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Author: Angela Rathmel
Meta Top Ten: An Infinitely Regressive New Year to You!
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One of my favorite things to do as a kid while my mother practiced the organ was play in the church's bridal suite. It had this closet of two large mirrored doors opening to a floor-to-ceiling mirror. I'd close the mirrors on my leg or arm, slide around in there and watch my appendages travel into infinity. As a librarian this has always been my go-to symbol of all things meta — metadata and (my favorite) the you-don't-know-what-you-don't-know problem. Answering the New Year's call for reflection, I thought I'd put a meta twist on the top ten themes from my 2016 and some 2017 resolutions in response to the same.
10. Death – The 10 Best and Worst things to say to someone in grief
It feels like 2016 brought a lot of death. Maybe I'm just becoming more aware of it as I age. Then again, the first of the year marks the death anniversary of a dear friend and my first experience of losing someone very close to me. So, loss and grief have since then been particularly acute themes this time of year. In 2016, I experienced death in my professional life as well. Navigating this brought to mind the list above and an American Libraries article on death cafes in libraries. Knowing firsthand the physical effect of stress on one's health, and the reverse benefits of de-stressing, death can be a brutal reminder of the stakes involved. So, I've resolved to relearn and practice coping skills for anxiety and stress at work this coming year.
9. Happiness — 15 Things Incredibly Happy People Do
I first learned some of this list's tips during my involvement in organizational and staff development work at my institution — #1 through Brene Brown's vulnerability research and #3 through mindfulness. I have since put many more to use during stresses like the tenure review process and reorganizations. One of my 2016 resolutions was to do more perfectly reasonable travel (#4 on this list), which I did to two neighboring states this year. Less reasonably, I was even able to get all the way to Hawaii! In 2017 my focus will be going offline, building relationships, and taking more chances, all helping me with meta list items 5, 3, and 2 below.
8. Reduce Stress — De-Stress at Your Desk
After a back injury two years ago, I've made fits and starts at keeping up an exercise practice. The stretches my chiropractor recommended were a lot like these, but not nearly as fashionable or fun. This year I finally have a morning yoga routine down, and hope to kick it up a notch in 2017 by adding these moves back in during the day.
7. Time Management — How to Design Your Time Rather…
One of the professional colleagues who passed this year, Shane Lopez, was the author of Making Hope Happen. His work is one among many built upon positivity research. Similarly, this 5-minute read from Fast Company gives a positive strengths-based approach to time management. But you should really check out the time research of Dawna Ballard who was the 2016 ER&L conference opening keynote speaker.
6. The Election — Behind the Lens: 2016 in Photographs
The presidential election was certainly was a significant marker of 2016, and the issue of fake news cycles signaled renewed attention to digital information literacy for libraries. White House photographer, Pete Souza, reflects on the Obama presidency in one of my favorite list mediums, a photo series. And to healthy resolutions (laughter being the best medicine), I'll just leave this bonus list right here.
5. Technology — Here's What Happens to Tech in 2017 (Unless 2016 Was All a Dream)
The election cycle had me enmeshed in social media, leading me to consider some serious de-teching resolutions in 2017. So far that's meant removing Facebook from my phone and an online password management overhaul. The former took two seconds, the latter the better part of an entire day. This year also brought a number of new technologies to my work — VoIP phones, among others. WIRED magazine is great for keeping up to date on such things, even if it does sometimes cause me existential dread.
4. DESJ — Recommended Readings in Critical Librarianship
My university welcomed both a new dean of libraries and a new provost in 2016. Both have shared a strong commitment to action on issues of diversity, equity, and social justice (DESJ). My 2016 reading, limited as it was, occurred mostly in this vein. Since exploring this in my first ACRLog post, I've been learning about the use of gender pronouns, my own biases, and microagressions. My resolution in the new year is to facilitate conversations about how these issue play out beyond the service desk in our daily work.
3. More Reading and Writing – The Greatest Books of All Time, As Voted by 125 Famous Authors
Feeding my recurring resolution to read more, here's another recommended reading list by one of my favorite sources. In 2016 I took to writing about the changes in my work for traditional publishing venues. But joining the team of bloggers ACRLog in 2016 has been an amazing opportunity to learn from other academic librarians and (hopefully) become a better and more habitual writer in my profession. Still a newbie, I confess that each post so far has been met with part inspired anticipation and part crippling anxiety. I know reading and writing more are the surest ways to improve each skill. Surely with such practice (and above lists 9, 8, 7) the intensity of it all will ease.
2. Ask for help — 5 Ways to Get Better at Asking for Help
I also know the benefits of asking for help. Unfortunately this is also the hardest for me to put into to practice, so much so I considered leaving it off the meta list altogether! Interestingly, these suggestions for improving that ask mirror some approaches I'd like to take in my research this year. Ultimately, I want to take what the reference interview did for patrons asking librarians for research help at the desk and apply it in other, different kinds of information needs in the library. How do patrons ask for help differently when troubleshooting access to digital resources? How do we ask help of our colleagues when needing their assistance to change workflow? How do we ask for help when power dynamics change from patron and librarian to staff and supervisor? A big resolution will be getting this research question out there (no, really, this time) and asking for help.
1. Cats — The most popular cats on YouTube
Really nothing at all to do with the old or new year, but what library meta list would be complete without cats?
Do you have another list, resource, or comment to add on these themes? Please share!
Author Angela RathmelPosted on January 5, 2017 January 5, 2017 Categories Just Thinking, Top Issues, UncategorizedTags cats, critlib, death, information literacy, reflection, stress, technology, time management, work-life balanceLeave a comment on Meta Top Ten: An Infinitely Regressive New Year to You!
The Rock and the Hard Place (Part 3): Being Open For Change
Two years ago the department in which I work was charged with developing a new organizational structure in response to changes in the scholarly publishing landscape. Reflecting, presenting, and writing in various venues about this, it's hard to avoid the ad nauseam reference to change – change is the new normal; embrace change; anticipate change; be the change you wish to see in the world.
In my previous post, the second in this three part series, I noted that the literature is growing in supporting the fact that flipping (changing) the subscription model to open access is an attainable reality, and that a will to do so is what's needed. My experience rethinking acquisitions and resource sharing workflows to support this changing landscape lead me to believe there is more than will at play.
One problem many libraries are aiming to solve with reorganizations, is the inadequate support of e-resource and open access workflows resulting from predominantly print based workflow and organizational structures. This is interestingly parallel to an observation Van Noorden makes regarding the costs (that translate to high pricing) of traditional publishing and open access models. He writes:
"Whereas small [open access] starts ups can come up with fresh workflows using the latest electronic tools, some established publishers are still dealing with antiquated workflows for arranging peer review, typesetting, file-format conversation, and other chores. Still older publishers are investing heavily in technology and should catch up eventually."
Investing heavily is an interesting lens with which to consider the tensions at play in the subscription model and open access and is often the starting point for change. Investment connotes the shared driver of money at stake. But investment of time, thought, and resources are also very much at play in exploring alternative workflow and organizational structures in these same spheres. And because both involve people, solutions are not always a matter of simple arithmetic.
I had the opportunity to take notes for parts of the OA Symposium held at the University of Kansas recently, which was aimed specifically on open access funding alternatives to article and book processing charges (APC/BPC). As I took notes for the symposium, I listened for specific connections to the subscription model that might lead to actionable solutions in my circle of influence. From almost every participant there was a common call for: concrete, actionable solutions (that do not reinvent the wheel), connections, and momentum. Not surprisingly, these same outcomes are desired by those involved in reorganizational efforts to address and support such changes.
Breaking down any large problem — like institutional reorganizations or flipping subscription based or APC models of open access — requires both an ability to see the actors involved and the connections at play. Both cases need a good dose of facilitation and process mapping. In the OA Symposium participants did a fair amount of idea-generation, but also worked together in small groups to break down the processes involved in the APC model and its connections to many local and international players. Proposing alternative models addressed the practicalities and anticipated challenges of implementation. Some of these proposals mentioned connections to subscription model in general terms; others offered more specifics. I starting thinking more about the workflow and organizational implementation on a couple of these ideas.
Common funding models for open access initiatives, besides funding APC, are investing in open access memberships. This is somewhat like subscription-based membership in consortia, which aim to reduce individual cost of participants and garner negotiating power in numbers. But a new (to me) twist on this model proposed that instead of modeling the price of participation on FTE or Carnegie classification (as the subscription models commonly do), perhaps differing levels of participation could be more voluntary, like endowments. Taking this a step further, I wonder if the options to invest as a silent donor would attract even more willing participation. While contrary to the more public investment desired by open access advocacy, this recognizes a more guarded approach the subscription model workflow sometimes takes in managing messages about investment. Take new e-resource trials, for example, which on the face of it represent no actual monetary commitment. However, a decision to even pursue trials may be carefully considered against messages that might appear to over promise the availability of resources that cannot be realistically afforded. Such a decision might also work at cross purposes with existing renewal workflows in negotiating better deals. To be clear, the need for budgetary accommodation in subscription renewals does not prevent libraries from considering new resources, but an awareness that the complexities of that messaging should be recognized.
Another, perhaps controversial twist on the membership models was tying participation with a commitment to reinvest subscription dollars along various timelines. (e.g. 1% – 100% over 10 years). The incremental nature of this approach is also similar to subscription renewal workflows, which operate in annual incremental percentages increases (e.g. multi-year renewal deals often negotiate a pricing percentage cap on increases). Again, its success with subscription workflows may come down to a question of transparency. As with some licensing negotiation terms, a public, unified statement of commitment often helps get such clauses addressed in negotiation. Whether internal, or a transparent part of the negotiation process, finding a way to flip the negotiation of price cap percentage to a price reinvestment percentage is an interesting concept.
There are million other tiny ways to begin rethinking subscription and open access workflows in concrete ways. My next concrete step is to consider the steps recommended in the OA2020 Roadmap which is teeming with concrete practical solutions for subscription and open access budgeting and reporting, assessment, negotiation, and more. Being present at KU's OA Symposium allowed me to pay attention and consider realities I hadn't been aware of and take stock of how much more I can learn and potentially contribute.
Richard Van Noordern, "The True Cost of Science Publishing," Nature 495 (2013), 426-429, doi:10.1038/495426a
Author Angela RathmelPosted on December 10, 2016 January 11, 2018 Categories Open Access, Technical ServicesTags library_budgets, Open Access, rockhardOA, scholarly publishingLeave a comment on The Rock and the Hard Place (Part 3): Being Open For Change
My Space, Your Space, Our Space, New Space?
For this week's post, I had the unique opportunity to review a recently published white paper by Brian Mathews, associate dean at Virginia Tech Libraries and Jenizza Badua, interior design student at Virginia Tech entitled, Curating the Campus, Curating Change. This fascinating conceptual piece is based on a mixture of ideas, conversations, and some actual realities relating to physical learning spaces across college campuses.
Mathews' responsibilities for facilities, space planning, and management, combined with a background in user experience, naturally inform his research in this area. While writing his book Encoding Space (also recently published), Mathews explores "the philosophy and texture of physical spaces and what they enable and inspire people to do". Curating the Campus developed out of this research by taking those same concepts beyond the library.
"So when you apply things like design thinking and look at the campus as a system, you start to notice areas that could be improved. We have been so focused on improving our libraries, but these skills and insights we've been developing could apply elsewhere."
The paper challenges readers to build their own new ideas on classroom buildings, research buildings, labs, studios, exhibits & displays, atriums & lobbies, living learning community, and incubators from the 8 vignettes offered. Below are some of the questions the piece brought to my mind that I posed to Mathews.
ACRLog: I recognized examples of these ideas occurring in reimagined spaces within the library, can you talk more about how you see this model differently?
Mathews: I think the Hunt Library Teaching and Visualization Lab at North Carolina State (NC State) gets to the point. They have established their expertise in this area. But, should they not just be contained within Hunt or Hill Libraries, they could extend service delivery — sort of in a franchise model. For example, maybe the focus is more on data visualization for the social sciences. Working with that College they develop a space and some adaptive service models. Then staff together go in with a designer and informaticist to support teaching and research for this discipline. I think a "phase one" would be looking at current spaces around campus to see how they could be improved. And the next level is service design and partnerships. When I visit buildings around campus I enter thinking "how could the library enhance what's happening here." That doesn't mean setting up a reference desk. In the paper I tried to outline a few of the possibilities.
ACRLog: Where else can we see this is currently happening in academic institutions?
Mathews: Each campus has its own politics and geography. What works at one university might not work in another. So the point of the paper was to express a general ethos with the hope of sparking conversations. I tried to imagine the next five to ten years in the profession and it seems we will reach a point where we burst from beyond our buildings and start applying these ideas and principles in other locations. I think the Active Learning Center at Purdue provides somewhat of an example: a shared building between libraries and registrar. At Virginia Tech we are working on this concept within a new classroom building. I'm also a co-chair of a campus-wide task force looking at renovating lobby areas of academic buildings and developing a better mix of quiet and collaborative areas. But the paper isn't really about spaces, it's about partnerships. I used the word mash-ups—and that's the creative challenge. It's not just taking the library and putting it in Building X, but rather, working with Student Affairs and the Business School to develop an entirely new service or environment within a location that isn't the library.
ACRLog: I'm intrigued by the significant role of partnership that comes up here, and you mention in the beginning of the piece the term interaction science. How do you see interaction science in this context? How is it changing the librarian profession?
Mathews: Interaction science to me is about how people work together. How they collaborate. How they cooperate. How they communicate. How they frame and explore problems. How they overcome differences. How they produce. Really — big picture — how they interact with each other and their environment. In the different stages of group work, it's how they form and perform. In my library we study this. We want to learn from these interactions so we can improve our spaces and services. It's the difference between offering a few tables and chairs and building a curated learning environment. The former is what I tend to see around campus buildings, whereas the latter is what librarians have been building. I think we can export our knowledge, particularly group commons areas, to other locations.
