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Academic Achievement; School Surveys; Educational Facilities; Educational Facilities Planning; Facility Guidelines; Facility Inventory; School Buildings; School Space; Space Utilization; Transportation; Scheduling; Facilities Management; School Maintenance; Benchmarking; Definitions

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In 2011, the Group of Eight (Go8) conducted a survey on the state of its buildings and infrastructure. The survey is the third Go8 Infrastructure survey, with previous surveys being conducted in 2007 and 2009. The current survey updated some of the information collected in the previous surveys. It also collated data related to aspects of the estate not previously explored, including leasing arrangements, space utilisation, parking and transportation modes. In addition to using Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association (TEFMA) definitions and methodology where appropriate, the survey has used Go8-specific definitions that were developed after the previous survey, to enhance the TEFMA definitions to classify space types and enable relevant benchmarking. The report and survey data show aspects of Go8 university facilities which need improvement. Much of the infrastructure is in excellent or good condition, but a proportion is rated as barely adequate or poor. With a continuing high proportion of the infrastructure and building works budget being allocated to new work, the commitment for renewal work on both building and nonbuilding infrastructure is important. The estimated backlog maintenance has been reduced since the earlier surveys, but remains substantial, in a very tight financial environment for Go8 universities. Appended are: (1) Glossary of Terminology and Definitions; (2) Survey Definitions; and (3) Go8 Survey Form 2011. (Contains 3 figures, 3 tables, and 2 footnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Dining Facilities; Sanitation; Job Performance; Behavior Change; Intervention; Feedback (Response); Generalization; Performance Factors; Check Lists; Facility Inventory

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The impact of task clarification and performance feedback on cleaning and restocking behaviors on both targeted and nontargeted behaviors was analyzed using an AB multiple baseline design across behaviors. Task clarification was presented on an enlarged poster to the serving staff at a fine dining restaurant. Group performance feedback was delivered in the form of letter grades on a daily chart. The first intervention focused on cleaning tables, chairs, and floors, which resulted in a 63% increase over baseline. The second intervention application focused on the restocking of side stations, which resulted in a 47.5% increase over baseline. Response generalization was noted among nontargeted cleaning behaviors in the restaurant bathrooms with a 48% increase in cleaning and a 44% increase in restocking behaviors over baseline. (Contains 3 figures.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Manufacturing; Agricultural Occupations; Farm Management; Facility Inventory; Compliance (Legal); Time Management; Technological Advancement; Paper (Material); Handheld Devices; Data Collection; Telecommunications; Feedback (Response); Efficiency; Administrative Organization; Industrial Psychology; Personnel Management; Consultants; Role; Evaluation

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Replacing the method of counting inventory from paper count sheets to that of wireless reliably reduced the elapsed time to complete a daily inventory of the storage cooler in a dairy manufacturing plant. The handheld computers delivered immediate prompts as well as auditory and visual feedback. Reducing the time to complete the daily inventory allowed the production planner to prepare the day's manufacturing schedule earlier in the day, thereby leading to more efficient downstream processes. The two inefficiencies noted with the original paper count sheets, such as flipping pages to locate an item in relation to its storage location and hand-entered data into the computer inventory tables, were eliminated immediately at implementation. The role of the organizational behavior management practitioner in designing work procedure changes using technical solutions, requiring a minimum of training, to accelerate key operational processes was examined. (Contains 5 figures and 2 tables.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Library Materials; Private Colleges; Foreign Countries; Library Services; Academic Libraries; Library Administration; Library Automation; Job Simplification; Productivity; Performance Technology; Facility Inventory; Equipment Utilization; Handheld Devices

