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Electronic theses: some recent developments
Authors: Copeland Susan 
Published: December 2018

The Autumn 1999 edition - LIRN 75 - included an article
by the author which examined activities relating to the
production and use of electronic theses in the UK and
the USA. Since that review was written there have been
several significant developments in terms of progress
with existing projects and enthusiasm for new ventures.
This article considers the expansion of the Networked
Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
over the past two years, UNESCO support for
developments in this area, the 'Digital Dissertations'
project at Humboldt University in Berlin, the Australian
DigitaiTheses project,and related activities in the UK.
Book Reviews
Authors: McIlwaine I C , Grose Catherine , Atton Chris , Smith Ann , Flowers Denise , Sumsion John 
Published: December 2018

Librarianship and information work worldwide 1999 Maurice Line, Graham MacKenzie and Paul Sturges (eds.)

Organization of multimedia resources: principle and practice of
information retrieval. Mary Burke.

Extremism and the internet. Peter Brophy, Jenny Craven and Shelagh Fisher.

Putting marketing ideas into action. Keith Hart.

Developing information and library staff through work-based learning: 101 activities. Barbara Allan.

Fines and charges in public libraries in England and Wales, 12th edition. Sue Robertson.
Practioner research in Ayreshire: advantages and problems.
Authors: McCormick Angela 
Published: December 2018

The reason for doing research into open learning and the
internet from a public library point of view has a sound
base in the current developments in South Ayrshire
Libraries CyberCentres. The practicalities of designing
and leading such a research project, while employed as IT
Co-ordinator for the library authority, brought together
a number of issues currently under examination in this
area of research and practice. The research project itself
was begun in September 1997 and ran for l4 months.
Stock management in public libraries: recent and current research.
Authors: Smith Geoffrey 
Published: December 2018

The stock is one of the key assets of public library
services, fundamental to the delivery of their
objectives, and its management is central to the
effective management of public library
authorities. The introduction of the UK
Government's 'Best Value' initiative, part of its
programme for modernising local government,
involves the questioning of all policies and
practices: it will mean further critical examination
of stock management and an important research
role. Those who hoped that the library
supply industry would have stabilised in the years
following the demise of the Net Book Agreement
and Library Licence have been disappointed. more study is needed into then selection, acquisition and management of
materials other than books in public libraries. Best
practice needs to be shared. Replication of
the survey of American Association
of Publishers and the American Library
Association could provide a valuable context for
future studies of the trade.
Electronic peer review? (A report of the Electronic Libraries Programme ESPERE project).
Authors: Wood Dee 
Published: December 2018

The Electronic Submission and Peer Review project is one of approximately 60 projects funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Councils, as part of its Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib). ESPERE is particularly concerned with the possibility of using electronic methods for peer review, initially for biomedical articles. The project is jointly run by the University of Ulster and the Society for Endocrinology and has seven learned
society publishers as its partners.
Book Reviews
Authors: Fox Peter , Goulding Anne , Dee Marianne , Murray Ian R , Davies J Eric 
Published: December 2018

Feather, John; Matthews, Graham and Eden, Paul
Preservation management: policies and practices in British libraries

Jordan, Peter. Staff management in library and information work.

Hopkins, Tracey. User education in academic libraries:
results of 1995 CTILIS SurveY

Muirhead, Graeme, Ed. The systems librarian: the role of the
library systems manager

Harris, Colin, Ed. The new university library: issues for the 90s
and beyond. Essays in honour of Ian Rogerson.
Does consultancy research have a future?
Authors: Streatfield David 
Published: December 2018

This article reviews the history of consultancy research in the UK over the past thirty years, identifying rapid growth in the number of participants and a shift towards policy-driven commissioning. Some likely changes in LIS policy and practice and in the concomitant consultancy research are identified. These changes in turn suggest some evolution in consultancy research, which is likely to become more complex and strategic, with increased organisational divergence and convergence in different areas, more flexible research contracts, more international, focus, and addressing more difficult research issues. These changes are likely to call for better inter-personal and diagnostic skills, more expertise and constant updating in a range of disciplines, stronger social science research skills, training and professional development skills and expertise and enhanced impact evaluation skills and expertise.
There appears to be little future for small independent consultancies but scope for collaboration with other researcher groups.
Language proficiency differences in second language learning anxiety
Authors: Rashid Nur Atikah Binti Noor , Alias Asnadia Binti 
Published: December 2018

