Sentences with phrase «public access to their materials»

As more resources become available only electronically, there will be an even greater challenge for academic libraries who wish to provide meaningful public access to their materials.

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In practical terms, this may mean using taxation to assure access to key public goods such as education, health care, and a minimum income, but it also means abandoning «material egalitarianism» and, whenever possible, seeking non-statist ways to achieve social goals.
I would like to see a world where Congolese women, and all African women, have access to public lectures and materials on women's rights».
Wednesday afternoon, the Council's Rules Committee held a hearing on legislation that would mandate that legislative and discretionary funding data be available to the public in a machine readable format, and call on the City Council Speaker to develop a public technology plan for public access to City Council materials and meetings.
The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is proud to provide digital access to unique and interesting materials from our rich collections.
The New York Times and NBCUniversal, citing the First Amendment right of access to the courts, filed papers arguing that the materials should be made public.
Nearly 12,000 reporters worldwide have so far registered for access to embargoed materials and more than 10,000 public information officers have registered to provide new releases about research at their institutions.
The bill seeks greater USPSTF transparency regarding the public comment process, adherence to the Administrative Procedure Act, engaging stakeholder experts and patients in a meaningful way and public access to deliberations and supporting materials.
In order to make Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests to SUNY Downstate Medical Center pursuant to New York State Public Officers Law, you may submit a written request describing the material to the Records Access Officer in one of the following ways:
The «open notebook» approach involves full disclosure and public publishing of raw story materials, a focus on science research published in open access mediums, and encouraging scientific story sources to provide their contact information for follow - up coverage of the story.
Local archives, with material dating back to 1800s CP site (public access to Internet and e-mail) kitchen ceilidhs Gaelic resource centre (childrens Gaelic.
There were also several barriers — and subsequent workarounds — identified around technology and infrastructure: grappling with a slow and unwieldy public contract code for technology and even furniture procurement; allowing for Bring Your Own Device programs given the state's free public education clause; and struggling to provide sufficient technology access at school and home for all students if the district wanted to adopt digital materials.
Our state operates a public education system marked by the inequitable funding, which impacts access to qualified teachers, school leaders, staff, curricula, materials and facilities.
E4E has given me a place where I can say that it isn't okay that students in many districts don't have the same materials and resources that students in many other traditional public schools have and where I can advocate on behalf of students who need additional resources to access education.
Unfortunately, every day millions of children in the United States attend dilapidated public schools with overcrowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and materials, harsh discipline policies and limited access to quality teaching and wraparound supports like school nurses, college counselors and afterschool programs.
Friendship Public Charter School intends to enter into sole source contracts with The Teaching Strategies System for Pre-K; and The Creative Curriculum System for Preschool and all products and components associated with this and any professional development related to the curriculum; Teaching Strategies GOLD assessment system and the components, training, curriculum materials, and methodologies for licenses, curriculum materials, support and ongoing access to student information.
Neighborhoods in low income areas with public libraries for student access to reading materials had significantly more gains in reading scores from spring to fall than students from high - income households with access to books as well as those from low - income households without access to books at all.
Students are encouraged to visit their local neighborhood branch of Milwaukee Public Library to upgrade to a full access card which allows them to check out materials.
SB 1784 by Sen. Larry Taylor / Rep. Dan Huberty clarifies the definition of «open - source instructional material» to refer to resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that allows for free use, including courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, videos tests, software and other materials used to support access to knowledge.
This easy access to current U.S. DOT regulations by the general public, transportation stakeholders and emergency first responders will help advance the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials that are essential to our daily lives.
In selecting communities to participate in the program, the statute requires DOT to give priority to those communities where (a) average air fares are higher than the air fares for all communities; (b) a portion of the cost of the activity contemplated by the community is provided from local, non-airport-revenue sources; (c) a public - private partnership has been or will be established to facilitate air carrier service to the public; (d) improved service will bring the material benefits of scheduled air transportation to a broad section of the traveling public, including businesses, educational institutions, and other enterprises whose access to the National air transportation system is limited (e) the assistance will be used in a timely fashion; and, (f) multiple communities cooperate to submit a regional or multistate application to consolidate air service into one regional airport.
Markham Public Library is proud to work with the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) in order to provide access to library materials for all our customers with print disabilAccess (CELA) in order to provide access to library materials for all our customers with print disabilaccess to library materials for all our customers with print disabilities.
«In a larger sense, Americans strongly value the role of public libraries in their communities, both for providing access to materials and resources and for improving the overall quality of life in their communities.
