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Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 1, 2010 To December 31, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Get Outdoors Nevada
- The number of records in the volunteer database decreased by 1.17% over the last quarter. The database now contains 6,534 records.
- Results show an average of 836 visits per month, with an average of 2,081 pages viewed per month.
- Get Outdoors Nevada supported nineteen volunteer events in a variety of ways. These events utilized 1,225 volunteers whom contributed 6,921 hours of service.
- Volunteer fall training has been completed with 61 volunteers attending 3 trainings.
- Fall training has been completed.
- Spring training scheduling is underway.
- Volunteer Orientation Training Automation is scheduled to be completed in February.
- One hundred and thirty-four people …
Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Cultural Site Stewardship Program – Program Expansion And Steward Retention: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Cultural Site Stewardship Program
- Updated Site Steward documentation
- Held recognition event at Lake Mead
- Program funding extended through 12/1/2013
- Cultural Site Stewardship Program (CSSP) began assigning stewards to the Desert Wildlife Refuge (DWR) and to other remote sites along the Nevada’s border southwest of Searchlight.
- A select team of ten stewards will continue documenting abandoned mines and neighboring cultural sites in mountains along the Colorado River.
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Sherri Cavan About Erving Goffman Entitled "Remembering Goffman", Dmitri N. Shalin, Sherri Cavan
Dmitri Shalin Interview With Sherri Cavan About Erving Goffman Entitled "Remembering Goffman", Dmitri N. Shalin, Sherri Cavan
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Letter from Dmitri Shalin
Developing Repository Collections — The Benefits Matter Most, Marianne A. Buehler
Developing Repository Collections — The Benefits Matter Most, Marianne A. Buehler
Library Faculty Presentations
Presentation Contents:
We have an IR-now what?
Open access mandates
Value proposition of mandates
ETD mandates
Timing can be everything
Campus content: Build relationships
Strategic repository collaborators
Engagement
Strategic repository partnerships
After High Holidays Erving Made Up Excuses Rather Than Admit That He Missed School Because He Was Jewish, Avron Katz
After High Holidays Erving Made Up Excuses Rather Than Admit That He Missed School Because He Was Jewish, Avron Katz
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
This interview with Avron Katz was conducted in 2001 by his daughter Syva-Lee Wildenmann and presented as a student paper for the class on "Social Psychology from a Sociological Perspective" taught by Dr. Daniel Albas, professor of sociology at the University of Manitoba.
Model-Based Analysis Of Electric Drive Options For Medium-Duty Parcel Delivery Vehicles, Robb A. Barnitt, Aaron D. Brooker, Laurie Ramroth
Model-Based Analysis Of Electric Drive Options For Medium-Duty Parcel Delivery Vehicles, Robb A. Barnitt, Aaron D. Brooker, Laurie Ramroth
Publications (T)
Medium-duty vehicles are used in a broad array of fleet applications, including parcel delivery. These vehicles are excellent candidates for electric drive applications due to their transient-intensive duty cycles, operation in densely populated areas, and relatively high fuel consumption and emissions. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) conducted a robust assessment of parcel delivery routes and completed a model-based techno-economic analysis of hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) configurations. First, NREL characterized parcel delivery vehicle usage patterns, most notably daily distance driven and drive-cycle intensity. Second, drive-cycle analysis results framed the selection of drive cycles used …
Coronary Heart Disease Knowledge And Risk Factors Among Filipino-Americans Connected To Primary Care Services, Alona N. Dalusung-Angosta
Coronary Heart Disease Knowledge And Risk Factors Among Filipino-Americans Connected To Primary Care Services, Alona N. Dalusung-Angosta
Nursing Faculty Publications
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death of Filipino-Americans (FAs). Despite the growing numbers of FAs in the United States, little is known about their CHD knowledge and risk factors.
The purposes of this study were to examine the baseline knowledge and risk factors of CHD among FAs and to describe the relationships between knowledge, sociodemographic, and socioeconomic characteristic variables of FAs between the ages of 35-75 years.
The study sample consisted of 120 FAs (N = 120) who were connected to primary care services. Data were collected from three primary care clinics in Las Vegas, …
College Of Engineering Senior Design Competition Fall 2010, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
College Of Engineering Senior Design Competition Fall 2010, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas
Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition Projects
Part of every UNLV engineering student’s academic experience, the senior design project stimulates engineering innovation and entrepreneurship. Each student in their senior year chooses, plans, designs, and prototypes a product in this required element of the curriculum. A capstone to the student’s educational career, the senior design project encourages the student to use everything learned in the engineering program to create a practical, real world solution to an engineering challenge.
The senior design competition helps to focus the senior students in increasing the quality and potential for commercial application for their design projects. Judges from local industry evaluate the projects …
Mountain Monitor-3rd Quarter 2010, Jonathan Rothwell, Kenan Fikri
Mountain Monitor-3rd Quarter 2010, Jonathan Rothwell, Kenan Fikri
Mountain Monitor Quarterly
One year after the Mountain Monitor began tracking recession and recovery in the Intermountain West, the Southern Nevada economy has yet to turn around. The rate of slippage across a range of indicators has slowed measurably, but evidence of a nascent recovery eludes. Las Vegas' poor relative performance over the past year can be attributed not only to the legacy of a particularly devastating initial wave of economic distress, but also to a continued struggle to slow and reverse the downward trend.
