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Iani - Future Gateway For Interlending Communication, Elisabet Mickos

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Implementation Of Information Technologies In The School Of Technology And Information Management: A Case Study, Daryl C. Youngman

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Fostering Innovation Through Cultural Change, Julia Leong

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate a range of approaches to promoting innovative thought and action which can be applied in a variety of organizational contexts. It describes strategies adopted by one large academic library which sought to increase employee engagement and levels of innovation. Included is an overview of the background situation, a description of cultural change activities undertaken, information on recent provision of a suite of practical innovation process tools, and reference to relevant literature.

RMIT University has developed a framework (leadRMIT) which seeks to strengthen leadership capability and confidence and lift the engagement and performance …

Advancing A Qualitative-Based Research Construct: Methods And Applications, Chien-Tsung Lu, Jennifer Kirschner, Brent D. Bowen, Erin E. Bowen

Aviation Technology Faculty and Staff Publications

A research framework, or construct, provides researchers with generally accepted guidelines to organize scholarly efforts and foster methodological rigor. Over time, many qualitative research frameworks have become fully vetted and recognized, including action research, grounded theory, and phenomenology, among many others. The Policy Research Construct has also evolved over the last decade into a refined framework for use in qualitative and mixed method studies. This paper continues to define the PRC and includes a meta-review of multiple applications of the PRC to examine policy-related research questions, as well as organizational change and program effectiveness research.

The Development Of A Hybrid Safety Course, Michael Robert Ulmer

Purdue Polytechnic Masters Theses

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to develop a hybrid version of a work place safety course for use at Ivy Tech Community College. Students attending Ivy Tech in the Industrial Technology program currently have little options to taking classes other than the traditional face-to-face method, which creates certain challenges for the students. With the creation of a hybrid course, students who take this class are required to drive to campus less each week, resulting in additional savings to the students. A hybrid course also gives the students another option to the traditional delivery model, resulting in increased learning …

Silent Partners In Collection Development, Judith M. Nixon, Suzanne M. Ward, Robert S. Freeman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Power Point presentation delivered at Notre Dame Symposium in May 2012.

Overcoming The Walmart Syndrome: Adapting Problem-Based Management Education In East Asia, Philip Hallinger, Jiafang Lu

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

This paper explores design issues to be considered in adapting the problem-based learning(PBL) for use in the context of East Asian higher education and tests its instructionaleffectiveness in a Master of Management degree program at a graduate school of business(GSB) in Thailand. The research analyzes course evaluation data obtained from 20,988student reports over a seven-year period to assess the impact of a locally developed PBLcurriculum on student perceptions of course effectiveness and engagement in learning.Results of growth modeling found that courses offered in the PBL curricular track achievedratings that were significantly higher than ratings achieved in non-PBL Core Courses. Weconclude …

And They Were There: Reports Of Meetings -- Salalm 56 And The 30th Annual Charleston Conference, Sever Bordeianu

Against the Grain

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Integrating Project Change Management Learning Into An Academic Course On It Project Management, Mikaela A. Nweke Ms.

Purdue Polytechnic Directed Projects

Within project management, little attention has been devoted to controlling and facilitating changes when constraints of a project have been changed such as scope, time, cost, or quality, also known as Project Change Management (Arami, 2008). Growing statistics prove it is imperative for students finishing IT programs to acquire an understanding of project change management (PCM) for industry preparation. The U.S. spent 3.28 billion dollars on global change management and accountability projects for technology (roughly one-third of the total budget for global change) in the year 2000; this percentage still continues to rise (Goncalves, 2007). As a result, students must …

Atg Interviews Moshe Pritsker, Ceo And Co-Founder, Jove, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Packaged Applications Software Systems, Blake Haan

Purdue Polytechnic Directed Projects

No abstract provided.

E-Science At The University Of Minnesota: A Collaborative Approach, Lisa Johnston, Cody Hanson

International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries, 31st Annual Conference

In 2008 the University of Minnesota Libraries formed the E-science and Data Services Collaborative (EDSC). The group was formed amid an environment of emerging initiatives related to e-science at the University, and was intended to leverage our existing expertise, such as our nationally recognized assessments of researcher behavior, to develop new capacity and engage with campus partners to support e-science and data services. We will report on the EDSC’s progress to date, including the following four areas of focus:

• A Data Stewardship Report assessing requirements for support of e-science and data services, determining gaps in our capacity, and seeking …

Library Perspective, Vendor Response, Robin Champieux, Steven Carrico

Against the Grain

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Something To Think About -- Nothing's The Same Anymore!, Mary E. (Tinker) Massey

Against the Grain

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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“When Will Your Program Be Available In Spanish?" Adapting An Early Parenting Intervention For Latino Families, Jean E. Dumas, Ximena Arriaga, Angela Moreland Begle, Zayra Longoria

