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The Significance Of Electronic Resources And Digital Library Theories For Skills Development Of Library Staff In Nigeria, Hungwa -. Shidi Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Theories provide a framework on which researches are built. They support and strengthen research and provide a basis of support on the topical issues studied. In this paper, electronic resources and digital library are discussed pointing out some of the resources that are needed for effective functioning of the digital library. The paper considered connectivity theory, self-efficacy theory, Wormell model, Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) in terms of the propounder of the theory, year it was propounded and statement of the theory as well as their application to electronic resources and digital library environment. The …

A Study Of Information Needs And Seeking Behavior Of Faculty Members Of Darul Ihsan University In Bangladesh., Sk. Mamun Mostofa

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

This article focuses on how electronic information resources influence the information-seeking process in the different faculty members of Darul Ihsan University. The study was conducted at Darul Ihsan University (DIU), the first private university in Bangladesh. Teachers of various faculty members were interviewed about their use of electronic information resources for research purposes, their perception of electronic and print materials and the problems faced by the faculty members during information search.The statistical population is all members of faculty of Darul Ihsan University, Dhanmondi Dhaka. In order to make samples, given to the limitation of the statistical population, based on …

Information Use And Job Performance Of Senior Non-Academic Staff In Nigerian Universities, Ezinwanyi Madukoma, Roseline Oluremi Opeke

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study surveyed information use and job performance of senior non-academic staff in Nigerian universities. Senior non-academic staff are responsible for the day-to-day operations and management of activities within the university. However, in the context of information use and job performance little or no evidence is found of any investigation done. Survey research design was employed to carry out the stud; the population comprised 112 approved universities in Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 27 universities that took part in the study. 1804 senior non-academic staff comprised the sample size of the study. Structured questionnaire was used for …

Library Services To Disabled Students In The Digital Era: Challenges For Outcome Assessment, V. O. Ekwelem

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to explore the use of electronic resources by disabled library users in south-east Nigeria. A survey method using interview style data collection method was deemed appropriate than administering a questionnaire. The interview was done by colleagues in the studied universities. All of the disabled student users were requested to participate in the study. Using interview style method, 194 disabled library users made up of 101 visually impaired and 93 mobility challenged provided the data. Findings showed that the only electronic resources available to visually impaired library users are taped books and online …

The Four-Second Window: How The Time Constraint Of Working Memory And Other Psychological Principles Determine The Success Of A Graphic Design, Pino Trogu

Learn X Design Conference Series

This article discusses universal psychological principles derived from cognitive psychology that are useful in creating an effective graphic design. The most important are: the strict constraints of working memory which persists about four seconds, the viewers’ co-construction of perception and meaning based upon their prior relevant background knowledge including their knowledge of culturally constituted design conventions, especially those of genre. If the designer consciously exploits these cognitively and culturally constituted principles the result will be an effective graphic within a specific geographic and temporal context. Better designs are likely to result from familiarity with these principles.

Lanthorn, Vol. 48, No. 14, October 7, 2013, Grand Valley State University

Volume 48, July 1, 2013 - June 2, 2014

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Gsu View, 2013-10-07, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Overheard At Gettysburg, Rashida Aluko-Roberts, Zakiya A. Brown, Monae S. Evans

SURGE

Monday. In Old TKE. A student of color is called in the hallway to hear the “funniest thing ever.” (giggling) “Night night little nigglet.”

Tuesday. In an AFS class. “I’m pretty sure the majority of black students in my private school were there because of sports.”

Wednesday. In Musselman. Woman: “I can’t believe Trayvon Martin got shot because someone thought skittles was a weapon.” Man: “To be honest, he did look suspicious because he was black.” [excerpt]

Current, October 07, 2013, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

No abstract provided.

