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Masuchika, Glenn. "Japanese Cartoons, Virtual Child Pornography, Academic Libraries, and the Law." Reference & User Services Quarterly 54, no. 4 (June 19, 2015): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rusq.54n4.54.
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Many academic libraries are adding comics and cartoon in print form to their collections. Japanese comics, called "manga," are a large part of this collecting. However, in some of these items, there are drawn images of people seemingly under eighteen years of age engaged in highly graphic, uncensored, sex acts. The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether collecting such materials may violate anti-obscenity laws of the United States and expose the collection developer and the library to criminal liabilities. It also suggests that these concerns can lead librarians to self-censorship in their collection development duties.
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Dalton, Michelle. "There is a Lack of Standardization in the Collection Development and Circulation Policies of Prison Library Services." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8, no. 2 (June 10, 2013): 248. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8r611.
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Objective – To explore how collection development policies currently support the role and purpose of prison libraries, and to explore if the accessibility of circulation records impacts on patron privacy.
Design – Online survey questionnaire and a case study analysis of the existing policy statements of selected correctional institutions.
Setting – The prison library sector in the United States.
Subjects – 17 librarians and library staff across ten states in the United States.
Methods – An eight-question online questionnaire was used to explore the existing collection development and circulation policies in prison libraries, and the level of adherence to the guidelines of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) and the American Correctional Association (ACA). In addition, participants were encouraged to forward any circulation or collection development policy statements for more detailed analysis. Each policy was then reviewed to assess the degree of alignment or otherwise with the American Library Association’s (ALA) Prisoners’ Right to Read guidelines (2010).
Main Results – The results of the survey found that 24% of libraries had no formal collection development policy, and at least 53% of libraries had no circulation policy statement. In these instances, the libraries were typically subject to the local policies and procedures of the correctional institution. The purpose of the library and its collection was primarily viewed as: providing recreational reading material; maintaining contact with the outside world and enabling re-entry into the community; and supporting vocational skills and lifelong learning. In selecting materials, the results indicated that a broadly similar approach to that of public libraries was adopted by most institutions, with the exception of any material that may pose a safety or security threat to the institution. In one institution the use of library services or resources for legal purposes or to provide legal assistance was also clearly prohibited in the collection development policy, although approximately half of the libraries did state that providing legal material was one of their roles. The lengthy and arduous approval process for ordering books and other materials (up to ten months in one instance) was reported by several participants due to the layers of bureaucracy and controls inherent in the prison setting. With regard to circulation records and confidentiality issues, 35% of libraries deleted such records instantly upon return of the items, compared with 30% that archived them. A further 29% only retained information from the current and most recent patrons for the purposes of assessing and charging for damaged items.
Conclusion – The author found the prison library sector to be a relatively challenging environment. In this context, following the existing guidelines and best practice as recommended by the ALA and others, and establishing clear and ethical policy statements can help libraries to support the needs and rights of patrons more effectively.
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Costello, Laura. "Survey Confirms Strong Support for Intellectual Freedom in Public Collection Development Librarians." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 14, no. 3 (September 12, 2019): 135–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/eblip29577.
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Oltmann, S. M. (2019). Important Factors in Midwestern Public Librarians’ Views on Intellectual Freedom and Collection Development: Part 1. The Library Quarterly, 89(1), 2-15. https://doi.org/10.1086/700659
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Objective – The article sought to explore whether librarian attitudes regarding intellectual freedom conform to the stance of the American Library Association (ALA).
Design – Electronic survey.
Setting – Public libraries in the Midwestern United States.
Subjects – Subjects were 645 collection development library professionals employed in public libraries.
Methods – An electronic survey was distributed to public library directors in nine Midwestern states and was completed by the library professional primarily responsible for collection development. The survey focused on community information and probed the participants for their stances on several intellectual freedom topics.
Main Results – The survey was sent to 3,018 participants via each state’s librarian and had a response rate of 21.37%. The first section of the survey focused on broad strokes statements representing the ALA’s stance on intellectual freedom for public libraries. The results revealed widespread agreement on these issues. More than 88% of participants agreed with statements like “public libraries should provide their clients with access to information from a variety of sources.” Despite strong agreement among participants, particular demographic characteristics were more likely to lead to disagreement with all statements including working in rural communities and not holding a master’s degree in library science.
The next section of the survey focused on how strongly participants’ personal beliefs conformed to the intellectual freedom statements in the ALA’s Library Code of Ethics. Again, there was widespread agreement, with 94.9% of participants indicating that they agreed with the statement “we uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to censor library materials.” Only one participant disagreed with the statement “it is the right of every individual to both seek and receive information from all points of view without restriction.” When asked whether the ALA’s stance on intellectual freedom ever conflicted with their personal beliefs, 39.8% of participants indicated that it did, 22% were unsure, and 40% had never experienced conflict. Participants holding a master's degree in library science and librarians in large cities were less likely to experience conflict between their personal beliefs and the ALA’s stance on intellectual freedom. In the free text comments, several participants indicated that they experienced conflict when the ALA’s stance did not reflect their personal beliefs or community values.
Conclusion – While the overwhelming majority of respondents indicated that they agreed with the ALA’s stance on intellectual freedom, a minority of participants experienced some conflict. Respondents indicated that personal belief could create conflict when librarians committed to intellectual freedom were required to make choices in their professional work that conflicted with their own views. Conflict could also arise when collection choices made to support intellectual freedom were not supported by patrons in the community.
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Costello, Laura. "Survey Applies Public Collection Development Librarians' Support for Intellectual Freedom to Collection Process." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 15, no. 1 (March 13, 2020): 245–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/eblip29686.
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Oltmann, S. M. (2019). Important factors in Midwestern public librarians’ views on intellectual freedom and collection development: Part 2. The Library Quarterly, 89(2), 156-172. https://doi.org/10.1086/702203
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Objective – To explore how librarian attitudes regarding intellectual freedom and demographic factors influence collection development decisions.
