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Breastfeeding Picnics are first and foremost about turning up, having fun with other parents, and going home. During this fun time, breastfeeding will take place as a normal part of human activity. That's actually the most important bit. Breastfeeding in public is about hungry babies, requiring milk. That's all. Hungry babies get milk. Simples!
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Dwarves are renowned miners, smiths, and workers of stone. They were created for the express purpose of crafting items for their divine overlords. When they were freed of their bondage, they remained in their underground forges and clanhalls, as this was all they knew.
Dwarven society is class-based; though the classes are more or less equal in status, there are distinctions between them. One can easily change classes through deeds or ability - dwarven children are considered to be Commoner class (see below) until they reach their majority, after which time, if they haven't already shown a talent or preference, they generally fall into their parents' class. One can be a member of multiple classes, such as a noble warrior or a craftsman priest; such dwarves are generall prevented from being on the Council, however.
At the top of the hierarchy is the Thane, who presides over a clanhold. Below him are the nobles; dwarves can gain noble status through deeds (defeating powerful enemies, making great discoveries, etc.) or lose it through the same (though it is rare for an entire house to lose its status; individuals operating without knowledge of the house's head will be stripped of their status without punishment to the rest of the house beyond shame by association). Next come the warriors, clerics, and mages (sorcerers and wizards); dwarves look favorably upon their warriors (barbarians, fighters, rangers, and paladins) for their fighting prowess. Clerics likewise are respected for their ties to the gods. Sorcerers and mages, while rare, are valued for their ability to enchant magical items, find new veins of ore, or aid in mining and smithing (almost all dwarven sorcerers have earth or fire elemental bloodlines). Craftsmen (smiths, carpenters, stonemasons, etc.) come next, and then the common common folk (laborers, merchants, tavernkeepers, servants, etc.). In dwarven society, there is no shame in having an ordinary job, as long as one is productive. The classless (those who have left or been expelled from dwarven society) are at the bottom; they are below all others in status, and many dwarves pretend a classless dwarf doesn't exist. Being exiled is, for most dwarves, a fate worse than death; their name is stricken from the records and is never spoken again - effectively, they are wiped from the collective memory of all dwarves.
Bards and lorekeepers hold a special place in dwarven society. They are effectively outside of the hierarchy - they answer only to the Thane, and can travel freely between clanholds even during wars. They cannot take part in inter-clan conflicts and are likewise protected from harm while traveling in other clans' holds. Harming a lorekeeper bears heavy penalties, up to and including death or exile. They cannot, however, take part in politics.
Dwarven adult males braid their beards with stones of various colors carved with runes that show their class, status, occupation, deeds, and lineage; females braid the stones into their hair. Dwarven children aren't allowed to braid hair or beard until they reach their majority or, rarely, unless they have achieved a noteworthy deed (in which case they can add a braid to their hair - this applies to both sexes).
Dwarven clanholds are led by a thane and a council of thirteen. The Council is made up of members from all the classes, as follows: one noble, two each from the warriors, clerics, and mages, and three each from the crafters and commonfolk. The Council is weighted thus to be in rough proportion to the size of the classes in society. Each member is a direct representative of his or her class, passing on concerns and complaints to the Thane to be dealt with.
The Thane rules for life or until he chooses to step down; Councilmembers serve for five-year terms, whereupon they can run for reelection by members of their class. The Council also serves as a balance to the Thane; if they determine the Thane is incapable of ruling (either through incompetence, old age, or mental problems) and (s)he refuses to step down, a 2/3 vote by the Council can force the Thane to step down. Likewise, if the Thane dies or steps down, the Council is bound to choose a successor from among the worthiest candidates.
Personality: Dwarves are initially suspicious of those they don't know. After being used as slaves by the Old Gods, they swore it would never happen again; this view taints their interactions with strangers. Once they get to know someone, though, they become more open and friendly. They are avid singers and storytellers; those who can sing or tell a tale (bards especially) are more likely to gain access to a clanhold or get a dwarf to open up.
Dwarves take their time when making a decision outside of battle, pondering the various results of any action's consequences. This does not, however, make them dense or stupid – just deliberate. They are quite capable of quick action when necessary.
Dwarves have a wide store of songs, which they sing at a variety of occasions: while working their forges or in the mines (much like soldiers chant marching songs), during worship, at joyous occasions, and for their dead. Few outsiders have ever heard dwarven dirges, but they universally describe them as mournful sounds that would make even the stones weep.
Physical Description: Dwarves are heavy-boned, broad-shouldered, and barrel-chested, with heavy, well-defined musculature. They stand 4 to 4 1/2 feet tall, though they weigh as much as a human. Their skin ranges from light gray to dark brown, with hair in shades of brown and black.
Table 1: Height and Weight by Gender
Male 4' 0" +2d4 140 lb. ×(2d6) lb.
Female 3' 10" +2d4 130 lb. ×(2d6) lb.
Relations: Dwarves get along well with gnomes and most humans (though humans are too short-lived to really get to know well). They mistrust elves and avoid contact with them whenever possible. Though they have little contact with halflings, they are on good terms.
Alignment: Like most of the civilized races, the majority of dwarves are good or neutral in alignment.
Lands: Dwarven lands are found in barren mountain ranges, harsh stone lands, and hilly areas. They maintain crops and livestock on the surface, but their living quarters are belowground, near their forges.
Religion: Dwarves are deeply religious and hold their priests in high esteem. They have a strong written and oral history, through which they venerate their ancestors and their gods alike.
Language: Dwarves speak Dwarven. They have a written language, which is also used by other races that live in the same terrain.
Names: A dwarf's name is often short (two or three syllables), with many consonants and very few liquids. Glottal stops and harsh, guttural sounds are common. Last names are often descriptive of an individual's or, more often, a clan's ability, or something for which a clan is known.
Male Names: Aldric, Conrad, Gunter, Olaf.
Female Names: Berta, Elke, Gertrude, Gunhilde, Hilda.
Clan Names: Brightgem, Foehammer, Stonesinger.
Adventurers: Most adventurers are young dwarves, either those seeking glory for themselves or their clan (or to regain respect lost by themselves or an ancestor), or those looking to start a new clanhall. Bards are common among the dwarves, as are clerics and fighters; barbarians and paladins are slightly less so. Sorcery is rare among the dwarves, but those who do manifest the talent are always elementalists (usually earth). Wizards are uncommon, but their magics are useful for enchanting items and helping in the creation or renovation of clanholds. Rangers and rogues are rare, and most of those serve as scouts or merchants who travel alone or with a small group, trading with other subterranean races.
Table 2: Starting Age
40 years +3d6 +5d6 +7d6
Racial Traits
- Medium size.
Racial Abilities
Clansinger (Ex): Dwarves have a +2 racial bonus on either Perform (singing) or Perform (storytelling) checks (chosen when the character is created).
Earth Affinity (Ex): Dwarves have a +2 racial bonus on Appraise and Craft checks related to stone or metal items. At 5th level and every five levels thereafter, the bonus to both skills increases by +1.
Low-Light Vision (Ex): A dwarf can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. He retains the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
Resistant (Ex): Dwarves have a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison, spells, and spell-like effects.
Stonecunning (Ex): Dwarves have a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework, such as sliding walls, stonework traps, new construction (even when built to match the old), unsafe stone surfaces, shaky stone ceilings, and the like. Something that isn't stone but that is disguised as stone also counts as unusual stonework. A dwarf can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up.
At 5th level and every five levels thereafter, a dwarf's racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework or stone traps increases by +1. Also at 5th level, he can intuit where true north lies in relation to himself (as if he had 5 ranks in Survival) whenever he is underground.
Sturdy (Ex): Dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, dwarves can move at this speed even when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures, whose speed is reduced in such situations). They also have a +2 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing on the ground (but not when climbing, flying, riding, or otherwise not standing firmly on the ground).
