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Dynamic Pricing In Major League Baseball Tickets: Issues And Challenges, John T. Drea, Andrew Nahlik Feb 2017

Dynamic Pricing In Major League Baseball Tickets: Issues And Challenges, John T. Drea, Andrew Nahlik

Atlantic Marketing Journal

With its origins in the airline industry, dynamic pricing has recently been extended to the area of Major League Baseball tickets in both the primary and secondary markets. The present study examines similarities in the application of dynamic pricing in the airline and MLB industries, as well as the key differences, which include the interactive effects of competitors in the airline industries and the presence of a secondary ticket market for MLB tickets. The “zone of reasonableness” concept used in freight pricing provides a useful framework for understanding the self-imposed upper and lower price limits for MLB primary market ticket …


An Exploratory Comparison Of Private And Hbcu Marketing Student Study Abroad Program (Sap) Participation Intentions, Omar Woodham, George W. Stone, Kathryn Cort, Michael A. Jones Feb 2017

An Exploratory Comparison Of Private And Hbcu Marketing Student Study Abroad Program (Sap) Participation Intentions, Omar Woodham, George W. Stone, Kathryn Cort, Michael A. Jones

Atlantic Marketing Journal

The current research compares two demographically diverse universities regarding their respective awareness of the study abroad programs (SAPs) offered by their school. The study focuses on each sample’s awareness of SAP opportunities (i.e., as offered by their own institution) as well as each group’s opinion of the level of university administrator effort aimed at promoting the SAP offerings at each school. The authors analyzed whether student perceptions of the level of administrator support affected student expectations regarding SAP participation prior to graduation. Given the different socio-economic characteristics of the two student samples used in the study, the authors provide additional …


Students' Attitudes Towards Textbook Types: Are Students Really Ready For E-Textbooks?, Diane R. Edmondson, Cheryl Ward Feb 2017

Students' Attitudes Towards Textbook Types: Are Students Really Ready For E-Textbooks?, Diane R. Edmondson, Cheryl Ward

Atlantic Marketing Journal

Abstract - This study examines students’ attitudes and preferences to the four primary textbook types currently on the market. These types include hardback, paperback, loose leaf, and E-textbook. Two hundred twenty-three students currently taking Principles of Marketing from a large public university in the southeastern United States completed the survey. Results found that students still prefer paperback textbooks, even when this textbook is at a higher price than other alternatives. When students were asked their opinions on the various textbook options, it was clear that price, ease of use, health concerns, and ownership desires were the primary reasons why they …


The Egret's Plumes, Carol Walker Jordan Feb 2017

The Egret's Plumes, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

The Egret’s Plumes by Archibald Rutledge ; introduction by Jim Casada ; afterword by Jacob F. Rivers III and illustrations by Stephen Chesley. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61117-672-8 (hard); 978-1-61117-673-5 (ebook). $24.99. 56 p.


North Carolina's Roadside Eateries: A Traveler's Guide To Local Restaurants, Diners, And Barbecue Joints, Melinda F. Matthews Feb 2017

North Carolina's Roadside Eateries: A Traveler's Guide To Local Restaurants, Diners, And Barbecue Joints, Melinda F. Matthews

The Southeastern Librarian

North Carolina’s Roadside Eateries: A Traveler’s Guide to Local Restaurants, Diners, and Barbecue Joints by D.G. Martin. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2016. ISBN: 9781469630144 (pbk.alk. paper) $11.85. 176 p.


Kentucky Rebel Town: The Civil War Battles Of Cynthiana And Harrison County, Carol Walker Jordan Feb 2017

Kentucky Rebel Town: The Civil War Battles Of Cynthiana And Harrison County, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Kentucky Rebel Town: The Civil War Battles of Cynthiana and Harrison County by William A. Penn. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2016. ISBN 978-0-8131-6771-8 (cloth); 978-0-8131-6772-5 (epub). $45.00. 400 p.


Censorship: Filtering Content On The Web, Lizabeth Elaine Stem Feb 2017

Censorship: Filtering Content On The Web, Lizabeth Elaine Stem

The Southeastern Librarian

The World Wide Web has become a vehicle of free expression for millions of people around the world. It also represents a type of international library with no geographical or physical boundaries, bringing a vast array of information into private homes, schools and businesses. Because the Web allows anyone to post anything at any time, many believe some sort of censorship should be imposed. Censorship of the Web comes in the form of software which filters Web sites, blocking those which publish content deemed unsuitable by those administering the filtering software. Most content filtering software is used on computers in …


News Articles Feb 2017

News Articles

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent activities from the Southeastern Library Association, developments from SELA member institutions, and personnel news.


