In response to the questions about graduate student socialization raised by Hoffmann-Longtin et al. (2021), we draw inspiration from scholars who have argued that the goal of education is to integrate students into a democratic...
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Social justice, Activism, Socialization, Social advocacy, Student activism, Graduate students, Service learning, and Environmental justice
Lighting talk about the methods WCU Hunter Library uses to assign new computers to library staff/faculty when money is tight or given at just the end of the fiscal year. Ellern used a “replacement measure method” that assigns...
Built of the same Texas limestone used to construct the Alamo, the Daughters of the Republic ofTexas (DRT) Library shares ground with that famous structure. Although the state of Texas ownsthe building and the grounds on which...
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history, american history, Texas, library history, publicity, and marketing
Opened in 1946, the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri, is world renowned for its collections in science, engineering, and technology. Just as well known is the strong user orientation of its dedicated staff. While the...
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history, library history, us history, publicity, and marketing
When library staff resources are limited, administering post-cancellation access to electronic journal content can often be neglected when other demands of managing electronic resources take priority. Difficulties handling...
This presentation provides a broad overview of the idea of STEM – what it is and what it means – and a summary of STEM diversity through recent statistics in the United States as they relate to jobs, higher education, and...
Purpose: This paper discusses efforts to produce instructional support objects for undergraduate students engaged in creating infographics, an alternative assignment growing in popularity at the authors’...
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infographics, data visualization, design, best practices, aesthetics, data literacy, and visual literacy
Like never before, women and men have public personas, and the actions of the private person have consequences for the public person. The advent of MySpace,Facebook, and Google+, for example, has given every member a public...
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gender, gender studies, feminism, literature, history, and politics
