Viva! is a British animal rights group, which focuses on promoting veganism. It was founded by Juliet Gellatley in 1994. Viva! carries out undercover investigations to expose the abuse of factory farmed animals and produces information on how to go vegan, including recipes and shopping guides. It is a registered charity.
Introduction: Faculty face numerous pressures as they decide whether to publish articles open access (OA). This pilot study investigated the extent to which School of Education faculty members’ engagement with OA was influenced by promotion and tenure (P&T) and how this influence related to other intrinsic, extrinsic, and contextual factors. Methods: This exploratory, sequential, mixed-method study adapted Social Exchange Theory to understand faculty engagement with OA article publication. The study used a quantitative survey followed by qualitative interviews and focus groups. Results: Participants reported that P&T had substantive influence over faculty practices regarding OA. Connected factors included beliefs about OA journal quality, colleagues’ perceptions regarding OA, and OA articles’ wider impacts. Discussion: P&T was an important driver in article publishing decisions. However, when discussing OA in P&T, faculty also discussed a range of related issues such as OA journal quality. Furthermore, OA adopters tended to be those who have even stronger beliefs about the impact of OA than about OA’s role in P&T.
Easy access to resources is a primary concern for researchers and libraries. Maintaining user privacy is also important. This session presents three services that navigate issues around access and privacy. Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic Resources (COUNTER) has determined methods to provide data while upholding user privacy. SeamlessAccess streamlines the discovery process for users. GetFTR helps users determine which articles in their search results are accessible. Although these services are very different, they all aim to protect user privacy while providing the best user experience possible. Please note this article is a record of the recorded presentation.
Home-based Enterprises are small-scale enterprises with low capital investment and labour-intensive. These activities are executed within residential premises with the home as a base and family members as employers and managers. These home-based establishments are an effective mechanism for the city to develop into Industrial City, generating employment opportunities for weaker sections of society. Bhiwandi, located in Maharashtra State, is rightly known as ‘Manchester of India,’ with a significant number of powerlooms. Due to the influx of powerloom activity in a short time, the city has been escorted to growing in an unplanned and congested manner. The study focuses on understanding the linkages of home-based activity to their residential premises—at settlement level, cluster level and dwelling unit level. It also deals with analysing the impact of industries on housing, health and the environment. An attempt has been made to develop the strategy and furnish recommendations acknowledging the potentials and overcoming the issues.
The Virginia Libraries Editorial Board is pleased to present volume sixty-four (Vol. 64), including a brief report on Editorial Board focus areas in 2020. While Virginia Libraries solicits and publishes articles on all topics related to libraries and information science, a focus on evidence-based approaches runs through the articles published in volume sixty-four. Each article includes methods, recommendations, or examples to consider for approaches at your library, along with ideas for further research.
The Virginia Libraries Editorial Board is pleased to present volume 63 (Vol. 63), and with it, a transition to a new publishing platform, Ubiquity, provided by our publisher, VT Publishing of University Libraries, Virginia Tech. While Virginia Libraries journal solicits and publishes articles on all topics related to libraries and information science, a focus on communities and connections runs through the articles published in volume sixty-three. Each article includes suggestions for practical application, with programming examples or other ways to try something new to build community and connections @ Your Library.
