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Learning Resources Provision And Integration In An English Polytechnic, Don Revill

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In order to meet the anticipated needs of higher education in the 1990's, Liverpool Polytechnic has had to rethink its learning services provision. The co-ordination and eventual integration of the three core services, educational development (covering educational technology and in-service faculty training), Computing and Library, has been debated.[1,2]

Serving Science And Industry From A National Library, David Russon

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

I should like to consider the ways in which special needs in the scientific and industrial communities are met by national libraries. What services are needed? What are provided? How are they changing?

The traditional view of a national library's role is that it should maintain and preserve the national archive and provide a bibliographic record of the nation's literary output. Traditionally, it should provide reference access to the national archive and, possibly, play a central role in the country's document supply network. There are, of course, an infinite number of variations on these themes and individual national circumstances dictate …

Roles For Special Librarians In The New International Arena, Ruth K. Seidman

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Gas Pulsations: A Shock Tube Mechanism, Paul Xiubao Huang

International Compressor Engineering Conference

Gas pulsations are defined presently as a macro flow rate and/or pressure fluctuation with relatively low frequency and high amplitude. They commonly exist in HVACR, energy and other processing industries, and are widely accepted to be mainly caused by PD type gas machinery such as reciprocating or rotary compressors, expanders and Roots type blowers. Moreover, they are believed to be responsible for system vibrations, noises and fatigue failures. Naturally, as important a matter as gas pulsations, there have been tremendous R/D efforts from both academia and industry focused in this area, especially since the late 1980s. The most well known …

Rigid-Frame Porous Material Acoustic Attenuation On Compressor Discharge, Paulo Henrique Mareze, Arcanjo Lenzi, Claudio Pellegrini

International Compressor Engineering Conference

Standards have limited the allowable noise levels in different situations, requiring the study of solutions at the source, in the path or the receiver. Muffler is the major factor influencing the noise of rotary compressor. Control and analyze the acoustic characteristics of muffler is essential. Porous materials have been studied and widely applied to reduce aircraft and vehicular noise or industrial problems in general. Generally, designers use absorbing materials available on the market, however they are not always adequate to the problem when there is the presence of another gas, for example in hermetic compressors. Thus it is proposed to …

A Comparative Study Of User Preferences Of A Personalized Academic Website, Dipti U. Desai

Purdue Polytechnic Masters Theses

ABSTRACT

There has been a growing concern over the enrollment by American students into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) fields of study. Following globalization there is a direct competition for jobs in the United States with lower-wage workers around the globe and the US, thereby, is on the verge of losing its global technological competitiveness (Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century: An Agenda for American Science and Technology, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, 2007). Governmental as well as non-profit organizations are constantly searching for ideas, programs and initiatives …

Inciting Curiosity And Creating Meaning: Teaching Information Evaluation Through The Lens Of ‘Bad Science’, Catherine Fraser Riehle

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Ability to evaluate information is a critical component of information literacy. This article provides strategies for engaging students in learning about information evaluation in the contexts of the scientific publication cycle and communication in the digital age. Also included are recent findings regarding undergraduate student research behavior and ideas for integrating constructivist learning theory in order to develop effective learning activities that encourage curiosity and critical thinking.

Who Teaches Information Literacy Competencies? Report Of A Study Of Faculty, Sharon A. Weiner

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Information literacy is recognized as an essential competency for educational success. It relates to all disciplines but is not a separate discipline, so it is not clear who takes responsibility for teaching this competency to undergraduates. This is a report of a survey conducted to better understand the extent to which teaching information literacy concepts by faculty occurred in a research university. The results indicated that faculty in the disciplines generally teach information literacy competencies to undergraduate students without collaborating with others on their campus. Many faculty also had the expectation that students know how to avoid plagiarism, find articles …

First Steps Towards Hearts And Minds? Usaid's Countering Violent Extremism Policies In Africa, Daniel P. Aldrich

PPRI Digital Library

The United States government has adopted new approaches to counter violent extremist organizations around the world. “Soft security” and development programs include focused educational training for groups vulnerable to terrorist recruitment, norm messaging through local radio programming, and job creation in rural communities. This article evaluates the effectiveness of one set of these multi-vectored, community-level programs through analysis of data from 200 respondents in two similar, neighboring cities in northern Mali, Africa. The data show that residents in Timbuktu who were exposed to the programming for up to five years displayed measurably altered civic behavior and listening patterns in comparison …

