956 resultados para Collection development (Libraries)--Ireland
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New research funded by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) finds that people suffering from two or more chronic conditions are 20 times more likely to report disability than those with none. The study examines the prevalence of two or more chronic conditions, known as multimorbidity, and its impact on quality of life and disability in older people. The research Multimorbidity and Disability in the Older Population of Ireland, studied eight chronic conditions: cancer; heart attack; angina; stroke; diabetes; asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and musculoskeletal pain (including rheumatism, arthritis and back pain). Musculoskeletal pain was the most widely reported condition across the island with a prevalence of 40%, followed by diabetes (7%) and angina (6%). Asthma and COPD have the same levels of prevalence, 5%, while cancer and stroke were reported less frequently (1-2%). The study also revealed some clear differences in the prevalence of chronic diseases between ROI and NI. Angina was reported far more frequently in NI, 10% compared to 4% in ROI. So too was musculoskeletal pain, 55% compared to 35% in ROI while asthma was reported more frequently in ROI, 6% compared to 3% in NI.
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This research brief examines the links between maintaining recommended levels of physical activity and positive effects on mental health and brain functioning as well as the public policy strategies in place to promote physical activity in the older population. It is based on three CARDI-funded projects:- Physical activity and core depressive symptoms in the older Irish adult population, led by Karen Morgan at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.- Using aerobic exercise to promote brain plasticity, conducted by Richard Carson at Queen’s University, Belfast.- Leading dance for older people, led by Sylvia O’Sullivan at the University of Limerick.
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In 2012, CARDI was asked by The Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland to carry out a series of research projects on ageing in Ireland, North and South. This research project, 'Understanding socio-economic inequalities affecting older people’ , was carried out by Paul McGill, CARDI. The research sought to answer the following questions: Are there inequalities that affect older people as a group compared with younger people, or inequalities that exist within the older population? How are these inequalities changing over time? Do these socio-economic inequalities have a detrimental impact on older people or on a substantial number of them? How can any harmful socio-economic inequalities be reduced or eliminated and what are the implications for policy-making? Key Findings*: In RoI the poorest older people had a rise of €32 per week between 2004 and 2011 in total incomes while those with the highest incomes had a rise of €255 (CSO 2013). Total incomes of the poorest pensioner couples in NI did not change between 2003-06 and 2008-11 but the best off had a rise of �37 per week (DSD 2013). Employees aged 60+ earn €10,000 less per year than earners in their peak years in RoI and �2,400 less in NI (CSO Database and NISRA 2012). The richest older people in RoI earn 14 times more from employment than the poorest. In NI it is 36 times more for single pensioners and 44 times more for pensioner couples (CSO 2013; NISRA 2013). The gap in weekly earnings between top and bottom earners aged 60+ in NI rose from �294 to �430 between 2005 and 2012 (NISRA 2012). In the two years 2009-2011 the incomes of the poorest older people in ROI declined by €24 per week (11.4%) (CSO, 2013).
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The AgeStats.ie website provides an overview of selected datasets on ageing in Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (RoI). It is designed to be used by researchers who are engaged in comparative research on ageing. The website has recently been updated bringing the total number of searchable surveys to 50.
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L'escasa presència d'alguns símbols de la cultura mediàtica i popular a les biblioteques públiques, titllats de «culturalment incorrectes», és el punt de partida per a reflexionar sobre els models de fons bibliotecari. Cada vegada és més difícil d'establir uns límits sobre allò que cal tenir a la biblioteca i allò que cal excloure'n, L'experiència concreta de dues biblioteques, Canovelles i Ulldecona, aporta arguments al debat teòric i el situa en el marc d'una política bibliotecària integradora de la diversitat cultural.
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First, we examine the context of creation of special collection units in libraries, and the reasons why libraries compile archive materials and collections. Second, we focus on the techniques used in library environments to describe archive materials and collections and to guarantee their accessibility. We examine the models used in the United States and the United Kingdom to describe and access these materials, and the cooperative projects launched in these two countries in the past few years. Finally, we offer a preliminary analysis of how these types of materials are currently dealt with in Catalan libraries, and issue some recommendations to improve their archiving and access.
