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Risky Business: Sustainability And Industrial Land Use Across Seattle’S Gentrifying Riskscape, Troy D. Abel, Jonah White, Stacy Clauson Nov 2015

Risky Business: Sustainability And Industrial Land Use Across Seattle’S Gentrifying Riskscape, Troy D. Abel, Jonah White, Stacy Clauson

Troy D. Abel

This paper examines the spatial and temporal trajectories of Seattle’s industrial land use restructuring and the shifting riskscape in Seattle, WA, a commonly recognized urban model of sustainability. Drawing on the perspective of sustainability as a conflicted process, this research explored the intersections of urban industrial and nonindustrial land use planning, gentrification, and environmental injustice. In the first part of our research, we combine geographic cluster analysis and longitudinal air toxic emission comparisons to quantitatively investigate socioeconomic changes in Seattle Census block-groups between 1990, 2000, and 2009 coupled with measures of pollution volume and its relative potential risk. Second, we …


“Service Animals In The Libraries: Developing Best Practices For Multiple Service Points.”, Rebecca M. Marrall Jul 2015

“Service Animals In The Libraries: Developing Best Practices For Multiple Service Points.”, Rebecca M. Marrall

Rebecca M Marrall

Responding to patron concerns about an animal in the library can be a difficult scenario for library professionals. But what if the animal in question is a service animal? How do library professionals best respond to patron concerns while respecting the rights of an individual with a disability and their service animal? This webinar will provide an overview of how Western Washington University Libraries developed a Best Practices document for its personnel in order to consistently address concerns about service animals—including tailored recommendations for specific service points. Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will have new knowledge, and some resources, …


“Collective Cultural Competency: Promoting A Dialogue About Diversity In An Academic Library.”, Rebecca M. Marrall Jun 2015

“Collective Cultural Competency: Promoting A Dialogue About Diversity In An Academic Library.”, Rebecca M. Marrall

Rebecca M Marrall

In Summer 2014, Western Libraries developed and hosted an internal event titled, “Understanding the 21st Century Library Patron.” During this half-day event, the library personnel examined changing demographics of the United States in conjunction with the Association of College & Research Libraries 2012 Diversity Standards for Cultural Competence during an interactive workshop. Attendees then made recommendations for enacting inclusive library services, which ranged from outlining programmatic objectives; discussing recruitment and retention within all employee categories; best practices for service points; and much more. The enthusiastic response to this event prompted the Diversity Committee of Western Libraries to continue the conversation …


“Cats, Dogs, And More? Service Animals In The Library And How One Library Developed Best Practices.”, Rebecca M. Marrall Jun 2015

“Cats, Dogs, And More? Service Animals In The Library And How One Library Developed Best Practices.”, Rebecca M. Marrall

Rebecca M Marrall

Responding to patron concerns about an animal in the library can be a difficult scenario for library professionals. But what if the animal in question is a service animal? How do library professionals best respond to patron concerns while respecting the rights of an individual with a disability and their service animal? This proposed poster session will provide an overview of how an academic library developed a Best Practices document for its personnel in order to consistently and respectfully address concerns about service animals, emotional comfort animals, and therapy animals. Furthermore, this document resulted in tailored recommendations for specific service …


“Library-Led Publishing Services.”, Rebecca M. Marrall Jun 2015

“Library-Led Publishing Services.”, Rebecca M. Marrall

Rebecca M Marrall

This poster session represents the work of an Emerging Leaders (EL) Team tasked by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Publications Committee to investigate whether RUSA should create resources for 21st-century reference and user services librarians interested in the concept of “library as publisher.” Attendees will find a proposed definition of library publishing, the results of an environmental scan of support provided by library and affiliated professional associations, results of a survey gauging interest in library publishing services, and recommended next steps for RUSA.


Report: Library As Publisher? A New Initiative For Rusa?, Rebecca M. Marrall, Beth Boatright, Crystal Boyce, Sarah Espinosa, Angela Kent Jun 2015

Report: Library As Publisher? A New Initiative For Rusa?, Rebecca M. Marrall, Beth Boatright, Crystal Boyce, Sarah Espinosa, Angela Kent

Rebecca M Marrall

This report was a product designed for the Reference & User Services Association’s “Library as Publisher” Emerging Leaders project. Reference & User Services Association asked this Team to create a report, furnished with informed recommendations, on the following questions: • Define “Library as Publisher.” • Which already existing professional tools are available on this topic? • Does RUSA have a role in creating professional tools on this topic?


