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CFP: CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction

A Library Writer's Blog

CFP URL: [link] CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction 2023-10-16 The concept of extraction (or extractivism) has been used in myriad disciplines — geography, international relations, environment, economics — often to describe social formations around natural resource management. More information can be found at [link] Karen P.

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Call for Chapters: Teaching the Whole Student: Compassionate Instruction in the Academic Library (ACRL Publication)

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Title: Teaching the Whole Student: Compassionate Instruction in the Academic Library Editor: Elena Rodriguez, College of Charleston Publisher: ACRL Chapter Proposals due September 15, 2023 ( bit.ly/twscial twscial ) by September 15, 2023. Authors will be notified of acceptance by October 31, 2023.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Basically, I'm interested in continuous process improvement and iterative learning (" Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory ," 2023) applied to government and social program improvement.

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