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Transforming Schools Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment, And Common Core Standards, D. Mark Weiss, Brian R. Belland Sep 2016

Transforming Schools Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment, And Common Core Standards, D. Mark Weiss, Brian R. Belland

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

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Intellectual Property Rights For New Seed Technologies: Balancing Farmers’ And Breeders’ Rights, Preethi Krishnan, Andrew Raridon, Leigh Raymond, Mangala Subramaniam Sep 2016

Intellectual Property Rights For New Seed Technologies: Balancing Farmers’ And Breeders’ Rights, Preethi Krishnan, Andrew Raridon, Leigh Raymond, Mangala Subramaniam

Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI) Policy Briefs

Many cite improved seed technologies as vital to addressing the challenge of food insecurity, especially when faced with combined stresses of global climate change, population growth, and natural resource depletion (Anthony and Ferroni 2012; Lipton 2007). As improved seeds find their way into the developing world, policymakers are struggling to find the appropriate institutional mechanisms to regulate their creation and use. Arguments over intellectual property rights (IPR) are central to this debate. Some activists in the Global South are distrustful of any IPR regime that creates private ownership over seeds, whereas international financial institutions such as the World Trade Organization …


Review Of The Gender And Social Impacts Of Improved Seed Technology In Developing Countries: Policy Implications, Preethi Krishnan, Andrew Raridon, Leigh Raymond, Mangala Subramaniam Sep 2016

Review Of The Gender And Social Impacts Of Improved Seed Technology In Developing Countries: Policy Implications, Preethi Krishnan, Andrew Raridon, Leigh Raymond, Mangala Subramaniam

Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI) Policy Briefs

Experts have acknowledged the limits to growth that the processes of climate change, population expansion, and resource depletion will place on agricultural producers in the 21st century (FAO 2012). In response, scientists are employing biotechnology to create new improved seed varieties. However, developing improved seed technology (IST) involves complex and controversial issues that span across disciplines in the biological and social sciences (see Box 1). In this policy brief, we emphasize the need to better examine the gender and social impacts of advancements in seed technology. Based on a detailed review of the literature, we determine that despite recent …


Critical Pedagogy For Business And Management Undergraduates: Evaluation Of Marketing Information, Ilana Stonebraker, Caitlan Maxwell, Jessica Jerrit Sep 2016

Critical Pedagogy For Business And Management Undergraduates: Evaluation Of Marketing Information, Ilana Stonebraker, Caitlan Maxwell, Jessica Jerrit

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

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Book Reviewed By Yvonne Y. Kwan: Katharya, Um. (2015). From The Land Of Shadows: War, Revolution, And The Making Of The Cambodian Diaspora. New York And London, Ny: Nyu Press. 329 Pp. $28.00 (Paperback). Isbn: 978-1-4798-0473-3., Yvonne Y. Kwan Sep 2016

Book Reviewed By Yvonne Y. Kwan: Katharya, Um. (2015). From The Land Of Shadows: War, Revolution, And The Making Of The Cambodian Diaspora. New York And London, Ny: Nyu Press. 329 Pp. $28.00 (Paperback). Isbn: 978-1-4798-0473-3., Yvonne Y. Kwan

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Book reviewed by Yvonne Y. Kwan: From the land of shadows by Katharya Um


Table Of Contents Sep 2016

Table Of Contents

Against the Grain

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Atg Special Report--Part 2--Industry Consolidation In The Information Services And Library Environment: Perspectives From Thought Leaders, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson, David Parker Sep 2016

Atg Special Report--Part 2--Industry Consolidation In The Information Services And Library Environment: Perspectives From Thought Leaders, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson, David Parker

Against the Grain

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From Your (Organizing) Editor, Katina Strauch Sep 2016

From Your (Organizing) Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch Sep 2016

Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Emerging From The Dark(Room): Tales Of Adversity And Triumph In Collection Development, Lindsey Reno Sep 2016

Emerging From The Dark(Room): Tales Of Adversity And Triumph In Collection Development, Lindsey Reno

Against the Grain

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Deadlines Sep 2016

Deadlines

Against the Grain

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The Weeding Planner--How A Research Library Weeded Approximately 2.76 Miles Of Print Materials From The Shelves To Repurpose Library Space Or Much Ado About The New Normal, Cristina Caminita, Andrea Herbert Sep 2016

The Weeding Planner--How A Research Library Weeded Approximately 2.76 Miles Of Print Materials From The Shelves To Repurpose Library Space Or Much Ado About The New Normal, Cristina Caminita, Andrea Herbert

Against the Grain

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Missing Multiculturalism: Finding Diverse Picture Books For A Library Collection, Angela Scott Warinske Sep 2016

Missing Multiculturalism: Finding Diverse Picture Books For A Library Collection, Angela Scott Warinske

Against the Grain

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It's My Deselection Project, I'Ll Cry If I Want To, Megan Lowe Sep 2016

It's My Deselection Project, I'Ll Cry If I Want To, Megan Lowe

Against the Grain

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Op Ed--Future Through The Past--Is The Future Of Libraries "The Library Of The Future?", Donald Beagle Sep 2016

Op Ed--Future Through The Past--Is The Future Of Libraries "The Library Of The Future?", Donald Beagle

Against the Grain

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Back Talk--Habemus Bibliothecariam! Alleluia!, Jim O'Donnell Sep 2016

Back Talk--Habemus Bibliothecariam! Alleluia!, Jim O'Donnell

Against the Grain

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Cases Of Note--Copyright In Open Source Code, Bruce Strauch, Bryan M. Carson, Jack Montgomery Sep 2016

Cases Of Note--Copyright In Open Source Code, Bruce Strauch, Bryan M. Carson, Jack Montgomery

Against the Grain

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Atg Interviews Eric Archambault, Ceo, 1science, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson Sep 2016

Atg Interviews Eric Archambault, Ceo, 1science, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

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Angela S. Warsinske Profile Sep 2016

Angela S. Warsinske Profile

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Karen R. Harker Profile Sep 2016

Karen R. Harker Profile

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University Of Louisiana At Monroe (Ulm) Library Profile Sep 2016

University Of Louisiana At Monroe (Ulm) Library Profile

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Atg Interviews Liz Mason, Vp, Gale Product, Gale Cengage Learning, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson Sep 2016

Atg Interviews Liz Mason, Vp, Gale Product, Gale Cengage Learning, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

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Emily Billings Profile Sep 2016

Emily Billings Profile

Against the Grain

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Megan Lowe Profile Sep 2016

Megan Lowe Profile

Against the Grain

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Andrea Hebert Profile Sep 2016

Andrea Hebert Profile

Against the Grain

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Allyson Rodriguez Profile Sep 2016

Allyson Rodriguez Profile

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1science Profile Sep 2016

1science Profile

Against the Grain

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From The Reference Desk--Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson Sep 2016

From The Reference Desk--Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

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Booklover--White Garden, Donna Jacobs Sep 2016

Booklover--White Garden, Donna Jacobs

Against the Grain

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Bet You Missed It--What Do Bookworms And Spies Have In Common?, Bruce Strauch Sep 2016

Bet You Missed It--What Do Bookworms And Spies Have In Common?, Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

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