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Getting Boys To Read: A Look At The Research And The Books They Love, Carrie Lynn Cooper, Kathy Cox Watson

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

This session focuses on what the research says about males as readers and introduces the audience to great boy books and other types of text that appeals to male readers. The presenters have chosen titles from the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards program that are of interest to young male readers. Presenters also introduce and promote Kentucky’s children’s choice reading program, the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards. To misquote George Ella Lyon, the presenters would like to get boys to "shake hands with a book."

Google Analytics & Contentdm: Harness Up Your Repository Metrics, Michael J. Bennett

UConn Library Presentations

A demonstration of the installation and use of Google Analytics with CONTENTdm in order to better gather metrics and insight into both general and specific online traffic across such digital repositories. Issues addressed will include collection-level traffic, digital object-level traffic, general site referrals to the repository, specific referrals to the repository, search engine referrals, user keywords, traffic occurring inside and/or outside an institution’s own network, reporting options.

Persuasive Arguments For Establishing An Institutional Repository, James M. Donovan, Carol A. Watson

Presentations

Presents the business case for creating an institutional repository (IR), including a comparison of the advantages and disadvantages with Social Science Research Network (SSRN); offers advice on obtaining faculty buy-in to the project in order to obtain content; reviews copyright right issues involved in depositing published materials into the repository; and suggests ways in which creating a repository can build relationships beyond the institution.

Logan Historical Newspaper Transcription Project, Cheryl D. Walters, Phyllis Smith

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Presentation given to summer citizens' group in Logan, Utah to tell them about the Logan Historical Newspaper Transcription Project and recruit volunteer transcribers. This project entails manually correcting computer-generated transcriptions to improve discoverability of the full-text digitized versions of the predecessor to today's Herald Journal. Before becoming today's Herald Journal, Logan's newspaper had four different titles: Logan Leader (1879-1882), Utah Journal (1882-1889), Logan Journal (1889-1891), and Journal (1892-1931). This digitized collection begins in 1879 with the Logan Leader and ends in 1898 with the Journal.

Fewer Cooks At Siu-Carbondale, Jonathan Nabe

Conference Papers and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Sharpening Your Resume For A Tough Job Market, Sarah L. Johnson

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

Resume preparation tips for librarians, to aid them in finding a job in a tough market. Includes: resume review venues, simple but effective ways to improve your resume, and ways to improve your marketability. Includes presentation notes.

The Online Disinhibition Effect And Its Impact On The E-Learning Environment, Monica Brooks

Librarian Research

No abstract provided.

An Oral History Of The American Chestnut In Southern Appalachia Presentation, Bethany N. Baxter

American Chestnut Oral History Project

Bethany Baxter's defense presentation for the thesis entitled, An oral history of the American chestnut in Southern Appalachia, submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Are “Quantitative” Pits Still Necessary At Hubbard Brook?, Chris E. Johnson

Civil and Environmental Engineering - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Leveraging Institutional Repositories To Support Your Institution's Strategic Mission (July), Richard W. Clement

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

This presentation was given at the 2009 American Library Association annual conference. It addresses how to improve the chances of a successful Institutional Repository and updates his previous presentation at the 2009 Association for College and Research Libraries conference.

"Wozu Outreach In Dürftiger Zeit? Fallstudie An Einer Ub In Den Westlichen Usa", Richard Hacken

Faculty Publications

A German-language presentation at the library school of the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, on June 30, 2009. The English translation of the title is: "What's the Point of Outreach in Lean Times? Case Study at a University Library in the Western USA." During the recession after a worldwide housing bubble, this presentation was itself about library outreach as well as library outreach itself, using the case of the Harold B Lee Library. A Power-Point presentation, outline to oral presentation and bibliography on the topic are all included.

Creating Complex Publication Patterns In Voyager, Kelly Smith, Laura Edwards

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

Procedures for creating complex publication patterns in the Voyager ILS acquisitions module.

Using Digital Primary Sources For Teaching K-12, Cheryl D. Walters, Heather Leary

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

This presentation was the first in a series of three exploring how digitized primary materials being used in educational settings and classroom teaching. It highlights a Utah training program for teachers that encourages integration of digitized primary sources into K-12 teaching.

