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Library Publishing Directory 2024, Library Publishing Coalition

Library Publishing Directory

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Library Publishing Directory 2019, Library Publishing Coalition

Library Publishing Directory

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Reimagining Print Materials In A Health Science Context: Creating And Marketing A Wellness Collection, Margaret Ansell, Ariel Pomputius

Charleston Library Conference

In the healthcare field in which out-of-date information can harm patients, the currency and immediacy of digital collections is highly valued. As a result, many health science libraries have deselected much of their print collections (Haapanen, Kultamaa, Ovaska, & Salmi, 2015; Lingle & Robinson, 2009; Tobia & Hunnicutt, 2008; Xiaoli & Kopper, 2005). However, print materials continue to be valued by health science library users for a variety of purposes (Houghton, 2017; Watson, 2016). This paper describes how one academic health science center library found a role for print materials in the context of a wellness initiative, which (1) gave …

College Readiness And Digital Badges: A Middle School Approach, Blake C. Nemelka

Open Access Dissertations

Post-secondary education attainment results in higher salaries (Pew Research Center, 2014) and an increase in positive societal benefits (Baum, Ma, & Payea, 2013). Nevertheless, only 31% of U.S. citizens over the age of 25 have a bachelor’s degree (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014). While tradition would dictate the preparation for going to college begins in the later high school years (Gaertner & McClarty, 2015), a recent push has emerged for shifting the beginning of such conversations to middle school (Curry, Belser, & Binns, 2013; Gaertner & McClarty, 2015; Mattern, Allen, & Camara, 2016; Nemelka & Nemelka, 2016). Furthermore, advances in educational …

A Consensus On The Definition And Knowledge Base For Computer Graphics, Michael Alden Roller

Open Access Dissertations

Despite several decades of historical innovation, measurable impacts, and multiple specializations the existing knowledge base for Computer Graphics (CG) lacks consensus, and numerous definitions for it have been published based on distinct contexts. Disagreement among post-secondary academics has divided CG programs into three contextual areas that emphasize different topics. This division has resulted in the decontextualization of CG education, and CG programs now face several challenges in meeting the needs of industry. Employing the Delphi Method, this investigation explored the perceptions among post-secondary educators and industry professionals about the definition of CG and how it is identified in terms of …

Introduction To New Work On Electronic Literature And Cyberculture, Maya Zalbidea, Mark C. Marino, Asunción López-Varela

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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Pullinger's And Joseph's Inanimate Alice And Intercultural Engagement, Ana Abril

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Pullinger's and Joseph's Inanimate Alice and Intercultural Engagement" Ana Abril analyzes Kate Pullinger's and Chris Joseph's digital graphic novel and game. Inanimate Alice offers a model for online education environments and has been widely acclaimed. However, Abril's ana-lysis suggests possible ways for improving the empathic and educational potential of the novel/game for interpersonal and intercultural benefit. Abril bases her analysis on the theories of human interpersonal communication and then applies these findings to Inanimate Alice and suggests improvement so that participants would be able to decide if they want to play from the viewpoint of their own …

Pelikan's Antidisambiguation-"The Role Of Agency In Content To Come", Michael P. Pelikan

Against the Grain

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Erts Direct Digital Printing & Multitemporal Data Registration, Robert F. Burke, William Marshall

LARS Symposia

The objective of this study was to determine if the quality of the ERTS imagery could be improved by averaging successive passes over the same physical area.

The U.S.G.S. designated five passes over two areas of study: Washington, D. C. and Phoenix, Ariz., with the requirement that optimized imagery be derived directly from the EROS Data Center Bulk CCT's. The Mead system goes directly from the Bulk CCT's to hard-copy print-out, thereby by-passing any intermediate electronic, electro-optical, or photographic processes which may lead to image deterioration.

Evaluation Of All-Digital Precision Registration Methods For Landsat Mss Data, S. Rifman, B. Peavey, R. Caron, K. Simon

LARS Symposia

A major factor contributing to the utility of LANDSAT data is the repetitive coverage of each spot on the earth's surface within the sensor's field of view at least once every 18 days. This repeat coverage makes possible: studies of crop growth: monitoring urban development and land use: and predicting water runoff from melting ice and snow, just to name a few examples. Of central importance to investigators performing these studies is the requirement that imagery and/or image data on computer compatible tapes (CCT's) register to a fraction of a pixel. This paper describes the application of all digital processing …

Environmental Monitoring From Spacecraft Data, R. H. Rogers, C. L. Wilson, L. E. Reed, N. J. Shah, R. Akeley, T. G. Mara, V. Elliott Smith

LARS Symposia

Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 provided the opportunity and funding to fight water pollution through the use of regional water quality planning. A common requirement of the 208 program is to develop a capability of predicting water quality in the rivers and lakes resulting from existing and potential land-use policies. To achieve this capability, the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (OKI) Regional Council of Governments is developing a deterministic model capable of predicting sediment and nutrient flow into the waterways. An essential input to OKI's model is an accurate map of land use within the watersheds. This …