Design – Online survey.
Setting – Public libraries in the Midwestern United States.
Subjects – 645 collection development library professionals employed in public libraries.
Methods – An electronic survey was distributed to 3,018 public library directors in nine Midwestern states and completed by the library professional primarily responsible for collection development (Oltmann, 2019, p. 6). The survey had a 21.37% response rate. The survey focused on intellectual freedom in the management of collections and probed the participants for their experiences and influences in making collection development decisions. The survey also asked participants to make hypothetical purchasing and holdings decisions for library materials based on a short description of the material.
Main Results – Participants indicated that they used a variety of different tools for the selection of materials including patron requests. Of the participants, 45.7% indicated that their library had a policy, practice, or metric to assess the balance of their collections, while 54.3% indicated that their libraries did not have policy or method in place for ensuring that their collection was balanced. Of the respondents, 73.4% felt that local community values should be considered in collection development decision, but 62.3% said that this should not be the most important factor in decisions. Overall, the political leaning of the community did not have an impact on participants’ alignment with the ALA's stances on intellectual freedom. Most respondents (73.4%) felt that government library funding bodies should have an influence over collection development decisions. Some respondents indicated they felt internal pressure from other library staff or the library board to purchase particular materials (28.1%) or relocate materials (14.1%). Respondents also indicated that they felt external pressure from their communities to purchase (32%) or restrict or withdraw (19.1%) materials. In the hypothetical purchasing scenario, most librarians indicated that they would purchase the majority of items. Some participants (39.8%) felt tension between their personal and professional views on intellectual freedom.
Conclusion – The first part of this article found that holding an MLS degree had a significant impact on participants' stance on intellectual freedom and alignment with the American Library Association (ALA) principles. This part indicated that they also felt greater pressure to withdraw, acquire, and manage particular materials in their collections and felt more tension between their personal and professional stances on intellectual freedom. Age, gender, duration of work, and community political affiliations significantly impacted only some of the participants' responses. Overall, there was general support for intellectual freedom and alignment with the ALA principles; however, 40% of respondents indicated tension between their personal and professional beliefs about intellectual freedom.
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Shu, Yue, and Reiko Yoshimura. "The Chinese Collection of the Freer Gallery of Art | Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library." Art Libraries Journal 39, no. 2 (2014): 33–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200018290.
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The library of the Freer Gallery of Art | Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is considered one of the finest East Asian art research collections in the United States. The development and progress of the library’s Chinese Collection has mirrored the historical changes in the field of Chinese art studies in the last one hundred years. Today, the library collection has more than 90,000 volumes, including 17,437 Chinese language monographs and 836 serials in over 25,000 volumes. In a landscape of changing scholarship, technology and user demands, the library is balancing the use of printed materials and digital resources and collaborating with other libraries to continue to meet the needs of curators, researchers and visitors.
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Carpenter, Kenneth E. "Government Publications and the Development of Libraries." Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues 15, no. 1 (April 2003): 49–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095574900301500106.
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This paper examines the history of statistical publishing by governments, looks at other kinds of government publishing, and provides brief case studies of the collecting of government documents by libraries in Europe and the United States. These are revealing of attitudes toward government documents and in some cases show a relationship between government-document collecting and the goals of the library. The author argues that collecting and disseminating statistical information was a conscious decision made by governments on the grounds that information would lead to public support. It is arguable that the budget increases for national libraries in Britain and France, which occurred as well in the 1830s, derived from the value those governments placed on disseminating information. A connection in one era between library support and what is considered to be knowledge and the value placed on it suggests a way of looking at libraries in other periods. Indeed, for all libraries, policies and practices in collecting government documents may be indicative of a library's goals.
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Page, Laverne. "New Directions in Reference and Collections Development in Africana Collections in the United States." African Research & Documentation 90 (2002): 53–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x00016824.
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Africana resources and collections: three decades of development and achievement, edited by Julian W. Witherell, and published by Scarecrow Press in 1989, is a festschrift honouring Hans Panofsky, a pioneer in Africana librarianship. It was, and continues to be, a fitting tribute to a man who was a leading figure in the promotion of co-ordinated co-operative programmes for acquisitions and bibliographic control of Africana from 1959 to 1989. This one volume with contributing articles by Hans’ Africana colleagues contains a wealth of historical information about librarianship, cataloguing, and the acquisitions of Africana for that time period. An update of this volume is now due.Within the last two decades, there have been many significant developments in American libraries. This short presentation will not attempt to bridge that distance. Instead, it will offer a brief accounting of fairly recent Africana activity in selected American libraries.
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Nash, Jacob L. "Richard Trueswell's Contribution to Collection Evaluation and Management: A Review." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 11, no. 3 (September 26, 2016): 118. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8pg8t.
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Trueswell, R. L. (1969). Some behavioral patterns of library users: The 80/20 rule. Wilson Library Bulletin, 43(5), 458-461.
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Objective – To demonstrate the relationship between library circulation and the percent of a library's holdings satisfying circulation.
Design – Retrospective cohort study of library circulation data.
Setting – Cambridge and Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Subjects – The users of the monographic holdings of the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory Library and the Forbes Public Library.
Methods – Trueswell compiled circulation data from the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory Library over a period of 5 years, ostensibly from 1964-1969. Additionally, he gathered circulation data from Forbes Public Library. Trueswell compared each respective collection of data against the entire holdings of each library, after which he converted each measure to a percentage of the whole.
Main Result – Based on the collected data, Trueswell found that the percentages of both libraries’ holdings that satisfy circulation follow a power law distribution. He compared this with a previous study measuring journal circulation at a Health Sciences Library that exhibited the same pattern. He stated that these similar distributions demonstrated the "80/20 Rule." The distribution is such that any given percent of circulation will provide the percent of a library’s circulating holdings necessary to satisfy it. Additionally, Trueswell found that 75 percent of current circulation had circulated at least once within the preceding year.