ACRLog: In addition to new opportunities, what problems are solved by decentralizing the programs, librarians, and spaces across campus buildings?
Mathews: Most of us don't have a lot of free space in our buildings, [but] we would be able to offer emerging services elsewhere. I think we would be better able to integrate across campus rather than with a library-centered service perspective. I think it would open new partnerships and strengthen existing ones. I think it could provide better access to tools, resources, and expertise. I think it could help expand people's thinking about what a libraries does or has to offer.
ACRLog: Yes, the idea (perceived or real) that our libraries are no longer filled with books, has in some cases, put pressure on libraries to re-imagine their own spaces for other campus purposes. Do you see this an opportunity for, or in opposition against what is proposed here? Or how does the role of the library building change in this new arena?
Mathews: I explore this a bit in my book. The problem I see is that many libraries are trying to do too many things. We want to accommodate digital humanities centers, visualization studios, maker spaces, quiet areas and collaborative areas, and collections, and on and on. There is a lot of pressure on our buildings. I love libraries being filled with books. I think the diffused approach helps us to push out services so that we can maintain collections or repurpose our space accordingly. But it starts by establishing expertise in this area. That's what I really admire about NC State — their laser focus on learning environments. They have built a solid reputation and could probably advise and partner other units on their campus.I view libraries as prototyping environments. We can test emerging service designs and technologies, improve upon them, and then spin them out elsewhere on campus. I think that is an exciting possibility for our spaces. Our expertise is shaping environments, services, and resources for communities so we can serve as a testing ground for new ideas until they can move on.
Wrapping up our interview by phone, Mathews and I talked further about issues around partnership, like the geopolitics of space and the important role a supportive University administration plays. The fun things about a piece like this is the way it generates new ideas and connections. It's a conversation-starter. And it seems that reality underlies the whole premise of these spaces – to foster imagination and partnerships that are not just intentional and deliberate, but also spontaneous. You don't know what you don't know, which is my favorite opportunistic problem!
Mathews, B., & Badua, J. (October, 2016). Curating the campus, curating change: A collection of eight vignettes. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73191
Mathews, B., & Soistmann, L. A. (2016). Encoding space: Shaping learning environments that unlock human potential.
Author Angela RathmelPosted on November 5, 2016 Categories Academia, Buildings, Innovation, Libraries and Community, Libraries and LearningTags collaboration, design thinking, interaction science, partnership, space planning, space useLeave a comment on My Space, Your Space, Our Space, New Space?
The Rock and the Hard Place (Part 2): Opening Up License Negotiation
The following is the second in a series of posts on the subscription-based model and open access alternatives, and how each get stuck from their respective ends of the scholarly information supply chain. In addition to the usual disclaimer regarding my own opinions expressed here, these should also not be interpreted as a substitute for legal advice.
In my last post I outlined one side of scholarly communication — the subscription renewal process – in underrepresented detail, revealing places where it is stuck in arduous workflow, inefficient systems, and complex, problematic licenses. In addition to pointing out the subscription model's own struggles, I acknowledge its perpetuation works directly against investment in open access alternatives. Seeing the shared predicament from each respective end, I wondered how these two workflows come together in practice. Beyond our company in misery, this post will explore where collaborations, specifically in the realm of licensing, have made progress toward alternatives to traditional publishing and subscription-based acquisition.
Contract negotiation is an activity associated with the subscription model that most often occurs when placing new orders or at renewal. In many cases this responsibility is performed by collection management or acquisitions, usually with support of the institution's general counsel. Scholarly communication staff also interpret contracts as they assist authors in negotiating publishing terms and retention of authors' copyright. The scholarly communication office might also be involved in contract negotiation if they are a publishing entity themselves. A third player, interlibrary loan, also plays a role in licensing terms, interpreting copyright and fair use as it relates to day-to-day borrowing and lending, and copyright fee payment associated with these activities.
For other obvious reasons, these areas of the library are key stakeholders in the subscription renewal process. If we cancel, what will the faculty reaction be? How will the subscription savings through cancellation effect the cost of ILL? If we renew, what does this say about our efforts in promoting open access? In addition to this, the skillset these faculty share in negotiation and the interpretation of copyright in particular reveals a unique collaborative opportunity for subscription and open access workflows.
Bringing these shared skillsets together in the licensing process allows for a more comprehensive awareness of where contracts can restrict rights granted by copyright law. More specifically these perspectives can quickly identify key terms that can best mitigate that risk and influence other favorable objectives. The LIBLICENSE project is an excellent starting point for understanding general license terms and those specific to the needs of libraries. I highlight examples of some commonly sought terms below for which the collaborative contexts I've mentioned have been most helpful in addressing. Relevant pages and discussion threads from LIBLICENSE and other resources are linked within.
In terms of content and acquisition:
• Post-cancellation access (see perpetual license)
• Emergency cancellation clause (see force majeure and early termination)
• Title swap and cancellation allowance
• Content caps on changed or lost content
• Pricing caps – the larger or longer the deal, the lower the cap
In terms of ILL and copyright:
• Allowing ILL with more liberal interpretation for electronic access (see 1997 ILL straw poll)
• Assert/Do not remain silent on copyright (see section 3.3 model license " No Diminution of Rights" and Fair Use assumptions discussion thread)
In terms of open access:
• Assert author rights (see 3.4 model license "Authors' Own Works" and also COAR's 2013 report: OA Clauses in Publishers Licenses )
• Eliminate or ameliorate confidentiality and non-disclosure clauses (see also ARL recommendation)
• Allow for text and data mining (see Request: Text and Data Mining Licenses…Language thread)
Though many of these terms are generally accepted among the library profession and even have the backing of national and international organizations, publishing and other industries have their own generally accepted clauses and the backing of their organizations. This is why it can be difficult, unrealistic even, for the single acquisitions staff responsible for negotiation to push for all these on her own. A major subscription contract renewal is an important opportunity for many to speak with a unified voice, not just on behalf of buyers and content, but on behalf of authors and of a wider audience of users. In addition to bolstering well known terms and issues, these multiple perspectives are key to introducing new ideas into a traditional negotiation.
Sometimes new ideas (and even traditional ones) will not result in accepted contract terms because they are dealt with entirely separately from the renewal process, or because they do not otherwise match the other party's entrenched business practices. This can be advantageous from a negotiating standpoint, as losing out on some issues can favorably influence the advancement of others. The fact that some issues are perceived as entirely separate from the renewal process can also be advantageous. Author rights, for example, are often handled through individual author contracts or separate institutional open access policy agreements. While this can sometimes prevent their inclusion subscription agreements, by recognizing the separation itself the negotiation lends a stage to raise important issues more boldly without directly jeopardizing the terms of renewal.
New ideas I'd like to see in renewal negotiation discussions involve taking what is often the licensee's obligation and making it a mutual or licensor obligation. One example is caps on changed and added content. Publishers often allow a clause that addresses when a percentage of content lost by a publisher can trigger breach or renegotiation. But aside from title cancellation and swap clauses – which are rare and require a significant amount of time and effort by the library to invoke — there is nothing to prevent a publisher from acquiring and adding content to a package for which the libraries are required to take on in their renewal spend. Another has to do with advance renewal or offer deadlines. As outlined in my previous post, publishers often require advance notice of cancellation, but there is nothing that requires publishers to provide the library with advance notice of major changes that might influence a cancellation decision, like new package offerings or an entirely new license contract. I'd also like to explore clauses that might address the myriad ways payment for published research is replicated across the institution (aka double-dipping), such as with the libraries paid subscription and the author's open access article processing charges.
In any change, the individual and organizational commitment to cooperation can be the hardest, but most important first step. In future posts, I'll lay out ways organizational structures, workflows and individual skills might lead to more frequent and improved collaborative work on these issues.
Breaking the big deal of a major subscription renewal and reinvesting in open access will certainly require a deeper investigation into economics of open access and subscription infrastructure already well-covered by the literature. Perhaps, as with licensing, if we look at these economics more carefully with a different group of eyes and minds, new practical alternatives will emerge.
Author Angela RathmelPosted on October 7, 2016 January 11, 2018 Categories Copyright, Open Access, Scholarly Communications, Technical Services, UncategorizedTags big deal, collaboration, licenses, licensing_agreements, Open Access, publishing, rockhardOA, subscriptionsLeave a comment on The Rock and the Hard Place (Part 2): Opening Up License Negotiation
The Rock and the Hard Place (Part 1): Renewal Season, No Big Deal?
The following is the first in a series of posts on the subscription-based model and open access alternatives, and how each get stuck from their respective ends of the scholarly information supply chain. As a reminder: Opinions expressed here are my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer or of ACRL.
September is renewal season when the largest percentage of a typical academic library's collection budget is committed to the hands of publishers and vendors, thereby determining the largest part of what research is accessible in January of the following year. This four-month lag between getting what you paid for is just one of the many problematic examples of the slow-churning scholarly information supply chain.
Here's another.
What's wrong w/ trad'l publishing? –> My ACRL 2015 Reports of Conferences, Institutes, & Seminars is just now avail https://t.co/bmE6TKvpco
— A Truthbrarian (@atruthbrarian) August 23, 2016
These problems have been raised by a crisis of economic sustainability most commonly blamed on the serial subscription model. The movement toward remedying this problem, however, often comes from the perspective of authors, copyright, and open access. I think shedding light on some of the practical economics at play in the subscription renewal process can help show where both the subscription model and open access movement get stuck in this process, and may reveal ways to join forces for change.
In the grand scheme of the subscription renewal process, four months is not really too much to ask considering a subscription vendor must have time to process its multitude of customers' orders from a further multitude of publishers, and all by the start of the calendar year. In a typical renewal year library staff must also build in sufficient advance processing time to meet that September deadline. Accounting for fiscal close, data gathering and normalization, as well as faculty review and input, means renewals can require anywhere from 9 to 12 months of advance preparation. Without any problems you might have a 3-month breather between January and March before the full cycle of renewal processing begins again.
Significant exceptions to a typical cycle occur with the renewal of what's called a "Big Deal" package. These packages are so named because they are, well, big, both in terms of number of total titles and the fact that the titles represent most, or all, of a publisher's content. The deal, beyond the size of what you get, lies (pun intended!) in the unique way in which the package is priced. Traditionally this is based on a library's historic total spend with a publisher at a given time, rather than the title-by-title value of the list.
Another exception is these deals are often negotiated in multi-year contracts, requiring a comprehensive review only every 2-5 years, as opposed to annually. Yet all of the annual renewal steps above must still happen in a multi-year contract renewal. If your library budget is under close scrutiny, that more comprehensive analysis probably involves more people, such as deans and directors, sister campuses, and often consortia. More than likely the analysis also involves more data, such as usage, interlibrary loan (ILL) or other article level access options, overlap analysis, or citation analysis. A communication plan may also be necessary whether the purpose is justifying continuing expenses or considering cancellations.
"No Big Deal?"
When looking for savings these packages seem a reasonable option for cutting costs, given their large portion of the budget and the number of included titles, sometimes hundreds of which get little to no use. Unfortunately, however, because the Big Deal is not designed according to title-by-title spend, attempting to subscribe to fewer titles at list price can mean paying more in the end. Outright cancellation is not without risk either, since in addition to a major loss of revenue for the publisher, this can translate to unpredictable and shifted costs for the library.
Some publishers sensitive to the workflow and economic challenges of libraries — usually those with MLS degrees or a background in libraries — make an effort to negotiate for alternative solutions rather than lose large sums of subscription revenue. Such alternatives, however, rarely include an ability to cut costs through cancellation or by swapping out underused titles. Nor has there been much effort to limit the amount of content publishers may acquire that libraries must take on in additional spend.
According to a longitudinal ARL study on the topic of Big Deals, however, this model persists because "[n]either market studies or market forces have produced a sustainable new strategy for pricing and selling e-journals" (Strieb & Blixrud, 2014, p 587). Or in words heard from some of the big names in the business:
"Our business model is not designed to save you money." – Elsevier
"As long as we're making money, we're not inclined to change." – Springer
Without an on-the-ground budget crisis or other disruptive force, institutions often continue to renew, stuck in a mess of our collective making. I observed a parallel "stuck" reasoning on the open access side of things when I reported on Garnar & Knox's ACRL 2015 conference session, "Ethical Issues in Open Access" (tweet above). This shared state of paralysis led me to wonder how advancing scholarly communication and negotiating subscriptions renewals could work together to get ourselves unstuck.
New Dealings
On the surface these two areas appear to work against each other, since perpetuating renewal of subscription-based models can diminish purchasing power or investment in open access alternatives. But there is evidence that this is changing both organizationally (MIT) and in the evolving models for open access (see OAWAL, NISO). As my library prepares to renew four big deals in the near future there is real incentive to explore alternatives.
I would love to hear others' experiences working with subscription renewals or open access workflows. What intersections do you see? Where are you are most stuck? What alternatives have you tried? Anyone you making inroads to jointly address these issues?
Feel free to share responses in the comments, or email them to atruthbrarian@gmail.com
Emery, J., & Stone, G. (n.d.) APC Processing Services. OAWAL: Open Access Workflows for Academic Librarians, 2.6. Retrieved from https://library.hud.ac.uk/blogs/oawal/workflows/2-6/
MIT Libraries (n.d.). About Scholarly Communication & Collections Strategy. Retrieved from http://libguides.mit.edu/c.php?g=176063&p=3015339
NISO (2016). Managing an Open Access World, Part 1: Open Access & Acquisitions. [Webinar] Retrieved from http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/webinars/sep7_webinar/
Strieb, K.L., & Blixrud, J.C. (2014) Unwrapping the Bundle: An Examination of Research Libraries and the "Big Deal" portal: Libraries and the Academy, 14 (4), 587–615. https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/portal_pre_print/articles/14.4strieb.pdf
Author Angela RathmelPosted on September 7, 2016 January 11, 2018 Categories Open Access, Scholarly Communications, Technical ServicesTags big deal, collaboration, Open Access, publishing, rockhardOA, subscriptionsLeave a comment on The Rock and the Hard Place (Part 1): Renewal Season, No Big Deal?


