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The Role Of Pharmacists In Patient Safety: An Analysis Of Patient-Pharmacist Interactions In Community Pharmacy Consultations, Natalie Benda

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

This research was developed in order to identify factors contributing to medication non-adherence in congestive heart failure patients. In a pilot study completed at a community pharmacy in a small midwestern town, pharmacists completed paper surveys regarding their consultations with congestive heart failure patients. Information noted by the pharmacists included patient questions, drug-related problems discovered, patient gender, refill versus new prescription, and patient age. Questions asked most frequently involved cost or financial concerns (15.4% of patients, n = 4) and dosage amount (11.5% of patients, n = 3). All patients obtaining a new prescription had questions as compared to 42.9% …

Civilian Deaths And The Iraq War: Who Is Responsible?, Mihai Avram

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

The greatest number of victims in wars are civilians. Of the 50 million victims of World War II, only 20 million were military (Keegan, 1989). The Iraq War started in 2003 and produced over 100,000 deaths between 2004 and 2010, where 60,000 of these deaths were civilians (Dewar, 2010). This study aims to find who and what is responsible for these civilian deaths in the 2003 Iraq War. At the same time, it will illustrate how a new generation of free, open data analysis tools can empower any researcher to answer important questions about the state of the contemporary world. …

Applied Dmp Consultation Workshop, Lisa Zilinski

Libraries Faculty and Staff Creative Materials

This workshop allowed participants to work through a data management plan consultation, using a real world example. The workshop covered data management plans (DMPs), described in detail the areas that are typically included in a DMP, and utilized tools and resources to help support a DMP consultation with disciplinary faculty.

Sites Of Disquiet: The Non-Space In Spanish American Short Narratives And Their Cinematic Transformations, Ilka Kressner

Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures

Some of the most important writers of the twentieth century, including Borges, Cortázar, Rulfo, and García Márquez, have explored ambiguous sites of a disquieting nature. Their characters face merging perspectives, deferral, darkness, or emptiness. Such a space is neither a site of projection (as utopia or dystopia) nor a neutral setting (as the topos). For the characters, it is real and active, at once elusive and transforming. Despite the challenges of visualizing such slippery spaces, filmic experimentations in Spanish American cinema since the 1960s have sought to adapt these texts to the screen. Ilka Kressner’s Sites of Disquiet examines these …

Norms, Diplomatic Alternatives, And The Social Psychology Of War Support, Aaron M. Hoffman, Christopher R. Agnew, Laura E. Vanderdrift, Robert Kulzick

Department of Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications

Using experiments, we show that subjects who are asked about their support for war without being told about diplomatic strategies to deal with crises back military operations at levels consistent with people who are told that the alternatives to war are of low quality. In contrast, subjects who are told that diplomacy could work to resolve conflicts express less support for military operations. These results suggest that, in the absence of conflicting evidence, people premise their support for war on the assumption that leaders use force as a last resort. Implications for the study of success as an influence on …

Beyond Implementation: Making Your Erms Work For You, Andrea Langhurst, Stacey Marien, Kari Schmidt

Charleston Library Conference

The University of Notre Dame started building CORAL (http://erm.library.nd.edu/), a modularized open source ERM, over two years ago. Implementation caused workflow changes, including deeper information sharing with stakeholders, enhanced record-keeping and increased efforts and options for institutional knowledge storage. Likewise, American University, after learning about CORAL’s workflow utilities, implemented the Resources module to solve ongoing and emerging workflow issues when responsibility for some e-book ordering shifted from the ERM unit to the Acquisitions unit. Learn how ERM practices were enhanced and expanded at the two Libraries through the use of this flexible system.

Study Of The Effect Of Grazing Flow On The Performance Of Microperforated And Perforated Panels, J Stuart Bolton, Arun Viswanathan

Publications of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories

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Supporting Or Enabling: Developing A Sustainable Support Model For Eportfolio Initiatives, Debra D. Runshe

Teaching and Learning Technologies Presentations

As the eportfolio community has grown, as this conference celebrates, so has the use of eportfolios at Indiana University. ePortfolio use began primarily on the campus at Indianapolis, IUPUI, and has been used there for almost a decade. As eportfolio use scaled up at the university beyond the IUPUI campus, so has the need for support of these sometimes complex projects. Engage in a conversation with the presenter as strategies for successful scaling up are discussed.

