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2008

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Google Tools: Google's Not Just For Searching Anymore, Jennifer Kelley Oct 2008

Google Tools: Google's Not Just For Searching Anymore, Jennifer Kelley

Library Scholarship

Learn how to use several of Google's free online tools and applications to write papers on the go, work on group projects from a distance, collect information from the internet automatically, and much more. After creating a Google account, attendees will learn how to set up a public calendar in Google Calendar, draft a document and collaborate using Google Documents and collect content from blogs and online news services using Google Reader.

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Making It Happen: Librarian-Faculty Collaboration To Improve Student Learning, Tammy Sugarman, Mary Lyn Thaxton Jun 2008

Making It Happen: Librarian-Faculty Collaboration To Improve Student Learning, Tammy Sugarman, Mary Lyn Thaxton

University Library Faculty Presentations

Presenters offer ways to initiate, improve and sustain productive collaborative efforts between teaching faculty and academic librarians, taking into account the similarities and differences of the personality types of these two groups. Tips for achieving faculty buy-in and marketing basics are included.

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The Bibliotherapy Education Project: Alive And Well-And Perpetually “Under Construction”, P. S. Mcmillen Jun 2008

The Bibliotherapy Education Project: Alive And Well-And Perpetually “Under Construction”, P. S. Mcmillen

Library Faculty Publications

The Bibliotherapy Education Project began as a teaching collaboration between faculty at Oregon State University's Libraries and School of Education. The project's evolution from 1999 to 2004 was previously described in this journal (McMillen 2005). The core of the project is a book evaluation tool, which builds counselor skill and knowledge in selection of books; since 2004, book evaluations created with the tool populate a searchable database. The accompanying Web site supports emerging counseling professionals in learning to competently use books in therapy. This article will describe recent developments and future directions for the overall project, including a usability study …

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A Cross-Cultural And Bilingual Experience In Lis Education--A Case Study, Edwin Cortez, Robert Sandusky, Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos May 2008

A Cross-Cultural And Bilingual Experience In Lis Education--A Case Study, Edwin Cortez, Robert Sandusky, Simon Aristeguieta-Trillos

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

This paper describes a case study involving the synchronous delivery of portions of an undergraduate course on web technologies taught across three campuses and in the context of a multicultural learning environment. The case study focuses on issues around internationalization and localization, one portion of the course where students learn techniques for developing Web content that supports multiple locales, languages, and written scripts. Another important component of the case study presentation will report student experiences in engaging in collaborative work using an array of synchronous technologies such as teleconferencing; synchronous multi-modal virtual meeting rooms and the like. This portion of …

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Keep All The Wells Full: A Metaphor For Understanding Community Partnerships, King Davis Apr 2008

Keep All The Wells Full: A Metaphor For Understanding Community Partnerships, King Davis

Social Work Community Forum 2008

Clean water from the community well gives and sustains life, growth, and commerce. Its absence through waste, monopoly, drought, or scarcity leads to sickness, fear, and death. What then is the cost to the community of scarcity or a drought in leadership, healthy children, opportunity, stable families, safety, homes, literacy, timely justice, quality education, income, health care, jobs, hope, motivation, or wealth. It is the wise and caring community that keeps all of its wells full. King Davis, 2008

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Collaborative Strategic Planning: A Wiki Application, Susan Kendall, Mary Nino, Shannon Staley Feb 2008

Collaborative Strategic Planning: A Wiki Application, Susan Kendall, Mary Nino, Shannon Staley

Faculty and Staff Publications

For the past several years, many have viewed wikis as useful tools for community building and collaboration. A number of free Web services such as PBwiki have claimed convenience and ease of use as part of their overall packages. Areview of the literature reveals a great deal of anecdotal support for wiki use in the workplace. However, few studies have been conducted to determine whether wikis are useful collaborative tools for employees within an organization. This case study will examine the use of a wiki by library employees during the strategic planning process at San Jose State University.

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Developing Collaborative Leadership: A Study Of Organizational Change Toward Greater Collaboration And Shared Leadership, Jonathan Tyler Clark Jan 2008

Developing Collaborative Leadership: A Study Of Organizational Change Toward Greater Collaboration And Shared Leadership, Jonathan Tyler Clark

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Implicit in leadership behavior is the ability to work with others, to be in relationship, and to collaborate. Contemporary theories about leadership have shifted from a focus on the individual “leader” toward the collective act of “leadership.” A concrete understanding of collaborative leadership remains somewhat underdeveloped in the literature and theoretically. This dissertation is a case study of organization's efforts to change from autocratic organizational leadership to a more collaborative working environment. Taking the form of a literary portrait, the study analyzes an example of action learning about collaborative leadership. The portrait will be of the agency's change, with special …

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Fostering Sustainability In Higher Education: A Mixed-Methods Study Of Transformative Leadership And Change Strategies, Kim H. Mcnamara Jan 2008

Fostering Sustainability In Higher Education: A Mixed-Methods Study Of Transformative Leadership And Change Strategies, Kim H. Mcnamara

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

As evidence of the earth’s limited capacity to sustain human life mounts, institutions of higher education are being looked to for leadership in the effort to educate students about environmental concerns and support the development of sustainable innovations. Colleges and universities are responding to this call for leadership by starting and/or expanding environmental research programs, integrating sustainability issues throughout the curriculum, adopting sustainable operations, and building green facilities. Reflecting upon the sustainability efforts of these institutions, this research study explores the following questions: What factors are essential for initiating and leading a successful change effort to foster sustainability in higher …

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Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration And Learning, Deana D. Pennington Jan 2008

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration And Learning, Deana D. Pennington

All UNF Research

Complex environmental problem solving depends on cross-disciplinary collaboration among scientists. Collaborative research must be preceded by an exploratory phase of collective thinking that creates shared conceptual frameworks. Collective thinking, in a cross-disciplinary setting, depends on the facility with which collaborators are able to learn and understand each others’ perspectives. This paper applies three perspectives on learning to the problem of enabling cross-disciplinary collaboration: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, constructivism, and organizational learning. Application of learning frameworks to collaboration provides insights regarding receptive environments for collaboration, and processes that facilitate cross-disciplinary interactions. These environments and interactions need time to develop and require …

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