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A Web Of Meaning: Linked Open Data Resources On The Web, Cliff Landis
A Web Of Meaning: Linked Open Data Resources On The Web, Cliff Landis
University Library Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Impact Of Library Resource Utilization On Undergraduate Students' Academic Performance: A Propensity Score Matching Design, Felly Chiteng Kot, Jennifer Jones
The Impact Of Library Resource Utilization On Undergraduate Students' Academic Performance: A Propensity Score Matching Design, Felly Chiteng Kot, Jennifer Jones
University Library Faculty Publications
This study uses three cohorts of first-time, full-time undergraduate students (N=8,652) at a large, metropolitan, public research university to examine the impact of student use of three library resources (workstations, study rooms, and research clinics) on academic performance. To deal with self-selection bias and estimate this impact more accurately, we used propensity score matching. Using this unique approach allowed us to construct treatment and control groups with similar background characteristics. We found that using a given library resource was associated with a small, but also meaningful, gain in first-term grade point average, net of other factors.
Crossing Disciplines, Creating Space: Using Drop-In Research Labs To Support An Interdisciplinary Research-Intensive Capstone Course, Jill E. Anderson, Jason Puckett
Crossing Disciplines, Creating Space: Using Drop-In Research Labs To Support An Interdisciplinary Research-Intensive Capstone Course, Jill E. Anderson, Jason Puckett
University Library Faculty Publications
Research labs — scheduled group consultations — can be an effective means to provide focused library assistance to a high-needs class. Confronted with students from a single journalism history course suffering from library anxiety and requesting individual and intensive help from librarians, the authors developed over several semesters a set of best practices for conducting research labs. They found that holding one to two scheduled group consultations in the library during class time has helped librarians bring the amount of time spent on this one class down to a more reasonable segment of their overall workload, while also allowing them …
The End Of The Pipeline: A Journey Of Recognition For African Americans Entering The Legal Profession [Review Of The Book], La Loria Konata
The End Of The Pipeline: A Journey Of Recognition For African Americans Entering The Legal Profession [Review Of The Book], La Loria Konata
University Library Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Change.Gov, La Loria Konata
Change.Gov, La Loria Konata
University Library Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.