Conclusion – The findings have implications for core collection development, purchasing multiple copies of a given title, determining the optimal size of a library's collection, and weeding. Trueswell also submits the idea of developing regional interlibrary loan centers for books that do not circulate often, as a cost saving measure for most libraries.
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Savitskaya, Tatiana E. "Partnership of Digital Libraries Hathi Trust Digital Library: the New Mode of Cooperation." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 67, no. 1 (April 22, 2018): 83–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2018-67-1-83-90.
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There is analysed the activities of digital libraries partnership Hathi Trust Digital Library (HTDL), arose in October 2008 in the United States as a collaborative repository of digital collections of library systems of 13 universities in the U.S. Middle West and digital collections of 11 universities in California (now numbering 124 libraries). In the United States — the leader of IT-technologies — has been accumulated the vast experience in the field of organization of electronic resources, carried out a large-scale reorganization of library industry, the results of which are not sufficiently covered in the domestic library science. For the first time, the Russian library community is invited to learn the specific experience of the formation and operation of the partnership of digital libraries HTDL, based on the principle of institutional cooperation and coordination of management solutions in the conservation and maintenance of electronic collections.The main tasks of the distributed data warehouse belonging to the partnership group of large research libraries are: providing access to the digital collection first of all for collective users, libraries — co-founders; preservation of intellectual heritage through reliable and accessible electronic representation, improvement of open technological infrastructure. The HTML concept is based on the conscious preservation of the specificity of research libraries, when the user is offered a body of special catalogued literature, and the ranking of search results is not influenced by the commercial interests. It is noted that HTDL is built on the basis of an extensive network of interlibrary entities in the United States with extensive cooperation in the field of administration, cataloguing, and storage of printed materials.There are considered the priority achievements of Hathi Trust Digital Library: development of the new models of interlibrary cooperation, efficient distributed management structure, transparent scheme of payment calculation of infrastructure maintenance. The dynamics of the development of this resource from the moment of formation to the present time is analysed.
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Dewi, Shinta. "EVALUASI PENGEMBANGAN KOLEKSI PADA PERPUSTAKAAN UMUM DI AUSTRALIA." Jurnal Pustaka Budaya 11, no. 2 (July 7, 2024): 59–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.31849/pb.v11i2.18585.
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ABSTRAK Artikel ini melakukan perbandingan antara dua artikel jurnal yang relevan dalam konteks pengembangan koleksi di perpustakaan umum Australia dan perpustakaan umum di Amerika Serikat. Tujuan dari perbandingan artikel jurnal ini untuk mengetahui tantangan dan peluang perpustakaan umum dalam merumuskan dan mengimplementasikan kebijakan pengembangan koleksi yang efektif. Metode yang digunakan adalah melakukan tinjauan literatur yang mencakup artikel jurnal dan sumber bacaan lainnya yang relevan dengan topik tantangan dan peluang pengembangan koleksi perpustakaan umum. Hasil yang diperoleh dari perpustakaan umum di Australia menunjukkan adanya tantangan dalam mengimplementasikan kebijakan pengembangan koleksi, seperti sumber daya manusia yang terbatas, perubahan kebutuhan pengguna, evaluasi koleksi yang sudah ada dan evolusi teknologi informasi. Sementara tantangan pada kebijakan pengembangan koleksi perpustakaan umum di Amerika melibatkan identifikasi kebutuhan pengguna, alokasi sumber daya yang terbatas, perubahan teknologi informasi, penggunaan data dan analitik, serta kolaborasi antara departemen pengembangan koleksi dan sistem informasi. Dengan memanfaatkan sistem informasi secara efektif, perpustakaan dapat mengatasi tantangan dan memanfaatkan peluang untuk meningkatkan kualitas dan relevansi koleksi. ABSTRACT This article compares two relevant journal articles in the context of collection development in Australian public libraries and public libraries in the United States. The purpose of this comparison is to determine the challenges and opportunities for public libraries in formulating and implementing effective collection development policies. The method used is to conduct a literature review that includes journal articles and other reading sources relevant to the topic of challenges and opportunities for public library collection development. The results obtained from public libraries in Australia show that there are challenges in implementing collection development policies, such as limited human resources, changing user needs, evaluation of existing collections and the evolution of information technology. While the challenges to collection development policies in American public libraries involve identifying user needs, allocating limited resources, changes in information technology, using data and analytics, and collaboration between collection development departments and information systems. By effectively utilizing information systems, libraries can overcome challenges and capitalize on opportunities to improve collection quality and relevance.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Collection development (libraries) – united states"
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Loree, S. "Is Citation Analysis Worth It: A Comparison of the Usefulness of Local Citation Analysis, Interlibrary Loan Records and Usage Statistics for Collection Development Purposes in a Special Library." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/369.
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This study evaluates local citation analysis in comparison to interlibrary loan records and usage statistics as indicators for collection evaluation and development purposes in a special library setting as evidenced through a case study at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Main Library in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. More specifically, it examines how data gathered from these three tools compare as predictors for future trends in use of journals and as tools for developing parameters and guidelines for anticipatory collection development decisions in a scientific research library. Ultimately, citation analysis is the most successful in predicting the following year’s usage.
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Thornson, Carol Ann. "Development and validation of the cross-cultural competence inventory." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4557.