Western Washington University: Diversity Unconference, Rebecca M. Marrall May 2015

Western Washington University: Diversity Unconference, Rebecca M. Marrall

Rebecca M Marrall

In May 2015, an editor of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Washington State Chapter Newsletter e-mailed me with a request to write an article detailing the organization and results of the Diversity Unconference, which was held at Western Libraries on January 5th, 2015.


Carbon Triage: A Strategy For Developing A Viable Carbon Labeling System, Sharon Shewmake, Mark Cohen, Paul Stern, Michael Vandenbergh Jan 2015

Carbon Triage: A Strategy For Developing A Viable Carbon Labeling System, Sharon Shewmake, Mark Cohen, Paul Stern, Michael Vandenbergh

Sharon Shewmake

No abstract provided.


Predicting Consumer Demand Responses To Carbon Labels, Sharon Shewmake, Abigail Okrent, Lanka Thabrew, Michael Vandenbergh Jan 2015

Predicting Consumer Demand Responses To Carbon Labels, Sharon Shewmake, Abigail Okrent, Lanka Thabrew, Michael Vandenbergh

Sharon Shewmake

Providing carbon footprint labels for all food products is a daunting and potentially infeasible project. Knowing how consumers substitute away from high carbon goods and what they choose as substitutes is essential for understanding which goods are likely to result in meaningful reductions in carbon emissions. This paper proposes a model to systematically estimate how consumers will respond to information from a carbon footprint label. Our model uses consumers’ value of their individual carbon footprint with own- and cross-price elasticities of demand data on carbon emissions from life cycle analysis to simulate shifts in consumer demand for 42 food products …


U.S. Newspapers Provide Nuanced Picture Of Islam, Brian J. Bowe, Shahira Fahmy, Jörg Matthes Jan 2015

U.S. Newspapers Provide Nuanced Picture Of Islam, Brian J. Bowe, Shahira Fahmy, Jörg Matthes

Brian J. Bowe

This study examines how Islam is covered in 18 large circulation U.S. newspapers and finds six frames that draw a nuanced picture of how Islam is framed in the news media. Two frames are negative, one is positive and three are neutral.


Self, Non-Self, And Silencing The Self: Dangers And Possibilities, Dana C. Jack Nov 2014

Self, Non-Self, And Silencing The Self: Dangers And Possibilities, Dana C. Jack

Dana C. Jack

The focus of this talk is selflessness from two perspectives, Buddhism, and psychology, drawing on 23 years of publications by myself and researchers from approximately 20 countries. I’ll be talking about the possibilities and dangers of self, non-self, and self-silencing.


Preferred Names & Pronouns: Best Practices For Serving Trans Individuals At Multiple Library Service Points, Rebecca M. Marrall Jun 2014

Preferred Names & Pronouns: Best Practices For Serving Trans Individuals At Multiple Library Service Points, Rebecca M. Marrall

Rebecca M Marrall

Working with transgendered or gender-queer students in a higher education environment – whether in the classroom or at a service point – can raise questions about policies, procedures, and best practices. The poster session discussed the creation of best practices and workshops for partnering with transgendered individuals on a college campus.


Publishing And Archiving Trends In Open Access: Preliminary Results, Jenny K. Oleen Mar 2014

Publishing And Archiving Trends In Open Access: Preliminary Results, Jenny K. Oleen

Jenny K. Oleen

No abstract provided.


Climate Risk Polycentricity And The Iad Framework, Troy D. Abel, Mark Stephan, Dorothy Daley Jan 2014

Climate Risk Polycentricity And The Iad Framework, Troy D. Abel, Mark Stephan, Dorothy Daley

Troy D. Abel

Climate change is commonly cast as a significant governance challenge demanding national and international actions. Subsequently, political science research tends to focus on the policy and politics of nation-states, their domestic institutions, and/or their interplay in international venues. However, thousands of industrial facilities and hundreds of subnational US governments are active in American climate risk governance. Therefore, we argue that more research should attend to climate governance’s subnational policy and politics, their promise, and their performance. In the vacuum of national policies to mitigate and adapt to climate-change, subnational arrangements offer an ideal opportunity to study not only the spontaneity …


Outer Median Triangles, Árpád Bényi, Branko Ćurgus Jan 2014

Outer Median Triangles, Árpád Bényi, Branko Ćurgus

Árpád Bényi

We define the notions of outer medians and outer median triangles. We show that outer median triangles enjoy similar properties to that of the median triangle.


