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A Collaborative Workflow For Digitization Of Unique Materials, Gretchen Gueguen, Ann Hanlon

Library Faculty Research and Publications

This paper examines the experience of one institution, the University of Maryland Libraries, as it made organizational efforts to harness existing workflows and to capture digitization done in the course of responding to patron requests. By examining the way this organization adjusted its existing workflows to put in place more systematic methods for digital capture of unique collections, the authors hope to provide insight into the benefits and pitfalls of one model for scaling up digitization.

Giving Up The Single Life: Leadership Motivations For Interorganizational Restructuring In Nonprofit Organizations, David A. Campbell

Public Administration Faculty Scholarship

This paper addresses a gap in our understanding of why leaders of nonprofit organizations pursue interorganizational restructuring (defined as mergers and similar arrangements). It draws on several theories that explain interorganizational relations as adaptive responses to environmental conditions. The study analyzes four examples of interorganizational restructuring involving 11 nonprofit human service organizations. The research finds that theories emphasizing single-factor motivations (such as the need for resources, power, legitimacy, or greater efficiency) are incomplete; a multiple-factors approach suggested by Oliver's (1991) integrated theory of interorganizational relations provides a more satisfactory basis for theory development. Researchers can use this work to develop …

Grades 3-5 Genres In Literature, Angela Imbriano

English

This is an English language arts lesson for grades three through five on studying genres in literature. Through this lesson students will gain an understanding of the literary elements of each genre, improve comprehension by interpreting, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating written text in order to categorize. Students will also be able to identify characteristics of different genres, select genres that interest them, and be able to compare and contrast different works of literature with each other. This lesson spans over ten days and offers a variety of projects using a tic-tack-toe chart on three tiered levels where students can choose …

Manipulating The Public Agenda: Why Acorn Was In The News, And What The News Got Wrong, Peter Dreier, Christopher R. Martin

Faculty Publications

This study, which received no outside funding from any organization, analyzed the complete 2007‐2008 coverage of ACORN by 15 major news media organizations, and the narrative frames of their 647 stories during that period. The news media analyzed include the four the highest circulation national newspapers—USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal—and an analysis of the transcripts of reports from leading broadcast news organizations: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio (NPR), and NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS). We also analyzed stories from three local newspapers …

Situaciones Socio Familiares Que Han Incidido En La Conducta Infractora De Los Adolescentes Privados De La Libertad En El Centro De Recepción Y Observación De Yopal Casanare En El Segundo Periodo Del 2007, Nury Lorena Silva Galindo, Claudia Jinneth Rozo Jimenez, Ana Milena Roldan Peña

Trabajo Social

OBJETIVOS: OBJETIVO GENERAL Identificar que situaciones socio-familiares han incidido en la conducta infractora del grupo de adolescentes en conflicto con la ley, que se encuentran privados de la libertad en el Centro de recepción y observación del menor infractor en Yopal Casanare. OBJETIVOS ESPECÍFICOS 1. Caracterizar las condiciones familiares que incidieron en la conducta delictiva del grupo de adolescentes en conflicto con la ley, que se encuentran privados de la libertad en el Centro de Recepción y Observación del menor infractor en Yopal Casanare. 2. Identificar los factores sociales que incidieron en el comportamiento y conducta del grupo específico de …

Formación Ciudadana A Través De Las Tic La Experiencia Del Comité Para La Democratización De La Informática Cdi Colombia En Las Escuelas De Informática Y Ciudadanía 2006 - 2008, Magnolia Cruz Sanchez

Trabajo Social

Siendo el Trabajo Social una profesión que actúa en el espacio público societal y estatal, se hace importante tener en cuenta el tema de ciudadanía, como lo plantea Nora Aquín, puesto que todos los escenarios en los que nos movemos son talleres de construcción ciudadana, donde se debe formar para la democracia, los derechos y deberes, valores de los-as ciudadanosas; poder construir una ciudadanía que supere la condición legal que se ha venido creando a lo largo de la historia, pues el interés que debemos tener como profesionales es, trabajar, recuperar y construir la ciudadanía “como identidad compartida y por …

