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Helping The Adult Learner Succeed: How Community College Libraries In Massachusetts Are Serving This Growing Population, Katherine A. Turcotte

Librarian Publications

Education is something that is valued more each and every day. A growing number of people in today’s society realize the importance of education and the increasing need to return to school. As the number of adult learners continues to rise, so too does the need to reach out to this population to make sure they are being presented with the appropriate tools and resources needed to succeed. Because it is theorized that adults (those age 25+) who return to school are likely to enroll in a community college, rather than a four year university, this study looks specifically at …

Southeastern Law Librarian Spring 2015, Seaall

Newsletters

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Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 4 Spring 2015, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

Archivum Plena: The Quest For A Fulfilling Past, Madeline Mcdermott

Honors Theses

Lyons Township High School, founded in 1888 in a suburb of Chicago, celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2014. For seven years, a project researching and preserving the history of the school has been maintained. Over the summer of 2014, an archive was established for the school so that they could continue to keep safe all the historical items that had been kept, found, or donated. In addition to recounting the history of the high school and its relationship with the local area, this thesis also follows the process of creating the school’s archive and compares the experience there to related …

Using The Illinois Digital Archives As A Genealogical Research Tool, Eric Willey

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

A brief, informative article describing how to use the Illinois Digital Archives as a resource for genealogical research.

Regime Change In Romania: A Quarter-Century Impact On Libraries, H.G.B. Anghelescu, Elena Chiaburu

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

This paper takes a fresh look at the transformative events that marked the development of the library scene at the twenty-fifth anniversary of regime change in Romania. It examines their significance for the country’s postcommunist trajectories by linking the past, present, and future of library development. Libraries of all types have been affected in either a positive or negative way during the past twenty-five years. Currently, there is no strategy at the national level to coordinate library development or to establish priorities and directions for growth. Due to significant financial aid from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the public …

Iran: Beyond The Headlines, Musselman Library

Other Exhibits & Events

Poster with Spring 2015 events for Iran: Beyond the Headlines series.

Iran: Beyond the Headlines is a learning series that includes book discussions, film screenings, and lecture designed to help us move past today's headlines and explore the history, art, culture, and everyday life of Iranians. Series events are scheduled for September 2014 - April 2015. All events are free and open to the public.

Facilitating Peer Learning In The Library: Crafting The Perfect Batch Of Undergraduate Peer Research Mentors, Clinton K. Baugess, Mallory R. Jallas

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Librarians at a college library developed a Peer Research Mentor (PRM) program for undergraduate students in order to facilitate peer learning and expand the library's formal instruction program beyond the traditional reach of the library and librarians. The presenters will discuss recruiting the initial cohort of eight PRMs, strengthening PRMs' research skills through an intensive training curriculum, and an overview of the various instructional outreach projects that have been designed and implemented by PRMs for other students. The presentation will discuss program assessment methods, share findings from the current cohort, and outline plans for the program's development.

Password Strength Analysis: User Coping Mechanisms In Password Selection, Brian Thomas Curnett

Open Access Theses

The security that passwords provide could be seriously flawed due to the way people cope with having to memorize and recall their passwords. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standard that is used to measure the password strength, known as entropy, is designed for a single use and does not consider that users may choose to keep parts of their password across password changes. This study shows that a portion of users keep some information from previous passwords across changes. These habits which will be called coping mechanisms that over time serve to erode the protection provided by …

Spring 2015, Gla Glq

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Advertisement - The University Of Alabama Master Of Library And Information Studies Online, Gla Glq

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Georgia Library Spotlight - Foundation Center, Atlanta Library/Learning Center, Stephen Sherman

Georgia Library Quarterly

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From The President, Lace Keaton

Georgia Library Quarterly

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My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Thomas W. Ganzevoort

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Librarians Transforming Textbooks: The Past, Present, And Future Of The Affordable Learning Georgia Initiative, Jeff Gallant

Georgia Library Quarterly

Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) is an initiative of the University System of Georgia (USG) to reduce the cost of textbooks for USG students. This article outlines current problems with textbook pricing, the origins of ALG within USG Library Services, current efforts and future plans for ALG, and the role of USG librarians in making required textbooks more affordable.

