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Uta Data Repository Scope & Policyuta Data Repository Scope And Policy, Peace Ossom Williamson

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

No abstract provided.

When You're "It": Preserving And Sharing The Family Archivespreserving And Sharing The Family Archives, Leslie Wagner

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

Initially using digitization to make historical photographs, oral histories, and moving images accessible to the public in her role as a professional archivist, Leslie Wagner found it necessary to apply those same concepts as family historian, genealogist, and keeper of the family archives. As the eldest child, the tasks fell to her naturally, but when serving as executrix for her parents' estate (2016-2017), she came into possession of several generations of correspondence, photographs, film, audiotapes, and documents. Beyond the physical aspects of preserving these items, she was also challenged with the need to share the family history with the younger …

Exploration Of The Qualities And Interactions Of Post-Secondary Faculty Identified As Exemplary By Students With Support Services, Joan E. Green

Special Education ETDs

Recent statistics indicate that approximately 11% of undergraduate college students seek out disability support services (National Center for Education Statistics, 20015). The review of research indicated a lack of research regarding faculty in postsecondary education and their knowledge of disabilities and services, experiences of individuals with disabilities, and in particular, experiences and interactions toward students with support services attending postsecondary educational institutions. The purpose of this case study was to explore the classroom experiences of seven faculty nominated by students with support services as exemplary at a four-year public university. The semi-structured interviews focused on the abilities of students with …

2018 April 17, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, 2018 April 17

College Of Arts & Sciences Council Meeting April 6, 2018, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts & Sciences

College Council Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Take This, It's Free: Digital Media In The Public Domain, Adam Northam, Michael Barera

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

Digital collections have been a part of Texas A&M University at Commerce Libraries holdings since 2006 and we want to ensure our digital content is as accessible as possible. In 2016, to expand our audience, identified images from a selected digital collection documenting university history that had entered the public domain. This project's goals are to provide people with high quality digital content that can be used and shared freely, and to determine if placing digital media in the public domain will direct more traffic back to the source material, which currently resides in our Northeast Texas Digital Collections, thus …

Becoming A Wikibrarian: An Introduction To Wikipedia Editing Or Librarians And Archivists, Samantha Dodd, Michael Barera

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

As the fifth most popular site in overall global web traffic, Wikipedia is often the starting point for research. Its mission is to provide free access to knowledge. So how can librarians and archivists leverage the power of Wikipedia and turn this tool into an interactive learning opportunity? Join us for a hands-on venture into Wikipedia. Learn about the five pillars and how content is contributed by Wikipedians. Then create an account, experiment within the friendly confines of your sandbox, and start editing actual articles. Bring your own device. Tickets must be purchased by Friday, March 16 through preregistration.

Government Documents Collection Development Project: A Monumental Task, Troy Black, Sunday Phillips

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

BACKGROUND UTA Libraries was designated a federal depository in 1963. For 50 years the library received physical copies of federal documents. In 2014, the library stopped receiving print documents and instead started receiving electronic copies only. The documents collection that the library had been collecting for 50 years had never been weeded properly and approximately 50% of the material on the shelves were not cataloged and therefore, not discoverable. The physical collection occupied 31 ranges of shelving (= 3,780 shelves or 10,080 ft.). There was also a sizable print collection housed at the library's offsite storage facility (Library Collection Depository). …

Expanding The Intellectual Property Knowledge Base At University Libraries: Collaborating With Patent And Trademark Resource Centers, Martin K. Wallace, Suzanne Reinman

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

Patent and Trademark Resource Centers are located in libraries throughout the U.S., with 43 being in academic libraries. With the importance of incorporating a knowledge of intellectual property (IP) and patent research in university curricula nationwide, this study developed and evaluated a partnership program to increase the understanding of IP and patent searching methods at universities that do not headquarter a PTRC. This article describes the methods for establishing those partnerships, summarizes their results, and offers a list of best practices and lessons learned for establishing future partnerships.

Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Council Meeting, March 9, 2018, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts & Sciences

College Council Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the April 6, 2018, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and Sciences' Council.

Guide To The Blumenstiel Collection, Linfield College Archives

Linfield Archives Finding Aids

The collection showcases the life and work of Helen Blumenstiel, chair of the Fine Arts department at Linfield College from 1953-1965. Her contributions made a lasting impact on the art department at Linfield, and she paved the way for the department to expand from a single class to a full-fledged course of study.

Engaging The Faculty: Developing Content And Writing Support, Eric Mason, Chris Netterville, Jacob Weiers

CAHSS Faculty Presentations, Proceedings, Lectures, and Symposia

In this roundtable, presenters gather information on interactions with university faculty and writing centers. Upon reflection, they will ask participants to collaborate on discussing best practices concerning the development of workshops and overall supportive content for faculty in order to help promote the teaching of writing from a writing center perspective.

Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Council Meeting, February 9, 2018, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts & Sciences

College Council Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the February 9, 2018, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and Sciences' Council.