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Q: How can I implement header view + sliding pager tab strip + view pager like Fancy app? I'm curious how Fancy(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thefancy.app) implements this kind of view. Images at the below are captured on seller page of Fancy app.
At first, it has header view + sliding tab strip + view pager which contains fragments.
If user scrolling down the view, the header view will be disappeared smoothly, and then finally user can only see pager title and view pager.
I'm trying to implement similar feature using PagerSlidingTabStrip(https://github.com/astuetz/PagerSlidingTabStrip) and ViewPager with FragmentStatePagerAdapter contains few fragments that using StaggeredGridView by Etsy. (https://github.com/etsy/AndroidStaggeredGrid)
To implement this feature, I assume that I have to use OnScrollListener of StaggeredGridView, but there's few problem.
The first one is how to delivery the scrolling event to main activity.
The process of transmission of scrolling event is:
StaggeredGridView -> FragmentStatePagerAdapter -> MainActivity.
It is a long way to make it has smooth scrolling. Also, I cannot sure the parameters from scroll event are sufficient to implement this.
public void onScroll(final AbsListView view, final int firstVisibleItem,
        final int visibleItemCount, final int totalItemCount) {

(onScroll only have value of index of first visible item, the number of visible item, and the total count of item.)
There is other way to handle event between many fragments and activities using event bus library like otto by square (https://github.com/square/otto), but also I don't think it's a good idea.
I found a blog post that is helpful to implement pretty action bar + listview (http://flavienlaurent.com/blog/2013/11/20/making-your-action-bar-not-boring/) but still have no idea how to implement view like Fancy.
Probably, do I need to create custom view pager which detects scrolling event easily? Or, are there any beautiful open source or helpful tips? Little hint can be very helpful.
Thanks in advance.