Customizations Of Web-Scale Discovery Tools In Alabama's Public & Independent College And University Libraries: A Longitudinal Study, Harry Nuttall, Hanrong Wang Feb 2017

Customizations Of Web-Scale Discovery Tools In Alabama's Public & Independent College And University Libraries: A Longitudinal Study, Harry Nuttall, Hanrong Wang

The Southeastern Librarian

As digital technology developed to a point that electronic searching for information became practical, librarians began a quest for the Holy Grail of a single-search option that had the potential to harvest search results from the entirety of a library’s holdings. Initially it was hoped that federated searching might be this option, but federated searching was found unequal to the task. Response time was slow and could skew relevance rankings (Thompson, 2013). Further, the first generation of federated search engines proved not nearly capable of searching the totality of a library’s holdings. Something more was needed. That something more was …


The Southeastern Librarian V 64, No. 4 (Winter 2017) Complete Issue Feb 2017

The Southeastern Librarian V 64, No. 4 (Winter 2017) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.


Policy Considerations Regarding The Integration Of Lusophone West African Immigrant Populations, Kezia Lartey, Brandon D. Lundy Feb 2017

Policy Considerations Regarding The Integration Of Lusophone West African Immigrant Populations, Kezia Lartey, Brandon D. Lundy

Faculty Articles

On January 23, 2012, Resolution No. 3 enacted the National Immigration Strategy for the island nation of Cabo Verde, the first of its kind in the country. As a buffer nation to Western Europe with a rapidly developing economy and good governance indicators, Cabo Verde is transitioning from a sending and transit country to a receiving nation for African mainlanders, especially from Guinea-Bissau. How effective are these immigration policies at managing these changing mobility patterns? Are immigrants successfully integrating into host communities? How might integration be handled more effectively? This policy briefing reports integration successes and failures from ethnographic research …


The Influence Of Emotions On Our Shopping Habits, Kesha Lewis Jan 2017

The Influence Of Emotions On Our Shopping Habits, Kesha Lewis

Siegel Institute Ethics Research Scholars

Different emotions affect people in various ways, and along with that come multiple coping methods. A common coping method is often referred to as retail therapy. This research study aims to discover how emotions impact our shopping habits. Do more people shop when exhibiting a negative emotion, such as stress or sadness, or a positive emotion, like happy and excited? Is there a difference in attitude about shopping and the use of retail therapy among males and females? To answer these questions, participants are asked to complete a survey detailing their most recent purchases, and the emotions they were experiencing …


The Government’S Influence On Sweatshops In Developing Countries, Alicia Whittle Rooks Mrs. Jan 2017

The Government’S Influence On Sweatshops In Developing Countries, Alicia Whittle Rooks Mrs.

Siegel Institute Ethics Research Scholars

This paper will concentrate on the local influence governments have had on sweatshop factories in developing countries. Based on the literature reviewed and analyzed, it was important to discuss several topics surrounding government influence. Topics covered in this paper include: the ethics behind sweatshops, workers’ wages and their choices, government responsibility, and then ending with introducing the Framing Theory. This particular theory was useful in part because of the method implemented in this research paper. The Framing Theory is closely associated with media content because it attempts to compare what the media says on a particular topic verse what the …


Searching For Illicit Behavior Through Changes In Productivity: The Case Of Roger Clemens And Performance-Enhancing Drugs, John Charles Bradbury Jan 2017

Searching For Illicit Behavior Through Changes In Productivity: The Case Of Roger Clemens And Performance-Enhancing Drugs, John Charles Bradbury

Faculty Articles

Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens has been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs to boost his performance. If Clemens used ergogenic aids consistent with the accusations of use, then unusual changes in productivity may be evident in his performance record. Two previous studies have examined Clemens’s career and reached conflicting conclusions: Bradlow et al. (2008) declares Clemens’s career to be “atypical” while Albert (2009) finds Clemens’s productivity to be unusually strong but similar to other pitchers who have not been linked with performance-enhancing drugs. This study examines Clemens’s performance at times of alleged use and over his career and finds …


E-Government As A Tool For Stability And Socio-Economic Development In Post-Conflict Libya., Abdulmajid H. Mohamed Jan 2017

E-Government As A Tool For Stability And Socio-Economic Development In Post-Conflict Libya., Abdulmajid H. Mohamed