Serving Students With Disabilities: How Campus Partnerships Can Enhance College Education, Rebecca M. Marrall Jun 2013

Serving Students With Disabilities: How Campus Partnerships Can Enhance College Education, Rebecca M. Marrall

Rebecca M Marrall

Working with students with disabilities in a higher education environment – whether in the classroom or at a service point – can raise questions about policies, procedures, and best practices. The poster session discussed the creation of a tutorial for university faculty in attempt to perform outreach and raise awareness.


The Search For Balance: Understanding And Implementing A Peace And Yoga Program, Joy L. Wiggins Apr 2013

The Search For Balance: Understanding And Implementing A Peace And Yoga Program, Joy L. Wiggins

Joy L. Wiggins

No abstract provided.


Comprehensive Analysis Of Escape-Cone Losses From Luminescent Waveguides, Stephen Mcdowall, Tristan Butler, Edward Bain, Kelsey Scharnhorst, David L. Patrick Feb 2013

Comprehensive Analysis Of Escape-Cone Losses From Luminescent Waveguides, Stephen Mcdowall, Tristan Butler, Edward Bain, Kelsey Scharnhorst, David L. Patrick

David L. Patrick

Luminescent waveguides (LWs) occur in a wide range of applications, from solar concentrators to doped fiber amplifiers. Here we report a comprehensive analysis of escape-cone losses in LWs, which are losses associated with internal rays making an angle less than the critical angle with a waveguide surface. For applications such as luminescent solar concentrators, escape-cone losses often dominate all others. A statistical treatment of escape-cone losses is given accounting for photoselection, photon polarization, and the Fresnel relations, and the model is used to analyze light absorption and propagation in waveguides with isotropic and orientationally aligned luminophores. The results are then …


Soil Preparation Methods Promoting Ectomycorrhizal Colonization And American Chestnut (Castanea Dentata) Establishment In Coal Mine Restoration, Jenise Bauman Jan 2013

Soil Preparation Methods Promoting Ectomycorrhizal Colonization And American Chestnut (Castanea Dentata) Establishment In Coal Mine Restoration, Jenise Bauman

Jenise M. Bauman

No abstract provided.


A Generalization Of Routh's Triangle Theorem, Árpád Bényi, Branko Ćurgus Jan 2013

A Generalization Of Routh's Triangle Theorem, Árpád Bényi, Branko Ćurgus

Árpád Bényi

No abstract provided.


Managing Special Collections: Service, Security, Statistics, Mark I. Greenberg, Lisa W. Hinchliffe, Richard W. Oram Jul 2012

Managing Special Collections: Service, Security, Statistics, Mark I. Greenberg, Lisa W. Hinchliffe, Richard W. Oram

Mark I. Greenberg

No abstract provided.


Thicker Host Tissues Moderate Light Stress In A Cnidarian Endosymbiont, James L. Dimond, Benjamin J. Holzman, Brian L. Bingham Jul 2012

Thicker Host Tissues Moderate Light Stress In A Cnidarian Endosymbiont, James L. Dimond, Benjamin J. Holzman, Brian L. Bingham

Brian L. Bingham

The susceptibility of algal-cnidarian holobionts to environmental stress is dependent on attributes of both host and symbiont, but the role of the host is often unclear. We examined the influence of the host on symbiont light stress, comparing the photophysiology of the chlorophyte symbiont Elliptochloris marina in two species of sea anemones in the genus Anthopleura. After 3 months of acclimation in outdoor tanks, polyp photoprotective contraction behavior was similar between the two host species, but photochemical efficiency was 1.5 times higher in A. xanthogrammica than in A. elegantissima. Maximum relative electron transport rates, derived from rapid light curves, were …


Undergraduate Research Programs And The Academic Library, Nancy Cunningham, Richard Pollenz Ph.D., Drew Smith, Mark I. Greenberg Ph.D. Apr 2012

Undergraduate Research Programs And The Academic Library, Nancy Cunningham, Richard Pollenz Ph.D., Drew Smith, Mark I. Greenberg Ph.D.

Mark I. Greenberg

Undergraduate research (UR) programs attract highly motivated students who often continue on to graduate/professional schools but may lack necessary information literacy skills. Collaboration with UR programs provides librarians new opportunities to help students develop these skills and work with specialized collections in the context of a research experience. In this webinar, librarians and UR administrators share their experiences in forging collaborations based on UR and library training resources, explain how information literacy skills programming has been embedded into UR, and demonstrate how this partnership has led to greater visibility of library services, collections and UR among all undergraduates.