Sharing Your Finding Aids In Contentdm: Encoded Archival Description (Ead) Files In Mountain West Digital Library, Cheryl D. Walters, Sandra Mcintyre

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Six libraries and archives from the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) consortium are using CONTENTdm to open up access to their Special Collections materials via Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids. A custom script extracts 35 fields from a set of finding aids in XML and creates a tab-delimited spreadsheet for uploading them into CONTENTdm using the multiple file import option. Inside the CDM collections, thumbnails and XSLT stylesheets customize displays of finding aids for each library or archive. Automatic "x-links" within the finding aids connect to digitized photographs, correspondence, and other archival materials, where available. A central interface on …

How To Be A Fireball Leader Without Getting Singed, David B. Ross, Robert Rahamin

Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Not Just Drifting: Checking Online Serial Issue Availability, Kitti Canepi, Andrea Imre

Conference Papers and Presentations

Many librarians are hoping that the ONIX for Serials XML formats, particularly Serials Online Holdings (SOH) and Serials Release Notification (SRN), will enable automated tracking of online serial issue availability. Pilot versions were being tested and tweaked even as this proposal was being written, but librarians have not just been sitting idle waiting for automation to arrive, hoping that our users are able to access the content for which we have paid. This program will share survey results about what some libraries are doing to check online availability; offer some insight into the potential with the ONIX for Serials standards; …

International Police And Societal Response To Juvenile Delinquency & Violence, Angela D. Crews, Gordon A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Text Through Time, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

No abstract provided.

Writing Styles Cross-Culturally: What Shapes Do They Take?, Anna Rozzo

Sandanona

Rhetorical strategies in academic writing vary across cultures. In a context that calls for direct, Anglo-essay format, how can you teach the structure while acknowledging students’ culture? Part presentation, part workshop will explore writing styles from various perspectives and give attendees a chance to participate in a useful classroom activity.

Bringing Students’ Culture Into An Esl/Efl Classroom, Moodiela Mathobela

Sandanona

Can there be an empowering and successful language teaching and learning without incorporating students' culture and their immediate life experiences? Participants and the presenter will experience, explore, and reflect on how students' culture could be used to affect successful learning and vindicate the saying, 'nothing about us without us'.

The Way Of Supporting Ell Students In Us Public Schools, Inkyoung Min

Sandanona

There are several ways to support English Language Learners (ELLs) in US public schools. Inkyoung hopes that participants will join him in looking into what happens in the actual classroom and find better suggestions for involving ELLs.

How To Be A Learning Disability Detective In Tesol, Colleen Garrett

Sandanona

In TESOL, we are aware of culture and level. We encourage all four skills and full participation. But, some students do not seem to 'get it'. It is important to take a closer look at these struggling students. Identifying a learning disability and making accommodations benefits everyone, creating successful learners.

Exploring L2 Learners’ Cultural Identification: “False Passport & New Identities”, Rogerio Silvestre Da Silva

Sandanona

This presentation focuses on the students’ responses to poetry, exploring Dionne Brand’s political discourse regarding the intersections between language, race, class, identity, gender and sexuality.

Nests Vs Non-Nests In Elt, Wenshun Tang

Sandanona

He will present the definition, explain the reasons why NESTs are privileged while NON-NESTs are undervalued in ELT, illustrate their advantages and disadvantages, and come up with solutions to the possible problems they are facing.

Stop Talking! Let Them Talk!, Heekyung Yoo

Sandanona

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin.

Have you thought about how much time you spend talking in your classroom? Teacher Talking Time (TTT) is necessary but sometimes we overuse it. Participants and presenter will explore ways to boost students’ meaningful language production in classrooms.

English Learning And Teaching In China, Guochen Peng

Sandanona

What are the motivations of the learners? What are the advantages a native teacher has teaching the students in China? What about the job opportunities there? He will present how English is being learned and taught there.

Teaching Esl Through History, John Wiley

Sandanona

Watch as an ESL class on a field trip is interrupted by history in the making. Participants will be invited to be part of the workshop and give feedback to the presenter and each other.

She Said What?!: Resolving Miscommunication In The Intercultural Classroom, Stephanie Wilton-Kumagai

Sandanona

This demonstration will focus on the skills necessary for turning miscommunication in the intercultural classroom into productive learning experiences. Attendees will examine and apply a framework to real situations gathered from ESL/EFL teachers in various contexts to further develop skills in intercultural communication.

Fun Activities: Learning The Sounds Of North American English, Elizabeth Yesko

Sandanona

While teaching phoneme acquisition to 10 and 11 year old children in Pachuca, Mexico, I engaged their phonological wisdom by playing games. The children loved participating in these activities and you will find them to be equally challenging as adults whether you are a native speaker or second language learner.

Teaching Language Using The Way Of Council, Wai Yee Chen

Sandanona

What is the Way of Council? What does it have to do with language teaching? Participants will experience several activities for teaching English using the Way of Council and begin learning a new language right away!