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Keep up-to-date with the latest in innovative electronic
information services! The Changing Landscape for Electronic
Resources: Content, Access, Delivery, and Legal Issues focuses on
the effects and challenges of providing electronic resources for
libraries. The authors are librarians and other professionals with
practical experience in current issues and developing trends. With
this book, you will learn about technical, legal, and resource
sharing developments that will contribute to the future
distribution of global information in libraries. This book shows
how libraries using electronic resources can reduce costs and save
transaction time for large and small public libraries as well as
academic libraries. It also reveals recent initiatives related to
open source software and core standards for resource sharing and
interlibrary loal, such as the Bath profile and the NISO
Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP). Special features of this
timely book include figures, diagrams, references, and Web sites.
This book contains the wisdom and experience of professionals
applying electronic resources to: interlibrary loan systems
copyright and licensing open source software international data
standards scholarly publishing The Changing Landscape for
Electronic Resources will help you avoid many of the potential
pitfalls of managing electronic content in the evolving modern
library. This book will help you prepare for a future in which
electronic access improves the range, speed, and quantity of
cost-effective information services for patrons and
resource-sharing partners.
The War for Independence had substantial impact on the lives of all
Americans, establishing a nation and confirming American identity.
This book focuses on a conflict which was both civil war and
revolution, and assesses how Americans coped with the shock waves
and met the challenge of adapting to the ideals of Independence and
Republicanism. While the war effected political reconstruction and
brought economic self-sufficiency and expansion, it also had a
negative side in the oppression of dissenting and ethnic
minorities. The text seeks to highlight the effect of the war on
the lives of those who lived through it.
In Living Detroit, Brandon M. Ward argues that environmentalism in
postwar Detroit responded to anxieties over the urban crisis,
deindustrialization, and the fate of the city. Tying the diverse
stories of environmental activism and politics together is the
shared assumption environmental activism could improve their
quality of life. Detroit, Michigan, was once the capital of
industrial prosperity and the beacon of the American Dream. It has
since endured decades of deindustrialization, population loss, and
physical decay - in short, it has become the poster child for the
urban crisis. This is not a place in which one would expect to
discover a history of vibrant expressions of environmentalism;
however, in the post-World War II era, while suburban, middle-class
homeowners organized into a potent force to protect the natural
settings of their communities, in the working-class industrial
cities and in the inner city, Detroiters were equally driven by the
impulse to conserve their neighborhoods and create a more livable
city, pushing back against the forces of deindustrialization and
urban crisis. Living Detroit juxtaposes two vibrant and growing
fields of American history which often talk past each other:
environmentalism and the urban crisis. By putting the two subjects
into conversation, we gain a richer understanding of the
development of environmental activism and politics after World War
II and its relationship to the crisis of America's cities. This
book will be of great interest to students and scholars in
environmental, urban, and labor history.
In Living Detroit, Brandon M. Ward argues that environmentalism in
postwar Detroit responded to anxieties over the urban crisis,
deindustrialization, and the fate of the city. Tying the diverse
stories of environmental activism and politics together is the
shared assumption environmental activism could improve their
quality of life. Detroit, Michigan, was once the capital of
industrial prosperity and the beacon of the American Dream. It has
since endured decades of deindustrialization, population loss, and
physical decay - in short, it has become the poster child for the
urban crisis. This is not a place in which one would expect to
discover a history of vibrant expressions of environmentalism;
however, in the post-World War II era, while suburban, middle-class
homeowners organized into a potent force to protect the natural
settings of their communities, in the working-class industrial
cities and in the inner city, Detroiters were equally driven by the
impulse to conserve their neighborhoods and create a more livable
city, pushing back against the forces of deindustrialization and
urban crisis. Living Detroit juxtaposes two vibrant and growing
fields of American history which often talk past each other:
environmentalism and the urban crisis. By putting the two subjects
into conversation, we gain a richer understanding of the
development of environmental activism and politics after World War
II and its relationship to the crisis of America's cities. This
book will be of great interest to students and scholars in
environmental, urban, and labor history.
