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Digital Treasures: A Case Study, Michael J. Bennett

UConn Library Presentations

No abstract provided.

Is The Compensation Model For Real Estate Brokers Obsolete?, Thomas J. Miceli, Katherine A. Pancak, C. F. Sirmans

Economics Working Papers

This study examines the traditional compensation model for real estate brokers under which both the listing and buyer brokers are paid by the seller based on a percentage of the property sales price. We argue that this model has not evolved to reflect contemporary legal agency relationships and technology-driven information availability. It therefore creates substantial transactional inefficiencies for buyers and sellers at both the matching and bargaining stages of a transaction. While there is evidence that market forces are pushing for a change in the status quo, there is also evidence that the brokerage industry is resisting this change by …

A Comparison Of Openurl Link Resolvers: The Results Of A University Of Connecticut Libraries Environmental Scan, Jill Livingston, Deborah Sanford, David Bretthauer

Published Works

This study examines the system architecture and capabilities of commercially available OpenURL link resolvers. These emerging technological tools are designed to increase use of library collections by automating the process of locating and accessing library holdings. Data for the study, largely experiential feedback received from libraries employing OpenURL link resolvers, was gathered through a series of evaluative activities. These included a preliminary literature review, Web survey, follow-up e-mail survey, and on-site visits to libraries. Results were analyzed within the context of the University of Connecticut Libraries’ resources and needs. Analysis revealed wide variation in library experiences with and perception of …

Volume 12, Number 3: September/October 2006, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University Libraries explains the Libraries' role in the campus diversity initiative.

Page 3 - Assistant Professor of History Charles McGraw and his students discover how history is written by delving into the Dodd Research Center’s collections.

Page 4 - The Library achieves a landmark by placing 7,500 UConn doctoral dissertations in Homer, the Libraries’ online catalog.

Page 5 - In a guest column the vice provost for multicultural and international affairs discusses the University-wide focus on diversity.

Page 6 - Staff News: librarian David McChesney retires after more than a quarter century of …

Digitization: Goals & Their Logistics, Michael J. Bennett

UConn Library Presentations

No abstract provided.

Assessing Heterogeneity In Meta-Analysis: Q Statistic Or I2 Index?, Tania Huedo-Medina, Julio Sanchez-Meca, Fulgencio Marin-Martinez, Juan Botella

CHIP Documents

In meta-analysis, the usual way of assessing whether a set of single studies is homogeneous is by means of the Q test. However, the Q test only informs meta-analysts about the presence versus the absence of heterogeneity, but it does not report on the extent of such heterogeneity. Recently, the I² index has been proposed to quantify the degree of heterogeneity in a meta-analysis. In this article, the performances of the Q test and the confidence interval around the I² index are compared by means of a Monte Carlo simulation. The results show the utility of the I² index as …

Namaste 2006

Namaste: A Student Human Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Volume 12, Number 2: April/May 2006, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University libraries looks at the steps the library has taken this year toward achieving its Strategic Plan 2010.

Page 3 - Bill Frederiksen, still a practicing artist in his 90s, shares his personal view of Watergate through his art.

Page 5 - Students share their thoughts on what do and what they’ve learned by working in the library.

Page 6 - Staff News: service anniversaries and new faces

Page 7 - Peter Good & son to design husky dog sculpture.

Optimizing The Recovery Of Sponsored Research-Related Library Costs, Brinley Franklin

UConn Library Presentations

No abstract provided.

Liberalism And Republicanism: In Federal Indian Law, Bethany Berger

Faculty Articles and Papers

This essay shows the ways that, despite apparent contradictions, tribal claims fit within the liberal and republican strands of American democratic theory. Critics of tribal sovereignty and, I believe, the modern Supreme Court, are influenced by the seeming conflict between tribal interests and a liberal philosophical framework. I argue that properly understood, most tribal claims do fit within classical liberal theory, with its emphasis on equality and freedom. It is true that some tribal claims are distinctly those of groups or peoples, and so cannot be adequately captured by an individualist liberal framework. Drawing on the later work of John …

Sexual Risk Behaviour Among Hiv-Positive Individuals In Clinical Care In Urban Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Susan M. Kiene, Sarah Christie, Deborah H. Cornman, William A. Fisher, Paul A. Shuper, Sandy Pillay, Gerald H. Friedland, Jeffrey D. Fisher

CHIP Documents

Objectives: To assess the prevalence and predictors of unprotected sex among HIV+ individuals in clinical care in urban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Design: Cross-sectional survey of 152 HIV+ individuals attending a hospital-based HIV-clinic.

Methods: Structured interviews were conducted by bilingual interviewers. Sexual risk behaviour in the preceding 3 months was assessed via event counts.

Results: In one of the first studies of its kind in South Africa we found that nearly half of the sample reported vaginal or anal sex during the preceding 3 months, and 30% of these patients reported unprotected vaginal or anal sex. Among sexually active patients, a …

Volume 12, Number 1: February/March 2006, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University libraries reflects on what constitutes the library as place.

Page 3 - Norman Stevens, emeritus director of the University of Connecticut Libraries is profiled.

Page 5 - The Julia Brooker Thompson Library joins in the 40th anniversary of the Torrington campus.

Page 6 - The Class of 1956 will support the University archives with its class gift.

Volume 12, Number 4: November/December 2006, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 - The Vice Provost for University Libraries reviews the comments made and conclusions reached in the 2006 Library User Survey.

Page 3 - Professor James Crawford of Cambridge University delivers the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture.

Page 4 - An illustrated copy of Salvador Dali’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is donated to the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.

Page 5 - In a guest column on diversity issues, Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies Bandana Purkayastha discusses children of immigrants.