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Assessing The Impact Of Government Documents And Data Information Literacy Instruction On Life-Long Learning And Student Success, Darren Sweeper Dec 2015

Assessing The Impact Of Government Documents And Data Information Literacy Instruction On Life-Long Learning And Student Success, Darren Sweeper

Darren Sweeper

No abstract provided.

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What Are The Advantages Of Santege Male Enhancement?, Yourrah Eem Dec 2015

What Are The Advantages Of Santege Male Enhancement?, Yourrah Eem

yourrah eem

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Qualitative Research And Data Support: The Jan Brady Of Social Sciences Data Services?, Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D. Dec 2015

Qualitative Research And Data Support: The Jan Brady Of Social Sciences Data Services?, Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

Mandy (Amanda) Swygart-Hobaugh

This chapter gives an overview of the context of qualitative data and the resulting support needs of qualitative researchers at various stages of the research data lifecycle. The current state of qualitative data support services in social sciences librarianship is then explored by reporting on (1) an analysis of social sciences data librarian job postings, (2) a survey of social sciences librarians, and (3) an examination of online research guides describing qualitative data support services presently offered by social sciences librarians. Finally, this chapter concludes with recommendations for how social sciences librarians might embark on the expansion of their qualitative …

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A First Look At Natural Mentoring Among Preadolescent Foster Children, Johanna K.P. Greeson, Lindsey Weiler, Allison E. Thompson, Heather Taussig Dec 2015

A First Look At Natural Mentoring Among Preadolescent Foster Children, Johanna K.P. Greeson, Lindsey Weiler, Allison E. Thompson, Heather Taussig

Johanna K.P. Greeson, PhD, MSS, MLSP

This study describes natural mentoring among preadolescent children placed in out-of-home care and examines the association between natural mentoring and demographic, maltreatment, placement, and psychosocial characteristics. Cross-sectional data from a sample of 263 children and their out-of-home caregivers were analyzed. Caregivers rated children’s social skills, and children reported on their perceived opportunities and attachment to peers and adults, including natural mentors. About half the sample endorsed having natural mentors, with school personnel being the most common type of mentor. Children with natural mentors were older, more likely to be living in congregate care, and had stronger attachment to friends. Marginally …

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Natural Mentoring Among Older Youth In And Aging Out Of Foster Care: A Systematic Review, Allison E. Thompson, Johanna K.P. Greeson Dec 2015

Natural Mentoring Among Older Youth In And Aging Out Of Foster Care: A Systematic Review, Allison E. Thompson, Johanna K.P. Greeson

Johanna K.P. Greeson, PhD, MSS, MLSP

Due to their histories of caregiver maltreatment, living instability, and potential attachment challenges associated with out-of-home care, older foster youth represent a particularly vulnerable group of adolescents at increased risk for a number of poor well-being outcomes. However, research supports the notion that a relationship with a competent, caring adult, such as a mentor, may serve protectively for vulnerable youth, and a nascent yet grow- ing body of literature suggests that naturally occurring mentoring relationships from within youth's social net- works are associated with improved outcomes among young people in foster care during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. This …

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‘It’S Morning Again In America’: How The Tuesday Team Revolutionized The Use Of Music In Political Ads, Paul Christiansen Ph.D. Dec 2015

‘It’S Morning Again In America’: How The Tuesday Team Revolutionized The Use Of Music In Political Ads, Paul Christiansen Ph.D.

Paul Christiansen

The year 1984 was a watershed in the use of music in U.S. television campaign advertising. Following on the heels of technological developments in sound reproduction in television sets and MTV’s inception three years earlier, the 1984 presidential campaign saw striking changes in the way ads were conceived and constructed. “Prouder, Stronger, Better”—known popularly as “Morning in America”—used music as never before in a political ad. Whereas previously music was merely accompaniment to an ad’s voiceover and images, here, for the first time, music is the argument itself. Sweeping orchestral gestures, frequent chromatic modulations, and suspended chords lead to a …

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The John Stokes And Mary’S Gardens Collection, Jillian M. Ewalt Dec 2015

The John Stokes And Mary’S Gardens Collection, Jillian M. Ewalt

Jillian Ewalt

The John Stokes and Mary’s Gardens Collection documents the research of John S. Stokes, Jr. and the history and activities of the Mary’s Gardens movement, a popular Catholic movement related to planting devotional gardens dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This article provides an overview of this unique collection and a discussion on archival management, preservation, and outreach. 