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Initial administration of the prototype instrument to 792 military members, followed by exploratory factor analysis, revealed six hypothesized factors of 3C. Following scale development, the Cross-Cultural Competence Inventory (3CI) was administered to almost 5,000 service members, and the six-factor structure was confirmed as well as cross-validated. Another data collection effort focused on assessing the stability of the six factors over time, via test-retest reliability analysis. A final validation study revealed Cultural Exploration to be a significant predictor of three of the four performance criteria, as rated by supervisors on deployment. Furthermore, this study offered the unique perspective gained by administering two popular civilian instruments along with a military-based tool, providing insight into the nature of military 3C and the ways in which it is similar to, and distinct from, civilian 3C. Additionally, important theoretical contributions may help guide future empirical research and military applications. This study is the initial step in assessing readiness for cultural interaction in the military. The results may serve to guide future efforts in military research in order to support our forces in the field as well as to guide the military establishment in making decisions on training, education, and operations in the context of mission success.; Understanding the factors responsible for successful interactions between cultures has been an ongoing investigation among anthropologists, social workers, and organizational psychologists. The need for employees who are able to function effectively across cultures has resulted in a great deal of research examining which factors enable expatriate effectiveness. Despite the necessity of a workforce that is able to function across cultures in today's global economy, an even greater case can be made for cross-cultural competence (3C) in the U.S. military. The potential for loss of life and international-level consequences is high if our military forces are not adequately prepared. This is why the Department of Defense has identified 3C as a critical determinant of success for military missions. Despite the critical need for military 3C, a review of the literature found no validated instruments developed to assess the readiness of our troops to work closely with foreign nationals and coalition forces in the context of military deployments. As such, the overarching goal of this validation study was to enable the U.S. military to prepare and train its forces in 3C, specifically allowing the military to: (1) better assess troop readiness to engage other cultures; (2) target training to those skills that help achieve missions in the field; (3) design more authentic cross-cultural training exercises; (4) assess the effectiveness of cross-cultural training; and (5) guide the development of future cultural training efforts. To that end, a blended approach to scale development was undertaken, whereby critical-incident interviews with subject matter experts informed which of the individual difference predictors from the civilian literatures would likely be applicable to the military domain.ID: 029049772; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2010.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-189).
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Department of Psychology
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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Martin, Michael Jason. "In the process of becoming the organizational culture of the Metropolitan Academic Library." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4977.
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Organizational culture may be defined as the shared norms, values, and beliefs of an organization. The culture expresses itself through symbols and sagas. Organizational culture shapes the behavior of those within the organization and provides a lens through which its members can interpret reality. This study sought to define the organizational culture of the Metropolitan Academic Library. The study was guided by Schein's five levels of cultural assumptions: assumptions about external adaptation issues; assumptions about internal integration; assumptions about the nature of truth and reality; assumptions about the nature of time and space; and assumptions about human nature, activity, and relationships. In order to triangulate data, I gave the librarians and library technical assistants of the Metropolitan Academic Library the Martin Culture Survey. I then conducted a multi-day, on-site visit, where I interviewed members of the Metropolitan Academic Library, made observations about the library, and performed document analysis. I found the culture of the Metropolitan Academic Library to be "in the process of becoming." The culture present in the library was not deep or rich; however, I did find some shared values, symbols, and sagas. With a recent turnover in administration, change was a dominant story of the Metropolitan Academic Library. The librarians and library technical assistants valued campus engagement, the people within the library, and service to the library patrons. These values find symbolic recognition in the coffee shop located in the library, the Christmas party, and the reference desk. Popular sagas of the Metropolitan Academic Library include the story of its humble origins and the building renovation.ID: 029809497; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2011.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-219).
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Doctorate
Educational and Human Sciences
Education
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Karimipour, Lisa L. "The first amendment and internet access restrictions in public university libraries." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2001. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/228.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.Bachelors
Health and Public Affairs
Legal Studies
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Deupree, William Erik. "Innovation on a budget the development of military technology during the interwar period, 1919-1939." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4934.
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This thesis investigates the progress of technological development during the interwar period of 1919 to 1939. The interwar period was a time of slashed military budgets and isolationist policies. However, despite political, financial, and organizational handicaps, each branch of the military made significant progress in the development of military technology, and the air corps and navy achieved significantly better results. The reason these two branches were able succeed was through a combination of organizational policy and the development of an overarching goal for their respective branch. Within this thesis, I investigated each of the major military branches during the interwar period, specifically the United States Army, Army Air Corps, and Navy. The air corps is considered a separate branch despite being a segment of the army due to its different strategic goal and its growing independence during the interwar period. In my research I found that the army made by far the least technological progress, but did make significant strides in terms of the development of individual components for larger projects. For example, the army developed the M1 rifle and state-of-the-art shock absorbers for tanks. The air corps succeeded in transforming from a small army auxiliary made up of wood-and-fabric biplanes into a largely independent branch of the military made up of all-metal monoplane bombers. The navy developed the aircraft carrier and aircraft to accompany the new ships, in addition to making substantial upgrades to existing ships. These upgrades included strengthening ships against torpedo attacks, making engines more efficient, and adding anti-aircraft guns to the ships' arsenals.ID: 030422712; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (M.A.)--University of Central Florida, 2011.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-105).
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History
Arts and Humanities
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Heyne, Chad M. "An analysis of the relationship between economic development and demographic characteristics in the United States." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/438.
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Over the past several decades there has been extensive research done in an attempt to determine what demographic characteristics affect economic growth, measured in GDP per capita. Understanding what influences the growth of a country will vastly help policy makers enact policies to lead the country in a positive direction. This research focuses on isolating a new variable, women in the work force. As well as isolating a new variable, this research will modify a preexisting variable that was shown to be significant in order to make the variable more robust and sensitive to recessions. The intent of this thesis is to explore the relationship between several demographic characteristics and their effect on the growth rate of GDP per capita. The first step is to reproduce the work done by Barlow (1994) to ensure that the United States follows similar rules as the countries in his research. Afterwards, we will introduce new variables into the model, comparing the goodness of fit through the methods of R-squared, AIC and BIC. There have been several models developed to answer each of the research questions independently.B.S.
