Full circle : ninety years of service in the Main Reading Room /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-64).

Rackham Building main reading room

Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, architects. W.B. Wood Co., construction

State Library Queensland

Sheona Thomson writes about the transformation of a public institution in relation to a study on post-occupancy. "Brisbanites like me, with memories of long hours of study in the former buildings of the State Library of Queensland, can only marvel at the living institution we have in our city today. For most of the 80s, our bookish pursuits were hosted in the fustily intimate reading rooms of Centennial Hall, the late 1950s extension to the nineteenth-century building (formerly housing the state museum) by F. D. G. Stanley in William Street on the north bank of the Brisbane River. At the time, the wheels of an expansive cultural ambition were turning, and piece by piece on the south bank of the river the rambling Queensland Cultural Centre was realized. The fourth stage of the complex opened in 1988 as the new home for the State Library and for many years after, countless studious, transient folk whiled away time in the deep interiors of the straight-faced concrete and glass edifice by Robin Gibson and Partners..."

Tipovoĭ proekt selʻsoveta s izboĭ - chitalʻneĭ

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Um currículo em movimento: mudanças na configuração das Salas de Leitura do Município do Rio de Janeiro

Esta dissertação é parte integrante da linha de pesquisa Currículo: sujeitos, conhecimentos e cultura e do grupo de pesquisa Currículo, cultura e diferença coordenado pela professora doutora Elizabeth Fernandes de Macedo. Em minha pesquisa, investiguei os currículos destinados às Salas de Leitura, espaços destinados à promoção de leitura existentes nas escolas regulares do Município do Rio de Janeiro desde 1985. A partir de análise de documentos curriculares que orientam este programa e do contato com professores que lá atuam ou atuaram, a presente pesquisa visou buscar uma melhor compreensão do que é hoje o programa Sala de Leitura. Para tanto, busquei retratar como estas Salas de Leitura nasceram nos Centro Integrados de Educação Pública (CIEP), como se expandiu a toda Rede Municipal de Ensino e como se apresentam no Núcleo Curricular Básico Multieducação (proposta curricular que esteve vigente na Rede Municipal de Ensino do Rio de Janeiro de 1996 a 2009). Para então entender e retratar os movimentos de sua construção, a pesquisa foi organizada com base na análise documental das resoluções e portarias que a Sala de Leitura recebeu ao longo de sua história. Neste sentido, voltei minha atenção para algumas das mudanças pelas quais as Salas de Leitura passaram, buscando a partir dos documentos citados, investigar tais modificações a fim de evidenciar as articulações políticas que a constituíram e como tais modificações mexeram e mexem nas atuações docentes que modelam estes mesmos espaços. A partir do que foi pesquisado, busquei então enunciar a produção e vivência dos currículos da Sala de Leitura. Embasada em discussões pós-estruturais do campo do currículo, interpretei e analisei tais currículos enquanto criações e enunciações contínuas de sentidos. Com esta perspectiva, operei com a idéia de um currículo que se constitui continuamente, o que possibilitou a problematização acerca da tão cara dicotomia currículo vivido e escrito, que embora pareça uma distinção superada, esta se fez presente nos cotidianos escolares com os quais tive contato durante a pesquisa de campo. Após a discussão teórica e análise dos currículos que norteiam o funcionamento da Sala de Leitura, optei por entrevistar atores envolvidos com tal espaço a fim de entender suas leituras a cerca dos movimentos vivenciados em sua constituição. Neste sentido, realizei observação em uma Sala de Leitura por quase dois anos, com o intuito de estar presente em tal universo. Em meio a tantas vivências e experiências que modificaram e nortearam a escrita desta dissertação, trago por fim os dados da empiria que sustentam minhas análises e que evidenciam que os docentes da Sala de Leitura, ainda que não reconheçam, produzem currículos outros para além dos currículos prontos que chegam às suas salas de aula.

A leitura das salas

Focalizando as Salas de Leitura Polo do Município do Rio de Janeiro, este trabalho empreende uma leitura que visa a analisar as concepções que têm sustentado a configuração destes espaços e as práticas neles desenvolvidas, dialogando com as concepções de leitura em circulação na literatura específica, enfatizando a contribuição da perspectiva discursiva para o encaminhamento das questões relativas à ruptura com o modelo de ensino tradicional, baseado na administração do sentido supostamente único. Para tanto, examina os dispositivos legais que regem as Salas de Leitura e as condições concretas de realização das práticas, buscando articular os níveis macro e micro de análise através do ciclo de políticas, formulado por Stephen Ball e colaboradores, privilegiando as relações entre os contextos de influência, da produção textual e da prática. Assume a abordagem qualitativa e, nela, o estudo de caso, ciente da impossibilidade de generalizações, com o objetivo de aprofundar as observações sistemáticas cotidianas e a interlocução constante com os professores responsáveis pela implementação da proposta, em duas escolas municipais. A descrição minuciosa dos dois contextos da prática remete a considerações acerca das reconfigurações das Salas de Leitura, seus determinantes e as ressignificações produzidas pelos sujeitos envolvidos. Na medida em que o período do trabalho de campo coincidiu com mudança significativa no contexto de influência e de produção textual, a pretensão é sistematizar elementos para a análise dos modos pelos quais esta chega ao contexto da prática e das possibilidades de reconfiguração do espaço das Salas de Leitura.

