Standards for vision science libraries: 2014 revision     

Kristin Motte  C. Brooke Caldwell  Karen S. Lamson  Suzanne Ferimer  J. Chris Nims 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2014,102(4):288-291

Objective:

This Association of Vision Science Librarians revision of the “Standards for Vision Science Libraries” aspires to provide benchmarks to address the needs for the services and resources of modern vision science libraries (academic, medical or hospital, pharmaceutical, and so on), which share a core mission, are varied by type, and are located throughout the world.

Methods:

Through multiple meeting discussions, member surveys, and a collaborative revision process, the standards have been updated for the first time in over a decade.

Results:

While the range of types of libraries supporting vision science services, education, and research is wide, all libraries, regardless of type, share core attributes, which the standards address.

Conclusions:

The current standards can and should be used to help develop new vision science libraries or to expand the growth of existing libraries, as well as to support vision science librarians in their work to better provide services and resources to their respective users.The Association of Vision Science Librarians (AVSL)—whose more than 150 members represent ophthalmology, optometry, and industry libraries throughout the world—has defined standards for its libraries since 1976 1–3. AVSL recommends that vision science libraries (VSLs) have at least one active member in AVSL. Standards for this very specialized area of library service have evolved owing to the work of librarians who, since 1937, have been developing and refining standards for their libraries 4. The standards reported here reflect the changes that have taken place during the decade and a half since the last edition of these standards were published. Changes include recommended staffing and technology, and the addition of a section addressing online access to information.AVSL convened a task force to first evaluate whether a standards revision was needed. Once it was agreed to do so, the task force guided the process of the revision, which included member surveys and discussions at meetings over the span of two years.The standards are intended to provide qualitative information such as appropriate staffing levels and collection scope, which can be used to evaluate existing vision science libraries or to develop new vision science libraries. In addition, these libraries should reflect the purpose and mission of the institution to which each belongs, and each library should have policies in place that outline the various areas to support the education, research, and patient care information needs of their institutions.  相似文献   

The role of the athletes’ entourage on attitudes to doping     

Vassilis Barkoukis  Lauren Brooke  Nikos Ntoumanis  Brett Smith  Daniel F. Gucciardi 《Journal of sports sciences》2013,31(21):2483-2491

ABSTRACT

The present study investigated athletes’ and coaches’ beliefs about the role of athletes’ entourage in deterring or promoting doping. Competitive athletes and coaches in Greece and Australia took part in semi-structured interviews. Our analysis of the interviews produced five main themes: coach influence, peer influence, doping stance, doping stigma, and entourage’s culture. Overall, coaches and peers having a close and trusty relationship with the athletes were considered most influential with respect to doping-related decisions. The majority of the athletes held a strong anti-doping stance but could not articulate why they held this position. This inability could be ascribed to the stigmatization of doping which led to lack of knowledge and anti-doping education. Finally, an anti-doping culture in the athletes’ environment was considered central to an anti-doping stance. The study findings provide valuable information towards a comprehensive understanding of the role athletes’ entourage can play in shaping athletes’ attitudes and decision for doping.  相似文献   

Acquiring an Attacking Forehand Drive: The Effects of Static and Dynamic Environmental Conditions     

Reinoud J. Bootsma  Marc H. J. Houbiers  H. T. A. Whiting  Pieter C. W. van Wieringen 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2013,84(3):276-284

Abstract

Two groups of 10 novice subjects each were trained to perform attacking forehand drives in table tennis and land the balls as fast and as accurately as possible onto a target on the opposite side of the net under two different training conditions. Under the static training condition, the balls were to be struck from a constant position, and under the dynamic training condition, balls approached the subjects in a normal way. Both groups were tested under dynamic conditions prior to and after four days of training, during which they received 1,600 practice trials. Both groups of subjects were shown to increase the number of balls that landed on the target, and learning was also evident from an increased consistency of the direction of travel of the bat at the moment of ball/bat contact. However, no increase in consistency was found for the location of the bat at the moment of ball/bat contact and for the movement times. Thus, learning can occur in the absence of externally generated time-to-contact information, but this is not due to the establishment of a consistent movement form. Learning appears to progress from control at the moment of ball/bat contact backward, toward the moment of initiation.  相似文献   

Reviews     

John Hedley Brooke  Terry Dartnall  Celia Roberts  Sally Newcomb  Rafe Champion  Andrew Milne  Martin Kelly  Wendy Varney  Orin Thomas  Craig R. Stillwell  Leonard G. Wilson  Peter Anstey  Jay L. Garfield  Mark Colyvan  Mark Cortiula  John Merson  Nicolas Rasmussen  Nickolas Vakas  John Forge  Sunny Y. Auyang  Clair Scrine  Katharina Rowold 《Metascience》1999,8(3):444-514

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Examining the components of speaking for shared meaning     

Peter J. Dean  Julee K. Brooke  Linda B. Shields 《Performance Improvement》1996,35(6):4-9

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Modeling of Nonlinear Growth to Improve the Accuracy of Identification Decision Rules     

W. Holmes Finch  Maria E. Hernández Finch  Brooke Avery 《Learning disabilities research & practice》2023,38(2):104-118

Progress monitoring using curriculum-based measures administered to a student at multiple points in time is common in educational settings. Recent research has demonstrated that common approaches to identifying individuals in need of special services, such as the trend line or median techniques, can be negatively impacted by the nonlinear change in scores over time. The purpose of this study was to test and demonstrate a nonlinear regression model for adjusting the linear trend line for the presence of such nonlinearities, thereby improving the accuracy of common methods for identifying students in need of special services. Results demonstrated that use of this nonlinear model improved the accuracy of common methods for identifying students in need of special services.  相似文献   

Designing training to teach computer applications     

Brooke Broadbent 《Performance Improvement》1997,36(7):14-15

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