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Avoiding A Tragedy: Information Literacy And The Tragedy Of The Digital Commons, Christopher D. Springer Jun 2009

Avoiding A Tragedy: Information Literacy And The Tragedy Of The Digital Commons, Christopher D. Springer

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Librarians have long recognized that access to the digital commons has the remarkable potential to neutralize factors that divide the rich and the poor. While access to the digital commons is free, the financial costs of the equipment and the lack of training in the use of the equipment is an obstacle to many people using this unique resource. The disparity in the allocation of this training and equipment is often referred to as the Digital Divide. Librarians continue to work diligently to bridge this divide by providing access to computers and conducting classes in the use of computer technology. …

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Effect Of Peer Review On Citations In The Open Access Environment, Mohammad Hanief Bhat Jun 2009

Effect Of Peer Review On Citations In The Open Access Environment, Mohammad Hanief Bhat

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study measures the effect of peer review on the research impact of publications. The citation analysis of publication output of Information Research, an open access journal in information science, which publishes working papers side by side with refereed articles is carried out using the Scopus database. It is found that peer review process increases the research impact of articles considerably.

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Getting To Know The Neighbors: Library Support For Study Abroad Programs, Virginia Connell Jun 2009

Getting To Know The Neighbors: Library Support For Study Abroad Programs, Virginia Connell

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

As more students travel to learn more about global languages, cultures, and markets, colleges and universities will be increasingly invested in the quality of what they learn. Academic libraries can be important and creative partners to the departments who send students abroad. Librarians can help both faculty and students prepare for their trip by acquiring and promoting scholarly resources devoted to descriptions of the destination country's political history, cultural influence, and economic standing. While students are away from campus, libraries can function as a virtual resource of reliable information, point-of-need instruction, and research reinforcement for assigned readings and writing. When …

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Academic Libraries And The Remaking Of The Canon: Implications For Collection Development Librarians, Julianne Buchsbaum Jun 2009

Academic Libraries And The Remaking Of The Canon: Implications For Collection Development Librarians, Julianne Buchsbaum

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

An issue of central importance for academic librarians of the future will be how to perform successful collection development in a time of narrow budgets and a rapidly expanding universe of information. For librarians in the humanities, in particular, the issue of how to decide what to collect is even more fraught with tensions in a multicultural era in which conventional standards used to evaluate materials have been radically contested and in which the very existence of the canon, or any type of core collection, has been called into question. It will be important to the local culture of the …

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Analytical Study Of Master Of Library Science Dissertations At The University Of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Yahaha Aliyu, Tukur Abba Jun 2009

Analytical Study Of Master Of Library Science Dissertations At The University Of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Yahaha Aliyu, Tukur Abba

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study analysed 39 Master of Library Science dissertations accepted by the School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Maiduguri, between 1996 and 2008 academic sessions. The analysis focused on productivity of dissertation by academic year, subject area, and type of library, geographical area covered and gender of the students that presented the dissertations. The analysis revealed that the 2006 academic year recorded the highest productivity of dissertations with 9, representing 23 percent. Information science, academic libraries, and Borno State as a geographical area were common topics in the dissertations presented during the years covered by the study.

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Information Needs Of Faculty Members And Research Scholars Of Chaudhary Charan Singh University: A Case Study, Devendra Kumar Jun 2009

Information Needs Of Faculty Members And Research Scholars Of Chaudhary Charan Singh University: A Case Study, Devendra Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper analyzes the information needs and use pattern among faculty members and research scholars of Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut's university campus and six district colleges: Meerut, Bulandshahar, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Baghpat, and Ghaziabad. A structured questionnaire was distributed among 425 faculty members and research scholars, of whom 200 (47.05%) responded. The study examines the purpose of visits to the library, use of different types of information sources, current literature in the field of interest, and difficulties faced in accessing information. The paper examines the preference for information sources and their use. Statistical analysis was done by applying simple percentage …

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Use Of The Internet By Faculty And Research Scholars At Gulbarga University Library, S Parameshwar, D.B. Patil Jun 2009