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Life In The Law-Thick World: The Legal Resource Landscape For Ordinary Americans, Gillian K. Hadfield, Jamie Heine Dec 2015

Life In The Law-Thick World: The Legal Resource Landscape For Ordinary Americans, Gillian K. Hadfield, Jamie Heine

Gillian K Hadfield

Most advanced democracies are thick with law and regulation, rules that structure almost all social and economic relationships. Yet ordinary Americans, unlike their peers in other advanced systems, face this law-thick landscape with relatively few legal resources at their disposal. In this chapter, an updated version of Hadfield Higher Demand Lower Supply? A Comparative Assessment of the Legal Resource Landscape for Ordinary Americans (2009), we document what little data exists on the performance of legal markets for non-corporate clients in the U.S. Our results suggest that while the U.S. has nearly twice as many lawyers as comparable countries on a …

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Scaffolding: Using Formal Contracts To Build Informal Relations To Support Innovation, Gillian K. Hadfield, Iva Bozovic Dec 2015

Scaffolding: Using Formal Contracts To Build Informal Relations To Support Innovation, Gillian K. Hadfield, Iva Bozovic

Gillian K Hadfield

In a study that follows in Macaulay's (1963) footsteps, we asked businesses what role formal contract law plays in managing their external relationships. We heard similar answers to the ones Macaulay obtained fifty years ago from smaller companies that described important but non-innovation-oriented external relationships. But we also uncovered an important phenomenon: companies, large and small, that described innovation-oriented external relationships reported making extensive use of formal contracts to plan and manage these relationships. They do not, however, generate these formal contracts in order to secure the benefits of a credible threat of formal contract enforcement. Instead, like Macaulay's original …

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Ready Librarian One, Christine L. Ferguson Dec 2015

Ready Librarian One, Christine L. Ferguson

Cris Ferguson

The growth in academic programs devoted to the development of video games and the increased use of video gaming in education have led some academic libraries to build their own video game collections, as well as provide video game-related services, space, and equipment. This column outlines several examples of academic library video game collections and services, provides information on building and maintaining video game-related collections, and addresses a few of the challenges of providing services for this rapidly evolving industry.

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Textbooks In Academic Libraries, Christine L. Ferguson Dec 2015

Textbooks In Academic Libraries, Christine L. Ferguson

Cris Ferguson

In response to the rising costs of course materials, some academic libraries are evaluating and adjusting the ways in which they provide access to textbooks in all formats. Some popular initiatives include cultivating and promoting print textbook reserve collections, the acquisition of ebooks and etextbooks as alternatives to print, and Open Educational Resources (OERs). This column highlights initiatives at a variety of academic libraries designed to help mitigate the cost of course materials for students. Incorporating interviews and studies from the literature, projects at institutions such as North Carolina State University, George Mason University, and East Carolina University are highlighted, …

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Grand Challenges In Us Science Policy Attempt Policy Innovation, Diana Hicks Dec 2015

Grand Challenges In Us Science Policy Attempt Policy Innovation, Diana Hicks

Diana Hicks

This paper investigates the historical development of the Grand Challenges concept in US science policy.  The concept originated in advocacy for funding for high performance computing and was enshrined in the High Performance Computing Act of 1991.  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health program marked a second milestone in the application of the concept to US science funding.  The National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges in Engineering followed in 2008.  Most recently the White House has pursued programs under the Grand Challenges rubric.  The history of these varied initiatives spanning 40 years is examined here …

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Narrative Visualization Of The Outcomes Of Federal Investments In Research, Diana Hicks Dec 2015

Narrative Visualization Of The Outcomes Of Federal Investments In Research, Diana Hicks

Diana Hicks

We offer here a narrative visualization entitled: Technology hot spots and the Office of Science and position its contribution within discussion of novel forms of communicating research results as an aid to maximizing use of research evaluation. In this study, patent co-citation analysis was used to systematically identify emerging high impact technologies in the US technology ecosystem and then to establish that Office of Science of the US Department of Energy (DOE) funds research that underpins these technology “hot spots.” We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this novel form of communicating evaluation results based our experience. The video at …

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Re-Envisioning A Sustainable Student Centered Info Commons: A Mixed Methods Research Study, Nataly Blas, Jennifer Masunaga, Susan [Gardner] Archambault Dec 2015

Re-Envisioning A Sustainable Student Centered Info Commons: A Mixed Methods Research Study, Nataly Blas, Jennifer Masunaga, Susan [Gardner] Archambault

Nataly Blas

No abstract provided.

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Building Opportunities For Inclusion: Residency Programs For Early Career Development, Nataly Blas, Rachel Deras, Katherine Donaldson, Cynthia Mediavilla Dec 2015

Building Opportunities For Inclusion: Residency Programs For Early Career Development, Nataly Blas, Rachel Deras, Katherine Donaldson, Cynthia Mediavilla

Nataly Blas

Early librarian or prospective librarian residency programs can provide new and creative entry points into the profession. Such pathways encourage greater variation in librarian skillsets as well as diversity in age, race and ethnicity. This poster will provide a unique perspective on residency-related initiatives by discussing public library, archive, academic library, and paraprofessional residency programs. The primary focus will be on the design and implementation of these programs, as well as resident first -hand experiences.