<p><em>In general, the objective of learning English language in Malaysian education system is to ensure the students can use English in their daily basis, to further study and for the workplace. The main purpose of English course in Polytechnics is to ensure the students are able to communicate effectively and confidently. Therefore, the students should be able to understand the language and use it with confident in their daily lives and for their future employment. However, most of the students are reluctant to communicate in English and many of them prefer to withdraw from participating in any English language activities. The reason for this issue might be due to the feeling of anxiety in learning the second language. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the language proficiency differences between above average and below average students with respect to language learning anxiety. There were 96 semester three students from Civil Engineering Department, Politeknik Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin participated in this study. SPSS version 22 has been used to analyses collected data consists of a 33 item questionnaire of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). The t-test has been used to determine if there was a significant difference between above average and below average students in regard of language learning anxiety. The study revealed that below average students were more anxious than above average students for all types of anxiety. However, t-test demonstrated that there was no significant difference between language learning anxiety in regard of students’ level of proficiency. Thus, several implications have been suggested in this study to help the below average students to cater language learning anxiety. One of the examples is by conducting an English Camp for the targeted students serves as an effective method to cope language learning anxiety among below average students.</em></p>
PENGARUH PERSEPSI TENTANG SUPERVISI KEPALA SEKOLAH, BUDAYA ORGANISASI DAN MOTIVASI BERPRESTASI TERHADAP KINERJA GURU MTS SWASTA SUB RAYON 44 KEBUPATEN DELI SERDANG
Authors: Darwin Restu Putri Khairani Lubis 
Published: December 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: 1) pengaruh persepsi tentang supervisi kepala sekolah terhadap motivasi berprestasi, 2) pengaruh budaya organisasi terhadap motivasi berprestasi, 3) pengaruh persepsi tentang supervisi kepala sekolah terhadap kinerja guru, 4) pengaruh budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja Guru, dan 5) pengaruh motivasi berprestasi terhadap kinerja guru. Metode penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif jenis analisis jalur (<em>path analysis</em>). Populasi penelitian ini adalah guru MTs Sawata Sub Rayon 44 Kabupaten Deli Serdang sebanyak 239 orang dengan sampel sebanyak 139 yang diambil dengan mengembangkan oleh <em>Issac</em> dan <em>Michael</em>. Instrument penelitian adalah angket dengan skla <em>Likert</em>. Data penelitian diolah dan dianalisis dengan analisis jalur <em>(path analysis</em>). Analisis jalur ini diawali dengan melakukan uji persyaratan analisis yang meliputi uji normalitas, melalui rumus <em>Liliefors, </em>uji homogenitas melalui <em>Barlett</em> dan uji linearitas dan keberartian regresi. Berdasarkan pengujian hipotesis dapat disimpulkan: (1) terdapat pengaruh langsung positif persepsi tentang supervisi kepala sekolah terhadap motivasi berprestasi, (2) terdapat pengaruh langsung positif budaya organisasi terhadap motivasi berprestasi, (3) terdapat pengaruh langsung positif persepsi tentang supervisi kepala sekolah terhadap kinerja guru; (4) terdapat pengaruh langsung positif budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja guru; dan (5) terdapat pengaruh langsung positif motivasi berprestasi terhadap kinerja guru. Dengan demikian untuk meningkatkan kinerja guru dapat ditentukan dengan meningkatkan persepsi tentang supervise kepala sekolah, budaya organisasi, dan motivasi berprestasi.
PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR KOMIK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MINAT BACA PPKn SISWA MIN RAMBA PADANG KABUPATEN TAPANULI SELATAN
Authors: Lubis Maulana Arafat 
Published: December 2018

