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The Road To Santana, Divana Olivas

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

The Road to Santana by Divana Olivas.

Re-Membering Self, Rewriting Histories, Reclaiming Futures: Chicanafuturist Agency In V. Castro's The Haunting Of Alejandra, Julia Reade

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Re-membering Self, Rewriting Histories, Reclaiming Futures: Chicanafuturist Agency in V. Castro's The Haunting of Alejandra by Julia Reade.

A Research Note On The Impact Of Chicana Femtoring In Chicana And Chicano Studies, Elizabeth González Cárdenas

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

A Research Note on the Impact of Chicana Femtoring by Elizabeth González Cárdenas.

El Corazón Del Movimiento Continúa: Chicana/O Prison Art, Artivism, And A Call To Creation, Trisha Martinez, Gerald Lovato, Eric Christo Martinez

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

El Corazón del Movimiento Continúa: Chicana/o Prison Art, Artivism, and a Call to Creation by Trisha Martinez, Gerald Lovato, and Eric Christo Martinez.

The Data Rescue Project: Protecting Public Access To Public Data, Lena Bohman

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

The U.S. government is one of the world’s largest publishers of data and research, with offices and agencies like the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, USAID, and the Department of Education playing key but distinct roles in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information across various fields. During the first Trump administration, groups began a data preservation effort, but the scope of the challenge was much smaller. Since January 2025, the scope of the threat has increased. To address the expanding data preservation efforts, a group of data librarians and archivists in February 2025 organized the Data Rescue Project (DRP), a …

Steel Joist And Joist Girder Design, Paul Mugleston, Gerald Mckenzie

Civil Engineering Professional Development Seminar

This course starts with the basics of steel joist design, terminology, SJI (Steel Joist Institute) load tables, and special loading conditions, but then will take a closer look at many details on the construction of a joist that you probably haven’t seen before. You will learn what the extra clips and bars are attached to joists and what their purposes are. This will be a picture rich presentation.

Culvert Replacement In Karst Topography, Eric Plaiss, Alex Schwinghamer

Civil Engineering Professional Development Seminar

Southern Indiana’s unique karst terrain presents both fascinating natural features and complex engineering challenges. This presentation explores the preliminary design and field reconnaissance measures of an active infrastructure project. The session will trace the project’s development from initial planning through Stage 1 design and field observation, highlighting how the team adapted standard practices to this distinctive geologic setting. Using pipe inspection footage, INDOT archive plans, and photos, we will demonstrate how the design team is addressing culverts discharging directly into karst features via chimney systems under the road. We will also discuss preliminary water quality treatment options being considered to …

Cultivating Collections: Growing The Ir Through Collaboration, Jennifer Langford

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

This presentation highlights the mutually beneficial partnership between the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Dr. Margaret A. Newman Center for Nursing Theory and the Health Science Historical Collections (HSHC), which includes the campus institutional repository (IR). What began as a one-off project has developed into a long-term, ongoing collaboration that enriches both units while expanding access to scholarly resources. Through this collaboration, two new collections were created within the IR. The first makes available archival resources that support nursing theory curriculum, research, and scholarship, ensuring that faculty, students, and researchers have digital access to unique and historically significant materials. …

Go The Distance: Student Workers And Repository Impact, Jessea Young

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

Have you often dreamed of a fully staffed scholarly communications team? If you're like me—the only full-time employee managing the institutional repository (IR) and research information management system (RIMS)—this great, warm place is just a dream. This lightning talk shares how strategic hiring and training of undergraduate student workers can help bridge the gap. At Loyola Marymount University, students support scholarly communications services by assisting in the management of our RIMS, Scholars @ LMU, and IR, Digital Commons @ LMU. During the hiring process, students complete an attention-to-detail assessment, helping both the librarian and the student understand the expectations and …

In This Volume, Irene Vásquez, Natalia M. Toscano, Gustavo Garcia, Elizabeth Gonzalez Cardenas, Jose Luis Serrano Najera

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Editorial board comments on Regeneración v.2.

Table Of Contents

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Table of contents of journal v.2.

Front Matter

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Front matter of journal v. 2.