Social Media, Cyber-Dissent, And Constraints On Online Political Communication In Repressitarian Central Asia, Brian J. Bowe, Eric Freedman, Robin Blom Jan 2012

Social Media, Cyber-Dissent, And Constraints On Online Political Communication In Repressitarian Central Asia, Brian J. Bowe, Eric Freedman, Robin Blom

Brian J. Bowe

No abstract provided.


An Andragogical Approach To Developing Dialogic Learning Through Wikis, Brian J. Bowe, Jennifer Hoewe, Geri Alumit Zeldes Jan 2012

An Andragogical Approach To Developing Dialogic Learning Through Wikis, Brian J. Bowe, Jennifer Hoewe, Geri Alumit Zeldes

Brian J. Bowe

This article examines the effectiveness of using wikis for collaborative projects in college journalism classrooms, with the principles of andragogy as a framework. The use of wikis in two journalism courses at a large university in the American Midwest illustrates how wikis can encourage learners to become more self-directed by engaging in online collaborative writing about how best to produce reports about diverse populations. Two case studies are related to journalistic best practices in the coverage of two sensitive topics: Islam and immigration. The content of these wikis was compiled into best-practices documents that informed the students’ subsequent coursework. The …


Implementing Reference Statistics Collection Software At Multiple Library Service Points, J. Gabe Gossett, Elizabeth Stephan, Rebecca Marrall Jan 2012

Implementing Reference Statistics Collection Software At Multiple Library Service Points, J. Gabe Gossett, Elizabeth Stephan, Rebecca Marrall

J. Gabe Gossett

Purpose– The purpose of this article is to explore the process of implementing LibAnswers, a reference statistics collection and analysis software, at multiple service points in an academic library and to outline the benefits of the process. Design/methodology/approach– The article outlines the process used to implement a statistics software, including initial testing, development of categories and terms used to define the question types, and training of library staff. Findings– Implementing a statistics program at multiple service points takes flexibility and patience. The biggest challenge faced was developing common terms to define what each desk did and how the statistics would …


Universal Design For Learning In Library Instruction, Rebecca M. Marrall Jun 2011

Universal Design For Learning In Library Instruction, Rebecca M. Marrall

Rebecca M Marrall

The purpose of this poster session was to prompt discussion on how to incorporate Universal Design for Learning principles into undergraduate library instruction curricula.


Open-Source Based Solutions For Processing, Preserving, And Presenting Oral Histories, Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis, Richard R. Bernardy Jr. Apr 2011

Open-Source Based Solutions For Processing, Preserving, And Presenting Oral Histories, Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis, Richard R. Bernardy Jr.

Mark I. Greenberg

For more than a decade, the University of South Florida Library's Oral History Program has sought to develop cost-effective, open-source solutions to improve workflow management, increase public access, and preserve oral history collections. Recently, it established two open-source solutions to meet these goals. Bull-OH-Base enables Oral History Program staff to manage its many oral history projects and associated data in a secure and efficient manner. OHPi (its oral history player interface) offers researchers the ability to access and search its collections through a web-based application that synchronizes audio and video files with a full-text transcript. USF continues to improve upon …


Cosmopolitanism And Suppression Of Cyber-Dissent In The Caucasus: Obstacles And Opportunities For Social Media And The Web, Brian J. Bowe, Robin Blom Jan 2011

Cosmopolitanism And Suppression Of Cyber-Dissent In The Caucasus: Obstacles And Opportunities For Social Media And The Web, Brian J. Bowe, Robin Blom

Brian J. Bowe

Around the world, social media offer an informal virtual space for citizens who feel disenfranchised to connect socially. But for those who live in countries such as the three former Soviet republics of the Caucasus — where free expression is curtailed and official news outlets are under government censorship — information and communication technology (ICT) offers an increasingly important alternative vehicle for political expression. Recent developments in Tunisia, Egypt, and Iran demonstrate how blogging and social media tools may fulfill a crucial role for non-journalists and oppositional groups that journalism serves in more democratic societies. This article considers the use …


"Change Or Perish: Implementing Aeon In The University Of South Florida Tampa Library's Special Collections", Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis Jan 2011

"Change Or Perish: Implementing Aeon In The University Of South Florida Tampa Library's Special Collections", Mark I. Greenberg, Barbara I. Lewis

Mark I. Greenberg

No abstract provided.