Cryptocurrencies : oversight of new assets in the digital age : hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, second session, July 18, 2018

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910711657403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (iii, 98 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 4.AG 8/1:115-14
• Soggetti: Consumer protection - Government policy - United States; Commodity futures - United States; Cryptocurrencies - Government policy - United States; Commodity futures; Consumer protection - Government policy; Management; Legislative hearings.; Rules.; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Serial no. 115-14."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.

Die Politik des Waldes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910131602603321
• Autore: Pülzl Helga <1972->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Böhlau, 2010; Wein, Austria : , : Böhlau, , [2010]; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 pages)
• Disciplina: 346.04675
• Soggetti: Forest conservation - International cooperation; Forest management - Political aspects; Forest conservation - Political aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: The thesis deals with the question of why no international legally binding instrument for forest policy exists so far. The thesis shows that the problem definition presents a form of control for the decision making process and for the problem solution. Therefore, it is demonstrated how locations, reports and non-human objects are related to the development of international forest policy within United Nations. In the development of international forest policy, the policy problem was framed as "deforestation and degradation of tropical forests". In the second phase of policy formulation, the "deforestation and degradation of all forests" moves to the centre of interests. The thesis analyses furthermore the formation of meaning of the policy narratives that are intertwined with international forest policy. The identification of global environmental discourses that transfer a certain kind of meaning of policy and of problem solution, that operate with discursive practices and technologies of power, and that use retorical devices, allows to show which rules and practices influence how natural resource policy arises. In this way it can be shown how policy problems come into being and how they are understood. Furthermore, it allows identifying policy change in a non-decision-making process.; Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage warum kein international rechtlich verbindliches Instrument zur Frage der Waldpolitik verabschiedet wurde. Sie zeigt wie die Definition des Politikproblems eine Form der Kontrolle für den Entscheidungsfindungsprozess und die damit verbundene Problemlösung darstellt. Folglich wird demonstriert wie Orte, Berichte und nicht-menschliche Objekte mit der Entstehung der internationalen Waldpolitik im Rahmen der Vereinten Nationen verbunden sind. Während in der Entstehungsphase der internationalen Waldpolitik das eigentliche Politikproblem als "Entwaldung und Degradierung des Tropenwaldes" verstanden wird, rückt in der zweiten Phase der Politikformulierung die "Entwaldung und Degradierung aller Wälder" in den Blickpunkt des internationalen Interesses. Weiters legt die Arbeit die bedeutungsbildenden Elemente der Policy-Narrative, die mit der internationalen Waldpolitik verwoben sind, offen. Die Identifikation von globalen Umweltdiskursen, die ein bestimmtes Politik- bzw. Problemlösungsverständnis transportieren, die mittels diskursiver Praktiken und Machttechnologien operieren und die rhetorische Mittel - wie z.B. die apokalyptische Vorstellung der Übernutzung - zum Einsatz bringen, erlaubt zu erkennen, welche Regeln und Praktiken sich auf die Art und Weise, wie die Politik der natürlichen Ressourcen entsteht, auswirken. Sie zeigt, wie Policy-Probleme entstehen und wie sie verstanden werden und erlaubt Policy-Wandel, der sich in einer Nicht-Entscheidung vollzieht, zu identifizieren. Der Rolle der Sprache wird folglich besondere Aufmerksamkeit zuteil.

Crash course in contemporary reference / / Francisca Goldsmith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136191503321
• Autore: Goldsmith Francisca
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Libraries Unlimited, , 2017; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024
• ISBN: 9798400632891; 9798216067122; 9781440844829; 1440844828
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 pages)
• Collana: Crash course series (Westport, Conn.)
• Disciplina: 025.5/2
• Soggetti: Reference services (Libraries); Reference services (Libraries) - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: An overview of professional library reference service -- Communication and reference work -- Professional ethics of reference service -- Building and maintaining a reference collection -- Organizing print and electronic sources -- Library catalogs and bibliographies -- Understanding the role of serials in knowledge publishing -- Background information and definitions : encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Finding facts fast : ready reference -- Using the Web to guide your community to authoritative information -- Reference service delivery models -- Networking and professional development.
• Sommario/riassunto: A fresh, detailed, and thoughtful examination of reference services in the context of evolving community information needs and habits, a changing technological landscape, and new search strategies. Professional practices in the field of library reference services have changed dramatically in the past decade in response to shrinking print reference collections and evolving technology, search strategies, and user needs and interests. This new guide explains all the basics of reference services, covering resource types and awareness of their appropriate uses, collection development and maintenance techniques that support reference service work, the latest online searching ; techniques, and best practices for service interactions through various platforms, including email, chat, text, phone, and face to face. Additionally, it addresses reference service ethics; communication and conducting reference interviews; important policies related to reference service development, provision, and maintenance; alternative reference service delivery points now in use; and professional service provider networking. Both experienced reference librarians and those new to reference service will benefit from in-depth coverage of recent changes in online reference resources and print-based resources, guidelines for authoritative evaluation of web-based resources, explanations of online catalog searching skills, and tips for reference web page construction. The book also contains an expanded section on making digitized collections accessible and relevant; information on the growing need of members of the general population for help with various federal government access programs ranging from Veterans Affairs and Social Security to health care access, income tax regulation fulfillment, and immigrant documentation; and explanations of copyright in the digital sphere of resource use and transfer.