Why Would They Try? Motivation And Motivating In Low-Stakes Information Skills Testing, Jeanne M. Brown, Carrie A. Gaxiola
Why Would They Try? Motivation And Motivating In Low-Stakes Information Skills Testing, Jeanne M. Brown, Carrie A. Gaxiola
Library Faculty Publications
In 2008 the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) University Libraries piloted the Educational Testing Service’s standardised test of information, communication, and technology (ICT) skills (iSkills) in spring and autumn 2008. In the course of administering the test we explored motivational strategies, a critical component in low-stakes, low-personal-consequences testing. Motivational strategies included providing feedback on test performance, highlighting the value of the test for the individual student, and appealing to the student’s willingness to improve the overall performance of the institution. We addressed ways to motivate students in order to enhance their level of participation in and performance …
To Me, Goffman Was A Shakespearean Figure, The Fool Who Spoke The Wisdom Of The Play, Marvin B. Scott
To Me, Goffman Was A Shakespearean Figure, The Fool Who Spoke The Wisdom Of The Play, Marvin B. Scott
Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives
Dr. Marvin B. Scott, Professor Emeritus at Hunter College, wrote this memoir at the request of Jackie Wiseman.
Research-Based Learning From The Start: Developing Undergraduate Researchers, Anne E. Zald, Jennifer L. Fabbi
Research-Based Learning From The Start: Developing Undergraduate Researchers, Anne E. Zald, Jennifer L. Fabbi
Library Faculty Presentations
This presentation will:
- Describe the Faculty Institute for Research-Based Learning in High Impact Classes at UNLV –Goals and curriculum –Examples of impact to date
- Rough assessment of need to intentionally integrate research skills into curriculum at your institutions
- Action plan focusing on potential collaborators at your institutions
From Forgotten Intranet To Successful Wiki, Darcy C. Del Bosque, Kristen Costello
From Forgotten Intranet To Successful Wiki, Darcy C. Del Bosque, Kristen Costello
Library Faculty Publications
Communication within an academic library can be challenging. The collective nature of wikis and their ability to allow multiple people to edit them have made wikis an ideal technology to help address communication issues within organizations. A successful wiki implementation can help to improve communication issues, but only if staff adopt the new technology. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) libraries implemented an internal staff wiki in 2007 to replace the staff intranet. Information routinely stored on the wiki includes meeting minutes and committee work, policies and procedures and training materials. This paper illustrates the implementation process by providing an …
Introducing Transliteracy: What Does It Mean To Academic Libraries?, Thomas A. Ipri
Introducing Transliteracy: What Does It Mean To Academic Libraries?, Thomas A. Ipri
Library Faculty Publications
Transliteracy is recent terminology gaining currency in the library world. It is a broad term encompassing and transcending many existing concepts. Because transliteracy is not a library-centric concept, many in the profession are unsure what the term means and how it relates to libraries’ instructional mission and to other existing ideas about various literacies. Transliteracy is such a new concept that its working definition is still evolving and many of its tenets can easily be misinterpreted. Although this term is in flux, academic librarians should watch developments in this new field to continually assess and understand what impact it may …
Film Noir: The Encyclopedia, Priscilla Finley
Film Noir: The Encyclopedia, Priscilla Finley
Library Faculty Publications
This fourth edition of Film Noir extends what has been the greatest strength of this work: the detailed, readable essays that contextualize plot details with keen and insightful critical analysis.
Strategic Recovery Requires Leadership, Christine G. Springer
Strategic Recovery Requires Leadership, Christine G. Springer
Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications
As public managers work toward a successful recovery post-midyear elections, we all must deal with system-wide problems arising from the recession. This requires first recognizing that the crisis continues and must be addressed not just by increasing revenue but by fixing system-wide structural and operational issues.
To do so involves developing the skills required in a recovery, identifying the causes of the crisis so that future crises can be better managed and concentrating on the key areas of leadership expertise needed to effectively communicate and deliver better outcomes.
"Telemedicine And Advanced Technology Research Center: Quarterly Report, July 18, 2010 To October 17, 2010, Bea Babbitt
"Telemedicine And Advanced Technology Research Center: Quarterly Report, July 18, 2010 To October 17, 2010, Bea Babbitt
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center
Development of a P.O.I. and a Blended Learning Ecology for use in
Combat Lifesaver Skills Training for the Army.
Combat Lifesaver Course, Telemedicine And Advanced Technology Research Center
Combat Lifesaver Course, Telemedicine And Advanced Technology Research Center
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center
No abstract provided.
