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What The Text Is Happening? : Texting, Mobile Communications And The Academic Library, Audrey Defrank, Linda Parker
What The Text Is Happening? : Texting, Mobile Communications And The Academic Library, Audrey Defrank, Linda Parker
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Academic libraries are looking for ways to stay relevant to the Millennial/Internetgeneration. At the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Criss Library, we are conducting a pilot study on mobile computing to provide people to people (p2p) reference services. We will use smart phones and iPhones to interact with students who need information assistance. The study's objectives are the following: 1. Collect data to inform decisions about budgeting, reference services and staffing to re-tool for mobile computing; 2. Identify the audience for mobile computing; 3. Identify the skill sets needed by staff; 4. Create an action plan for redefining the …
Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library
Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library
University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)
- Database Trial and Evaluation
Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library
Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library
University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)
- Database Trials and Evaluations
Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library
Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library
University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)
- Here's your handy pocket catalog of library collections
- Library Budget Forum
Obama's Budget Offers Smart Shift, Angela M. Eikenberry
Obama's Budget Offers Smart Shift, Angela M. Eikenberry
Public Administration Faculty Publications
Beginning in 2011, President Barack Obama's proposed budget plan would reduce the value of charitable tax deductions for wealthy Americans (families with more than $250,000 in income, 1.2 percent of households) to 28 cents on the dollar.
At the same time, the president's budget also would increase taxes for this group (from 33 percent and 35 percent to 36 percent and 39.6 percent of their income) to help pay for reshaping the nation's health care system. The tax deduction changes would not affect foundations or Americans making less than $250,000 a year.
Some in the philanthropic community argue that this …