Eppur si muove: un decenni de biblioteques escolars

Anàlisi de les diverses actuacions en el camp de les biblioteques escolars en l'àmbit territorial català des del 1980 fins al 1991. S'hi ressenyen les iniciatives tant institucionals com de caràcter privat que s'han dut a terme amb vista a la seva promoció, com també els estudis i altres treballs de recerca, les publicacions especialitzades i les activitats de formació per al personal que se n'ocupa.

Les biblioteques públiques i les biblioteques escolars: estat de la situació i línies de futur

Panoràmica de les biblioteques públiques i les biblioteques escolars a Catalunya i tendències de futur. Les biblioteques públiques catalanes s¿articulen en xarxes però són encara a distància d¿articular una única plataforma d¿accés a tota la informació que contenen. Pel que fa a l¿oferta de serveis, es reflexiona sobre la necessitat de modificar les conductes d¿estancament en la prestació de serveis bibliotecaris, en favor d¿augmentar el nivell dels serveis clàssics, alhora que se n¿impulsen de nous, d¿acord amb el fenomen de l¿economia de l¿atenció. Es presenten les biblioteques públiques com a eines d¿integració dels públics diversos, i també d¿impuls democràtic en totes les esferes de la societat. S¿analitza el present, necessàriament gris, i el futur possible de les biblioteques escolars a Catalunya. Les biblioteques públiques i les escolars han d¿ajudar les generacions futures a esdevenir persones autònomes en l¿ús de la informació.

La contractació de serveis externs: un recurs imprescindible per a les biblioteques escolars

El Servei de Biblioteques Escolars L'Amic de Paper ofereix als centres educatius recursos orientats a donar suport a l'organització, manteniment i dinamització de les biblioteques escolars per tal de millorar la situació en què es troben, amb l'objectiu final d'aconseguir que aquestes siguin el centre de formació i informació que la comunitat educativa necessita.

Quinze anys de biblioteques escolars a Catalunya (1992-2007) crònica d'una altra oportunitat perduda

L'article fa un balanç de les accions que s'han dut a terme en l'àmbit de les biblioteques escolars a Catalunya, des de l'any 1992 ¿data en què es tancava un panorama anterior publicat en aquesta revista¿ fins a l'actualitat. Se'n descriu la situació actual segons un estudi fet a tot l'Estat espanyol i es valoren les iniciatives dutes a terme per les administracions educatives catalanes, entre les quals la posada en marxa, des del curs 2004, del programa «PuntEdu». Així mateix, es revisen les activitats reivindicatives de la professió docent i bibliotecària en defensa de les biblioteques escolars. Finalment, es fa un repàs de la formació adreçada al personal i de les publicacions aparegudes. Es conclou que, malgrat les oportunitats que s'han presentat i els recursos que s'hi han destinat, les biblioteques escolars segueixen essent l'assignatura pendent del sistema bibliotecari del país.

Les biblioteques escolars en el sistema de lectura pública de Catalunya

Les biblioteques escolars no reuneixen les condicions necessaries per a desenvolupar les tasques que el nou sistema educatiu li atorga. Les condicions i mides del local, la manca d'equipament, la poca actualització del fons i l'abséncia de personal amb la formació necessária son alguns deis aspectes que 1'experiéncia i l'estudi d'aquestes biblioteques han posat en evidencia des de fa anys. La manca de regulació de les biblioteques de les escoles i centres de secundaria ha deixat aquests centres, en molts casos, en mans del voluntarismo de mestres, pares i bibliotecaris.

Les biblioteques escolars a Catalunya. 2008-2009

L'article presenta l'evolució de les biblioteques escolars en el bienni 2008-2009 i s'hi esmenten les principals iniciatives que, des de diversos àmbits, s'han dut a terme per a promoure-les. També s'hi fa un repàs de les diverses publicacions que tracten les biblioteques escolars. En un altre apartat es descriu la intensa activitat que associacions i grups de treball desenvolupen entorn les biblioteques escolars i com aquestes s'han fet presents a Internet. Finalment, s'identifiquen les recerques que s'han dut a terme en l'àmbit de les biblioteques escolars, i es detallen les iniciatives de formació oficial i no oficial. També es posa de manifest la quantitat i varietat d'accions de transferència, com ara els congressos i jornades que s'han celebrat per la geografia catalana en el període estudiat.

Biblioteca i documentació a l'Institut de Batxillerat Barri Besòs: vendre un somni o assolir una il·lusió

Es descriu l'esforc de l'lnstitut de Batxillerat Barri Besos per impulsar la seva biblioteca i els servéis que presta. Finalment, es fa una reflexió sobre la biblioteca escolar, la seva situació actual i les perspectives de futur.

Iowa and some Iowans : a bibliography of enrichment books, 1970

This bibliography was prepared through the cooperation of the executive board of the Iowa Association of School Librarians in hope that the books and pamphlets listed will supplement and enrich the material available in school libraries.

Library manual for the public schools of Iowa, 1927

This manual has been prepared for the Board of Educational Examiners in accordance with the provisions of the library law enacted by the Forty-Second General Assembly of the State of Iowa. Its purpose is to aid the county boards of education in the selection of books for school libraries.