A History of the Roman People offers students a comprehensive,
up-to-date, readable introduction to the whole span of Roman
history. Richly illustrated, this fully updated volume takes
readers through the mists of Roman prehistory and a survey of the
peoples of pre-Roman Italy to a balanced, thoughtful account of the
complexities of the Roman Republic, its evolution into a
full-fledged empire, and its ultimate decline. This latest edition
enhances the political narrative with explorations of elements of
daily life in the Roman world. New features in this edition
include: Addition of boxes that expand on interesting elements of
Roman culture mentioned only in passing in the main text. The
visual arrangement of the text helps students bear in mind what is
supplemental to the central narrative Increased emphasis on the
contributions of women to Roman society and in religious matters
Incorporation of recent archaeological finds and current debates A
History of the Roman People is an excellent introduction for those
with no background in Roman history. Its clear, accessible language
makes it perfect for undergraduate readers in courses on Roman
history and Roman culture. More experienced students wanting to
expand their knowledge will also find it a rich resource for the
full sweep of Roman antiquity.
This book is the first edited volume devoted exclusively to career
counseling with African Americans. African Americans are now at
parity with the graduation rates of White Americans, yet
disparities in employment continue to abound. At the same time the
job market is changing and in need of more highly qualified
workers, society must begin to understand the career and employment
needs of Black Americans if it is to more effectively utilize this
available market resource.
Recent data indicates that stronger economies have a competitive
edge if they have a more diverse workforce. More effective career
counseling must be provided for African Americans so that they can
become more thoroughly integrated in the world of work, thus
creating stronger economies for society and more satisfying and
challenging lives for this segment of the United States. Career
Counselors need to be trained to effectively interact with African
Americans. This volume begins to shed more light on just how to do
that.
This book presents nine significant topics focusing on career
counseling for African Americans:
*basic issues and concepts;
*career assessment;
*career counseling with African Americans;
*career counseling with dual career African American
couples;
*career transition issues;
*affirmative career counseling with African American women;
*career counseling in non-traditional career fields;
*the impact of the glass ceiling on the career development of
African Americans; and
*future directions in career counseling theory, research, and
practice with African Americans.
The War for Independence had a substantial impact on the lives of
all Americans, establishing a nation and confirming American
identity. "The War for Independence and the Transformation of
American Society" explores a conflict which was both civil war and
revolution and assesses how Americans met the challenges of
adapting to the ideals of Independence and Republicanism. Focusing
on the climate of war itself and its effects on the lives of those
who lived through it, this book includes discussion of:
*Recruitment and Society
*The Home Front
*Constraints on Liberty
*Women and family during the war years
*African Americans and Native Americans
Harry M. Ward offers a fascinating account of the wider dimension
to the meaning of the American Revolution.
After the 1960s, rapid urbanization in developing regions in Latin
America, Africa, and Asia was marked by the expansion of low-income
"irregular" settlements that developed informally and which, by the
2000s, often constituted between 20-60 percent of the built-up area
of metropolitan areas and other large cities. There has been a
variety of research directed at the housing policies involved with
these informal settlements, yet apart from the activities of Latin
American Housing Network (LAHN), there has been minimal attention
directed at the earliest portion of settlements that formed some
25-40 years ago that now form a large part of the intermediate ring
of the cities. This volume breaks new ground by opening up a new
generation of housing policy in Latin America cities with broader
application for other developing countries. Its editors bring
unique perspectives: Peter Ward coordinates the LAHN, and Edith
Jimenez and Maria Di Virgilio are founding members of the network
who have led project teams in Guadalajara and Buenos Aires
respectively. Developed as a coordinated collaborative research
project, the volume encompasses nine Latin American countries and
eleven cities. The editors and contributors offer original
perspectives on the policy challenges facing much of the low income
housing of Latin American cities; document the changing nature of
the "first suburbs"; present comparative survey findings in order
to better understand the types of consolidated settlements that
exist today; describe the physical nature of the dwellings
themselves; identify the reasons behind market dysfunction that
impede the operation of consolidated housing informal markets in
Latin American cities; and outline a new generation of housing
policies that will support the processes of densification,
rehabilitation, and regeneration of these settlements. This book is
the first and only composite overview of the research findings and
advocacy of the generic policy lines that the LAHN identifies as
central to a new generation of housing strategies and approaches.