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Elon Musk Warns That AI Could Be A Threat To Human Civilization
by Alien UFO Sightings August 1, 2017
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Another month, another person warning us about artificial intelligence (AI). This time it's everyone's favorite human and definitely not a robot, Elon Musk.
He was speaking at the US National Governors Association summer meeting in Providence Rhode Island on Saturday. "I have exposure to the very cutting edge AI, and I think people should be really concerned about it," the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said. "I keep sounding the alarm bell, but until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don't know how to react, because it seems so ethereal."
Now, it should be noted that Musk isn't talking about the AI in your Alexa or Google Home per se. What he's referencing is artificial general intelligence, which is the idea of a super-intelligent entity that may become a reality in the future.
Some see this as the logical next step after our current, more primitive AI systems. Dozens of scientists signed an open letter in 2015 warning about AI. Stephen Hawking has also gone on record warning that AI could be the end of mankind.
Check out Musk's talk above
As Musk notes, it is admittedly hard to take these threats seriously at the moment. The idea of an I, Robot-inspired future, or a dystopian future akin to The Matrix, seems a bit far-fetched when Siri can't even call the right person. But AI has made leaps and bounds in recent years, so who knows what the future holds.
"AI is the rare case where I think we need to be proactive in regulation instead of reactive. Because I think by the time we are reactive in AI regulation, it'll be too late," Musk added. "AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization."
The issue, then, seems to be making sure we are ready for any problems AI might throw our way in the future. If we're unprepared, we might not have a robot Arnie knocking on our door, but there are certainly other issues.
"Arguably the greatest threat is mass population control via message targeting and propaganda bot armies," François Chollet, the creator of a deep neural net platform, told The Verge. Ooh er.
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The Classical Gods of Ancient Greece
INTRO Introduction to Greek mythology
PANTHEON The greek pantheon
EXPLORE Browse our entries on Greek mythology
A-Z INDEX List of deity names from Greek mythology
Greek mythology › Greek pantheon list
Greek Healer God
Also known as CHEIRON, KHEIRON
King of the Centaurs
Chiron was the son of Cronus who'd been horsing about with Philyra. With tutorials from Apollo and a degree in healing from the University of Thessaly, he was very good at the healing arts and renowned for his wisdom. He taught Dr Asclepius the secrets of medicine and thus put the beginnings of medical practice on a very sound footing.
Chiron then appears to have founded the School for Heroes on Mount Pelion, with clients including Heracles, Theseus and Achilles. Greek lessons and horse-riding were of course included as standard.
Sadly, Chiron came to an unhappy end when he was accidentally shot with a poisoned arrow by his old pupil Heracles. In frightful agony he roamed the world but, being immortal, could not die. Yes, the Great Healer could heal everyone except himself.
Eventually he wandered to the place where Prometheus was undergoing his own agony. Here at last he found freedom from his pain. Performing the world's first immortality-swap operation, Chiron donated his immortal nature to Prometheus and became mortal.
Prometheus found himself free, while the old centaur dropped dead at his feet. But shed no tears as a sobbing Zeus granted Chiron a second immortality and transformed him into the constellation of Sagittarius.
Chiron Facts and Figures
Name: Chiron
Alternative names: CHEIRON, KHEIRON
In charge of: Healing
Area of expertise: Healing
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Aliens most likely exist in globular clusters says Harvard scientist
By Veronica Cruz Published Mar 21, 2016 at 16:48 PM GMT
If aliens do exist, they are more likely to live in a globular cluster, says Dr. Rosanne Di Stefano, who works at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics at Cambridge in the United States.
Dr. Di Stefano, a lecturer on Extrasolar Planets and Observational Cosmology, believes these dense spheres of ancient stars are likely to be the best places to look for advanced extraterrestrial civilisations.
Globular clusters are spherically-shaped clusters of stars that are extremely dense towards their cores. They are typically composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars. Some clusters in our Milky Way are massive, with several million times the mass of our Sun.
A Hubble Space Telescope image of the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the Milky Way, located about 25,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. Dr. Di Stefano says we should target our searches on globular clusters in our quest to discover alien civilisations. (Image: nasa.gov)
Globular clusters favour alien likelihood for many reasons
Dr. Di Stefano says there are several reasons for favouring these clusters when looking for alien life. One is their age – globular cluster's stars are estimated to be at least 10 billion years old, which means their stellar systems have had plenty of time for life to have formed and then evolved to an advanced level.
Because stars are densely-packed in these clusters, they are very near each other, which means that stellar travel would be easier. Stellar travel means travelling from one solar system to another.
Stars could be just one twelfth of a light-year apart in globular clusters. Our solar system's closest star is 4.2 light years away.
Writing at the Sky At Night magazine, a BBC publication, Dr. Di Stefano said:
"It would also be easier for a civilisation to explore and even set up outposts on other worlds."
Globular clusters like the one above – 47 Tucanae – might be ideal places to search for advanced alien civilisations. Their crowded environment means intelligent extraterrestrial life could more easily send probes to neighboring stars. (Image: cfa.harvard.edu. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team)
Dr. Di Stefano also mentioned globular clusters as the best places to look for aliens during a presentation in Florida in January at the 227th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
Just one exoplanet detected so far
Even though we know that globular clusters, as they are full of stars, must also have lots of planets, we have only discovered one exoplanet in one of them so far – called PSR B1620-26 b in the M4 cluster located within the constellation Scorpius.
PSR B1620-26 b, nicknamed Methuselah, orbits a binary system consisting of a white dwarf and a pulsar. A white dwarf is a very small, dense star that is typically the size of a planet, while a pulsar is a celestial object (believed to be a rapidly-rotating neutron star) that emits regular pulses of radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation at very fast rates – up to 1,000 pulses per second.
Methuselah is about 12.7 billion years old, making it the oldest exoplanet we know of. An exoplanet is a planet outside our Solar System.
Dr. Di Stefano said it would be strange if there were not several other exoplanets inside globular clusters.
Dr. Di Stefano wrote:
"Of course, this is all conjecture. We don't know whether there is alien life in such clusters. But globular clusters would be a good place to look and might be the first place where intelligent life is identified in our galaxy."
Humans have been evolving on Earth for a couple of million years. Imaging how advanced and intelligent an alien civilisation would be if it had been evolving for over 1 billion years. (Image: terminally-incoherent.com)
Could proximity undermine planetary systems?
There is one factor which might undermine the evolution of life in globular clusters. As the stars and celestial bodies are very close to one another, they are more likely to disrupt each other's planetary systems.
According to research carried out by Dr. Di Stefano, this kind of danger does no exist.
"What we've found is the opposite – that it's possible for many habitable-zone planets to survive for billions of years."
Many globular clusters in the Milky Way
Astronomers say there are over 150 globular clusters in the Milky Way – our galaxy. The majority of them are in the outer edges of our galaxy and were formed over 10 billion years ago.
Dr. Di Stefano (left) says globular clusters are the best places to look for aliens. Prof. Alak Ray (right) believes that globular clusters are likely to have many exoplanets, even though we have only discovered one so far. (Images: Dr. Di Stefano harvard.edu. Prof. Ray tifr.res.in.)
Because they are so old, their stars contain fewer of the heavy elements needed for making planets, since those elements – iron and silicon – must be created in earlier generations of stars.
Several scientists argue that this reduces the likelihood of planets orbiting stars within globular clusters, and that is why we have only found one exoplanet within them so far.
Dr. Di Stefano and colleague Prof. Alak Ray, from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India, believe this view it too pessimistic.
We have detected exoplanets around stars that have just one-tenth of the heavy metal concentrations found in our Sun.
The older, cooler stars in the globular clusters will have a closer Goldilocks Zone (Habitable Zone) than the one in our Solar System, which means they will be relatively safe from the pull of nearby stars.
While the larger planets like Jupiter tend to prefer to orbit stars with higher concentrations of heavy elements, smaller Earth-sized planets show no such preference, studies have shown.
Regarding the likelihood of exoplanets existing within globular clusters, Prof. Ray said: "It's premature to say there are no planets in globular clusters."
Cooler stars' Habitable Zones are closer
Older stars, like the ones in globular cluster, are cooler than their younger counterparts. This means that their Habitable Zones, also called Goldilocks Zones, are closer.
A planetary system's Goldilocks Zone is the distance from the star where life as we know it could exist, because conditions are 'just right'. In the Goldilocks Zone, the temperature is ideal for liquid water to exist, plus the right amount of sunlight hitting the planet's surface.
So, if exoplanets within the Goldilocks Zone will be closer to their stars in globular clusters, it does not matter that the stars are very close to each other, i.e. those planets would be relatively safe from the gravitational pull of nearby stars.
Globular cluster habitable planets probably very old
Dr. DiStefano explained:
"Once planets form, they can survive for long periods of time, even longer than the current age of the universe."
As mentioned before, if habitable planets in globular clusters have been around for many billions of years, there would have been plenty of time for life to evolve into super-advanced civilizations.
Scientists estimate that life on Earth began about 3.8 billion years ago. Imagine a very old planet in a globular cluster where life began more than 7 billion years ago. Perhaps its most intelligent life form had over 1 billion years to evolve, compared to humans who have only been around for a couple of million years.
Any civilization that has been evolving for over a billion years would literally be light-years ahead of us technologically – they would also probably be far more intelligent.
Globular clusters are far away from us
Global clusters are extremely far away from Earth – the closest one is many thousands of light years from here. This makes it very difficult for us to detect exoplanets, especially in the crowded core of a cluster.
Detecting transiting exoplanets on the outskirts of globular clusters would be much easier, says Dr. Di Stefano.
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The short answer is: "Yes, SIGNL4 can." SIGNL4 can be seen as a so-called "pager app" for Android and iPhone. But more than that. Here is the how and why of it.
A pager is a small radio receiver. Each pager has a unique code or phone number. All the pagers that are in everyone's pockets are receiving the broadcasts, but messages are ignored that do not contain your personal code. Once the page receives a message with your code, it buzzes or beeps and displays the message.
That is where things stop. Depending on the type of pager you have, there are no acknowledgements, collaboration, or any distinguishing factors that will quickly alert the receiver that a message is important. There is no immediate response a user can take other than to find a phone and call the sender back. Even if you have a two-way pager and can indicate you received the alert, that is not enough to appropriately communicate if assistance is needed right away.
SIGNL4 addresses all shortcomings of the pager and offers a more complete operational user experience. This mobile app and SaaS solution for smart devices assures users that no critical alerts are to be missed or miscommunicated. When an alert is sent to SIGNL4 (either by email, webhook or REST API), all users in that team receive the alert. On-call team members can quickly acknowledge, take ownership and collaborate with other team members on issues in real time. The pager is simply not enough when you can receive enriched, actionable mobile alerting via SIGNL4. Simplicity is key, but I do not think there is a button on a pager that can handle all of this.
And with GSM coverage becoming ubiquitous there is fading network coverage advantage remaing for paging networks.
Why is SIGNL4 a pager app and better than a pager device?
The reality of the matter is that many workforces still rely on eighties technology to assist in daily team operations. Pager usage can be found in hospital staffs, emergency response teams, construction crews, and much more even in 2018. We are here today to tell you how SIGNL4 picks up where a pager severely lacks.
For most people smartphones are already a part of daily life, so the transition to using them at work is seamless. Even though pagers are as simple as it gets and have just a few buttons, the overall process of using a pager becomes a burden to all. Let's start with the obvious, it is another piece of hardware. You already have your smartphone in your pocket, why not use that instead of clipping a pager to your belt? Limit the hardware you keep on your person and move forward with a user-friendly mobile application for your operations team.
Pagers all have the same tone, look and feel regarding the messages that come through. Whether the message is simply a warning, or it is mission critical, there is no quick way of distinguishing the two outside of reading the message. SIGNL4 provides a unique visual appearance to each type of alert that is received. At a glance, you can quickly determine the severity of an issue based on the color and icon that is presented. When work is moving fast, headspace is limited. Little indicators like that can make all the difference in someone's mental workflow.
The pager system can cause "bottlenecks" in hospitals: where nurse's stations are frequently slammed by a group of recently-paged doctors all waiting to use the phone. With SIGNL4 they are receiving those alerts on their phone and can quickly respond no matter where they are. Once a page is sent, that is it; the pager notification process is a one and done type deal. SIGNL4 will persistently notify on-call teams of a critical alert until it is acknowledged. This ensures that issues are being resolved and not missed because you didn't hear the page the 1 time it was sent.
Critical information does not stop at the notification message in SIGNL4. Depending on the systems or applications your team is connected to, users can configure custom parameters for alerts. When an alert comes in, team members can see additional sensor or IT data that can help pre-diagnose issues and expedite fix times. This can also come in the form of geolocations, temperature, database error messages, maintenance form fields, and much more. SIGNL4 is not limited to a small text box like in a Spok pager.
Whether it be an on-call doctor or an IT staff member, there is a need for collaboration in every environment. Adding chat annotations in each specific alert allows an on-call member to chat with other members, thus enabling them to receive any additional information needed to address the alert. For example, medical professionals can chat about an incident and get advice from colleagues. A continuous dialogue is essential to any fast-paced work, and SIGNL4 has that covered.
Once a page is received that is it. There is not ownership among the team that receives a page. With SIGNL4, team members can quickly see who is taking responsibility for an alert. What if no one answers the page? SIGNL4 has a built-in escalation procedure that will notify a manager should an alert go unacknowledged.
2-way collaboration, persistent alerting, and visual engagement allows critical responders to identify and react anywhere to an alert. In just that statement alone and the sections above there are just many points that set SIGNL4 ahead of the pager. Sure, a pager enhances a team with widespread notification, but what should one do when that is not enough? I am sure you know the answer. SIGNL4 – more than just a pager app.


