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Improved information about actual users is a key element in developing user-responsive archival administration. The findings of a 1984 survey of researchers in four presidential libraries are summarized. Rather than compare libraries, the study identified patterns of behavior within groups of researchers. The questionnaire collected information well beyond what is available on standard registration forms and linked researchers with the basic elements of reference service: preliminary correspondence, orientation interviews, and direct reference room assistance. The findings emphasize the academic affiliation (faculty, students) of over three-quarters of respondents and the predominance of traditional political and diplomatic topics of study. Researchers generally have made some advance preparation and have had previous research experience These factors have a strong bearing on whether they adjusted their preferred and actual research styles in the course of a visit. High researcher satisfaction ultimately has more to do with whether they located useful archival materials than with the quality of particular reference services. ; Peer Reviewed ; https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149483/1/J01 Conway Research in Presidential Libraries 1986.pdf ; Description of J01 Conway Research in Presidential Libraries 1986.pdf : Main article

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One The modern fitness facility -- 1 The fitness industry and the rise of the fitness facility -- 2 Fitness facilities -- 3 Key staff -- 4 The management team -- 5 The fitness team coordinator/supervisor -- Part Two The fitness facility -- 6 The gym/fitness suite -- 7 The studio -- 8 Screening, assessment and tracking -- 9 Other areas -- Part Three The core skills -- 10 Management skills -- 11 Staff management -- 12 Customer care -- 13 Managing and building the business -- Part Four The background procedures -- 14 Operating procedures -- 15 Legal obligations -- Appendices -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

In the process of transforming the American Archivist (AA) into a digital journal, the Society of American Archivists (SAA) confronted the political, economic, and intellectual tensions inherent in the complex environment of open-access publishing. This article establishes the framework within which SAA made the transition from print only to a combination of print and electronic publication and contextualizes this transformation within the intellectual evolution of the longest-running archival journal in the world. It uses this transformation to a print-digital hybrid as a jumping-off point for consideration of future possibilities for the Society's digital publishing endeavors and concludes by considering a set of unresolved issues for the American Archivist posed by the open-access publishing movement, which itself is coming to terms with broad-based economic and preservation challenges.

Abstract. Investors sometimes invest in the so-called "sin" stocks that cause social harm as a by-product of doing business (e.g., tobacco companies). Three studies examined whether people who reject harm and maximize outcomes in sacrificial dilemmas approve less of investing in sin (but not conventional) stocks. We employed process dissociation to assess harm-rejection (deontological) and outcome-maximization (utilitarian) response tendencies independently. Study 1 ( N = 337) assessed moral approval of stocks: People scoring higher on either deontological or utilitarian response tendencies disapproved of investing in sin, but not conventional, stocks. Study 2 ( N = 402) replicated this effect for willingness to invest in companies abandoning (vs. retaining) socially responsible policies. Study 3 ( N = 558) confirmed earlier findings using more conservative measures. These findings clarify the psychology of morally questionable investment decisions.