Researchers and practitioners working on housing theory, housing
policy, comparative spatial and sociological research, and urban
development issues will find the book highly significant.
This Element defends a version of the classical theory of divine
ideas, the containment exemplarist theory of divine ideas. The
classical theory holds that God has ideas of all possible
creatures, that these ideas partially explain why God's creation of
the world is a rational and free personal action, and that God does
not depend on anything external to himself for having the ideas he
has. The containment exemplarist version of the classical theory
holds that God's own nature is the exemplar of all possible
creatures, and therefore that God's ideas of possible creatures are
in some sense ideas of himself. Containment exemplarism offers a
monotheism fit for metaphysics, insofar as it is coherent, simple,
and explanatorily powerful; and offers a metaphysics fit for
monotheism, insofar as it leaves God truly worthy of the
unconditional worship which Christians, along with Jews and
Muslims, aspire to offer to God.
A History of the Roman People offers students a comprehensive,
up-to-date, readable introduction to the whole span of Roman
history. Richly illustrated, this fully updated volume takes
readers through the mists of Roman prehistory and a survey of the
peoples of pre-Roman Italy to a balanced, thoughtful account of the
complexities of the Roman Republic, its evolution into a
full-fledged empire, and its ultimate decline. This latest edition
enhances the political narrative with explorations of elements of
daily life in the Roman world. New features in this edition
include: Addition of boxes that expand on interesting elements of
Roman culture mentioned only in passing in the main text. The
visual arrangement of the text helps students bear in mind what is
supplemental to the central narrative Increased emphasis on the
contributions of women to Roman society and in religious matters
Incorporation of recent archaeological finds and current debates A
History of the Roman People is an excellent introduction for those
with no background in Roman history. Its clear, accessible language
makes it perfect for undergraduate readers in courses on Roman
history and Roman culture. More experienced students wanting to
expand their knowledge will also find it a rich resource for the
full sweep of Roman antiquity.
Originally published in 1985, this book is concerned with the
housing and service needs of the poor in Latin America and how they
are articulated and satisfied. It examines the aims and
implementation of government policies towards low-income housing
dwellers and tries to relate those policies to the wider interests
of the state. It discusses how the poor perceive the constraints on
barrio servicing and improvement, their involvement in community
organisations and the role the community and its leaders play in
influencing state action. Since housing and servicing issues
directly impinge on the interests of politicians, bureaucrats,
landowners and real-estate developers, as well as on those of the
poor, patterns of provision mirror closely the nature of the
relationships between the poor and the wider urban society. The
main theme of this book is thus the allocation of resources within
urban society and the operation of political and administrative
power at city level. The book will interest not only those
concerned with housing and planning but also those who wish to
understand social and economic policies towards the poor in most
kinds of Third World city.
This 30th anniversary edition presents the unique approach of
Listening Hearts to the spiritual practice of discernment for a new
generation. Written to make the often elusive and usually
clergy-centered spiritual practice of discernment accessible to all
people, Listening Hearts features simple reflections and exercises
drawn from scripture and from Quaker and Ignatian traditions. The
seminal work in the Listening Hearts Series, this book has been a
beloved resource for tens of thousands of individual readers,
retreat participants, small groups, and church leaders listening
for and responding to God's call in their lives.
"This will be a much debated book among local, state, and national
politicians and government officials. It makes a significant
contribution in the fields of urban development, environmental
planning, comparative urbanization, and U.S.-Mexico border studies.