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Business Curriculum Mapping In A Flash! Strategic Ways To Target Essential Learning In Business Instruction, Nataly Blas Dec 2015

Business Curriculum Mapping In A Flash! Strategic Ways To Target Essential Learning In Business Instruction, Nataly Blas

Nataly Blas

How can librarians incorporate innovative practices that provide insight into creating valuable student learning experiences? This lightning talk will chronicle how the business librarian used the curriculum map technique to identify information literacy skills and target essential learning in the business curriculum. The curriculum mapping process required the analysis of business course syllabi and the identification of relevant information literacy learning outcomes at institutional, departmental, and course levels. National standards and threshold concepts from the business literature were evaluated as well. This process helped pinpoint which learning outcomes lead to learning activities that promote practical information literacy skills needed by …

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Keto Ultra Diet: Reviews, Edam Smith Dec 2015

Keto Ultra Diet: Reviews, Edam Smith

edam smith


The propelled weight reduction of the Keto Ultra Diet is an article that exploits the example of the ketogenic diet plan. When attempting to locate the best keto diet tablets, inquiring about them as though you were correct presently is a smart thought. Be that as it may, today, there truly isn't an investigation distributed today about the Keto Ultra Diet equation. Thus, we don't generally have the proof important to back up their cases. They pronounce that this article consumes fat, increment its capacity, and in addition to go into ketosis. Be that as it may, without an examination, …

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The Digital Dionysus: Nietzsche & The Network-Centric Condition Dec 2015

The Digital Dionysus: Nietzsche & The Network-Centric Condition

Dan Mellamphy

No abstract provided.

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Love Your Love Life: Disadvantaged African-American Youth Co-Create Services For Their Sexual And Romantic Health..Pdf, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor Dec 2015

Love Your Love Life: Disadvantaged African-American Youth Co-Create Services For Their Sexual And Romantic Health..Pdf, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor

Katherine Tyson McCrea

No abstract provided.

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‘Going Out’ Or Staying In? The Expansion Of Chinese Ngos In Africa, Jennifer Yj Hsu, Timothy Hildebrandt, Reza Hasmath Dec 2015

‘Going Out’ Or Staying In? The Expansion Of Chinese Ngos In Africa, Jennifer Yj Hsu, Timothy Hildebrandt, Reza Hasmath

Reza Hasmath

This article examines the overseas behaviour of Chinese non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in two African nations, Ethiopia an Malawi, with varying political regime types. Our inding suggest that, irrespective of regime type, Chinese NGOs have yet to make a substantial impact in either nation. We argue that, espite the strength o the Chinese state an high level of international development assistance given, domestic politics and regulatory frameworks in host nations still matter a great deal. Our study suggests that the Chinese model of international development will continue to be one in which temporary one-off projects are favoured; and, insofar as social …

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What Drives Contemporary Eu-China Strategic Engagement?, Natalia Wyzycka, Reza Hasmath Dec 2015

What Drives Contemporary Eu-China Strategic Engagement?, Natalia Wyzycka, Reza Hasmath

Reza Hasmath

This study examines the determinants of the European Union’s strategic engagement with China, with reference to three competing analytical approaches: institutional, social, and agency/stakeholder. The article examines the utility of each claim and outlines complementary variables amongst the three approaches, with the aid of recent evidence looking at the E.U.’s arms embargo on China, E.U.-China engagement in Africa, and the E.U.’s longstanding dispute on granting China market economy status. The findings can reduce the misunderstandings and uncertainties embedded in European Union-China interactions by demystifying the factors and variables that drive their relationship.

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Cuasi Factivos, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert J. Stainton Dec 2015

Cuasi Factivos, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

We introduce a construction which we label 'quasi-factive'. They are heard like factives, in that we immediately take the complement to be true. Yet they aren't really factive at all. Examples include: 'It's not widely known that Marta was born in Canada' (because she was born in Uruguay); 'Don't tell anyone that Carlos will run as a candidate' (because he won't); 'Did it bother Jane that Miguel came?' (no, because Miguel didn't come). We identify sub-categories of our quasi-factives, and then tentatively explore a pragmatic explanation of how they work their magic.

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Verbing And Nouning, Grace Gomashie, Robert J. Stainton Dec 2015

Verbing And Nouning, Grace Gomashie, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

This brief encyclopedia entry addresses three questions: What are verbing and nouning? Why are they important for language evolution? And are prescriptive grammarians right to be so unreceptive?

