bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Putting AIM in context
Authors: Wensley Robin 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to critically review the relationship between management research and practice particularly in the UK.Design/methodology/approachThe paper takes the form of an historical survey of initiatives and different conceptual approaches.FindingsThe paper reveals a central focus on the role of management consultants in mediating between management practice and management knowledge,Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is a partial and limited analysis of a complex process: more work is needed to untangle the various institutional roles and conceptual frameworks.Practical implicationsRe‐framing the relationship between management research and practice to consider a greater emphasis on practice engaged scholarship and the two way process of knowledge translation.Originality/valueThe paper encourages a new perspective amongst policy makers, researchers and management consultants.
Activation policies and organisational innovation: the added value of the capability approach
Authors: Bonvin Jean‐Michel , Orton Michael 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to activation policies, then discuss the capability approach, in particular highlighting a number of key concepts relevant to the analysis of active labour market policies. The second section presents the articles in this special issue, which address organisational innovation in activation policies and cover: six European countries (including Scandinavia and East and West Europe); an historical perspective; and policies aimed at the general workless population along with those targeted at specific groups e.g. disabled people. The final section emphasises three important teachings from this special issue. This paper introduces the special issue on the theme of activation policies and organisational innovation in the capability perspective.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents a normative and analytical framework. Its relevance for empirical fieldwork is then illustrated through a synthesis of the case studies presented in the special issue.FindingsIt is argued that the capability approach provides a highly useful framework for analysis of activation policies. Across the diverse range of organisational innovation examined in the articles in the special issue, a capability perspective allows for identification of a number of common themes and failings.Originality/valueThe originality of the paper lies in the presentation of a diverse range of organisational innovation in relation to activation policies, and using a capability approach as a framework for analysis.
Moral judgements and employment policies in Birmingham (1870‐1914): multiplying the categories and treatments of the “undeserving”
Authors: Mah Alice 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the justifying arguments of various Birmingham organisations between 1870 and 1914 in classifying and treating the unemployed. Using a capability approach, the paper will examine how employment policies in Birmingham during this period promoted or limited capabilities of work, life and voice. Finally, implications for labour market policies today will be discussed.Design/methodology/approachThe theoretical framework for this paper will draw on the capability approach to a person's well‐being, developed by Amartya Sen and on theoretical and empirical developments of the capability approach by other authors such as Bonvin and Salais. This paper is based on historical archival research and analysis.FindingsBirmingham was an exemplar of municipal social reform in late nineteenth century England, with the development of a range of public services such as education, electricity and public transport. However, the city's vision of civic reform was closely connected to the Liberal market logic of individual responsibility, and moral judgements of the unemployed served to multiply the categories and punitive treatments of the “undeserving”, separating the valid from the invalid citizen.Originality/valueThis case study of municipal employment policies in Birmingham at the turn of the twentieth century demonstrates the implications of moral judgements, classifications and treatments of the unemployed for people's capabilities in work and life, drawing connections to discourses of responsibility and citizenship today.
The promotion of capabilities in Sweden: a case study of the contraction of shipbuilding in Gothenburg
Authors: Gascoigne Steven , Whiteside Noel 
Published: October 2009

PurposeUsing the example of a project dedicated to labour market re‐activation in major shipyards in Sweden (Gothenburg) in the late 1970s, the purpose of this paper is to examine how integrated employment policies may be achieved using more deliberative public action than that offered by New Public Management (NPM).Design/methodology/approachBased on original archival research and interviews with ex‐participants, the research reconstructs how this project was designed and operated; its analysis is based on a capability perspective.FindingsThe paper analyses the problems encountered by projects promoting labour market integration and personal capabilities in the context of a productivity drive in a contracting industry that requires the retention of the most productive workers to stave off industrial collapse. It argues that deliberative democracy offers the more effective means for co‐ordinating integrated employment policies than governance strategies associated with NPM.Practical implicationsThis paper offers an example highly pertinent to the labour market conditions currently facing European economies in the current financial crisis.Originality/valueThe paper offers original insights into the operation of the Swedish social model in practice, in a context of industrial crisis. Many scholars have analysed this model of labour market management from a national perspective: far fewer have addressed its practical limitations.
