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Ddas Suggested Training Uses: Supervisor/Field Management Training, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

Field supervisors or managers should also read the suggested training needs for deminers because they will often be in charge of the deminers' training and/or refresher training. When they have any training concerns, they must report this in writing to the Senior Management in order to avoid censure if accidents result from inadequate training.

Because the accident database is a collection of reports covering events when things did not go as planned, the examples drawn from it are usually "negative" - what not to do, rather than what to do. They can be useful to explain the need for rules. …

Ddas Suggested Training Uses: Deminer Training, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The database provides real-world examples that can be used as training aids. This will often reinforce what is considered to be common sense. Be aware that the database records prove (beyond reasonable doubt) that some commonsense wisdom is incorrect.

For example, it is a myth that the most dangerous time for deminers is shortly after their initial training. On the contrary, there is some evidence to suggest that deminers actually become more likely to have an accident the longer they work as a deminer.

Ddas: Suggested Training Uses, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

The most common use of these records in training is to provide an example of what happens when things are done in the wrong way. This can be a powerful reinforcement of a lesson about doing things the right way. The database can also be a training aid for paramedics and for field and office managers.

Ddas: Metal Detector Search, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

What follows are basic procedures for use with all the current models of metal detector that I know. It is intended to provide a basis that you can edit and refine to suit your equipment and working preferences.

Ddas: Metal Detector Set-Up, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

There must always be absolute confidence in the metal-detector’s ability to locate the target device at the required depth before Metal-detector clearance drills are applied. It is important to set-up the metal-detector appropriately for two main reasons. First it gives the Supervisors confidence that the ground can be cleared to the required depth. Second, it gives the deminers confidence that they can and will find every mine.

What follows is a basic procedure for use with all the current models of metal-detector that I know. It is intended to provide a basis that you can edit and refine to suit …

Characteristics Of Classic Papers Of Library And Information Science: A Scientometric Study, Mohammad Karim Saberi, Faezeh Ekhtiyari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Classic papers are novel facilities of Google scholar. These papers were first developed by Google scholar in May 2017. Classic papers have been considered highly cited papers since last 10 years. Effective authors, institutions, universities, and countries on improving science can be identified by analyzing the papers. Therefore, this study aims to examine characteristics of classic papers of Library and Information Science (LIS). This study will use Scientometrics indicators. The study sample includes LIS classic papers. To gather the data, some databases such as Google scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus are applied. Excel and SPSS applications are used …

Application Of Barcode Technology In Landmark University Centre For Learning Resources, Omu-Aran Experience, Lawal M. Akanbi Dr., M. T. Bashorun, Dr., Usman A. Salihu Mr., Grace O. Babafemi Mrs., Kabir Sulaiman, S. O. Kolajo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The main objective of any library for adoption of barcode technology is to improve library operations reducing workplace injuries, and improving services for library users. This study therefore examines application of barcode technology in landmark university centre for learning resources, Omu-Aran Experience. The study identified four research objectives. The design used for this study was case study research method. The population for this study comprises of all the library personnel with status ranging from professional to non-professional. The total population of the library staff was twenty (20). The whole 20 staff were used. The questionnaire was tagged "Application and …

The Prospector, October 16, 2018, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Rain or Shine Chalk the Block Continues On

The Intervention Path: The Experiences Of Mothers Seeking Help For Their Child With Atypical Behavioral Development, Renee Hoopes

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Pre-school aged children experience challenging behaviors at a relatively common rate. Research shows that approximately 10–25 % of preschool-aged children engage in challenging behaviors to a greater degree than would be expected for their age (Lavigne, Gibbons, Christoffel, Arend, Rosenbaum, Binns, Sawon, Sobel & Isaacs, 1996). Problem behaviors are often the result of a child not following a typical developmental trajectory. Atypical development appears when a child either lags behind or jumps ahead of typical peer progress in physical, cognitive, behavioral, and social development or in adaptive life skills. When children with challenging behaviors are left untreated, their everyday functioning …

Incentive Benefits And Costs, Timothy J. Bartik

Presentations

No abstract provided.

Lindenwood Digest, October 16, 2018, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Poster: “Draw” In Your Audience: Creating An Infographic Annual Report, Amanda L. Steinvall, Heather J. Martin

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

Presented by Amanda Steinvall

Objectives: Following the consolidation of 9 hospital libraries into a single unified department, library leadership identified the need to create an annual report that successfully described the work of this new integrated library service. The library aimed to reconstruct the traditional annual reports into more visual format that better depicted the impact of the library by displaying usage statistics and promoting services in a pleasing and unique way.

Methods: In year one, the library transitioned from a traditional written report or one-sheet, to an infographic poster created using Photoshop. The infographic described the current state of …

Poster: Challenges Of A Distributed Learning Library System, Kathryn Vela, Suzanne Fricke, Electra Enslow

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

Objectives: Health sciences librarians face increasing complexity when serving innovative health science programs with multiple campuses and distributed community-based and academic partners. This paper examines the challenges faced by these librarians as they work to coordinate services and meet user needs.