Single-Molecule Tools Elucidate H2a.Z Nucleosome Composition, Jiji Chen, Andrew Miller, Ann L. Kirchmaier, Joseph M.K. Irudayaraj

Birck and NCN Publications

Although distinct epigenetic marks correlate with different chromatin states, how they are integrated within single nucleosomes to generate combinatorial signals remains largely unknown. We report the successful implementation of single molecule tools constituting fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), pulse interleave excitation-based Forster resonance energy transfer (PIE-FRET) and fluorescence lifetime imaging-based FRET (FLIM-FRET) to elucidate the composition of single nucleosomes containing histone variant H2A.Z (Htz1p in yeast) in vitro and in vivo. We demonstrate that yeast nucleosomes containing Htz1p are primarily composed of H4 K12ac and H3 K4me3 but not H3 K36me3 and that these patterns are conserved in mammalian cells. Quantification …

Hyperbolic Metamaterial Interfaces: Hawking Radiation From Rindler Horizons And Spacetime Signature Transitions, Igor I. Smolyaninov, Ehren R. Hwang, Evgenii Narimanov

Birck and NCN Publications

Extraordinary rays in a hyperbolic metamaterial behave as particle world lines in a three-dimensional (2 + 1) Minkowski spacetime. We analyze electromagnetic field behavior at the boundaries of this effective spacetime depending on the boundary orientation. If the boundary is perpendicular to the spacelike direction in the metamaterial, an effective Rindler horizon may be observed, which produces Hawking radiation. On the other hand, if the boundary is perpendicular to the timelike direction, the system undergoes a phase transition to a state with a different nature of the spacetime, with nonintegrable field divergence at the transformation point. Experimental observations of the …

Icampus Goes Library - Advantages Of Using A Multimedia Guide In A Library, Janett Mohnke

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

At University of Applied Sciences Wildau in Germany students have developed and evaluated a mobile and multilingual on-campus-information system, called iCampus Wildau. With the help of maps, audio tracks, and360°-pictures a user is guided across campus and provided with current information about visible and invisible services and options. Because of its modular and general approach, the guide has been used for several, quite different purposes. One very successful application case has been a multimedia guide for the university library. This has been used for introducing new library users into using the library services, providing information about the special architecture of …

Change As A Service: Challenges And Effects Of A New Paradigm For Library Systems And Content Infrastructure, Daniel Forsman

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The infrastructure for supplying information resources to higher education and research has gone through dramatic changes the last 15 years. The amount of electronic resources available and library systems that handle them have multiplied leaving libraries in a challenging situation. We are coping with a changing definition of library collections, changing business models for owning and accessing materials as well as a shift in the architecture of library systems.

The Library at Chalmers University of Technology spent close to 98% of the media budget in 2010 on electronic resources and has been spending more than 50% of the budget on …

Visualization For New Generation Users In The Age Of The Electronic Book, Peter Green

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

People are visual and respond to images. This is well known and has been exploited for eons by those wishing to sell product and promote ideas. A picture paints a thousand words. Book publishers have taken advantage of the response to images by putting time and effort into book covers. These help to sell the book to the reader. While we may say 'don't judge a book by its cover' in fact we frequently do exactly that. Unfortunately the move to electronic and online in the last decade has diminished the library's ability to take advantage of the visual image …

Mendeley: Teaching Scholarly Communication And Collaboration Through Social Networking, Don Macmillan

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Teaching Mendeley achieves the impossible – it gets users excited to learn about organizing and citing their research articles. However, introducing Mendeley to students and faculty goes well beyond assisting them with organizing their references. Students are particularly apt to see the benefits that its social networking features offer, including promoting collaboration, identifying key resources, and facilitating group work. There are benefits for librarians too - the information it provides on the use of articles can contribute to collection development or research into patterns of information as well as promoting librarian expertise.