Weapon Familiarity: Dwarves treat dwarven waraxes and dwarven urgroshes as martial weapons, rather than exotic weapons.
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Frank O'Hara, John Button, James Schuyler, and Joe LeSueur, 1960. Photo by John Button.
An emergency, reading that James Schuyler "was born in 1933" — so says the jacket note on The Crystal Lithium. That would make him a mere six years older than I, seven years younger than Frank O'Hara, one year older than Ted Berrigan, and so on — a fact behind his accomplishment which my vanity calls unacceptable. But the jacket for Hymn to Life says, "born in 1923." So there. (Though where vanity rears its horny head there can be no real relief).
The city poet who knows, like no other, the names of all flowers. Of whom else can it be said, he is our best (or only) descriptive poet? Was this ever said, as it might have been, of John Clare? "You can't get at a sunset naming colors." Every poem, a view. The sense in each of a scrim of exact detail so carefully woven as to be seamless, impregnable to the monsters raging, ready to pounce or tear through from the other side. The central character, if any, of most of his poems is the day, the poem geared to get it down, nail it in its lineaments as it appears and goes: "a nothing day," "day the color of a head cold," "Dark day," "a day subtle and suppressed," "May 24th or so," "a day like any other," and so on. His writing has what filmmakers call "room tone," c.f., Charles North's remark about Schuyler's perfect pitch.
One hot day in 1961, when I was working in the office at ARTnews, Tom Hess said, "Go down to Jimmy Schuyler's and pick up his reviews." I hardly knew Jimmy then, but I had heard from John Myers that he had been having psychiatric troubles. The reviews for that month were long overdue; Jimmy apparently had told Tom that he had them but in his present mental disarray couldn't manage the trip uptown from his place on lower Broadway to deliver them. Once there, I rang the bell a few times and got no response. Baffled as to what to do next, I went to a corner phone booth and called Frank who suggested I try Jimmy's number. That worked, and Jimmy buzzed me in. The apartment was a mess, Jimmy in pajamas sort of silently, aimlessly padding around the front room. No, he said firmly, giving me a somewhat stony look, there were no reviews. I left, feeling useless and rude, an intruder in someone else's private soul dust.
A word, that's the poem.
Dinner after Jimmy Schuyler's reading at the Art Institute, Washington Square Bar & Grill, with JS, Tom Carey, Lynn, Kathleen Fraser and Bob Glück. Corner table by the door. The talk breaks into facing twos: J/T, K/L, Bob and me. Jimmy is gracious — it's more of an after-reading group than he'd bargained for, and the restaurant is noisy, replete with piano accompanying a girl singer who can't quite meet the old standards ("Am I blue," etc.) head on. Eventually, I catch Jimmy's face out of the corner of my eye — a look of sweetest sadness with a faint cry of help at the corners of his mouth. No coffee, no dessert, and Bob drives Jimmy and Tom back to the Friary.
The reading had been astonishing. Jimmy seated at a card table with French blue tablecloth, blue Mexican water pitcher, Chinese enamel tin mug. He read musically, steadily, softly intoning each word. A few flubs, where word or phrase got gummed. One poem — "Fauré Piano Quartet": Fauré, Schubert, Chopin — that range of precise, stately, sorrowful piano, groundswells of his poems, with fully rounded, openly flung vowels. Something else: in the insistent patching together of detail — a thing said for each aspect in a day, a view. The whole took about 40 minutes. He enjoyed the funny parts, the audience's response — "They were so nice," he said after the applause died down. Melodious he was, as I hadn't expected. An Anglo melody in part (Auden, yes, but then reaching back to clear, hard Chaucer), plus the chortle and edge of manic American fact. Newly heard among the poems: "Evening Wind," "Eyes at the Window," "Korean Mums," "Now and Then," "A Man in Blue," "What Ails My Fern" (a crowd pleaser), and before those, he always seems to begin "Past is past …" ("Salute"). Most sound longer than they look on the page.
Showing Jimmy the plum tree in our Bolinas yard that occasioned a poem I wrote for him. The tree is now in flower, as then it was in bud. And three plants he wanted to know the names of — Watsonia, Solanium, Salvia — I didn't know but Lynn told me later and I sent the names on for Jimmy's gardening registry. And the rose he recommended: Belle of Portugal.
In last night's dream I confused Jimmy with Milton Greene (not difficult — they are near-lookalikes). I was sleeping in the entryway to his studio when he appeared at the door. Before that, a non-sequitur party with jazz musicians, Ornette Coleman and others (not Jimmy's scene at all).
He hated the hills, the incessant up-and-down of them, in cars.
He hated the long cross-continental plane ride.
He visited Don Allen with Bob Gluck.
Blue is the hero of Three Friends at a Table, a blue that varies from a night-blue wall pierced by a shining grey window to one mixed with violet and pink in a man's sweater; or it becomes slightly chalky, a "French" blue on a cup, or that of an iris under artificial light, or one with a clanger to it in the enamel of a teapot, or one that looks silky in the geometric pattern of a blouse. It is air within the paint and gives it breath. — James Schuyler, "Nell Blaine: The View from 210 Riverside Drive," ARTnews, May 1968.
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For all the kindness Jimmy showered on me, I was mostly at a loss as to how to please him. Partly, there was never enough quality time together for us to feel at ease with one another. Back in New York in 1971, I learned that Jimmy was hospitalized, and Maxine Groffsky got me invited with her to see him. Shy of sickbed visitations, I gave Maxine a pound or more of tangerines to take in my place.
Phone message from Anne Waldman this morning: Jimmy Schuyler dead of a stroke at 7 a.m. And looking at his typescript poems on glaring orange bond, with alterations scribbled in tentative, thin but ever upright script — plus an inscription in The Home Book: "for Bill / father of / Moses — / love — / Jimmy / Jan. 9, 1977.


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I am a proponent of cardiac screening for young athletes. As a physical therapist and the mom of four I take a very personal interest in the safety of our young athletes. But when the screening comes back abnormal for one of your own it's a shock. And when the screening comes back with an abnormality for a second child it can be incredibly overwhelming.
Two years ago my daughter was found to have Wolfe-Parkinson-white (WPW) which is an electrical issue. She underwent cardiac ablation and now has no problems, no pain, no limitations, and a normal EKG. This year my youngest child was screened and found to also have an abnormal EKG. However further testing did not reveal WPW, instead it showed a completely unrelated heart condition. Ryan, who just turned 13, was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. He was born with a bicuspid, instead of tricuspid, aortic valve and now, due to the constant increased pressure, has a dilated aortic root. This can be a very dangerous situation as it weakens the aorta and makes it vulnerable to tearing or trauma. The pediatric cardiologist explained the anatomy, explained the problem and then said "Ryan, do you like golf? You need to learn to like it!" What?!? He went on to say that the American Heart Association recommends that people with this diagnosis do not participate in any rigorous,"exertional", and certainly no contact sports. But wait! This is the child that loves any and every sport. This is the child who is never still, always bouncing a ball or running around. This is the child we find rollerblading and shooting baskets in the driveway. No "exertional activity"? What does that mean? What can he do? Is there any treatment? To which the doctor replied "Nope, I'm sorry".
I have to be honest and say that I went from shocked, to overwhelmingly sad, to angry. I suppose those are normal stages of grief. I'm not trying to be melodramatic. I am just trying to process this information and figure out what it means to my child and everything that he enjoys doing. I am incredibly sick of people telling me "well, at least you know". Of course knowing a diagnosis is better than the shock and grief of a child's death. As someone in healthcare I've always been a proponent of the knowledge is power idea. But now it's really hit me, that "power" has knocked me senseless. I wonder how often I've given people that kind of insensitive remark rather than acknowledging the enormity of the impact on every decision and activity they choose in life. Ryan asked the doctor a few questions…"Can I run?", "just don't overdo it"…"Can I play basketball?", "only through the 8th grade". We can avoid contact sports and leave out football and hockey. We can even stop having him participate in school athletics all together. But how do you tell a 13 year old active boy to 'just don't over do it'? What does that mean and how can he possibly interpret that?
