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Impact Assessment Of E-Learning Initiatives At The University Of Jos And The Role Of Information Literacy In Teaching And Learning, Vicki Lawal, Stephen Akintude

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Acceleration Of Service Delivery By Multiple Collaborations, Elena Vvedenskaia

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Development Research Uptake In Sub-Saharan Africa, Sara Grobbelaar, John Kirkland

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Use Of Electronic Resources By Distance Students In Nigeria: The Case Of The National Open University, Lagos And Ibadan Study Centers, Omoike Adenike Damilola

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed factors affecting use of electronic information resources by distance learning students using the National Open University, Lagos and lbadan Study centers as a case study. Survey method was used for the study. The sampling method adopted for the purpose of this study was the simple random sampling techniques. The sampled respondents were drawn from the total population of 12,500 students at the Lagos and lbadan study centers. However 2% of the population from each study centers was used as the sample size. A structured questionnaire was developed and administered to elicit information from the respondents. A total …

U.S. State Department International Law Internship And Employment Presentation And Discussion, Andrew A. Passen Famu Diplomat-In Residence

Environmental and Animal Law

The Center for International Law & Justice presents a discussion and presentation by Andrew A. Passen, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, who is currently serving as Diplomat-in-Residence covering the southeast U.S. and is based at Florida A & M University in Tallahassee.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Grogg, Mitchell. Alumni Celebrate the Opening of the Augenstein Alumni Center
• Holloway, Kaely. LifeSkills Run for Autism Exercises Awareness – Kelly Autism Program
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Construction List
• New Alumni Center Might Benefit More Than Just Alumni
• People Poll: What Do You Think About the New Augenstein Alumni Center?
• Honeycutt, Josh. Student’s Hunting Skills Take Him to New Heights – Clayton Solise, Relive Outdoors
• French, Jackson. Annual Campus Safety Walk Helps Bring More Lights to WKU
• Matchen, Quiche. Rapper Wale Brings Hip-Hop to WKU Again – Concerts
• Marnon, …

Ua80/1 Meeting Minutes, W Club

University Organizations

Meeting agenda, minutes and treasurer's report for April 2013 meeting of the W Club Board of Directors.

The Rattler (Volume 101, Issue 5, Edition 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

How The Media Covers Lawmaking: The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Savannah Priebe

Honors Theses

The mass media holds extreme gatekeeping and framing functions. It is the media's ability to frame stories that tells viewers what to think about during a particular period of time, if not explicitly how to think about a topic. Over the course of health care reform in January of 2009 to April 2010 when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed, key concepts in news coverage were analyzed. The New York Times and The Houston Chronicle's articles at this time were researched in order to provide insight on the use of ideological bias in reporting on policy and …

The State Of Nature X: Why Leave? A Preface On The State Of Nature Theory, Zachary S. Stirparo

Senior Honors Theses

Great minds have addressed the issue of forming a polity, dating back to Plato. Yet, most of these great minds, such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, argue for the need to escape the state of nature into a civil form of government. However, after taking the three essential elements of man that these philosophers all comment on, self-preservation, reason, and will, a new state of nature model is created that is stronger. It is stronger because of its definition of man and the analytic inferences that flow from that definition. Therefore, the state of nature theory does …

The Prospector, April 16, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Earth Issue: Out of the Smoke

Dimensions Of Informal Support Network Development In An Asian American Community In The New South: A Grounded Theory, Suzie Weng

Theses and Dissertations

The continuum of care framework posits that individuals move from one level to the next in seeking resources for help ranging from first using informal support to finally using formal services. Yet, the literature is mostly focused on formal services. It is well-known in the literature that existing formal services are underutilized by the Asian American population. If that is also the case in nontraditional settlement cities like Richmond, Virginia, the continuum of care framework and existing literature suggest that Asian Americans are turning to their informal support networks to meet their needs. Thus far, the literature on informal support …

Spartan Daily April 16, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 38

Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: An Examination Of The Role Of Race, Ethnicity, And Cultural Factors In Presenting Symptoms And At Three Month (Or First Recorded) Follow Up, Stephanie Susanne Genser Wolf

Theses and Dissertations

Child traumatic stress is a pervasive problem that affects the well-being and healthy development of children from all races, ethnicities, and cultures. Major factors known to affect trauma symptoms include type of trauma, level or severity of trauma exposure, and age and gender of children. Utilizing Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model, this study measured the additional influence of children’s race, ethnicity, and cultural factors on symptoms after trauma. A dataset of children in treatment after experiencing trauma (0-21 years, N = 10,115) from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), a federally funded initiative that collected longitudinal data across 56 research and …

