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My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Susan Clay

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Georgia Library Association - Gla Officer Candidates For 2020, Carol Stanley

Georgia Library Quarterly

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The Southeastern Librarian V 67 No 2 (Summer 2019)

The Southeastern Librarian

Full issue of The Southeastern Librarian v 67 no 2 (Summer 2019).

Academic Library & Athletics Partnerships: A Literature Review On Outreach Strategies And Development Opportunities, A. Blake Denton

The Southeastern Librarian

In recent years, collaboration between academic libraries and non-academic departments in higher education has emerged as a popular trend in practice and is a frequent topic in contemporary scholarly literature. Recent research suggests that there are at least 180 academic libraries involved in a wide variety of partnerships with non-academic departments at colleges and universities across the United States. Academic libraries have forged collaborative relationships with writing centers, international student services, veterans support departments, and chaplain services, to name a few (Wainright & Davidson, 2017). While there is a growing interest in scholarship concerning these various types of partnerships with …

They Do It Here: A Case Study Of How Public Space Is Used In A Research Library, Ashley S. Dees

The Southeastern Librarian

The evaluation of academic library space and its use is not a new concept within the world of academic libraries. For a number of years, librarians and libraries have been asked to prove their worth by documenting services and use within their physical library buildings. Space within the J.D. Williams Library, the main library at the University of Mississippi, became a concern due to consistent and, for several years, increasing freshman enrollment. Library staff reported hearing students complain about lack of space and electrical outlets. Much of the information available to library administration about the use of library space by …

Undergraduate Student Works In Institutional Repositories: An Analysis Of Coverage, Prominence And Discoverability, Angel Clemons, Tyler Goldberg

The Southeastern Librarian

Institutional repositories (IRs) have evolved to showcase a wide-variety of authors and types of material. The early years of IR development focused on collecting and presenting faculty research, primarily in the form of research papers. Graduate theses and dissertations soon began to be incorporated into the scope of IR collection policies and have become as common in IRs as faculty research. Undergraduate research, however, appears to be much less common than faculty or graduate work. This paper examines the extent to which undergraduate student works (USW) are represented in the IRs of U.S. colleges and universities that use bepress’ Digital …

Seeking Eden: A Collection Of Georgia’S Historic Gardens, Melinda F. Matthews

The Southeastern Librarian

Seeking Eden: A Collection of Georgia’s Historic Gardens. Staci L. Catron and Mary Ann Eaddy. Photograpy by James R. Lockhart. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-8203-5300-5 (hardcover: alk. paper) $49.95. 471p.

How To Lead When You’Re Not In Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority, Mark A. Kirkley

The Southeastern Librarian

How to Lead When You’re not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority. Clay Scroggins. Zondervan, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-310-53157-9 (hardcover), 978-0-310-53696-3 (paperback). $22.99 229 p.

Blackbeard’S Sunken Prize: The 300-Year Voyage Of Queen Anne’S Revenge, Melanie Dunn

The Southeastern Librarian

Blackbeard’s Sunken Prize: The 300-year voyage of Queen Anne’s Revenge. Mark U. Wilde-Ramsing, and Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-4696-4052-5 (Hard). $28.00. 224 p.

For Church And Confederacy: The Lynches Of South Carolina, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

For Church and Confederacy: The Lynches of South Carolina. Edited by Robert Emmett Curran. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-61117-917-0 (Hard). $69.99. 456 p.

Trade, Politics, And Revolution: South Carolina And Britain’S Atlantic Commerce, 1730-1790, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Trade, Politics, and Revolution: South Carolina and Britain’s Atlantic Commerce, 1730-1790. Huw David. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-61117-894-4 (hard). $59.99. 280 p.

The Perfect Scout: A Soldier’S Memoir Of The Great March To The Sea And The Campaign Of The Carolinas: George W. Quimby, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

The Perfect Scout: A Soldier’s Memoir of the Great March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas: George W. Quimby. Edited by Anne Sarah Rubin and Stephen Murphy. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-8173-1971-7. $29.95. 224 p.

A Dream And A Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory In Paris: 1925-1928, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris: 1925-1928. Angela Gregory and Nancy L. Penrose. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2019. ISBN 978-1-61117-977-4 (Hard). $39.99. 248 p.