Factores Familiares E Institucionales Que Inciden En El Proyecto De Vida De Los Adolescentes En Programas De Protección Especial Del Centro De Orientación Juvenil Luís Amigó Cajicá, Anyela Licedt Gómez Garzón, Andrea De La Cruz Ortiz Ávila, Claudia Patricia Parra Murillo

Trabajo Social

El documento que se presenta a continuación denominado, “Factores familiares e institucionales que inciden en el proyecto de vida de los adolescentes en programas de protección especial del Centro de Orientación juvenil “Luís Amigo” – Cajicá“, da cuenta del trabajo de investigación realizado en la institución para determinar la influencia de ésta y la familia sobre la construcción del proyecto de vida de los adolescentes que están llevando a cabo el proceso de reeducación en el Centro. Es así que en un primer momento se da cuenta del rastreo documental de los antecedentes de la investigación, en los cuales se …

Signs Of Faith, September 2009

Signs of Faith

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Paterson, NJ

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Newsletter Catholic Deaf Of Detroit, September 2009

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Detroit, MI

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit Finding Aid

Future Generations: A Prioritarian View, Matthew D. Adler

All Faculty Scholarship

Should we remain neutral between our interests and those of future generations? Or are we ethically permitted or even required to depart from neutrality and engage in some measure of intergenerational discounting? This Article addresses the problem of intergenerational discounting by drawing on two different intellectual traditions: the social welfare function (“SWF”) tradition in welfare economics, and scholarship on “prioritarianism” in moral philosophy. Unlike utilitarians, prioritarians are sensitive to the distribution of well-being. They give greater weight to well-being changes affecting worse-off individuals. Prioritarianism can be captured, formally, through an SWF which sums a concave transformation of individual utility, rather …

What's Up Newsletter, September 2009

What's Up Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Milwaukee, WI

Deaf Catholic Newsletter, Fall 2009

Deaf Catholic Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Philadelphia, PA

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter, Fall 2009

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Portland, OR

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Vision, Fall 2009

Vision

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 034, Number 01, September 1, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2009-2010, Volume 34

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

What Do Young People Think Of The Gardaí?:An Examination Of Young Peoples Attitudes Toward And Experiences Of The Gardaí, Niamh Feeney

Dissertations

National strategies point toward the importance of young people being consulted in relation to services and policies that affect them. Interest in the attitudes of young people to police has increased in recent decades yet this has not yet been explored in Ireland. This thesis examines the attitudes of a sample of young people in the Garda Dublin Metropolitan Region North to the Gardaí as well as their experiences of contacts with members of An Garda Síochána. This is done mainly through the quantitative research method of a survey. One hundred and three young people aged 15-19 in four different …

Digital Radio For Ireland: Competing Options, Public Expectations, Brian O'Neill, Helen Shaw, Agata Olbrycht

Reports

The Broadcasting Bill 2008 provides for digital terrestrial sound broadcasting services. This project will contribute to the debate on digital radio with research on the sector’s preparedness for digital radio. It will survey both professionals and potential users of digital radio and assess the environment within which public expectations for new audio media services are formed. REPORT PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2009

Sexual Risk Recognition Deficits: The Role Of Prior Victimization And Emotion Dysregulation, Kate L. Walsh

Department of Psychology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Recent theoretical writings suggest that the ineffective regulation of negative emotional states may reduce the ability of women to detect and respond effectively to situational and interpersonal factors that increase risk for sexual assault. However, little empirical research has explored this hypothesis. In the present study, it was hypothesized that prior sexual victimization and negative mood state would each independently predict poor risk recognition and less effective defensive actions in response to an analogue sexual assault vignette. Further, these variables were expected to interact to produce particularly impaired risk responses. Finally, that the in vivo emotion regulation strategy of suppression …

A Relative Impact Ranking Of Political Studies In Ireland, Kenneth Benoit, Michael Marsh

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Against a background of the Irish government’s concerns with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the British government’s wishes for a more quantitative Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), our study conducts a relative impact assessment of the study of politics, government, political science, and international relations in Ireland. Impact is measured as citations from the publications of permanent staff in eight Irish politics departments, based on data compiled in April 2008 from two leading academic indexes – ISI’s Web of Science and Scopus – as well as the now popular Google Scholar. We discuss some of the criticisms that naturally arise in …

Library Hosts Holocaust Exhibition, Vol.23 (1) July - September 2009, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Library Lines (1998-2009)

No abstract provided.

