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Sexual Orientation, Work Values, Pay, And Preference For Public And Nonprofit Employment: Evidence From Canadian Postsecondary Students, Gregory B. Lewis, Eddy Ng

PMAP Publications

Despite some evidence that gay men hold fewer government jobs in the U.S. than their population share would predict, analysis of two large surveys of Canadian university and college students shows no lack desire for public sector jobs among GLBTQs. Instead, we find that (1) GLBTQs are more likely than heterosexuals to prefer public and nonprofit sector employment; (2) GLBTQ career goals and work values predict a stronger desire for public and nonprofit sector jobs than do those of heterosexuals; and (3) GLBTQs expect to pay a smaller penalty for working in the public and nonprofit sectors. In partial support …

How A Densely Populated Neighborhood Became Turner Field: A Map Essay, Joseph Hurley

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Klan Infiltrator’S Papers Now Available Online, Traci Drummond

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Are Chimpanzees Really So Poor At Understanding Imperative Pointing? Some New Data And An Alternative View Of Canine And Ape Social Cognition, William D. Hopkins, Jamie Russell, Joe Mcintyre, David A. Leavens

Language Research Center

There is considerable interest in comparative research on different species’ abilities to respond to human communicative cues such as gaze and pointing. It has been reported that some canines perform significantly better than monkeys and apes on tasks requiring the comprehension of either declarative or imperative pointing and these differences have been attributed to domestication in dogs. Here we tested a sample of chimpanzees on a task requiring comprehension of an imperative request and show that, though there are considerable individual differences, the performance by the apes rival those reported in pet dogs. We suggest that small differences in methodology …

An Analysis Of Gender Pay Disparity In The Nonprofit Sector: An Outcome Of Labor Motivation Or Gendered Jobs?, Lewis Faulk, Lauren Hamilton Edwards, Gregory B. Lewis, Jasmine Mcginnis

PMAP Publications

Although pay differences between men and women with comparable characteristics are generally smaller in the nonprofit than in the for-profit sector, gender pay gaps in the nonprofit sector vary widely across industries. In some industries, gender pay gaps are as large as in the for-profit sector, but in others, women make more than comparably qualified men. Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling on the combined 2001-2006 American Community Surveys, we test nonprofit labor motivation theories against a gendered-job hypothesis to explain this variation. We find that gender pay gaps in the nonprofit sector are smaller in industries where nonprofits outnumber for-profits and …

Beyond The Tally Sheet: Communicating Data, Jay Forrest, Raeanne Forrest

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Ten years ago, the Georgia Tech Library created an electronic Tally Sheet to record transaction statistics. In the last decade, this system has been used by each of our public service departments and has evolved to make recording transactions easier for library staff to use. The system started as a unified single-page sheet with drop-downs to reflect multiple transactions and transaction details to sidebars individualized to each unit with single-click buttons and drop-downs.

Reporting of the transaction statistics has evolved from monthly and annual reports in Excel to a dynamic web-based interface. This data along with attendance data and circulation …

Assessment In Action: Academic Libraries And Student Success, Kara J. Malenfant, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Academic librarians are connecting with campus partners in novel ways to question and discover how they bring value to their institutions. To foster these partnerships, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), with funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, launched “Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success” (AiA). This three-year program will to aid 300 postsecondary institutions of all types as they create engaged libraries of the future. Each selected institution has a team with a librarian and at least two people from other campus units. The librarians will participate in a formal 14-month …

Before And After: Planning And Assessment Of New Library Spaces And Services, Bertha Chang, Honora Eskridge

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

As academic libraries increasingly focus on user experience as a means of improving spaces, services, and collections, more librarians find themselves conducting studies of varying complexity to provide data supporting decisions. In January 2013, the NCSU Libraries opened a new library building, the James B. Hunt, Jr. Library. With numerous high-tech spaces, the Hunt Library is meant to define the library of the 21st century. For more than two years prior to and in the months since opening the building, subject specialist librarians have conducted studies to learn about user needs, especially those of faculty and graduate students. Faculty were …

Voices In The Library, Frances Maloy, Jon Bodnar, Susan Bailey

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

In early 2012, a team of librarians from Emory University's Robert W Woodruff Library set out to better understand how the library's key user groups work, what they need to do that work, and how the library might better meet those needs. To develop its understanding the team modified the Voice of the Customer FOCUS methodology--a clearly defined and rigorous process for developing and conducting semi-structured interviews and for analyzing the data associated with those interviews.

