Predicting Employment Outcomes Among Women of Color With Psychiatric Disabilities

Vaughn, Mya R.; Boston, Quintin

doi:10.1037/e623702013-001

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“…Two novels featured computerised libraries: Redshirts (Scalzi, 2013) and Children of Time (Tchaikovsky, 2017). Four novels, The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (Elison, 2016), Station Eleven (Mandel, 2019), Lost Everything (Slattery, 2012) and Bannerless (Vaughn, 2017) featured reinvented libraries. Two novels featured technology that might fall into the post-computer type: A Memory Called Empire (Martine, 2019) and The Collapsing Empire (Scalzi, 2017).…”

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“…A Song for a New Day (Pinsker, 2020) features scenes set during the pandemic, but most of the narrative is set after the pandemic. The Mercy Journals (Casper, 2016) and Bannerless (Vaughn, 2017) are both set after the pandemic. All these novels referred to libraries in some form.…”

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“…Libraries of some form featured in all 11 of the peri-apocalyptic novels studied. In particular, reinvented libraries featured in four peri-apocalyptic novels: Bannerless (Vaughn, 2017), Lost Everything (Slattery, 2012), Station Eleven (Mandel, 2019) and The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (Elison, 2016). These reinvented libraries took several forms.…”

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“…In contrast, the library in Bannerless appears to be reserved exclusively for the use of community leaders, more of an archive or records store than a community library space (Vaughn, 2017, pp. 10–11).…”

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Libraries in contemporary science fiction novels: uncertain futures or embedded in the fabric of society?

Duxfield¹,

Liew

2022

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PurposeThis study aims to examine the imagining of libraries and the depiction of library services in contemporary science fiction novels. Analyses of libraries in contemporary science fiction may reveal expectations of libraries and the roles they play in future societies. These may, in turn, be used by the library profession to innovate and to discover opportunities to design and improve library services that meet the expectations of library users now and in the future.Design/methodology/approachThis research applied a content analysis approach to examine references to libraries in a purposeful sample of science fiction novels published between 2009 and 2019. The sample consists of 29 novels selected from the 2010–2020 winners of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, The Philip K Dick Award and the Arthur C Clarke Award.FindingsThis research finds that libraries are a common feature within contemporary science fiction novels, primarily as part of the background setting of the narratives. Libraries are particularly common in peri-apocalyptic novels, often as “reinvented” libraries. This research identifies considerable differences in the way libraries and information access and use are depicted and documented in science fiction worlds of plenty, compared to those of scarcity. Other key themes discussed include freedom of access to information, and the supposedly common negative stereotyping of libraries.Originality/valueExisting literature indicates anxiety about the future of libraries which the findings of this research do not support. The insights gained suggested instead, the emergence of an image of libraries as being embedded in the fabric of societies. This indicates the expectation of the place and role of libraries in contemporary societies. Libraries and their services must be adeptly placed and woven into the many facets of the societies they serve.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Libraries in contemporary science fiction novels: uncertain futures or embedded in the fabric of society?

Duxfield¹,

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2022

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“…Smith (2007) found that people with paranoid delusional disorder, major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia have difficulty obtaining and maintaining employment. Vaughn and Boston (2010) found that "women of color" (Latinas, African Americans, American Indians, and Asian Americans) with psychiatric disabilities have particular difficulty getting work.…”

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Hiring of people with disabilities: Perceptions of Hispanic small business owners

Chen

Blankenship

Austin

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Abstract.BACKGROUND: Employment of people with disabilities continues to be a concern in the field of rehabilitation counseling. Employment rates remain low, resulting in many people with disabilities living at or below the poverty line. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of Hispanic small business owners toward hiring people with disabilities. METHODS:The 38-item Employer Attitudes Questionnaire (EAQ) and the 33-item Small Business Owners Survey (SBOS) were used to investigate attitudes and concerns about hiring issues along with the business owners' general feelings toward the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Survey packets were distributed in the business districts of two selected cities in southern Texas. Two hundred and seventeen participants took part in the study. RESULTS: The findings suggest that there is a range of views about the capabilities of workers from various disability categories as well as differing opinions on the cost of reasonable accommodations. The results of a regression analysis yielded three significant predictors influencing hiring decisions: whether the business owner had a family member or a friend with a disability, the business owner's marital status, and their awareness of the ADA. CONCLUSIONS: There is a continuing need to educate small business owners about disability-and employment-rights legislation; however, cost considerations to provide reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities seem to be significantly more important for small business owners than for large corporations.

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Predicting Employment Outcomes Among Women of Color With Psychiatric Disabilities

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Libraries in contemporary science fiction novels: uncertain futures or embedded in the fabric of society?

Libraries in contemporary science fiction novels: uncertain futures or embedded in the fabric of society?

Hiring of people with disabilities: Perceptions of Hispanic small business owners

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