Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Turning Technofear To Technojoy, Amanda R. Hartman

Amanda Hartman McLellan

In the talk I covered some tips on overcoming the fear of change and new technology, balancing security and privacy issues with participation in social media, and some suggested websites and apps to get you started

Using Cases To Teach Research Data Management, Donna Kafel

Donna Kafel

Presentation on using the research cases in the New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum to teach data management best practices. Demonstration of how a biomedical research engineering case could be presented to students to teach research data management concepts in a disciplinary context.

Pacs, Presidential Systems, And Good Governance, Riccardo Pelizzo

riccardo pelizzo

No abstract provided.

Democracy, Accountability, Parliaments, Riccardo Pelizzo

riccardo pelizzo

No abstract provided.

Legislative Oversight, Riccardo Pelizzo

riccardo pelizzo

No abstract provided.

Aceresearch : Promoting The Visibility Of Educational Research Through An Institutional Repository, Lance Deveson

Lance Deveson

ACEReSearch is the research repository at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). The author presents an overview of the evolution and development of this open access online resource.

Working By Committee: Formal And Informal Assessment Collaborations – Assessment Committees And Beyond., Regina N Mays, Michelle Brannen, Sojourna Cunningham

Regina N Mays

No abstract provided.

Give The Patrons What They Want -- Even If You Don't Have It Yet!, Ana Guimaraes

Ana Guimaraes

In the fall of 2012 Sturgis Library began investigating new collection development methods for serving the needs of students and faculty at Kennesaw State University (KSU), with the intent to enhance both collection and service excellence. One area targeted for improvement beginning in FY2013- 2014 was interlibrary loan service. With over 10,000 borrowing requests in FY 2011 -2012, Library Administration engaged the newly hired Collection Development Librarian and the ILL Paraprofessional to begin investigating and implementing a robust electronic book DDA (Demand Driven Acquisitions) program in conjunction with a PDA (Patron Driven Acquisitions) program. This presentation will highlight the process …

Bolde Research Bank - Blended, Online Learning & Distance Education (Power Point Presentation), Lance Deveson

Lance Deveson

A power point presentation describing the history and features of the Blended, Online Learning and Distance Education (BOLDE) research bank.

Public Accounts Committees In Asia, Riccardo Pelizzo

riccardo pelizzo

No abstract provided.

Environmental Justice And The Duwamish River--Updated October 2013, Jonathan Betz-Zall

Jonathan Betz-Zall

No abstract provided.

Building A Digital Commons, Amanda R. Hartman, Suzy Szasz Palmer

Amanda Hartman McLellan

No abstract provided.

Library Orientation For New Teachers, Zakir Hossain

Zakir Hossain

Library orientation for new teachers in the new school year is crucial. Some Library professionals my straggle to prepare a presentation for the aforesaid purpose. This presentation may help them to figure out how to start and what to include.

Open Culture At The Heart Of The University: Libraries As Multicommons, Anna K. Gold

Anna K. Gold

The university library can be reconceptualized as a powerful engine for open culture. A generative and regenerative center that naturally brings disciplines, cultures, and generations together, the university library can expand its role in open culture far beyond sharing institutionally-produced research and data through open repositories. Drawing on the experience of a public polytechnic university, this presentation documents the emergence of a university library as a system of open culture programs and as a place where a speeding culture can stop to dialogue, think, and create: generating collective interactive learning; fostering collaboration with open data; cultivating open conversations and learning …

Gist: Joining Ill, Acquisitions, And Collection Development At Eku, Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith

For libraries who embrace patron-driven acquisitions, the workflows of ILL, Acquisitions, and Collection Development are becoming more interdependent. Workflows that are traditionally siloed in different systems impede the efficient provision of library materials. The Getting It System Toolkit for ILLiad (http://www.gistlibrary.org/) provides an elegant solution to this problem.

Fdi Spillovers In Tanzania`S Manufacturing Sector, Johansein Rutaihwa

Johansein Rutaihwa

Using cross sectional data, this study analyses the spillover effects of foreign direct investment in Tanzania’s manufacturing sector. The findings reject a proposition that FDI intensity has improved domestic manufacturing firms productivity; no vertical technological spillovers occurred and a negative correlation between vertical spillover and FDI presence was found. Instead there is a positive correlation between FDI and horizontal technology spillover. The study, therefore, recommends that the government should make concerted efforts to ensure that FDI promotion addresses technology spillovers both within the industry and across the sector; as well as strengthening and widening the education system to enable it …

Library Advertisement, Zakir Hossain

Zakir Hossain

No abstract provided.

Dynamics Of Civil Resistance In Oceania, Thomas Dick, Jason Mcleod, Luke Johnston

Thomas Dick

The Dynamics of Civil Resistance (DOCR), is a not-for-profit popular education and cultural development programme in Oceania. We work in collaboration with churches, human rights organisations, traditional leaders, women leaders, youth and student groups and community organisations to establish a network of indigenous educators who can resource nonviolent social movements and democratic transitions.