The integration of activation policy at sub‐national level
Authors: Green Anne E. , Orton Michael 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to engage with the theme of activation policies and organisational innovation in the capability perspective, from the viewpoint of active labour market policies in the UK.Design/methodology/approachThe focus of the article is the City Strategy initiative in Great Britain, which encourages institutions to work together to develop solutions to concentrations of worklessness. The article presents findings from a case study of the introduction of the City Strategy in one English sub‐region: Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. The empirical investigation is based on analysis of documentary evidence including strategy papers and “grey literature” such as minutes of meetings and internal briefings. In addition, the case study draws on in‐depth qualitative interviews conducted with 18 local actors involved in the City Strategy.FindingsThe empirical investigation provides selected evidence of successful public action undertaken through the City Strategy. It discusses issues concerning the benefits of partnership working and inter‐agency cooperation, but also limits that are reached.Originality/valueThe paper identifies elements of the capabilities approach – the idea of situated public action, the importance of local actors, and key concepts of empowerment and voice – as providing a helpful framework for analysis. While the City Strategy represents an interesting example of situated public action to tackle worklessness, it can be argued that what is missing in this instance is what the capabilities approach identifies as key elements of empowerment and voice for local actors.
Activation of the unemployed in Poland: from policy design to policy implementation
Authors: Sztandar‐Sztanderska Karolina 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how recent changes in labour market policy in Poland, such as the activation shift, formal incentives for policies integration and inclusion of private and civil society actors in the policy‐making process, are actually put into practice on the local level. By applying Amartya Sen's capability approach, decisive factors in the process of implementation, the role of normative assumptions in the assessment of unemployed people and the impact of performance indicators on local civil officers’ actions are analyzed.Design/methodology/approachThe text is based on the results of research conducted with a variety of methods: in‐depth and semi‐structured interviews, analysis of official reports, surveys among enterprises and among the employed, unemployed and inactive.FindingsThe paper shows the limitations of the activation model in Poland. The normative assumptions underlying ALMP lead to reproduction of social inequalities and stigmatisation of unemployed people, whereas the disciplinary approach discourages employers from cooperating with employment services. The increase of resources for the active labour market policy is not translated into an improvement in the quality of services.Originality/valuePrevious researches on labour market policies in Poland are mainly based on quantitative data and analysis of legal regulations. Not enough attention is paid to the actual uses of law and the role of normative assumptions in the process of implementation. The paper attempts to reintroduce the perspective of policy practitioners and beneficiaries that is completely absent from research on labour market policy in Poland.
Assessing integrated employment policies against the capability approach
Authors: Galster Déborah , Rosenstein Emilie , Bonvin Jean‐Michel 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of the current trend towards integrating employment policies against Amartya Sen's capability approach. By contrast with the conventional efficiency measures, it focuses on two main issues: to what extent does the integration of policies result in more performing programs when it comes to empowering the beneficiaries? What is the impact of integrated programs in terms of freedom to choose and capability for voice? These issues are investigated against a Swiss case study, i.e. the CII‐MAMAC project.Design/methodology/approachAn investigation relying on qualitative interviews conducted with 25 local agents and managers belonging to the various institutions engaged in the CII‐MAMAC project and an in‐depth documentary survey of the official texts (laws, directives, etc.).FindingsIntegrating employment policies is very ambivalent in terms of both empowerment and freedom to choose. On the one hand, it can certainly lead to an increased effort in terms of empowerment, while on the other hand, it may reinforce paternalistic views of the welfare state envisaging the beneficiary as an obedient subject, rather than an active citizen. All in all, integration cannot be seen as the panacea to problems of inefficiency and unfairness in social policies.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper focuses on one case study. Other in‐depth investigations are needed for issuing more general conclusions.Originality/valueThe paper demonstrates that using the capability approach to assess public policies opens new paths for evaluation research in this field.