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Everyday Diplomacy: Mission, Spectacle And The Remaking Of Diplomatic Culture, Costas M. Constantinou Dec 2015

Everyday Diplomacy: Mission, Spectacle And The Remaking Of Diplomatic Culture, Costas M. Constantinou

Costas M. Constantinou

Images, narratives and practices of diplomacy occur on a daily basis. The everydayness
and ordinariness of diplomacy, however, is not readily acknowledged – at least within the
discipline of International Relations (IR). In matters diplomatic, during the last century,
the discipline predominantly concentrated on the activities of the official agents of states
as infused by the aristocratic and bureaucratic tradition of the European international
society (Satow 1922, Nicolson 1939, Kissinger 1994). Even among critical IR scholars
considering the ‘future of diplomacy’ more recently, diplomacy is only reserved for the
work of diplomats representing sovereign territorial units. It is not meant …

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Engaging The 'Ungoverned': The Merging Of Diplomacy, Defence And Development, Costas M. Constantinou, Sam Okoth Opondo Dec 2015

Engaging The 'Ungoverned': The Merging Of Diplomacy, Defence And Development, Costas M. Constantinou, Sam Okoth Opondo

Costas M. Constantinou

This article explores biopolitical practices that extend beyond national borders and take the whole
of humanity as their province. It looks at how attempts to secure and optimize conditions of living
in Africa are not merely governmental in scope but also diplomatic in their conceptualization and
conduct. It specifically examines the merging of diplomacy, defence and development (or the 3Ds),
which purports to optimize life and shape ways of being in areas that cannot be ‘fully governed’
or resist domestication. It assesses the impact of diplomatic pluralization, characterized by the
militarization of diplomacy and development, the diplomatization of the military, …

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Copyright For Scholars: What Gv Faculty Need To Know, Matt Ruen Dec 2015

Copyright For Scholars: What Gv Faculty Need To Know, Matt Ruen

Matt Ruen

A handout for GVSU Faculty, summarizing their rights as authors and ways that they can retain or manage those rights, including the support provided by the University Libraries.

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Greater Than The Sum Of Our Parts: Building Support For Oer From Existing Services On Campus, Matt Ruen Dec 2015

Greater Than The Sum Of Our Parts: Building Support For Oer From Existing Services On Campus, Matt Ruen

Matt Ruen

At Grand Valley State University, the Libraries and several campus partners--including campus IT and offices that support faculty research and effective teaching--have come together to provide support for the creation and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) on our campus.  But rather than developing brand new programs or asking for additional resources right at the start, we realized that each of our units already offers services that could support faculty creating and using OER.  Through our OER Initiative, we’ve begun coordinating our efforts to promote these services and build relationships with each other and with faculty allies interested in doing …

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The Typology Of The American Metropolis: Monocentricity, Polycentricity, Or Generalized Dispersion?, Amir Hajrasouliha, Shima Hamidi Dec 2015

The Typology Of The American Metropolis: Monocentricity, Polycentricity, Or Generalized Dispersion?, Amir Hajrasouliha, Shima Hamidi

Amir Hajrasouliha

Although the spatial structure of employment in large US metropolitan regions is a well-researched topic, few studies focus on medium-sized and small US metropolitan regions. Consequently, there is no overall typology relating small-to-medium urban form to employment distribution. We address this gap by investigating the spatial structure of employment in 356 metropolitan regions. We conceptualize six typologies based on three categories that have overlapping properties: “monocentricity,” “polycentricity,” and “generalized dispersion.” The study has three main findings. First, the three types of urban form that we identify as “hybrid” outnumber the three “pure” types by almost four to one. Second, job …

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"Immigrants And Mortgage Delinquency", Zhenguo Lin, Yingchun Liu, Jia Xie Dec 2015

"Immigrants And Mortgage Delinquency", Zhenguo Lin, Yingchun Liu, Jia Xie

Jia Xie

No abstract provided.

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In Their Own Words_What Do Chinese Village Girls Value And Gain From Schooling- 96-311-1-Pb.Pdf, Vilma Seeberg, Shujuan Luo Dec 2015

In Their Own Words_What Do Chinese Village Girls Value And Gain From Schooling- 96-311-1-Pb.Pdf, Vilma Seeberg, Shujuan Luo

Vilma Seeberg

In remote valleys and plateaus of western China, village girls have been pushing their way into schools. Despite extreme family poverty, the vulnerabilities and low status of being a girl, the isolation of their villages, as well as the deplorable conditions of their schooling, girls persist in seeking an education. We examine forces of change where minimal human rights, minimal social justice,and multiple deprivations of freedomwere the norm. We brought to light village girls’ capabilities and their potential for gaining individual and collective social justice. Their schooling provided all the village girls with identity, legitimacy, visibility and respect …

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