Special Interest Group, Caroline Leiss

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

Coming Together – A Model Of Integration For Tib And University Library Hannover, Uwe Rosemann

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The TIB (German National Library of Science and Technology) and the UB (University Library) Hannover have been successfully working together in an organisational and spatial association for over 40 years, with each having their own business and personnel plans. In the near future, both libraries are to be completely integrated whilst, at the same time, getting their own independent legal status – in this way, the basis for a common strategy, as well as joint organisation and personnel development, will be created.

Parallel to this, various areas are to be significantly strengthened:

The new library will take over the co-ordination …

Iatul Quality Management, Deborah Becker

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

IATUL Quality Mangement

New Trends In Tracking Research Output, Collaboration And Performance, Melissa Badenhorst, Philip J. Purnell

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The unprecedented volume of research output combined with fierce competition for grant funding and the implications of successful awards has emphasised the importance of careful analysis of research data. Especially in today’s economic climate, strategists and policy makers are under pressure to show the impact of funded research and to justify their decisions by demonstrating the return on investment of specific projects, researchers and their institutions. This requires a significant objective component to research evaluation using a variety of selected indicators and comparisons against national, regional or global benchmarks. This paper will take a practical approach using case studies to …

Collaboration Between Academics And Librarians: The Case Of The Durban University Of Technology, David Thomas, Mousin Omar Saib

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The concept of information literacy is not a new one but it has attracted increased attention as a result of the digital information explosion. At the Durban University of Technology Library, Information literacy (IL) is offered in various forms by librarians. Unfortunately it has not enjoyed the accreditation or value that it deserves across all academic disciplines. There have however been a few success stories that have proven that IL contributes productively to the holistic development of learners. One such success story is the collaboration between the Library and the Industrial Engineering Department in embedding Information literacy into the curriculum. …

Blended Learning In Information Literacy Education. How To Make The Resources Stretch?, Marja Talikka, Iris Tahvanainen, Hanna Varri

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Many small university libraries struggle with lack of resources for teaching information literacy (IL) skills to the students. There is not enough time or personnel to reach all the students in need of IL education. On the other hand, the faculties expect students to use high quality academic information sources while writing their papers. However, the teachers have neither time nor knowledge to instruct their students in information retrieval.

The paper describes one solution model to the problem. In the Lappeenranta University of Technology the library personnel have created an IL education package which requires few resources but works well …

Adding Pearls Onto The String” A Case Study Of Collaboration Providing Library Services To Nursing Students At The Cape Peninsula University Of Technology (Cput), Siviwe Bangani, Petro Coreejes-Brink, Michiel E. Moll

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Due to the restructuring of the higher education landscape in South Africa resulting from the new constitution adopted in 1994, a particular relationship has arisen regarding the training of nurses in the Western Cape. This relationship has resulted in collaboration with regard to the initial training of nurses being developed between the Western Cape College of Nursing (WCCN), a body of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape, and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). Starting in 2006, the initial collaboration saw all staff at the Nico Malan campus of WCCN in Athlone, at that stage their only campus, …

A Year From Now You Will Wish You Had Started Today - Redefining Strategy And Organization For Library Automation And Content, Daniel Forsman

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

There is a need for a new breed of organization and strategy in a changed landscape for library systems, acquisitions and discovery. This paper presents Chalmers library re-organization and strategic viewpoint on library systems, acquisitions, collection development and development methodology based on a complete overhaul of those areas to prepare us for a changed paradigm of how library systems and media is delivered to our organization and users.