Developing A Library Value Indicator For A Disciplinary Population, Jeanne M. Brown
Developing A Library Value Indicator For A Disciplinary Population, Jeanne M. Brown
Library Faculty Presentations
Population
- Landscape architecture studio of ten 5th year students
- Use of physical library ranges from 1- 30 times/month
- Use of virtual library ranges from 2-30x/month
- Compared to others in School of Architecture use is moderate
- They self-rate as average or above average on library skills, compared to their peers
Developing A Library Value Indicator For A Disciplinary Population, Jeanne M. Brown
Developing A Library Value Indicator For A Disciplinary Population, Jeanne M. Brown
Library Faculty Presentations
Three different ways of documenting library value were presented to fourth year landscape architecture students in the UNLV School of Architecture: a contingent valuation survey, a library calculator, and a survey to rate importance and impact of library services and features. Students used the three approaches, then discussed their experiences with the author. Their input suggested improvements in the instruments and provided feedback on possible positive and negative consequences of inviting this kind of valuing. Working with a focused collection and population provided a relatively safe environment to explore concerns about negative consequences.
The Housing Market 'Reset' And The Future Of American Housing Policy, Alan Mallach
The Housing Market 'Reset' And The Future Of American Housing Policy, Alan Mallach
Brookings Scholar Lecture Series
The foreclosure crisis and the collapse in housing prices that have engulfed much of the United States are fundamentally changing the ways in which the American housing market works, challenging many of the assumptions about the role of housing and the housing market that we have held for the past decades. In my lecture, I will discuss how and why those changes are taking place and how they vary across the United States and explore what they mean for American housing policy in the future, and how they are making us reconsider how we think about home ownership, rental housing, …
Failed States And The Spread Of Terrorism In Sub-Saharan Africa, Tiffiany O. Howard
Failed States And The Spread Of Terrorism In Sub-Saharan Africa, Tiffiany O. Howard
Political Science Faculty Research
Plagued by systematic state failure, sub-Saharan Africa's failed states have helped facilitate internationally sponsored terrorist networks and operations. However, until recently, this type of activity was primarily relegated to North Africa and the Horn. But that has begun to change. Now, what was once a seemingly benign terrorist presence in sub-Saharan Africa is starting to transform into a movement, with states such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) now lending arms, financial support, and radical militants to the extremist jihadist movement of internationally sponsored terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda. Further, with the …
Man Ray: Prophet Of The Avant-Garde, Thomas A. Ipri
Man Ray: Prophet Of The Avant-Garde, Thomas A. Ipri
Library Faculty Publications
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde originally aired as an episode of PBS’ American Masters in 1997 and provides a succinct overview of the life of the talented Man Ray, a painter, photographer, sculptor, and film maker, who is perhaps best known for his photographic portraits of famous artists, such as Igor Stravinsky, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo Picasso. The film, engagingly narrated by Stockard Channing, surveys Ray’s life while being attuned to the need to frame his life and work in a cultural and historical context. The often underappreciated Ray is given flattering treatment as director Mel Stuart …
Discover Open Access To Peer-Reviewed Research, Marianne A. Buehler
Discover Open Access To Peer-Reviewed Research, Marianne A. Buehler
Library Faculty Presentations
Open access allows global users to search/locate, read, download, distribute, copy, print, or link to full-text research in:
Journal articles
Proceedings/Presentations
Technical reports
Theses/Dissertations
Datasets
And more…
Building Global Bridges To Sustainability Research/Collaborations In Higher Education, Marianne A. Buehler
Building Global Bridges To Sustainability Research/Collaborations In Higher Education, Marianne A. Buehler
Library Faculty Presentations
Institutional/University Repository
Created/designed by faculty & librarians
Captures, preserves, showcases scholarly, peer-reviewed output
Eliminates financial barriers to subscription costs & provides global access to research and data
Extends the reach of authors’ work, ensuring worldwide access and increased impact factor
Effective and sustainable approach to disseminating scholarly knowledge
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 5, 2010 – January 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 5, 2010 – January 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
- The Hector’s Helpers program with the Clark County School District continued curriculum development.
- The team was selected to serve on the litter and recycling work group for Keep Las Vegas Beautiful.
- The team continued to develop the GIS database.
- A total of 12 clean-up events were conducted this quarter.
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 5, 2010 – October 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering July 5, 2010 – October 4, 2010, Margaret N. Rees
Anti-littering Programs
- The street team portion of the media campaign was completed.
- The Hector’s Helpers program with the Clark County School District continued curriculum development.
- The team was selected to serve on the litter and recycling work group for Keep Las Vegas Beautiful.
- The team continued to develop the GIS database.
- A total of five clean-up events were conducted this quarter.
The Intermountain West Today: A Regional Survey, Ruy Teixeira, Karlyn Bowman
The Intermountain West Today: A Regional Survey, Ruy Teixeira, Karlyn Bowman
Brookings Mountain West Publications
What does it mean to live in the Intermountain West today? What issues are most and least important to the region’s residents? Do Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah have a collective identity or are state-level differences too great? Is there an identifiable Intermountain West personality? Today we will present the results of a unique survey that attempts to answer these questions.
Connections Newsletter Fall 2010
The British Museum, Tom D. Sommer
The British Museum, Tom D. Sommer
Library Faculty Publications
If you are interested in the history of Great Britain, then look no further than the British Museum Web site. The British Museum site is a portal into the collections of one of the great museums of the world, designed for all ages and levels of interest.