Data management plans - the role of the library

Planning the management of data at proposal time and throughout its lifecycle is becoming increasingly important to funding agencies and is essential to ensure its current usability and long term preservation and access. This presentation will describe the work being done at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to assist PIs with the preparation of data management plans and the role the Library has in this process. Data management does not mean simply storing information. The emphasis is now on sharing data and making research accessible. Topics to be covered include educating staff about the NSF data policy implementation, a data management survey, resources for proposal preparation, collaborating with other librarians, and next steps.

Could the library be dismantled/role of unique holdings in modern times

I have been asked by administration, how much of our collection could go into storage. They optimistically hoping for a room or two for faculty/staff offices, as some buildings need renovation or need to be closed due to safety issues. Clearly, much of the population believes that all/most library materials are available on-line – free. I will present the results of our survey’s of material held and available on-line and space “freed” thanks to archiving. How little space is freed.

The Marine Science Library, Resource Center : poster presentation

The first concept of a new library was introduced in 2001 by a faculty member at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute. The suggestion for the construction of a new library was based on two specific reasons: existing library is located in one of the most vulnerable buildings to hurricane damage and the library has outgrown its current space. This presentation provides a general overview of the current status and changing needs of the Marine Science Library and how the idea of a new library finally became a reality

O Clube de Leitores da Escola Sesc de Ensino Médio: uma proposta metodológica de incentivo à leitura

A tese se originou de uma necessidade particular de garantir espaço para a leitura na escola, uma vez que essa competência é uma ferramenta que oferece ao aluno a possibilidade de transitar por diversas áreas do conhecimento com mais facilidade. Uma escola-residência serviu de contexto para o desenvolvimento de práticas de mediação de leitura aplicadas na oficina Clube de Leitores. Por meio de trocas de impressões e experiências, os alunos percebem a língua portuguesa em uma de suas maiores manifestações: a literatura. No desenvolvimento da pesquisa, verificou-se a progressão em leitura de um grupo de estudantes e como o contato com o texto contribuiu para o aprimoramento do discurso oral e escrito. O trabalho apresenta reflexões a respeito do ensino de língua materna sob a ótica dos gêneros textuais e mostra, ainda, a formação do leitor na escola com base nas orientações curriculares nacionais. Expõe-se a metodologia utilizada no Programa de Leitura da Escola Sesc de Ensino Médio, enfatizando o papel da biblioteca e sua atuação. Observados tais aspectos, propõe-se que outras instituições de ensino sigam passos semelhantes e aproveitem as sugestões citadas para promover a leitura na escola e desfrutar dos benefícios linguísticos que a prática proporciona

Educar-se para educar: O projeto pedagógico do Monsenhor Álvaro Negromonte dirigido a professoras e famílias através de impressos (1936-1964)

Este trabalho trata do projeto pedagógico do Monsenhor Álvaro Negromonte, a partir de um conjunto de impressos pedagógicos publicados entre 1936 e 1964, destinados a públicos distintos. Reconhecido, entre seus pares, como um dos grandes líderes da renovação do ensino religioso, nos anos de 1930, Álvaro Negromonte envolveu-se profundamente nos debates educacionais de então, produzindo um conjunto variado de impressos pedagógicos que elegiam como alvos privilegiados a escola e as famílias. Organizados em diferentes formatos, os impressos publicados pelo Monsenhor Álvaro Negromonte para as professoras e para as famílias são analisados, nesta pesquisa, como parte de uma Biblioteca Pedagógica que foi sendo construída ao longo de dezoito anos, voltada, também, para a renovação do ensino religioso. O objetivo é de buscar compreender os pontos de contato que entrelaçavam esses projetos, de formação de professoras-catequistas e educação das famílias, articulando-os entre si e a outro maior, voltado para a recatolicização da sociedade. As duas classes de impressos utilizadas pelo padre, livros e boletins, endereçadas às escolas e às famílias são entendidas nesta pesquisa como objetos culturais, tomados como unidades de análise em sua produção, considerando suas formas e conteúdos. As práticas educativas analisadas nesta pesquisa foram entendidas como práticas culturais que visaram estabelecer novos códigos de valores e comportamentos, criaram outras representações para o educador, associando as contribuições pedagógicas dos novos tempos aos saberes elementares da fé católica. Os dois projetos aqui analisados se complementam e apontam para a importância que a figura da mulher assumiu no trabalho de Negromonte. Fomentado no bojo da Ação Católica, o trabalho desenvolvido pelo padre passava, primeiramente, pela educação da fé das mulheres que, estivessem exercendo sua função de professoras, na escola, ou de mães, em suas casas, iam sendo formadas para atuar na vida eclesial e social brasileira.

