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Emes Phd Summer School Presentation, Michael J. Roy

Michael J Roy

Introduction/Theory

The persistent and well-documented problem of health inequalities has challenged public health researchers since the relationship between income and health was first established. In the context of austerity measures leading to public-sector funding cuts, and faced with continuing, even growing, inequalities, more innovative, community-based solutions have gained prominence. With this in mind, social enterprises - businesses which, rather than distributing profits to shareholders, re-invest their profits in fulfilment of a social mission – could prove to be a potentially innovative response. However there is a significant gap in knowledge of how, and to what extent, social enterprise impacts upon …

Conceptualising Social Enterprise As A Public Health Intervention Through The Lens Of The ‘Assets-Based’ Approach To Health And Well-Being, Michael J. Roy

Michael J Roy

No abstract provided.

Who Uses This Stuff, Anyway?, Andrew Wesolek

Andrew Wesolek

A great deal of the professional literature is devoted to developing content and faculty buy-in for institutional repositories. However, little is known about the end users of these repositories. This is unfortunate since great content is of little value if no one uses it and knowing more about users and their needs leads to more relevant content. So, we need to ask ourselves: "Who exactly is using this stuff, anyway?" Since 2010, Utah State University has begun surveying its IR users to answer this question. DigitalCommons@USU houses more than 26,000 documents with full-text downloads of over 800,000. With this much …

Digitizing Items From Special Collections: The Usu Approach, Clinton R. Pumphrey, Andrew Wesolek

Andrew Wesolek

The presentation outlines a USU pilot project in using the Institutional Repository to promote and provide access to materials in Special Collections.

E-Books & E-Readers @ Longwood University, Suzy Szasz Palmer

Suzy Szasz Palmer

No abstract provided.

User Expectations About Library Genealogy Databases V. What They Actually Get, Katherine A. Pennavaria, Rosemary L. Meszaros

Rosemary L. Meszaros

An analysis and comparison of two genealogical databases: Ancestry.com and Heritagequest.com .

Institutional Support For Computing Faculty Research Productivity: Does Gender Matter?, Monica M. Mcgill, Amber Settle

Amber Settle

A Colossal Muddle: Understanding Our Current Economic Woes, Louis D. Johnston

Louis D. Johnston

I provide an overview of the current economic situation and show that the current recession is fundamentally different from other post-World War II downturns.