phrase «collection development work»

I'm not sure how many librarians are doing their collection development work on a blackberry, but it was a 15 minute addition, and certainly plausible in our near future, right?

Robin Bradford is someone I follow on Twitter, and she frequently Tweets her collection development work as a librarian in Washington state.

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The dairy co-operative, which has been operating in Sri Lanka for more than 38 years, has invested more than $ 2.6 m (Rs. 380m) in local dairy development over the past two years, and says it is committed to working with partners to increase milk collection, improve milk quality and increase farmer incomes.

Currently she works at a cute little library doing Readers» Advisory, collection development and running book groups.

Unlike other manifestos which he said are a collection of promises and scholarly work to impress, Mr Kufuor said that of the NPP is a commitment to upholding human dignity and development, good governance and rule of law.

Operational data including circulation, program attendance, door counts, collection development activities, and public access computer use were reviewed by a staff Working Group (which included Central Library, Buffalo branches, contract member libraries and administration staff members).

After this opening, the approximately 400 attendees — including deans, career development professionals, graduate students, postdocs, and others who are invested in the biomedical workforce — got to work brainstorming and discussing how to improve five specific areas: diversity and inclusion, mentorship, interaction between academia and industry, data collection, and curriculum.

Hermen Overkleeft, Professor of Bio-Organic Synthesis at Leiden University, added: «This work reveals the power of activity - based protein profiling: the probe described here at once enables screening for heparanase inhibitors from large compound collections and is a lead compound for drug development in its own right.

The Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) is seeking a dynamic, innovative and creative phycologist to conceive, design and conduct a program of independent and collaborative, field and collection - based systematic research on algae; to publish results of scientific research; to contribute to and provide advice on the development and use of the National Herbarium of Canada algae collection; and to work with other museum staff on the development and production of exhibits, outreach and educational programs.

According to an article published by WWD, Beyonce will «work with the product development team Topshop puts in place to «create and produce a technical and fashion - led collection» and «participate in all aspects of the partnership.»»

The body is a collection of various systems which work together when it comes to muscle development.

I'm lucky enough to work in a position where I get to be involved in the creation of a collection from start to finish: From design to development to production.

Recently, an interview with a developer who worked on the remasters revealed what went wrong during the collection's development.

The excellent 70 - minute «The Making of The Larry Sanders Show,» an in - depth look back at the development, production and evolution of the series, was originally produced for Sony's 2007 box set, as were many of the commentary tracks (including the series debut and finale) and interviews (including a reunion featurette with Shandling, Torn and Tambor discussing working together on the show and «The Writer's Process» with Shandling and Judd Apatow), while new commentary tracks and more interviews supplement the original collection.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Through collections of student work over time, portfolios show effort, development, and achievement using multifaceted criteria, often with personal commentary or self - analysis (Stecher, 2010).

Gutman Library The Gutman Library holds an extensive collection of scholarly works published in the broad fields of education, educational psychology, and human development.

The Scope of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generworking collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generWorking Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.

Our research initiatives often culminate in the development of «toolkits»: our growing collection of tools for the classroom, designed to facilitate reflection about dilemmas faced at school, work, online, and beyond.

Works in conjunction with artifact collection, self - assessments, and professional development plans for a complete evaluation process

Develop a data collection plan that includes a wide variety of data that can be disaggregated, such as state and local performance assessments, samples of student work, enrollment data for advanced courses, special programs, and professional development, as well as student and teacher survey results.

From that point, the staff has worked to improve their effectiveness through structured grade level data teams, collection and use of data to inform their instruction, and applying job - embedded professional development in their classrooms.

She currently supports the Texas Comprehensive Center's work on Texas» Accountability System for Educator Preparation and is the data collection and instrument development task lead for a randomized control trial examining the impact of National Board Certified Teachers on student outcomes.

Hall's work has included management of many types of large research and technical assistance projects including supervising logistics; development and execution of fieldwork and data collection systems; data processing, analysis, and reporting; and overall communication and collaboration with project partners and funders.

Victoria Tse focuses on K — 16 education reform, college and career readiness, postsecondary transitions, charter schools, and teacher development through her work on a variety of national, state, and local research and evaluation projects that entail qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.

What Works for Third Grade Reading is a collection of 12 working papers that addresses whole - child, birth - to - age - eight factors that support children's optimal development and offers research - based policy, practice and program options to states and communities working to improve third grade reading proficiency.

