Tesi sul tema "National Art Library"

The building of the National Library of Kosovo in Pristina by the Croatian architect and theoretician Andrija Mutnjaković was conceived in 1971 and its project is based on compositional principles that reflect cultural trends and movements active in Yugoslavia in the 60s and 70s that have had intense ties and relations with the European and international debate of those years such as: the “Neo-Avant-Garde in the visual arts” in Zagreb, “Biourbanism” and those currents ascribable to Reyner Banham’s book “Megastructure”. Firstly, the National Library of Kosovo was evaluated as a “Neo-Avant-Garde artistic expression”. It must be noted that Mutnjaković himself was a participant and observer of Neo-Avant-Garde culture in Zagreb since the end of the 1950s. His early works directly reflect the compositional principles of this culture such as the projects for Novi Beograd (Biocity for Belgrade, New Belgrade, 1965), Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv City Center 1963), Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh City Center, 1964). The series of study sketches for the Library proceeds by defining the layout and profile of the building by adopting different principles of the “Neo-Avant-Garde”, more precisely the Enformel and New Tendencies within the context of visual arts: the open form in continuous evolution through the automatic (computer) development of “informal geometric textures”. Secondly, the National Library of Kosovo is analysed as a “biourbanistic center” or a “megastructure”: the unrealized project of the university campus - of which the only built object is the library, clearly follows the principle of “Biourbanism”, a theoretical work by Andrija Mutnjaković (1982). The campus is modeled according to a “natural” design with a tendency toward openness and spontaneous growth. The “biourbanist” ideal is present in the aspiration for a dynamic equilibrium between society and untouched nature. The urban structure is presented as an aggregate of relationships between all the elements that define the specific socio-economic circumstances. Mutnjaković aims to create the campus as a city – an organism of mutually “interconnected” spaces with a free composition organically integrated into the landscape, consisting of “biological urban units”. With the avant-garde movements of the 1960s, the concept of megastructure was proposed and practiced mainly in the academic field where Banham has nevertheless identified some projects as the expression of a “megastructural” idea, consisting of interconnected modular buildings and environments oriented towards almost exclusive pedestrian traffic. Referring to this matter, as part of Mutnjaković’s biourbanist projects, the entire master plan of the university campus in Pristina is an organic “megastructure” with the National Library of Kosovo as its “nucleus” in the biological sense of the term. Thirdly, the National Library as the center of the ideal city where Mutnjaković analyzes the Ducal Palace of Urbino and the Diocletian’s Palace to furtherly understand the idea and approach behind their ideal city. The National Library project acts as a research idea of regional architecture as a basis for the creation of contemporary architecture, and that through architecture one could somehow show the user’s identity and create a previously nonexistent form. An idea of the city represented in a single building; a palace in the form of a city. Concentrating on the National Library of Kosovo as Neo-Avant-Garde, a megastructure, a biourbanistic center, and a center of an ideal city, this thesis deepens the knowledge of the compositional principles and the authentic approach developed by Andrija Mutnjaković in this internationally often neglected but original and highly creative seminal Yugoslav work.