Methods: Librarians based on multiple campuses took a self-directed approach to better understand the needs of evolving distributed health science programs at their institution, using methods based on organizational information theory and team sensemaking. During six in-person and virtual meetings over three months, the librarians engaged in comparative discourse, examining the unique aspects of their library settings, collection practices …

Poster: Does The Availability Of Medical Marijuana Decrease Opiate Use? Surveying The Landscape, Patricia Devine

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

Marijuana for medical use is now legal in 29 states, but studying the medical effects of marijuana is challenging. Because marijuana is categorized as a DEA Schedule I drug, researchers have encountered difficulty in conducting Randomized Clinical Trials. But research is expanding in this important field. Librarians have a role in raising awareness among healthcare professionals and researchers. To better understand the landscape of medical marijuana and opiate use, and discover ways for librarians to act as advocates and share high quality information, a literature review will be conducted and results summarized.

Poster: Assessing E-Book Collections For Kplibraries, Tori Ward, Loree Hyde

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

Purpose: The purpose of our project is to assess and enhance kpLibraries’ national e-book collection and to provide the appropriate e-resources and materials for our patrons. The project supports kpLibraries' national Resource Management policy that requires maintenance of a “current, authoritative collection of books, multimedia, and electronic materials in the areas of health sciences, clinical, educational, professional development, patient care services and consumer health information...”. We aim to further develop all processes of collection development for our e-book collection and to characterize interlibrary library loan (ILL) and book request usage patterns.

Method: This project consists of four phases. In the …

Poster: Transforming A Literature Search Service: Adapting A Reference Management System, Peggy Cruse, Susan Groshong, Jackie Morton

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

This poster was previously exhibited at MLA 2018 Atlanta.

Objective: Librarians at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Research Institute, providing a robust mediated literature search service, lacked a collaborative platform for archiving and sharing search strategies and documentation. Available information request management systems traditionally track a library’s reference service workflow. Librarians modified Altarama’s RefTracker Express to improve our search quality, increase efficiency, leverage search expertise, and demonstrate alignment with institutional goals.

Methods: Librarians customized RefTracker system forms to capture client demographics, question refinement, resources consulted, and database strategies. In addition to traditional metric categories, librarians adapted records to show the relationship …

Scholarly Publishing And Doctor Of Nursing Practice Students: A Survey Of Publishing Outcomes At The University Of San Francisco, Claire Sharifi, Jo Loomis, Jenner Wells

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

The American Association of Colleges of Nurses’ essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice state that a doctoral nursing practice (DNP) program should prepare graduates to “disseminate findings from evidence-based practice and research to improve healthcare outcomes” (2006). Likewise, learning outcomes and course requirements for the DNP program at the University of San Francisco (USF) require students to submit a manuscript to a peer reviewed scholarly journal prior to starting their final project. Even with these clearly stated learning outcomes, the publication rate for DNP students’ at USF was, until now, unknown and untracked.
In collaboration with faculty in …

Identifying Environmental Barriers To Patient Health Literacy In A Comprehensive Mental Health Clinic, Michele Spatz

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

he National Institutes of Health has launched an ambitious longitudinal research project called the All of Us Research Program (https://allofus.nih.gov/). Part of the Precision Medicine Initiative, All of Us seeks to engage one million or more volunteers living in the U.S. to contribute their health data over many years to improve health outcomes, fuel the development of new treatments for disease, and catalyze a new era of evidence-based and more precise preventive care and medical treatment.
The program embraces equity to improve health by encouraging any adult, ages 18 and older to participate. The more diverse the individuals who participate, …

Adapting An Institutional Repository For A Medical Library Environment, Daina Dickman

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

How does it work when a hospital library begins to create an Institutional Repository (IR) for their unique library environment. Come hear about the experiences of the Providence St. Joseph Health library department in launching their IR using BePress's Digital Commons and Expert Gallery products.

We will discuss the challenges in adapting an IR product for the medical library environment when the product has primarily been used by traditional academic institutions. How can you meaningfully display and categorize your items when they all get lumped in to "Medical and Health Sciences" by the IR's existing organizational structure? How can you …

Check Your Dashboard, Your Gauges May Be High!, Phillip Fitzsimmons, Janet Croft

DC-HUG '18

The long-established academic journal, Mythlore of the Mythopoeic Society, began using the editor’s platform of the SWOSU Digital Commons in 2017. The executive editor, Janet Croft of Rutgers University, will discuss the differences between her former way of managing submissions, reader reviews, and producing a predominantly print journal to doing the work digitally using the editor’s platform of the Institutional Repository. She will describe advantages and disadvantages to using the platform. This is an opportunity for Institutional Repository administrators to ask concrete questions about the learning curve and experience of a seasoned journal editor who has made the transition to …

Understanding Gdpr: Libraries, Repositories, & Privacy Policies, Jenelys Cox

DC-HUG '18

This presentation examines the impacts of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on Digital Commons Institutional Repositories. It will briefly explore the history and requirements of GDPR, steps bepress has taken to comply with regulations, impacts on our bepress repositories, and best practices which libraries can implement at their institutions. It also includes an example of a data audit process at the University of Denver and the resulting privacy policy developed.