Software and Data as a Service has changed the infrastructure for library automation and content delivery. Media and systems are merging in the Cloud, with vendor promise of lower total cost of …

A Joint Library Of Two Universities Case: Lappeenranta Academic Library, Ulla Ohvo, Iris Tahvanainen, Marja Talikka

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The number of universities and universities of applied sciences has been cut down in Finland. This process will be the future trend. Different levels of collaborative work is going on in order to find new forms of organizing library services. In 2011 Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and Saimaa University of Applied Sciences (SUAS) set up a joint library, Lappeenranta Academic Library (LAL). Arrangements and planning were carried out in 1,5 yrs. The project was many-sided as a joint library was to be created, not to merge two universities. The Academic Library is a part of LUT organization and the …

An Exploratory Framework For A Study On Designing A Research Focused Advanced Information Literacy Program For Engineering Postgraduates, Karien Du Bruyn

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Efforts to improve information literacy levels in academic institutions are often focused on undergraduate students, and mostly address the improvement of information retrieval skills. This practice is also evident in information literacy programs offered for postgraduate researchers, if offered at all. Although there have been radical transformations in scholarly communication and practice in recent years, there is still an assumption among many that researchers on postgraduate level are sufficiently information literate to deal with the new challenges. A gradual awareness of the unique needs of postgraduate researchers in a dynamic and demanding academic environment is, however, developing. Literature in this …

Using Contemporary Practice-Based Approaches To Generate Data For Guiding The Design Of Information Literacy Learning Environments - A Preliminary Study Of Engineering Students, Antti M. Rousi, Virpi Palmgren, Kirsi Heino

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Abstract

Introduction. This preliminary study examines the application of contemporary practice-based approaches to generate data for guiding the design of information literacy learning environments.

Method. This preliminary study was conducted by interviewing three engineering students who were participating at the Tools for master’s thesis course arranged by Aalto University Library’s Otaniemi Campus Library. The interview’s structure was two-fold, as it first sketched out the participant’s master’s thesis practices through Schatzki’s site ontology and secondly examined the perceived value of different information literacy learning tasks on the latter.

Results. The master’s thesis practices of the interviewees were networked …

Doing It Together: Effective Collaboration In Scientific And Technological University Libraries, Nikki Crowster, Karin De Jager, Mary Nassimbeni

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The authors were approached by CHEC with a request to design and facilitate a learning event for the Consortium, consisting of a programme that would expose mid-career librarians to the principles and practice of research librarianship. It had to be specifically intended to enhance librarians’ understanding of the research process and to encourage their willingness and ability to support research in their own libraries. In planning the intervention, the aim was to maintain a balance between theoretical input and opportunities for workshop activities, taking into account both inputs from specialists in the higher education sector and the research landscape, and …

“Just Because You Have A License Doesn’T Mean You Know How To Drive!” Tackling The Gap Between Lis Qualification And Professional Capacity, Sagren Moodley, Patricia Gierke, Pam Govender, David Thomas

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The role of the Staff Training and Development Committee of the Durban University of Technology Library is to facilitate both general and specific on-the-job-training for all library staff. The members of this Committee have been involved in training and development of library staff; LIS students and also other library professionals for many years. This exposure has highlighted a number of challenges both within the DUT Library and the LIS sector workplace, generally.

One of major concerns is that the gap between academic qualification and professional skills needed in the workplace is increasing; this can be attributed to the pace at …

Blended Learning In Library And Information Science (Lis) Education And Training, Mogie Rajkoomar

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Educators and students have a vital role to play as being in control of the education process. Introducing blended learning could be one of the means of improving the quality of teaching and learning in higher education. Blended learning has become an emerging and prominent delivery mechanism and approach to course design in higher education. The core interest in blended learning lies in the need to provide more engaged learning experiences with recognizing the potential of the Internet and Information and communications technology. Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have had a profound impact in the Library and Information Science (LIS) …

Library Building Renovations – Crucial Collaborations, Jc Henning

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper shares how important cross-sectional collaboration is to ensuring the successful planning of academic library buildings and facilities. The focus is on the nature of collaboration with internal stakeholders in the various stages of the process. It highlights the purpose of the collaboration in and at each stage, lists the relevant stakeholders and their roles, highlights the challenges and ultimately concludes with the benefits of the collaboration.

The specific relationships and agreements with internal stakeholders such as library staff, students, academics, Information and Communication Technology, Procurement and University Estates are presented. The paper briefly refers to collaboration with external …

Web 2.0 On Academic Libraries In Southeast Asia, Nor Hazidah Awang, Mohd Ismail Abidin

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The presence on Web 2.0 has significantly changed the role of the library and the way librarians interact with their users. Depending on the needs of the library, different Web 2.0 applications are used for different purposes and definitely will bring different impact on the users. For instance, streaming media such as YouTube has been the most popular video-sharing application that allows users to post personally developed videos/recordings or video tutorials to train users how to use library resources and access various services in their library. Whereas, social media such as Facebook is commonly used to interact with users, sharing …