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Souter, Ken Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel Jun 2003

Souter, Ken Oral History Interview: Polio Survivors In Holland, Matthew Nickel

Polio Survivors in Holland

Oral Histories conducted with Polio Survivors in Holland, Michigan in 2003.


Letter To Ernie & Lynn Bonner, John W. Russell Jun 2003

Letter To Ernie & Lynn Bonner, John W. Russell

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.


Pictures Of Ernie Bonner, Leann Gauthier Jun 2003

Pictures Of Ernie Bonner, Leann Gauthier

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.


Interview No. 1021, Gonzalo Soto Núñez Jun 2003

Interview No. 1021, Gonzalo Soto Núñez

Combined Interviews

Mr. Soto grew up in Otáez, Durango, México; in 1954, he joined the Bracero Program; he worked in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas; recalling the hiring process, he discusses the contracting center in Mexicali, Baja California, México; he describes the medical exams performed by Mexican and American doctors, and the bracero reception center in El Centro, California; additionally, he remembers their daily activities, their housing, the food they ate and their curfew; he also details the kinds of contracts they had, the wages they got, and the treatment they received from foremen; furthermore, he relates what the relationship between braceros …


Digital Libraries: Barriers Or Gateways To Scholarly Information?, Alex Bryne Jun 2003

Digital Libraries: Barriers Or Gateways To Scholarly Information?, Alex Bryne

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Unprecedented desktop access to scholarly information has been made possible by the introduction of digital libraries. The powerful combination of digital publications, specialist and generalist databases, sophisticated search systems and portals enables scholars and students to rapidly examine a great variety of the literature in their own disciplines and those new to them. Access is available globally 24 hours a day without geographical limitation. But that access is not without limitations. It is limited by the availability of reliable and affordable information and communication technologies. It is limited to those scholars and students who are affiliated with organisations which have …


Thinking Styles And Their Role In Teaching And Learning, Anne Louise De Boer, Theo Jd Bothma Jun 2003

Thinking Styles And Their Role In Teaching And Learning, Anne Louise De Boer, Theo Jd Bothma

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Ieee Online Collections: The Most Essential Information For Engineering Researchers Today, Jean Jennings Jun 2003

Ieee Online Collections: The Most Essential Information For Engineering Researchers Today, Jean Jennings

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


The Training Imperative For The Virtual Library: Challenges And Opportunities In The Skill Development Of Librarians, Eeva K. Munoz, Ian B. Whyte Jun 2003

The Training Imperative For The Virtual Library: Challenges And Opportunities In The Skill Development Of Librarians, Eeva K. Munoz, Ian B. Whyte

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Web-Based Educational Resources For Learning And Online Teaching In Higher Education: The Merlot Project, Emrah Orhun Jun 2003

Web-Based Educational Resources For Learning And Online Teaching In Higher Education: The Merlot Project, Emrah Orhun

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


The Open Archives Initiative And Its Impact On Universities And Scholarly Publishing, Diann Rusch-Feja Jun 2003

The Open Archives Initiative And Its Impact On Universities And Scholarly Publishing, Diann Rusch-Feja

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Library Consortia And Information Provision In Developing Countries: Cosalc, Hannie Sander Jun 2003

Library Consortia And Information Provision In Developing Countries: Cosalc, Hannie Sander

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Electronic Services Of The Sabanci University Information Center, Emel Sokullu Jun 2003

Electronic Services Of The Sabanci University Information Center, Emel Sokullu

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


What's In Collection Configuration Files?, Ian H. Witten Jun 2003

What's In Collection Configuration Files?, Ian H. Witten

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Building Dls Using Open Source Software, Ian H. Witten Jun 2003

Building Dls Using Open Source Software, Ian H. Witten

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Urban Pioneer Awards Dinner, Ernest Bonner Jun 2003

Urban Pioneer Awards Dinner, Ernest Bonner

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.


The Greenstone Digital Library Software, Ian H. Witten Jun 2003

The Greenstone Digital Library Software, Ian H. Witten

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Cooperative Digital Reference In Europe : Where Are We Going?, Paola Gargiulo Jun 2003

Cooperative Digital Reference In Europe : Where Are We Going?, Paola Gargiulo

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Elsevier Engineering Information, Engineering Village 2 Compendex Inspec Crc Press Handbooks Jun 2003

Elsevier Engineering Information, Engineering Village 2 Compendex Inspec Crc Press Handbooks

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Browsing Around A Digital Library: Greenstone: Open Source System For Creating And Delivering Digital Library Collections, Ian H. Witten Jun 2003

Browsing Around A Digital Library: Greenstone: Open Source System For Creating And Delivering Digital Library Collections, Ian H. Witten

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


University Of Toronto Libraries Electronic Journal Services, Warren Holder Jun 2003

University Of Toronto Libraries Electronic Journal Services, Warren Holder

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Student Satisfaction With Web-Based Educational Resources For Computer & Information Science: Teaching With Merlot Collection, Emrah Orhun Jun 2003

Student Satisfaction With Web-Based Educational Resources For Computer & Information Science: Teaching With Merlot Collection, Emrah Orhun

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


A Text Filtering Method For Digital Libraries, Hayri Sever, Zafer M. Bolat Jun 2003