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Two of the most time-consuming jobs in the library are taking inventory and keeping track of in-house uses of library material. Librarians have long been searching for more efficient solution for these two activities. New technology can be the answer to creating efficiency for libraries. In fact, if one is a SirsiDynix library, there is an easy solution--the PocketCirc, a handheld device run through a PDA. Canadian University College (CUC), a small private university in Alberta, Canada, has a small staff and has to be proactive in finding ways to streamline library projects. As a technical services/systems librarian at CUC, part of this author's job is to provide information on emerging technologies that will help them meet this goal. In this article, Bailey shares her CUC library experience using the PocketCirc, which provides "easy online or offline access to key circulation and inventory functions...." (Contains 7 figures.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Community Colleges; Pollution; Climate; Conservation (Environment); Facility Inventory

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Of the 677 school presidents that have signed on to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), approximately 200 of them are presidents of community colleges. This measure of involvement at the community college level is promising for two reasons: (1) these schools have emerged as a major provider of public higher education, enrolling nearly as many students in their programs as public four-year universities; and (2) community colleges are often uniquely positioned to promote change within and across communities. However, the challenges in meeting the ACUPCC commitments are substantial--for all types of institutions. As reported by Adams, a small number of signatories have actually left the program and many others continue to fall behind the deadlines for submitting required plans and updated emissions inventories. Regardless of the enormous savings needed to meet a neutrality goal, many schools continue to struggle with the basic act of creating and maintaining an accurate emissions inventory. Strapped with competing demands, leaders must find ways for small colleges to make the most with few resources. This article revisits the idea of an Inventory Management Plan (IMP)--a somewhat tedious but highly effective tool that can be particularly valuable for community colleges, where there is an elevated need for efficiency and continuity of knowledge from one year to the next. (Contains 6 endnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Conferences (Gatherings); Research Needs; Student Research; Research Projects; Theses; Academic Libraries; Library Science; Conference Papers; Trend Analysis; Outreach Programs; Library Development; Library Services; Library Automation; Technology Integration; Open Source Technology; Stress Management; Evaluation Utilization; Economic Impact; Cataloging; Online Catalogs; Library Skills; Library Instruction; Best Practices; Computer System Design; Web Sites; Information Literacy; Electronic Libraries; Electronic Publishing; Facility Inventory

