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Cooper, Danielle Miriam; Ruediger, Dylan; Skinner, Makala – ITHAKA S+R, 2022
In 2021, Ithaka S+R conducted a survey designed to provide insight into the streaming media strategies libraries are adopting and the challenges they are facing. The survey tracked the vendors libraries are most commonly working with, acquisition models and licensing agreements, current and projected budgets for streaming, and the digitization of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Internet, Library Services, Academic Libraries
Su, Ning – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Leading Chinese technology firms, from automobile manufacturer to information service provider, are evolving into some of the world's most innovative and competitive players, and dramatically changing the global business landscape. What underlies the rise of these firms is China's national strategy of transforming itself from a low-cost…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Service Occupations, Industry, Information Technology
Fialkoff, Francine; Hadro, Josh – Library Journal, 2010
Bill Schickling has spent a good chunk of his professional life at what is now Polaris Library Systems, shaping both the older Galaxy system and the newer Polaris integrated library system (ILS). When he joined the company as a programmer in 1987, it was still part of Gaylord, known mostly for its furniture and supplies division. Schickling was…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Public Libraries, Library Networks, User Satisfaction (Information)
Frey, W. Bruce – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Managing a business requires vigilance and diligence. Small business owners are often ignored by IT vendors and inundated by the choices of software applications and therefore, need help finding a viable operating software solution for small business decisions and development. The extent, if any, of a significant influence of operational software…
Descriptors: User Satisfaction (Information), Testing, Computer Software, Business
Caruthers, Bill J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or No Child Left Behind (NCLB) changed school law in the United States. Public schools can utilize federal funds to purchase only those educational products subject to scientifically based research. No dedicated certification intermediary (CI) exists to determine individual…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
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Takhar, Jatinder; Dixon, Dave; Donahue, Jill; Marlow, Bernard; Campbell, Craig; Silver, Ivan; Eadie, Jason; Monette, Celine; Rohan, Ivan; Sriharan, Abi; Raymond, Kathryn; Macnab, Jennifer – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2007
Introduction: The pharmaceutical industry, by funding over 60% of programs in the United States and Canada, plays a major role in continuing medical education (CME), but there are concerns about bias in such CME programs. Bias is difficult to define, and currently no tool is available to measure it. Methods: Representatives from industry and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Conflict of Interest, Medical Education
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Molnar, Alex – Journal of Education Policy, 2006
This essay reviews the history of school commercialization in the USA and the forms that it has taken over time, with particular attention paid to research measuring the scope and variety of commercialization trends in US public schools. The implications of commercialization activities such as those that promote the consumption of nutritionally…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Public Education, Public Schools, Privatization