The downside of being in healthcare is I know all of the worst case scenarios. I know what an aortic dissection means. And as his mom that scares me spitless! But the upside of being in healthcare is I know that doctors are all just "practicing" and there are always going to be different opinions and advice. I also know that it is imperative that patients do their own research and advocate for themselves. So I've contacted medical friends and people I know with a history of heart problems. I've read about valve replacement and aortic supports. I researched the AMA guidelines and the most recent findings regarding aortic dilation. And I've made an appointment for a second opinion with a pediatric cardiac surgeon who deals with this diagnosis every day. But I have to admit my heart breaks a little every time I look at my healthy, athletic son with his six pack abs and his long, lanky, tanned body. He spent the last three days laying on the couch playing video games. He seems to be taking it all in stride, but he doesn't want to swim or play basketball, or go for a walk. He has had no symptoms. And I think that is what makes this diagnosis the worst. There's no warning, no symptoms until it's very bad. The truth is he may have lived his entire life not knowing about the valve because he doesn't even have the typical murmur. He just may have developed cardiac disease and valve stenosis in his 50's or 60's. As an advocate for children's health and safety in sports, and as a proponent of EKG screenings I have to be honest and admit maybe ignorance was bliss.
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BY Alan Hart
January 13, 2021, 10:09AM
On this 242nd episode of "Marketing Today," I speak with Rob Holland, the CEO at Feedback Loop, a technology growth company that provides rapid consumer feedback through its agile research platform.
We begin the interview with Holland's upbringing in Staten Island and eventually to the West Coast, but wherever he went, it never seemed to be permanent. Holland believes "being comfortable with mobility has been a real game-changer," allowing him to adapt quickly to new environments. We then move to Holland's financial background and how it helped him when making the transition to managerial positions. Though he started in finance and eventually found his way to the marketing side, Holland has "always been connected to the consumer in some way."
Holland then dives into Feedback Loop, defining agile research as a tool that "provides directional guidance early and often to guide decisions that might otherwise be made by opinion or rank, rather than data." Holland has seen first-hand that "the whole idea of getting rapid consumer feedback to solve rapidly changing needs in very dynamic markets has never been greater," and it's not going to go away anytime in the foreseeable future. Lastly, we end our conversation on the current polarizing state of the world and how "it's forcing marketers and brands to take sides in places that they really have no need to get into." Marketing teams need to tread lightly!
Highlights from this week's "Marketing Today":
Rob grew up in Staten Island before heading to the West Coast after high school, though he has remained a Mets fan. 1:20
Both sides of Alan's wife's family are your typical Italian family from Staten Island. 1:49
Throughout his career, Rob has stayed connected to the end-consumers the entire way. 2:38
Starting in finance, Rob moved into market analytics, where he began to climb the management ladder. 3:16
Rob's operational finance background gave him an advantage when he made the transition to the management side. 4:11
Find someone who knows the finance side of the company, as it will always be an advantage. 5:50
Feedback Loop provides an agile research platform that serves teams that want to do their own research. 6:06
The Founder of Feedback Loop recognized the lack of ability to get rapid consumer feedback. 7:16
Over time, Alpha's platform (prior name) evolved and grew with its customers and product development teams. 8:10
After so much growth, Alpha stopped describing the platform accurately, so the company changed its name to Feedback Loop. 8:56
Rob has seen the impact of the constantly evolving market on Feedback Loop and the marketing research industry as a whole. 10:48
Research teams are having a hard time trying to keep up with the shifting market, and that's where Feedback Loop hopes to help. 11:36
Agile research provides small chunks of information quickly to inform incremental decisions. 12:45
The rapid feedback provided by Agile Research is most comparable to using windshield wipers during a storm, allowing you to keep moving forward. 13:55
Product teams and research teams need buffers, and Agile Research provides those controlled parameters. 15:05
Feedback Loop works with consumer-faced businesses of various sizes across a variety of industries. 17:25
Farmers Insurance, a client of Feedback Loop, created Toggle, a direct-to-consumer product that allows them to connect to younger generations. 17:48
Due to COVID, the behaviors and expectations of consumers are changing rapidly. 20:50
Feedback Loop is working with brands that are being forced to re-evaluate because of the massive shift that the world is going through. 22:17
Industries that had pre-understood truths have to re-evaluate what those truths are and show consumers that they are adapting. 23:40
Moving around often while growing up gave Rob the flexibility to adapt to new environments very quickly. 25:25
Looking back, Rob would have taken more calculated risks by moving faster through his career. 27:06
Apple and Amazon are brands that Rob likes to stalk and watch grow by continuously surrounding their consumers. 30:22
Digital transformation has shown maturity by blending things that you can't touch and feel with real physical products. 33:48
Differing political and socio-economic views are sucking companies into black holes right now. 35:00
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Why do the godless yearn for religious music?
By Ivan Hewett, Classical Music Critic 19 April 2019 • 8:05am
Saint Cecilia (oil on canvas) by Rocca, Michele (c.1670-c.1751) Credit: Bridgeman Images
Today is the high-water mark of the great tide of religious music that sweeps over the country at this time of year.
In churches up and down the country there are performances of Bach's Passions, those dramatic retellings of Christ's arrest, trial and crucifixion, and also Handel's oratorios, above all the Messiah. In concert halls, remarkably, it's the same story.
And yet the sudden rush of Passions and oratorios at Easter obscures an astonishing fact about our secular age, which is that religious music is absolutely everywhere, all the time.
This hunger for music with a spiritual dimension takes many forms. On the populist side there are albums that lace easy-listening with a spiritual ambience such as Pure by New Zealand-born singer Hayley Westenra, which 15 years after its release is still the bestselling classical album of the 21st century.
Alongside pop covers it has arrangements of Maori religious songs, Amazing Grace, and a sacred piece from Carmina Burana. More than 20 years on, Charlotte Church's debut Voice of an Angel, which features Andrew Lloyd Webber's Pie Jesu and César Franck's Panis Angelicus, is still at number five in Classic FM's list of top sellers of the past 25 years. Just a few places below are those plainchant-singing Priests at number 10.
Far away from these albums in terms of greater historical accuracy, but quite close in terms of pure "angelic" voices, are the choirs performing church music from centuries ago, much of it in Latin. The trend was launched more than 40 years ago by the Tallis Scholars, who found there was a terrific appetite for their performances of masses and motets by great figures of Renaissance music such as Thomas Tallis and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
Hard on their heels came the Sixteen, who every year undertake a sold-out tour of churches and cathedrals called a Choral Pilgrimage – doesn't that name tell us the impetus is more than musical? Numerous younger choirs have since followed in their footsteps, such as the Orlando Consort and the Gesualdo Six.
Even more surprising is the popularity of contemporary religious composers. At one time "new music" was an aggressively secular thing; now it's the composers of religious or "spiritual" music who dominate the market. Almost 30 years ago, a recording of the third symphony by a completely unknown Polish composer named Henryk Górecki was an unexpected hit, despite consisting of deeply melancholy settings of prayers in Polish.
