Reports of Conferences,Institutes, and Seminars

ABSTRACT

This quarter's column reports on sessions from NASIG 2017: Racing to the Crossroads, held in Indianapolis, IN, June 8 to 11, and ALA Annual 2017: Transforming Our Libraries, Ourselves, which took place in Chicago, IL, June 22–27.     

The transition to parenthood and development of parents' personality and emotional competencies

To investigate the influence of the transition to parenthood on parents' personality traits and emotional competencies, the authors conducted a two-wave longitudinal research programme (during pregnancy and 6 months postpartum) on 307 parents (214 primiparous and 93 multiparous). At each wave, participants completed a questionnaire assessing personality traits (NEO-60) and emotional competencies (TEIQue). The main results showed few personality and emotional competencies mean-level changes, all gender and socio-economic status taken into account. Globally, the transition to parenthood does not lead to short-term changes, which confirms personality stability theory. Nevertheless, when gender effects were set aside, different developmental trajectories were observed between mothers and fathers. Parenthood seems to have a positive effect on the mother's development. Finally, SES differences in personality and emotional competencies development were not observed. Neither educational level, associated to cognitive flexibility, nor income level, allowing access to parental services and goods, affected parents’ personality development.     

人力资源视角提高企业核心能力的路径选择

针对人力资源在企业核心能力中的作用问题,采用规范研究的方法,分析了人力资源与企业核心能力关系,提出通过最大发挥人力资源自身作用、在人力资源管理实践中获取竞争优势等企业核心竞争力选择路径,为企业核心能力提高提供支持。     

Cultural issues in the intellectual assessment of children from diverse cultural backgrounds

Cultural factors impact on the intellectual assessment of children from diverse backgrounds. Given this fact, psychologists and educators should become culturally competent. In this article, a modified format for culturally competent intellectual assessment is discussed. The interaction between culture and language, and their impact on the development of specific cognitive competencies is explored. Practical suggestions for testing children of color are provided.     

Building political competencies for the transformation of racism in Aotearoa

Abstract

In the face of enduring systemic racial disparities between Māori and non-Māori, we invite Pākehā health, education and social service professionals to review their ethical conduct and to enhance their political competencies to help transform racism. This paper examines how Pākehā became beneficiaries of racism and how libertarian discourses are used to distract attention away from the associated privileges. Based on experience in the anti-racism movement, we (the Pākehā authors) advocate for the grounding of Pākehā practitioners in a deeper understanding of colonial history. We invite closer attention to structural analysis as a means of gaining the understanding needed to strengthen political competence in order to avoid collusion with institutional racism. We make a case to develop co-intentional relationships with Māori through active whanaungatanga and the applications of the teachings of Freire as pathways for strengthened practice.     

Cultivating Interest and Competency in Gerontological Social Work: Opportunities for Undergraduate Education

Undergraduate social work programs are well-positioned to recruit students to gerontology, but little is known about how well curricular activities help foster students' commitment to the field. This study considers whether a small group of undergraduate students' interactions with older adults positively impacts students' plans to work with older adults; perceptions of skills; and feelings of comfort and competency in working with older adults. Experiences from this study suggest that experiential learning can positively impact students' perceptions of work with older adults, but may not be enough to draw students to the field. Implications for undergraduate education are discussed.     

我国大型商用飞机产业链整合与国际竞争力

分析大型商用飞机全球产业链的结构与特征,认为随着我国大型商用飞机产业链从二级、三级承包商向产业链的核心治理者的角色转变,我国大型商用飞机的国际竞争正不是单纯的主制造商之间的竞争,而是以主制造商为核心的全球产业链的竞争。我国大型商用飞机国际竞争力的建立,取决于关键部件整合、技术整合、核心能力整合的三重整合能力的影响。我国大型商用飞机产业链整合,还需要从产业链各环节核心能力提升、产业链组织形式的变动、重要系统部件的自主创新等方面提升产业链的动态国际竞争力。     

The Structure of Scholarly Communications Within Academic Libraries

Academic libraries often define their administrative structure according to services they offer, including research services, cataloging and metadata, and acquisitions. Scholarly communications is something of a moving target, though. How are scholarly communication positions defined, what duties do they often include, and how do they fit within the library's administrative structure? Some of the first positions devoted to scholarly communications required JD's and focused on author's rights, copyright, and fair use. Yet other positions recently advertised group scholarly communication librarians within digital scholarship units, which not only create and maintain institutional repositories, they may also publish electronic journals and/or offer services related to data curation. This article provides a brief review of the findings recently published in a SPEC Kit, which focuses on ARL Libraries. The main intention, though, is to provide a wider context of scholarly communication activities across a variety of academic libraries. To do that, a survey of non-ARL Libraries was administered to review relevant positions, library organizations, and the variety of scholarly communication services offered. Lastly, a set of scholarly communication core services is proposed.     

学前专科生核心素养与健康教育胜任力的关系研究

为考察学前专科生核心素养和健康教育胜任力的现状，揭示二者关系，随机整群选取300名学前专科生为研究对象，进行问卷调查。结果发现：学前专科生核心素养处于中上水平，专业能力较强，专业理念与师德一般，专业知识较弱，见习次数的增多对学前专科生核心素养具有显著的提升作用。学前专科生健康教育胜任力处于中上水平，沟通支持和成为资源能力较强，教育实施和教育规划水平一般，需求评估和教育评价能力较弱，见习次数的增加对学前专科生健康教育胜任力的改变无显著影响。学前专科生核心素养越高，其健康教育胜任力亦越高，构成核心素养的三个因子均对健康教育胜任力有良好的预测作用。