As a free citation manager, Mendeley consists of …

Achieving Inclusive Growth And Sustainable Development - Role Of Innovative And Benchmarked Kosm Practices - A Case Study, S Vaithiyanathan

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This Case Study discusses the Innovative & Benchmarked KOSM (Information & Knowledge Organisation, Sharing and Management) Practices designed and being implemented in L&T- the Indian MNC, for Competitive Advantage, thereby Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in the New Millennium. This paper also deals in general perspective highlighting about the Top 12 Technological Revolutions that changed the World in the recent past and about 16 Innovative and Benchmarked KOSM Best Practices introduced and sustained in the Global Organization for achieving sustainable competitive advantage, thereby world-class leadership and Growth. The organisational knowledge sharing / learning initiatives harness the collective genius / wisdom …

Information Skills: Targeting Untapped User Groups, Tina Hohmann

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper will introduce our strategy to reach out to user groups other than students, the motivation behind, marketing, feedback and findings so far and our next steps.

Usually, information literacy programs focus primarily on students and their information needs. A survey among academic staff however showed knowledge gaps regarding important information resources and a fundamental need for research activities to be supported by information expertise. We also found that administrative staff of academic as well as non-academic departments have information needs of varied kinds. Since Bavaria’s curriculum for secondary education recognizes information skills as one of the key skills …

The Need To Read: An Unexpected Demand Of The New Generation At The Cape Peninsula University Of Technology (Cput), M E. Moll, A P. Coreejes-Brink, A L. Patrick

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The new generation of users is often typified as ‘digital natives’, and seen as being characterized by a technology-driven lifestyle with an emphasis on the use of technology. This has been seen to affect the behavior and needs of users. In particular, there has been a strong emphasis on the effect of the new generation’s demands for electronic access on the collection development practices of universities.

However, in the context of South African education a paradox has arisen. Many of the students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology come from a specific educational background, characterized by a poor reading …

Technology And Innovations In Libraries And Their Impact On Learning, Research, And Users, Joe Murphy

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Check-Ins... Not Just For Books! - Nus Libraries' Experience With Foursquare, Aaron Tay Chee Hsien, Georgiana Glass, Chew Shu Wen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Singapore has one of the highest smartphone penetration rates in the world. Social network usage is also among the highest in the world, with a recent report showing that users in Singapore spend the longest period on Facebook in the world (Facebook., 2011). The increasing usage of mobile technologies and social networks is particularly widespread among young people. This presents a good opportunity for academic libraries to tap on mobile technologies to promote and market their services. NUS Libraries has been engaging users through social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube with good results and as such we …

Creating A Materials Samples Collection To Support The Engineering Curriculum, Dee Magnoni, Ananya Kejriwal, Charles Offenbacher

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Engineers fundamentally solve problems. Engineering students are obtaining the education necessary to develop problem-solving skills and tools. Olin College of Engineering was founded on the philosophy that a hands-on, entrepreneurial, design-centered engineering education would create engineers ready to solve current and emerging problems.

Olin’s library has embraced the college’s philosophy through the development of a realia, or learning objects collection that supports multiple intelligences. Moving beyond these learning objects, library staff wanted to build a collection of materials samples that enhance the engineering curriculum, and specifically design, sustainability and materials science courses. Students use the objects to make project decisions …

Library Strategies For Meeting The Learning Needs Of Fine Arts Students In The 21st Century: The Experience Of New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library Of The Chinese University Of Hong Kong, Leo F.H. Ma

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Being the only university to adopt a college system in Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong has at present nine constituent colleges, one of which is New Asia College. Compared to the other colleges, New Asia College has strong emphasis on the arts and humanities in general and on the traditional Chinese culture in particular. The Ch’ien Mu Library of New Asia College houses an extensive collection of fine arts to support the academic curriculum of the Department of Fine Arts located in the same campus of the College. In terms of the library collections, facilities and services, …

Student's E-Learning/M-Learning Experiences And Impact On Motivation In Nigeria, Gbolahan Olasina

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The use of blackberries, laptops, PDAs, blogs, CBT, Blackboard, emailing, online discussion forums, SMS, virtual classrooms, social media, Web 2.0 applications and virtual games, etc have continued to grow rapidly in Nigeria. From observation, use of these ICT tools have transformed learning and impacted on learners and staff in developed countries and continue to do so. The investigations from extant literature have shown that e-learning and m-learning support a variety of instructional delivery: sharing of resources, collaborative learning, problem-based and inquiry-based learning, and reflective learning. It is also rife in literature that students gain transferable skills of team working, negotiation, …

Users' Searching Behaviour In Using Online Databases At Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Hong Sinh, Hoang Thi Hong Nhung

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Purpose: This paper focuses on identifying the searching behaviors of the users, their difficulties as well as their expectations from library supports while using online databases at the Central Library of Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh city.