Smarter Repositories—Leveraging Ai And Apis To Power Institutional Knowledge, Nicole Bentinganan

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

Institutional repositories (IRs) are vital tools for preserving and showcasing the intellectual output of healthcare organizations, yet they often struggle to keep pace with the volume and complexity of modern research. This presentation explores how a librarian-led initiative is reimagining the IR as a dynamic, accessible, and strategic resource. By integrating automated harvesting and metadata enhancement tools, the repository supports more efficient collection, organization, and discovery of institutional publications—without placing undue burden on library staff or researchers.

Journal V.2: Full Issue

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Complete volume 2 journal.

Tuscholarshare Update: Celebrating 5 Years Of Search Data Deposits, Will Dean, Travis Nace, Jenny Pierce

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

Temple University Libraries are celebrating the 5th anniversary of our institutional repository, TUScholarShare in 2025. In this presentation, we will give an overview of the first 5 years of the repository and provide an update from our first MIRL presentation in 2021 on the use of an institutional repository to share strategies for evidence synthesis projects. Evidence synthesis projects are an important research method based on transparency and depositing strategies reinforces that ethos. Librarians and information specialists working on these projects often look for existing searches as part of their workflow, and we have expanded the service over the years …

Empowering Indiana Through Orthoimagery, Lidar, And Geospatial Resources, Shaun N. Scholer, Dan Council

Civil Engineering Professional Development Seminar

The Indiana Geographic Information Office invites you to explore the state’s Imagery and Elevation Program, spotlighting the many ways users can access high-quality, authoritative orthoimagery and LiDAR data via both CAD and GIS platforms. This session will provide a historical overview of the program’s development and recent updates to the data collection cycle for 2025-2028, in addition to how to access the data through various platforms.

We’ll also showcase the growing library or geospatial data openly available through IndianaMap. From web mapping and Field Maps to various ArcGIS Online tools, IndianaMap empowers curious GIS users across the state to create …

Outage As Opportunity: Local Backups For Long-Term Access, Sarah Weirich, Tara Wink, Amy Lubinski

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

In 2024, the Internet Archive (IA) experienced a DDoS attack and subsequent outage that disrupted access to its materials. The University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) was directly affected, as our institutional repository/digital collections platform, the UMB Digital Archive, relies on Internet Archive URLs for many of its digitized historical collections. Due to storage constraints, these collections were linked through IA URIs rather than hosted directly in the repository. Past digitization contracts with the Internet Archive provided only URIs to the scans, and HSHSL never received local copies, leaving us without any access to …

Transforming Research Discovery: Centralized Systems And Generative Artificial Intelligence For Industry-Ready Collaboration, Timothy Cain, Alexandra Winzeler

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

Do you know the full extent of your institution’s research footprint? And how easily can others discover and engage with it? Today’s research ecosystem encompasses far more than publications, including datasets, abstracts and posters, archived lectures, digital recordings, research services, and equipment, among other assets. To increase visibility and sharing, many institutions now organize their information assets in a single, searchable platform such as a research information management system (RIMS) or institutional repository. These systems serve as central hubs, connecting people with the full breadth of knowledge and resources their researchers produce. To truly unlock opportunities for collaboration and innovation, …

Exploring Repository Platforms In Academic Health Sciences Libraries: Current Trends And Next Steps, Xiao Zeng, Shuyi Liu

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

As open access continues to expand in the health sciences, institutional repositories (IRs) play a critical role in preserving, disseminating, and enhancing the discoverability of scholarly and clinical outputs. Yet, the repository platforms and infrastructures adopted by medical and health-related institutions remain underexplored. This lightning talk presents findings from 171 U.S. universities and medical schools—members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries—focusing on the institutional repository platforms they employ (e.g., DSpace, Digital Commons, EPrints). The analysis highlights the distribution of IR platforms, institutional choices between open-source and hosted solutions, and the extent to which repositories support institution-wide versus health …

Global Sleep Secrets, Health Services

International Education Week

Travel the globe, no passport required! Learn how cultures around the world prioritize rest and relaxation, and pick up practical tips to improve your own sleep routine. Visit the Health Services table in Student Union on Thursday, November 20 to explore global sleep customs, grab a free sleep kit (while supplies last!), earn Bonus Bucks just for stopping by, recharge, relax, and rest--the world's way.