Integrated employment policies for disabled people
Authors: Monteleone Raffaele , Mozzana Carlotta 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of an empirical research examining how local agencies interpret and implement a policy instrument that aims at reorganising fragmented interventions for disabled people employment in Milan. The main aim of this research is to analyse the organisational difficulties and opportunities that this new employment instrument faces and how it changes the courses of action and organisational logics of the local agencies.Design/methodology/approachThis issue is examined through the analysis of the design and implementation phases. The analytical framework used combines two concepts: capability and policy instruments. The empirical research is based on an in‐depth empirical investigation.FindingsThe paper shows that the Emergo Plan could not transform the way the agencies work: measures are bent and adapted to agencies' organisational routines or to labour market's logics and they do not guarantee adequate social support in order to promote disabled people's capabilities. This has consequences in terms of: chance of projects personalisation; participation and activation of disabled people; and job opportunities.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper focuses on one specific case study, the Emergo Plan, and the recipients were not interviewed. Further research is needed in order to assess the discussed issues at a more theoretical level and consider the beneficiaries' voices.Originality/valueThe paper presents some indications about the relation between public administration and local agencies and its implications and consequences in terms of organisational arrangements for public policies and related services.
Collecting law and medical titles for general academic collections: what use statistics can tell us
Authors: Levine‐Clark Michael , Jobe Margaret M. 
Published: October 2009

PurposeIn order to better understand how collections are used, this study aims to present a large‐scale analysis of usage patterns for non‐core monographs in the collections of fourteen general academic libraries of varying sizes.Design/methodology/approachUsing Spectra Dimension, a collection analysis tool, this study compares use data from multiple academic libraries.FindingsIt appears that general academic libraries are overinvesting in legal materials and perhaps underinvesting in medical materials.Research limitations/implicationsThis study suggests that analysis of use data from multiple libraries may help individual libraries better understand their own collecting needs. Local issues may, however, override the broad patterns identified here.Practical implicationsIn lean budgetary times, understanding collection use is key to making informed decisions about resource allocation for collection development. Libraries may be able to use these data to better manage their own materials budgets and collecting practices.Originality/valueThough there have been a number of large‐scale analyses of collections, most have relied on sampling or have compared small portions of collections, and few have compared use across libraries. This study analyzes collection use across many institutions at a level of detail not possible before the introduction of multi‐library collection analysis tools.
Great websites for art history
Authors: Chen Ching‐Jung 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThis paper aims to identify a selection of websites for the study and enjoyment of the visual arts.Design/methodology/approachFrom the hundreds of offerings on the world wide web, the 24 public sites featured in this article are distinguished by the quality of their content, design, and ease of use.FindingsThe best websites are great tools for teachers, students, and interested individuals to explore and learn about the visual arts. Taking advantage of advancing technology, they offer experiences that go far beyond convenient delivery of traditional analog materials.Originality/valueOffers practical suggestions for public and academic librarians on the most useful and usable public websites devoted to the visual arts.
Back to basics: international collection development on a shoestring
Authors: Newcomer Nara L. 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThis article aims to explore collection development for small libraries facing an extremely restricted budget, with an additional focus on international school libraries.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the author's experience as a professional consultant for Oasis International School, Ankara, Turkey, this case study provides collection development advice, tips for librarians interested in volunteering or international travel, and a literature review.FindingsAn extremely restricted budget and the complexities of an international environment need not prevent libraries from taking steps towards improving their collection. Strategies include: seeking targeted donations from publishers, granting organizations, individuals, and others; intelligently exploiting non‐targeted donations; utilizing volunteers; carefully balancing preservation and access; and implementing a basic inventory/circulation system.Research limitations/implicationsSimilar case studies undertaken at other libraries would add to the sparse literature on restricted budget and international school library collection development.Practical implicationsInternational and domestic school libraries facing a restricted budget will gain concrete advice on collection development. Librarians interested in volunteering or international librarianship will find practical guidance.Originality/valueThis article fills a gap in library scholarship by focusing on collection development issues facing international school libraries with an extremely restricted budget.
The current scenario of open access journal initiatives in India
Authors: Sawant Sarika 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe overall aim of the research was to gather the data related to open access journal initiatives in India with respect to its type, funding agency/host organization, full text availability, article charges etc.Design/methodology/approachVarious sources of information were consulted such as literature, search engines, directories etc.FindingsResults shows that all 178 open access journals were peer reviewed, indexed and abstracted in various indexing and abstracting services, listed with DOAR and O‐Jgate.Research limitations/implicationsOpen access journals that were available on internet were included but not those which were available on intranet.Originality/valueIn the earlier literature it was mentioned that there were about 100 to 110 open access journals and no author paid journals. But the present study discovered the existence of 178 open access journals with three author paid journals.
