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Review Of Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, And Profit By Vandana Shiva; South End Press, 2002, Sue Ann Gardner
Review Of Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, And Profit By Vandana Shiva; South End Press, 2002, Sue Ann Gardner
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
A renowned expert in global agricultural and environmental issues, Shiva has produced another volume, this time on the perils of privatization and pollution of water resources. Covering water's significance, from its practical necessity to its spiritual essence, Shiva sets out to justify the premise that "The water crisis is the most pervasive, most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth." Though the topic is timely and poignant, the presentation is more that of a collection of research notes than a fully formed essay. The organization is not straightforward either chronologically or in terms of subject …
Do We Catalog Or Not? How Research Libraries Provide Bibliographic Access To Electronic Journals In Aggregated Databases, Charity K. Martin, Paul S. Hoffman
Do We Catalog Or Not? How Research Libraries Provide Bibliographic Access To Electronic Journals In Aggregated Databases, Charity K. Martin, Paul S. Hoffman
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Traditionally, librarians have provided access to journal titles through the library’s catalog. With the introduction of full-text databases, which consist of articles from many different journals, librarians are faced with the challenge of providing access to these titles. This article reports the results of a survey which tried to determine if research libraries were attempting to catalog the titles in aggregated databases and the issues surrounding their decision.
Distributing Non-Marc Metadata: The Cugir Metadata Sharing Project, Adam Chandler, Elaine L. Westbrooks
Distributing Non-Marc Metadata: The Cugir Metadata Sharing Project, Adam Chandler, Elaine L. Westbrooks
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Technical Service departments throughout libraries today are increasingly in the position to create and maintain non-MARC metadata that may be shared among institutions. The Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository (CUGIR) Metadata Sharing Project is an example of a system that manages heterogeneous metadata such as MARC, Dublin Core, and Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). The mechanics and policies required to exchange MARC records are mature and well understood. In contrast, non-MARC metadata resource sharing is largely uncharted territory. The authors present and discuss the mechanisms they implemented to enable heterogeneous metadata sharing. Now that CUGIR geospatial metadata records …
Remembering, Not Composing: Clarifying The Record On " [I'Ll Trace This Garden] ", Andrew Jewell
Remembering, Not Composing: Clarifying The Record On " [I'Ll Trace This Garden] ", Andrew Jewell
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
In a 1985 article in the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, Arthur Golden speculates that the verse from a manuscript in the Library of Congress's Feinberg Collection attributed to Whitman by Harold W. Blodgett and Sculley Bradley entitled "[I'll Trace This Garden]" was not actually Whitman's composition. Noting the presence of Emerson's poem "Brahma" in Whitman's hand on the verso of the leaf containing "[I'll Trace This Garden]," Golden concludes that "Whitman was simply passing the time by writing out from memory two poems that had appealed to him."' Though Golden's argument is convincing, he offers only conjecture, noting "I …
Use Of Main Or Branch Library Web Pages On Public Access Computers In Academic Branch Libraries: Results Of A Listserv Inquiry, Anita Breckbill, Virginia A. Baldwin
Use Of Main Or Branch Library Web Pages On Public Access Computers In Academic Branch Libraries: Results Of A Listserv Inquiry, Anita Breckbill, Virginia A. Baldwin
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Some academic branch libraries display a main library Web page as the default home page for their public computers. Others display a branch library page. In response to an inquiry sent to selected listservs, librarians from sixty-three academic institutions provided information about the choice and content of their default home pages. Although the numbers from the study do not clearly favor either choice, this paper, in summarizing the librarians' input, provides insight into other available options and the considerations that contribute to maximum user benefit for a given library and library system.