Use Of The Internet By Faculty And Research Scholars At Gulbarga University Library, S Parameshwar, D.B. Patil

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigates the use of Internet resources by faculty and research scholars including purposes for use, its impact on teaching and research, Internet resources and services uses, and the problems faced while using the Internet. A questionnaire was used to collect data from faculty members and research scholars in Gulbarga University. A total number 305 (112+193) questionnaires were distributed to the users, and 214 valid questionnaires were collected from the faculty member (67) and research scholars (147). Findings included that a majority of the users have been using the internet for two to four years. Slow speed, downloading problems, …

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Information Outlook, June 2009, Special Libraries Association Jun 2009

Information Outlook, June 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 4

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Green Transportation Taxes And Fees: A Survey Of Californian, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Jennifer Dill, Hilary Nixon Jun 2009

Green Transportation Taxes And Fees: A Survey Of Californian, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Jennifer Dill, Hilary Nixon

Faculty Publications, Urban and Regional Planning

This report explores public opinion on a new and promising concept—green transportation taxes and fees. These are taxes and fees set at variable rates, with higher rates for more polluting vehicles and lower rates for those that pollute less. This approach to transportation taxes and fees adapts the traditional transportation finance system to achieve two critical public benefits at once: encouraging drivers to choose more environmentally-friendly transportation options and raising revenue for needed transportation programs. To test public support for green transportation taxes and fees, the authors conducted a random telephone survey of 1,500 Californians that asked respondents their views …

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Effect Of Suburban Transit Oriented Developments On Residential Property Values, Mti Report 08-07, Shishir Mathur, Christopher Ferrell Jun 2009

Effect Of Suburban Transit Oriented Developments On Residential Property Values, Mti Report 08-07, Shishir Mathur, Christopher Ferrell

Mineta Transportation Institute

The development of successful TODs often encounters several barriers. These barriers include: a lack of inter-jurisdictional cooperation, auto-oriented design that favors park and ride lot over ridership generating uses, and community opposition. The community opposition may be more vocal in suburban areas where residents of predominately single-family neighborhoods may feel that the proposed high-density, mixed-use TOD will bring noise, air pollution, increased congestion and crime into their area. Community opposition has been instrumental in stopping many TOD projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. While community opposition to TODs has been pronounced, very little empirical research exists that indicates whether …

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Public Versus Private Mobility For The Poor: Transit Improvements Versus Increased Car Ownership In The Sacramento Region, Mti Research Report 08-02, Robert A. Johnston, Shengyi Gao Jun 2009

Public Versus Private Mobility For The Poor: Transit Improvements Versus Increased Car Ownership In The Sacramento Region, Mti Research Report 08-02, Robert A. Johnston, Shengyi Gao

Mineta Transportation Institute

Whether to aid welfare recipients in overcoming transportation barriers with increased car ownership or better transit became an issue after the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was signed into law. Empirical studies pointed out that welfare recipients owning a car had a high probability of moving from welfare to work. In this study, the authors examined the impacts of car ownership promotion versus transit improvements on job accessibility, work trips, and traveler´s economic welfare by running a travel demand model adopted by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG). In the car scenario, the zero-car households …

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The Influence Of Service Planning Decisions On Rail Transit Success Or Failure, Mti Report 08-04, Jeffrey R. Brown, Gregory L. Thompson Jun 2009

The Influence Of Service Planning Decisions On Rail Transit Success Or Failure, Mti Report 08-04, Jeffrey R. Brown, Gregory L. Thompson

Mineta Transportation Institute

Some United States metropolitan areas with rail transit systems enjoy ridership and productivity success while others do not. This study examines the experiences of 11 U.S. metropolitan areas with between one million and five million persons to better understand why some areas are successful and others are not. A particular focus is the role of service planning decisions in facilitating transit success. We find that successful transit systems are those that: 1) articulate a clear, multidestination vision for regional transit; 2) rely on rail transit as the system´s backbone; 3) recognize the importance of the non-CBD travel market; 4) encourage …

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“Green” Transportation Taxes And Fees: A Survey Of Californians, Mti Report 08-05, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Jennifer Dill, Hilary Nixon Jun 2009