DOCR has developed out of programs that originated in 2005, in response to requests from Papuan human rights activists (Rayfield and Morello 2012). The purpose of the Project is to build their capacity of activists and artists working nonviolently for a just and sustainable peace in the …

Escaping Earth’S Orbit But Not Earthly Regulations: A Discussion Of The Implications Of Itar, Ear, Fcc Regulations And Title Vii On Interplanetary Cubesats And Cubesat Programs, Jeremy Straub, Joe Vacekescaping Earth’S Orbit But Not Earthly Regulations: A Discussion Of The Implications Of Itar, Ear, Fcc Regulations And Title Vii On Interplanetary Cubesats And Cubesat Programs

Jeremy Straub

As a small satellite moves further from Earth a lot of mission elements change. More power and/or a larger antenna is needed for communications, fuel requirements increase and mission operations become more complex. What doesn’t change significantly is the set of laws and regulations that the program and spacecraft must operate under. This paper reviews, principally, the impact of the International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on the development, discrimination of information about and operations of small satellite programs. It reviews the duties imposed by ITAR, the exemptions enjoyed, particularly, …

Fast And Free: Apps And Websites You Can Use Today, Amanda Hartman

Amanda Hartman McLellan

This workshop will cover some websites and mobile apps that are free and easy to use for a variety of purposes, from organization to just plain fun. If you've got a laptop, iPad or other mobile device, please bring it so you can play along!

2 Weeks In 20 Minutes: How Marquette University Customized Libcal, Robert L. Nunez Ii

Robert L Nunez II

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Metadata: Linked Data And Web Accessibility, Robert L. Nunez Ii

Robert L Nunez II

Data about data. Metadata is a a topic that can be used to help improve the web experience for everyone; and it can help enhance how a website is presented within the context of search marketing and website accessibility.

German-Tunisian Economic Cooperation And The Prospects Of Democracy, Jihëd Mejrissi

Jihëd Mejrissi

Prepared for the Meeting of DAAD Scholarship Holders

April 20th, 2013, in Darmstadt

Communication Skills, Hemdan M. Aly

Hemdan M. Aly

No abstract provided.

Site Assessment For Environmental Restoration, David A. Bainbridge

David A Bainbridge

Restoring degraded desert ecosystems is challenging but it can be done. The first key step is understanding the site history and understanding the disturbance and current site conditions. With this information the appropriate steps can be taken to improve the site ecosystem function and structure.

Creating Policy That Supports Living Cultural Expression In Melanesia, Thomas Dick

Thomas Dick

In Vanuatu, communities have expressed a desire to continue leading lifestyles based on a traditional economic base. In the context of economic globalisation, however, this possibility is being ignored or denied by government policy decisions made on the basis of ‘economic rationalism’. There is growing concern that these government decisions are in fact destructive of ‘popular cultural expressions’, and do not respect the values of the community in relation to its development.

In 2006, an ‘Economic opportunities fact-finding mission’ to the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu was sponsored by NZAID and AusAID. The report that followed recognized that ‘many of …

Chapter 1 Presentation, Ghassan Dibeh

Ghassan Dibeh

No abstract provided.

What’S The Future Of Systems Librarian And Systems Librarianship?, Xiaohua (Cindy) Li, Hong Ma

Xiaohua (Cindy) Li

There has not been a clear definition of what a system librarian should be, and the definition now is even blurry. Since cloud computing becomes the paradigm for many organizations to manage their IT infrastructure and the advancement of library discovery services start to break the traditional model of the functions of library automation systems, the nature of system librarian jobs is undergoing dramatic changes. The uncertainty of the future arouses the concerns of system librarians. Facing the transformation that technology brings to the library world, system librarians have to choose either to sink in the sea change or take …

Picking Up The Pieces: A Retro Etd Project At Utah State University, Richard W. Clement

Richard W. Clement

Inspired by the many accomplishments of our NDLTD colleagues, the Merrill-Cazier Library decided that our current and very successful ETD program (comprising 1800 titles) was not sufficient and that we needed to go back and digitize and make available the previous 100 years of theses and dissertations produced at Utah State University. We recognized that all our theses and dissertations should be made available on our IR, DigitalCommons @ USU. That realization, and reallocation of resources, was the easy part. Our first difficulty was to identify all the previous theses and dissertation and create a registry. From the online catalog …

From Conception To Reality: Building A Successful Ir At Utah State University, Richard W. Clement

Richard W. Clement

Utah State University's conception for its institutional repository has been broad from the outset. Our vision has extended far beyond depositing copies of ETDs and collecting previously published peer-reviewed faculty articles, though these remain important components. We recognized and envisioned a broad continuum of scholarly content created on campus that would benefit from the greater access and visibility afforded by deposit in an IR. This continuum ranges from the University Press and scholarly journals to the reports of the Agricultural Extension Service and the technical reports of the Utah Water Laboratory to student research posters, and much more. We also …