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Pritchard Shipyard Kaolin Pipe Analysis, Geoffrey R. Hughes
Pritchard Shipyard Kaolin Pipe Analysis, Geoffrey R. Hughes
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This report analyzes fragments of Kaolin tobacco pipes recovered at the Pritchard Shipyard archaeological site (38CH1049) in an attempt to assess the site’s stratigraphic integrity. Kaolin tobacco pipes, as a class of archaeological material has the potential to address this question because of their temporal attribute: the direct relationship between bore diameter to manufacturing period. As a result, tobacco pipes offer insight into the following questions: 1) When was the site’s earliest possible occupation? 2) On average, what were the most intensive occupational periods? 3) What was the site’s maximum possible occupational range? 4) To what extent is the site’s …
New Leadership For Libraries: Who Has The Right Stuff?, Eric C. Shoaf
New Leadership For Libraries: Who Has The Right Stuff?, Eric C. Shoaf
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Research Readiness Self-Assessment: Assessing Students' Research Skills And Attitudes, Lana Ivanitskaya, Ryan Laus, Anne Marie Casey
Research Readiness Self-Assessment: Assessing Students' Research Skills And Attitudes, Lana Ivanitskaya, Ryan Laus, Anne Marie Casey
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Librarians and learning researchers at Central Michigan University collaboratively developed an online tool that assesses how student research attitudes and perceptions correlate to their actual research skills in order to educate them about state-of-the-art library resources and prepare them to write high-quality research papers. This article describes the reasons for developing the assessment as well as the design process and technical characteristics.
A Historical Overview Of Internet Reference Services For Distance Learners, Anne Marie Casey
A Historical Overview Of Internet Reference Services For Distance Learners, Anne Marie Casey
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The advent of library services and collections on the Internet revolutionized reference services to students enrolled in distance learning programs. Prior to the Internet, reference librarians who supported distance learning programs had few methods, and many of them costly, to provide the equivalent library services advocated by the ACRL Guidelines. Through the Internet, these librarians were able to approximate the services and resources that had always been available to students who came into the library. This article describes the development of reference services on the Internet in a variety of libraries that support distance learners.
Art, Sport And The Sweet Spot, John Strassburger
Art, Sport And The Sweet Spot, John Strassburger
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This is the seventh in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.