In this presentation, team members will review their research methodology (including a discussion of its benefits and drawbacks), review their project's findings and its …

Working By Committee: Formal And Informal Assessment Collaborations--Assessment Committees And Beyond, Sojourna Cunningham, Regina Mays, Michelle Brannen, Kathryn Crowe, Sonya Shepherd

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

During this panel discussion, three very different academic libraries will provide perspectives about the role of an assessment committee and the assessment librarian in library strategic planning. Topics discussed will include:

• The creation of the Assessment Committee (AC) and the role of the Assessment Librarian within the committee
• Strategic planning for the committee as well how assessment projects are chosen for the committee and for the library
• The current and past projects of the AC As time permits, the panel will also discuss:
• How librarians outside of the committee use the AC and Assessment or U/X Librarian
• Ways in which …

Pivot Tables And Data Visualization For The Rookie Analyst, Tricia Clayton

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Have you heard others wax rhapsodic on the marvels of pivot tables, but you aren’t quite sure what they are or how they can help you? Do you wonder which type of chart or graph is most appropriate for clearly and accurately presenting your findings? If so, then this session is for you.

Assessment has become a ubiquitous component of librarianship, and skilled manipulation of quantitative data is a vital assessment tool. However, many practicing librarians have had little to no formal training in data collection, analysis and presentation. This session is aimed at rookie analysts who are learning to …

Quick Searching At The Library: A Usability Study On Combining Web Scale Discovery Tools For The Ultimate Search Interface, Emily King, Sarah Arnold

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Research was conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study the usability of two search interfaces – one tabbed interface similar to the current UNC-CH library homepage and one with a single search bar similar to Google. The UNC-CH Libraries also developed a combined search tool that pulls library resources from the Serials Solutions Summon service and from the Endeca-powered catalog. The usability test involved several tasks to determine interface preference, autosuggest’s utility, and the optimal location for the “best bets” recommendation box within the results. The usability testing also included having participants respond to a …

The Whole Picture - One Library's Assessment Activities, Sian Brannon

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Assessment pervades every single department in the library, and every staff person has some part to play. In preparing for a new library strategic plan, and for campus SACS reaccreditation, the University of North Texas took the opportunity to identify exactly what assessments are being done, no matter how internal they may seem. A newly formed Assessment Workgroup identified qualitative and quantitative assessments being performed for both internal and external bodies, and mapped them to demonstrate to employees everything the library does to improve service quality, make workflows more efficient, and improve education for students.

This presentation will describe our …

The Drive To Create An Assessment Plan: A Department Head's Roadmap, Adriana Gonzalez, Leo Lo

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

In an effort to become a data-driven department, the Head of Faculty and Graduate Services, in collaboration with the Office of Library Planning & Assessment, introduced a strategy for developing an assessment plan to instill a culture of assessment in the department; help team members gain confidence in the practice; and effectively utilize in-house resources to create a practical approach to assessment.

A three-prong approach is proposed.

1. Destination: Instill a culture of assessment by demonstrating to the team that assessment can be applied on an everyday level, and can lead to effective decision making. Route: Team members participate in a …

Assessing The Digital Media Commons: Evaluating New Library Spaces And Services At Unc Greensboro, Chelsea Deangio, Kathryn Crowe

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

As academic libraries continue to adopt and expand upon learning commons service models, assessment of these new and emerging spaces and services is critical to understanding and demonstrating their value to the campus community. In Fall 2012, the University Libraries, UNC Greensboro created a new kind of learning space -- the Digital Media Commons (DMC) -- to help address and support digital literacy needs across the campus.

