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Bibliotech, September 2024, Dr. C.C. And Mable L. Criss Library, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

BiblioTech

Criss Libraries' Digital Newsletter, BiblioTech, September 2024 Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Digital Collections Internships At The University Of Nebraska At Omaha, Wendy Guerra

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This session explores the challenges and opportunities associated with hosting remote and hybrid interns. It addresses how archival institutions can provide equitable learning experiences while meeting students where they are, ensuring their engagement, professional-growth, and well-being.

Archives Field Trip! Bringing Public History To The Archives, Claire Du Laney, Lori Schwartz

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

No abstract provided.

Notes For Contributors, Space And Defense

Space and Defense

No abstract provided.

Waging Peace On The Final Frontier 64th Academy Assembly Proceedings, Space And Defense, Madison Walker

Space and Defense

In October 2022, the 64th annual Academy Assembly at the U.S. Air Force Academy took up the theme of “Waging Peace on the Final Frontier.” The following are proceedings of roundtables held by select undergraduates from around the country on questions of space policy & strategy.

Revitalizing America's Low-Yield Deterrent, Alex Kleitz

Space and Defense

An array of low-yield weapons will play a vital role in integrated deterrence. *The following essay, submitted in June 2022, earned the Junior Division USSTRATCOM General Larry D. Welch Deterrence Writing Award.

Capability Gaps In Allied Space Deterrence, Mary A. Black

Space and Defense

U.S. predominance in space power is undermined by two capability gaps: the transatlantic gap for interoperability and the authoritarian gap for defense against asymmetric threats.

Operational Energy Solutions For A 21st Century Battlefield, Nestor R. Levin

Space and Defense

Development of alternative energy storage and distribution capacity for the modern battlefield is a major national security interest.

Annual Truman Lecture Usafa 64th Academy Assembly, John Shaw

Space and Defense

In October 2022, on the occasion of the 64th annual Academy Assembly, focused on “Waging Peace on the Final Frontier,” the deputy commander of USSPACEOM Lieutenant General John Shaw spoke at the Air Force Academy’s endowed Truman Lecture, which itself was created to inspire cadets toward careers in National Security leadership.

Usafa 64th Academy Assembly Banquet Keynote On Nasa Transformation, Madison Walker, Lori Garver

Space and Defense

In October 2022, at the 64th annual Academy Assembly, focused on “Waging Peace on the Final Frontier,” the former deputy administrator of NASA the Honorable Lori Garver spoke at the Air Force Academy’s 64th Academy Assembly banquet keynote on the implications of NASA transformation for international security. She was introduced in a pre-recorded video by Susan Eisenhower, honorary founder of USAFA’s Eisenhower Center, and interviewed by USAFA Institute for Future Conflict Fellow Madison Walker.

The Unified Command Plan For A New Cold War, David Stilwell

Space and Defense

No abstract provided.

Consulting To Avoid Kessler, Madison Walker

Space and Defense

The consultation obligation of Article IX from the Outer Space Treaty may be used to create a framework for sharing space situational awareness data, globally, with the intention of facilitating enduring coordination agreements for collision avoidance.

Finding A North Star: Lessons In Space Law For The Nuclear Regime, Elsbeth J. Magilton

Space and Defense

This paper applies lessons from the Artemis Accords to the nuclear arms regime—specifically asking whether strategic soft law agreements could create a stop gap for the shortcomings of nuclear arms control. Soft law can lead to more consistent communications, helping build predictability and trust, which is a recipe for a more secure world. *This essay is updated from a previously published version and appears here by permission of the Minnesota Journal of International Law.

Protecting The Cosmos: Defining Celestial Bodies In The Outer Space Treaty, David Epstein

Space and Defense

Lack of a clear definition of the term “celestial bodies” as used in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty risks exporting legal and political conflict into the cosmos. *This essay is updated from a previously published version and appears here by permission of the Journal of Space Law at Ole Miss.

American Sanctions On China's Space Program: Effective Economic Statecraft?, Paul J. Bolt

Space and Defense

American economic statecraft as a tool to manage competition with China’s Space Program is likely to remain contentious as it amplifies enduring debates in U.S. foreign policy: i) the tension between international realism and American liberalism; ii) the questionable benefit of government involvement in picking winners and losers from the private sector; and iii) the difficulty of defining long-term success in foreign policy outcomes.