News - Clayton County Library System, Rachel Daniels

Georgia Library Quarterly

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News - Kennesaw State University, Rita J. Spisak

Georgia Library Quarterly

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News - University Of West Georgia, Angela Mehaffey

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Book Review - Atlanta’S Oakland Cemetery: An Illustrated History And Guide, Kimberly M. Boyd

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Book Review - A Tour Of Reconstruction: Travel Letters Of 1875, Deborah Stanley

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Read Poster - Dr. Charles Amlaner, Vice President For Research And Dean Of The Graduate College, Amy Thompson

Library Marketing Materials

READ poster featuring Dr. Charles Amlaner, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College.

Book: The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man, by Charles Darwin. New York: The Modern Library, 1936.

Read Poster - Happy Trails Therapy Dogs, Amy Thompson

Library Marketing Materials

READ Poster, featuring Happy Trails Therapy Dogs: Barney, Jackson, Zen and Pearl.

Library Newsletter Volume 11, Issue 1, Sacred Heart University

Library Newsletters

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Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2015, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Letter from the Dean of Libraries..... p.1
University South Caroliniana Society 79th Annual Meeting April 25, 2015..... p.2
Staff Members of the South Caroliniana Library..... p.2
Report from the Director..... p.3
New Faces..... p.3
A Very Good Move: Preparing the South Caroliniana Library for Its Next 175 Years..... p.4
The Woodrow Wilson Family Home: A Museum of Reconstruction in Columbia and Richland County..... p.10
Remembering Mary Crow Anderson..... p.18
In Memoriam: Virginia Gurley Meynard..... p.20
In Memoriam: Margaret Campbell Belser Hollis..... p.21
In Memoriam: Davy-Jo Stribling Ridge..... p.22
In Memoriam: John Stringer Rainey..... p.23
In Memoriam: George Bowman Hartness..... …

Georgia Library Spotlight - Warren P. Sewell Memorial Library, John Mack Freeman

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Henderson News 3.3, Jessica Minihan, Ruth L. Baker, Bede Mitchell

Library Publications (1999-2023)

In This Issue:

• Who's Who at the Library: Charles Skewis
• Putting It All Together in the Learning Commons
• Henderson Library Invites Susan Orlean Delivers 14th Annual Normal Fries Distinguished Lecture
• 2015 Taxes: Do YOU e-file?
• Georgia Poetry Circuit
• Annual Donors' Reception

The Brightly Illuminated Path: Facilitating An Oer Program At Community College, William M. Blick, Sandra Marcus

Publications and Research

The use of Open Education Resources represents a noble cause, but the idea often remains elusive for many faculty members. In 2015, librarians at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York, implemented a campaign to promote and facilitate the use and development of OERs. The primary objective was to reduce the growing financial burden on students in textbook purchase requirements. Concomitant goals were to provide instructors with greater academic control and freedom in course content, and to add to the pool of knowledge and resources for collaborative faculty work. The core of the Queensborough campaign was the …

Library Director As Change Agent: Analysis Two, Implementing Change In Difficult Times, Femi Cadmus

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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University Libraries - Spring 2015, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University Libraries Minizine

University Libraries is a magazine published biannually by the University of South Carolina Libraries.

Contents:

Around the libraries... p.4

World-class collections shine new light in the classroom... p. 7

Dedicated to digitizing, one page at a time... p.8

The Giving Gene... p. 10

By the Numbers... p.11

Using Piaac’S Education And Skills Online To Examine Adults' Skills Locally, Jill Castek, Amy Honisett, Drew Pizzolato, Stephen Reder

Presentations and Publications

This session will explore Education and Skills Online (ESO) – a valid and reliable assessment tool based on PIAAC that addresses Literacy, Numeracy, and Problem Solving in Technology Rich Environments (PS-TRE). This project will use ESO’s PS-TRE together with the North Star Assessment to assess the digital literacy skills of library patrons.