Creating a collection development model for a marine science library

The purpose of this article is to update and build on the approximate 10,000 item collection of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Library. This article will present a history of Harbor Branch and its library, and a literature review, outlining the collection development methods of other marine science libraries and academic libraries. The article will relate brief histories of three marine science libraries. A comparative table is constructed to compare Harbor Branch Library with three marine science libraries. The methodology, or how the table was created, is explained. The comparative table will be shown and analyzed, and the results of the table discussed. Finally, some recommendations for improvement of the Harbor Branch Library will be presented.

Construction and characterization of bacterial artificial chromosome library of black-handed spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

The large-insert genomic DNA library is a critical resource for genome-wide genetic dissection of target species. We constructed a high-redundancy bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library of a New World monkey species, the black-handed spider monkey

Construction of a BAC library for Chinese amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri and identification of clones containing Amphi-pax genes

Amphioxus is a crucial organism for the study of vertebrate evolution. Although a genomic BAC library of Branchiostoma floridae has been constructed, we report here another BAC library construction of its distant relative species Branchiostoma belcheri. The amphioxus BAC library established in present study consists of 45,312 clones arrayed in one hundred and eighteen 384-well plates. The average insert fragment size was 120 kb estimated by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis of 318 randomly selected clones. The representation of the library is about 12 equivalent to the genome, allowing a 99.9995% probability of recovering any specific sequence of interest. We further screened the library with 4 single copied Amphi-Pax genes and identified total of 26 positive clones with average of 6.5 clones for each gene. The result indicates this library is well suited for many applications and should also serve as a useful complemental resource for the scientific community.

Construction, characterization and chromosomal mapping of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library of Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti)

We constructed a high redundancy bacterial artificial chromosome library of a seriously endangered Old World Monkey, the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) from China. This library contains a total of 136 320 BAC clones. The average insert size of BAC clones was estimated to be 148 kb. The percentage of small inserts (50-100 kb) is 2.74%, and only 2.67% non-recombinant clones were observed. Assuming a similar genome size with closely related primate species, the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey BAC library has at least six times the genome coverage. By end sequencing of randomly selected BAC clones, we generated 201 sequence tags for the library. A total of 139 end-sequenced BAC clones were mapped onto the chromosomes of Yunnan snub-nosed monkey by fluorescence in-situ hybridization, demonstrating a high degree of synteny conservation between humans and Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys. Blast search against human genome showed a good correlation between the number of hit clones and the size of the chromosomes, an indication of unbiased chromosomal distribution of the BAC library. This library and the mapped BAC clones will serve as a valuable resource in comparative genomics studies and large-scale genome sequencing of nonhuman primates. The DNA sequence data reported in this paper were deposited in GenBank and assigned the accession number CG891489-CG891703.

Climate resilience of schools: a case study

Social and political concerns are frequently reflected in the design of school buildings, often in turn leading to the development of technical innovations. One example is a recurrent concern about the physical health of the nation, which has at several points over the last century prompted new design approaches to natural light and ventilation. The most critical concern of the current era is the global, rather than the indoor, environment. The resultant political focus on mitigating climate change has resulted in new regulations, and in turn considerable technical changes in building design and construction. The vanguard of this movement has again been in school buildings, set the highest targets for reducing operational carbon by the previous Government. The current austerity measures have moved the focus to the refurbishment and retrofit of existing buildings, in order to bring them up to the exacting new standards. Meanwhile there is little doubt that climate change is happening already, and that the impacts will be considerable. Climate scientists have increasing confidence in their predictions for the future; if today’s buildings are to be resilient to these changes, building designers will need to understand and design for the predicted climates in order to continue to provide comfortable and healthy spaces through the lifetimes of the buildings. This paper describes the decision processes, and the planned design measures, for adapting an existing school for future climates. The project is at St Faith’s School in Cambridge, and focuses on three separate buildings: a large Victorian block built as a substantial domestic dwelling in 1885, a smaller single storey 1970s block with a new extension, and an as-yet unbuilt single storey block designed to passivhaus principles and using environmentally friendly materials. The implications of climate change have been considered for the three particular issues of comfort, construction, and water, as set out in the report on Design for Future Climate: opportunities for adaptation in the built environment (Gething, 2010). The adaptation designs aim to ensure each of the three very different buildings remains fit for purpose throughout the 21st century, continuing to provide a healthy environment for the children. A forth issue, the reduction of carbon and the mitigation of other negative environmental impacts of the construction work, is also a fundamental aim for the school and the project team. Detailed modelling of both the operational and embodied energy and carbon of the design options is therefore being carried out, in order that the whole life carbon costs of the adaptation design options may be minimised. The project has been funded by the Technology Strategy Board as part of the Design for Future Climates programme; the interdisciplinary team includes the designers working on the current school building projects and the school bursar, supported by researchers from the University of Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Development. It is hoped that lessons from the design process, as well as the solutions themselves, will be transferable to other buildings in similar climatic regions.