L'edificio della Biblioteca Nazionale del Kosovo a Pristina dell'architetto e teorico croato Andrija Mutnjaković è stato concepito nel 1971 e il suo progetto si basa su principi compositivi che riflettono tendenze e movimenti culturali attivi in Jugoslavia negli anni '60 e '70 che hanno avuto intensi legami e rapporti con il dibattito europeo e internazionale di quegli anni quali: la “Neoavanguardia nelle arti visive” di Zagabria, “Biourbanismo” e quelle correnti ascrivibili alle “Megastructures” del libro di Reyner Banham. In primo luogo, la Biblioteca Nazionale del Kosovo è stata valutata come “Espressione artistica della neoavanguardia”. Bisogna ricordare che lo stesso Mutnjaković è stato partecipe della cultura della “Neoavanguarde” nelle arti visive di Zagabria tra la fine degli anni ’50 e l’inizio degli anni ’70 e i suoi primi lavori riflettono direttamente i principi compositivi propri di questa cultura come i progetti per Novi Beograd (Biocity for Belgrade, New Belgrade, 1965), Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv, City Center 1963), Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh City Center, 1964). La serie di schizzi di studio per la Biblioteca procede definendo l’impianto e il profilo dell’edificio adottando diversi principi della “neoavanguardia” nelle arti visive, più precisamente “Enformel“ e “Nuove Tendenze“: la forma aperta in continua evoluzione attraverso lo sviluppo automatico (informatico) delle “trame geometriche informali”. In secondo luogo, la Biblioteca Nazionale del Kosovo come “centro biourbanistico” o “megastruttura”, progetto del campus universitario - non realizzato – di cui l’unico oggetto costruito è la biblioteca, segue chiaramente il principio del “Biourbanismo”, altra opera teorica di Andrija Mutnjaković (1982). Il campus è modellato secondo un disegno “naturale” a crescita aperta e spontanea. L’ideale “biourbanista” era che la società raggiungesse un equilibrio dinamico come si vede nella natura incontaminata. La struttura urbana è presentata come un aggregato di relazioni tra tutti gli elementi che la definiscono all’interno di specifiche circostanze socioeconomiche. Mutnjaković si propone di creare la città come un organismo di spazi reciprocamente “interconnessi” con una libera composizione integrata organicamente nel paesaggio, costituita da “unità urbane bio-logiche”. Con i movimenti d’avanguardia degli anni ‘60, il concetto di megastruttura è stata proposto e praticato principalmente in ambito accademico dove Banham ha tuttavia identificato alcuni progetti “megastrutturali”, costituiti da edifici modulari interconnessi e ambienti orientati alla quasi esclusiva circolazione pedonale. Riferendosi a questa materia, nell’ambito dei progetti biourbanistici di Mutnjaković, l’intero masterplan del campus diviene una “megastruttura” organica della quale la Biblioteca Nazionale del Kosovo costituisce il “nucleo” nel senso biologico del termine. Nella terza parte, Biblioteca Nazionale come centro della città ideale dove Mutnjaković analizza il Palazzo Ducale di Urbino e il Palazzo di Diocleziano per capire l’idea e l’approccio alla base della loro città ideale. Il progetto della Biblioteca Nazionale come un’idea di ricerca dell’architettura regionale come base per la creazione dell’architettura contemporanea, e che attraverso l’architettura si potesse in qualche modo mostrare l’identità dell’utente e creare una forma che prima non esisteva. Un’idea della città rappresentata in un unico edificio. Palazzo a forma di città. Concentrandosi sulla Biblioteca Nazionale del Kosovo come neoavanguardia, una megastruttura, un centro biourbanistico e un centro di una città ideale, questa tesi approfondisce la conoscenza dei principi compositivi e dell'approccio autentico sviluppato da Andrija Mutnjaković in questo lavoro originale e altamente creativo.