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National maternity review chair visits midwife-led unit
8 October, 2015By Steve Ford
The individual experiences of ordinary people should "form the backbone" of the national maternity review, its chair has said.
Baroness Julia Cumberlege was speaking at the Friarage maternity centre, which this week celebrated its first birthday as a midwifery-led unit.
"I want the individual experiences of ordinary people to form the backbone of our review"
Julia Cumberlege
She is the independent chair of the current review of maternity services across the country, which began in April and forms part of NHS England's Five-Year Forward View.
The review was also set up partly as a response to the care failings identified at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
It will assess current maternity care provision and consider how services should be developed to meet the changing needs of women and babies.
A similar, but separate review into the future shape of maternity care services is also taking place in Scotland.
Baroness Cumberlege said: "We want to make sure that maternity care in England is the best it can be.
"We have to start by listening to women and their families. I want the individual experiences of ordinary people to form the backbone of our review," she said.
"I also want to hear from all the professionals that work so hard to make maternity services what they are today," she added.
Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Clinical Commissioning Group approved plans in February 2014 to remove consultant cover from maternity services at the Friarage Hospital, which is run by South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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CCG votes for north east maternity unit to become midwife led
The move stemmed from genuine concerns around the safety and future sustainability of the services, according to local NHS leaders.
To date around 256 babies have been born at the centre since it became midwifery-led.
The centre's staff were joined on 6 October by women who have used the service along with their babies to celebrate its progress over the last 12 months.
Deborah Hebblethwaite, a midwife and the maternity centre's manager, said: "This was a special birthday for us and we wanted to share it with the local community as there are still people who think we're not here anymore."
Friarage mothers and babies celebrate centre's first birthday
Personal maternity budgets to be worth up to £6,000
Personal budgets for women who wish to take charge of their own maternity care may be worth up to £6,000, MPs have been told.
Campaign group sets out to promote midwife-led units
28 April, 2016Jo Stephenson
A group of midwives and campaigners has launched an initiative to promote giving birth in midwifery-led units and ensure they are no longer "a too well kept secret".
Maternity services blueprint welcomed by midwives
23 February, 2016Nicola Merrifield
A national review of maternity services in England that sets out a series of recommended changes for the NHS over the next five years has been welcomed by midwives, regulators and patient charities.
Call for 'radical' changes to maternity staffing models
A national review of maternity services has called for a "more radical" approach to staffing models, in which small groups of midwives take responsibility for a caseload between them to ensure women are looked after by professionals they know.
The key recommendations from the maternity review
The report from the independent national maternity review, published today by NHS England, has set out seven overarching themes plus a range of recommendations designed to improve care in England.
'Distressingly' wide variation in quality of maternity services
An independent review of maternity care in England has uncovered what has been labelled a "distressingly wide variation" in the quality of services.
Review warns of 'lack of respect' between maternity staff
A culture of "silo working" and a "lack of respect" between midwives, obstetricians and other healthcare professionals has been revealed in an independent review of maternity services in England.
Women should control maternity care budgets, says review
23 February, 2016Shaun Lintern
Women should be given their own budgets to spend on their maternity care, a national review has said, as part of a series of recommendations to increase the proportion of births outside of hospital settings.
Final report from national maternity review expected
22 February, 2016Steve Ford
Findings from a national review of maternity services in England are expected to be published later this week.
Home birth for low risk pregnancies 'as safe as hospital'
22 December, 2015Nicola Merrifield
Women with uncomplicated pregnancies have no increased risk of harm to their child by giving birth at home compared with a planned hospital visit, according to new research.
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Q: SSIS - Granting access to Developers My current ELT process is done via an SP. I am new to SSIS and trying to replicate this process using SSIS.
I have created a set of extraction packages in visual studio, but my team members cannot access the control / data flows and are unable to save the changes.
In order to allow my developers to access my packages and deploy them, how would I grant them access?
I have tried changing the security settings but that doesn't seem to work.