The Sixteen Choir in Mantua at St Augustine Church, Kilburn, London Credit: Arnaud Stephenson
Since then, numerous other composers of avowedly spiritual music have emerged, all of them vastly more popular than their secular colleagues. Among the best-known is the Estonian Arvo Pärt, whose bell-like harmonies and interwoven textures are sometimes stark and grand, sometimes naive and playful. Even better known is John Tavener, who became a household name for his ecstatic meditative pieces such as The Protecting Veil and The Lamb. Song for Athene was played at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Tavener, who died in 2013, made a point of embracing music and sounds from beyond the Christian church; one of his last pieces was one celebrating the "ninety-nine beautiful names" that God is given in Islam. Other composers stay firmly within the ambit of Christianity, and some are even happy to submit to the discipline of writing modest pieces for use in church services.
Among them is Scottish composer James MacMillan, who has a genius for making perfectly turned pieces for choir of a rapt and unsentimental devotional spirit. US composer Eric Whitacre is even more popular, perhaps because – unlike MacMillan – he's careful to keep all trace of doubt and conflict out of his music.
This astonishing revival of sacred music has brought a vast treasury of great music back into general circulation, which a few decades ago was known only to churchgoers or scholars. In doing so it has completely transformed the public's view of what "classical music" consists of. At one time it was a fairly narrow sliver of the tradition, extending from Bach in the early 18th century to Mahler and Elgar in the 20th. Now there's a general awareness that classical music stretches back to the Renaissance and medieval periods, and also forward, to our own time. That has to be a good thing.
But what is the significance of this boom in religious or "spiritual" music? I would say it shows that in a stressful age, people have developed a need for music that quietens the mind, offers a haven from the hurry and noise of everyday life, and unlocks a passage to our deeper selves.
Despite the decline of organised religion, there is still a vast, inchoate sense in the population at large that there is more to life than getting and spending. Surveys of religious attitudes bear this out. A Eurobarometer poll in 2010 found 37 per cent of UK citizens "believe there is a God", and 33 per cent believed there was "some sort of spirit or life force".
Religious music gives us access to that realm, without the commitments of organised religion. And while everyday music is full of messages one has to labour to grasp, the stillness of Pärt or Tavener is simpler, and seems to go far beyond time and place.
However, I think the wave of Bach Passions and Handel oratorios taking place all over the UK this weekend stands apart from the general hunger for spiritual music. You can't ignore that fact that it's happening now, at the most solemn time of year for Christians.
And it would be a strange listener who ignored the Passion story in Bach's St Matthew Passion, and treated it just as nice music. There's an urgent message in those tragic arias and angry choruses that we have to pay attention to. Just for a moment, we are reminded with blazing force of what religious music truly meant, before belief ebbed away.
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With Halloween only a day away, is your Halloween costume ready? You must have planned to go as a witch or dress up like the power rangers. But with the hectic schedule that you're drowning in, you just never got the time to convert your thoughts in action.
But don't fret over it. Even though the party is just a few hours away, you will not attend it without a costume. We have rounded up the trendiest Halloween costumes so that you can make it on time for trick-or-treat. Get to work as this is your last chance and remember, last minute doesn't mean anything less amazing!
Wednesday Addams is of course the queen of Halloween, and a few simple pieces is all that you need to create her morbid look. A Peter Pan-collared black dress and black boots are enough for the base of the look. You can give a signature touch with black tights, pale make-up and braided pigtails.
The Queen of Hearts is a super unique and super clever outfit, and all you need is just some paper, a pack of cards and some glue. While all these accessories can be thrown together, your red gown will do the rest of the talking. But remember to put on the red lipstick!
All you need are some solo cups and glue and you're the life of the party. Glue some solo cups (You can glue ping-pong balls to the cups if you want) to a piece of cardboard and hang it around your neck. You can glue the cups straight to your fitted shirt as well and you'll see all sorts of tricks and treats coming your way.
Make out like a bandit all night with your partner! Striped shirts, gloves and a plain tote bag or even a pillow case are all that you need. Draw a $ symbol on your bag and wear an eye patch or mask (You can make it from craft paper and string), and you can party like a true bandit without a care.
We all know that lady who puts up in a small cottage with only cats as her companions. Catching the lady peep out once in full moon was enough to get us all spooked. Dress up like the crazy cat lady and scare the life out of everyone. Put on the robe that the lady and her cats always snuggle up in and attach a bunch of kitty stuffed animals. Don't forget the details- hair rollers, slippers, coffee mugs, etc.
Can't think of a last-minute costume? Just grab a plain t-shirt, take a marker and write 'Error 404-Costume Not Found' on the front and you'll definitely turn if not all, a few heads at the party.
Yes, you can do it! Don't be a spoilsport and show up to the party without a costume. Dress up as Rosie the Riveter because you already own everything you need. Wear any denim shirt or jacket and put on your pair of denims. Lastly tie a red bandana around your head and you're ready to go.
Just run to a supply store because all you need for this costume are some purple or green balloons and secure them with some safety pins to your clothes. Trace some grape leaves on craft paper and glue them to a headband for a finishing touch. You can opt for a green scarf as well!
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You've suffered an accident. Minding your own business at a red light and WHAM! Smacked from behind by someone on their cell phone. You're in shock! What happened?! As you get a hold of you wits, you realize you've been rear-ended. You get out, check your car and exchange information. Not until all of this is done, do you have the time to think about how you feel.
You begin to realize your neck feels stiff, soreness begins in your neck and shoulder blades and you notice a headache. These are the classic signs of a car accident whiplash injury. These car accident symptoms can appear immediately, in hours, days or even weeks. No matter how long they take to come on, they are a sign of injury and injuries need to be addressed immediately.
So When Should You See a Chiropractor After a Car Accident? –Immediately.
From a medical standpoint, you need to have your injuries assessed, documented and begin the healing process with treatment. That should occur right away. You may not have any symptoms or they may be mild, but the fact is, your neck can be damaged and cause little pain. Your car can look ok and your neck be damaged. So regardless of symptoms, get checked by a car accident injury specialist ASAP after an accident.
From an insurance case standpoint, you need to be examined by a doctor within 72 hours (3 days) of the accident otherwise they will discount the value of your case; sometimes drastically. Automobile insurance companies all use some form of computer program to track and assess injury cases. They input the particulars of your case into the system and the program tells them what range to offer you. An important piece of data is the length of time it took for you to see a doctor after an accident. If it's within 3 days you are ok; if it's after that your case gets a ding. If the time span is long enough it will severely damage your case.
A delay in treatment will put off the healing and recovery of your injuries. A delay will also result in problems in settling your case at the end. In order to maximize your healing and optimize your eventual settlement, you should see a car accident doctor immediately after your accident.
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Silicon Valley Telecom Entrepreneurs Pivot: New Business Models Win 58% Of VC Investment And Carrier Revenues
Editor's note: Steve Patterson's observations and writing are based on his 20 years working in the primordial ooze of start-ups in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from Boston College with a degree in Mathematics. A contributor to organizations such as Network World, MHT, Byte and RH he is interested in the convergence of mobile and cloud.
Silicon Valley leads the nation with more than 50 percent of telecom venture investments, and its share is growing. The reason for this is that companies such as Google, Apple, VMware and Salesforce have redefined the meaning of the telecom carriers business to include Internet, mobile and cloud with wireless, terrestrial and satellite transmission of voice and data.
In turn Silicon Valley telecom entrepreneurs have pivoted from capital-intensive hardware infrastructure with expensive and long telecom carrier sales cycles to less capital-intensive, software-based products and services with shorter telecom carrier sales cycles.
The top 10 quarterly telecom venture investments in Silicon Valley reported for the second and third quarters of 2012 by PricewaterhouseCoopers Moneytree demonstrate this change in product orientation. The new business models are usually based on services that can be hosted on standard data center server hardware and software stacks and delivered to enterprises and consumers by carriers through Internet-leveraged sales campaigns. Nicira Networks, a software-defined network infrastructure company recently acquired by VMware for $1.2 billion, is an example of this new model.