This thesis presents the research undertaken to develop a prototype digital resource to display a fine art collection at the National Library of Wales. The thesis first presents art historical investigations into the work of Kyffin Williams: the work of Kyffin Williams and his relationship with the National Library of Wales; the artist?s position within the canon of Welsh art history; and how ideas around space, place and landscape can contribute towards a fresh understanding of the artist?s work. This art historical inquiry is then used to develop a digital resource, called Kyffin Williams Online, to display the digitised Sir Kyffin Williams Bequest Collection of the National Library of Wales. The thesis addresses the incongruity of a large art collection being held in a library rather than museum or gallery and the restrictions of using reproductions of works of art. These restrictions are acknowledged and used to provide ways in which digitised works of art can be used for research for their own sake, rather than only as facsimiles or reproductions. This has been achieved by using the focus on space, place and landscape in the art historical investigation has been used to develop a geo-spatial presentation of content which is relevant to the art collections of the National Library. The thesis closes by using the resultant digital resource to show examples of how these methods can be used to further art historical investigation, and how the knowledge, expertise and methods used can be transferred to the National Library in its work with digitised collections.

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2009.
Thesis research directed by: Dept. of History. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

The purpose of this study is to provide base line data which does not currently exist for libraries supporting nursing education in baccalaureate, masters and doctoral nursing programs. The survey covers physical environment, clientele, resources, budget, and personnel in these libraries. A survey instrument was developed by the researcher and sent to 537 nursing programs in senior colleges and universities listed in Baccalaureate Education in Nursing 1989-90, and Graduate Education in Nursing 1989-90. Two hundred and fifty two or 47 percent of the institutions responded.

The present study attempted to investigate the usage of libraries by overseas students. The research was carried out in two universities in the ACT, namely, the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Canberra (UC). The study investigated two main aspects: the use of institutional as well as other libraries in the ACT, and the difficulties encountered in utilising institutional libraries. These two aspects were also treated as the dependent variables. Relationships between these two dependent variables and the following characteristics, which were regarded as the independent variables, were tested: the institution attended (ANU or UC), having had library orientation in the institution attended, previous use of libraries, mediums of instructions in previous educational institutions, level of study, year of study, period of time spent in Australia, gender, and age. The research used survey methodology. A questionnaire was sent to a sample of 521 overseas students and a response rate of 72 percent was obtained. With regard to the use of institutional libraries, it was found that most students visited their libraries more than once a week. The three most used library facilities were borrowing books, use of library staff for assistance and the short loan service, while the three least used facilities were inhouse information sheets, abstracts and indexes, and CD-ROM databases. The three most used libraries in the ACT in descending order were the ANU library system, the National library of Australia, and the University of Canberra library. Difficulties encountered in utilising institutional libraries included difficulty in utilising library facilities, difficulty with library rules and regulations, difficulty in looking for required materials in the libraries, unsuccessful library visits, difficulties as a result of English being a second language, difficulty following the layout of the libraries and perception of the libraries' atmosphere. Relationships were found between some of the independent variables and the dependent variables. In some cases, the findings were expected while in other cases they were unexpected. With the unexpected findings, it is possible that one or more independent variables, other than the ones under consideration, influenced the findings thus leading to surprising results. The study concludes with recommendations and suggestions for further research.

This diploma thesis is focused on the automatization of digitization workflow in the National Library of Technology, Prague, Czech Republic. This thesis examines possibilities of digitization processes automatization by means of scripts written in Perl programming language and Apache Ant build tool. The advantages and disadvantages of both solutions are analyzed as well as their suitability for automatization of digitization workflow. Based on the comparison of both solutions, the scripts in Perl programming language are selected as the most suitable solution for automatization of digitization workflow. The question whether Ant build tool could be used for the purpose of automatization of digitization workflow is also answered in this thesis. The Ant build tool could be used for the above-mentioned purpose. However, once the activities in the given process divert from the general scope of tasks provided by the Ant build tool, the complexity of the whole solution increases rapidly. This complexity is given by the necessity to use predefined tasks -- sets of functions which have to be combined to create a functional automatization script. Even though Ant is an extendable tool, it is necessary to understand the Java programming language in order to create a new Ant task successfully. On the other hand, the Perl programming language allows easier customization of the script for the purposes of automatization of digitization workflow. Also, the modularity of the Perl programming language makes it easier to create those scripts and modify, correct or develop them even further.

