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The Future Of Digital Reference Services, James Gross Nov 2012

The Future Of Digital Reference Services, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, Info 740, Professor Alison Miller. This paper will discuss how reference librarians are embracing new online reference technologies, via the synchronous as well as asynchronous delivery, as they seek new ways and methods to meet the current and future information-seeking needs, of their online users.


Library Impact Statement For Csc 423 Network Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2012

Library Impact Statement For Csc 423 Network Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark

Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for CSC 423 Network Intrusion Detection and Defense. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.


Library Impact Statement For Csc 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2012

Library Impact Statement For Csc 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection And Defense, Amanda Izenstark

Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statement for CSC 523 Advanced Intrusion Detection and Defense. No new library resources are required to support this course.


Library Impact Statement For Csc 424 Live Forensics And Incident Response, Amanda Izenstark Nov 2012

Library Impact Statement For Csc 424 Live Forensics And Incident Response, Amanda Izenstark

Amanda Izenstark

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for CSC 424 Live Forensics and Incident Response. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.


Sadie, My Grandmother, Michael C. Vocino Aug 2012

Sadie, My Grandmother, Michael C. Vocino

michael c vocino

Recollections on the author's maternal grandmother.


Library Impact Statement For Bps 455 Protein Molecular Modeling, Michael Vocino Aug 2012

Library Impact Statement For Bps 455 Protein Molecular Modeling, Michael Vocino

michael c vocino

Library Impact Statement for BPS 455 Protein Molecular Modeling. No new resources were required to support this course.


Library Impact Statement For Bps 555 Protein Molecular Modeling, Michael Vocino Aug 2012

Library Impact Statement For Bps 555 Protein Molecular Modeling, Michael Vocino

michael c vocino

Library Impact Statement for BPS 555 Protein Molecular Modeling. No new resources were required to support this course.


Report Of The Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force, Michael Vocino, Michael Cerbo, Margaret J. Keefe, Sarina Wyant Aug 2012

Report Of The Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force, Michael Vocino, Michael Cerbo, Margaret J. Keefe, Sarina Wyant

michael c vocino

March 2010 report to the faculty of the University Libraries, University of Rhode Island by the Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force. On December 17, 2009 in a letter to its members, the Ad Hoc Digital Commons Task Force was created by Dean David Maslyn at the request of the December 2009 Library Faculty Meeting. The charge from the Dean read: “Based upon the motion made at the faculty meeting of 12/4/2009, the Dean appoints the following people to an Ad Hoc Task Force to 'study and establish policy and procedures' for the possible establishment and implementation of a library …


Gift Books Donated To The University Of Rhode Island Libraries Jan 2010 - Jun 2010, Michael C. Vocino Aug 2012

Gift Books Donated To The University Of Rhode Island Libraries Jan 2010 - Jun 2010, Michael C. Vocino

michael c vocino

Listing by donor name and quantity of materials donated to the University of Rhode Island Libraries, Jan 2010 - June 2010.


Library Impact Statement For Psc 441 Women And Politics, Michael Vocino Aug 2012

Library Impact Statement For Psc 441 Women And Politics, Michael Vocino

michael c vocino

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for PSC 441 Women and Politics. New course was supported with no need for additional resources.


Gift Books Donated To The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, July 2010 - June 2011, Michael C. Vocino Aug 2012

Gift Books Donated To The University Of Rhode Island Libraries, July 2010 - June 2011, Michael C. Vocino

michael c vocino

List of donor names and types and quantities of materials donated to the University of Rhode Island Libraries from July 2010 - June 2011.


Jon And His Dead Lover, Michael C. Vocino Aug 2012

Jon And His Dead Lover, Michael C. Vocino

michael c vocino

Short story about a doctor who discovers a crime.


Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino Aug 2012

Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino

michael c vocino

Brief short story or observation about life in a small southern Italian town.