Lineage Analysis Of The Late Otocyst Stage Mouse Inner Ear By Transuterine Microinjection Of A Retroviral Vector Encoding Alkaline Phosphatase And An Oligonucleotide Library., Han Jiang, Lingyan Wang, Kevin T. Beier, Constance L. Cepko, Donna M. Fekete, John V. Brigande

Department of Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The mammalian inner ear subserves the special senses of hearing and balance. The auditory and vestibular sensory epithelia consist of mechanically sensitive hair cells and associated supporting cells. Hearing loss and balance dysfunction are most frequently caused by compromise of hair cells and/or their innervating neurons. The development of gene- and cell-based therapeutics will benefit from a thorough understanding of the molecular basis of patterning and cell fate specification in the mammalian inner ear. This includes analyses of cell lineages and cell dispersals across anatomical boundaries (such as sensory versus nonsensory territories). The goal of this study was to conduct …

Plenary Session: The State Of Information Literacy Policy: A Global Priority, Sharon A. Weiner

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

This was a plenary presentation given at the XXIV IAALD World Congress on July 22, 2013, at Cornell University. It described international information literacy policy with examples from different countries and organizations. It clarified definitions of information literacy and policy; discussed information policy in relation to global challenges; and addressing the challenges.

Measuring And Applying Data About Users In The Seton Hall Library, Rachel E. Volentine, Lisa M. Rose-Wiles, Carol Tenopir

Charleston Library Conference

We present data on how faculty and students at Seton Hall University use scholarly articles and books, how the library can present its findings to stakeholders, and how librarians can learn from these findings to better meet user needs. The data were gathered using questionnaire surveys of university faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students as part of the IMLS Lib-Value project and based on Tenopir and King Studies conducted since 1977. Many questions used the critical incident of the last article and book reading to enable analysis of the characteristics of readings, in addition to characteristics of readers. Seton Hall’s …

Positively Perplexing E-Books: Digital Natives’ Perceptions Of Electronic Information Resources, Tara T. Cataldo, Amy G. Buhler

Charleston Library Conference

Anecdotal evidence from user surveys and the experiences of information professionals portray a picture that today’s students (i.e., “digital natives”) do not differentiate between the variety of information resources online. The issue of container only becomes problematic to these students when they have to produce a scholarly work and cite their information sources. Then the question becomes, “What is it?” This paper will present preliminary data from a survey of university students on how they recognize and label electronic information resources. The authors will explore such questions as: Do users recognize an e-book as a book? If not, how do …

Striving For Uniqueness: Data-Driven Database Deselection, Jeremy M. Brown, Geoffrey P. Timms

Charleston Library Conference

As libraries endure an ongoing crisis of available funds to meet inflating electronic content costs, the idea to dispatch the perceived least important e-resources to help balance the budget is a tempting solution. Mercer University Libraries recognizes the challenge of finding areas in which to cut back on its resources. They closely examine their subscriptions to prioritize their patrons’ needs, maintain budgetary equilibrium, and remain true to their goals. The Library Systems Department has worked to develop their own tool to assist decision makers with pertinent information about the uniqueness of both their full text and index databases and packages, …

The Truth Is Out: How Students Really Search, Beth S. Bloom, Marta Deyrup

Charleston Library Conference

The transition to electronic resources and the evolution of digital technologies has provided the public with the ability to conduct research without physically stepping into a library. This has led to the development of research habits using Internet search engines, mainly Google, which follow students to college. This presentation discusses the results of a two-year study of students’ online research behaviors which show that many students are comfortable with their current research habits and have little motivation to adopt new ones. Five examples of student research behaviors from the study are included to portray the burgeoning problem and provoke interest …

Exploring Concepts Of “Collection” In The Digital World, Angharad Roberts

Charleston Library Conference

This paper describes an ongoing doctoral research project, supported by the British Library and titled “Conceptualising the library collection for the digital world: a case study of social enterprise.” Relatively little has been written about the conceptual ideas associated with collection in a library context. Based on interview and survey data collected from library and information practitioners, people working in social enterprises, faculty members, and policymakers, three interpretations of “collection” are suggested: “collection as thing”, “collection as access,” and “collection as process.” The paper proposes a revised collection development hierarchy which incorporates these three concepts, outlining the potential impact of …