“Green” Transportation Taxes And Fees: A Survey Of Californians, Mti Report 08-05, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Jennifer Dill, Hilary Nixon

Mineta Transportation Institute

This report explores public opinion on a new and promising concept—green transportation taxes and fees. These are taxes and fees set at variable rates, with higher rates for more polluting vehicles and lower rates for those that pollute less. This approach to transportation taxes and fees adapts the traditional transportation finance system to achieve two critical public benefits at once: encouraging drivers to choose more environmentally-friendly transportation options and raising revenue for needed transportation programs. To test public support for green transportation taxes and fees, the authors conducted a random telephone survey of 1,500 Californians that asked respondents their views …

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The Role Of Transportation In Campus Emergency Planning, Mti Report 08-06, Frances Edwards, Daniel C. Goodrich Jun 2009

The Role Of Transportation In Campus Emergency Planning, Mti Report 08-06, Frances Edwards, Daniel C. Goodrich

Mineta Transportation Institute

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina created the greatest natural disaster in American history. The states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama sustained significant damage, including 31 colleges and universities. Other institutions of higher education, most notably Louisiana State University (LSU), became resources to the disaster area. This is just one of the many examples of disaster impacts on institutions of higher education. The Federal Department of Homeland Security, under Homeland Security Presidential Directive–5, requires all public agencies that want to receive federal preparedness assistance to comply with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), which includes the creation of an Emergency Operations Plan …

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Paving The Way: Recruiting Students Into The Transportation Professions, Mti Report 08-03, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Jennifer Dill Jun 2009

Paving The Way: Recruiting Students Into The Transportation Professions, Mti Report 08-03, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Jennifer Dill

Mineta Transportation Institute

The transportation industry faces a growing shortage of professional engineers and planners. One key strategy in solving this problem will be to encourage more civil engineering and urban planning students to specialize in transportation while completing their degrees, so that employers have a larger pool of likely recruits. However, very little is known about how these students choose a specialization. To help fill that gap, this report examines the factors that lead civil engineering undergraduates and urban planning masters students to specialize in transportation, as opposed to other sub-disciplines within the two fields. The primary data collection methods were web-based …

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Toward A Pervasive Communication Environment Perspective, Ted Coopman May 2009

Toward A Pervasive Communication Environment Perspective, Ted Coopman

Faculty Publications

In a world where pervasive communication technologies facilitate an increasing percentage of human interaction, the traditional dichotomy between face-to-face and mediated communication (especially computer mediated communication) obscures more than it illuminates. This has impacts for both teaching and research. To address this, I propose a holistic approach: Pervasive Communication Environment Perspective (PCE). Represented as a graphic model, PCE illustrates the circular flow of information and communication across mediums, channels, and individuals. This provides a conceptual tool with practical applications for teaching as well as research.

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Networks Of Dissent: Emergent Forms In Media Based Collective Action, Ted Coopman May 2009

Networks Of Dissent: Emergent Forms In Media Based Collective Action, Ted Coopman

Faculty Publications

The micro radio movement expanded over the course of 1990s and resulted in the creation of a Low Power Radio Service in 2000. Micro radio activists successfully leveraged the then emerging Internet and other digital technologies to further their cause. By doing so, participants developed new modes of organization and repertoires of action unique to the new interface between analog and digital worlds. In exploring this phenomenon, I developed dissentworks theory – describing how collective action emerges within digital environments. I offer his approach as a tool to reassess the impacts of an infrastructural approach to media based dissent collective …

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Assuring Quality In Distance Education For Library And Information Science: The Role Of The Library, V Gopkumar, A Baradol May 2009

Assuring Quality In Distance Education For Library And Information Science: The Role Of The Library, V Gopkumar, A Baradol

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The concept of distance education and its use in Library and Information Science (LIS) education are presented. The importance of providing library and information services for LIS distance learners to enhance quality is discussed. The paper points out that web based information services can be used to extend library and information services to distance learners. Options and resources available are discussed in detail. A way of re-engineering of library and information services is highlighted.

