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1	Access to and impact of information technologies at Balme Library, University of Ghana Afrane, Daniel Akwasi 12 1900 (has links) Libraries, particularly academic libraries implement technologies to enhance their services to promote teaching, learning and research. In this thesis the impact of information technologies (library technologies) on delivery of services at the Balme Library of the University of Ghana was evaluated. The researcher adopted the multi-methods approach to the research by using a semi-structured questionnaire to collect data from users (students) of the library and para-professional staff of the Balme Library of the University of Ghana who formed one group of the study. The interview was used to collect data form professional staff of the library who on the other hand formed the second group of the study. Responses of the data collected from the two groups formed the components of the study and data collected quantitatively were analysed using univariate analysis method and interpreted by the descriptive and inferential statistics method. The qualitative data, on the other hand, was analysed using the narrative analysis approach. The findings of the study reveal that a variety of IT facilities such as computers, internet, photocopiers, scanners, braille embossers, magnifiers for reading, reference management software, video conference facility, electronic theses, electronic databases, automated library system, electronic past questions and the library website are available at the library and are very accessible to all users (students) and staff of the library. Students and staff of the library have good IT skills to utilise those resources. The findings also reveal that the IT infrastructure had positive impacts on the delivery of library services ensuring that users received the appropriate services they needed at the right times and places The study found challenges of slow internet connectivity, unstable power supply, lack of IT skills, inadequate IT infrastructure among others and these hinder the maximum utilisation of IT in and out of the library and recommends periodic training of staff and users, proper maintenance of facilities, increase of internet bandwidth and better marketing of library services / Information Science / M. Inf. (Information Science) Information technology Internet connectivity Balme Library Learning Research Library services Impacts Access Automation E-resources Special needs 025.00285 Balme Library University of Ghana Web services -- Library applications
2	Contributions à l'étude stratigraphique, tectonique et métamorphique du massif de Platé ( Haute Savoie) - Alpes françaises. Pairis, Bernard 17 December 1975 (has links) (PDF) Cette étude sur les différentes formations sédimentaires de la région a permis de montrer l'existence d'une opposition fondamentale entre le domaine des Aiguilles Rouges à série sédimentaire réduite (sur le massif de Pormenaz), et le domaine de Platé à sédimentation épaisse pratiquement continue depuis les schistes liasiques jusqu'au Crétacé supérieur inclus; ces deux domaines sont actuellement juxtaposés et leur contact est visible dans le ravin du Souay. Ces deux unités paléogéographiques seront traitées séparément : la série de Pormenaz (domaine des Aiguilles Rouges), et le domaine de Platé . nappes préalpines métamorphisme tectonique stratigraphie série de Pormenaz domaine de Platé anticlinal de l'Arbaron-Sixt Balme Ballancy Dérochoir Aiguilles Rouges
3	Actor Alone: Solo Performance in New Zealand Parker, George January 2008 (has links) This thesis explores solo performance in New Zealand. That solo performance has been widely used in New Zealand's relatively brief theatre history is usually ascribed to the economy, manoeuvrability and adaptability of the form - common reasons for the popularity of solo performance elsewhere as well. But this thesis considers solo performance as a kind of theatre that has been suited to New Zealand in a distinctive way. In particular, I argue that solo performance has emerged on the margins of mainstream theatre in New Zealand as a means of actively engaging with a sense of isolation that typifies the post-colonial New Zealand experience. The ability of the solo performance to move between remote rural settlements and urban centres has connected these New Zealand communities in a way that is unusual for theatre in New Zealand. Furthermore, a solo performer speaking directly to an audience about the experience of living in New Zealand allows for an intimate interaction with a traditionally stoic and laconic masculine society. In this thesis, I make a case for three solo performances where it is possible to see, in the representation of a search for what it means to be a New Zealander, a theatrical contribution to nation-building: The End of the Golden Weather (1959), Coaltown Blues (1984) and Michael James Manaia (1991). However, in a subsequent chapter, I look at solo performances in New Zealand that might better be understood within global movements such as feminism and multiculturalism. I argue that this shift has depleted the power that the form once held to comment upon New Zealand identity and to assist in the search for national identity. I conclude the thesis by considering how ongoing theatre practice may be informed by the experience of solo performance in New Zealand. solo performance theatre New Zealand theatre Bruce Mason Mervyn Thompson Jim Moriarty John Broughton The End of the Golden Weather Coaltown Blues Michael James Manaia The Case of Katherine Mansfield Cathy Downes A Long Undressing Michael Parmenter The Ballad of Jimmy Costello Tim Balme Krishnan's Dairy Jacob Rajan Ka Shue Lynda Chanwai-Earle Hatch or the Plight of the Penguins Geoff Chapple Stuart Devenie Colin McColl man alone performance solo community hall marae Free Theatre Ella Herbert Achternbusch actor alone

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