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Volume 2 (2006)

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    Public Libraries as Aids to Sense Making in Urban Aboriginal Populations
    (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006) Woroniak, Monique
    Aboriginal peoples in Canada increasingly reside in areas outside of their designated reserve lands, with large numbers living in many of the country's Census Metropolitan Areas. This paper discusses the potential for public libraries to aid Aboriginal peoples' sense making efforts in urban environments. A statistical portrait of urban Aboriginal peoples is provided, along with a description of selected key cultural values. Karl E. Weick's seven properties of organizational sense making (as outlined by Chun Wei Choo) are applied in a discussion of how public libraries could better support urban Aboriginal populations. Finally, the work of the Albert branch library in Regina is described as a successful example of the provision of such support.
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    Adaptive Technologies for Individuals with Visual Impairments: Scholarly and Consumer Perspectives
    (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006) Mann, Debra
    Adaptive technologies allow people with visual impairments to access information, but problems surrounding access and availability to these technologies exist. Scholarly literature and reports by organizations, such as the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Canadian Library Association, have recognized and discussed these problems and the strategies to overcome them. Libraries are among the organizations that are making adaptive technologies more widely available to consumers. A number of adaptive technologies are discussed.
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    South African Public Libraries After Apartheid
    (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006) Illsley, Robin
    One of the challenges a postcolonial society has to face is reconciliation, the righting of wrongs and forgiveness. In South Africa, this includes the integration of all ethnic groups into every part of society. Public libraries are one such part of society. This paper studies the changes that have been going on in South African public libraries since the end of Apartheid. The paper also explores how public libraries can play a role in the preservation of all South African cultures, with a view to the future and the essential role of public libraries in post-Apartheid society.
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    Submit or Resist: Google, is There a Third Way?
    (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006) Hicks, Deborah
    This article explores the impact that Google is having on the library profession. Google is enticing users away from their local libraries with its siren song of easy use and ?good enough? results, and librarians are struggling to come to terms with the loss of users. In response, the library community has divided itself into two ?sides?: those who want librarians to ?submit? to the search capabilities of Google (the Googleizers) and those who want librarians to return to the profession’s traditional role of information gatekeeping. This paper proposes that there is a potential revolutionary third option for librarianship: the librarian as an activist for the right to communicate.
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    Editorial: Diverse Populations
    (Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2006) Allan, Kenneth; McCarthy, Melissa
    DJIM's Co-Chair and Editorial Chair introduce the journal's second volume, and the theme of "diverse populations."
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