Civil Commitment and the Role of Public Librarians

2018 ◽  
pp. 376-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Yerbury ◽  
Maureen Henninger
Keyword(s):  
Civil Commitment ◽  
Public Librarians

Makerspaces and boundary work: the role of librarians as educators in public library makerspaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 801-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel D. Williams ◽  
Rebekah Willett
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Boundary Work ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Public Librarians

This article explores public librarians’ performance of boundary work in relation to teaching and learning in library makerspaces. Boundary work occurs when individuals delineate their domain of knowledge. We use interviews with 23 library staff to analyze the forms and characteristics of boundary work connected with the role of libraries and librarians in makerspace programming. Our findings show that public librarians perform boundary work in relation to the roles of (1) libraries as spaces for book-based and maker-based experiences, (2) librarians as information specialists and educators, and (3) libraries as spaces to access individual and social resources for learning. The forms and characteristics of boundary work include coordination, identification, justification, reflection, and change.

scholarly journals Humanistic design, and beyond

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Lotti
Keyword(s):  
Civil Commitment

The pandemic is consequence of our mistaken relationship with nature is correct. It’s crucial to learn from past mistakes and it’s necessary to create a sustainable horizon of meaning for our thought and our action, centred on the health of the planet, with man as an integral part of nature. The design can contribute: a Humanistic design, based on a civil commitment, that works with the territories, in in a cosmopolitan spirit, with an inclusive project; but also a design which, however, goes beyond Humanism, which takes away the central role of man – an anthropocentrism that through the ages has created numerous problems... -, in the name of a new accord, in harmony with nature as a whole. The Francesco Faccini, Maurizio Montalti, Gionata Gatto, Giovanni Innella and Formafantasma’s designs can be a possible example of this new idea.

Bums, Poops, and Pees: A Scholarly Examination of Why Children Love and Adults Censor the Scatological in Children’s Books

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Curry
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Freedom ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Public Librarians ◽  
Library Collections

Interviews with Canadian children’s public librarians reveal that they believe fiction and non-fiction scatological content has an important place in library collections, that children have an intellectual freedom right to access this material, and that adults have many misconceptions about the role of library collections and the development of juvenile humour.Des entrevues auprès de bibliothécaires jeunesses au Canada révèlent qu’ils croient que le contenu scatologique dans les documents de fiction et de non-fiction a sa place dans les collections en bibliothèque, que les enfants ont un droit intellectuel d’accès à ce type de matériel et que les adultes ont de nombreuses fausses idées quant au rôle des collections en bibliothèque et au développement d’un sens de l’humour juvénile.

What is the Role of Procedural Justice in Civil Commitment?

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian G. McKenna ◽  
Alexander I.F. Simpson ◽  
John H. Coverdale
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Civil Commitment ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Additional Method ◽  
Therapeutic Outcomes

Objective: To determine best practice management strategies in the clinical application of civil commitment. Method: All relevant literature on the topics of ‘civil commitment', ‘coercion’ and ‘procedural justice’ were located on MEDLINE and PsychUT databases and reviewed. Literature on the use of Ulysses contracts and advance directives in mental health treatment was integrated into the findings. Results: Best practice evidence that guides management strategies is limited to the time of enactment of civil commitment. Management strategies involve enhancing the principles of procedural justice as a means of limiting negative patient perception of commitment. In the absence of evidence-based research beyond this point of enactment, grounds for the application of the principles of procedural justice are supported by reference to ethical considerations. Ulysses contracts provide an additional method for strengthening procedural justice. Conclusions: Procedural justice principles should be routinely applied throughout the processes of civil commitment in order to enhance longer term therapeutic outcomes and to blunt paternalism.

Civil Commitment in Dane County, Wisconsin: 1969 through 1984

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Leiber
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Civil Commitment ◽  
Health Network ◽  
Financial Responsibility ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
Before And After

Although a number of studies have evaluated reform in commitment proceedings, these have been subject to criticism for failing to conduct a comprehensive examination and/or allow for a reasonable amount of time for the reform to be implemented. The objective of this study was to address these concerns by examining the patterns and trends of a J 975 reform on civil commitment in Dane County, Wisconsin. Utilizing a “before and after” research design, the findings suggest that the implementation of reform is specific to certain areas and varies by the year(s) assessed. The role of the mental health network and the restructuring of the financial responsibility for mental health services are seen as pivotal in why reform was more or less successful.

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