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Moving Toward The User-Centered Library: Learning Behaviors And Their Impact On Library Planning, Leah M. Dunn

Charleston Library Conference

Hege Library at Guilford College has been engaged in a set of planning activities funded by an LSTA grant from the State Library of North Carolina. Through these planning activities, the library hired a consultant to administer a learning behaviors survey to help align library services with the College’s upcoming Strategic Long Range Plan for 2011-2015.

This presentation will discuss how the library administered a “Learning Behaviors Survey” for Guilford College with the goal of better understanding the existing learning geography of its campus and the place of the library in that geography. The Learning Behaviors Survey looked at 12 …

Supporting Effective Communication And Workflows In Social Science Research: Findings And Summary Of A Group Discussion, Bernie Folan

Charleston Library Conference

At the end of 2010, at an event hosted by SAGE and facilitated by the Research Information Network, a group of academic librarians and doctoral researchers came together to discuss the provision of information services for researchers in the social sciences. The event was designed to both explore ways of improving the provision and consumption of information during the research process and to discuss how the value of the content that researchers and librarians choose and supply could be demonstrated. This article summarizes some of the key findings from the event and encourages further discussion with an aim to finding …

An Academic Library's Efforts To Justify Materials Budget Expenditures, Steven Carrico

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

Philippe Lefevre-Witier Obituary, Michael H. Crawford

Human Biology

No abstract provided.

Where Are They Now? An Update On The Career Development Of Recent Aaag Student Prize Winners, Human Biology Editors

Human Biology

No abstract provided.

General Method To Unravel Ancient Population Structures Through Surnames, Final Validation On Italian Data, Alessio Boattini, Antonella Lisa, Ornella Fiorani, Gianna Zei, Davide Pettener, Franz Manni

Human Biology

We analyze the geographic location of 77,451 different Italian surnames (17,579,891 individuals) obtained from the lists of telephone subscribers of the year 1993.

By using a specific neural network analysis (Self-Organizing Maps, SOMs), we automatically identify the geographic origin of 49,117 different surnames. To validate the methodology, we compare the results to a study, previously conducted, on the same database, with accurate supervised methods. By comparing the results, we find an overlap of 97%, meaning that the SOMs methodology is highly reliable and well traces back the geographic origin of surnames at the time of their introduction (Late Middle Ages/Renaissance …

Interview With Laura Fortunato, Winner Of The 2011 Gabriel W. Lasker Prize, Evelyne Heyer

Human Biology

An international jury composed of Michael Crawford (University of Kansas, USA), Dennis O'Rourke (University of Utah, USA), and Stephen Shennan (University College London, UK) has awarded the Gabriel Ward Lasker Prize 2011 to Dr. Laura Fortunato for her articles entitled "Reconstructing the History of Residence Strategies in Indo-European–Speaking Societies" and "Reconstructing the History of Marriage Strategies in Indo-European–Speaking Societies" considered as the best contribution to the 83rd volume of Human Biology (2011).

Laura Fortunato is an Omidyar Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from University College London in 2009; …

Division Of Social Science Program Changes 09/25/2012, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee Meeting, Tuesday, September 25, 2012, Arts & Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Affairs Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Speaking Of Rivers: Demystifying Foreign-Born Blacks Through A Secondary Esl Context, C. D. Williams

Theses and Dissertations

Linguistic imperialism and societal assumptions can become dominant issues that lessen the significance of the identity, language, culture, and communication of minorities in English as a second language (ESL) settings, which may hinder the possibilities of acceptance and success (Amin, 1997; Ibrahim, 1999; Morgan, 1997; Ogbu, 1992a). Students from Africa and West Indies, foreign-born Blacks, represent English language learners (ELLs) who have distinct cultural and linguistic mores that often go unnoticed. Foreign-born Blacks possess uncommon mother tongues and cultural behaviors that present struggles with salient entrenched racialization in ESL because the historical aspects of English are associated with Whiteness, dominance, …

Back To The Future: Some Weekly Reader Updates, John Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

No abstract provided.