Faculty Articles

Usually, great challenges lie ahead of any post-conflict government, especially in states that have historically been under dictatorship, like Libya. It has been six years since the violent regime change that took place in Libya in 2011, yet no signs of improvement is foreseen in public service delivery and constructive citizen participation in influencing national policy formation and evaluation. In fact, the situation of public services has been worsened due to the absence of political and executive power from a strong, united government. The resulting widespread of collective frustration and political uncertainty has become a catalyst for a more defective …


The Austin Archives Bazaar: A Collaborative Outreach Event, Daniel Alonzo, Amy Rushing, Kristy Sorensen Jan 2017

The Austin Archives Bazaar: A Collaborative Outreach Event, Daniel Alonzo, Amy Rushing, Kristy Sorensen

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

The Austin Archives Bazaar (AAB) is a biennial, multi-institutional, community outreach event organized by the Archivists of Central Texas (ACT), an all-volunteer group of archivists in Austin, Texas. It is designed to be free, fun, and appealing to the general public, including folks who may not even know exactly what an archives is. This paper looks at the planning and execution of the 2016 Bazaar and reflects back on how it built on lessons learned in 2014 with a focus on issues of governance, fundraising, publicity, logistics, and the participating repository perspective. This case study of a creative, multi-institutional outreach …


Winter 2017, Gla Glq Jan 2017

Winter 2017, Gla Glq

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Georgia Library Spotlight - Gordon State College, Hightower Library, Sonya S. Gaither Jan 2017

Georgia Library Spotlight - Gordon State College, Hightower Library, Sonya S. Gaither

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Georgia Library Spotlight - Max Brown Family Resource Library, Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta At Scottish Rite, Laura Sinclair Jan 2017

Georgia Library Spotlight - Max Brown Family Resource Library, Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta At Scottish Rite, Laura Sinclair

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Georgia Library Spotlight - Odum Library's New Media Center, Valdosta State University, Laura Bell Wright Jan 2017

Georgia Library Spotlight - Odum Library's New Media Center, Valdosta State University, Laura Bell Wright

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Jessica Hudson Jan 2017

My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Jessica Hudson

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Utilizing Student Workers At The Digital Library Of Georgia, Mandy L. Mastrovita, Donnie Summerlin Jan 2017

Utilizing Student Workers At The Digital Library Of Georgia, Mandy L. Mastrovita, Donnie Summerlin

Georgia Library Quarterly

Libraries and archives have become increasingly reliant on student employees to perform duties essential to the daily work of making cultural heritage materials accessible to patrons. This article details how students are recruited, trained, managed, and mentored from the perspective of supervisors at the Digital Library of Georgia. Topics discussed include hiring procedures, training techniques, work assigned to undergraduate and graduate students, the handling of archival materials, digital imaging, metadata, and social media. The article will also examine methods for creating a rewarding and educational work environment for students that promotes the library profession.


Georgia Library Association - Academic Library Division Call For Papers, Jennifer Townes Jan 2017

Georgia Library Association - Academic Library Division Call For Papers, Jennifer Townes

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Georgia Library Association - Atlanta Emerging Librarians, Lydia M. Hofstetter, Rosemary B. Humphrey, Ashley R. Day Jan 2017

Georgia Library Association - Atlanta Emerging Librarians, Lydia M. Hofstetter, Rosemary B. Humphrey, Ashley R. Day

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Georgia Library Association - Interlibrary Loan Interest Group, Susan D. Morris, Rosemary B. Humphrey Jan 2017

Georgia Library Association - Interlibrary Loan Interest Group, Susan D. Morris, Rosemary B. Humphrey

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


News - Georgia State University, Katherine Wilson Jan 2017

News - Georgia State University, Katherine Wilson

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


News - Kennesaw State University, Rita J. Spisak Jan 2017

News - Kennesaw State University, Rita J. Spisak

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


News - Oglethorpe University, Anne A. Salter Jan 2017

News - Oglethorpe University, Anne A. Salter

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Book Review - Calypso Magnolia: The Crosscurrents Of Caribbean Literature And Southern Literature, Thomas C. Weeks Ii Jan 2017

Book Review - Calypso Magnolia: The Crosscurrents Of Caribbean Literature And Southern Literature, Thomas C. Weeks Ii

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Book Review - Elbert Parr Tuttle: Chief Justice Of The Civil Rights Revolution, Maxwell Hackman Jan 2017

Book Review - Elbert Parr Tuttle: Chief Justice Of The Civil Rights Revolution, Maxwell Hackman

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.