<p>: Permendikbud No. 58 Tahun 2013 menjelaskan bahwa proses pembelajaran harus berpusat pada siswa (<em>studen</em><em>t</em><em> centered</em>) dan guru hanya menjadi fasilitator dan bukan satu-satunya sumber belajar bagi siswa. Namun kenyataan di lapangan diperoleh bahwa pembelajaran masih berpusat pada guru, bahkan bahan ajar yang digunakan pun bersifat <em>textbook center </em>(berpusat pada buku pelajaran) sehingga siswa merasa jenuh dalam belajar. Dari hasil observasi awal juga ditemukan bahwa minat baca PPKn siswa kelas 5 di MIN Ramba Padang juga tergolong rendah. Oleh karena itu dilakukan penelitian dengan tujuan: mengembangkan bahan ajar Komik untuk meningkatkan minat baca PPKn siswa kelas 5 MIN Ramba Padang kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan dengan model ADDIE. Subjek pada penelitian ini yaitu: (1) validator ahli sebanyak 3 orang (ahli materi, ahli bahasa, dan ahli ilustrasi gambar); dan (2) siswa kelas V di MIN Ramba Padang sebanyak 17 orang. Instrumen yang digunakan, yaitu: angket validasi ahli, angket minat baca PPKn, lembar observasi minat baca PPKn, dan angket tanggapan guru. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: (1) berdasarkan hasil validasi ahli diperoleh bahwa bahan ajar Komik yang dikembangkan sangat layak digunakan untuk siswa kelas V dengan skor rata-rata validasi sebesar 95,56% atau berkategori sangat valid; (2) berdasarkan hasil uji coba telah diperoleh bahwa bahan ajar Komik yang dikembangkan efektif dapat meningkatkan minat baca PPKn siswa kelas 5dengan skor rata-rata peningkatan yang lebih dari 23 atau berkategori tinggi; dan (3) berdasarkan uji peningkatan skor minat baca PPKn diperoleh bahwa bahan ajar Komik yang dikembangkan telah meningkatkan minat baca PPKn siswa kelas 5 MIN Ramba Padang sebesar 23,24 dengan kategori tinggi melalui pengukuran angket, dan sebesar 23,11 dengan kategori tinggi melalui pengukuran observasi pada uji coba pertama dan uji coba kedua.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Kata </strong><strong>K</strong><strong>unci:</strong>Bahan Ajar, Komik, Minat Baca, Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan (PPKn)</p>
PENGARUH STRATEGI GREEN MARKETING PADA BAURAN PEMASARAN DAN CITRA MERK TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN KONSUMEN DALAM MEMBELI PRODUK HERBALIFE (STUDI KASUS PADA CLUB SEHATWAY DI WONOSOBO)
Authors: Guspul Ahmad 
Published: December 2018

Penelitian ini berjudul Pengaruh Strategi Green Marketing Pada Bauran Pemasaran Dan Citra Merk Terhadap Keputusan Konsumen Dalam Membeli Produk Herbalife ( Studi Kasus Pada Club Sehatway di Wonosobo ) . Sedangkan tujuan yang inigin dicapai adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh strategi green marketing pada bauran pemasaran dan citra merek terhadap keputusan konsumen dalam membeli produk Herbalife.
Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer dan data sekunder, populasi penelitian adalah konsumen pada Club Sehatway Wonosobo dan peduli terhadap masalah lingkungan serta mengetahui tentang green marketing. Teknik pengambilan sampel dengan menggunakan metode purposive sampling, yaitu berdasarkan kriteria yang telah ditetapkan, yaitu berdasarkan umur dan jenis kelamin dengan jumlah total 60 responden. Metode analisis penelitian ini menggunakan regresi berganda dengan tingkat signifikan 0,05.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa citra merek berpengaruh terhadap keputusan konsumen dalam membeli produk Herbalife. Sedangkan green product, green price, green place dan green promotion tidak berpengaruh terhadap keputusan konsumen dalam membeli produk Herbalife.
UJI STATISTIK DALAM PEMBUATAN MODEL PREDIKSI KENYAMANAN TERMAL RUMAH TINGGAL VERNAKULAR DI DAERAH TROPIS LEMBAB
Authors: Hasanah Nur , Sukowiyono Sukowiyono 
Published: December 2018