Department of Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications

This paper describes the Spanish adaptation of PACE – Parenting Our Children to Excellence. Successfully offered in preschools and daycare centers since 2002, PACE is a research-based preventive intervention to support families in their parenting task through discussions and activities that address practical childrearing issues and promote child coping-competence. Developed in response to community calls, the new program is known as CANNE –Criando a Nuestros Niños hacia el Éxito. The paper makes the processes linking original and adapted versions explicit by accounting for the conceptual and practical decisions that were made as CANNE was being developed. We begin by summarizing …

A Study Of Barriers To Acceptance Of Distance Learning Courses In A Corporate Setting, Holly A. Rhodes

Purdue Polytechnic Masters Theses

Rhodes, Holly A., Purdue University, May 2010. A Study of Integration and acceptance of Distance Learning Courses in a Corporate Setting. Major Professor: William Krug. The purpose of this study was to further understand how the integration of distance learning courses in a corporate setting may encounter barriers or resistance to acceptance. These barriers expereinced by corporate based course developer, facilitator and adult learner may be similar to those experienced by the educational counterparts. This was achieved in this study through a survey of several audiences related to distance learning in a corporate environment. The survey comprised of five questionnaires …

The Small And Medium Enterprise's Perspective Of Product Data Management, Karen Waldenmeyer

Purdue Polytechnic Masters Theses

This study was conducted as a means to discover common traits associated with small and medium manufacturers, especially ones who have adopted product data management systems as a method to control engineering design and manufacturing data. After qualitative interviews with leading experts in the PDM field, a survey was developed and sent to small and medium manufacturers in the United States. The survey concludes a number of interesting statistics about the state of PDM usage within this segment of the industry, including general uses for engineering design systems, level of data exchange with customers and suppliers, and satisfaction levels with …

Examining The Differences Between Taiwanese And Chinese Manager In Effectiveness Of Leading Change, Yu Jen (Dennis) Hsiao

Purdue Polytechnic Directed Projects

Under different social backgrounds for the past decades, Taiwan and China are similar yet different. In this study, the researcher seeks to identify the relationship between the culturally differentiated manager and their perceived effectiveness in leading change. Using a qualitative approach, the researcher had found differences between Chinese managers’ and Taiwanese managers’ perception in leading change. Some aspects of these differences also suggested that Taiwanese managers might find difficulties implementing change inside their international joint venture in Mainland China.

Liberal Arts Books On Demand: A Decade Of Patron-Initiated Collection Development, Part 1, Judith M. Nixon, Kristine J. Anderson, Robert S. Freeman, Jean-Pierre Herubel, Lawrence J. Mykytiuk, Suzanne M. Ward

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

The Purdue University Libraries was an early implementer of purchasing rather than borrowing books requested through interlibrary loan. This pioneering user-initiated acquisitions program, started in January 2000 and called Books on Demand, is managed by the interlibrary loan unit. Now that the program has reached its tenth year, the authors revisit their initial 2002 study to analyze books purchased in the six top subject areas across the whole decade. Subject librarians in their review of the liberal arts titles selected found that the books were appropriate additions and that these titles expanded the cross-disciplinary nature of the collection. The Books …

Questions & Answers -- Copyright Column, Laura N. Gasaway

Against the Grain

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Biz Of Acq -- Constant Change In Acquisitions, Amy Faltinek

Against the Grain

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E-Science, Cyberinfrastructure And The Changing Face Of Scholarship: Organizing For New Models Of Research Support At The Purdue University Libraries, Jake R. Carlson, Jeremy R. Garritano

Libraries Research Publications

This book chapter provides context of how the Purdue University Libraries identified the need to support e-science and how it changed organizationally in response to this need. As an example of this support in action, the authors' work with CASPiE [the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education), an NSF-funded Undergraduate Research Center (URC) based out of the Purdue Department of Chemistry] is included as a case study.

The Learning Commons As A Locus For Information Literacy, Sharon Weiner, Tomalee Doan, Hal Kirkwood

Libraries Research Publications

Many institutions of higher education are designing spaces to facilitate learning. Libraries have created information or learning commons to support this activity. This article draws from the literature and best practices to explore this new direction. Academic libraries have focused on student learning and the teaching of skills and strategies that develop information literacy competency. Although there is an assumption that learning commons facilitate student learning, there is a need to more closely connect this new environment with information literacy and pedagogy and to demonstrate its merits in enhancing learning. A basic premise is that each learning commons that is …

The Learning Commons As A Locus For Information Literacy, Sharon A. Weiner, Tomalee Doan, Hal Kirkwood

Libraries Research Publications

Many institutions of higher education are designing spaces to facilitate learning. Libraries have created information or learning commons to support this activity. This article draws from the literature and best practices to explore this new direction. Academic libraries have focused on student learning and the teaching of skills and strategies that develop information literacy competency. Although there is an assumption that learning commons facilitate student learning, there is a need to more closely connect this new environment with information literacy and pedagogy and to demonstrate its merits in enhancing learning. A basic premise is that each learning commons that is …

Atg Interviews Steve Bosch, Dennis Brunning

Against the Grain

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Initiatives And Experiences Of The Liber Division On Library Management And Administration, Jolanta Stepniak

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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The Innovation Challenge: Transformational Leadership In Technological University Libraries, Charles Townley

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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