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Twenty-one scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the tenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. The 2010 paper and abstract titles include: (1) Quick & Dirty Library Promotions That Really Work! (Eric Jennings and Kathryn Tvaruzka); (2) Leveraging Technology, Improving Service: Streamlining Student Billing Procedures (Colleen S. Harris); (3) Powerful Partnerships & Great Opportunities: Promoting Archival Resources and Optimizing Outreach to Public and K12 Community (Lea Worcester and Evelyn Barker); (4) Mobile Patrons: Better Services on the Go (Vincci Kwong and Gary Browning); (5) ERMes: An Open Source ERM (Galadriel Chilton and William Doering); (6) All Stressed Out? Enumerating and Eliminating Stress in the Academic Library (Mary Wilkins Jordan); (7) But What Did They Learn? What Classroom Assessment Can Tell You about Student Learning (Catherine Pellegrino); (8) The Impact of Budget Cuts on Acquisitions Workflow (Clint Wrede and Susan Moore); (9) The Library through Students' Eyes: Exploring Student Research Needs in the Brick and Click Space (Julie Gilbert, Anna Hulsberg, Sarah Monson, and Amy Gratz); (10) 23 Things x 600 People = Building an Online Library Learning Experience in Kansas (Heather Braum, Rebecca Brown, Jan Brooks, and Diana Weaver); (11) Keeping the Baby, Throwing Out the Bathwater: Exporting Cataloging Data from a Commercial ILS into a Locally-Developed Catalog (Rob Withers and Rob Casson); (12) My InfoQuest: Collaborative SMS Reference Service (Rene Erlandson and Rachel Erb); (13) Inquiry, Peer Mentors and Collaboration - Redefining How and When to Teach Library Skills (Jennifer McKinnell, Janine Knight, Ben Mccutchen, Roopinder Kaloty, and Jasmine Dhaliwal); (14) From Forgotten Intranet to Successful Wiki: Best Practices for Implementing an Academic Library Staff Wiki (Kristen Costello and Darcy Del Bosque); (15) Current Trends in Library Web Site Redesign with CMS/Drupal (Elaine Chen); (16) Purchase on Demand: Using ILL Requests to Influence Acquisitions (Amy Soma); (17) Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Issues, Alternatives, & Access (Janice Boyer); (18) To Buy and Not Borrow - Does It Pay? (Brad Reel and Erica Conn); (19) A University's Information Literacy Assessment Program "Using Google Docs" (Ma Lei Hsieh and Patricia H. Dawson); (20) Making Significant Cuts to an Approval Plan without Drawing Any Blood (Lea Currie); (21) To Inventory or Not: Findings from Inventory Projects Performed in Two Different Types of Academic Libraries (Jan Sung and Nackil Sung); (22) Thursdays at the Library - or "Be Careful What You Wish for!" (Joyce A. Meldrem); (23) Say This, Not That: Library Instruction for International Students in Intensive English Programs (Andrea Malone); (24) There Are No Limits to Learning! Academic and High School Libraries Collaborate to Teach Information Literacy to High School Seniors (Jeff Simpson and Cendy Cooper); (25) �??A Living Book�?? (Shuqin Jiao); (26) Boost Your Use: Promoting E-Resources to Students and Faculty (Andrea Malone); (27) Embedded Librarianship: A Briefing From the Trenches (Galadriel Chilton and Jenifer Holman); (28) Managing the Multi-generational Library (Colleen Harris); (28) Getting Started With Assessment: Using the Minute Paper to Find Trends in Student Learning; (29) No Ballast to Throw Overboard: Restructuring an Already Lean Library for Hard Times (Lisa Wiecki, Adam Haigh, and Mike Berry); (30) Ne How, Hola, Welcome: Coordinating and Providing Meaningful Library Services to International Students (Martha Allen); (31) Access to Video Material in Academic Libraries (Sandra Macke); (32) Reference E-Books: The Other Hidden Collection (Sara E. Morris, Frances Devlin, Judith Emde, and Kathy Graves); (33) Copyright 0 to 60 in One Year (Kati Donaghy); and (34) Getting Ready to Go Mobile: A Primer for the Uninitiated (Rene Erlandson and Rachel Erb). An author/title index is also included. (Individual papers contain references.) [Abstract modified to meet ERIC guidelines. For the 2009 proceedings, see ED507380.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Energy; Foreign Countries; Energy Management; Energy Education; Sustainability; Energy Conservation; Environmental Influences; Socioeconomic Influences; Public Policy; Supply and Demand; Scientific Research; Research and Development; Power Technology; Efficiency; Nuclear Energy; Facility Planning; Facility Inventory; Research Universities; Technology Transfer

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The Group of Eight (Go8) is a coalition of leading Australian universities, intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education. The Go8 member universities recognise that the issue of energy usage and transformation is one of vital importance not only to Australia but to the world as a whole. The universities aim to make substantial contributions to the technologies and policies that will enable the delivery and use of energy in a sustainable manner. Energy is a multi-dimensional subject, so the term "energy-related" in this report includes: (1) Identification, extraction and delivery of primary energy sources; (2) Conversion of these primary energy sources to secondary energy forms and their delivery; (3) Use of primary and secondary energy in an efficient manner; (4) Environmental impacts of energy supply and use; and (5) Economic/social impacts and regulatory/policy issues related to energy supply and use. This report aims to identify areas of energy research undertaken by the Go8 member universities that have both quality and critical mass. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Educational Research; Leadership Styles; Leadership; Resource Materials; Questionnaires; School Surveys; Disadvantaged Schools; Educational Facilities; Classroom Environment; Facility Inventory; Student School Relationship; Parent School Relationship; Educational Environment; Educational Resources; Salary Wage Differentials; Collegiality; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Elementary Schools; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Parent Attitudes

