digital-humanities

This study sought to determine the correlation between library use and the perceived academic achievement of TESDA Diploma trainees at the main campus of the Cordillera State Institute of Technical Education (CSITE) and to assess the association of library use with educational achievement in competency-based Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET). The study adopted a quantitative corr…

Why have book bans have surged so dramatically across the United States in recent years, especially as they have become a defining political project for conservative lawmakers? At the center of this uptick in book bans lies a confusing puzzle: while book bans overwhelmingly occur in Republican-dominated states, Mississippi, despite its conservative political landscape, has seen almost none, even …

Padala Tharun Prabhakar, Damodaram Sanjivaya National Law University, Visakhapatnam ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of digital technology has significantly transformed communication, governance, democratic participation, and the exercise of constitutional rights. In response to these developments, the concept of digital constitutionalism has emerged to ensure that constitutional values such as freed…

Summary Bowlby’s Maternal Care and Mental Health and its abridgement Child Care and the Growth of Love present two claims. The first (MCMH1) holds that children develop better mental health when they experience care from at least one familiar caregiver. The second (MCMH2) states that a child’s development and well-being depend on their mother’s constant presence and attention. Archival material s…

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Abstract This chapter examines Paddington’s evolving relationship with authority, tracing his movement from powerless child-migrant to symbolic national figure. Drawing on childhood studies, postcolonial theory, and political sociology, it explores how Paddington negotiates institutions of power including the police, the state, the monarchy, and the NHS. Paddington’s “childness” is central to his…

Abstract This chapter examines the violent conflicts between the Latter-day Saints and their neighbors from the 1830s to the 1850s, beginning with the 1838 Mormon War in Missouri that culminated in the Hawn’s Mill massacre and the expulsion of Mormons from the state. It traces the origins of hostility to tensions over religion, race, and politics as Joseph Smith’s followers settled in Missouri, s…

Abstract Within late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British philosophy, Hilda Oakeley became the first woman philosopher to defend realism about time. In 1911, she argues for the reality of time; from 1913 onwards, she discusses the nature of time, her metaphysics exhibiting Bergsonian features. This chapter studies the origins of Oakeley’s views. Her work is important for various reason…

Abstract Chapter 5 investigates religious dialogue. It traces continuities between pre- and post-Reformation dialogues—namely, the use of dialogue for didactic, rather than maieutic, purposes; interest in the relationship between faith and reason; the affective power of in-text models (and anti-models) whose behaviour readers can emulate or eschew; the desire to guide readers to salvation; and be…

Abstract This “Afterwords” concludes our study, sketching developments within the philosophy of time from the 1920s onwards. It includes the work of Absolute idealist May Sinclair, who considers time a battleground between British idealism and the new realism; R. G. Collingwood's presentism, and his vivid objections to a real past; J. W. Dunne's hypertime; J. M. E. McTaggart's reworked arguments …

Purpose This study examines the effects of an Information-Based Writing Portfolio Assessment (IbWPA) on undergraduate students’ information literacy (IL) self-efficacy and explores how writing motivation shapes these outcomes. While prior studies have integrated IL instruction into writing tasks, most assessments focus on written products rather than the reasoning processes underlying students’ u…

Purpose This article explores how gender-diverse managers in US libraries and museums experience leadership and perceive gender to influence leadership. Design/methodology/approach In-depth interviews were conducted with five gender-diverse managers. Data were analyzed with inductive, semantic thematic analysis and a complementary, deductive analysis using Wharton's multilevel gender framework. F…

In this member profile Catherine (Kate) Seago reflects on over 40 years in libraries and her long professional career in acquisitions and electronic resources. Providing valuable reflections on how technical services work has changed over the decades, driven by technology, Kate provides her views on the skills needed to succeed in the field today. Zeroing on the professional value of NASIG, Kate …

Glasgow Boys is the debut novel of Scottish writer Margaret McDonald. You know it must be good when the cover recommendation is provided by Andrew O’Hagan. And it doesn’t disappoint.