A: As @Filburt mentioned in comments, this is because the default protection level, which is set at project level.
In Visual Studio you can right click on the Project and select Properties. You will see a section Security :

and there you can select a different protection level, for example "Do Not Save Sensitive Data" or "Encrypt Sensitive Data With Password", in which case you need to set a password and share it with your team members.


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This is the kind of jam I want playing when it's raining outside and I'm slumming on the couch until my crockpot feast is done. Get it? Jam? Jelly? No? Whatever, my jelly puns are hilarious.


October was a big month for me. I dealt with a lot of different transitions as my husband and I entered our second month of living in the States. I revamped my blog, I discovered a lot of things about myself, and I came to some conclusions about where I want the future to take me.
I have now exceeded my 2014 reading challenge goal of 45 books by reading 65 total.
Normally I don't post negative reviews, but I couldn't even finish reading Emily Giffin's latest book. It's really long, slow-moving, and morally questionable.
As hinted at by this post, my husband and I started watching Supernatural and we're hooked! We're already halfway through the second season. I love Sam & Dean!
But on a lighter note, Green Gables Fables is my favorite current YouTube series and a couple of weeks ago they released this video which has been my favorite of the series so far. If you're not familiar with Anne of Green Gables, this is the follow-up to my favorite scene from the book.
But my post on Sleepy Hollow last year was also really popular this month.
This month I also got to spend a lot of time with my family, which I really needed. Even though we didn't do anything big or exciting, it as a lot of fun just watching football with my dad and brother, going shopping with my mom, and going to the movies or out to dinner with everyone.
This week I have a job interview! It's my first positive result from my job search so far. I've applied to so many jobs and received a few negative responses, but yesterday I finally received some good news. I know nothing is guaranteed yet, but it's still encouraging to make it this far.
Next weekend is YALL Fest! It's my first book conference/event and I'm going with my friend Regina @ The Sunflower Pages. There will be several of my favorite authors there, but I think I'm most excited about Rainbow Rowell and Ann Brashares. I'll post all about it afterwards!
This is the month of THANKSGIVING! Last year I did my daily 30 Days of Thankfulness posts, which I won't be doing again this year, but I encourage you all to think about what you're thankful for this month & to share those things with others :) I'm thankful for my family, because without them I'd be lonely, miserable, and homeless.
What were some of your favorite highlights from October?