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First, we examine the context of creation of special collection units in libraries, and the reasons why libraries compile archive materials and collections. Second, we focus on the techniques used in library environments to describe archive materials and collections and to guarantee their accessibility. We examine the models used in the United States and the United Kingdom to describe and access these materials, and the cooperative projects launched in these two countries in the past few years. Finally, we offer a preliminary analysis of how these types of materials are currently dealt with in Catalan libraries, and issue some recommendations to improve their archiving and access.
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Information technology will affect academic activities as well as the nature of the high education sector. This sector besides the need to assimilate these technologies will need to attend the requisites of market globalization and, as consequence, all theses changes will be reflected in the university library. Prospectives impacts will affect the structure (emphasis in user services, outsourcing of several services), in the financing aspect (growing of consortia in order to reduce costs), in services (electronic reference, support to long distance education programs, intelligent agents) and in the clientele (attending the great demand por high education which implies a diversity of people).
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Objectius: Analitzar l'existència i el contingut de documents de polítiques de col·lecció i criteris de selecció de les col·leccions digitals patrimonials espanyoles. Examinar si la descripció de les col·leccions incloses en els portals respectius comunica adequadament als usuaris la història i els objectius de la col·lecció, els destinataris, l'abast temàtic o geogràfic, cronològic i lingüístic, els tipus de documents digitalitzats, la relació amb la col·lecció analògica, els usos permesos i altres qüestions de tipus organitzatiu i tècnic. Metodologia: Per al primer objectiu, s'ha fet l'anàlisi del contingut dels portals de les col·leccions objecte d'estudi i s'ha enviat un qüestionari a les entitats responsables. Per al segon objectiu, s'ha desenvolupat una llista dels elements descriptius que s'haurien d'incloure en la descripció de les col·leccions basada en directrius internacionals i s'han avaluat les col·leccions amb relació a aquesta llista. S'han seleccionat per a l'estudi les col·leccions digitals exclusivament patrimonials que aporten metadades en el recol·lector Hispana del Ministerio de Cultura. Resultats: Destaca l'absència de documents formals de polítiques de col·lecció, però els criteris de selecció que en la majoria dels casos no són públics són clars i estan ben formulats. Pel que fa a la descripció de les col·leccions, hi ha diferències molt marcades entre els fons analitzats i s'hi observen alguns models de bones pràctiques. Tanmateix, en general, la informació és molt minsa: no acostumen a haver-hi dades sobre el mateix projecte, els destinataris queden molt difusos, les qüestions organitzatives hi són del tot absents, i les tipologies documentals incloses o les llengües i els períodes coberts sovint s'han de deduir de la interfície de cerca o de les estadístiques de les plataformes corresponents. En els apartats d'objectius de la col·lecció i de l'abast temàtic o geogràfic, la informació sol ser més completa.
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Aquest treball té per objectiu reflectir l'experiència d'implementació del sistema integrat gestor de biblioteques (SIGB) Koha amb la corresponent migració de registres bibliogràfics en una biblioteca universitària. S'hi tracten els problemes amb què s'ha topat i les solucions adoptades.
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Normes per ajudar les biblioteques a organitzar el seu fons de col·lecció local. En l'article es fa una definició del que és col·lecció local i es donen un seguit de recomanacions bàsiques segons el tipus d'àrea que cobreixi, el tipus de material, el seu tractament i els seus serveis que aquesta secció ha d'oferir en la biblioteca pública.
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As Virtual Reality pushes the boundaries of the human computer interface new ways of interaction are emerging. One such technology is the integration of haptic interfaces (force-feedback devices) into virtual environments. This modality offers an improved sense of immersion to that achieved when relying only on audio and visual modalities. The paper introduces some of the technical obstacles such as latency and network traffic that need to be overcome for maintaining a high degree of immersion during haptic tasks. The paper describes the advantages of integrating haptic feedback into systems, and presents some of the technical issues inherent in a networked haptic virtual environment. A generic control interface has been developed to seamlessly mesh with existing networked VR development libraries.