Bachelors
Sciences
Statistics
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Jensen, Amy. "The Role of International Organizations in the Development of African States." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1174.
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Sciences
Political Science
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Shepherd, Keegan. "The Sixth Son: The Emergence and Development of Japanese Communities in the United States and Brazil." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/997.
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Arts and Sciences
History
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Lee, David Johnson. "The Ends of Modernization: Development, Ideology, and Catastrophe in Nicaragua after the Alliance for Progress." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/358072.
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This dissertation traces the cultural and intellectual history of Nicaragua from the heyday of modernization as ideology and practice in the 1960s, when U.S. planners and politicians identified Nicaragua as a test case for the Alliance for Progress, to the triumph of neoliberalism in the 1990s. The modernization paradigm, implemented through collusion between authoritarian dictatorship and the U.S. development apparatus, began to fragment following the earthquake that destroyed Managua in 1972. The ideas that constituted this paradigm were repurposed by actors in Nicaragua and used to challenge the dominant power of the U.S. government, and also to structure political competition within Nicaragua. Using interviews, new archival material, memoirs, novels, plays, and newspapers in the United States and Nicaragua, I trace the way political actors used ideas about development to make and unmake alliances within Nicaragua, bringing about first the Sandinista Revolution, then the Contra War, and finally the neoliberal government that took power in 1990. I argue that because of both a changing international intellectual climate and resistance on the part of the people of Nicaragua, new ideas about development emphasizing human rights, pluralism, entrepreneurialism, indigenous rights, and sustainable development came to supplant modernization theory. The piecemeal changes in development thinking after modernization corresponded not to a single catastrophic shift, but rather obeyed a catastrophic logic of democratic empire, in which U.S. and Nicaraguan politics were characterized by a dialogue about ideas of development but U.S. power remained the final determining factor. Though the new ideas did not replace modernization's former unifying power, they nonetheless constitute the contemporary paradigm of neoliberalism.
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Skinner, Stacy. "Building Educator Capacity in Support of Student Achievement on Florida's United States History End-of-Course Assessment." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6357.
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Florida's United States History End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment performance outcomes are scheduled to impact student course grades, educator evaluation scores, and school grades. A professional learning plan to improve teaching and learning in support of student achievement on the Assessment does not exist. Neither Florida Statute nor the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) facilitate or fund professional learning in support of these influences. This dissertation in practice proposes the use of the U.S. History EOC Assessment Professional Learning Series to build educator capacity in support of student achievement on the Assessment. Implementation of professional learning could address the disparity between the legislated Assessment and its potential impacts.
Tyler's (1949) curriculum development rationale and Shulman's (1986) notion of pedagogical content knowledge provided a conceptual framework for the proposed professional learning. Professional learning experiences were designed to include (1) an assessment simulation, (2) a correlation of simulated assessment items to item specifications, (3) a test item writing practicum, and (4) model lessons. The series was designed to support pedagogical content knowledge growth in planning, teaching, and assessing United States History; and improve instructional and professional efficacy. The ultimate purpose of the series is to improve teaching and learning to support student achievement on U.S. History EOC Assessment.Ed.D.
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Books on the topic "Collection development (libraries) – united states"
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Stephens, Claire Gatrell. School library collection development: Just the basics. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, 2012.
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1945-, McGregor Joy, Dillon Ken, and Henri James 1952-, eds. Collection management for school libraries. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2003.
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Hoffmann, Frank W. Library collection development policies: Academic, public, and special libraries. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
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1967-, Holder Sara. Library collection development for professional programs: Trends and best practices. Hershey PA: Information Science Reference, 2013.
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L, Wallace Karen, and Baker Sharon L, eds. The responsive public library: How to develop and market a winning collection. 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited, 2002.
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1950-, Handman Gary, ed. Video collection development in multi-type libraries: A handbook. 2nd ed. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2002.
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L, Robinson Kara, ed. The Kovacs guide to electronic library collection development: Essential core subject collections, selection criteria, and guidelines. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2004.
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Kovacs, Diane K. The Kovacs guide to electronic library collection development: Essential core subject collections, selection criteria, and guidelines. 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2009.
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Kovacs, Diane K. The Kovacs guide to electronic library collection development: Essential core subject collections, selection criteria, and guidelines. 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2009.
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Kovacs, Diane K. The Kovacs guide to electronic library collection development: Essential core subject collections, selection criteria, and guidelines. 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2009.
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Alvarez León, Luis F. "Assembling the Geographic Information Market in the United States." In Knowledge and Digital Technology, 131–51. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39101-9_7.
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AbstractThis chapter examines the construction of the geographic information market in the United States. The focus is on two key building blocks in this process: (1) the development of (legal and technical) interoperability in the collection and dissemination of geographic information, and (2) the construction of Intellectual Property (IP) regimes. These elements are explored in the context of the institutional configuration between government, the private sector, and the public. This configuration, which in the United States bounds the role of government as a producer of geographic information and limits its actions in the market, creates suitable conditions for the continued production of geographic information as input to a growing market, as well as its consumption, circulation, transformation, and use by government agencies, private firms, and the broader public. Lastly, the chapter characterizes the geographic information market in the United States as relying on the legally delimitated role of the Federal Government as a de jure producer of informational inputs that foster the development of secondary applications in addition to fulfilling its primary mission of public information. Understanding the institutional, legal, and technical dimensions of the geographic information market will enable a clearer analysis of the linkages, transactions, and logics between government agencies, private firms, and civil society groups in the production of value through geographic information and other informational resources. More generally, the author argues that identifying the interplay between specific institutional environments, governing legal frameworks, and processes of technological innovation and knowledge generation is essential to studying, governing, and regulating informational markets in the digital economy.