The days are long and it's almost the summer solstice. Don't forget my open studio event is this Saturday. Originally scheduled to be both Saturday and Sunday, we changed it to Saturday only, but with extended hours! So come on out for art, music, food and fun.
Bright Place Gallery is located at 909 SE Armour.


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Nicola Jane Chapman, Baroness Chapman (3 August 1961 – 3 September 2009) was a British peer and disability rights activist.

Chapman was born in Leeds, with a congenital disability, Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease).  She was expected to survive only a few hours after her birth, but lived into her 40s, by which time she estimated she had at least 600 bone fractures. She reached  in height, and used an electric wheelchair.

She was educated at home, and then at John Jamieson School in Leeds, a school for children with physical disabilities.  She later moved to the mainstream Park Lane College of Higher Education and then studied mathematics and management at Trinity and All Saints College in Horsforth.  She was a volunteer tutor for the Apex Trust, then worked at Leeds City Council and then became a teacher in adult education, before her disability forced her to give up work.  She continued as a volunteer disability activist, campaigning for independent living and access to public buildings.  She was chair of the Leeds Centre for Integrated Living and the Leeds United Disabled Organisation (Ludo).

She was appointed to the House of Lords on 24 June 2004 as Baroness Chapman, of Leeds in the County of West Yorkshire and was the first person with a congenital disability to sit in the House of Lords. Her peerage was conferred on the recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission, sometimes known as the "People's Peers" scheme. She had been nominated for her peerage by the Habinteg Housing Association, an organisation that provides practical support for those with disabilities, which she chaired.

She gave her maiden speech in the debate on the Mental Capacity Bill, critiquing provisions that would allow an appointed person to make medical decisions on behalf of a disabled patient, saying that "If the Bill had been passed 43 years ago, I would not be here."  She later spoke against proposals to assist people with a terminal illness to end their life. She also campaigned for section 36 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 to be brought into force, given taxi drivers a duty to transport passengers in wheelchairs.

She had a love of Leeds United Football Club, regularly attended games at Elland Road and was chair of the Leeds United Disabled Supporters Organisation. In 2010 Leeds United renamed the banqueting suite to "The Nicky Chapman Suite".

She died of pneumonia, at Leeds General Infirmary.  Her mother died of cancer in 1989.  She was survived by her father and two brothers.

References

External links
 Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 8 September 2004
 Baroness Chapman's page on TheyWorkForYou

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The Green Room in Fairmount is one of the best local neighborhood bars Philadelphia has to offer. Not only is The Green Room stacked with tons of High-def TVs, two pool tables, and tons of beers on tap, but it's built on a very rich history.
The Green Room has been an integral part of the Fairmount neighborhood for nearly 100 years. In 1919, a man known as Pop Plumer bought The Green Room, which was originally opened as a restaurant. He then converted it to the Cadillac Delicatessen, which sold groceries and had table seating.
When the Prohibition ended in 1933, the once local food store was converted into a bar for the first time. Pop Plumer was a man with a huge heart who was loved by the neighborhood. During the Great Depression, he gave out free food to the hungry every day right from his bar, even though he had lost virtually all of his own wealth. Men would line up outside the store at 3pm, and he would serve bologna sandwiches to those that couldn't afford food .
He also let people buy groceries on credit, even though many people never paid. Pop Plumer spoke 7 languages and could converse with everybody. He became known around town as the Mayor of Green Street.
Carrying on with that tradition in mind, Green Street is a great local hot spot filled with just the right atmosphere. Whether you're stopping in for a quick bite to eat, shooting a few rounds of pool, catching some Philly sports, or enjoying one of the many beers on tap – make sure you make The Green Room your new hometown bar!


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Berlin parliament passes anti-discrimination law targeting public authorities
By Christina Goßner | EURACTIV.de | translated by Daniel Eck
Proponents argue that the new law fills an existing legal gap. This is because the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG), which came into force in Germany in 2006 to transpose four European directives on equal treatment, does apply to the private sector, but not to state action. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN [EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN]
Berlin's state parliament on Thursday (4 June) passed a controversial law that aims to hold public authorities to account for acts of discrimination, EURACTIV Germany reports.
The state anti-discrimination law known as Landesantidiskriminierungsgesetz (LADG) is intended to make it easier for those affected to protect and defend themselves against discrimination by public authorities.
If discrimination is considered "predominantly likely", the respective public authority must then refute the accusations made against it. Previously, the legal situation was that those affected had to prove discrimination first.
"This is an important step in the fight against discrimination and racism. For the first time it is possible to take action against discrimination on the part of state actors and to punish this in a simplified way," said Werner Graf, the regional chairman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Berlin.
In addition to facilitating the burden of proof, the right to compensation, as well as for associations to sue on behalf of those affected, are also included.
The law, whose adoption was already anchored in the coalition agreement of Berlin's Socialist-Green state government, is the first of its kind in Germany.
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Legal gap
Proponents argue that the LADG fills a legal gap because the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG), which came into force in Germany in 2006, and transposed four EU equal treatment directives, applies to the private sector, not the state.
Up to now, administrative courts have only been able to establish unlawful conduct by a state authority without being able to derive a legal consequence.
"The LADG is not only useful but also necessary in order to implement European guidelines," Eva Maria Andrades, Managing Director of the Anti-Discrimination Association Germany, told EURACTIV Germany.
The association, as well as numerous social and migration associations, have welcomed the decision of the Berlin House of Representatives.
Aziz Bozkurt, Federal Chairman of the Working Group on Migration and Diversity in the SPD, is also pleased that "there is now a pioneer" for the legal basis for discrimination cases by public authorities.
However, Germany's police union (DPolG) has criticised the new law.
"The assertion that this law would close a gap in protection is absurd," said DPolG federal chairman Rainer Wendt, referring to the current state liability law, which applies if an authority can be proven to have deliberately caused damage.
However, according to Wendt, this hardly ever comes into effect because only a few cases of alleged discrimination has found police wrongdoing.
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Germany's number of politically-motivated crimes has increased significantly over the past year. Offences perpetrated by both the left and right wing have spiked. For the first time, crimes committed online were also included in the statistics. EURACTIV Germany reports.
A "declaration of mistrust"?
Throughout Germany, the law has been widely rejected, especially by police unions, which are supported by the Berlin Federation of Civil Servants and the Berlin CDU.
"The law is driven by distrust and contempt for the police and the entire public service in Berlin," Wendt said.
"In reality, (it is) a law discriminating against civil servants", said Berlin CDU lawmaker Burkhard Dregger yesterday (4 June) in the Berlin House of Representatives.
"The law places police officers and other public employees under general suspicion," added Berlin's CDU chairman, Kai Wegner, who noted that it represents "a single declaration of mistrust against the employees."
Earlier this week, Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CDU) told Der Tagesspiegel that the the law was "basically madness".
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Declaration of war against racial profiling
However, the debate has become more explosive following recent events in the US.
In Germany, too, thousands of people have protested against racism and police violence in recent days, triggered by the violent death of African-American George Floyd.
"Nobody and nothing is completely free of racism and discrimination, especially not in a white majority society," Graf said. This makes it all the more important to create structures that expose discrimination, he added.
"Racial profiling also exists in Germany," said Social Democrat Dietmar Köster (SPD), adding that one example of this would be "suspicion-independent controls of people with dark skin colour."
Köster is also a member of the foreign affairs committee and the US delegation of the European Parliament.
According to a 2016 report by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, incidents of racial discrimination are over-represented in cases of discrimination by police officers in Germany.
Andrades emphasises that the new Berlin law, however, is "more than just police work and racial discrimination" as about 20% of the cases reported to anti-discrimination offices in Germany concern discrimination by public authorities.
The Berlin Senate Department for Justice, Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination hopes that other federal states will follow the Berlin LADG.
"The goal of a non-discriminatory administration should no longer be questioned in 2020," a spokesperson for the Senate Administration told EURACTIV Germany.
[Edited by Benjamin Fox]
"The content of this publication represents the views of the author only and is his/her sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains".