Welcome And Introduction, Steven Moore

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

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Bioactive Membrane System For Efficient Emerging Pollutants Treatment, Ayat El Telib El Tayeb

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Emerging pollutants (EPs), such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, are increasingly detected in municipal wastewater due to household discharge and improper industrial disposal. Their persistence and ecological risks pose major challenges to conventional treatment technologies. Among advanced options, membrane filtration, particularly microfiltration and ultrafiltration, has gained prominence for its efficiency and scalability. However, membrane fouling, especially biological and chemical fouling, remains a critical barrier, accounting for nearly half of total energy consumption and requiring frequent use of harsh chemical cleaning agents that further burden the environment.

This PhD research addresses these challenges by developing and evaluating hybrid bioactive enzyme-active …

Journal Of Early Hearing Detection And Intervention: Volume 10 Issue 1, Pages 1-58

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

No abstract provided.

Third Grade Reading Proficiency In Deaf/Hard Of Hearing Children Who Received Early Intervention, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Cassandra Conrad, Mekibib Altaye, Elodie Betances, Jayna Schumacher, Susan Wiley

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

Background

Early enrollment in Part C Early Intervention (EI) by age 6 months is linked to improved language and kindergarten readiness in deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) children, but its effect on later academic outcomes is unclear. This study examines whether earlier (<6 months) or later (>6 months) enrollment influences third-grade reading proficiency.

Method

This study used data linked from three Ohio state agencies for infants identified with permanent hearing loss born 2008-2014 who received EI; 412 had third grade standardized reading tests. Reading levels were categorized from limited to advanced. Logistic regression assessed the association between enrollment timing and reading proficiency, …

The Radical Middle: Caregiver Beliefs About Language Access For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children, Monica Zmudzinski, Krystal L. Werfel

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

The purpose of this study was to explore the communication choices of caregivers of deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) children. Specifically, we explored what communication options caregivers were presented with, identify what factors impacted a caregiver’s decision to pursue spoken language, and identify what barriers exist to learning sign language. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 caregivers of DHH children who had decision making power at the time of their child’s diagnosis. Transcripts were coded using an inductive approach with triangulation between authors. Many families reported that minimal to no information was provided about communication options at the time …

Deaf Parents’ Infant-Directed Touch With Their Hearing And Deaf Babies: Intuitive, Cultural, Or In Need Of Instruction?, Brenda C. Seal Ph.D.

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Preschoolers Who Are Deaf/Hard Of Hearing Using Listening And Spoken Language To Determine Special Education Eligibility, Kameron C. Carden, R. A. Mcwilliam

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

The aim of this study was to increase understanding of evaluation practices used when determining special education eligibility for preschoolers who are deaf/hard of hearing (DHH) using listening and spoken language (LSL), particularly during the early intervention to preschool transition. Specifically, we explored alignment of school-based practices with recommended practices from the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE, 2018). An online survey was distributed to school-based special educators, including speech-language pathologists (SLPs), special education teachers, and teachers of the deaf within the United States that included a) evaluation practices, b) eligibility requirements, and c) practice demographics. Participant …

Developing A Research Agenda In Partnership With Parents Of Deaf/Hard-Of-Hearing Children, Carrie A. Davenport, Ursula M. Findlen, Ann Schenk Mcalearney, Lisa Vaughn

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an excellent fit for understanding and addressing the unique and diverse needs of deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) children and their families.

Objectives: We describe lessons learned from a capacity building project initiating an academic-community partnership between a multidisciplinary research team and a small group of parents of DHH children. Trainings and focus group style discussions created a research agenda reflective of families’ priorities.

Methods: Processes are described related to the development and composition of a Family Advisory Council, training topics and methods, the process for generating and prioritizing topics, and evaluation procedures.

Lessons learned: …

The Follow-Up Gap: Racial Disproportionality And Social Determinants Of Health In New Jersey’S Hearing Detection And Intervention Program, Maryrose Mcinerney, Wendy Zeitlin

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

Objectives. To assess how race/ethnicity and social determinants of health are related to loss to follow-up (LTF) from NJ’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program.

Methods. All infants born in NJ between June 2015 and June 2017 referring for additional hearing healthcare after hospital discharge were considered for inclusion in this study. The sample consisted of 4,141 babies, 10.7% of which received no follow-up care. Step-wise multi-level logistic regression was used to determine how race/ethnicity, family-level, and community-level social determinants of health (SDOH) were predictive of LTF.

Results. In each model, the odds of being LTF were significantly higher …

International Food Sampling, David O'Malley College Of Business

International Education Week

Let's come together and celebrate the rich cultural heritage of our community through food!