The scholarship is impressive." -- Lawrence A. Herzog, Professor of
City Planning, San Diego State University
Today in Texas, over 1500 colonias in the counties along the
Mexican border are home to some 400,000 people. Often lacking basic
services, such as electricity, water and sewerage, fire protection,
policing, schools, and health care, these "irregular" subdivisions
offer the only low-cost housing available to the mostly Hispanic
working poor.
This book presents the results of a major study of colonias in
three transborder metropolitan areas and uncovers the reasons why
colonias are spreading so rapidly. Peter Ward compares Texas
colonias with their Mexican counterparts, many of which have
developed into fully integrated working-class urban communities. He
describes how Mexican governments have worked with colonia
residents to make physical improvements and upgrade services-a
model that Texas policymakers can learn from, Ward asserts.
Finally, he concludes with a hard-hitting checklist of public
policy initiatives that need to be considered as colonia housing
policy enters its second decade in Texas.
In Thought Crime Max M. Ward explores the Japanese state's efforts
to suppress political radicalism in the 1920s and 1930s. Ward
traces the evolution of an antiradical law called the Peace
Preservation Law, from its initial application to suppress
communism and anticolonial nationalism-what authorities deemed
thought crime-to its expansion into an elaborate system to reform
and ideologically convert thousands of thought criminals throughout
the Japanese Empire. To enforce the law, the government enlisted a
number of nonstate actors, who included monks, family members, and
community leaders. Throughout, Ward illuminates the complex
processes through which the law articulated imperial ideology and
how this ideology was transformed and disseminated through the
law's application over its twenty-year history. In so doing, he
shows how the Peace Preservation Law provides a window into
understanding how modern states develop ideological apparatuses to
subject their respective populations.
Here are all the pastoral resources you need for a complete and
integrated Lenten season of preaching and worship -- Ash Wednesday
through Easter, including Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.Included
for each Sunday or worship service are: * Call to worship*
Suggested processional hymn* Children's message* Prayers* Scripture
passages* Sermon* Suggested hymn* Pastoral prayer* Affirmation of
faith* Suggested closing hymnWard's first book for CSS, Asking For
Wonder: Resources For Creative Worship And Preaching, has become a
favorite resource for thousands of busy pastors.Elaine M. Ward has
spent her lifetime helping others discover the joy and wonder of
worship as she has taught storytelling workshops throughout the
country. She has taught Christian Education at Perkins School of
Theology, Iliff School of Theology, DePauw University, Lancaster
Theological Seminary, and Franklin and Marshall College. Ward is a
prolific writer and creator of video materials on many subjects,
including storytelling, Old Testament and New Testament stories,
children and worship, children and prayer, activities for teacher's
training, and worship materials for Advent, Lent, and other
seasons. In 1990 she won the prize for the Best Written Sermon
while at Lancaster Theological Seminary. She has been featured as a
keynote speaker and has filled pulpits in Pennsylvania, New York,
Virginia, Ohio, California, and Texas. Her workshop for ministers
on Preaching The Story has been widely acclaimed.
Ideal for an introductory course in financial accounting for health
care, this essential text provides current and future healthcare
managers with a solid foundation in the financial accounting and
analysis skills needed within health care organizations. With
Accounting Fundamentals for Health Care Management, students will
learn how to assess financial information, ask the appropriate
questions, and understand the jargon-laden answers. Key Features:
Updated throughout to reflect the new Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) accounting standards, including implicit and
explicit price concessions. Additional end-of-chapter questions and
practice problems give student opportunities to apply chapter
concepts. Microsoft® Excel instruction has been enhanced with
additional Excel screen shots and explanation. Helpful instructor
resources include an instructor manual with solutions for all the
questions and problems; PowerPoint presentation slides for each
chapter; and a test bank of questions organized chapter. Enriched
Navigate eBook (available stand alone or with the printed text)
includes the digital text enhanced with flashcards, chapter review
slides, an interactive glossary, and chapter quiz questions for
self-study.
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