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Review Of The Book The Great Patriotic War Of The Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader, John A. Drobnicki
Review Of The Book The Great Patriotic War Of The Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader, John A. Drobnicki
Publications and Research
Review of the book The great patriotic war of the Soviet Union, 1941-45: A documentary reader.
Securing An Effective Voice For Citizens In Intergovernmental Administrative Decision Making, Maria J. D'Agostino
Securing An Effective Voice For Citizens In Intergovernmental Administrative Decision Making, Maria J. D'Agostino
Publications and Research
Intergovernmental administrative arrangements, often obscured from public view, are responsible for public decisions and their consequences. After European Union citizens expressed dissatisfaction with the disconnected administrative decision-making process by rejecting the European Constitution, the European Commission called for a period of reflection to develop tools and processes in order to involve citizens in the decision-making process.
This article examines collaborative efforts by the European Union to involve citizens in the shaping of national priorities. In-depth interviews were conducted with the heads of nonprofit organizations and staffers at nonprofits involved with organizing the European Citizens’ Consultations (ECC). All the organizations are …
Journals Not Included In Biosis Have A Notable Impact In Biology, Philip Barnett, Claudia Lascar
Journals Not Included In Biosis Have A Notable Impact In Biology, Philip Barnett, Claudia Lascar
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Cloaked Websites: Propaganda, Cyber-Racism And Epistemology In The Digital Era, Jessie Daniels
Cloaked Websites: Propaganda, Cyber-Racism And Epistemology In The Digital Era, Jessie Daniels
Publications and Research
This article analyzes cloaked websites, which are sites published by individuals or groups who conceal authorship in order to disguise deliberately a hidden political agenda. Drawing on the insights of critical theory and the Frankfurt School, this article examines the way in which cloaked websites conceal a variety of political agendas from a range of perspectives. Of particular interest here are cloaked white supremacist sites that disguise cyber-racism. The use of cloaked websites to further political ends raises important questions about knowledge production and epistemology in the digital era. These cloaked sites emerge within a social and political context in …
Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, June 2009, Lacuny
Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, June 2009, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
The Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy And Its Antithesis, Jay H. Bernstein
The Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy And Its Antithesis, Jay H. Bernstein
Publications and Research
The now taken-for-granted notion that data lead to information, which leads to knowledge, which in turnleads to wisdom was first specified in detail by R. L. Ackoff in 1988. The Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom hierarchy is based on filtration, reduction, and transformation. Besides being causal and hierarchical,the scheme is pyramidal, in that data are plentiful while wisdom is almost nonexistent. Ackoff’s formulalinking these terms together this way permits us to ask what the opposite of knowledge is and whether analogous principles of hierarchy, process, and pyramiding apply to it. The inversion of the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom hierarchy produces a series of opposing terms (including misinformation,error, …
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Widely Available 3-D Visualization Tools In Support Of Public Participation, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jennifer L. Weeks, Tim Case
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Widely Available 3-D Visualization Tools In Support Of Public Participation, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jennifer L. Weeks, Tim Case
Publications and Research
There is a persistent need for improved tools and techniques to facilitate public involvement in transportation decision making. Despite continuous improvements in increasing public involvement at all phases of transportation decision making, transportation agencies are still seeking more affordable, accessible, and effective means of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders. The report documents a survey of a wide variety of transportation agencies on their use of interactive 3-D visualization for public involvement using an electronic survey. Supplemental qualitative data was generated through telephone interviews with selected survey participants. It concludes with three case studies illustrating applications of interactive 3-D …
Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, May 2009, Lacuny
Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, May 2009, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
Lacuny Collection Development Roundtable Meeting Minutes, May 2009, Lacuny
Lacuny Collection Development Roundtable Meeting Minutes, May 2009, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
Follower Is The New Leader, Or Leading From Anywhere, Jean Amaral
Follower Is The New Leader, Or Leading From Anywhere, Jean Amaral
Publications and Research
This invited lecture calls on librarians and others to explore and embrace servant leadership and leading from anywhere in the organization as a model for contributing to the success of communities. "I am a follower, therefore I must lead. It’s up to all of us to make our libraries and communities better places, just places . . . ."