Tujuan jangka panjang penelitian adalah menemukan model prediksi yang tepat untuk kenyamanan sehingga didapat penghematan energi pada bangunan. Target khusus penelitian adalah untuk mendapatkan uji statistik yang paling akurat dari penelitian kenyamanan termal. Faktor kenyamanan termal terdiri dari faktor iklim dan penghuni. Faktor iklim terdiri dari variabel suhu udara, kelembaban udara, suhu radiasi matahari rata-rata, kecepatan angin. Faktor penghuni terdiri dari jenis kelamin, pendapatan, usia, berat badan, tinggi badan, pakaian, metabolisme. Faktor kenyamanan termal didapat dari hasil sensasi termal yang didasarkan pada standar ASHRAE (American Standar of Heating, Refrigeration, Air Conditioing Engineer). Pengumpulan data variabel iklim dilakukan dengan cara pengukuran di lapangan sedangkan data penghuni dilakukan dengan cara pengisian kuesioner.
Penelitian kenyamanan termal ini mengambil obyek rumah tinggal vernakular di dua tempat yang berbeda dari iklim nya yaitu daerah tropis pegunungan dengan suhu udara rendah dan daerah tropis pantai dengan suhu udara tinggi. Analisis data menggunakan uji regresi dari SPSS dengan pengecekan antara variabel independen dan variabel dependen. Akan dihasilkan model persamaan matematis dengan penggunaan uji statistik sehingga akan diketahui seberapa besar pengaruh variabel independen terhadap variabel dependen.
Model atau persamaan regresi yang dihasilkan adalah Y = -2.028 X + 0.015 X? + 1.276 X? - 0.016 X? + 0.15 X? - 0.12 X? + 0.281 X? + 0.216 X? - 0.014 X? - 0.0.34 X? - 0.0583 X?? dimana X? adalah Jenis Kelamin, X? adalah Pendapatan, X? adalah Usia, X? adalah Berat Badan, X? Tinggi Badan, X? Pakaian, X? adalah Suhu Udara, X? adalah Kelembaban Udara, X? adalah Suhu Radiasi, X?? adalah Kecepatan Angin dan Y adalah Persepsi Termal
Perfil epidemiológico dos indivíduos com grau dois de incapacidade física nos casos novos de hanseníase, durante 10 anos, em Guarapuava-PR
Authors: Bim Cíntia Raquel , Wendler Sabrina Aparecida , Novak Vanessa Cristina , Carrasco Aline Cristina , Daniel Christiane Riedi 
Published: December 2018

Contextualização: A Hanseníase é uma patologia infectocontagiosa e crônica, possui alto poder incapacitante, pode acarretar graves problemas ao portador e representa um grave problema na saúde pública no Brasil. Objetivo: Traçar o perfil dos casos novos de hanseníase, classificados com o grau 2 de incapacidade física (GIF2) no momento do diagnóstico e descrever as principais incapacidades causadas pela doença. Métodos: Estudo epidemiológico transversal. O levantamento de dados foi baseado nos prontuários, registros em livros ata nos arquivos do Ambulatório Municipal de Pneumologia e Dermatologia Sanitária de Guarapuava e no SINANNET/DATASUS. Resultados: A presença do GIF2 é mais frequente no sexo masculino, cor de pele branca, baixa escolaridade, classificação operacional multibacilar, forma clínica virchowiana, e principais incapacidades lesões tróficas ou traumáticas em pés e garra em mãos. Conclusão: Necessidade de intensificar as ações educativas para prevenção, contribuindo para o diagnóstico precoce da doença e evitando as incapacidades físicas e psicossociais.
Technological Determinism: A Social Process with Some Implications for Ambulance Paramedics
Authors: McIntyre Dennis 
Published: December 2018