A Text Filtering Method For Digital Libraries, Hayri Sever, Zafer M. Bolat

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Committed To Licensed Information, Irma Pasanen-Tuomainen Jun 2003

Committed To Licensed Information, Irma Pasanen-Tuomainen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Self-Reports Of Distress And Affective Disorder Diagnoses In Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Receiver Operator Characteristic Analysis, Julia Mcquillan, Judith Fifield, T. Joseph Sheehan, Susan Reisine, Howard Tennen, Victor Hesselbrock, Naomi Rothfield Jun 2003

A Comparison Of Self-Reports Of Distress And Affective Disorder Diagnoses In Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Receiver Operator Characteristic Analysis, Julia Mcquillan, Judith Fifield, T. Joseph Sheehan, Susan Reisine, Howard Tennen, Victor Hesselbrock, Naomi Rothfield

Bureau of Sociological Research: Faculty Publications

Objective—To compare 3 commonly used psychiatric symptom checklists (the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale [CES-D], the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and the Endler Multidimensional Anxiety Scales [EMAS] to determine their sensitivity, specificity, and ability to discriminate between a disorder (Major Depression [MD], Generalized Anxiety Disorder [GAD], and no disorder. To compare the checklists for their ability to discriminate between type of disorder (MD and GAD). To evaluate the discriminant ability of the subscales, particularly positive affect; whether the somatic items in the CES-D artificially inflate affective scores; and the optimal cut off score for the CES-D.

Methods—We compared …


Interview No. 998, José Isabel Domínguez Hernández Jun 2003

Interview No. 998, José Isabel Domínguez Hernández

Combined Interviews

Mr. Domínguez briefly relates what his family and childhood were like; the extreme economic hardships his family faced convinced him to join the Bracero Program in 1952; as a bracero, he worked in California, Colorado, Michigan, and Texas, picking apples, cucumbers, grapes, oranges, and sugar beets; he describes the hiring process he went through at the contracting centers in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, and Irapuato, Guanajuato, México, as well as the long waiting periods and the disinfecting procedures; some of the braceros at these centers preferred working only in certain states; he details what life was like on the farms including the …


Interview No. 1019, David Salcido Martínez Jun 2003

Interview No. 1019, David Salcido Martínez

Combined Interviews

Mr. Salcido remembers a hard childhood that forced him to work at an early age so he could help his family economically; these hardships led him to enlist in the Bracero Program in 1964; he worked in Colorado cleaning sugar beet fields; additionally, he describes the hiring process, the contracting center in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, the difficulties he endured there, and the train trip to the México-United States border in cattle cars; furthermore, he explains how the reception center in El Paso, Texas worked, the disinfection procedures they endured and the signing of his contract; he continues to recount the …


Interview No. 1025, José Isidro Vidaña Canales Jun 2003

Interview No. 1025, José Isidro Vidaña Canales

Combined Interviews

Mr. Vidaña grew up with his mother after his father, a general in the Mexican Revolution, died; he remembers the Cristero Revolution, and explains why the conflict began; a bracero from 1942 to 1960, he worked in Arkansas, California, Michigan, Texas, and Washington; he describes the hiring process at the contracting center in Durango, Durango, México; additionally, he discusses the medical exams he endured, a train trip he took to the border, and his time at Rio Vista, a processing center in Socorro, Texas; he recalls their arrival at a military camp in Washington state, their daily activities on a …


Alex Bradley, Carl Milofsky Jun 2003

Alex Bradley, Carl Milofsky

Northern Ireland Archive

Bradley is a psychotherapist based in a religious NGO. His talk primarily involves general comments and observations about the events of Bloody Sunday, sectarian conflicts in general, and values statements from Bradley offered in response to student questions about the conflict in Northern Ireland. He continues to talk about the White Oak Center in Donegal, which is a residential treatment center that in this account it heavily concerned with treating alcohol abuse. The tape shifts to talk about Bradley's work treating trauma experiences related to the Troubles. He began working in the Catholic community but then was asked to work …


Interview No. 991, Isidro Abrego Alvarado Jun 2003

Interview No. 991, Isidro Abrego Alvarado

Combined Interviews

Mr. Abrego briefly recalls his childhood and family; he remembers the financial difficulties he and his family faced; in light of their economic situation, he decided to enroll in the Bracero Program in 1953; he describes the various stages of the hiring process he underwent at the contracting center in Chihuahua, México, and later at Rio Vista, a processing center in Socorro, Texas; as a bracero, he worked in various places across the United States, including Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming; he details the various types of work he performed in each location, the wages he earned, and contract …


Interview No. 1000, Agustín Flores Contreras Jun 2003

Interview No. 1000, Agustín Flores Contreras

Combined Interviews

Mr. Flores relives the hunger, sadness, and desperation that indelibly marked his childhood and adolescence; some of his uncles worked as braceros, and they had warned him that he would suffer greatly if he were to join them and work in the United States; in 1959, in spite of their admonitions, he decided to enroll in the Bracero Program with the hopes of alleviating some of his family’s financial burdens; he describes the long waiting periods during the hiring process he went through in Durango, Durango, México; in addition, he details the medical exams at the contracting center in Monterrey, …