Advocate, May 2009, Vol. [20], No. [7], Gc Advocate
Advocate, May 2009, Vol. [20], No. [7], Gc Advocate
The Advocate
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
From the Editor’s Desk: Writer’s Block (p. 2)
Adjuncting: Stifling the Economy of Ideas. Renée McGarry (p. 4)
Political Analysis: Letter from Dakar. Michael Busch (p. 7)
Foul Play at Bard? Controversy Ensues After College Terminates Kovel. John Boy (p. 8)
Midlife Crisis for a Movement Icon: At 95, the “Peace Pentagon” Building is Hardly in its Dotage; Is it Nonetheless Nearing the End of Its Days? John Otrompke (p. 10)
Masthead (p. 2)
CUNY News in Brief (p. 3)
Student Enrollment to Hit All-Time High
Even on the Cheap, Education Costs are Difficult to Bear
While …
A Statewide Intervention Reduces Bmi In Adults: Shape Up Rhode Island Results, Rena R. Wing, Angela Marinilli Pinto, Melissa M. Crane, Rajiv Kumar, Brad Weinberg, Amy A. Gorin
A Statewide Intervention Reduces Bmi In Adults: Shape Up Rhode Island Results, Rena R. Wing, Angela Marinilli Pinto, Melissa M. Crane, Rajiv Kumar, Brad Weinberg, Amy A. Gorin
Publications and Research
Given the epidemic of obesity, approaches to weight loss that can be applied on a community, state, or national level are needed. We report results from Shape Up Rhode Island 2007 (SURI), a state-wide Internet based program involving team-based competition to increase physical activity and achieve weight loss. A total of 4,717 adults (84% female; mean BMI = 29.6 kg/m2 ) enrolled in the 16 week weight loss competition of SURI and 3311 completed at least 12 weeks. Completers reported losing 3.2 ± 3.4 kg, and 30% achieved a clinically significant weight loss of 5% or more. Although modest, these …
Academic Library Services For Users With Developmental Disabilities: Partnership Of Access And Syracuse University Libraries, Adina Mulliken, Ann Atkins
Academic Library Services For Users With Developmental Disabilities: Partnership Of Access And Syracuse University Libraries, Adina Mulliken, Ann Atkins
Publications and Research
Syracuse University Library and Access partnered to provide library orientations to six Syracuse University students who have developmental disabilities. Access is a service that supports college course attendance for students who have developmental or cognitive disabilities. Students with developmental disabilities are being included in college life more and more. As this occurs, academic libraries will be providing more services to this population. We hope Syracuse University’s experience will be useful for other libraries to build on as they develop services. Additionally, we discuss opportunities to improve services for all students by focusing on students with developmental disabilities.
Suicide Associated With Military Service, Margo R. Genderson, Irvin Sam Schonfeld, Mark S. Kaplan, Michael J. Lyons
Suicide Associated With Military Service, Margo R. Genderson, Irvin Sam Schonfeld, Mark S. Kaplan, Michael J. Lyons
Publications and Research
Suicide rates among soldiers and veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) have been steadily growing since 2004, with sharp increases observed more recently. Suicides in the Army are a growing concern on Capitol Hill and in the media. Last month, the Senate Armed Services Committee held hearings on the growing incidence of suicides across the armed forces (Federal city digest, 2009, March 18). The Associated Press (AP) underlined the increasing suicide rates among Army personnel (Army reports sharp rise in suicides in January, 2009, Feb. 5). According to the AP, there were 64 suicides in 2004, and …
Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny
Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny
Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
Lacuny Interlibrary Loan Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny
Lacuny Interlibrary Loan Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
Reclamation: The Value Of Black Gay Writing Lgbtq Studies Panel, Lisa C. Moore
Reclamation: The Value Of Black Gay Writing Lgbtq Studies Panel, Lisa C. Moore
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
How gratifying to see a packed house on October 14, 2008 for a discussion of Reclamation: The Value of Black Gay Writing! Co-sponsored by CLAGS and Freedom Train Productions (www.freedomtrainproductions.org), the panel of scholars—Terry Rowden, Professor of African-American Literature, College of Staten Island (CUNY), Jafari Sinclaire Allen, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies/American Studies, Yale University, La Marr Jurelle Bruce, Ph.D. student, African-American/American Studies, Yale University—and me, publisher Lisa C. Moore (Redbone Press) came to discuss the impact of black gay writers on the community and academia... and to bear witness, reclaim and critique the work within the first …
Giard Fellowship Evokes Enthusiastic Response, Shawn(Ta) Smith-Cruz
Giard Fellowship Evokes Enthusiastic Response, Shawn(Ta) Smith-Cruz
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
In his 1997 book, Particular Voices: Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Writers, Robert Giard captures nearly 200 photographs of his contemporaries. Giard's compilation of these portraits of lesbian and gay writers, carefully accompanied with textual excerpts, led this coffee-table monograph to stand as a supreme example of what Giard himself describes as "the autobiography of one gay reader."
Director's Letter, Sarah Chinn
Director's Letter, Sarah Chinn
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
Dear Friends: We all have guilty pleasures, and one of mine is the end-of-year top ten list. I love the condensing of the past twelve months in digestible morsels of best, worst, most important, most outrageous; it's as though I can live the year about to expire all over again from the comfort of my own home and in record time. This past year, though, resists easy summing-up.