Beyond attracting venture capital, the concentration of innovation has also attracted carriers to Silicon Valley. AT&T, Sprint, China Mobile, France Telecom/Orange and Swisscom are representative of the many large and small American and international carriers that have offices in Silicon Valley. All share the common goal to accelerate R&D and product delivery cycles with innovation acquired from startups.
Carriers are struggling for relevancy because their brand identities are often diluted by the likes of Apple, Google, YouTube or other apps or services that are consumed by individual and commercial customers of the underlying carrier telecommunications services. If they succumb to the struggle, carriers will be destined to a future of commodity competition for the lowest cost mobile and Internet data services.
Carriers, like venture capitalists, are risk-averse to investing in or buying from telecom hardware infrastructure startups. But there are many startups that don't present these risks because they deliver over-the-top services, network efficiency and consumer products and services without large capital commitments.
Examples of agile carriers Swisscom and Bouygues, as well as startups Devicescape and Ooyala, illustrate how startups can quickly win revenues and investments from carriers seeking innovation.
Ursula Oesterle, vice president of innovation at Swisscom (Palo Alto), draws an insightful distinction about risk and return. "The lifecycle of infrastructure and services is very different. Services that run over-the-top of our networks can be quickly prototyped and co-created with innovative companies with less risk and smaller investment compared to infrastructure. We are able to increase Swisscom's return on R&D investment and shorten time to market by actively seeking, discovering and working with small innovative Silicon Valley companies."
Ooyala (Mountain View) delivers video streaming and analytics that power video that is personalized for every viewer, location and device. Confirming the opinion of Swisscom's Oesterle, Ooyala's CEO Jay Fulcher reported that "Australian carrier Telstra licensed Ooyala video platform within 8 weeks of first meeting because the investment and risk of a service is limited and because of Telstra's imperative to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship by leveraging start-up R&D." Telstra also led Ooyala's recent $35 million round. Telstra's deployment and investment commitments speak to the commercial importance of start-up innovation within a large carrier.
Devicescape Software (San Bruno, Calif.) CEO Dave Fraser says carrier adoption cycles have become consumerized. "Carriers selling cloud apps, consumer products and services, and serving advertisements have to be much more nimble and innovate faster." Devicescape rolls together millions of distinct, free amenity-based Wi-Fi networks to offload mobile carriers' 3G and 4G networks to save them money. The company initially focused on tier-2 mobile carriers, such as U.S. Cellular and MetroPCS. "This type of smaller carrier by necessity has more experience leveraging its own R&D budget with start-up innovation and adopting disruptive technology more quickly," explained Fraser. Devicescape's first sale took about a year. Since then Fraser has found that "carriers are beginning to act on imperfect information where risk is manageable."
French mobile carrier Bouygues reached agreement with Devicescape in only six weeks. Stephane Allaire, who heads the Silicon Valley office of French carrier Bouygues Telecom, sponsored Devicescape's deployment. Allaire believes that "taking smart risks with startups is a great source of innovation."Allaire, who has sourced 15 Silicon Valley innovation relationships, thinks that "we have to take risks with small companies to go faster, and we can work with much smaller companies earlier in development than Devicescape when innovation presents itself."
Sharing perspectives gained from organizing more than 150 meetings and events between carriers and startup innovators, Liz Kerton, president of the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley, said, "In recent years our membership of new and returning carrier sponsors has increased, as has carrier search for external innovation from startups."
Silicon Valley is an advantage to telecom entrepreneurs: Their close proximity to Internet, mobile and cloud leaders gives them a unique product-development perspective and greater access to capital. Close proximity to innovation-hungry carriers with an interest in buying and/or investing in startups improves the likelihood of a telecom startup's success.


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Welcome to CAIS 2021: Northern Relations: Connecting the Unexpected and Overlooked to Information Science
An OPEN Virtual Conference
CAIS 2021 is the 49th annual conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science/ l'Association canadienne des sciences de l'information (CAIS/ACSI), hosted online by the University of Alberta, June 7 – 10, 2021. This year's CAIS conference theme "Northern Relations: Connecting the Unexpected and Overlooked to Information Science" invites reflection upon library and information science as a diverse and relational field. Inspired by the overlooked, entangled, unexpected, and novel approaches to scholarship, teaching, and practice, we considered the many ways that library and information science can offer diverse and inclusive perspectives on data, information, knowledge, libraries, pedagogy, place, space, relationships, and communities.
This year's presenters took up our call, enabling us to offer a program featuring a keynote, 23 papers, 9 posters, and 2 panels that challenge the status quo and deeply consider our contemporary times. We would like to thank all of our double-blind peer reviewers, and offer our special thanks to Yaxi Zhao and Alex Mayhew for organizing the Student Research Forum.
We are delighted to have Dr. Beth Patin as our keynote speaker. Dr. Patin argues for a paradigm shift in information science by inviting us to consider the knowledge systems, practices, and transformative methodologies that have been traditionally excluded from our field in her keynote: "Unexpected and overlooked: Understanding epistemicide in information science."
Congratulations to all of our presenters and particularly the Best Paper "A bibliometric analysis of race-related research in LIS" by Philippe Mongeon, Alison Brown, Ratna Dhaliwal, Jessalyn Hill, and Amber Matthews; Best Paper Honourable Mention "Perspectives on telehealth projects in northern communities: Lessons learned for decolonized participatory design and assessment" Joelena Leader, Abby Goodrum; and the Student-to-CAIS award winner "Reading the silence: Canadian library responses to racial injustice" by Amber Matthews.
The University of Alberta is situated on traditional Treaty 6 territory and homeland of the Métis peoples. Amiskwaciwâskahikan / ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᕀᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ / Edmonton.
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Zoom link for all sessions: https://zoom.us/j/96815079086 Note that all times are in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Please make sure to use your real name when joining the Zoom call to ensure that the moderators let you in. If you have problems accessing the meeting, please contact us. Download PDF version of the program here.