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Background: A few studies have been conducted on area of uneconomic schools. And most of these studies are related with fertility decline in the state. Purpose: The study intended to find out physical conditions of uneconomic lower primary schools, to identify the factors causing the schools uneconomic and to provide suggestions for improving the conditions of uneconomic lower primary schools. Research Design: Qualitative. Findings: A consolidated list of data collected from Head Masters/Mistresses of various schools regarding details about formation, number of teachers, number of students, physical condition of building, staffroom, kanjipura, classroom, transport facilities, mid-day meal, availability of pure water, details about other lower primary schools within two kilometers, toilet, urinal, understanding among staff, co-operation of common people. To supplement the data collected from Head Masters/Mistresses and to get more details about uneconomic schools, information were collected from 50 teachers of the respective schools using a questionnaire. The fifty teachers include fourteen from aided schools and thirty six from Government schools. The dimensions included are physical condition of building, overall condition of class room, black board, benches, desks, availability of resource material transport facility, library, salary, co-operation of co-workers, parents teachers association, atmosphere of school, relation with students, availability of primary facilities, Leadership style of Head of the institution, etc. Conclusion: Majority of the buildings are very old as they are established even before independence and their physical conditions are satisfactory. As most of the schools are successful schools during nineties number of class rooms are enough in these schools. Overall condition of class rooms is also satisfactory in most of the schools but these schools do not satisfy KER norms while constructing the class rooms. Condition of benches, desks, etc. in the schools are satisfactory in most of the schools. Resource materials such as book, globe, chart etc are available in most of the schools. Library facility is present in all these schools. Mid-day meal is provided properly in all the schools. The condition of kanjipura is worst in all the schools. Scarcity of pure water is faced by about twenty percent of the schools. Even though toilets, urinals etc present in these schools there is no separate room for staff, boys and girls. Transport facilities to these schools are present in almost all of the schools. Citation: Dr. Vijayakumari. K, Associate Professor in education, Farook Training College Vaheeda Kayikkara "An Analytic Study of the Uneconomic Lower Primary Schools in Malappuram District" Published on May 2010. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Information Systems; Clothing; Industry; Marketing; Human Capital; Competition; Global Approach; Facility Inventory; Merchandise Information; Access to Information; Prediction; Automation; Social Networks; Quality Control

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The purpose of the qualitative positivistic case study was to explore whether resource communication technology has helped or would help the marketing of textile products in the U.S. textile industry. The contributions of human capital in the marketing department, the marketing-demand information system function, and the product supply chain management (SCM) groups regarding the planning for and development of the integration of IT resources at TenCate Geosynthetics North America (TenCate), were explored using an in-depth, open-ended interview methodology. The textile industry cluster theory was the conceptual foundation that framed the study. The study location was the TenCate office in Pendergrass, Georgia, in the United States. The study consisted of 20 participants selected from TenCate's employees using purposive sampling. An in-depth, semi-structured, open-ended interview questionnaire was used to collect the research data for the study. The study revealed nine core themes related to the organization: access or exposure to the global market; better customer service; competitive advantage through production, networking and automated certification; increased market share through the Internet; easier accessibility of information from customers; continuous monitoring of order and delivery processes; adequate knowledge of raw materials and finished goods inventory levels; accurate forecasting; and better packaging and labeling. These findings from the study support the conclusion that developing IT resources in U.S. textile firms and effectively integrating human capital with the retail vendors' products and services, using hardware and software technology, enhanced the U.S. textile industry's competitiveness in the intensely competitive global market. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Academic Libraries; Cost Effectiveness; Facility Inventory; Library Materials; Statistical Analysis

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Using an electronic shelf-reading system a cost-benefit analysis was conducted of an inventory/shelf-reading project in a medium-sized academic library. Analyses include time spent, cataloging discrepancies, books found with active statuses, mis-shelving rate and distance, and subsequent use of found books. Correctly re-shelving "missing" materials was found to be more cost-effective and service oriented than repurchase. (Contains 8 tables, 2 figures, and 2 graphs.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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