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Social Media Use And Preferences Of Visitors To Crater Lake National Park: Data From A 2014 On-Site Survey, Rosemary B. Keane, Jordan W. Smith

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These data describe the use, and preferences for, social media among visitors to Crater Lake National Park (Oregon, USA)

Select Metrics Describing The Operations Of America's State Park Systems, Jordan Smith, Yu-Fai Leung

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This dataset contains annual descriptive statistics characterizing the operations of each of the 50 state park systems in the United States between 1984 and 2017.

Risk Perceptions Of Extreme Heat Events At The State, County, And Census Tract Level In The U.S., Peter D. Howe, Jennifer R. Marlon, Xinran Wang, Anthony Leiserowitz

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Project summary, description or abstract: This dataset contains model estimates of how Americans perceive the health risks of extreme heat events at the state, county, and census tract level in the U.S. Estimates are produced using a statistical model based on national survey data.

These data are associated with the following publication: Howe, Peter D., Jennifer R. Marlon, Xinran Wang, and Anthony Leiserowitz. “Public perceptions of the health risks of extreme heat across U.S. states, counties, and neighborhoods.” 2019. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1813145116

"Taking The Bank To The Youth:" Impacts On Saving And Asset Building From The Ghana Youthsave Experiment, Yungsoo Lee, Lissa Johnson, Michael Sherraden, David Ansong, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Gina Chowa

Center for Social Development Research

This working paper explores the experimental impact of in-school banking and financial marketing outreach on the savings performance of youth in schools across eight geographic regions in Ghana (i.e., “taking the bank to the youth”). The researchers found significant and sizable effects of the Ghana YouthSave experiment on savings performance. Youth in treatment schools performed better in terms of account opening, depositing, and savings than those in control schools. Between the two treatment conditions, in-school banking was more effective than marketing outreach in promoting account uptake and savings but the differences were marginally significant. Overall, the findings of the Ghana …

What's Your Pitch? The Power Of Wow! (Worksheet For The Webinar On January 18, 2011), Connie I. Reimers-Hild

Kimmel Education and Research Center: Faculty and Staff Publications

Elevator pitches are created to sell your idea, business, product or service in 30 seconds or less (the time it takes to go from the first floor to the top of the building in an elevator). A great pitch has the power to help anyone...from a University employee to a new entrepreneur to a team working in a high-growth firm.

It’s important to develop and practice an effective pitch, complete with an awesome "Wow Factor," so you are ready to use it under fire (pretend you just stepped onto an elevator with Warren Buffett or Bill Gates)!

This interactive webinar …

Maryland's (Out Of The Trench) Experience, Pamela Bluh

Faculty Scholarship

This presentation is part of a program entitled "Implementing BePress' Digital Commons Institutional Repository Solution: Two Views from the Trenches" developed with the University of Georgia Law Library and presented at the CALI Conference, June 2008, Baltimore, MD.

Electronic Reserves And The Failed Confu Guidelines: A Place To Start Negotiations, Bryan M. Carson

DLPS Faculty Publications

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The Importance Of Intellectual Property Licensing In 21st Century Libraries, Bryan M. Carson

DLPS Faculty Publications

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Legally Speaking — Drama In The Library: Always Seek Permission To Publicly Peform Scripts, Even When The Library Owns Them, Bryan M. Carson

DLPS Faculty Publications

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Legally Speaking--John Doe And The Patriot Act, Bryan M. Carson

DLPS Faculty Publications

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