Behavioral Factors In Strategic Alliances, Purnendu Mandal, Dale H. Shao, Chong W. Kim Aug 2012

Behavioral Factors In Strategic Alliances, Purnendu Mandal, Dale H. Shao, Chong W. Kim

Dale H Shao

Recently, there has been a growing trend among information technology (IT) organizations to form strategic alliances to increase competitive advantages in the marketplace. For an organization to exploit the benefits of alliances, human factors and IT factors must be among the basic components of any strategic plan (Kemeny & Yanowitz, 2000). Despite the obvious need to consider human and IT factors when developing a long-term plan, many strategic plans developed in the past that led to alliances have failed to consider human aspects. Examples of failure in the implementation of IT systems due to the lack of consideration of human …


Behavioral Factors In Strategic Alliances, Purnendu Mandal, Dale H. Shao, Chong W. Kim Aug 2012

Behavioral Factors In Strategic Alliances, Purnendu Mandal, Dale H. Shao, Chong W. Kim

Chong W. Kim

Recently, there has been a growing trend among information technology (IT) organizations to form strategic alliances to increase competitive advantages in the marketplace. For an organization to exploit the benefits of alliances, human factors and IT factors must be among the basic components of any strategic plan (Kemeny & Yanowitz, 2000). Despite the obvious need to consider human and IT factors when developing a long-term plan, many strategic plans developed in the past that led to alliances have failed to consider human aspects. Examples of failure in the implementation of IT systems due to the lack of consideration of human …


Digital Collaboration: The Development Of A National Preservation Program By The Library Of Congress And The Ndiipp, James Gross Jun 2012

Digital Collaboration: The Development Of A National Preservation Program By The Library Of Congress And The Ndiipp, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, Info756, Professor Matienzo. A review of the national digital preservation program developed and managed by the Library of Congress and the LOC's NDIIPP department.


The Doi Identifier, James Gross Jun 2012

The Doi Identifier, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, Info 756, Professor Matienzo. Short review of the DOI identifier and its usage to help identify published web based research data.


Digital Preservation Policy Report: University Of Utah Marriot Library Initiative, James Gross May 2012

Digital Preservation Policy Report: University Of Utah Marriot Library Initiative, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, INFO 756, Professor Matienzo, Digital preservation policy report: University of Utah Marriot Library Initiative. Briefly examines four areas of the digital preservation policy initiative as drafted and created by this library.


Personal Digital Information Project, Part 2: Hands-On Exercise, James Gross May 2012

Personal Digital Information Project, Part 2: Hands-On Exercise, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, Info 756, Professor Matienzo. Digital information class assignment (Part 2, Hands-on exercise) to select an organizational website and review select files for file type usage.


Analytical Essay: The Oais Model And Preservation Planning, James Gross Apr 2012

Analytical Essay: The Oais Model And Preservation Planning, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, INFO 756, Professor Mark Matienzo. Brief analytical essay on the usage of Significant Properties in preservation planning for digital records.


Records Management Case Study: The Historical Society Of Pennsylvania, James Gross Mar 2012

Records Management Case Study: The Historical Society Of Pennsylvania, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, Info 755, Dr Miller, class assignment #3, Records management case study.


Engaging New Partners In Transportation Research: Integrating Publishing, Archiving, And Indexing Of Technical Literature Into The Research Process, Mark P. Newton, Darcy M. Bullock, Charles Watkinson, Paul J. Bracke, Deborah K. Horton Mar 2012

Engaging New Partners In Transportation Research: Integrating Publishing, Archiving, And Indexing Of Technical Literature Into The Research Process, Mark P. Newton, Darcy M. Bullock, Charles Watkinson, Paul J. Bracke, Deborah K. Horton

Darcy M Bullock

transportation research. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) annually invests approximately $180 million in State Planning and Research (SPR) and University Transportation Centers (UTC). This investment generates an extensive portfolio of “grey literature” that is not yet uniformly cataloged or accessible, despite the best efforts of the National Technical Information Service, the Transportation Research Board, and the National Transportation Library. This paper reports on a review of publishing and archiving practices for transportation research technical reports, summarizes best practices, and recommends that UTC and SPR research programs seek and strengthen partnerships with libraries to facilitate improved production, stewardship and …


Which Database Components Are Records, James Gross Feb 2012

Which Database Components Are Records, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel university, Info 755, Dr Miller, Class assignment #2, position paper.


Pdf And Pdf/A: A Technology Used In Creating Records, James Gross Feb 2012

Pdf And Pdf/A: A Technology Used In Creating Records, James Gross

James Gross

Drexel University, Info 755, Professor miller, Class assignment #1.