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Yu, Zhen, Jie Feng, Shiyang Tang, Zeyu Liu, Yiran Yan, and Na Luo. "Multiple Information Collection Technology of Power Network Disaster Loss." In Disaster Intelligent Perception and Emergency Command of Power Grid, 47–133. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7236-4_3.
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AbstractIn the field of wireless sensor network in the application and research and development, foreign countries such as the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea and other countries started earlier, and their overall strength is strong. The United States “smart grid”, “smart Earth”, the European “Internet of Things Action Plan” and the “U Society” strategy based on the Internet of Things in Japan and South Korea have been implemented, and the Internet of Things has become an important means to seize the “post-crisis” era to enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of countries. In China, wireless sensor networks began to develop after the concept of intelligent dust was put forward, and with the deepening of research on it, it has gradually expanded from the application of national defense and military fields to environmental monitoring, medical health, seabed exploration, forest fire fighting and other fields, and it is included in the future emerging technology development plan, and focus on the application of biotechnology, chemistry and other aspects. After that, the scientific community focused its research on secure and scalable networks, sensor systems and other networks, which prompted scholars from all walks of life to gradually participate in the research and development process of wireless sensor networks.
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Heikkinen, Mervi, Sari Harmoinen, Riitta Keiski, Marja Matinmikko-Blue, and Taina Pihlajaniemi. "Making and Taking Leadership in the Promotion of Gender Desegregation in STEM." In Women in STEM in Higher Education, 51–68. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1552-9_3.
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AbstractIn 2016, the United Nations (UN) Member States adopted a decision on the role of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in encouraging girls and women to be leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). This decision poses a special challenge for many sectors in society and posits unique opportunities for women’s leadership in higher education institutions (HEIs). This chapter opens by presenting views on overcoming gender segregation in STEM. The roles of women in leadership positions in the higher education STEM research areas of a large multidisciplinary university in a Nordic country are explored. The unique paths in which four of these women have progressed in their profession, position, and promotion of equality through their diverse and multiple roles within their HEI are examined. From this collection, intertwined opportunities in assuming leadership in the promotion of gender desegregation in STEM are identified on a micropolitical levels. The chapter concludes by elaborating institutional strategies and synergies for overcoming gender segregation in higher education STEM fields from the perspective of leadership. This chapter ends with an annexed declaration useful for local policy development and practical action.
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Williams, Sara R., and Diane Lunde. "Preservation and Collection Development in Academic Libraries of the United States." In Advances in Librarianship, 73–89. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/s0065-2830(1997)0000021006.
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Moeller, Robin A., and Kim Becnel. "Can We Talk About These Graphic Novels?" In Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership, 161–77. IGI Global, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9655-8.ch009.
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This chapter describes the findings of several qualitative research studies conducted with school librarians in the Southeast United States about their views and use of graphic novels in their collections. Of particular focus is the ways in which school librarians enact censorship and self-censorship with this format and, most importantly, why librarians feel it necessary to initiate censorial actions. The implications of such actions are discussed, including librarians' loss of control in collection development decisions, denying students' rights to read and first amendment rights, the use of technology to identify controversial material, literacy shaming, and the potential reinstitution of the Comics Code Authority.
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Quandt, Richard E. "Working with Libraries: The Beginning." In The Changing Landscape in Eastern Europe, 156–85. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195146691.003.0007.
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Abstract I am fortunate to have spent my professional life at a university with a great library, and until I encountered East European libraries, I never dreamed how much damage 45 years of neglect could do. Since the Mellon Foundation has had a distinguished record of assisting research libraries in the United States, including the great independent research libraries such as the Folger, the Huntington, the Newberry, and the Morgan, it did not take much persuasion to get the green light from the Foundation to investigate what we could do for them in Eastern Europe. In 1990, the first year of Mellon activities in the region, there were so many small business development, computing and connectivity projects that I had only limited time to deal with libraries. But I did make some important contacts, many of which led to lasting relations between Mellon and some East European libraries, and made many friends in the library world. Even in that first year, I met in Hungary Béla Mader of the József Attila University in Szeged, Olga Gomba of Kossuth Lajos University in Debrecen, Miklós Fogarassy of the National Széchényi Library, and Gébor Vélyi of the Parliamentary Library in Budapest. In Czechoslovakia, I met Vojtéch Balík, National Librarian of Czechoslovakia and his deputies, Martin Svoboda and Adolf Knoll, and in Poland, Jadwiga Krajewska of the Warsaw University Library and Jan Pirozynski of the Jagiellonian University Library. While we did start to make some grants directly to East European libraries, much of the first year, and even some of the second, was spent in learning about library systems, needs, and agendas. But our work in the three (and later four) countries did not move in parallel, and the first grants of significant size in Hungary were in 1990, in Poland in 1991, and in Czechoslovakia in 1992. There were three principal types of library projects that the foundation funded: improvement of collections, training of librarians, and library automation. By the end, the third category had received by far the largest commitment of funds.
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Mischo, William H. "United States Federal Support for Digital Library Research and its Implications for Digital Library Development." In Digital Libraries, 5–17. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315257778-2.
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Frierson, Eleanor G., Melanie Gardner, Susan McCarthy, and Peggy J. Blake. "Collaborative Development of Agricultural Information Services at the National Agricultural Library of the United States." In Innovations in Science and Technology Libraries, 5–20. Routledge, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315864693-2.
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Trujillo, Maria F. "Digital Libraries and Development for the Illiterate." In Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, 188–92. IGI Global, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch033.
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Even though the information revolution is usually traced back to the 1960s in the United States with the convergence of ICT, it was only in the last two decades that these technologies diffused to most developing societies around the globe, allowing interactive and simultaneous transfer of information in real time. And it was not until the mid-1990s that the Internet became a worldwide phenomenon.