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Keynote 12:30pm - 2:00pm Unexpected and overlooked: Understanding epistemicide in information science
Beth Patin
Break 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Best papers 2:30pm - 3:00pm A bibliometric analysis of race-related research in LIS
Philippe Mongeon, Alison Brown, Ratna Dhaliwal, Jessalyn Hill, Amber Matthews
3:00pm - 3:30pm Reading the silence: Canadian library responses to racial injustice
Amber Matthews
3:30pm - 4:00pm Perspectives on telehealth projects in northern communities: Lessons learned for decolonized participatory design and assessment
Joelena Leader, Abby Goodrum
Day 2 - Tuesday, June 8
Serendipity and contemplation 9:30am - 10:00am Contemplative inquiry: A novel research methodology for information science
Hugh Samson
10:00am - 10:30am Aha! Librarians' predisposition for information encountering and serendipity in the workplace
Naresh Kumar Agarwal, Yuan Ho Huang, Sanda Erdelez
10:30am - 11:00am The role of human information behaviour in resilience and recovery
Angela Pollak, Julia Hersberger, Shelbi Webb
11:00am - 11:30am Many paths: Curiosity as transformative process
Linds Roberts
Lunch break and social 11:30am - 12:30pm
Panel 12:30pm - 2:00pm Finding sanctuary and strength in the LIS classroom
Jenna Hartel, Kiersten F. Latham, Beck Tench, Hugh Samson, Hailey Siracky, and Roger Chabot
Poster Session 2:30pm - 4:00pm "I'll just make sure we're all on the same page": Talking fictional worlds into being
Robyn Stobbs, Arlene Oak
The established archives: A bibliometric overview of archival research
Kendell Fitzgerald, Grace Bourret, Jordan Audas, Lisa Olson, Ana Roeschley, Philippe Mongeon
Assessing the loss of Western Canadian digital heritage
Tasbire Saiyera, Brenda Reyes Ayala, Qiufeng Du
A whole new world: Investigating the use of social media by the Vancouver Public Library to deliver services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sam Vander Kooy
Is archival scholarship for everybody? A bibliometric analysis of gender and knowledge production in the archival field, 1981 - 2019
Lisa Olson, Jordan Audas, Grace Bourret, Kendell Fitzgerald, Ana Roeschley, Philippe Mongeon
Public library staff experiences of accommodation in the workplace
Heather Hill
From "a great counter attraction to the ale-house and low music hall" to "the one place everybody goes": the public library in The Globe and Mail, 1860 -2016
Sofia Beraldo, Chelsea Coubry-Forte, Katrina Desjardins, Erin Isings, Kate McCandless, Pam McKenzie
"Hide, stay still and listen carefully": Birdwatchers' information seeking and sharing on YouTube
Yazdan Mansourian
Multi-method experience sampling in information behaviour research
Amelia W. Cole, Kelsey Urgo
Day 3 - Wednesday, June 9
Public libraries, media, and gender 9:30am - 10:00am #LibraryLife: A quantitative analysis of social media usage, content, and engagement at the Vancouver Public Library
Sam A. Vander Kooy
10:00am - 10:30am Use of Twitter by a public library during the pandemic
Dinesh Rathi
10:30am - 11:00am "We're still open": Canadian news media's framing of Canadian public libraries' Covid-19 responses
Nicole Dalmer, Meridith Griffin
11:00am - 11:30am Naming patron-perpetrated sexual harassment in libraries
Tami Oliphant, Danielle Allard, Angela Lieu, Karla Mallach
Lunch break and social 11:30am- 12:30pm
Panel 12:30pm - 2:00pm Ethical accountability and high-stakes recordkeeping: Discussions from the Sex Work Activist Histories Project
Danielle Allard, Amy Lebovitch, Jenn Clamen, Shawna Ferris, Micheline Hughes
Northern communities 2:30pm - 3:00pm Indigenous digital storytelling for cultural heritage access and preservation
Ali Shiri, Deanna Lyn Howard, Sharon Farnel
3:00pm - 3:30pm "Northern relations": Collaborating "in a good way" to develop the Inuvialuit digital library metadata framework
Sharon Farnel
3:30pm - 4:00pm Decolonization and reconciliation work in public libraries: An analysis of strategic plans
Day 4 - Thursday, June 10
Information policy 9:30am - 10:00am The intersection of shark research, policy and the public: A bibliometric and altmetric view
Kory Melnick, Tamanna Moharana, Rémi Toupin, Pallavi Gone, Bertrum MacDonald, Philippe Mongeon
10:00am - 10:30am Citizens' right to privacy and right to information access in smart cities: Evaluating the smart city initiative of West Baltimore
Sunyup Park
Break 10:30am - 11:00am
Scholarly publishing 11:00am - 11:30am Mapping the Canadian library and information science research landscape
Cora-Lynn Munroe-Lynds, Marc-André Simard, Vinson Li, Emily McClean, Philippe Mongeon
11:30am - 12:00pm The burden of article processing charges on Canadian universities
Marc-André Simard, Toluwase Asubiaro, Philippe Mongeon
12:00pm - 12:30pm Overlay journals: Overlooked or emergent?
Gail Thornton and Emily Kroeker
Lunch break and social 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Youth and information literacy 1:30pm - 2:00pm Information literacy in Nova Scotia: Systematic mapping of high school learning outcomes
Cora-Lynn Munroe-Lynds
2:00pm - 2:30pm Information literacy from high school to university: Report of the Ontario School Library Impact Project (OSLIP)
Mary Cavanagh, Dianne Oberg, Heather Buchansky, Marc d'Avernas: Kate Johnson-McGregor, Sarah Roberts
2:30pm - 3:00pm Instruction from the margins: Giving voice to community college librarians
Heidi Julien, Melissa Gross, Don Latham
3:00pm - 3:30pm Educating and Empowering teen activists in public libraries: A case study of the impact of reading on young adult social justice actions
Jennifer McDevitt
Day 5 - Friday, June 11
Forum 9:00am - 11:00am Student Research Forum (by invitation only)
Yaxi Zhao, Alex Mayhew
AGM 1:00pm - 3:00pm CAIS Annual General Meeting
Unexpected and overlooked: Understanding epistemicide in information science
This year's conference theme asks us to re-examine our work by seeking overlooked, under-cited, and emergent voices and scholarship, and transformative methodologies, partnerships, and relationships within and beyond our field. Indeed, the information professions need a paradigmatic shift to examine the ways we have systematically undermined knowledge systems falling outside of Western traditions. Epistemicide is the killing, silencing, annihilation, or devaluing of a knowledge system. Epistemicide happens when epistemic injustices are persistent, systematic, and collectively work as a structured oppression of particular ways of knowing. Addressing epistemicide is critical for information professionals because we task ourselves with handling knowledge from every field. There has to be a reckoning before the paradigm can truly shift; if there is no acknowledgement of injustice, there is no room for justice.
Jun 7, 2021 12:30 pm — 2:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/96815079086
A bibliometric analysis of race-related research in LIS
The purpose of this work in progress is to quantify the amount of attention given to questions of racial inequity experienced by BIPOC in LIS research. We find that despite a recent surge in BIPOC-related research output, the publications are low in numbers and tend to receive fewer citations than other work in the same research area. BIPOC-related research is present but unevenly distributed across several areas of the field. These trends may help create and sustain momentum towards addressing the persistent lack of diversity and equity in LIS."
Jun 7, 2021 2:30 pm — 3:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/96815079086
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Reading the silence: Canadian library responses to racial injustice
This paper presents the findings of a research study on the statements issued by the Canadian library community in the wake of George Floyd's death in May 2020. The study employed mixed-methods content analysis to (a) identify formal responses between May to August 2020; (b) analyze themes; and, (c) identify commitments for future accountability and research. Ninety-seven organizations were in the study and represent large public and academic libraries along with provincial, national, and professional associations. The results show that one third of the sampled Canadian library community formally responded with an organizational statement and fewer situated their organizations as contributors to systemic racism in Canadian society
Perspectives on telehealth projects in northern communities: Lessons learned for decolonized participatory design and assessment
Northern and Indigenous communities face well documented challenges to accessing services and are impeded by significant infrastructure and technological limitations prompting the urgency to adopt innovative approaches to overcome these barriers. Telehealth – the means of accessing healthcare services and information across distance – promises to augment services to address access issues, yet notable utilization and structural constraints remain. Drawing on a recent community-based study capturing the perspectives from four Northern Saskatchewan communities on telehealth utilization, this paper draws attention to the importance of community collaborations as crucial to better decision-making and pathways forward. Specifically, this work identifies the need for decolonized participatory design (PD) and participatory technology assessment models that consider broader socio-cultural and technical factors to inform Indigenous technology design, adoption, and assessment for long-term …
Contemplative inquiry: A novel research methodology for information science
Contemplative inquiry is an introspective methodology that values first-person perspectives and diverse ways of knowing. This paper introduces contemplative inquiry as a promising methodology for information science research. The methodology is first contextualized within a discussion of research at the crossroads of information and contemplation and then elaborated utilizing examples from the author's thesis research. Possible contributions of the methodology to information science are subsequently highlighted, as are potential future research applications. It is proposed that adoption of the methodology will offer information science researchers the techniques and tools necessary to explore fundamental questions regarding human contemplative experiences and growth.
Jun 8, 2021 9:30 am — 10:00 am https://zoom.us/j/96815079086
Aha! Librarians' predisposition for information encountering and serendipity in the workplace
It is not clear if people's high propensity for information encountering translates to organizational work settings. We investigate the relationship between individual predisposition for information encountering with the frequency of individual information encountering at work. Through a survey of 274 medical librarians of the top 100 medical schools, we found that individual information encountering was a significant predictor of information encountering at work. This finding helps information behavior researchers discover the transfer of behaviors from everyday-life to organizational environments. It brings attention to the need for greater support for information encounters at work, which may enhance their contribution to the organizational objectives.