In Kuwait, an increase in the use of social media by the Kuwait National Assembly (KNA) has allowed it members to reach out to the public and so advance their political agenda. This study examines social media influences on the decision making process; addresses the lack of academic research in relation to KNA members; and seeks to understand the extent to which public political engagement using social media might affect the outcome of their decision making. The proposed social media influence model (SMIM) was used to explore the relationships and relative importance of variables influencing legislator decision making in a social media environment. The second decade of the twenty-first century saw a number of major issues emerging in Kuwait. A core mixed method design known as explanatory sequential was applied to multiple sets of data generated during KNA members' 14th (2013-2016) and 15th (2016-2018) terms. These data included Twitter messages (tweets), the KNA Information Center Parliamentary Information System legislation documents, and the news media articles. The sample was drawn from KNA membership, some of which used Twitter to comment on major events with specific hashtags and the Kuwaiti news media articles related to the same. Study results confirm and support the proposed SMIM. They also suggest that a single person or a group of individuals (in this case, legislators) can be influenced and motivated to use social media for self-promotion and/or advancing their political agenda. Consequently, they can be used to devise ways for improving the use of social media by KNA members in support of legislative work, which in turn will provide citizens with access to real-time information and enhanced political interaction.

This study examined the effect of enhanced electronic access to information on patterns of scholarly communication. Using a panel typology, the academics at the Australian National University were surveyed in 1991 and again in 1994, with the data collected by means of mailed questionnaires. The research drew on the literature of scholarly communication and information-seeking behaviour. Principles of systems theory were used to explain the changes taking place within the academics' environments, including both the system of scholarly communication and the culture of the three disciplinary groupings: science, social science and the humanities. Three research questions directed the study focussing on the effect of enhanced electronic access to information on the academics' use of the library and on their patterns of information seeking and dissemination. Results found that between 1991 and 1994, while some aspects of communication technologies - such as email - had been almost universally adopted, overall, few changes had taken place in academics' information related behaviour. Scientists were more likely to have adopted the new technologies than social scientists or scholars from the humanities. However, there was strong evidence that a small group of academics were adopting the new technologies with enthusiasm suggesting that the overall pattern of use would change in the future.

The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to examine the libraries' view of their own role and its relation to democracy, to identify any obstacles to the library's mission on being an inclusive public space. We do this through a qualitative content analysis, based on intersectional theory, on the proposal for a National Strategy for Libraries, The Treasure Trove of Democracy. We conclude that depictions of libraries and librarianship represented in the empirical material limits the ability to break down discriminatory structures within the institution.

Ḥiybwr lqabalat twʼar dwqṭwr--Piylwswpiyah--Jerusalem--Hebrew university, 2008.
Mention parallèle de titre ou de responsabilité : Illuminating in micrography between script and brush : the Catalan micrography Mahzor MS Heb 8°6527 in the Jewish national and university library in Jerusalem / by Dalia-Ruth Halperin. P. de titre en anglais. Résumé en anglais.

Cette thèse concerne la labellisation de cinq opéras de région, en France, entre 1996 et 2006 : l'Opéra National de Lorraine, l'Opéra National de Montpellier, l'Opéra National de Lyon, l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, et l'Opéra National du Rhin. L'étude porte sur une forme qui englobe obligatoirement d'autres formes artistiques quasi autonomes et professionnalisées (orchestre, ballet, choeur) et sur les changements en cours dans l'économie de ces organisations traditionnellement sous tutelle municipale repositionnées au coeur d'une gouvernance multiscalaire et mises au défi de faire croître leur visibilité et celle de leur activité. Nous nous intéressons dans ce cadre à ce sur quoi reposent les stratégies de renouvellement développées par ces organisations culturelles, sédimentées et conventionnelles, prises entre le politique et le marché, dans un cadre particulier à la France où l'État se reconnaît comme garant de la qualité. Pour conduire l'étude, nous utilisons la labellisation comme marqueur de ces changements et comme dispositif participant à l'instrumentation de ces opéras dans un marché restreint. Ce qui se voit, c'est une ouverture organisée, selon un mode de fonctionnement par projets et selon un mode de diversification réfléchie de leur activité à un niveau de complexité jamais égalé, sous la pression de l'envahissement de la sphère culturelle par les logiques marchandes et médiatiques. Cette instrumentation est réalisée par le déploiement de dispositifs de jugement dans une économie des singularités dans laquelle le théâtre d'opéra est amené à chercher lui-même à asseoir sa continuité. Sont discutées les stratégies développées quant à l'incertitude inhérente à la création artistique et à la dépendance financière et les effets du dispositif opéra national qui donne lieu à un " remplissement " stratégique perpétuel (Michel Foucault), du fait de la remobilisation du dispositif dans la gestion des effets secondaires qu'il a lui-même induit, et dans la dynamique duquel le pouvoir, la visibilité et la légitimité occupent une place centrale. Notre démarche inductive et pluridisciplinaire et la posture critique adoptée conduisent à l'élaboration d'une étude donnant une grande place à l'indétermination des rapports et des humains, dans une ontologie constructiviste modérée. Le sujet singulier qu'est l'organisation d'un théâtre d'opéra en France, les raisons de ces choix et la méthodologie appliquée sont présentés pour éclairer le lecteur dans sa rencontre avec un milieu d'ordinaire fermé. Enfin, la conclusion retrace certains liens et pointe des aspects à creuser dans une recherche ultérieure afin de comprendre ce que donne à voir, sur le présent et l'avenir des Opéras de région en France, l'attribution par le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication d'un label de " qualité ".