Medical technology has been presented as a driving force behind a range of social changes, both positive and negative. These changes include escalating health care costs and inequalities in health care outcomes, the deskilling and hyperskilling of health care practitioners, and increased human longevity and quality of life. Medical technology is sometimes clouded by mystique in that each new drug, device, or machine tends to appear as a thing with a life of its own, as if the technology not only arrived independent of social, cultural, political and economic forces but was also the driving force for social change. By not considering the emergence and adoption of a medical technology as a social process, the resulting social change appears as a natural consequence of technological innovation. This has been termed technological determinism. This paper examines technological determinism as a social process and provides some explanation as to why ineffective, expensive, and harmful medical technologies have proliferated since the late 1970's. Four implications arising from technological determinism are identified, and they all have consequences for Ambulance Paramedics and their everyday practice as health care professionals. Firstly, the intuition acquired as a skilled practitioner cannot be replaced by technology and an increase in invasive interventions has resulted in increased iatrogenesis. Secondly, there can be the blocking of a more effective and/or cheaper technology due to the resistance of powerful commercial and/or status groups. Thirdly, borrowing/sharing the technological symbols of an already dominant group may only serve to continue and/or construct a subordinate relationship. Fourthly, there can be a devaluing of Ambulance Paramedics when success is attributed to a technology rather than the skills of practitioners who use it.
Readers’ Perceptions of the Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Macdonald Rhona , Boyle Mal 
Published: December 2018

Objective The Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care (JEPHC) is a subscription free, peerreviewed online publication, intended to promote the publication of emergency primary health care research covering original studies, editorials and reviews. Data collected from annual surveys have been utilised since 2003 to provide the journal's Editorial Team and Management Committee with readers’ preferences and perceptions of the journal in relation to planning and development of quality standards and content appropriate to the journal's readership. This study provides a comparative analysis of survey results from the 2004 and 2006 surveys. The objective of this study was to provide the journal's Editorial Team and Management Committee with results from the survey to assist future planning. Methods A cross-sectional methodology based on data collected from questionnaire surveys utilised in 2004 and 2006, was used to solicit the views and content requirements of visitors to JEPHC. Data collected from all survey responses (n=100 in 2006 and n=44 in 2004) was intended to provide a snapshot of the journal's readership in relation to professional status, content preferences and usefulness of editorial standards as means of supporting research needs, and encouraging future research content. As this article evaluates and reports the results of a quality audit, ethics approval was not required. Results The majority of respondents from both surveys were identified mainly as paramedics, while remaining respondents represented a cross section of other health professionals, educators and researchers. Reasons given by most respondents for visiting JEPHC were to locate peerreviewed articles and case histories relevant to clinical practice. Most respondents rated JEPHC equally with other peer-reviewed journals. The majority of respondents (86%) indicated that they would consider writing for the journal, while 50% of those who indicated that they would not, expressed a lack of skills, motivation or knowledge as being the main reasons. Less than 50% of respondents in the 2006 survey indicated that they knew about the Journal Impact Factor or its usefulness to research. Conclusion As the majority of respondents in both surveys were identified mainly as paramedics, results from the study cannot be generalised to the wider population of emergency primary health care professionals. The large difference in sample sizes between the 2004 and 2006 surveys renders inferential statistics relating to quality, as problematic. Identification and consistency of content that is of most interest to readers is evident in both surveys. However, to more accurately determine relevance and quality of content, and the significance of publishing standards which are representative of the journal's wider readership, modification of the survey design and/or setting may be required to attract a higher response rate in future surveys.
Ureteric Obstruction as An Unrecognised Cause of Acute Pancreatitis in the Emergency Setting
Authors: Raj Mariolyn , Murray Spencer 
Published: December 2018

Objectives Acute severe pancreatitis has a high mortality rate (10 to 30 %) and the aetiology of the pancreatitis itself influences the severity assessment and ultimately the treatment.1 Up to 20% of cases of acute pancreatitis are said to be due to unusual causes such as viral infection, trauma and drugs. However to date, there have been no reports in the literature of ureteric obstruction and infection causing acute pancreatitis. Methods We report on a case of a 77-year-old male who presented to the Emergency Department with acute pancreatitis occurring in the setting of an obstructed and infected right urinary system. Results We outline the pathway to diagnosis and management in this patient and highlight the difficulties associated with reaching an accurate diagnosis in the acute setting. Conclusion We report on this unusual case of acute pancreatitis in the emergency setting. By illustrating this case we aim to promote awareness of and encourage clinicians to consider ureteric obstruction as a possible cause of acute pancreatitis, in their workup of patients in the emergency department.