Jun 8, 2021 10:00 am — 10:30 am https://zoom.us/j/96815079086
The role of human information behaviour in resilience and recovery
Theoretical conceptualisations of resilience and recovery are examined in this paper to determine how critical elements of information behaviour interact while individuals attempt to regain equilibrium following a crisis event. Situated within the larger historical, social, scientific and psychological landscape, this review of the literature suggests that individuals who actively engage in positive information behaviour are generally perceived as better able to acquire needed resources to aid in recovery efforts post-trauma in order to achieve equilibrium or even improve on their previous status to achieve a level above that (thriving). Individuals who experience information difficulties find recovering or thriving more difficult and may be perceived as less resilient.
Many paths: Curiosity as transformative process
Curiosity is seen as an integral part of information-seeking, including the power to transform, innovate, and synthesize, as well as the power to disrupt. While there is consensus that curiosity is vital to learning, innovation, and transformative change, scientists have yet to agree on definitions or categories of curiosity, and little is known about how best to engage learners' curiosity in academic libraries. This paper presents interview findings with 41 transfer students. Students reflected on their experiences with libraries and on moments when they felt intensely curious or passionate about learning. Findings indicate that students' curiosity ignites through ideas, hands-on learning, interpersonal, and lived experiences. Implications follow for library workers to consider how curiosity is framed within their institutions and intentionally cultivate learners' curiosity.
Finding sanctuary and strength in the LIS classroom
In the spirit of contemplative pedagogy, this panel introduces "The Tree of Contemplative Practices"—a graphic representation that helps educators and students to understand the main principles and seven major types of contemplative practices. Using the Tree as a framework, enthusiasts can learn contemplative practices in a systematic, secular, and bespoke manner. Sequentially, the moderator and presenters will: 1) Encapsulate their commitment to contemplative pedagogy; 2) Recount an application of The Tree of Contemplative Practices in their teaching; and 3) Demonstrate several of the Tree's major limbs (e.g., GENERATIVE) and branches (e.g., loving-kindness meditation).
Jenna Hartel, Kiersten F. Latham, Beck Tench, Hugh Samson, Hailey Siracky, Roger Chabot
"I'll just make sure we're all on the same page": Talking fictional worlds into being
This poster will present emerging results from a study of material and discursive information practices in tabletop roleplaying games. The focus will be on the ways in which players collaboratively construct and interact with the fictional worlds of play. A "big and small story" approach, influenced by the ethnomethodological methods of conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis, will be used to analyze the players' talk as they intersubjectively create and sustain a fictional space of play.
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This paper presents early findings of an ongoing investigation about information seeking and sharing patterns among birdwatched on YouTube. The research aims to find out how they seek and share hobby-related information and to what extent publicly available multimedia resources on YouTube can satisfy their information needs. The researcher analysed 1988 comments from a sample of the most visited birdwatching videos to identify the patterns based on the user-generated contents to address the questions. The findings show birdwatching is a very information-rich context, and birdwatchers are involved in various information activities to pursue their hobbies.
This research uses bibliometric methods to trace the interdisciplinary nature of archival studies and the 'archival multiverse' through the analysis of academic journal articles. We first analyzed the networks of archival papers included in this study and the identified communities within it. We then analyzed the most frequent words and citations for each network. This analysis provides an overview of the structure of the archival studies in recent decades, which points to a field that is slowly developing its own identity.
Identifying as having a disability in the workplace can be a complicated proposition. This research examines public library staff experiences of accommodation for a disability within the workplace. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Canadian public library staff who sought accommodation in their workplace.
Capturing information behaviours and attitudes occurring in natural settings is a challenge. Observational methods are often intrusive or retrospective proxies, which may change behaviour or misrepresent attitudes. Technology enables novel approaches to in-situ quantitative data collection but rarely explores qualitative reflections; informing researchers on what happened, but not necessarily why. Recent work uses multi-method approaches that combine quantitative data, tracking experiences, feelings, and behaviours over time, with qualitative data to gain deeper insights into subjective experiences. This poster has two main objectives: (1) introduce experience sampling methods (ESM) to information and library scientists, and (2) show how traditional quantitative ESM measures can be extended with qualitative measures.
Analyzing over 7000 academic journal articles spanning four decades, this research uses bibliometric methods to assess the hypothesis that the archival field is a feminized discipline. First, an explanation of our dataset is presented, followed by the results of the proportion of men and women amongst the authors for which we were able to assign a perceived gender. This analysis shows a gradual rise of female-perceived authorship. We then compare these results to the differences in citations between papers with female and male first authors, which shows no clear trend.
From "a great counter attraction to the ale-house and low music hall" to "the one place everybody goes": the public library in The Globe and Mail, 1860-2016
Canadian public libraries espouse a set of values that may not be congruent (e.g., preserving "high" culture vs providing access to inclusive collections). Tension or conflict can result when stakeholders emphasize different values, so it is crucial to attend to values in stakeholder accounts, including those in the mass media. This poster presents a) emerging findings from a study of the representation of public libraries in The Globe and Mail since 1860; and b) reflections on the research and research communication process as an innovative experiential learning opportunity for the interdisciplinary team of faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students.
In 2003, UNESCO recognized the volatility of our heritage on the web. In response, many Canadian institutions rose to the challenge to preserve our digital heritage. This study examines web archives created by the University of Alberta Libraries relevant to Western Canadian heritage. We examine these collections in order to (1) assess their degree of link rot (which occurs when a website is no longer online) and (2) to determine how extensively these websites have been preserved.
A whole new world : Investigating the use of social media by the Vancouver Public Library to deliver services during the COVID-19 pandemic
This poster will present the preliminary results of a thematic analysis of the contents of theVancouver Public Library's (VPL) Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube feeds throughout the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (February 1st to June 30th, 2020) to better understand what types of crisis-related services and information they are providing to the public. This data will also be compared to Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube content from the same time period in 2019 to investigate whether the pandemic has changed VPL's social media practices in any significant ways.
#LibraryLife: A quantitative analysis of social media usage, content, and engagement at the Vancouver Public Library
This paper explores the contents of the Vancouver Public Library's Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube feeds between September 1st and November 30th, 2020 to better understand how each social media platform is being used to communicate with stakeholders. This quantitative content analysis of each platform's usage, content, and engagement highlights some important trends libraries should be aware of concerning both the use of multiple social media platforms and the evaluation of their current social media strategies.
Use of Twitter by a public library during the pandemic
Social media such as Twitter and Facebook are used by organizations including public libraries to disseminate a variety of information to community members. This research aims to identify key areas in which Twitter was used to share information with users during the initial pandemic phase by a large public library operating in the Western region of Canada. The findings resulting from the analysis of 150 tweets revealed that the library shared information primarily in the following areas: Programs and Services, Library Operations, Health and Hygiene, Resources, and Other.
"We're still open": Canadian news media's framing of Canadian public libraries' Covid-19 responses
COVID-19 is persistently transforming how and where public libraries are able to engage with and support their communities. While existing research at the juncture of public library services and COVID-19 has overwhelmingly examined library-produced content, this study shifts focus to media representations of library practices during COVID-19. Using frame analysis methodology, this study analyzed 218 Canadian news articles for the ways in which news stories articulate public libraries' roles and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three frames emerged: (re)negotiating the library's space, (re)configuring the library's roles, and (re)constructing "others". Conclusions explore the implications of these frames, linked to a broader conversation regarding transformations to public spaces during COVID-19.