Slaves, Slaveholders And A Kentucky Community’S Struggle Toward Freedom, Carol Walker Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

Slaves, Slaveholders and a Kentucky Community’s Struggle Toward Freedom. Elizabeth D. Leonard. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2019. ISBN 978-0-8131-7666-6. $50. 196 p.

Guidelines For Submission And Author Instructions

The Southeastern Librarian

Guidelines for article submission to The Southeastern Librarian.

Editorial Staff And State Representatives

The Southeastern Librarian

Listing of editorial board for The Southeastern Librarian and current SELA state representatives.

A Culturally-Sensitive Exploration Of Adversity And Resilience Among Trinidadians, Christabel Léonce

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Research done by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) found that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as abuse, household challenges, and neglect were linked to later health risks in life and overall well-being (CDC, 2019). Adverse experiences occur worldwide in a variety of culturally-specific ways. Research involving youth in Trinidad and Tobago outlines emerging concerns with violence in homes, communities, and schools (Baker-Henningham et al., 2009). Currently, however, there is limited data on adverse experiences and their long-term impact in Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidadians (n = 79), born and lived in Trinidad till 18 years was surveyed, ranging from ages …

Sela/General News, Library News, And Personnel News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent activities from the Southeastern Library Association, developments from SELA member institutions, and personnel news.

Neutral Reportage Privilege: The Libel Defense Needed In A Struggling Democracy, Christina Mazzeo

Master's Theses (2009 -)

This study aimed to understand the U.S. courts reasoning for either accepting or rejecting the neutral reportage privilege, a libel defense that protects individuals who republish defamatory statements for a newsworthy purpose. A systematic analysis of federal and state court cases regarding the privilege was performed to determine how the courts view neutral reportage and what their rationales were for their decisions. The analysis showed the courts' unnecessary reliance on Supreme Court precedent and an inconsistent application of the privilege. This paper offers a proposal for how the courts, journalists, other citizens, and social media platforms should view and utilize …

Fair Or Foul: Analysis Of 2017 Baseball Hall Of Fame Voting, Michael Dane Peppers

Master's Theses (2009 -)

Professional baseball writers play the main role in deciding if former Major League Baseball players will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. This time-honored tradition has become more complex now that several players from the “Steroids Era” have become eligible for consideration. This issue has divided writers and baseball fans across the country. In the end, the Hall of Fame offers subjective rules for writers to follow, leaving them to figure it out for themselves and in many ways the entire nation. This study sought to determine how baseball writers legitimized their voting decisions for Barry Bonds and Roger …

Socioeconomic Class And Race In Higher Education Paths And Outcomes: The Case Of Ohio, James Harlow

Student Papers in Local and Global Regional Economies

The paper reviews literature that examines how race, class and incomes influence students entering college, focusing on the entire U.S. and on Ohio. The paper investigates he following. 1) Does racial demography and household income predict the type of public college or university Ohio seniors choose to attend? 2) Is there a relationship between household income and public college (both two and four-year schools) enrollment immediately after high school? The paper discusses how the provided analysis fit within the broader literature, and help in understanding the problem and in formulating solutions. The goal of this research is to examine some …

“Vështrimi Historik I Së Drejtës Së Vetëvendosjes”, Albina Rrustemi

Theses and Dissertations

Parimi i vetëvendosjes ka qenë dhe ka mbetur parim fundamental në të drejtën ndërkombëtare dhe njëkohësisht parim bazë i të drejtave të njeriut. Si parim, ka kaluar nëpër evolucion zhvillimorë në etapa të ndryshme të historisë për të ardhur tek një moment kyç i zhvillimit të tij. Parimi i vetëvendosjes si një parim dhe koncept politik dhe si një e drejtë shfaqet fuqishëm me përfundimin e Luftës së Dytë Botërore. Në aspektin praktik vetëvendosja është përdorur si mjet legjitimues për përpjekjet e entiteteve të ndryshme për arritjen e lirisë dhe pavarësisë. Shumica e konflikteve të përgjakshme gjithandej botës kanë ndodhur …

Evaluating Agricultural Weather And Climate Services In Africa: Evidence, Methods, And A Learning Agenda, Catherine Vaughan, James Hansen, Philippe Roudier, Paul Watkiss, Edward Carr