American Indian Treaties And The Presidents: A Guide To The Treaties Proclaimed By Each Administration, Charles D. Bernholz
American Indian Treaties And The Presidents: A Guide To The Treaties Proclaimed By Each Administration, Charles D. Bernholz
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
During the period following independence and within that political climate, the vast majority of the presidents listed in appendix A faced the obligations of making treaties with the Native American tribes. That could not have been a light responsibility, given the diversity of Indian societies and tribal organizations throughout the continent. The variety is reflected directly in the locations of the signatory tribes to the treaties listed in appendix B. George Washington dealt with the tribes of the original colonies, whereas later presidents who made treaties with the Apache and Pacific Northwest tribes faced the difficulty of administering treaties made …
Asterion And Chara – The Confusion Of The Chase, Charles D. Bernholz, Michael J. Lyons
Asterion And Chara – The Confusion Of The Chase, Charles D. Bernholz, Michael J. Lyons
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Content And Design Of Academic Library Web Sites For Distance Learners: An Analysis Of Arl Libraries, Kate Adams, Mary Cassner
Content And Design Of Academic Library Web Sites For Distance Learners: An Analysis Of Arl Libraries, Kate Adams, Mary Cassner
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
College and university libraries use the Web to communicate with distance learners about library services. How easy is it for distance learners to determine which library services offered by their home institution are available to them? Do academic libraries provide a comprehensive Web page intended specifically for distance learners? This study evaluates the Web pages of Association of Research Libraries member libraries for content and design of pages intended for distance learners.
"How The Great Do Tumble": Mark Twain's Later Articles In The San Francisco Daily Alta California, Andrew Jewell
"How The Great Do Tumble": Mark Twain's Later Articles In The San Francisco Daily Alta California, Andrew Jewell
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
On November 20, 1867, Mark Twain wrote the San Francisco Daily Alta California to say that he had come home to America. It was the end of his tour of Europe and the Holy Land aboard the Quaker City, the trip that produced dozens of letters to the Daily Alta and, eventually, a book, The Innocents Abroad. These writings were enormously successful for Twain, as many papers picked up the series written to California, and the whole country knew about him; he was, upon his arrival, a “national figure"(Kaplan 57). It was, for Mark Twain, a moment of …
Index Relativity And Patron Search Strategy, Deeann Allison, Scott Childers
Index Relativity And Patron Search Strategy, Deeann Allison, Scott Childers
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
This study compares searches in two different keyword indexes with similar content. Search results are dependent on the quality of the search strategy, the search engine execution, and the content the search is run against. This study examines the degree to which changing the search engine execution with only slight changes in index content would have on search results. The results indicate that search engine execution has a dramatic impact on the number of matches for most searches. Analysis also reveals that user search strategy did not change even though the way the search engine executes the search changed dramatically …
From High School Users College Students Grow: Providing Academic Library Research Opportunities To High School Students, Debra Pearson, Beth Mcneil
From High School Users College Students Grow: Providing Academic Library Research Opportunities To High School Students, Debra Pearson, Beth Mcneil
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
The University of Nebraska was chartered by the Nebraska Legislature in 1869 as the state's landgrant higher education institution "to afford to the inhabitants of this State the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science and the arts."' The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) University Libraries take this land-grant mission seriously, serving as a statewide resource and making the research collection available throughout the state to Nebraska citizens. The focus of this article is on the University Libraries' service to one particular group of citizens-high school students. In the late 1980s, the libraries developed a …
Review Of Intercountry Adoption From China: Examining Cultural Heritage And Other Postadoption Issues By Jay W. Rojewski And Jacy L. Rojewski; Greenwood, 2001, Sue Ann Gardner
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
With little formal background in this area, the authors have produced a well-researched, accessible handbook for U.S. residents who have adopted, or are considering adoption of, Chinese children. Jay Rojewski is an occupational studies professor and Jacy Rojewski is a middle school special education teacher, and their interest in the subject was piqued when they adopted a Chinese child several years ago. From a search of the literature it appears that the book fills a relative void on the topic. The authors cover a range of issues, including the philosophical issues and concerns surrounding intercountry adoption, how adoption from China …
The Absent American Indian Treaties: An Update, Charles D. Bernholz
The Absent American Indian Treaties: An Update, Charles D. Bernholz
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.