An investigation into knowledge acquisition idiosyncrasies in Ghanaian universities

Purpose This paper aims to fill the research and knowledge gap in knowledge management studies in Ghana. Knowledge acquisition is one of the unexploited areas in knowledge management literature, especially in the Ghanaian context. This study tries to ascertain the factors affecting knowledge acquisition in Ghanaian universities. Design/methodology/approach The study used the quantitative approach. The cross-sectional survey was adopted as the research design. A questionnaire consisting of Likert scale questions was used to collect data from the respondents. The items and the constructs were derived from the extant literature. The questionnaire was sent to 350 respondents, out of which 250 were returned fully completed. Data were quantitatively analysed using descriptive methods and factor analysis. Findings This study provides empirical evidence about the factors affecting knowledge acquisition in Ghanaian universities. Findings from the study show that programme content, lecturers’ competence, student academic background and attitude and facilities for teaching and learning influence knowledge acquisition in Ghanaian universities. Research limitations/implications Although the study seeks to generalize the findings, this should be cautiously done, as some scholars have advocated for large sample size. Nonetheless, there are some studies that have used sample size less than the one used in this study. Practical implications The study takes notice of the need for Ghanaian universities to use modern facilities and infrastructures such as electronic libraries and information technology equipment and also provide reading rooms to enhance teaching and learning. Originality/value Studies looking at knowledge acquisition in Ghanaian universities are virtually non-existent, and this study provides empirical findings on the factors affecting knowledge acquisition in Ghanaian universities.

Biblioteca escolar: espaço de formação inicial do leitor na educação infantil

The books are part of the school routine in the course of our lives, currently, we are the gateway to the processes of social literacy that begins with the presentation of these objects for babies and children in early childhood education (EI). This research has the main question: to know how are the libraries or reading rooms in Early Childhood Education Centres (CEI) of Botucatu. Thus, the overall goal is to understand, characterize and analyze the CEIs libraries Botucatu. What implies: investigate and analyze the existing legislation on school libraries, their approach to the reality of the CEIs and the official documents of early childhood education; To investigate the relationship between the child and the playful objects (books, toys etc.) and finally discover and describe the reality of School Libraries in CEIs studied. The research is qualitative orientation, more precisely a Case Study. The space, proper equipment and support provide a rich learning that will serve as the basis for school achievements. However, the offering of School Libraries and Reading Rooms in many cases it is not a reality. The survey took into account which of the schools have assets, how is the organization of space, the playful activities with learners users and which functions, training and professional responsibilities designated as responsible for School Library/Reading Room. It is noteworthy to say the official documents as a basis and motive of this research as well as the fulfillment of established targets and carried out by the municipal, state and national governments on the implementation of School Libraries in schools, with the help of programs like National Fund Development of Education (ENDF), National School Library program (PNBE) and the National Book and Reading Plan (PNLL)

Biblioteca escolar: espaço de formação inicial do leitor na educação infantil

The books are part of the school routine in the course of our lives, currently, we are the gateway to the processes of social literacy that begins with the presentation of these objects for babies and children in early childhood education (EI). This research has the main question: to know how are the libraries or reading rooms in Early Childhood Education Centres (CEI) of Botucatu. Thus, the overall goal is to understand, characterize and analyze the CEIs libraries Botucatu. What implies: investigate and analyze the existing legislation on school libraries, their approach to the reality of the CEIs and the official documents of early childhood education; To investigate the relationship between the child and the playful objects (books, toys etc.) and finally discover and describe the reality of School Libraries in CEIs studied. The research is qualitative orientation, more precisely a Case Study. The space, proper equipment and support provide a rich learning that will serve as the basis for school achievements. However, the offering of School Libraries and Reading Rooms in many cases it is not a reality. The survey took into account which of the schools have assets, how is the organization of space, the playful activities with learners users and which functions, training and professional responsibilities designated as responsible for School Library/Reading Room. It is noteworthy to say the official documents as a basis and motive of this research as well as the fulfillment of established targets and carried out by the municipal, state and national governments on the implementation of School Libraries in schools, with the help of programs like National Fund Development of Education (ENDF), National School Library program (PNBE) and the National Book and Reading Plan (PNLL)

Handbook of public service divisions in the University of Illinois Library ...

"A revised edition of College and departmental libraries and reading rooms in the University of Illinois Library, published in February, 1942."

Rackham Building School of Graduate Studies Study Hall

Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, architects. W.B. Wood Co., construction

Rackham Educational Memorial, Detroit

Harley & Ellington, architects. W.E. Wood Co., contractor. Built from July 1940 to January 1942. Built jointly for the Engineering Society of Detroit and the University as an Extension Service facility in Detroit. Funded by the Horace H. and Mary A. Rackham Fund. Sculptures on exterior by Marshall Fredericks.

M.U. Horace H. Rackham Educational Memorial, Detroit

Harley & Ellington, architects. W.E. Wood Co., contractor. Built from July 1940 to January 1942. Built jointly for the Engineering Society of Detroit and the University as an Extension Service facility in Detroit. Funded by the Horace H. and Mary A. Rackham Fund. Sculptures on exterior by Marshall Fredericks.

Detroit Rackham

Harley & Ellington, architects. W.E. Wood Co., contractor. Built from July 1940 to January 1942. Built jointly for the Engineering Society of Detroit and the University as an Extension Service facility in Detroit. Funded by the Horace H. and Mary A. Rackham Fund. Sculptures on exterior by Marshall Fredericks.

Model and visualise the relationship between energy consumption and temperature distribution in cold rooms

In the area of food and pharmacy cold storage, temperature distribution is considered as a key factor. Inappropriate distribution of temperature during the cooling process in cold rooms will cause the deterioration of the quality of products and therefore shorten their life-span. In practice, in order to maintain the distribution of temperature at an appropriate level, large amount of electrical energy has to be consumed to cool down the volume of space, based on the reading of a single temperature sensor placed in every cold room. However, it is not clear and visible that what is the change of energy consumption and temperature distribution over time. It lacks of effective tools to visualise such a phenomenon. In this poster, we initially present a solution which combines a visualisation tool with a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model together to enable users to explore such phenomenon.