A Method For Inferring Regional Origins Of Neurodegeneration, Justin Torok, Pedro D. Maia, Fon Powell, Sneha Pandya, Ashish Raj

Mathematics Faculty Publications - Archive

Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is characterized by the emergence and spread of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, causing widespread neurodegeneration. Though the progression of Alzheimer’s disease is considered to be stereotyped, the significant variability within clinical populations obscures this interpretation on the individual level. Of particular clinical importance is understanding where exactly pathology, e.g. tau, emerges in each patient and how the incipient atrophy pattern relates to future spread of disease. Here we demonstrate a newly developed graph theoretical method of inferring prior disease states in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment using an …

2018 January 30, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, January 30, 2018

New Study The South Essay By Dr. Adam Gussow "Blues Expressiveness And The Blues Ethos", Admin

Blog Posts

The blues -- as a palette of intense, often contradictory feelings; a range of social conditions heavily inflected by blackness and southernness; an expressive form encompassing literature as well as music; and a philosophical orientation towards experience -- are a more complex cultural phenomenon than some realize. This essay unpacks the latter two concepts: blues expressiveness and the blues ethos. Blues expressiveness is constituted by a range of cultural practices, including the AAB stanza, call and response procedure, vocalizations, blues-idiomatic language, and signifying. The blues ethos, too, offers multiple strategies for surviving bad times by refusing to reify the down-ness …

Minutes, College Of Arts & Sciences Council Meeting, January 19, 2018, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts & Sciences

College Council Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the January 19, 2018, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Arts and Sciences' Council.

Are You Supporting White Supremacy?, Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt

Faculty Publications

Dr. Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, professor of English at Linfield College, provides an opinion piece in the form of a checklist of 15 “troubles” she has identified to help others in academe recognize (un)conscious contributions to white supremacy.

This essay originally appeared as part of Conditionally Accepted, a career advice blog for Inside Higher Ed providing news, information, personal stories, and resources for scholars who are, at best, conditionally accepted in academe. Conditionally Accepted is an anti-racist, pro-feminist, pro-queer, anti-transphobic, anti-fatphobic, anti-ableist, anti-ageist, anti-classist, and anti-xenophobic online community.

Mlearning Device Usage And Self Efficacy By Higher Education Faculty For Professional Activities: A Case Study, Elbert Davis

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This study examined the level of use and the level of self-efficacy use of mLearning devices for faculty at one university. The study also examined the relationship between use and self-efficacy levels, and the challenges faced by faculty members concerning the use of mLearning devices for professional activities. A mixed-methods model was used to complete the study. A 17-item self-report survey was developed by the researcher to determine the frequency of use, and the self-efficacy level of faculty concerning professional activities. An interview protocol was used to collect additional information from selected respondents. Findings indicated statistically significant differences in mean …

English Department Newsletter 2018, English Department, University Of Southern Maine

Department of English Newsletter

No abstract provided.

2018 Ruby Yearbook, Mia Truman, Emily Bender, Xinyun Zhang, Tiffini Eckenrod, Annparke Sullivan, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 2018 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

Pacific Review Winter 2018, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Nsu Translational Research And Economic Development Fy 2018 Annual Report, Nova Southeastern University

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

The Rock 2018, School Of Engineering And Computer Science

The Rock

No abstract provided.

Educational Development Needs Of Higher Education Faculty Working With Ells, Kevin Joseph Martin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study was undertaken to examine the educational development (ED) needs of higher education (HE) faculty who have English language learners (ELLs) in their mainstream courses but do not have specialized training in teaching such students. A quantitative approach was used to explore the impact of any existing ED and areas that might need improvement. This study, guided by andragogy, examined the pedagogical needs of these HE faculty. A cross-sectional analysis of online survey data using a multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA) and multiple analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) examined the ED needs and available resources of faculty with respect to …

Analysis And Assessment Of Graduate Students' Perception And Academic Performance Using Open Educational Resource (Oer) Course Materials, Sharareh Kermanshachi, Thahomina Jahan Nipa

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

Dr. Kermanshachi presented a conference paper about her UTA CARES grant project at the 2018 Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference. She was also awarded a 2018-19 OER Research Fellowship from the Open Education Group to continue her research.

Landscape Architecture Self-Evaluation Report 2018, Landscape Architecture Program, Diane Jones Allen

Landscape Architecture Accreditation Reports - Archive

Landscape architecture program self-evaluation report with appendices.

Final Report: Development Of Web-Based Interactive Educational System Replacing The Traditional Textbook Based Instructional Approach, Sharareh Kermanshachi

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

Dr. Sharareh Kermanshachi, Assistant Professor in UTA's Department of Civil Engineering, received a UTA CARES grant in 2017. The grant supported creation of an OER to replace the commercial textbook previously used in a graduate-level civil engineering course on risk management. The course has an average enrollment of 45 students in each of the fall and spring semesters and 15 in the summer semesters. The grantee-provided cost savings estimate was approximately $11,550 in annual savings. The OER was first used in Civil Engineering 5350 in Fall 2017. Twelve engineering students and 37 management students voluntarily participated in an end-of-semester survey …

Human Anatomy Lab Manual, Malgosia Wilk-Blaszczak

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

This is a lab manual for a college-level human anatomy course. Mastery of anatomy requires a fair amount of memorization and recall skills. The activities in this manual encourage students to engage with new vocabulary in many ways, including grouping key terms, matching terms to structures, recalling definitions, and written exercises. Most of the activities in this manual utilize anatomical models, and several dissections of animal tissues and histological examinations are also included. Each unit includes both pre- and post-lab questions and six lab exercises designed for a classroom where students move from station to station. The vocabulary terms used …

Reviewer Instructions, Sonja Watson

Modern Languages Faculty Publications - Archive

Review and Registration guide for the journal PALARA.