The DMC is jointly staffed by the Libraries and the University’s Digital Literacy Center. These partners provide the UNCG community with layers of support for multimodal projects, from assignment creation and refinement to …

Assessing The Data Management Needs Of Academic Researchers, Jennifer Doty, Vince Carter

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

This was part of a panel presentation given with Lizzy Rolando, Georgia Tech.

If properly documented, preserved, and made accessible, datasets can serve not only as the raw material underlying books and journal articles but also as stand-alone outputs of scholarly research. Academic librarians, with a long history of being stewards of scholarly documents, are increasingly taking up the task of being stewards of research data. Developing services that support research data management requires input from stakeholders across campus--faculty and student researchers, librarians, information technology experts, and other support staff. In our presentation we will discuss and reflect on recent …

"Common" Tools For Tracking The Use Of New Library Space, Joe Fennewald

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

As attentive as we were in gathering information for the design of our knowledge/learning/information commons, it is important that we subsequently assess how these spaces are being used. During the 2008 ARL Library Assessment Conference, 12 easy-to-use techniques were identified to help libraries gather information which could inform design. This program examines how extensively these techniques were used and how successfully they have been applied in post-construction assessments. This workshop will review the results of a survey of approximately 100 libraries with recently completed projects. The survey gathered information on:

• Which of the 12 techniques, if any, were used in …

Research Data Needs Assessment At Georgia Tech, Lizzy Rolando

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

This was part of a panel presentation given with Jen Doty, Emory University, and Vince Carter, Emory University.

From late 2010 through spring of 2013, Georgia Tech Library’s Research Data Project Team conducted a multi-faceted assessment of GT research data needs. In this program, we will discuss the four methodologies used in our data needs assessment. Each methodology served a different purpose, allowing us to collect different but complementary information. While our survey provided a broad overview of practices, individual interviews contributed to a more thorough and nuanced understanding of trends observed in the survey. By analyzing data management plans …

Sacred Or Secular? How Student Perceptions May Guide Library Space Design And Utilization, Robert Fox, Bruce Keisling

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

This program reports on a collaborative research study that examined student reactions to various library designs. Building on research into why some library spaces are preferred due to their sacred or inspirational nature, the presenters conducted a study utilizing interior and exterior images of both traditional and modern-looking library spaces. Students were asked to provide their reaction to the spaces, how often and for what purposes they would use such spaces, whether they believed that type of library space would advance the institutional mission, and whether they felt that space was of a sacred/spiritual or secular/non-spiritual nature.

This research will …

Personas: An Assessment Tool For Library Space And Service Design, Kim Duckett, Honora Eskridge

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

Personas are fictional characters that embody real users’ behaviors and aspirations and can be a highly effective tool in building a shared understanding of users across a library organization. They take the power of the personal story -- something almost everyone connects to and remembers – and use it to bring broad and common understanding of a community of users to a service organization. Although personas are most commonly used in web interface design, the presenters have used personas to package needs assessment data so that it can be used for designing library services and spaces. For this presentation, we …

Assessment Librarianship 101: What Does An Assessment Librarian Do, Anyway?, Ginger Williams

Southeastern Library Assessment Conference

What does an assessment librarian do, and why do academic libraries need them? Findings from a document analysis of assessment librarian job ads will inform this enlightening presentation.

The Sound Of Social Cognition: Toddlers’ Understanding Of How Sound Influences Others, Rebecca Williamson, Rechele Brooks, Andrew N. Meltzoff

Psychology Faculty Publications

Understanding others’ perceptions is a fundamental aspect of social cognition. Children’s construal of visual perception is well investigated, but there is little work on children’s understanding of others’ auditory perception. The current study assesses toddlers’ recognition that producing different sounds can affect others differentially—auditory perspective taking. Two- and three-year-olds were familiarized with two objects, one loud and one quiet. The adult then introduced a doll, and children were randomly assigned to one of two goals: either to wake the doll or to let her sleep. Children’s object choice and the sound intensity they produced significantly varied in the predicted direction …