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Sad Day in Detroit - Friends of the Professional Car Society - Official Website of the Professional Car Society, Inc.
I am Very Upset with this news. I was Just Talking to Marc Macintosh from American Ambulance That They are Out of Business. The company was started in 1926 and was the premier Ambulance Service of Metro Detroit. I have many great Memories working at this company I had worked with Norm. Marc.Don. Bill.
Is there a link to a news article you can post? I couldn't find anything using a Google search.
That is sad news,especially since you had worked for them,as advanced as the system gets its hard to forget the founding fathers of Ambulance service and how they did so much with so little and we were proud to do this with them.
when I bought my 78 Horton from Evan B. in the fall he had the 1976 Superior Cadillac that American owned sitting beside my Horton in the woods. I will try and get some of the pictures posted on here this week. its a shame ! another great Ambulance Company bites the dust but at least we have the pictures !!
I always found their color scheme intersting black over white Caddys. I can remember the ad that they had in the yellow pages as a kid and their moto was "Once American, Always American.
Last year on are way home from a fire buff club oicnic Russ and I stopped off at American and took a photo of his ambulance parked in front of their office in Detroit.
Is this the ambulance company that has the mid 70's ambulance out bacK?
I love their iconic sign.
I dropped a trailer, I think it was a generator for an event about a block from their headquarters about a year ago. I had heard all about this company from you guys, and I saw the cool sign on the building, and it all came together.
At least I had the chance to see it and know about it.


Josh Chan was looking for a community in Hong Kong after he decided to stay. He found Island ECC and eventually its Ark Ministry, which got him plugged in. As he matured through the Ark ministry, he realised how much God loves him. He dedicates his life to God in a special baptism ceremony.


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Frostpunk: Console Edition Preview – Freezing in Greater Comfort
By Dave Aubrey
Console players are often crying out for new strategy games, so the news that they'll soon be able to enjoy Frostpunk while sat on the sofa with a controller is pretty great for them. Frostpunk is a real-time strategy that sees players building what they need for a civilization to survive in a cold, desolate world. Building places for people to live, carving out paths through the snow, and collecting the materials essential for survival will all come together to survive the frigid wastes.
But course, Frostpunk is a game we already know and love on PC, so when 11-Bit Studios were bringing it over to console, it wasn't a case of just throwing a cursor on screen and controlling it with an analog stick, it was important to truly ensure the game was designed for an worked well with a traditional console controller, either on Xbox One or PlayStation 4.
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When 11-Bit tackled this problem, they decided to do what was necessary to make the experience comfortable using a much less precise method of input. As a result, the usual tiny tricks you would expect are in place, like snapping pieces to a grid and lining buildings up against one another. It's the small but simple touches that make playing on a sofa more enjoyable, like radial menus and button shortcuts, to get the experience closer and closer to the flagship PC version.
This even includes an overhead view, which makes arranging pieces without a mouse much easier. 11-Bit's Karol Zajaczkowski explained to me that the precision of a mouse makes it simple for players to place pieces where they wish, but on a controller, it's a bit more awkward, of course. The overhead view allows players to see where they're placing buildings and such more easily and avoids players making foolhardy mistakes.
In addition to that of course is game optimization. Optimization is hardly the most exciting topic, especially when it comes to console, which won't exactly be offering different graphics options, but in this case it's got repercussions for PC, too. The base consoles are obviously much less capable than modern PCs, and as a result, the game required optimizations which are now carrying across to PC. Background calculations, visual effects and more have been improved to have the game running smoothly across the base consoles, and those improvements will have the make the PC version better than ever, too. If you're currently playing on PC on high, you might be able to bump it up to Ultra next time.
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Currently, there are no details on the performance of the enhanced Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro, but I've been assured that – yes – they will look and run better than the base console equivalents. As for the Nintendo Switch? Well, of course, we all want to be able to play our strategy titles on the go, but it's not that simple. The folks at 11-Bit don't have plans to port the game to Nintendo Switch right now, although Karol made it clear that they get the question a lot, and keep it in mind when looking at platforms to publish their games on.
Thus far, Frostpunk looks like one of the better strategy titles to be hitting consoles, and I can't wait to freeze to death with the rest of humanity. Frostpunk: Console Edition will launch later this year on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Meanwhile, check out our review of the PC version.
Frostpunk is a challenging city builder where your decisions have dramatic repercussions on the citizens you're tasked with looking after in a wintery apocalypse. It's a pleasant surprise that is definitely worth your time if you're looking for something different and brutally challenging.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the combination of Bratovi (encorafenib) and Mektovi (binimetinib)for use in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAF V600E or V600K mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
(encorafenib) is an oral small molecule BRAF kinase inhibitor and Mektovi (binimetinib) is an oral small molecule MEK inhibitor which target key enzymes in the MAPK signaling pathway. Inappropriate activation of proteins in this pathway has been shown to occur in many cancers including melanoma, colorectal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, thyroid and others. In the U.S., Braftovi + Mektovi are approved for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanoma with a BRAFV600E or BRAFV600K mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
In the COLUMBUS trial patients with advanced melanoma were treated with either Braftovi + Mektovi, Braftovi, or Zelboraf (vemurafenib) daily and used until evidence of cancer progression.
The overall response rates were 63% and 40% for the combination and for vemurafenib alone, respectively. Median duration of response was 16.6 months vs 12.3 months, respectively. The median progression-free survival was 14.9 months for patients receiving the combination and 7.3 months for Zelboraf.
On average patients treated with the combination survived 33.6 months compared to 16.9 months for Zelboraf. Combination therapy was generally well tolerated but discontinuation was required because of adverse reactions in 5% of patients receiving the combination; the most common reasons for discontinuation were hemorrhage and headache.


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John MacNaughton
John MacNaughton was a gentleman and a gentle man. While this may not have squared with his role as a World War II gunnery-training officer, he was old-school polite and a man of principle, the sort of person who when invited to dinner brought flowers for the Mrs.
John and Alexis MacNaughton operated the Chronicle from the old building for over 20 years. Photo circa 1970
After the war John returned to his job as associate editor of the daily Brandon Sun but like so many newspapermen, he wanted to own his own newspaper. This led him, his wife Alexis and their three children to Ladysmith in 1953 to buy the Chronicle and the Chemainus Herald.
The MacNaughtons were typical newspaper owners of that era, good people, independent and hard-working, precise in their use of the language and supportive of their community. The bottom line was a necessity because after all a newspaper is a business but for the MacNaughtons the bottom line was never the focus, the focus was to produce a good newspaper. But finding enough coin to rub together and pay the bills wasn't easy and in 1963 the MacNaughtons were forced to combine the Chronicle and the Herald; they continued to operate the papers separately but printed both in Ladysmith on a press that had long ago seen its best before date.
But, still, the balance sheet remained out of balance and eventually John was forced to shut down his hot metal production equipment, and the press. A new process called photo-offset was at hand and while he couldn't afford to buy into it, he took advantage of it by sending his news and advertising copy to Victoria for typesetting and printing. During that difficult transition he had to lay off staff and by the time health forced him to sell the Chronicle, in 1974, the late Jean Rogerson was his only paid help, there to take care of the front office.
About this time central printing plants were setting up in earnest and this meant publishers no longer had to go into debt to buy costly presses on which to print their newspapers; instead, they could buy press time from the central plant. The Chronicle became a central printing plant in 1978 after moving into the empty Overwaitea store on High Street and purchasing a seven-unit web offset press on which a dozen other newspapers were printed. Group ownership was next for the industry and where there were 22 independently-owned community papers on the island in 1974, today you can count them on one hand and still play the piano.
Through all this John remained a respected member of the newspaper community. He won awards and fellow publishers elected him president of their newly-created, province-wide association.
After the MacNaughtons sold the Chronicle, they spent a number of winters in Mexico where they became fluent in Spanish. They said they came to love the people of their small village, and the time spent there allowed John to recover his health and to later become a justice of the peace in Ladysmith.
Alexis had humour: She was at the police office one afternoon to gather the week's news when a pretty lady in a short skirt appeared at the front counter and caught detachment commander Ken Sutherland's attention, causing him to set aside his conversation with Alexis for a moment. After the short skirt left the building, Alexis asked Sgt Sutherland if she wore a short skirt the following week would she have his undivided attention.
The MacNaughtons are gone now and Ladysmith is the poorer because of it.
Contributed by: Rollie Rose
Image added by LDHS from their files
Alexis passed away in the Ladysmith & District Hospital on March 15, 1985. John would join her five years later on March 13, 1990.
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