Extending the term of copyright on public domain works is a terrible idea, as we learned with the Sonny Bono Copyright Act in 1998: the main effects of taking material out of the public domain and putting it back in copyright was to enrich large publishing businesses at the expense of scholarship, archiving, librarianship, education and access, while dooming enormous chunks of our collective culture to be «orphan works,» with no discoverable owner, likely to have every known copy disappear or disintegrate before they re-entered the public domain and could be reissued.
US public libraries exist to provide free access to books and other materials to anyone, regardless of their economic, political, or citizenship status.
My best advice to aspiring authors is to reach out to people to help you stay on task and utilize the materials that Balboa offers to you (e.g., access to the marketing department, public relations and the editors).
OverDrive has long been a source of material for public libraries to loan to their patrons, but yesterday at the Beijing International Book Fair held in China the leading ebook service unveiled its greater access program for school libraries.
Google said Thursday it will make public - domain books available on its Web site — but said it would limit access to any copyrighted material for now.
Or in the Philippines, where public and private initiatives are underway to improve the country's infrastructure and public access to reading material
E-book platform OverDrive, which enables distribution of digital materials to libraries, schools, and retailers around the world, has partnered with self - publishing service Smashwords to provide public library patrons with access to two hundred thousand titles by eighty thousand different independent authors.
«Come Write In» provides libraries, bookstores, and other public spaces resources to facilitate writing events: promotional materials such as posters, window clings, and bookmarks (available for the price of shipping), access to a local NaNoWriMo liaison who can help organize events, and inclusion in a searchable public database of all participating organizations around the world.
Public libraries are excellent places to find useful information, reading materials, and Internet access.
In 1983, the Library Network Law was enacted establishing the New Jersey Library Network as a mechanism for academic, institutional, public, school and special libraries to cooperatively provide New Jersey residents with full and equal access to library materials, programs and information that might not otherwise be available in their local communities.
This innovation of engagement is demonstrated by Limitless Libraries, a partnership between the Nashville (Tenn.) Public Library and Metro Nashville Public Schools that fosters resource sharing and ultimately improves student access to learning materials.
And current state laws permit incumbent board members access to the corporate treasury, allowing them to spend millions of dollars, to hire lawyers and public relations firms, run ads and mail materials to prevent shareholders from adding their designees to the board of directors.
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Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at University of Florida is excited to present these free educational materials for public access.
Those new measures required each county to have access to a shelter and animal - control officer, and set out standards that include protection from the weather; basic veterinary care or humane euthanasia for ill or injured animals; adequate heat in winter; clean and dry pens with adequate room for animal comfort; construction with materials that can be properly cleaned and disinfected; available clean water; uncontaminated food provided daily; and public access to the facility.
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For the past 26 years, the Recology AIR program has provided artists with studio space at San Francisco's transfer station and access to materials in the public dump.
CSMRC Fellows will have an opportunity to access materials from the CSM archives and art collection, as well as other collections, including materials from two adjacent institutions, the Denver Public Library (DPL) and the Denver Art Museum (DAM).
Fellowship artists are also provided with technical support and access to tools, materials and equipment to facilitate the production of large - scale public sculptures for exhibition in the Park.
Our primary interest is to place works by the artist in all media as well as documentary materials such as catalogues, posters and films in institutions with a reputation for their scholarly approach to exhibitions and publications that have already shown an interest in and provide regular public access to the artist's work.
Her chief priority is increasing engagement with the library's resources by improving digital access to its collections, tying its materials to school curricula, and collaborating with with public and university libraries.
His residency at NTU CCA Singapore enabled public access to the archive for an extended period of time with a wealth of material showing extensive regional exchange as well as many international exhibitions in Singapore, debunking the myth of an isolated art scene.
There's also a public - access link to his Nature letter and supplementary material.
Ocean, do you have access to public school teaching materials?
It is the only one in London with road, rail and river access which enables them to use public transport to get the material to and from site.
constant and deep access and conversations related to public health management, epidemiology and the nature of medical evidence... That experience and on - the - job education has been invaluable as I've read through health studies and reviews related to wind power from around the world... which led to recognition of my expertise... I'm pleased to say that my material is helping to shape legal defences of wind energy, advocacy programs and investments in several countries.
Principal 10 states that «each individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the environment that is held by public authorities, including information on hazardous materials and activities in their communities, and the opportunity to participate in decision - making processes.»
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