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Volume 28, Number 4, December 2008, Amy K. Weiss, Kate James, Barbara Vaughan, Jan Mayo, Douglas King, Jay Weitz

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized December 2008 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

Presidents, Politics And Primaries, Emory University

Elections/Voting

Photographs of a display of government documents from Emory University, Georgia.

Understanding The Complexities Of Workforce Issues Among Rural Social Workers, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

Social Work Department Publications

This presentation addresses a brief history of knowledge around rural social work (including demographics), the current state of knowledge on rural workforce issues, the social work workforce in rural and remote areas, recruitment and retention issues and concerns, and suggestions for future development of social work workforce, research, and knowledge development.

10-2008 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for October 2008.

Olac Capc Moving Image Work-Level Records Task Force Draft Report And Recommendations, Part I: Moving Image Work Definition And Boundaries, Part Ii: Core Attributes And Relationships, Kelley Mcgrath, Susannah Benedetti, Karen Gorss Benko, Lynne Bisko, Greta De Groat, Scott M. Dutkiewicz, Ngoc-My Guidarelli, Jeannette Ho, Nancy Lorimer, Scott Piepenburg, Thelma Ross, Walt Walker

OLAC Publications and Training Materials

The Moving Image Work-Level Records Task Force of Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) was charged with investigating and making recommendations on issues related to FRBR-based work-level records for moving image materials, including, but not limited to:

• Identifying characteristics of moving image works (possibly with some indication of relative importance) that should be included in work-level records and creating operational definitions of these characteristics.
  
  
• Identifying potential sources of information about these characteristics and examining the reliability of these sources.
  
  
• Examining existing bibliographic records to identify places where work-level information might be recorded and investigating the possibility of extracting …

Volume 28, Number 3, September 2008 Olac Newsletter, Pat Loghry, Jan Mayo, Jay Weitz, Barbara Vaughan, Douglas King

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized September 2008 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

Guide To Cataloging Playaway Devices Based On Aacr2 Chapters 6 And 9, Heidi Frank, Bill Anderson, Joe Bartl, Robert B. Freeborn, Jay Weitz

OLAC Publications and Training Materials

Playaway devices were developed in 2005 by Findaway World LLC. (http://store.playawaydigital.com/). A Playaway is described as a “self-playing digital audio book” and is a device that contains a pre-loaded audio file in a proprietary format called ACELP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_Code_Excited_Linear_Prediction). The device requires one AAA battery and a set of earphones for playback and listening. Playaways contain almost exclusively spoken word recordings, but some musical content is available as well. According to the distributor, the focus of Playaways will remain audiobooks. Given the nature of a Playaway device, these materials include aspects of both sound recordings and electronic resources. They should be …

Social Workers In Rural Areas: Research On Workforce Issues, Recruitment, And Retention, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

Social Work Department Publications

This presentation addresses a brief history of knowledge around rural social work, the current state of knowledge on rural workforce issues, the social work workforce in rural and remote areas, recruitment and retention issues and concerns, and suggestions for future development of social work workforce, research, and knowledge development.

Evaluación De Bibliotecas Y Acreditación Universitaria En Ee. Uu. = Library Evaluation And University Accreditation, Joan Roca

Library Services Publications

OBJETIVOS

• Visión general de la acreditación institucional
• Visión general de la evaluación de bibliotecas
• Introducción a los ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (2004)
• Aplicaciones prácticas de acción
• Beneficios de la Evaluación en MSU Mankato

Volume 28, Number 2, June 2008 Olac Newsletter, Amy K. Weiss, Jay Weitz, Jan Mayo, Barbara Vaughan, Douglas King

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized June 2008 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

Teaching Icwa Online: Undergraduate Child Welfare Student Learning, Paul Force-Emery Mackie, Mackenzie Collin

Social Work Department Publications

The "ICWA Online" class was developed to provide a critical learning experience to Title IV-E students who will likely work with Native American children and families sometime in their careers and social workers. This presentation is designed to outline and show how we are attempting to do this using current technology and platforms - to keep the promise established by ICWA 30 years ago... Today.

04-2008 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for April 2008.

Professional Burnout: Are Social Workers As Crispy As We Think?, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

Social Work Department Publications

This presentation focuses on burnout among social workers. The presentation will include historical and empirical information, findings from current research on the topic, and suggestions for identifying and managing burnout.

Volume 28, Number 1, March 2008 Olac Newsletter, Amy K. Weiss, Jay Weitz, Barbara Vaughan, Douglas King

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized March 2008 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

02-2008 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for February 2008.

Germany, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

News Flash! These Just In..., Minnesota State University, Mankato

Government Documents (General)

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Chase The Chills Away With These Hot Titles!, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Government Documents (General)

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Presidents, Politics, And Powers, Emory University

Democracy/Government

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Emory University, Georgia.

Artwork In Government, Humboldt State University

Art and Music

Bibliography of a display of government documents from Humboldt State University, California.

The Struggle For The Right To Vote, Minnesota State University Mankato

Elections/Voting

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Celebrating Our U.S. Constitution Day, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Constitution

Photographs of a display of government documents from Oklahoma State University.

A Few Too Many, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Crime/Violence

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Smokey The Bear, University Of South Alabama

Safety

Photographs of a display of government documents from the University of South Alabama.

Teaching Cultural Prototypes And Detecting Prototypical Errors Of L2 Learners, Tina Bennett Mowrey

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The focus of this study is the problem of first language (L1) transfer of cultural prototypes to specific L2 lexical items. This paper will provide a method for identifying and understanding cultural nuances in the meaning of words during the process of learning. An explanation of the learning process will be presented and the iconic or the prototypical level of cross-cultural communication will be analyzed. The APP will present a teaching approach on how to ascertain the L1 cultural prototypes being transferred to specific L2 lexical items. How to negotiate the meaning of these cultural prototypes of lexical items will …

Choaking Phobia In School-Aged Children, Joseph Wanzek, Daniel Houlihan

Psychology Department Publications

No abstract provided.