Hostos Library Fall 2008 Satisfaction Survey: Results And Discussion, Kate Lyons, Elisabeth Tappeiner
Hostos Library Fall 2008 Satisfaction Survey: Results And Discussion, Kate Lyons, Elisabeth Tappeiner
Touchstone
No abstract provided.
Analog To Digital: Conversion Of The Image Libraries At The City College Of New York, Ching-Jung Chen
Analog To Digital: Conversion Of The Image Libraries At The City College Of New York, Ching-Jung Chen
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
It's All Happening At The Zoo: Children's Environmental Learning After School, Jason A. Douglas, Cindi Katz
It's All Happening At The Zoo: Children's Environmental Learning After School, Jason A. Douglas, Cindi Katz
Publications and Research
Pairing dynamic out-of-school-time (OST) programs with zoos can encourage young people's relationships with and sense of responsibility for animals and the environment. The project presented in this article, Animal Rescuers, gave the authors the opportunity to examine how such a pairing can work. OST programs enable learning in settings that are generally unavailable during school time (Honig & McDonald, 2005). They provide space for collaboration among students, teachers, and others such as program visitors or outside educators. Taking advantage of the flexibility, location, and educational playfulness of an OST setting, the authors worked intensively with a small number of 10-12-year-old …
Information Literacy And Blind And Visually Impaired Students, Rebecca Schiff
Information Literacy And Blind And Visually Impaired Students, Rebecca Schiff
Publications and Research
In the summer of 2007, as part of the City University of New York PeopleTech Summer Institute held at Baruch College, the author taught a class in information literacy to a group of blind and visually impaired students, using assistive technology to access the resources of the college library. Despite considerable preparation and experience, teaching the class presented unexpected difficulties, detailed in this paper. Rapid advances in information literacy technology present unusual challenges for the average student—challenges that are magnified when the intermediate assistive technology is itself not easy to master. The author explores the pertinent literature.
Quantum Computing: Selected Internet Resources For Librarians, Researchers, And The Casually Curious, Jill Cirasella
Quantum Computing: Selected Internet Resources For Librarians, Researchers, And The Casually Curious, Jill Cirasella
Publications and Research
This article is an annotated selection of the most important and informative Internet resources for learning about quantum computing, finding quantum computing literature, and tracking quantum computing news.
Lacuny Serials Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2009, Lacuny
Lacuny Serials Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2009, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
Testimony Of Jeremy Travis, President Of John Jay College Of Criminal Justice, Before The U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Appropriations, Subcommittee On Commerce, Justice, Science, And Related Agencies, On “What Works” For Successful Prisoner Reentry, Jeremy Travis
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Lacuny Reserves Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2009, Lacuny
Lacuny Reserves Roundtable Meeting Minutes, March 2009, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
No abstract provided.
To See Or Not To See: Prestimulus Α Phase Predicts Visual Awareness, Kyle E. Mathewson, Gabriele Gratton, Monica Fabiani, Diane M. Beck, Tony Ro
To See Or Not To See: Prestimulus Α Phase Predicts Visual Awareness, Kyle E. Mathewson, Gabriele Gratton, Monica Fabiani, Diane M. Beck, Tony Ro
Publications and Research
We often fail to see something that at other times is readily detectable. Because the visual stimulus itself is unchanged, this variability in conscious awareness is likely related to changes in the brain. Here we show that the phase of EEG α rhythm measured over posterior brain regions can reliably predict both subsequent visual detection and stimulus-elicited cortical activation levels in a metacontrast masking paradigm. When a visual target presentation coincides with the trough of an α wave, cortical activation is suppressed as early as 100 ms after stimulus onset, and observers are less likely to detect the target. Thus, …
Advocate, March 2009, Vol. [20], No. [6], Advocate
Advocate, March 2009, Vol. [20], No. [6], Advocate
The Advocate
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
From the Editor's Desk: Give it Back!: Getting New York’s Wealthiest to Pay Their Fair Share (p. 2)
Guest Editorial: The General’s Labyrinth Revealed, Patrick Inglis (p. 3)
Adjuncting: Naming the Problem, Renee McGarry (p. 4)
CUNY Edu-Factory (p. 5)
Political Analysis: Supply, Demand, and the Mexican Drug War, Andrew Bast (p. 6)
CUNY News in Brief (p. 7)
Hampshire College and the Politics of Divestment, Advocate Staff (p. 8)
Academic Labor Under Siege: Towards a Politically Engaged Professionalism, Henry A. Giroux (p. 10)
Book Review: Two or Three Things I Know About Him, Matt Lau (p. …