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Preamble The information resources policy replaces the selection policy. It is a policy on the purchase and withdrawal of resources and on access to resources through partnerships and document delivery services. Contents 1.     Demand-led policy 2.     Format of materials 3.     Provision for different user needs 4.     Information searching tools 5.     Collection management 6.     Effective circulation of materials 7.     Request and document delivery 8.     Cooperation with other libraries Appendix I - Definitions 1. Demand-led policy The Red Deer College Library Information Common mission is to "facilitate the access and delivery of information, strengthen learning and support research needs for RDC and the community." This requires the Library Information Common (LIC) to: ·         Reflect the priorities of the college, as expressed in the Academic Plan and other policy statements, a...

In this article • The best display settings for an LCD monitor • Set the color for an LCD monitor • The best display settings for a CRT monitor • Set the color for a CRT monitor • Color management • Calibrate your display • Set brightness and contrast • Improve the appearance of text Windows chooses the best display settings, including screen resolution, refresh rate, and color, based on your monitor. These settings differ depending on whether you have an LCD or a CRT monitor. If you want to adjust your display settings, or if these settings were changed and you want to restore default settings, use the following recommendations. LCD monitors, also called flat-panel displays, have largely replaced CRT monitors. They are far lighter and thinner than bulky CRT monitors, which contain heavy glass tubes. LCD monitors also come in a wider range of shapes and sizes, which include widescreen screens and standard-width screens, with ratios of 16:9 or 16:10 width-to-height for widescreen models...

Fragmentation makes your hard disk do extra work that can slow down your computer. Removable storage devices such as USB flash drives can also become fragmented. Disk Defragmenter rearranges fragmented data so your disks and drives can work more efficiently. Disk Defragmenter runs on a schedule, but you can also analyze and defragment your disks and drives manually. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click to open Disk Defragmenter. 2. Under Current status, select the disk you want to defragment. 3. To determine if the disk needs to be defragmented or not, click Analyze disk.   If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Once Windows is finished analyzing the disk, you can check the percentage of fragmentation on the disk in the Last Run column. If the number is above 10%, you should defragment the disk. 4. Click Defragment disk.   If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the ...

What do you get when you mix Novell's SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) 11 with the Linux Foundation's Moblin 2.1 netbook desktop? A lightweight Linux desktop that's trying to snag the netbook desktop market before Google's Chrome OS runs away with it later this year. How well will Novell do at this? Today, on January 7th, at the CES (Consumer Electronics Association), we'll find out. MSI is releasing the first shipping of SUSE Moblin on its MSI U135 netbook. According to Guy Lunardi, Novell's director of client preloads, the mix and match of SUSE/Moblin's core package is built on top of the Moblin 2.1's 2.6.31 Linux kernel. Above that, most of the software is from SLED 11. Instead ofKDE 4.3, though, for the interface, it uses the Moblin Web-oriented interface. So, for example, to use Firefox for your Web browser, you'll get to it via the Moblin toolbar. The U135 is powered by a second-generation 1.66GHz Intel Atom 450 Pineview processor. It comes...

Intel finally launched its 64-bit quad-core processor Itanium 9300 Series code-named Tukwila. With Tukwila Intel not only offers performance double of its predecessor (Dual-Core Itanium 9100 series), but also up to 800% more system interconnect bandwidth and claims up to 500 % increase in memory bandwidth, and up to 700 % more main memory capacity when using 16 GB DDR3 RAM. It has five models and the price ranges from $946 to $ 3,838. SAN FRANCISCO – Intel Corporation today introduced the Itanium® processor 9300 series, previously codenamed “Tukwila,” which delivers more than double the performance of its predecessor, boosts scalability and adds reliability features to the Itanium platform that is already running mission-critical applications for 80 percent of the Global 100 corporations. With the Gartner Group predicting a 650 percent growth in IT data over the next 5 years, businesses need increasingly powerful and scalable enterprise servers. The two-billion transistor Itanium proce...

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Always proofread your resume at least twice. Typographical error are not tolerated by employers. Misspellings and grammatical errors present an image of disinterest and poor attention to detail. However, familiarity can cause you to overlook these mistakes. Put your resume aside and review it 24 hours later. Better yet, ask a friend to proofread and give you his impression. A well-written resume of a qualified candidate gets an interview. Your resume goal is to obtain an interview. Target your job market, identify your skills and prove your ability to do the job. Your resume should sufficiently pique the employer's interest to offer you a personal interview. The order of information on the resume is very important. Resumes are scanned for a maximum of 30 seconds to determine if the job candidate possesses the job's qualifications and recruiters normally scan resumes from the top to bottom of the page. Therefore, prominently list your achievements and strong points near the ...

All in all, it was probably a mistake to look for the answer to the eternal question—"Does money buy happiness?"—from people who practice what's called the dismal science. For when economists tackled the question, they started from the observation that when people put something up for sale they try to get as much for it as they can, and when people buy something they try to pay as little for it as they can. Both sides in the transaction, the economists noticed, are therefore behaving as if they would be more satisfied (happier, dare we say) if they wound up receiving more money (the seller) or holding on to more money (the buyer). Hence, more money must be better than less, and the only way more of something can be better than less of it is if it brings you greater contentment. The economists' conclusion: the more money you have, the happier you must be. Depressed debutantes, suicidal CEOs, miserable magnates and other unhappy rich folks aren't the only ones givin...

Function of IMU The focus of the Unit will be on information systems (both manual and electronic), data quality and processes management. This will encompass: Documentation of the set of key (to be defined) information flows within SWAHS and between SWAHS and other organisations. The aim being to make these flows explicit, streamlined and effective Development of an Area Information Management Strategy to improve and maintain information processes. This will include a framework and policy infrastructure that is driven by the health care and service priorities and business information needs Development of an information management structure that ensures secure and efficient management of high quality information, whilst providing appropriate access in the bounds of privacy Ensuring information management supports a continuum of care in service provision and clinical decision making Promoting effective and efficient use of ...

Five key activities for their effective IRM management Identification - What information is there? How is it identified and coded? Ownership -   Who is responsible for different information entities and co-ordination? Cost and Value – A basic model for making judgments on purchase and use Development - Increasing its value. Exploitation - Proactive maximization of value for money.

Few organizations have developed a comprehensive IRM strategy. Those that have started with some of its key processes of   information audit , and information mapping   cite the following benefits: Identifies gaps and duplication of information Clarifies roles and responsibilities of owners and users of information Provide costs saving in the procurement and handling of information Identifies cost/benefits of different information resources Actively supports management decision processes with quality information Some of the issues that it addresses are: Strategic -   the information needs to support the implementation of business strategies; also the way that information itself can be a key lever of strategy (in terms of new product and service opportunities) Organizational -   ownership, evaluation, fragmentation, isolation from processes, the politics of information Structural   Integrating external and internal information, its catego...

1. Get and stay out of your comfort zone. I believe that not much happens of any significance when we're in our comfort zone.  I hear people say, "But I'm concerned about security."  My response to that is simple: "Security is for cadavers." 2. Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted.  Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work.  It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it.  If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity. 3. When you're ready to quit, you're closer than you think. There's an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true.  It goes like this: "The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed." 4. With regard to wh...