Freely Flowing: Openly Accessible Sources For Streaming Video, Deg Farrelly

Charleston Library Conference

There is considerable disagreement within the academic and library spheres as to what can be done to make streaming content available. The process of providing streaming content is expensive, labor intensive, and time consuming. This process, however, doesn’t always require prolonged licensing negotiations, expenditure of precious materials budgets, or large investment of personnel time and effort to digitize, upload, and maintain content. There are many websites that provide quality videos that libraries and media centers can both access and provide access to with minimal effort. This paper offers a list of these legal, openly accessible resources, along with a brief …

The Functions Of (Meta)Data: Lessons Learned With A Fedora Digital Repository, Jennifer M. Eustis

Charleston Library Conference

The University of Connecticut Libraries began building a Fedora digital repository last year. Because of the differences between Fedora and relational databases, it was necessary to understand how Fedora works with objects and data streams. The repository team realized that with Fedora, there existed several options on how to store data. This realization encouraged looking at metadata differently. For starters, we began to emphasize functions over types of metadata. Secondly, we saw the advantages of striping meta from the word metadata. This change allowed us to conceptualize a broader application of functional data within the repository. My presentation would like …

Hyde Park Debate: The Traditional Research Library Is Dead, Rick Anderson, Derek Law

Charleston Library Conference

This presentation offers a debate on the proposition, “The traditional research library is dead.” Rick Anderson argues for the proposition, and Derek Law argues against it. The debate is conducted in general accordance with Oxford Union rules. All in the audience vote their opinion on the resolution before the debate begins, and the vote totals are recorded. Each speaker offers a formal opening statement, followed by a response to each other's statements, and then the floor is opened for discussion. At the conclusion of the debate, another vote is taken. The winner of the debate is the one who caused …

The Twenty-First-Century University Press: Assessing The Past, Envisioning The Future, Leila W. Salisbury, Douglas Armato, Alison Mudditt

Charleston Library Conference

For much of their history, university presses have been synonymous with scholarly communication, but presses no longer define the border of scholarly communication, even as they remain very much at its center as publishers. Presses are increasingly hovering above the line of a traditional scholarly communications service role and a more market-driven, but still resolutely scholarly, identity as publishers. University presses have been challenged to reiterate their own value while themselves undergoing a quiet transformation, redefining their missions, how they serve the scholarly community while becoming more self-sustaining, and how they can leverage their strengths.

In this presentation, two press …

What Provosts Think Librarians Should Know, James O'Donnell, J. Bradley Creed, Jose-Marie Griffiths

Charleston Library Conference

Provosts and librarians are naturally allies, but they live in different worlds and therefore may not always fully understand each other. This panel, chaired by one provost and featuring three others, aims to outline some of the main things Provosts are thinking about today that affect libraries and opens the floor for discussion on how to advance common interests. The presentation offers a diversity of experiences and institutional settings to broaden the scope of information. Topics include a mix of innovation in teaching and learning, support for research, funding challenges for different sectors of higher education, and the flurry of …

Contemporary Trends And Debates In E-Journal Licensing, Kristin Eschenfelder

Charleston Library Conference

Licensing has been a predominate means of governing the transfer of electronic journal content between publishers and libraries since the early 1990s. This presentation provides an overview of what has and has not changed in the last 20 years of e-journal licensing practices. Eschenfelder describes what model license recommended terms have been widely adopted and which have not since the early 2000s with specific reference to scholarly sharing, interlibrary loan, electronic reserves, and perpetual access. The presentation offers a look at the results from two studies that examined these elements of licensing and explains why many libraries have not adopted …

Our New Job Description, Annette Thomas

Charleston Library Conference

The evolution of digital technologies has led to many changes in the way the world operates, especially when it comes to publishing. There are a multitude of new approaches that publishers can adopt in order to create a more efficient, creative way to present scientific research. In this presentation, the CEO of Macmillan discusses many of these approaches that the company is taking to establish a more user-centered experience. These projects include the creation of tools to aid scientists in keeping up-to-date with scientific research, tracking and storing their own research and making it available to others, organizing their data …

The Buck Stops Here: The Importance Of Roi And How To Demonstrate Value In A Corporate Library Setting, Qinghua Xu, Marija Markovic, Christine M. Stamison

Charleston Library Conference

With the economic downturn, libraries need to show a return on investment on each dollar they receive, especially within the collection development budget. Library's collection development decisions for e-journal and e-book purchases need to be based on detailed analytics, for example, review of usage statistics reports and cost-per-use calculations. The process of gathering statistics from dozens of supplier platforms and then creating custom cost-per-use reports is manual and time consuming. Additionally, in corporate library settings, ad-hoc reporting, historical trending bears significance. At the end of 2010, the Library acquired a product to be implemented in 2011. The benefit of the …

All Together Now: Using An Internal Google Site To Streamline Workflows, Christa E. Poparad

Charleston Library Conference

During the 2011–2012 academic year, the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library merged the Student Computing Support Desk and the Reference Desk into a single Information Desk service point in the center of the first floor of the library. At the newly combined desk, students could receive research assistance as well as computer assistance in one centralized location. Workers at the newly combined desk included library staff, IT staff, and student peer staff. This innovation session demonstrated how an internal Information Desk Google site was used to streamline workflows and get everyone working together.