Naming patron-perpetrated sexual harassment in libraries
Patron-perpetrated sexual harassment (PPSH) is increasingly recognized as a significant problem in the field of library and information studies (LIS) but is often described and treated as "unfortunate" and "part of the job." The results from a large-scale survey (505 responses) where participants described incidents of PPSH in the workplace support widely held public statements that define PPSH as a form of gender-based violence (GBV), insisting that it must be named and treated as such. Naming PPSH as sexual harassment and a form of GBV has important implications for library workers, library workplaces, and the broader field of LIS.
Ethical accountability and high-stakes recordkeeping: Discussions from the Sex Work Activist Histories Project
Including both academic and sex work activist community partners, panel members will discuss established and developing practices and key findings from the Sex Work Activist Histories Projects' first two years as we collected and archived sex work activist histories. We draw from feminist and Indigenous frameworks of ethical, affective, and relational accountability (among groups, between academics and non-academics involved in the project, and between people and their records/histories) to productively consider how project relationships might be cultivated that are mutually accountable to the varied and complex analytical and affective positionalities of project members as they work together.
Indigenous digital storytelling for cultural heritage access and preservation
This paper reports on an examination and analysis of digital storytelling interface features and functionalities within a select number of Indigenous digital libraries and archives to support and inform the participatory and culturally-informed design and development of a digital storytelling system for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Western Arctic. The paper presents participatory and inclusive design ideas and examples from Canada, US, and Australia.
"Northern relations": Collaborating "in a good way" to develop the Inuvialuit digital library metadata framework
Digital libraries are online platforms for organizing, sharing, and providing access to resources. Ideally, they are developed by, with, and for specific user communities. Metadata frameworks, as integral components of digital libraries, should also reflect the needs and serve the interests of those communities. In this paper I report on one aspect of my doctoral research which involved working collaboratively, respectfully, and appropriately with members of the Inuvialuit community in the northwestern part of Canada to explore and articulate a culturally responsive metadata framework for their digital library of cultural resources.
Decolonization and reconciliation work in public libraries: An analysis of strategic plans
The 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada report provides valuable guidance and critical foundation on decolonization and reconciliation in Canada. Public institutions including universities and libraries have affirmed their commitment towards reconciliation and decolonization by undertaking initiatives and establishing both short- and long-term goals. This research examines strategic plans posted on the organizational websites of nine Canadian public library systems operating in cities with significant Indigenous population. The findings suggest that different library systems made varying levels of explicit and/or implicit commitment towards reconciliation and decolonization.
The intersection of shark research, policy and the public: a bibliometric and altmetric view
Sharks have traditionally been portrayed as dangerous animals by modern media, contributing to a negative perception in the public eye. On one hand, despite some species being listed as critically endangered, news about the perceived risk of sharks for humans protrudes more than other topics. On the other hand, conservation topics tend to focus on specific topics, such as finning, highlighting the divergence between scientific and mediatic discourses about sharks. Our research compares the attention of shark research topics across citations, tweets, news and policy mention to assess the salience of specific themes. We find that citations are evenly distributed across research communities, tweets and policy mentions exhibit a significant focus on conservation, and news mentions tend to focus on more sensationalist topics such as shark attacks or the repercussions of fisheries on coral reefs.
Jun 10, 2021 9:30 am — 10:00 am https://zoom.us/j/96815079086
Citizens' right to privacy and right to information access in smart cities: Evaluating the smart city initiative of West Baltimore
This paper will detail smart city initiatives in West Baltimore and evaluate different approaches to ensure the right to privacy and the right to information access of lower-income communities of color. After evaluating these approaches, this paper proposes recommendations to facilitate the right to privacy and the right to information access in lower-income communities.
Jun 10, 2021 10:00 am — 10:30 am https://zoom.us/j/96815079086
Mapping the Canadian library and information science research landscape
This work-in-progress paper aims to map the scholarship produced by the eight Canadian Library and Information Science (LIS) schools. After using the citation network to divide publications into several research areas, we analyze how the research output of different LIS schools is distributed across these areas, in an attempt to shed light on the schools' specificities and commonalities and how each school contributes to the global picture of Canadian LIS research.
The burden of article processing charges on Canadian universities
The question about the cost of access to scholarly resources is usually answered by focusing on subscription cost. This study highlights the article processing charges (APCs) paid by Canada's research institution as an additional scholarly resource. Unpaywall database was queried with the DOIs of CARL member universities' publication indexed in the Web of Science. We find that while Open Access should in principle reduce the cost of access to scholarly literature, we are rather in a situation where both the cost of access and the cost of publishing are increasing simultaneously.
Jun 10, 2021 11:30 am — 12:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/96815079086
Overlay journals: Overlooked or emergent?
Overlay journals are not a new concept but have been experiencing a recent resurgence because of the increase in the number of preprint servers and the increase in the number of preprints on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related topics. This study examines overlay journals at various stages of maturity for unique characteristics, including whether the authors submitted their article to the journal and whether the reviews of the article are published by the overlay journal. Whether they are considered overlooked or emergent, overlay journals are becoming an important contribution to scholarly communication.
Jun 10, 2021 12:00 pm — 12:30 pm https://zoom.us/j/96815079086
Gail Thornton, Emily Kroeker
Information literacy in Nova Scotia: Systematic mapping of high school learning outcomes
Information literacy has never been more important for the functioning of the democratic process, and for autonomy over one's decisions. The Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) created a framework for information literacy, which lists six threshold concepts that an information literate individual possesses. This paper seeks to identify information literacy embedded in the Nova Scotia high school curriculum learning outcomes. Information literacy threshold concepts were mapped in the learning outcomes using qualitative coding. Findings from this study will reveal strengths and weaknesses in IL competencies in the Nova Scotia high school courses. This study also provides recommendation for future research.
Jun 10, 2021 1:30 pm — 2:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/96815079086
Information literacy from high school to university: Report of the Ontario School Library Impact Project (OSLIP)
The Ontario School Library Impact Project (OSLIP) investigated the impact of school libraries on the development of key information literacy skills in students entering post-secondary education, using online surveys and qualitative interviews. The project found that first-year university students are challenged by the demands of post-secondary course research assignments. These findings support previous research indicating first-year university students are challenged by new demands for research skills. Unfortunately, opportunities to develop those skills are inconsistent among school boards in Ontario. This is a multifaceted problem confronting both school librarians and academic librarians as well as their teaching partners.
Mary Cavanagh, Dianne Oberg, Heather Buchansky, Marc d'Avernas, Kate Johnson-McGregor, Sarah Roberts
Instruction from the margins: Giving voice to community college librarians
This study explores the experiences of community college librarians in the United States with instructional responsibility, as they negotiate professional guidelines that challenge their existing practices. Community college environments, students, and programs differ significantly from those typically explored in information literacy research. Thus, the study gives voice to a relatively marginalized set of librarians, many of whom struggle to implement instructional approaches perceived to be more suitable for university contexts.
Educating and empowering teen activists in public libraries: A case study of the impact of reading on young adult social justice actions
This participatory case study, which consisted of a co-designed virtual program through the Camrose Public Library, investigates how teen readers engage with the social justice themes in YA fiction, how and if they find these themes useful for understanding and engaging in activism on their own, and the influence of public library programming on these actions. I approached my research from a teen-centred perspective, inviting the youth who participated to make adjustments to each stage of the process. My research design, data collection, and data analysis were informed by critical ethnography as theory and reader-response theory. This case study found that, on their own, neither social activism narratives nor library programs motivate teens to conduct social justice actions; instead, they contribute to a network of learning opportunities and information that leads to teens becoming motivated to make a difference in their communities. Thus, public libraries can provide teen programming …
Philippe Mongeon, Michael Ridley, Heather Hill
Meeting agenda and reports
Conference co-chairs
Robyn E. Stobbs
Research Data Management Librarian, Athabasca University, and PhD Candidate, Human Ecology & Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta
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