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國立中興大學
圖書資訊學研究所
105
Nowadays, art can be found almost everywhere in daily life. It can be encountered anywhere from exhibition centers to outdoor spaces, and found emergent around many public construction sites. Although public art appears around our daily lives, it''s often criticized for ignoring the feelings and perspectives of those to whom it meant to serve. Institutional managers usually don’t have plans for long-term management and maintenance of artworks. According to relevant laws, newly built public libraries must implement plans for the development of public art. Although libraries aren’t open all day, public art in public places has the opportunity to be appreciated at all time. The purpose of this research is to explore the public art of public libraries in Taiwan and understand the attitudes of librarians and users towards public art in public libraries. Data gathered through the general public generate insights into public perception and opinion, leading to avenues of improvement for public art to reach full potential. In this study, national public libraries were the main research field, librarians and users were the research subjects. Research methods such as semi-structured interview, questionnaire and non-participant observation were used to collect data. Four librarians were interviewed, 317 copies of questionnaires were returned and 110 copies of observations were recorded. Interview data, observation records and open-ended questions were arranged into text files and analysed. Data from closed-ended questions were encoded using IBM Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) and analysed by descriptive statistics, Chi-Square test, and Independent Samples t Test. All data were combined together for analysis before the conclusion was drawn from the results. The results showed as the followings: 1. Public libraries with public art are located in the north, center and south part of Taiwan. Most locations of public art are nearby the main entrance; sculptures and furniture facilities are the most common types. Public libraries, public art and relevant activities are not integrated strongly: a guided tour of the artwork is typically the only activity for now. 2. It’s not difficult for librarians to interpret public art, they hope public art could be integrated with libraries and become an eye-catching focus. Librarians think that activities that can be combined with public art are mostly static forms. 3. While having difficulties in appreciating and deciphering the deeper meaning of the artwork, most users acknowledge that better integration of public art with the library could increase their willingness to stay at library. The types of public art which users look forward to are sculptures and amenities with a water view. 4. Most users didn’t pay attention to activities involving public art, only a few have had previous experiences. Users look forward to participating in public art activities such as exhibitions, artwork guided tours and public performances. Activities which can make users feel full participation are creative conferences, workshops, exhibitions and course work. Activities that should be highly valued by the general public are creative conferences, symposiums and seminars. Librarians should hold appropriate public activities at different times, basing on the needs of users and incorporating a guided tour of public art as a regular part of its programmes. The study proposes the following suggestions for public libraries in Taiwan: 1. To establish a way for public libraries to facilitate the exposure of public art. 2. To provide librarians opportunities to develop further professional competency with respect to the Arts. 3. To plan and implement long-term funding for public arts management and maintenance 4. To take the initiative to provide information on public art. 5. To continue to promote public art and hold relevant activities, basing on the needs of its users.

