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Report Of The Committee On Research Enhancement & Transformational Research Collaboration; Executive Summary, Thomas Caudell, Diana Northup, Johann Van Reenen, Deana Pennington Nov 2010

Report Of The Committee On Research Enhancement & Transformational Research Collaboration; Executive Summary, Thomas Caudell, Diana Northup, Johann Van Reenen, Deana Pennington

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

The University of New Mexico's Office of Research created a committee to study the potential to stimulate cross- and trans-disciplinary research through a planned strategic initiative. This was seen as an important campus research value to capitalize on the emerging grant opportunities provided by data intensive cyber-enabled research and to solve environmental and other global challenges through joint humanities and science approaches.


Archiving Your Research: The Unm Institutional Repository, Amy S. Jackson Oct 2010

Archiving Your Research: The Unm Institutional Repository, Amy S. Jackson

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

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Click It, No More Tick It: Online Reference Statistics, Paulita Aguilar, Kathleen Keating, Sue Swanback Oct 2010

Click It, No More Tick It: Online Reference Statistics, Paulita Aguilar, Kathleen Keating, Sue Swanback

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This article describes the creation of an online reference intake form that collects statistics and provides detailed reports. Included is a practical application, based on analysis of Native American questions, for collection development.


Do You Speak Multimedia Metadata? Multi-Format Cataloging At The University Of New Mexico, Rebecca L. Lubas Jul 2010

Do You Speak Multimedia Metadata? Multi-Format Cataloging At The University Of New Mexico, Rebecca L. Lubas

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This paper will chronicle how the UNM Libraries Cataloging and Discovery Services Department is journeying, though specific examples, from a print-centric library cataloging operation to one that could take on large AV metadata projects. By increasing its knowledge base of standards and technologies and improving its flexibility, UNM Cataloging and Discovery Services is creating the ability to deploy new, rapidly adaptive workflows.'


Exile And Montage: Josep Renaus Reckoning With Community And Self, Claire-Lise Bénaud, Suzanne M. Schadl Apr 2010

Exile And Montage: Josep Renaus Reckoning With Community And Self, Claire-Lise Bénaud, Suzanne M. Schadl

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This paper examines Spanish photomontagist, Josep Renaus artistic progression through two exiles (the first in Mexico and the second in East Germany) as an example in which an individual defines his cultural identity first in the context of community, a collective leftist-socialist identity, and then as Stuart Hall points out in terms of 'difference.' When history reveals to Renau his separation from the community, he has no choice but to find himself in an expression of difference — not from the home he makes for himself in Mexico so much as from the neighbor he must criticize in order to …


A Dozen Great Books: Dealing With Disaster: Ways Of Coping, Healing, And Fighting Back, Christina M. Desai, Elaine B. Daniels, Yoo Kyung Sung, Irene Welch Jan 2010

A Dozen Great Books: Dealing With Disaster: Ways Of Coping, Healing, And Fighting Back, Christina M. Desai, Elaine B. Daniels, Yoo Kyung Sung, Irene Welch

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Article discusses a dozen recommended books for helping children cope with personal, political and social disasters, through coping strategies, healing journeys, and budding activism.


“She Was Our Mother” New Mexico’S Change Of National Sovereignty And Juan Bautista Vigil Y Alarid, The Last Mexican Governor Of New Mexico., Samuel E. Sisneros Jan 2010

“She Was Our Mother” New Mexico’S Change Of National Sovereignty And Juan Bautista Vigil Y Alarid, The Last Mexican Governor Of New Mexico., Samuel E. Sisneros

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This chapter from the 400th anniversary of Santa Fe anthology book All Trails Lead to Santa Fe discusses the little known history of the last New Mexican governor during the Mexican Republic’s administration in New Mexico.


Enhancing Collaborative Problem Solving In Distance Education Courses Using Web-Based Concept Mapping, Ludmila Ortegano-Layne, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena, Carrie Main Jan 2010

Enhancing Collaborative Problem Solving In Distance Education Courses Using Web-Based Concept Mapping, Ludmila Ortegano-Layne, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena, Carrie Main

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of web-based concept maps as a communications and problem-solving tool in an online graduate level course. The study used an exploratory-descriptive research design that applied a qualitative methods approach in order to explore how concept maps foster collaborative problem-solving activities in an online learning environment. Three of the five groups participating in the study effectively used concept mapping, which they combined with other communication strategies such as eliciting group suggestions, asking questions, and brainstorming ideas, to reach consensus and solve the CBR project required. These results indicate that concept maps …


Predictors Of Learner Satisfaction And Transfer Of Learning In A Corporate Online Education Program, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena, Jennifer Linder-Vanberschot, Deborah Lapointe, Lalita Rao Jan 2010

Predictors Of Learner Satisfaction And Transfer Of Learning In A Corporate Online Education Program, Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena, Jennifer Linder-Vanberschot, Deborah Lapointe, Lalita Rao

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This study explores factors that predict learner satisfaction and transfer of learning in an online educational program at a multinational corporation, established to improve organizational learning through providing training in technical skills. A mixed-methods design was employed, selecting both quantitative methods utilizing survey research and qualitative methods employing open-ended questionnaire items, face-to-face and phone interviews, gathering the perspective of students, instructors, and instructional designers. The online courses were designed using a problem-centered and case-based approach to learning, and utilized technologies including Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, Sharepoint, as well as instructional design tools such as Breeze, Captivate and PowerPoint. …