Pushing Boundaries: Feminism, Female Leaders, And The Fate Of Feminist Foreign Policy, Sannia Abdullah

Space and Defense

The study challenges the clearest, unqualified liberal claim on feminist foreign policy: namely, women equal peace and security while men equal war. In fact, women approach foreign policy challenges as judiciously as men and have proven their statesmanship. Feminist foreign policy promotes gender equality, women empowerment, and socio-economic parity based on a non-hierarchal system, but it fails to offer a resilient, conflict preventing, and environmentally friendly alternative framework capable of reducing contemporary foreign policy challenges.

Editor's Note, Damon Coletta

Space and Defense

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Space And Defense

Space and Defense

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Front Matter, Space And Defense

Space and Defense

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Space And Defense Volume 15 No. 1 Spring 2024 (Whole Issue), Space And Defense

Space and Defense

No abstract provided.

Sing Sing, John C. Lyden

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Sing Sing (2023), directed by Greg Kwedar.

Assessing Archival Instruction Through An Active Learning Survey, Claire Du Laney

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

In this lighting round, I will address the instruction assessment project I have been working on informally since Spring of 2021 and more formally starting in Spring 2023 with an active-learning survey. The survey is organized so that students can follow along during an archival and history instruction session and answer questions or conduct discreet research instances while I am teaching.

A Classroom Of Our Own: An Exploratory Case Study Of Archivists Teaching Outside The Archives, Claire Du Laney, Lori Schwartz

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Conversations about archivists teaching a Public History course started in 2021, and in earnest in 2022-2023.

Kludge Cataloging: Cobbling Together Hebrew Bibliographic Records When You Can't Read Hebrew, Angela Kroeger

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This presentation discussed the difficulties and challenges cataloging the Kripke-Veret Collection of the Jewish Federation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha when the collection has a heavy Hebrew collection and the cataloger does not read Hebrew.

Flickr And Football: Creating Approachable Archives For Alumni, Wendy Guerra, Amy C. Schindler

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections digitized over 78,000 items related to the UNO football program (1910-2011). In an effort to make the digital material approachable to the user community of alumni, the Digital Initiatives Archivist chose to utilize Flickr as the access platform. UNO football alumni and their families are the main users of the collection. Flickr allows alumni to easily interact with content on a platform with a familiar interface, similar features to a slideshow, and content that can easily be shared by archivists to connect with these users on Facebook. Additionally, …

Paying Caregivers More Could Boost Nebraska’S Economy − New Research, Susan Reay, Ernest Goss

Social Work Faculty Publications

Paid caregivers foster independence and improve quality of life for people with all kinds of disabilities, many of whom need help getting dressed, preparing meals, showering and dealing with other activities of daily living.

We Can Do It! But Should We? Reflecting On Projects And Priorities, Claire Du Laney, Wendy Guerra, Amy Schindler, Lori Schwartz

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

What happens when you combine archivists and non-archivists with good intentions, unprocessed collections, institutional push to seek grants, competing pressures and deadlines? At the University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives and Special Collections, this familiar scenario occurred during a period focused on prioritizing Latinx collections including personal papers, Office of Latino and Latin American Studies Records, and oral histories. During our presentation, we will share how archivists attempted to wrangle multiple funding streams to meet processing, outreach, and digitization goals while internal and external forces took a toll. These included stakeholder expectations, the complexities of student employment, campus events, and …

Exploring Asynchronous Pronunciation Training Through Context-Aware Pronunciation Applications, Claire L. Schweikert

Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects

This paper provides a survey of various research articles on context-aware asynchronous pronunciation training applications. First, a set of seven articles is reviewed and summarized. Next, they are synthesized over the three main topics of 1) automated speech recognition, 2) non-native speaker considerations in language learning, and 3) future directions for research and development within computer-assisted pronunciation training (CAPT). Research in the areas of acoustic and pronunciation modeling (both implicit and explicit), pedagogical considerations for CAPT application design, Goodness of Pronunciation algorithm scoring, accent recognition and neutralization, and more are discussed.

Bibliotech, May 2024, Dr. C.C. And Mable L. Criss Library, University Of Nebraska At Omaha Criss Library

BiblioTech

Criss Libraries' Digital Newsletter, BiblioTech, September 2024 Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Social Media Engagement And Mobilization To Extremist Violence, Lauren Moss

Political Science Theses, Dissertations and Student Creative Activity

This thesis investigates how engagement with extremist communities on social media correlates with increased violent mobilization among radicalized individuals. It argues that as individuals strengthen their ties to extremist groups online, they increasingly identify with these communities and adopt behaviors endorsed by them. This paper explores various levels of online engagement, from passive interactions to more active involvement, as well as factors to mobilization exhibited as observable behaviors both in person and online. Comparative analysis of two violent and two nonviolent adherents of the Boogaloo ideology reveals ten unique mobilizing indicators in violent cases. When compared against the social media …