Sustainability and Social Justice

Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa's agricultural sector to manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack of evidence prevents a realistic analysis of whether such services are delivering on their potential. This paper reviews 66 studies that have evaluated outcomes and/or impacts of agricultural WCS in Africa, highlighting areas that have received relatively more attention as well as persistent gaps. While the evaluation of WCS outcomes is relatively straightforward, estimates of the number of people who access and use these services are uneven (covering a small number of …

The Importance Of Leadership Motivational Activities In Encouraging International Students To Return To Their Tier 1 Universities, Eric Hall

Dissertations

Abstract

The problem is international students are not returning to their undergraduate Tier 1 institutions during a period when quality student enrollment is essential, and there is scant research on academic advising strategies that can be used to combat international student attrition at these universities (O’Keefe, 2013). Studies have often lumped all international students together and made efforts to attract more international students, but the reasons why international students chose research universities, and returned, were not being investigated in this manner (Hegarty, 2014).

The purpose of this proposed study was to gain an understanding of the decision-making and reasoning processes …

Improved Marginal Likelihood Estimation Via Power Posteriors And Importance Sampling, Yong Li, Nianling Wang, Jun Yu

Research Collection School Of Economics

The power-posterior method of Friel and Pettitt (2008) has been used to estimate the marginal likelihoods of competing Bayesian models. In this paper it is shown that the Bernstein-von Mises (BvM) theorem holds for the power posteriors under regularity conditions. Due to the BvM theorem, the power posteriors, when adjusted by the square root of the corresponding grid points, converge to the same normal distribution as the original posterior distribution, facilitating the implementation of importance sampling for the purpose of estimating the marginal likelihood. Unlike the power-posterior method that requires repeated posterior sampling from the power posteriors, the new method …

The Role Of Refugee Women Narratives In The U.S. Resettlement Process, Alys Sink

VA Engage Journal

Within resettlement scholarship, there exists a distinct absence of direct narratives by refugee women about their resettlement experiences within the United States. This study delves into this absence of voice, investigating the ways in which refugee women’s narratives are received and utilized within a refugee resettlement agency. This ethnographic study includes independent interviews with refugee women and resettlement staff. Utilizing Ernest Stringer’s method of action research and Cheryl Glenn’s Rhetoric of Silence, I argue that refugee women’s narratives are not wholly absent or silent, but rather that they are rarely acknowledged, often devalued, or inadvertently made a non-priority within larger …

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Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for July of 2019.

Risk And Resistance Factors For Depression And Anxiety Among Youth With Sickle Cell Disease, Laura Reinman

Theses and Dissertations

Objective: Depression and anxiety are common problems for adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD). It is important to understand both risk and resiliency factors contributing to psychological outcomes among youth with SCD in order to prevent and effectively treat such problems. To better elucidate contributing factors to depression and anxiety among youth with SCD selected risk and resiliency factors from the risk-and-resistance model adapted for SCD were examined (Barakat, Lash, Lutz, & Nicolaou, 2006). The risk factor of fatigue and resistance/resiliency factors of cognitive appraisal of stress and self-concept are of focus because they have been understudied, and their temporal …

Theory And The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning: Inquiry And Practice With Intention, Nancy L. Chick

Faculty Publications

Theory in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) is the conceptual basis for the practice of SoTL—or, more precisely, the conceptual bases for the practices of SoTL—as well as the bodies of knowledge, methodological assumptions, and explanations of phenomena that are deployed (explicitly or implicitly) from a range of contexts within SoTL. Put another way, theory is thinking on a meta level, a metacognitive move in which practitioners become aware, critical, and intentional of how and why they are doing their practice. It involves taking stock of the existing conversations to move beyond definitions, to critically evaluate gaps and …

The Effects Of Economic Factors And Groundwater Policies On The Timing Of Well Drilling, Qianyu Zhang

Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Understanding the factors that affect farmers’ irrigation decisions is critical for a better groundwater management. This study addresses the question of how economic, agronomic, and policy variables affect the timing of irrigation adoption in Nebraska. The key contribution of this paper is to identify farmers’ strategic responses to a particular type of policy intervention, a moratorium on well drilling. Our results estimate how farmers respond when a moratorium is announced but not enforced yet, and when neighboring areas implement a moratorium, which we refer as pre-regulation effect and policy spillover effect, respectively. Results show that farmers are more likely to …