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Gorham, Ursula, John Carlo Bertot, Paul T. Jaeger, and Natalie Greene Taylor. "E-Government Success in Public Libraries." In Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development, 41–59. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4173-0.ch003.
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For much of their history in the United States, public libraries made services for immigrants a key part of their mission by offering them many long-term services, such as developing job searching skills and learning English as a second language. Internet-enabled services, such as navigating the citizenship process, establishing residency, and delivering other key functions through e-government, are a recent addition. This chapter reports the findings of a multi-method study that provides insight into the development of e-government partnerships in various realms (including immigration), highlighting the extent to which these partnerships enhance the ability of libraries to overcome the various challenges that arise in connection with providing e-government services to different populations.
Conference papers on the topic "Collection development (libraries) – united states"
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Blackburn, H. D., C. S. Wilson, and C. D. Dechow. "244. Development and utilization of the United States gene bank collection." In World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-940-4_244.
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"Forum-SOIS, 2024: The Development of the Unified Open Information Space in Lifelong Education: collection of materials (scientific papers, abstracts) of the 6th Inter. Sci. and Practical WEB-forum." In FORUM SOIS, 2024 : The development of the unified open information space in lifelong education. Nilan-Ltd, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.33407/lib.naes.740977.
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The collection contains the materials (scientific papers, abstracts, essays, etc.) of the 6th International Scientific and Practical WEB-Forum ‘Forum-SOIS, 2024’ (26.03-29.03.2024), which was prepared under the terms of the agreement on joint activities between the main organisers – Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy, V.Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Educational Library of Ukraine and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The proceedings include contributions from participants from all over the world, including representatives of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, and other educational and research institutions of Ukraine and abroad, including participants from Israel, Italy, Poland, etc.The collection covers promising areas of education and science development in the context of digital transformation of societies, namely: ideas for the development of a transdisciplinary education paradigm; psychological principles underlying the processes of digitalisation of the educational and scientific space; contribution to the development of a single information space for lifelong learning by information and analytical centres and educational libraries; trends in university education in the current context; the actualisation of the digital transformation of adult education and the introduction of the Stem approach into the educational process, etc. The materials of the forum are intended for researchers, doctoral students, postgraduate students, master's students, teachers and students of various levels of education, teachers and heads of vocational education institutions and training departments of enterprises, as well as employers, managers, legislators and politicians, all those interested in improving the quality of training in a single open information space of lifelong learning. The authors of the materials in this collection are responsible for the accuracy, uniqueness, ergonomics and relevance to the subject matter of the publication.
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Popkova, Ekaterina Anatolevna, and Valeria Mkrtchyan. "CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." In Themed collection of papers from Foreign International Scientific Conference «Modern research on the way to a new scientific revolution». Part 1. by HNRI «National development» in cooperation with AFP (Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua). November 2023. – Varadero (Cuba). Crossref, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.37539/231128.2023.90.61.019.
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The problem of crimes committed against children is always relevant. The article discusses the issues of combating this type of crime, their classification and gaps in US legislation associated with them.
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Knorr, Paul Octavius. "Critical and Hard Minerals Management on the United States Outer Continental Shelf." In Offshore Technology Conference. OTC, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/32640-ms.
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Abstract The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, has responsibility over both energy and non-energy mineral development on the United States Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) under the OCS Lands Act ("OCSLA"). BOEM’s Marine Minerals Program (MMP) manages federal offshore mineral deposits through non-competitive, negotiated agreements for federal sand and gravel ("sand") used in coastal restoration efforts and the competitive leasing of critical and hard economic minerals ("critical minerals"). As the sole federal steward of OCS critical minerals, BOEM MMP is responsible for understanding where critical minerals are located, identifying and understanding their environments, managing activities that affect these resources, and implementing pertinent federal policies. Fulfilling these responsibilities involves the collection and analysis of environmental, geological, and geophysical data; supporting the science needed to understand the impacts of resource-related authorized activities on the biological, physical, and sociocultural environments; encouraging emerging technologies that can reduce the environmental impact of activities; and communicating with stakeholders to foster an understanding of existing federal regulations and potential needs to revise the legal framework. Four U.S. federal rules in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) currently inform MMP’s procedures: 30 CFR 580 (prospecting for minerals), 30 CFR 581 (leasing of minerals), 30 CFR 582 (operations in the OCS related to minerals), and 30 CFR 583 (negotiated noncompetitive agreements for sand). Other federal laws and regulations are also pertinent, particularly those supporting the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Clean Air Act, Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
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Babaryka, D. P., V. B. Babaryka-Amelchanka, S. F. Lipnicki, R. А. Muravitskaya, and L. V. Stepura. "INFOMETRIC DIAGNOSTICS OF THE FLOW OF PUBLICATIONS IN LIBRARY SERVICES." In LIBRARIES IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: PRESERVING TRADITIONS AND DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES. УП «ИВЦ Минфина», 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.47612/978-985-880-283-7-2022-215-221.
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Besides a library's own collection, there is also an increasing use of web-based scientific information resources in library research and development services. The ever-increasing volume of such information, its fragmented location (in various databases, information retrieval systems, etc.) actualize the interest in automating processes when dealing with such scientific resources. The paper presents the functions of a software package for infometric diagnostics of the publication flow to serve users of the Belarus Agricultural Library (BelAL), which is being developed at the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and BelAL. The software package is designed to automate the information servicing of BelAL users in terms of search, delivery and analytical processing of scientific Internet publications on agriculture.
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Shafer, D. S., J. B. Chapman, A. E. Hassan, G. Pohll, K. F. Pohlmann, and M. H. Young. "Long-Term Stewardship and Risk Management Strategies for Inactive Nuclear Test Sites in the United States." In ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2003-4614.