Columbia Chronicle (10/07/2013), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from October 7, 2013 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 44 pages and is listed as Volume 49, Number 6. Cover story: "Former President Duff dies at 82" Editor-in-Chief: Lindsey Woods

Commonwealth Times 2013-10-07

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Fitness And Enjoyment Outcomes Of A Physical Education Fitness Conditioning Curriculum, Jane M. Shimon, Tyler Johnson, Scott Moorecroft, Ken Bell

Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Project: Health-related fitness and enjoyment outcomes were analyzed on a physical education program that adopted an exclusive fitness conditioning physical education curriculum. Means: Freshmen enrolled in physical education (n = 228; Mean age = 14.12 years ± .91; Females = 117 (51%); Males = 111 (49%)) completed pre and post FitnessGram curl-ups, push-ups, and the PACER, height and weight measurements, a modified Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES), and two open-ended questions (likes and dislikes of PE). Pre and post assessments were analyzed using Paired t-tests, one-way ANOVAs, and qualitative categorizing. Outcome: Significant fitness improvements for females occurred in the push-ups …

Emu Today, October 7, 2013, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Agenda, October 7, 2013, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Education Policies Committee Annual Report – Larry Smith
• Libraries Advisory Council Report – Jennifer Duncan
• Parking Committee Report – James Nye
• Honors Program Report – Nick Morrison
• EPC Items for September 2013 – Larry Smith
• Recent proposed changes to the Honors Program - Noelle Cockett
• Code Section 406 - Task Force update on proposed revisions - Vince Wickwar
• Disposition of Unfinished Business Items - Yanghee Kim
• PRPC Section 402, Language changes for RCDE, USU Eastern and Elimination of GSS (Second Reading) - Stephen Bialkowski
• PRPC Section 402.12.7 FEC wording on what follows “decide university awards” (First Reading) - Stephen Bialkowski

Human Sexuality And Adolescence, Joav Merrick, Ariel Tenenbaum, Hatim A. Omar

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Safety Culture & Safety Training: Comparing The Impact Of Union, Non-Union, And Right To Work Construction Venues, Harry Miller Csp, Tara Hill, Kris Mason, John S. Gaal Edd

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

The construction industry is one of the most dangerous sectors of the US economy. As such, the safety attitudes and climate within small (residential) contracting firms may play a role in providing a safe culture and working environment. The intent of this practitioner-based research study is to compare and determine if there is a difference in safety practices—based on documented field inspections and their related original number of violations observed by OSHA—between union residential carpentry contractors in the St. Louis area and:

1) non-union residential carpentry contractors in the St. Louis area;

2) non-union residential carpentry contractors across Missouri; and …

The Collegian (2013-10-07), Cleiri Quezada

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 66, No. 7

The Free Press Vol 45 Issue 5, 10-07-2013, Kirsten Sylvain

Free Press, The

Veteran student group gets funding for coyote hunt--President announces direction, then switches gears--Late bus connects Gorham--Campus Safety Project still going strong--Faculty Commons opens to mixed reactions

The Therapeutic Interview Process In Qualitative Research Studies, Judith A. Nelson, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Lisa A. Wines, Rebecca K. Frels

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this paper is to describe the systemic strategies used in marriage and family therapy relevant to interviews, via what we call the therapeutic interview process, that expand the meaning of a research study for both the counselor researcher and the participant(s). We outline the therapeutic interview process for conducting transformative - based interviews via similar strategies from a family systems perspective conceptualized by Charlés (2007). The central core of the interview process is the therapeutic conversation itself that involves the systemic whole. This therapeutic conversation is facilitated by debriefing interviews, whereby the counselor researcher is interviewed to …

The Sexy Issue: Visual Expressions Of Heteronormativity And Gender Identities In Cosmopolitan Magazine, Michael J. Saraceno, Rachel B. Tambling

The Qualitative Report

The current study used a qualitative image analysis to explore observed interactional behaviors communicated through images printed in Cosmopolitan magazine during the calendar year of 2009 as a means to infer social values . Two general inquiries were used to guide the manner with which behavior was observed: is a heteronormative bias present and what values regarding the expressions of sexual orientation and gender identities can be inferred from these images. The sample consisted of 722 individual images depicting groups of two or more persons. Images were coded for group gender composition, activities engaged in, and physical touch . Results …

A Tool Also For Linguists: A Review Of Paul Sullivan’S Qualitative Data Analysis Using A Dialogical Approach, Grandon Goertz

The Qualitative Report

Paul Sullivan (2013) introduces a method of speech analysis that uses a dialogical approach, which is distinguished from critical discourse analysis, phenomenological analysis, and grounded theory by its hermeneutic of trust. In this approach, data is analyzed using a pairing of bureaucratic and theoretical methods that indicates in the speech where the key moments are and where intonation expresses meaning. In the evaluation process subjectivity is defined and described. The types of data that would be especially suited to this approach include interviews, focus group speech, and conversation. This dialogic approach also has applications in the field of linguistics

