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Collecting Fugitive Literature: Bringing Collection Development Expertise Into The Digital Age, Karen Schmidt, Wendy Shelburne, David Vess
Collecting Fugitive Literature: Bringing Collection Development Expertise Into The Digital Age, Karen Schmidt, Wendy Shelburne, David Vess
Scholarly Publications
This presentation reflects the work that Wendy Shelburne, David Vess, and I engaged in to collect hate literature from the web. The research was later accepted by Library Resources & Technical Services for publication in 2008.
Legally Speaking--John Doe And The Patriot Act, Bryan M. Carson
Legally Speaking--John Doe And The Patriot Act, Bryan M. Carson
DLPS Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Perspectives On Teachers As Digital Library Users: Consumers, Contributors, And Designers, Mimi Recker
Perspectives On Teachers As Digital Library Users: Consumers, Contributors, And Designers, Mimi Recker
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications
"...freed of the constraints of physical space and media, digital libraries can be more adaptive and reflective of the communities they serve. They should be collaborative, allowing users to contribute knowledge to the library, either actively through annotations, reviews, and the like, or passively through their patterns of resource use. In addition, they should be contextual, expressing the expanding web of inter-relationships and layers of knowledge that extend among selected primary resources. In this manner, the core of the digital library should be an evolving information base, weaving together professional selection and the 'wisdom of crowds.'" (Lagoze, Krafft, Payette, & …
Alternative Models Of Knowledge Production: A Step Forward In Information Literacy As A Liberal Art, Shilpa Shanbhag
Alternative Models Of Knowledge Production: A Step Forward In Information Literacy As A Liberal Art, Shilpa Shanbhag
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Information literacy is embedded within the traditional disciplinary model of knowledge production wherein the role of the scholar/expert and the process of peer-review are emphasized. Exclusive reference to this model is inadequate in informing the production of knowledge outside of formal academic setting and consequently inadequate in supporting the objectives of liberal learning. Shapiro and Hughes' concept of information literacy as a liberal art provides a useful framework for discussion on alternative models of knowledge production.
Perceived Smoking Environment And Smoking Initiation Among Multi-Ethnic Urban Girls, Tracy R. Nichols, Amanda Birnbaum, Sara Birnel, Gilbert J. Botvin
Perceived Smoking Environment And Smoking Initiation Among Multi-Ethnic Urban Girls, Tracy R. Nichols, Amanda Birnbaum, Sara Birnel, Gilbert J. Botvin
Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works
Purpose
To examine associations between the perceived smoking environment and smoking initiation among urban multi-ethnic adolescent girls in New York City.
Methods
Self-report surveys completed in grades 7, 8, and 9 assessed girls’ (n = 858) smoking initiation, and perceived smoking environment (family smoking, friends’ smoking, smoking norms, and cigarette availability). Carbon monoxide breath samples were collected from girls using a variation of the bogus pipeline procedure.
Results
Differences were found in smoking prevalence with white girls reporting the highest prevalence of smoking at baseline and the greatest increase in smoking prevalence from seventh to eighth grade. Black girls reported …
Depression In Older Adults, Fred Stickle, Dr. Jill D. Duba
Depression In Older Adults, Fred Stickle, Dr. Jill D. Duba
Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications
The purpose of this article is to address selected aspects of depression in older adults. Specifically, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and interventions for depression in older adults are reviewed.
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You Should Run For Office (Video), Kevin O'Brien, Grace Drake
You Should Run For Office (Video), Kevin O'Brien, Grace Drake
All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Cultivating Democracy: Civic Environments And Political Socialization In America, Jennifer K. Alexander
Book Review: Cultivating Democracy: Civic Environments And Political Socialization In America, Jennifer K. Alexander
All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications
No abstract provided.