Changing Operations Of Academic Libraries, Allen Mckiel, Robert Murdoch, Jim Dooley

Charleston Library Conference

The article is an exploration of library operational adaptations to the changing technologies of information distribution and usage. The librarians present glimpses of the changes occurring in their library operations as they transition to services without print. The cadence of change particularly with respect to e-books continues to accelerate. The librarians summarize some of the technology changes of the last year and explore, through the evidence of their changing library operations, a range of topics including: trends in ebook “acquisition” and usage; developments in open access publishing; changes in consortia; and the role of librarians in instruction and evolving peer-review …

Beyond Implementation: Making Your Erms Work For You, Andrea Langhurst, Stacey Marien, Kari Schmidt

Charleston Library Conference

The University of Notre Dame started building CORAL (http://erm.library.nd.edu/), a modularized open source ERM, over 2 years ago. Implementation caused workflow changes including deeper information sharing with stakeholders, enhanced record-keeping, and increased efforts and options for institutional knowledge storage. Likewise, American University, after learning about CORAL’s workflow utilities, implemented the Resources module to solve ongoing and emerging workflow issues when responsibility for some e-book ordering shifted from the ERM unit to the Acquisitions unit. Learn how ERM practices were enhanced and expanded at the two Libraries through the use of this flexible system.

Great Expectations: New Organizational Models For Overworked Liaisons Based On The Uncg Libraries Liaison Collections Responsibilities Task Force, Steve M. Cramer, Beth R. Bernhardt, Mike A. Crumpton, Amy L. Harris, Nancy B. Ryckman

Charleston Library Conference

Liaisons (subject specialists) keep getting busier. Research instruction, embedding in classes, outreach, collection development, weeding, assessing teaching and collections, promoting scholarly communication issues, and creating online learning objects are all potentially part of what a liaison is expected to do nowadays. So we hope every liaison is very interested—and very good—at all those responsibilities. Is that realistic? And does a liaison have time for all those things?

At University of North Caroline at Greensboro (UNCG), library administrators decided it is time to examine how liaisons are organized to manage all of these competing responsibilities. The library formed a Liaison Collection …

Social Research Collaboration: Libraries Need Not Apply?, Jan Reichelt, Christopher Erdmann, Jose Luis Andrade

Charleston Library Conference

Social media was born an efficient method of personal networking. As more and more researchers took to social media platforms, we have witnessed an organic growth of collaboration among scholars, faculty, students, etc. This phenomenon has led us to a profound change in the way we conduct research through social media. Research through collaboration is now increasingly important in order to achieve a higher impact throughout the research community. But where does the library fit into this? The simple answer is that researchers are now bypassing the library.

This presentation will look at the new reality of social research collaboration …

Knowledge Unlatched: Toward An Open And Networked Future For Academic Publishing, Frances Pinter, Lucy Montgomery

Charleston Library Conference

Specialist book length publications in the humanities and social sciences (including but not exclusively monographs) are experiencing a crisis. It is clear that the current publishing system is failing both the producers and users of scholarship and neglects many of the opportunities associated with networked culture.

This paper introduces Knowledge Unlatched (www.knowledgeunlatched.org), which aims to improve the efficiency of markets for scholarly books.

What Do Publishers Do?, Sylvia K. Miller

Charleston Library Conference

In today’s exciting new world of digital communication and do-it-yourself publishing, what professional publishers actually contribute to the publishing process is often unknown, unrecognized, and underappreciated. The natural invisibility of publishers’ work prompts questions about what value they actually provide and whether it’s worth what customers are asked to pay. This paper attempts to reveal some of the hard-to-see aspects of publishing in hopes of depicting all of the work that goes into publishing. Topics include acquisitions, copyediting and production, design and typesetting, subsidiary rights, and electronic publishing. Ultimately, the paper aims to portray the importance and value that publishers …