Using narratives to study the impact of social networks on the educational paths of immigrant students

This paper presents the qualitative data collection process aimed at the study of the impactsocial relations and networks have on educational paths of immigrant students. In theframework of a R & D longitudinal study funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation(2012-2014), the research team tracked the path of 87 immigrant students, from whom only 17successfully achieved the transition through the first and second year of Post-16 Education.A vast range of literature notes that relationships are an important part of migration process andsocial integration analysis, as well as school history in terms of success or failure. Through thefieldwork researchers collect the personal networks of all immigrant students from 3 highschools who were at that time attending last course of compulsory school. The network structureinfluences their social capital and therefore determines the resources, goods and types of supportindividuals can access. All these aspects are influential elements in the configuration anddevelopment of academic trajectories of immigrant students.At the end of the second year of Post-16 Education (two years later), the study captures personalnetworks of these students again, analyses and discusses their evolution and influence on theirpaths through qualitative interviews. Such interviews facilitated the discussion of theirrelationships while providing interesting narratives that are presented in the text. In order to do so, the biographical interpretive narrative method of interviewing is implemented.

Using narratives to study the impact of social networks on the educational paths of immigrant students

This paper presents the qualitative data collection process aimed at the study of the impactsocial relations and networks have on educational paths of immigrant students. In theframework of a R & D longitudinal study funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation(2012-2014), the research team tracked the path of 87 immigrant students, from whom only 17successfully achieved the transition through the first and second year of Post-16 Education.A vast range of literature notes that relationships are an important part of migration process andsocial integration analysis, as well as school history in terms of success or failure. Through thefieldwork researchers collect the personal networks of all immigrant students from 3 highschools who were at that time attending last course of compulsory school. The network structureinfluences their social capital and therefore determines the resources, goods and types of supportindividuals can access. All these aspects are influential elements in the configuration anddevelopment of academic trajectories of immigrant students.At the end of the second year of Post-16 Education (two years later), the study captures personalnetworks of these students again, analyses and discusses their evolution and influence on theirpaths through qualitative interviews. Such interviews facilitated the discussion of theirrelationships while providing interesting narratives that are presented in the text. In order to do so, the biographical interpretive narrative method of interviewing is implemented.

Community Detection in Multi-Layer Networks

In the scope of the current thesis we review and analyse networks that are formed by nodes with several attributes. We suppose that different layers of communities are embedded in such networks, besides each of the layers is connected with nodes' attributes. For example, examine one of a variety of online social networks: an user participates in a plurality of different groups/communities – schoolfellows, colleagues, clients, etc. We introduce a detection algorithm for the above-mentioned communities. Normally the result of the detection is the community supplemented just by the most dominant attribute, disregarding others. We propose an algorithm that bypasses dominant communities and detects communities which are formed by other nodes' attributes. We also review formation models of the attributed networks and present a Human Communication Network (HCN) model. We introduce a High School Texting Network (HSTN) and examine our methods for that network.

“When I Grow Up I Want to be a Doctor”: Promoting Atikamekw Children’s Interest for Health Professions Through a Book Collection

Introduction: Aboriginal peoples are underrepresented within the healthcare professions, and recruitment of Aboriginal students has become a priority for medical schools in Canada. Because of very low high-school completion rates among youth living on-reserve, the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Medicine launched in 2011 the Mini-école de la santé, a program where health sciences students visit aboriginal schools. Through activities and games, students introduce children to the discovery of health professions. In 2014, the Health Library joined the project with the development of a science books collection for the school libraries and by having a librarian participate in the school visits. Description: In collaboration with the two Atikamekw elementary schools to be visited in 2014, 70 children books on science, human anatomy and the health professions were selected and purchased for each school by the Health Library. A librarian joined the health sciences students during the schools visits and the book collection was integrated in the activities organised during the day. The books were afterwards donated to the school library. Outcomes: Children, school teachers and administrators greatly appreciated the collection. The books were integrated in the library school collections or in the classrooms collections. Discussion: Quality school libraries play an important role in student learning, and access to science and health sciences books could enhance children‘s interest for the health professions. By participating in this project, the library is supporting the Health sciences faculties in achieving their goal of reaching out to Aboriginal children and making them aware that a career in health sciences is possible for them. The collaboration has been successful and will be pursued: the Health library will work with the high schools in the same Atikamekw communities to develop science book collections and the schools will be visited in 2015. A Masters in Library and Information Science student will be joining the Mini-école. Upgrading all donated collections is planned as well.

Arqueología micropolítica del discurso bibliotecario. La biblioteca escolar ecológica productora de nueva subjetividad : su efecto en las redes sociales y bases de datos documentales.

El análisis micropolítico de los Discursos Bibliotecarios (DB) desinviste a las maquinas codificadoras de las misiones, que la institución bibliotecaria reproduce como valor agregado ligado a un modo de ser con base territorial; desmonta las máquinas axiomáticas de los manifiestos bibliotecarios que producen un valor agregado incluyendo forzadamente como deudores de conocimiento a los que no dominan el saber acumulado; y revela el valor agregado del capitalismo mundial integrado (CMI) que instaura procedimientos tácticos cada vez mas autoreferenciales (normas, pautas y directrices). En oposición a esos dispositivos de alineación, culpabilización, responsabilización y control, proponemos un proceso de singularización bibliotecaria en función de la producción de información ambiental en una Biblioteca Escolar Ecológica en conexión con redes sociales y bases de datos documentales.

Natural resources, redistribution and Human capital formation

How do resource booms affect human capital accumulation? We exploit time and spatial variation generated by the commodity boom across local governments in Peru to measure the effect of natural resources on human capital formation. We explore the effect of both mining production and tax revenues on test scores, finding a substantial and statistically significant effect for the latter. Transfers to local governments from mining tax revenues are linked to an increase in math test scores of around 0.23 standard deviations. We find that the hiring of permanent teachers as well as the increases in parental employment and improvements in health outcomes of adults and children are plausible mechanisms for such large effect on learning. These findings suggest that redistributive policies could facilitate the accumulation of human capital in resource abundant developing countries as a way to avoid the natural resources curse.