Establishing Research Data Management Service On A Health Sciences Campus, Nancy Shin, Kathryn Vela

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

Presented by Nancy Shin.

Objective: Given the increasing need for research data management support and education, the Spokane Academic Library at Washington State University (WSU) sought to determine the data management practices, perceptions and needs of researchers on the WSU Spokane health sciences campus.

Methods: A 23-question online survey was distributed to researchers and research support staff through the campus listserv that addressed data organization, documentation, storage & backup, security, preservation, and sharing, as well as challenges and desired support services.

Results: The results of the survey indicated that there was a clear need for more instruction with regard to …

Building A Medical Library From The Ground Up: Lessons Learned, Molly Montgomery

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

How to you go from zero to (librarian) hero by developing a medical library in less than six months? How far out of your comfort zone do you have to be in order to go from being mainly an instruction/reference librarian to making systems decisions, building up an ILS, and wrestling with interlibrary loan? Attend this session to learn the strategies, skills, and coping mechanisms used to build up a medical library for Idaho’s first medical school.

The Nnlm And All Of Us Research Program Partnership: Transforming, Translating And Transcending Health Disparities Through Health Literacy, Michele Spatz

Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting

The National Institutes of Health has launched an ambitious longitudinal research project called the All of Us Research Program (https://allofus.nih.gov/). Part of the Precision Medicine Initiative, All of Us seeks to engage one million or more volunteers living in the U.S. to contribute their health data over many years to improve health outcomes, fuel the development of new, more precise medical treatments, catalyze a new era of evidence-based preventive care and close the health disparities gap.

Tweeting The Ir, Paul Royster

DC-HUG '18

Social media has become an important means of keeping up to date for busy IR managers. Limited to short, pithy messages, but permitting linking and re-tweeting, the Twitter medium is both handy and powerful … when used appropriately. Alternatively, it can become a portal to fascinating, entertaining, horrifying, and time-consuming off-topic content and even an avenue for online harrassment. The presentation for DC-HUG will involve audience participation, and will include discussions of appropriate forms of identity, good and bad avatars, who to follow for scholarly communications subjects, whom to avoid for greater peace of mind, what are appropriate subjects, how …

Preparing For The Coretrustseal, James Roger Weaver

DC-HUG '18

The Missouri University of Science & Technology recently received the CoreTrustSeal certifying our repository as a sustainable and trustworthy. This presentation will discuss: (1) Why we obtained the seal, (2) The application process and what to expect, (3) some example sections of the application, and (4) expected benefits of the seal.

Role Of Ict In Promoting Sustainable Consumption And Production Patterns - A Guideline In The Context Of Bangladesh, Molla E. Majid

Journal of Environmental Sustainability

Sustainable development is of much focus now-a-days due to global warming and continuing depletion of natural resources. Implementation of sustainable consumption and production patterns is central to achieving sustainable development. Many countries along with the United Nations have reiterated this fact in multiple global platforms. Growing industrialisation and population growth are gradually making developing countries more and more susceptible to unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. Many governments are taking strategies to change this situation. Science and technology have been proven to be effective in fighting poverty and un-sustainability in many cases previously, and have the potential to be helpful …

When Does A New Role Cease To Be New?: Situating The Work Of Library-Based Digital Humanities/Scholarship Support Positions, Paige C. Morgan, Helene Williams

Library Articles, Papers, and Presentations

When positions are considered new and substantially undefined, there is a risk of their continual expansion to encompass more tasks and responsibilities. Such is the case with the roles of Digital Humanities/Scholarship (DH/DS) Library professionals, which libraries have been hiring since around 2009. We have gathered over 150 job ads for these positions and are analyzing them on a number of vectors using AntConc, Tableau, and NVivo. Our previous 10-minute snapshot presentation at DLF 2016https://osf.io/vu22f/ introduced this dataset with particular attention to the credential requirements; since then, our corpus has nearly doubled in size, showing the continued growth in …

2nd Annual Dorothy Pearlman Finkel Film Series [Poster], University Of Northern Iowa. Center For Holocaust And Genocide Education.

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Documents

A poster announcing a series of films by Karen Cantor covering various topics of social justice and social issues.

Adjusting For Guessing And Applying A Statistical Test To The Disaggregation Of Value-Added Learning Scores, Ben O. Smith, Jamie Wagner

Economics Faculty Publications

In 2016, Walstad and Wagner developed a procedure to split pre-test and post-test responses into four learning types: positive, negative, retained, and zero learning. This disaggregation is not only useful in academic studies; but also provides valuable insight to the practitioner: an instructor would take different mitigating actions in response to zero versus negative learning. However, the original disaggregation is sensitive to student guessing. This article extends the original work by accounting for guessing and provides adjusted estimators using the existing disaggregated values. Further, Monte Carlo simulations of the adjusted learning type estimates are provided. Under certain assumptions, an instructor …