In addition to reviews, the Books for Youth section publishes bibliographies, columns, and special features designed to aid those doing collection - development and readers» - advisory work.

We'll walk through the project inception and execution, and discuss the place of self - published works in collection development and the role of librarians as tastemakers.

I've been working on a presentation for a workshop on collection development and readers» advisory for LGBTQ YA, and so I've been looking for more new titles coming out.

• Library work in reference, collection development and community relations, with a minimum of 2 years of increasing responsibility in supervision • Ability to supervise staff and organize work priorities successfully • Ability to work harmoniously with the public • Excellent communication skills • Experience with PCs, including automation software (Sirsi Dynix, preferred)

I like to solve puzzles, so most of my working life has been spent in the back of the library house, in technical services; in cataloging, acquisitions, or collection development, or some combination, usually as a manager.

Now she keeps involved in collection development and readers» advisory (her two loves) by reviewing for Reference Books Bulletin, writing reviews and articles on mysteries for NoveList, working as a consultant for publishers on marketing to libraries, and working on the Executive Board of the Adult Reading Round Table.

Wyatt's passion for readers advisory work and collection development shine through each day.

A collection development, readers» advisory and curriculum support resource for educators and librarians working with elementary students (preschool through sixth grade).

We always have work to do including planning for collection development; curating resources; collaborating on instructional design, delivery and assessment; catching up on professional reading; attending professional development events in person and virtually; and generally thinking about the past year as we consider ways to improve and benefit our respective learning communities in the future.

LJ's third annual Ebook third annual ebook summit «The Digital Shift: Libraries, Ebooks, and Beyond» featured insightful presentations and lively discussions on topics ranging from ebook discovery, how ebooks have affected collection development strategies, the growth of etextbooks, and a post-mortem on the industry's response to the Research Works Act early this year.

Whether it's a town square, luxury apartment building, street - front retail collection, or five - star hotel developments, Caruso's properties are captivating places where people from all over the world gather to live, work, shop, eat and enjoy life.

He remains active on independent game development forums, keeps an eye out for interesting indie RPGs, and is working to rebuild his SNES collection (his favorite game is Chrono Trigger).

Vicarious Visions, the talented development house who has worked with Toys For Bob making Skylanders games for the past five - plus years, is responsible for remastering the previous Crash Bandicoot games: Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped, into this new HD collection.

Similarly, the rest of their team had a collection of past work and skills that were culminated in the creation of Supergiant Games, an indie development studio that was just itching to burst with the creativity of every individual member involved.

Epic Safety also currently houses a Research and Development team for a new product collection that will work together through various sensor and communication technologies to provide optimal health outlook, sensor and safety features for aging seniors.

Since then, according to Guo Quingxiang, who oversees the Wanda Group's art collection, Wang and his company have been devoted to «collecting original and important works representative of key developments in art history,» regardless of where or when those «key developments» happened.

DECOR: How has Jane worked with Fotiou on the collection's development, and how will she work with you now that it has launched?

An amazing collection of paintings and other works from the Centre Pompidou, Paris, traces the development of this extraordinary and inventive artist, from his early figurative works to his most modern pieces.

• Work in exhibitions development and related collections technologies.

The development follows a groundbreaking addition to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in November 2014, when the largest museum in the United States accepted a gift of 57 works by self - taught African American artists from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation's William S. Arnett Collection.

Featuring nearly 100 works by Carla Accardi, Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Martin Barré, Harry Bertoia, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Burri, Sam Francis, Grace Hartigan, Asger Jorn, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Conrad Marca - Relli, Kenzo Okada, Jorge Oteiza, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Pierre Soulages, Clyfford Still, Antoni Tàpies, Jean Tinguely, Cy Twombly, Takeo Yamaguchi and Zao Wou - Ki, among others, this collection - based exhibition and publication explore the affinities and differences between artists working continents apart, in a period of great transition and rapid creative development.

The Monash University Collection has been characterised by a long - standing professional commitment to the development of contemporary art practice, leading to a major, forward - looking and adventurous collection of innovative and experimental works.

For the years to come, too, our policy will continue to focus on a well - considered development of the collection, based on the condition that each intended acquisition forms a real addition to, and can contribute to the «dialogue» with, the works already present.

His work is in the public collections of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Capitol One Bank, Richmond, VA; The Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Banana Republic Corporation, Honolulu, HI; The Sheraton, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA; and Furioso Development Corporation, Washington, DC.