The Impact Of Genome-Wide Supported Schizophrenia Risk Variants In The Neurogranin Gene On Brain Structure And Function, Esther Walton, Daniel Geisler, Johanna Hass, Jingyu Liu, Jessica Turner, Anastasia Yendiki, Michael N. Smolka, Beng-Choon Ho, Dara S. Manoach, Randy L. Gollub, Veit Roessner, Vince D. Calhoun, Stefan Ehrlich

Psychology Faculty Publications

The neural mechanisms underlying genetic risk for schizophrenia, a highly heritable psychiatric condition, are still under investigation. New schizophrenia risk genes discovered through genome-wide association studies (GWAS), such as neurogranin (NRGN), can be used to identify these mechanisms. In this study we examined the association of two common NRGN risk single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with functional and structural brain-based intermediate phenotypes for schizophrenia. We obtained structural, functional MRI and genotype data of 92 schizophrenia patients and 114 healthy volunteers from the multisite Mind Clinical Imaging Consortium study. Two schizophrenia-associated NRGN SNPs (rs12807809 and rs12541) were tested for association with working …

Fall Semester 2013, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

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When Given The Opportunity, Chimpanzees Maximize Personal Gain Rather Than "Level The Playing Field", Lydia M. Hopper, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven J. Schapiro, Sarah F. Brosnan

Psychology Faculty Publications

We provided chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) with the ability to improve the quality of food rewards they received in a dyadic test of inequity.We were interested to see if this provision influenced their responses and, if so, whether it was mediated by a social partner’s outcomes. We tested eight dyads using an exchange paradigm in which, depending on the condition, the chimpanzees were rewarded with either high-value (a grape) or low-value (a piece of celery) food rewards for each completed exchange. We included four conditions. In the first, “Different” condition, the subject received different, less-preferred, rewards than their partner for each …

Policy For Journals In Scholarworks @ Georgia State University, Georgia State University Library

ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University Documents and Forms

This document outlines the requirements for starting a journal to be e-published via ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University.

Moment In Gsu History: “Building Jarred,” 1949, William W. Hardesty

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A Multi-Site Resting State Fmri Study On The Amplitude Of Low Frequency Fluctuations In Schizophrenia, Jessica Turner, Eswar Damaraju, Theo G. M. Van Erp, Daniel H. Mathalon, Judith Ford, James Voyvodic, Bryon A. Mueller, Aysenil Belger, Juan Bustillo, Sarah Mcewin, Steven G. Potkin, Vince D. Calhoun

Psychology Faculty Publications

Background: This multi-site study compares resting state fMRI amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and fractional ALFF (fALFF) between patients with schizophrenia (SZ) and healthy controls (HC). Methods: Eyes-closed resting fMRI scans (5:38 min; n = 306, 146 SZ) were collected from 6 Siemens 3T scanners and one GE 3T scanner. Imaging data were pre-processed using an SPM pipeline. Power in the low frequency band (0.01–0.08 Hz) was calculated both for the original pre-processed data as well as for the pre-processed data after regressing out the six rigid-body motion parameters, mean white matter (WM) and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) signals. …

Reduced Neural Activation During An Inhibition Task Is Associated With Impaired Fear Inhibition In A Traumatized Civilian Sample, Tanja Jovanovic, Tim Ely, Negar Fani, Ebony Glover, David Gutman, Erin Tone, Seth D. Norrholm, Bekh Bradley, Kerry J. Ressler

Psychology Faculty Publications

Introduction: Impaired inhibition of fear in the presence of safety cues and a deficiency in the extinction of fear cues are increasingly thought to be important biological markers of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Other studies have suggested that there may be altered neural activation during behavioral inhibition tasks in subjects with PTSD. The current study aimed to see whether neural activation during inhibition was reduced in a highly traumatized civilian population, and whether atypical activation was associated with impaired fear inhibition.

Methods: The participants were 41 traumatized women (20 PTSD+, 21 PTSD-) recruited from Grady Memorial Hospital in …

Summer Issue, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

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