Tuesday, April 14, 2015

My Vision- Minding the Mind

In this chapter- Minding the minds- the author expresses his wishes of success  to the people of the UAE, and encourages all of them especially youth, to make their own success story. He said ,"I was part of this and I would like you and your children to continue the work for the sake of all Arabs."

AlMaktoum, M. (2012). My Vision: Challenges in the race for excellence, Dubai, UAE, Motivate publishing.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

My Vision - Chapter Five

In this section, decision making and teamwork, the author states that team decision making can help to make the group work more closely together. It also improve the motivation and the performance as everyone in the team seeks to contribute to achieving the best for all. I was touched by the author when he said that Dubai government does not proceed any project unless it has reviewed by a very expert team. The reason behind being touched with this vision is I see that Dubai embraces many successful projects on the the reality ground.

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Source integration- Foxdale Trip


Based on the Foxdale interview information with one of the Foxdale resident that I met last month, who was the Dean of Library System at Penn State, she mentioned that the library system in the mid twentieth century were required to provide more space for books and readers. Early libraries were small and inside buildings rather than entire structure. Moreover, the early libraries were depended in physical research for books and sources, and the technology system were not implemented at that time.
I started looking for information to compare the differences between the university library system in the past and the present. I found that the current university library system is more sophisticated and the students are able to begin their research by accessing through electronic system using their student ID and password. “Students are able to access newspapers, magazines, books, scholarly journals and more with the search engine” (Cited in Hricik, 2011).
 
References

Hricik, M. (2011, March 24). PSU libraries test new search system. Retrieved from: http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_87040c38-7674-54de-b928-4ab8894f9470.html