Digital Media Reviews: Pandora [Review], Anne Shelley

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Pandora is one of the largest providers of Internet radio. Powered by the massive Music Genome Project, Pandora facilitates exploration of hundreds of composers, singer–songwriters, and musical artists that cover the spectrum from renowned to very obscure.

Distribution Of News Information Through Social Bookmarking: An Examination Of Shared Stories In The Delicious Website, Deborah S. Chung, Kwan Yi

Journalism and Media Faculty Publications

Introduction. This study examined the selection and sharing of news stories from Delicious, a popular social bookmarking site, in order to identify the most frequently consulted news information sources and news topics.

Method. Targeting US-specific sources through initial computer screening of URLs, we employed content analysis to further analyse story topics and sources that were unclassified through the initial computer screening method.

Analysis. After examining frequencies and percentages of the variables, a qualitative analysis was employed to assess relationships between story sources and story topics.

Results. Findings document the diverse nature of stories from both traditional and new media …

The Use Of Robotics, Gps And Gis Technologies To Encourage Stem-Oriented Learning In Youth, Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Gwen Nugent, Bradley S. Barker, Neal Grandgenett

Teacher Education Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

In our technology rich world, the educational areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) play an increasingly essential role in developing well-prepared specialists for the 21st century workplace. Unfortunately, interest in theses areas has been declining for a few decades. Various innovative educational initiatives in formal and informal learning environments have been undertaken nationally to attempt to encourage STEM-oriented learning. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the particular program described in this paper focuses on middle school youth in non-formal learning environments. The program integrates educational robotics, Global Positioning System (GPS) and geographic information system (GIS) technologies to provide …

Newsletter, September 2009, Paul Markham, Aurelia Spaulding

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Rhetoric And Context In Saramago's Levantado Do Chão, David Frier

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Rhetoric and Context in Saramago's Levantado do Chão" David Frier analyses the 1980 novel by Nobel in Literature 1998 José Saramago. The novel, as-of-yet not translated to English, Risen from the Ground, achieves its success as a key text of the Portuguese post-Revolutionary period in part through its resourceful rhetorical development of textual conventions and echoes derived from a wide range of high- and popular cultural contexts, ranging from the epic poetry of Camões's Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads) of 1578, through glamorized medieval battle-scenes to popular stories and beliefs and to the Fado music of Amália Rodrigues. …

From Diaspora To Nomadic Identity In The Work Of Lispector And Felinto, Paula Jordão

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "From Diaspora to Nomadic Identity in the Work of Lispector and Felinto" Paula Jordão analyzes Clarice Lispector's A Hora da Estrela (1977; The Hour of the Star, Trans. Giovanni Pontiero, 1992) and Marilene Felinto's As Mulheres de Tijucopapo (1982; The Women of Tijucopapo, trans. Irene Matthews, 1994). Despite being stylistically different, Lispector's A Hora da Estrela and Felinto's As Mulheres de Tijucopapo depict protagonists who share the same social and ethnic background and diasporic identity as women from the Northeast of Brazil. A closer look at the narrative trajectory of these two main characters shows us that …

Bibliography Of Works On Lusophone Culture And Identity, Patrícia I. Vieira

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

No abstract provided.

Hoops And Horses: Innovative Approaches To Oral History In A Digital Environment, Douglas A. Boyd

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Torch, Fall/Winter 2009, Cedarville University

Torch

No abstract provided.

Cedarville Vs. Wilmington, Cedarville University

Women's Soccer Programs

No abstract provided.