Book Review Of Universities And Copyright Collecting Societies,
2010
University of Minnesota Law School
Book Review Of Universities And Copyright Collecting Societies, Benjamin J. Keele
Library Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Who Will Do The Job? Hiring Older Workers To Fill Library Labor Gaps,
2010
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Who Will Do The Job? Hiring Older Workers To Fill Library Labor Gaps, Anne Marie Casey
Staff Works - Hunt Library
This article discusses the potential shortage of librarians as baby boomers retire. Drawing from other industries that hire retirees for part time or seasonal work, the author discusses this as a possible solution to labor shortages in the field of librarianship.
The Sunk Cost Fallacy And Individual Differences In Health Decisions,
2010
University of Texas at El Paso
The Sunk Cost Fallacy And Individual Differences In Health Decisions, Norma P. Fernandez
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
The Sunk Cost fallacy is a biased committed when individuals base their decisions to stop or continue a course of action solely on past irrecoverable invested costs (i.e., monetary or time-related). Individuals' susceptibility to the Sunk Cost fallacy has been justified as the need to try to avoid appearing wasteful, to avoid appearing inconsistent, to learn a lesson from and to punish self for a poorly made decision. A study by Bornstein and Chapman (1995) evaluated these justifications along with a normative response and found statistical differences among all justifications. However, the study of the Sunk Cost fallacy and these …
Innovate Magazine / Annual Review 2009-2010,
2010
San Jose State University
Innovate Magazine / Annual Review 2009-2010, San Jose State University
Innovate Magazine (School of Information)
No abstract provided.
Testing Lesniaski’S Revised Brief Test,
2010
Claremont University Consortium
Testing Lesniaski’S Revised Brief Test, M. Sara Lowe, Sean M. Stone
Library Staff Publications and Research
In 2004, Lesniaski revised White’s Brief Test methodology for smaller academic libraries that lack sufficient subject specialist librarians to perform the brief tests as originally proposed byWhite. As a part of regular collection development, Cowles Library implemented Lesniaski’s Brief Tests on the print monograph collection. While primarily a review of Lesniaski’s methodology, this article also discusses how the Brief Tests were used for improved collection evaluation and maintenance.
Purchasing Subscription Reference Databases In The Iowa Elementary Public School Library,
2010
University of Northern Iowa
Purchasing Subscription Reference Databases In The Iowa Elementary Public School Library, Michaela B. Seeman
Honors Program Theses
With so many reference materials available for the elementary public school library, making subscription reference database purchasing decisions can be an overwhelming task. The purpose of this research study was to examine how the 15 participating Iowa teacher librarians made subscription reference database purchasing decisions and the use they observe of various reference materials by students and staff influencing these decisions. To answer these questions, I conducted a survey asking Iowa public elementary school teacher librarians how they decided what to purchase and criteria they used for examining reference materials such as subscription reference databases. The population used for this …
Using The Iphone And Ipod Touch@Work,
2010
San Jose State University
Using The Iphone And Ipod Touch@Work, Susan L. Kendall, M Nino, S Stewart
Faculty and Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Clicking With Your Audience: Evaluating The Use Of Personal Response Systems In Library Instruction,
2010
San Jose State University
Clicking With Your Audience: Evaluating The Use Of Personal Response Systems In Library Instruction, Emily Chan, Lorrie Knight
Faculty and Staff Publications
University of the Pacific librarians used personal response systems (PRS) or clickers in first- year mandatory library instructional sessions to assess their effects on student engagement and retention of learning outcomes. Students who utilized clickers during their library sessions reported greater enjoyment and encouragement to participate (n=291). Students in the sessions not utilizing the clickers achieved better learning outcomes than their counterparts who utilized clickers (n=326). The implications of these results are discussed, specifically within the context of pedagogy and tailoring instruction to the Millennial generation.
Mining The Knowledge Base: Wiki Technology And Constructivist Learning And In A Reference Services Training Program,
2010
University of the Pacific
Mining The Knowledge Base: Wiki Technology And Constructivist Learning And In A Reference Services Training Program, Emily Chan, Marina Torres
Faculty and Staff Publications
In Fall 2009, University of the Pacific's Health Sciences Branch (HSB) Library initiated a reference training program to develop competencies and skills in order to promote a uniform level of reference expertise among its paraprofessional staff. Like many other branch libraries, HSB serves specialized user populations with minimal staffing. At the time of the training, the Sciences Librarian was the only provider of reference services and her presence at HSB varied, based upon her responsibilities to the Main Library, its Reference Desk and other departmental, school, and university-wide committees.
Training Paraprofessionals Via A Wiki Format To Deliver Reference Services,
2010
University of the Pacific
Training Paraprofessionals Via A Wiki Format To Deliver Reference Services, Emily Chan, Marina Torres
Faculty and Staff Publications
To maximize staff presence and reference capabilities at HSB, reference training was implemented for the branch's two paraprofessional employees. A wiki platform was selected to collocate different resources and formats in a simple location. The collaborative functions of the wiki complemented the branch's team-oriented environment. Each staff member selected materials of interest and augmented the wiki conversation with their previous experiences.