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (September 24, 2012), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Crow's Nest, September 24, 2012, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The September 24, 2012, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Parameters – Full Issue, Usawc Parameters

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

American Landpower and the Middle East of 2030 by Micael R. Eastman. The Afghanistan Experience: Democratization by Force, by Cora Sol Goldstein. COIN is Dead–Long Live Transformation, by Matthew Ford, Patrick Rose, and Howard Body. Afghanistan: Strategy and War Termination, by Christopher Tuck. The Futility of Force and the Preservation of Power: British Strategic failure in America 1780-1783. by Daniel T. Canfield. The Internet, New Media, and the Evolution of Insurgency, by Steven Metz

Undergraduate Schedule Of Classes For 2012, Fall [West Campus] | Academic Calendar | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Schedule Of Classes For 2012, Fall [Tutorial Courses] | Academic Calendar | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

No abstract provided.

Division Proposals Summary 09/21/2012, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Academic Calendar | Graduate Schedule Of Classes For 2012, Fall [Tutorials West Campus] | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

No abstract provided.

Graudate Schedule Of Classes For 2012, Fall [Tutorial Off Campus] | Academic Calendar | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

No abstract provided.

Graduate Schedule Of Classes For 2012, Fall [West Campus] | Academic Calendar | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

No abstract provided.

The Movement Ecology Of The Straw-Colored Fruit Bat, Eidolon Helvum, In Sub-Saharan Africa Assessed By Stable Isotope Ratios, Gonzalo Ossa, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Alison J. Peel, Anne K. Scharf, Christian C. Voigt

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Transfer Seminars: The Impact On Transfer Student Collegiate Adjustment, Amanda Farina

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this study was to investigate the impact transfer seminars at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey had on transfer students' adjustment to college. The study explored the college goals/outcomes, and study strategies students used both before and after taking the transfer seminar. This study utilized archival data from 328 surveys collected since 2003. Students were administered a survey at the beginning of the transfer seminar course and then again at the end of the semester. Results from the data analysis showed some statistically significant changes from pre to post survey. Most notably, students were concerned about …

Competence As Situationally Appropriate Conduct: An Overarching Concept For Lawyering, Leadership, And Professionalism, Leary Davis

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Choosing The Best Plant For The Job: A Cost-Effective Assay To Prescreen Ancient Plant Remains Destined For Shotgun Sequencing, Nathan Wales, J. Alberto Romero-Navarro, Enrico Cappellini, M. Thomas P. Gilbert

Anthropology Articles

DNA extracted from ancient plant remains almost always contains a mixture of endogenous (that is, derived from the plant) and exogenous (derived from other sources) DNA. The exogenous ‘contaminant’ DNA, chiefly derived from microorganisms, presents significant problems for shotgun sequencing. In some samples, more than 90% of the recovered sequences are exogenous, providing limited data relevant to the sample. However, other samples have far less contamination and subsequently yield much more useful data via shotgun sequencing. Given the investment required for high-throughput sequencing, whenever multiple samples are available, it is most economical to sequence the least contaminated sample. We present …

Embracing The Opposition: Normative Culture And Candid Communication At The Buffalo Mountain School, Christian Mccrory

MA TESOL Collection

This paper examines the relationship between two approaches to disruptive behavior used at the Buffalo Mountain School, where the author works as a Special Education Provider for behaviorally and developmentally challenged students. These are the Normative Approach, established by the Northeastern Family Institute, and the Candid Approach, which is defined by the author based on his observations of practitioners at Buffalo Mountain. Each of these are used in an alternative school setting to redirect anti-social or disruptive behavior. The purpose of this paper is to determine the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches along with the parameters of their efficacy. …

September 20, 2012, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Sandspur, Vol 119, No 03, September 20, 2012, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Minutes, Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Prophecy Of Enoch As Restoration Blueprint, Terryl Givens

Arrington Annual Lecture

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Minutes 09/20/2012, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.