Physician Trainees’ Decision Making And Information Processing: Choice Size And Medicare Part D, Aj Barnes, Y Hanoch, M Martynenko, Et Al

School of Psychology

Many patients expect their doctor to help them choose a Medicare prescription drug plan. Whether the size of the choice set affects clinicians' decision processes and strategy selection, and the quality of their choice, as it does their older patients, is an important question with serious financial consequences. Seventy medical students and internal medicine residents completed a within-subject design using Mouselab, a computer program that allows the information-acquisition process to be examined. We examined highly numerate physician trainees' decision processes, strategy, and their ability to pick the cheapest drug plan-as price was deemed the most important factor in Medicare beneficiaries' …

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, October 6, 2013, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2013

No abstract provided.

Student Equity: Discouraging Cheating In Online Courses, Timothy B. Michael, Melissa A. Williams

Administrative Issues Journal

As online programs at conventional universities continue to expand, administrators and faculty face new challenges. Academic dishonesty is nothing new, but an online testing environment requires different strategies and tactics from what we have had to consider in the past. Our university has recently adapted successful face-toface programs in financial management, both graduate and undergraduate, for delivery in a fully-online format. This paper discusses our experiences moving to a new environment, the challenges of student attempts to cheat and plagiarize, and techniques that we have found to prevent both cheating on high-stakes assessments and plagiarism.We present a number of essential …

Article: "Students Package Food To Send To Haitian Children", Daily Eastern News

Criterion 1 Documents

No abstract provided.

Beatnik Buddhism In Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums, Steven Marx

English

The Dharma Bums, Kerouac's 1962 novelistic memoir, offers portraits of Alan Ginsberg, Gary Snyder and Kerouac himself as jolly bodhisatvas.

On The Importance Of Concerns (Vs. Problems) In Hypnosis And Psychotherapy, Rubin Battino

Human Services Faculty Publications

The development of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) by Steve de Shazer and coworkers was a paradigmatic 180 degree shift from the problem-focused therapy that was based initially on the medical model. Yet, even with SFBT the work is still about the “problems” that the clients present.

Applying Design To Learning: Cognitive Science Supports Visual Language Principles In The Design Of Effective Reading Materials, Lou Tetlan

Learn X Design Conference Series

This experimental study examined whether formatting of textbook content influenced reader engagement, understanding or recall of topics. The 48-student population, ages 18-25, represented equal numbers of males| females with two levels of reader-ability, proficient and remedial. Four topics on nutrition were redesigned in grayscale to create three additional formats for each topic: original text with graphic mark-ups; chunked text; and visual language format, thereby producing 16 topic-format stimuli. After participants read four separate topics, each in a different format, they completed: a Personal Background Form; Multiple Choice Test; Prior Knowledge Form; written Survey; verbal responses to Open-ended Questions regarding formats …

Why Communication Rights Are Essential To The Protection And Advancement Of Human Rights In The 21st Century, Andy Valeri

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

Communication is an intrinsically fundamental process to our being human. The very defining of our humanity, and our ability to fulfill all of our essential needs and capabilities is dependent upon it. The right to it is recognized as a fundamentally human one in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as within numerous internationally recognized constitutions and covenants. However, the human rights community - its scholars, practitioners, advocates, and organizations – have devoted insufficient attention to the importance of this process, and its implications for making possible any truly effective progress in the ongoing efforts to advance human …

Human Rights Organizations As Agents Of Change: When Do They Succeed And When Do They Fail?, Kyla Mcentire, Matthew Krain, Michele Leiby

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

As a key actor within the human rights transnational advocacy network, NGOs, such as Amnesty International, strive to shape individuals’ values on such contentious issues as the use of torture and to mobilize them to act on their values. While much has been written describing this advocacy work, little systematic research has been done evaluating its efficacy. We conducted archival research to identify the three most common messaging techniques employed by AI: (1) informational frames, where the focus is to educate the reader by presenting them with core facts and statistics; (2) personal frames, where a personal narrative is told …