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朝陽科技大學
建築系建築及都市設計碩士班
101
Public art is not only a symbol of the spirit of a local place, but also brings benefits to the local economy. With the improved quality of life, people’s need towards the surrounding environment has evolved from the primary utilitarian purpose to the appreciation of art of space, thus a re-examination of the spirit and meaning of space and environment is necessary. This study aims to understand the post-occupancy evaluation of the art works and re-examine the relationship between public art, places, and local users through the permanent and temporary art installations of “Joy Reading Public Art Festival”, which a new public art installation project by the National Library of Public Information. In this study, public art works were categorized based on the different features. The required implicit factors for post-occupancy evaluation, which are summarized through literature review, are used as the reference for the questionnaire items. Three explicit factors: “user experience”, “environmental coordination”, and “space arrangement” were then derived through exploratory factor analysis to study the public art installation project of the National Library of Public Information. The result showed that the overall public art installation have received positive and benevolent recognition from the users, and are compatible to the user needs. Moreover, art work installments help to boost the local cultural atmosphere. Both the colors and materials, which make art viewings an enjoyable experience for the public, have received positive reviews. On the contrary, the extension of the local culture and features reflected by the art works is rather insufficient, thus resulting in a discrepancy between the connections of images. It is known that users are still in an explorative and interpreting stage, thus the art works have not been highly recognized or appreciated. Assessing the four types of public art installments reveals that visual and participatory public art installments are more popular among the users. Though physical visual expression, visual art works leave a deep impression in the public’s memory, give a pleasant experience to the users (beholders), and further inspire the users’ exploration and contemplation. Participatory art works, on the contrary, leave the users with a decent and memorable impression by allowing them to feel the fun in creating the art works. Those users in turn attract more public to participate in the “Joy Reading Public Art Festival” through the information sharing platforms on the Internet. Applied art works draw closer the physical distances to the users through their approachable displays, resulting in users’ physical behaviors, such as touching and sitting, to create a shared life experience with the art works. Conceptual art works are more contradictory with the surrounding environment due to their enigmatic art meanings for the public. A comprehensive interpretation of the designs is difficult; hence, such art works are also less favorable among the four types of art works. Finally, this study suggests that a good public art work should take the surrounding space and environment into consideration when choosing its design materials, and have an appropriate art installation plan, which can make the artwork ideas fully interpreted. As a result, the public will identify with the place, and turn the place into a spiritual icon.

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國立雲林科技大學
數位媒體設計系
107
Industry-academic cooperation has become a trend in advanced education. By interact and exchanging resource between academic and industry, Students within the school can grasp realistic demands of the industry, as well as extending the learning experience outside of classroom. Furthermore, Industry can improve on the virtuous cycle between the industries and academics by accepting the various supports and resources from academics. Therefore, the researcher study on previous experience on Industry-academic cooperation with Digital Media Design at Yunlin University of Science and Technology with Zhong-Xing Branch, National Library of Public Information. Understanding public library’s property and preference. In hope of extracting the creation of atmosphere from the Industrial-academic cooperation cases, and apply onto 3D Street Art project in the library. The process and details of the Industry-Academic Cooperation are then record in detail during the whole period of the cooperation. Then, the data were collected and analyzed in order to discuss and conclude few precautions in regard of interdisciplinary Industry-academic cooperation. In addition, the research provide additional experience sharing and discussion, to serve as an example for future public library or similar Industry-academic cooperator to base on.

The aim of this thesis is to present persistent identification systems and analysis of the use of persistent identifiers for digital objects on a sample of national digital libraries. The first part is a brief introduction to digital libraries. The second part describes selected permanent identification systems. The third part explains elements of selected national digital libraries. The last section is an analysis of the use of persistent identifiers in various national digital libraries. Keywords: persistent identifier, persistent identification system, URI, URN, PURL, Handle, DOI, ARK, digital library, national library, digital object