Methods: Usage Reports of six online databases subscribed by the Central Library were analyzed and a survey by emailing users a questionnaire was conducted.

Findings: The amount of usage increases yearly, however it is still low in comparison with the amount of subscribers who have registered for using online databases. Users did search for their research and study rather than for …

The Coming Paradigm Shift In Computing Interfaces And How Academic Libraries Need To Adapt, Michael Wiebrands

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Recent reports by IT research groups argue that recent developments in mobile devices and the mobile web will lead to the majority of Internet users accessing web services via mobile devices in the next few years. An analysis of web access statistics for mobile web browsers confirms that, if trends continue, web service access from mobile devices should exceed desktop access by end 2013.

Due to the rise in popularity of mobile devices the interface paradigm of keyboard, mouse, windows and pointers that has been in place for the last 20 years is changing to one of touch, gesture, speech …

Fostering A Sticky Relationship: A Case Study From Nanyang Technological University, Emma Wilcox, Chia Yew Boon

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In their book Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business (Davenport and Beck, 2001) published in 2001, Professors Davenport and Beck focus on what they see as one of the most pressing concerns for the business world, the increasing difficulty in getting the attention of the consumer. At the beginning of the twenty-first century ‘capital, labor, information and knowledge are in plentiful supply…what’s in short supply is human attention’ (p.2). The reason for this ‘attention deficit’ (p.2) is a surfeit of information, such that humans, who have limitations in their ability to process information, have developed the skill of …

New Rfid-Apps: Hf-Based Stock Management By Mobile Solution And Producing Usage Statistics On Non-Lending Colleges (E.G. Periodicals), Hardy Zissel, Jan Kissig, Frank Seeliger

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

With this contribution we will provide an outline on new applications of RFID-utilization which go beyond the typical applications such as self-check service to clients and security tasks and may give a perspective of new ideas.

The German market of RFID-related tenders in the library context has an annual value of estimated at ten million Euro on average. It is our belief that innovative ideas and insights from within the library world itself are needed to advance the technological support and improve our goals, services and workflows in the small and smart world of the internet of things.

Against the …

When The Earth Stopped Shaking, Where Was Our Library Service?, Heather Jenks

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In September 2010 the Canterbury region was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. This event took place near the end of the second term of the semester 2 and created a number of problems for students finishing their assignments and sitting examinations. After remediation of buildings and the rethinking of spaces and how they were being utilised the UC library service (alongside the rest of the University) was ready for Semester 1, 2011. Day two of the semester started well, however the Canterbury region was to again experience a strong earthquake, this time it reached 6.3 on the Richter scale …

From Elending To Eteaching: Transitioning E-Reading Tools From The Library To The Classromm, Adam Eelke Cath

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In 2003 Texas A&M University established an engineering campus in Qatar Foundation’s Education City in Doha, Qatar. In addition to engineering, instruction is also provided in science, mathematics, liberal arts and humanities. From the beginning it was intended that the library at Qatar campus would have a small physical presence but have full access to all Texas A&M electronic resources. One of the by-products of this has been a concerted ongoing investigation into electronic alternatives to hard copy formats such as books. The library has been an “early adopter” of both eReaders and tablet computers. The library has also sought …

Riding The Wave: Move Beyond Text, Uwe Rosemann, Irina Sens

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The European High Level Expert Group on Scientific data (2010) has formulated the challenges for a scientific infrastructure to be reached by 2030: “Our vision is a scientific e‐infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re‐use, and trust of data. In a sense, the physical and technical infrastructure becomes invisible and the data themselves become the infrastructure – a valuable asset, on which science, technology, the economy and society can advance”.

Here, “data” is not restricted to primary data but also includes all non‐textual material (graphs, spectra, videos, 3D objects, etc.). The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) must …