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- Today, we discussed the importance of setting up our agenda for when we meet with the provost. We also discussed requesting additional funding from other administrators on campus such as Tom Dougan and Chip Yensen, if the office of the provost is unable to fund the entire conference. (1)
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- We discussed the roles of fraternities/ sororities and student groups on our campus, Gerald discussed having someone well versed in diversity initiatives/race relations etc. to conduct some sorts of workshops or trainings with these students and their executives to increase awareness and collaboration. (1)
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Equity Council Student Sub-Committee 2009, Joseph A. Santiago, Frank Forleo
Equity Council Student Sub-Committee 2009, Joseph A. Santiago, Frank Forleo
Student Affairs Digital Community Development
The general purpose of this meeting was to continue the dialog we started on 11/18. A second major purpose is to explore the possibility of holding an Equity Council Student Leadership Conference at URI's W. Alton Jones Campus in early February.
The focus of the retreat was to gather data in order to have a sense of the current climate/culture present at URI. To conduct focus groups at Alton Jones. The forums/ focus groups addressed issues revolving around the following areas: Academics/Curricular issues/concerns, Housing and Residential Life, Student Leaders and Student Groups, Faculty Diversity Training/Interventions, and Campus Climate.
What Color Is Your Paratext?, Geoffrey Bilder, Andrée J. Rathemacher
What Color Is Your Paratext?, Geoffrey Bilder, Andrée J. Rathemacher
Technical Services Department Faculty Publications
In the final vision session of the 2009 NASIG Annual Conference, Geoffrey Bilder from CrossRef discussed the problem of how to identify trustworthy scholarly information on the Internet. This problem is exacerbated by readers’ growing distrust of intermediaries such as publishers and librarians, by the fact that the Internet lacks the traditions that have developed in scholarly communication to ensure trust, and by the sheer amount of information now readily available. Paratext is understood as anything outside of a text that sets expectations about that text. In the past, paratext, for example a publisher logo, provided important clues as to …