Farmers' Search For Information During The Uk Foot-And-Mouth Disease Crisis- What Can We Learn?,
2010
San Jose State University
Farmers' Search For Information During The Uk Foot-And-Mouth Disease Crisis- What Can We Learn?, Christine Hagar
Faculty Publications
This paper reports on the findings of a study which explored the multiple information needs that faced the Cumbrian farming community in the north-west of England during the 2001 UK foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. Findings highlighted the importance of: changes in information needs at different stages of the crisis, context in which information seeking took place, overlap of information and emotional needs, formal and informal channels of information seeking during the crisis, farmers as information providers as well as information seekers, sense-making approach to information seeking during the crisis, trusted information sources need for a mix of ICTs during the crisis, …
Learning From Personal Experience What’S Needed In Information Literacy Outreach: An Engineering Student Returns To Her Alma Mater As An Engineering Librarian,
2010
University of Akron Main Campus
Learning From Personal Experience What’S Needed In Information Literacy Outreach: An Engineering Student Returns To Her Alma Mater As An Engineering Librarian, Tammy Stitz
Research, Publications, and Presentations
An engineering background may not be required for successful outreach projects, however, when coupled with a review of the relevant literature of sci-tech librarianship; it can certainly facilitate “buy in” from the faculty in a way that promotes the American Board of Engineering and Technology mandates to foster lifelong information literacy skills in their students. After having established rapport with the faculty through providing them with specially tailored research and current awareness support, library outreach was then directed towards their graduate students. Success with these two influential groups is now being used to expand both in-person and wireless opportunities to …
Parental Perceptions Of A Midwest Public Library: An Exploratory Study Of Chinese-Speaking Residents,
2010
University of Northern Iowa
Parental Perceptions Of A Midwest Public Library: An Exploratory Study Of Chinese-Speaking Residents, Lingxin Ruth Yan
Graduate Research Papers
The United States has experienced the rapid growth of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) students in public schools since 1990. Issues concerning CLD students such as their limited English proficiency, school failures, parental involvement in their education, appropriate models of bilingual education and study resources provided by libraries have caused increasing concerns from policy makers, school administrators and educators at all school levels. Facing the diversity population reality, both school libraries and public libraries are called to become more culturally responsive in providing effective outreach library services to ensure academic success of all CLD students and meet the needs of …
Self-Censorship In Iowa Elementary Libraries,
2010
University of Northern Iowa
Self-Censorship In Iowa Elementary Libraries, Lacey Fliger
Graduate Research Papers
The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether or not Iowa elementary school children had access to fiction and non-fiction titles containing potentially controversial topics. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether Iowa elementary schools with professionally certified school librarians hold a greater number of recommended books from ALA Notable Children's Books list from 2002-2009 in which reviews do not indicate potentially controversial topics as compared with those ALA Notable Children's Books from the same years in which reviews indicate potentially controversial topics. The methodology used for this study was quantitative research. The researcher randomly chose 45 …
Copyright And Education: Lessons On African Copyright And Access To Knowledge,
2010
University of South Carolina
Copyright And Education: Lessons On African Copyright And Access To Knowledge, Tobias Schonwetter, Jeremy De Beer, Dick Kawooya, Achal Prabhala
Faculty Publications
The African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) project is a pan-African research network of academics and researchers from law, economics and the information sciences, spanning Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Research conducted by the project was designed to investigate the extent to which copyright is fulfilling its objective of facilitating access to knowledge, and learning materials in particular, in the study countries. The hypotheses tested during the course of research were that: (a) the copyright environments in study countries are not maximising access to learning materials, and (b) the copyright environments in study countries …
American First Ladies As Goodwill Ambassadors,
2010
CUNY Hunter College
American First Ladies As Goodwill Ambassadors, Wendy W. Tan
Publications and Research
Quite a few First Ladies took very active moves regarding international interests, and they often weighed in their opinions on their husbands’ decisions on related issues. My research was mainly conducted in five Presidential Libraries associated with five well-traveled First Ladies. After studying hundreds of journeys they made, my descriptions were focused on five, one for each lady, of them only. All of these trips shared a common trait, which was under the calling of humanitarian cause.
Gvsu Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog, 2010-2011,
2010
Grand Valley State University
Gvsu Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog, 2010-2011, Grand Valley State University
Course Catalogs, 1963 - Current
Grand Valley State University 2010-2011 undergraduate and/or graduate course catalog published annually to provide students with information and guidance for enrollment.
Fifth Grade Student Learning And Interest In The American Revolution Through Reading Graphic Novels Compared To Reading Biography Or Other Nonfiction Books,
2010
University of Northern Iowa
Fifth Grade Student Learning And Interest In The American Revolution Through Reading Graphic Novels Compared To Reading Biography Or Other Nonfiction Books, Kari Bosma
Graduate Research Papers
The purpose of this study was to examine student recall of facts, along with enjoyment of reading and interest in the topic when using graphic novels as compared to illustrated nonfiction prose in social studies content area reading. Twenty-two fifth grade students (13 f, 9 m) in a public school in a Midwestern state participated in the study. Half of the students read about the Boston Massacre and Patrick Henry through graphic novels and read about Paul Revere and the Boston Tea Party with illustrated nonfiction texts, with the other half doing the opposite. The mean number of correct ideas …
Moving Authority Control From Manual To Automated,
2010
Brigham Young University
Moving Authority Control From Manual To Automated, Shannon Hoffman
Faculty Publications
Authority control is very expensive; however, a controlled vocabulary is important for the users of a library catalog. Ways must be found to do authority control faster, cheaper, and better if we are to maintain a high-quality library catalog.
Evaluating Models Of Latent Document Semantics In The Presence Of Ocr Errors,
2010
Brigham Young University - Provo
Evaluating Models Of Latent Document Semantics In The Presence Of Ocr Errors, Daniel D. Walker, William B. Lund, Eric K. Ringger
Faculty Publications
Models of latent document semantics such as the mixture of multinomials model and Latent Dirichlet Allocation have received substantial attention for their ability to discover topical semantics in large collections of text. In an effort to apply such models to noisy optical character recognition (OCR) text output, we endeavor to understand the effect that character-level noise can have on unsupervised topic modeling. We show the effects both with document-level topic analysis (document clustering) and with word-level topic analysis (LDA) on both synthetic and real-world OCR data. As expected, experimental results show that performance declines as word error rates increase. Common …