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Libraries And The Future Of Search, Judith O'Dell May 2009

Libraries And The Future Of Search, Judith O'Dell

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Libraries have traditionally created records classifying and describing sources of information which are then organized into a system used to retrieve or locate those sources. Google, in contrast, is focused on creating a search engine that in theory would alter or eliminate the need to organize records. Are these strategies in direct competition or are they leading to some mutual system? Is Google's approach a realistic expectation given the technological, business, social, political, and legal trends of today? Assuming the creation of this or a similar capability, what will it mean for the future of searching in libraries? Will it …

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Societal Transformation And Reference Services In The Academic Library: Theoretical Foundations For Re-Envisioning Reference, Pamela N. Martin May 2009

Societal Transformation And Reference Services In The Academic Library: Theoretical Foundations For Re-Envisioning Reference, Pamela N. Martin

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper draws on theories of societal transformation, specifically the information society and postmodernism, to pinpoint challenges and offer concrete advice for re-envisioning reference services in the academic library, including traditional reference work and formal library instruction. Rather than acting as experts to whom all patrons should defer, reference librarians should serve as helpful guides and fellow explorers of the information universe.

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Spartan Daily, May 13, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications May 2009

Spartan Daily, May 13, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 132, Issue 55

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Spartan Daily, May 12, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications May 2009

Spartan Daily, May 12, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 132, Issue 54

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Spartan Daily, May 11, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications May 2009

Spartan Daily, May 11, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 132, Issue 53

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Spartan Daily, May 7, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications May 2009

Spartan Daily, May 7, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 132, Issue 52

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Spartan Daily, May 6, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications May 2009

Spartan Daily, May 6, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 132, Issue 51

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Spartan Daily, May 5, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications May 2009

Spartan Daily, May 5, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 132, Issue 50

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Spartan Daily, May 4, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications May 2009

Spartan Daily, May 4, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 132, Issue 49

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The Role Of Library And Information Science Education In National Development, Fatemeh Malekabadizadeh, Farhad Shokraneh, Akram Hosseini May 2009

The Role Of Library And Information Science Education In National Development, Fatemeh Malekabadizadeh, Farhad Shokraneh, Akram Hosseini

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Rapid expansion of knowledge and new technology have had an effect on national development. Development is influenced by factors such as culture, economy, and education. Libraries are important indicators of growth and development. They provide scientific services, fulfill social needs, and help individuals flourish. Librarians and library and information science (LIS) programs must recognize the need to change in order to strengthen development. This study discusses changing LIS curricula and the necessity of curricular changes in this field in Iran as a key factor in national development. The study provides some guidelines for these objectives.

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The Role Of The Iranian Library And Information Science Association In The Informal Education Of Librarians, Mohammad Zerehsaz, Tania Azadi, Fatemeh Pazouki May 2009

The Role Of The Iranian Library And Information Science Association In The Informal Education Of Librarians, Mohammad Zerehsaz, Tania Azadi, Fatemeh Pazouki

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article reports on a survey of librarians on their view of the role of the Iranian Library and Information Science Association in informal education of librarians. The survey uses a descriptive-analytical approach with categorized sampling of two groups of members in Tehran and Khorasan. The results show that the association is successful in holding informal training programs for librarians. The T test indicates no significant difference between librarians in Tehran and in Khorasan except in two factors. The difference is shown in positive effect on job evaluation, and suitability of scheduled dates, date of monthly seminars, and level of …

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Small Group Teaching In Library And Information Science, Razieh Zahedi May 2009

Small Group Teaching In Library And Information Science, Razieh Zahedi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Educational systems must recognize and develop students' potential. The educational environment is very influential in doing this. Small group teaching provides such an environment. In this method, students are divided into groups where they discuss ideas, communicate opinions, and solve problems. Types of small group teaching include seminars, problem solving classes, and tutorials. Small group teaching helps develop intellectual skills such as reasoning and problem solving, critical thinking and other communicative skills, such as listening, asking, and answering. The current paper is a review article that includes the concept of small group teaching and its characteristics. The role, place, and …

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