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Quantitative Literacy (Ql) And Numeracy: A Discipline-Based Education Research Perspective, Meghan Cook, Victor J. Ricchezza

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

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When So Much Information Is Available For Free On The Internet, Does The World Still Need Libraries?, Claudia J. Dold, Rashid Jayousi

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

Libraries have traditionally been repositories of information, whether the media was clay, papyrus, velum, paper, or electronic. The main work of librarians has always been to organize and to locate information. In this new era of expanding information technology and communication (ICT), of advances in the use of the internet, and of the expansion of social media, the world has created new roles for librarians. Libraries are shifting orientation from being repositories to institutions specializing in information access and information services. In the past librarians largely controlled the content, organization, and access to information in their libraries. With the advent …

A Quantitative Study Of User Experiences In Bethlehem University Library, Claudia J. Dold, Mike Hazboun, Juana Juha

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This study evaluates user experiences in the Bethlehem University Library across four categories: Services, Resources, Library Usage, and the Building itself, based on an anonymous survey issued in October 2017. The Library was refurnished in 2016 with the express purpose of creating a facility with the most current practices and equipment, at a level comparable to other modern academic universities, to enhance the learning experience at Bethlehem University. The objective of the survey was to determine the level of user satisfaction with the refurbished Library. The response rate was 9.44% (of a total population N = 3750). The survey also …

My Year As A Visiting Scholar In The West Bank, Claudia J. Dold

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

For two semesters in the academic year 2017-2018 I have had the privilege of working in the West Bank/Palestine as a Fulbright Scholar, with financial support from the US government and my home university in Florida. I have worked as a librarian at two universities: one is a Palestinian state university and the other is a private Catholic university.

Methodology: The goal of my work was to promote research and critical thinking, as vehicles to encourage university students to become mature individuals and citizens. As education reaches across borders and around the world, I present some observations and examples from …

Burns, Senge, And The Study Of Leadership, W. Michael Reid, Claudia J. Dold

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

James MacGregor Burns and Peter Senge have been two of the most influential writers on leadership over the past 40 years. This paper is based, in part, on a survey of articles published in four leading leadership Journals (Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, Journal of Leadership Studies, Leadership, and Open Journal of Leadership) to determine how the concepts of Burns and Senge were used in the articles. Each journal was searched from its first issue through January 1, 2018 for references to Burns and Senge. The authors found frequent references to each of them, but no systematic, adequate summary …

Review Of Patterson, The Eve Of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America, Amanda Boczar

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.