Tribute to Gerardo Marín (February 19, 1947-January 14, 2018)

Latino psychologist, Gerardo Marín, passed away on January 14, 2018. This tribute highlights biographical information and exposes upon his extraordinary life and career. Significant scholarly achievements are described including Gerardo’s immense impact as a Latino scholar in his native Columbia, the United States, and within the international community of Latino psychologists. Noteworthy areas of research are underscored including how they spanned his expertise as a Latin Americanist, U.S. Latino researcher, and multiculturalist. Gerardo’s many years as professor and senior administrator at the University of San Francisco are summarized with emphasis on his deep leadership and contributions to diversity and internationalization. Finally, personal reflections are offered by the authors, fortunate to call Gerardo Marín a friend and colleague.

What Happened After the 2012 Shift in Canadian Copyright Law? An Updated Survey on How Copyright is Managed across Canadian Universities

Objective – The purpose of this study is to understand the practices and approaches followed by Canadian universities in copyright education, permissions clearance, and policy development in light of major changes to Canadian copyright law that occurred in mid-2012. The study also seeks to identify aspects of copyright management perceived by the universities to be challenging. Methods – In 2015, an invitation to complete an online survey on institutional copyright practices was sent to the senior administrator at member libraries of Canada’s four regional academic library consortia. The invitation requested completion of the survey by the person best suited to respond on behalf of the institution. Study methods were largely adapted from those used in a 2008 survey conducted by another researcher who targeted members of same library consortia. Results – While the university library maintained its leadership role in copyright matters across the institution, the majority of responding institutions had delegated responsibility for copyright to a position or office explicitly labeled copyright. In contrast, respondents to the 2008 survey most often held the position of senior library administrator. Blanket licensing was an accepted approach to managing copyright across Canadian universities in 2008, but by 2015 it had become a live issue, with roughly half of the respondents indicating their institutions had terminated or were planning to terminate their blanket license. Conclusion – In just seven years we have witnessed a significant increase in specialized attention paid to copyright on Canadian university campuses and in the breadth of resources dedicated to helping the university community understand, comply with, and exercise various provisions under Canadian copyright law, which include rights for creators and users.

Manual of Industrial Project Analysis in Developing Countries, Vol. II by I. M. D. Little and James A. Mirriees, OECD, Paris, 1969.

The Little-Mirrlees Manual of Industrial Project Analysis in- Developing Countries is divided into two parts; the first of which is addressed "to the senior administrator or politician, who should understand the broad lines of what is implied by operating a system of social cost-benefit analysis"; and the second "to those who will actually make project evaluations, and teach others how to make them". In fact, the two parts make an integral whole, since the first part of the book raises several broad issues the answers to which are given in the second part. For instance, on page 44 the "senior administrator or politician" is told of the dilemma of the choice between employment-generating and rein¬ vestment-generating projects; a project which employs a lot of labour will get higher marks because it results in a lot of consumption by the poor now. But the incomes generated by such a project will be almost entirely spent. There will, therefore, be little savings generated and so such a project will contribute little to further investment, which, in turn, yields future consumption", while a capital-intensive project with a high reinvestment rate makes a greater contribution to the future, but a smaller one to present welfare. Unless the "senior administrator or politician" is willing to read difficult and often obscure discussions in Partll (Ch. 13) he will have no idea how to go about resolving the dilemma. There is little fear, however, that the nonprofessional reader will get through Part I, not to speak of Part II. To be sure, the authors give a warning that "some of the chapters of Part I may be a little academic for the senior man who has become familiar with economics by practical exposure and does not want to feel that he is going back to school", but they grossly underestimate the gap between the layman's ability to cope with abstract concepts and their "own ability to use plain English. I wonder what the intelligent layman is to make of the following passage which occurs on page 41 and which I chose almost at random:

Seminar on the Development of Senior Administrators in the Public Service of Developing Countries

Organised and sponsored by the U.N. Public Administration Division, this intercontinental seminar dealt with problems related to the development of senior administrators in the public service of the developing countries. The 37 participants were either leading civil servants or heads of training institutions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America; in addition there were observers from the advanced countries and the specialised agencies of the United States. The seminar's four working groups met regularly in the afternoons to explore in depth the topics discussed at the morning plenary sessions. These included: the definition of the senior administrator and the delineation of his responsibilities; the identification of his developmental needs; the personnel system under which he operates; the institutional arrangements for the development of his administrative potentialities; and the evaluation of the methods and techniques designed to achieve these objectives.