Pragmatic support for taxonomy‐based annotation of structured digital documents
Authors: Whitelaw Lara , Collins Trevor , Zdrahal Zdenek , Mulholland Paul , Potter Linda , Scantlebury Non , Taylor Josie 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop support for the annotation of educational resources within a digital library and their subsequent integration with distance learning course materials in a virtual learning environment.Design/methodology/approachA toolset for supporting the annotation of structured course materials was developed in participation with subject librarians, lecturers and library cataloguers.FindingsThe transparency of support provided by the system was found to be an important factor influencing the acceptance of the toolset. The approach was to facilitate rather than automate the annotation tasks of the subject librarians, lecturers and cataloguers.Research limitations/implicationsThe tools developed were used in two pilot applications: one for an undergraduate health and social care course, and the second for a postgraduate science communication course. The implications of the research are not limited to these domains, and further applications of this approach and the toolset would help to further generalize and refine the work done.Originality/valueThe value of the work described here is in identifying the benefits of transparent support tools for multi‐disciplinary teams involved in the production and deployment of online course materials. Here the benefits of metadata annotation are highlighted by enabling the subject librarians, lecturers and cataloguers to see how the annotations are made and the consequences of those choices.
The instantiation of OmniPaper RDF prototype in the context of scientific publications
Authors: Susana Mendes Pereira Teresa , Baptista Ana Alice 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present an instance of the system developed in the OmniPaper project, regarding the mechanisms of distributed information retrieval. These mechanisms were developed for newspaper articles and they were then instantiated in the context of the scientific publication.Design/methodology/approachOne of the steps of the system's development was the definition of the metadata layer that supports the research and the navigation functionalities as well as the contents' syndication. Several tasks were performed for the definition of the metadata layer, namely: analysis of several metadata standard vocabularies; selection of the metadata elements; definition of an application profile and the RSS template; development of a metadatabase, through the use of a native Resource Description Framework (RDF) database management system to store the RSS descriptions of the scientific publications; implementation of the search and navigation processes developed in the prototype; finally, tests and validation of all developed functionalities.FindingsThe RSS technology is well suited for handling the description of scientific contents. RDF records that were used in the OmniPaper RDF prototype were replaced by RSS. The subject and lexical thesauri were kept. This strong metadata layer allows the creation of several services that facilitate the conceptual search of scientific contents.Research limitations/implicationsThe system implemented was tested but not evaluated in a real environment with specific users.Originality/valueThis paper presents a system that uses a central metadatabase to support conceptual searching mechanisms. This is a solution for a value‐added service for the scientific community that is fully based in state‐of‐the‐art standard technologies and is fully open for integration with other systems. Moreover this could be implemented by journals to improve the current mechanisms used to access, distribute and disseminate the scientific research developments.
Semantic navigating an OPAC by subject headings meta‐information
Authors: Papadakis Ioannis , Stefanidakis Michalis , Tzali Aikaterini 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to address a library service based on semantic web technologies capable of exposing knowledge that is otherwise hidden in a library's subject headings repository.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed service implements a web‐based information seeking process that combines browsing and searching of information assets within a library, based on their corresponding subject headings. The underlying subject headings hierarchy is the Greek translation of a subset of the official Library of Congress subject headings. The information seeking process exposes the expressiveness of an underlying ontology capable of modeling subject headings together with their relations.FindingsIn order to assess the effectiveness of the proposed approach in a real‐world scenario, the library service is integrated into a working OPAC located at the Ionian University in Greece. Thus, the library service contributes to the fast retrieval of information. Moreover, during the information seeking process, users underpin their cognitive learning.Originality/valueThe paper introduces a novel service for the library domain capable of being integrated in many library portals. Serving as a semantic web application, the proposed work promotes interactive navigation in ontology structures that could be potentially exploited by ontologies developed in other domains.