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Characterizing and managing groundwater contamination associated with the 828 underground nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site are among the most challenging environmental remediation issues faced by the U.S. Department of Energy. Although significant long-term stewardship and risk management issues are associated with underground nuclear tests on the Nevada Test Site, of possible equal concern are a smaller number of underground nuclear tests conducted by the United States, 12 total, at eight sites located off the Nevada Test Site. In comparison to the Nevada Test Site, the U.S. Department of Energy has minimal institutional controls at these “offsite test areas” (Offsites) to serve as risk barriers. The corrective action and closure strategy under development for the Central Nevada Test Area and proposed recommendations [1] concerning long-term stewardship for this and the other Offsites illustrate long-term stewardship and risk management strategies applicable to underground nuclear test areas in the United States. The groundwater flow and transport model for the Central Nevada Test Area, site of the 1968 Faultless underground nuclear test, is the first model accepted by a U.S. state regulator (the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection) for an underground nuclear test area. Recommendations for the Central Nevada Test Area and other Offsites include developing decision support models to evaluate the impacts of future changes of land and water uses on previous decisions involving groundwater-use restrictions. Particularly for the Offsites in arid states such as Nevada, New Mexico, and Colorado, it is difficult to envision all future demands on subsurface resources. Rather than trying to maintain complex flow and transport models to evaluate future resource-use scenarios, decision support models coupled with original contaminant flow and transport models could be used as scoping tools to evaluate the sensitivity of previously established resource-use boundaries. This evaluation will determine if the previously established boundaries are still adequate for proposed new land and resource uses or if additional data collection or modeling will be necessary to make technically sound decisions. In addition, previously developed Data Decision Analyses, used to quantitatively evaluate the costs and benefits of different data collection activities conducted during the site characterization phase, could be maintained as a long-term stewardship tool to identify new data collection efforts, if necessary as indicated by a decision support model.
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Savkina, Anastasia Sergeevna, and Roman Viktorovich Chertkov. "VERLETZUNG DES VÖLKERRECHTS DURCH DIE VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON AMERIKA IN BEZUG AUF AFRIKA UND ASIEN." In Themed collection of papers from Foreign international scientific conference «Joint innovation - joint development». Part 3. by HNRI «National development» in cooperation with PS of UA. October 2023. - Harbin (China). Crossref, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.37539/231024.2023.38.76.067.
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The United States violates the international rights of various countries. In this article, we will study the US interference in the internal politics of the countries of Asia and African states. America has been violating international treaties for a long time, one can recall the Treaty on "Open Skies ", on the "elimination of medium-range missiles", accepts economic sanctions against a number of countries. Die USA verletzen die internationalen Rechte verschiedener Länder. In diesem Artikel werden wir die Einmischung der USA in die Innenpolitik der Länder Asiens und afrikanischer Staaten untersuchen. Amerika verstößt seit längerem gegen internationale Verträge, man kann sich an den Vertrag zum "offenen Himmel " erinnern, an die "Beseitigung von Mittelstreckenraketen", nimmt Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen eine Reihe von Ländern an.
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Meyer, Jane. "How to become a CD-ROM publisher." In OSA Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.: Optica Publishing Group, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oam.1990.tuc3.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) provides patent information to a variety of public users through a newwork of 69 Patent Depository Libraries (PDLs) located throughout the United States. In order to improve its patent information dissemination activities, the PTO in 1987 turned to the new technology of compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM). Since that time, the PTO has mastered over 20 CD-ROM discs and turned a pilot project into a successful and expanding program. The use of CD-ROM has enabled the PTO to replace its more costly on-line system of CASSIS (Classification and Search Support Information System). Additionally, the PTO has developed other CD-ROM applications which provide, in electronic form, information that was previously available to the PDLs only in paper or not at all. This presentation describes the background and development of the PTO's CD-ROM products, briefly demonstrates current products, and discusses future plans.
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Slayter, David L., and Christopher S. Hitchcock. "Development of a GIS Database of Corrosion Hazards for Use in Pipeline Integrity Assessments." In 2008 7th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2008-64413.
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Geologic hazards pose a significant threat to pipeline integrity. As an existing pipeline system ages, targeted analysis and positioning of maintenance resources become increasingly important to remediating problem pipeline sections and to ensure timely response to system failures. A geographic information system (GIS) now is commonly used to model pipeline systems. Significant geologic hazards can be mapped and effectively managed in a GIS database as a way to assess risk and to target pipeline remediation resources. In particular, the potential for soil corrosion is a significant threat to pipelines. In the U.S., digital soil maps from the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) have been compiled into the Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database. Numerous soil attributes are stored in the database allowing for a detailed examination of soil characteristics. SSURGO data is largely consistent in quality and geographic extent across the U.S. and is the best available database for a national assessment of soil corrosion potential. We describe the development of a national database for the collection of locations of known corrosion from pipeline system managers. This database can be compared to soil conditions, as noted in SSURGO or other supporting soil data, for the development of a model of soil parameters that may indicate the future potential for buried pipeline corrosion. This paper outlines the need for such a database, significant design considerations and the proposed process for model development.
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"Scientific and Methodological Principles of Information and Analytical Support of the Digital Transformation of Education and Pedagogics Under Martial Law Conditions (to the All Ukrainian Science Festival)." In Науково-методичні засади інформаційно-аналітичного супроводу цифрової трансформації освіти і педагогіки в умовах воєнного стану (до Всеукраїнського фестивалю науки). TVORY, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.33407/lib.naes.735412.
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The collection of materials (summaries of reports) of the round table "Scientific and methodological principles of informational and analytical support of the digital transformation of education and pedagogy in the conditions of martial law", dedicated to the All-Ukrainian Science Festival, held on May 17, 2023 in a mixed mode, contains the summaries of the participants' reports and the main organizational event documents. The topics of the publications are placed in sections according to the directions specified in the program. The round table has a transdisciplinary character, i.e. it is integrative, it unites scientists, practicing educators, librarians, degree holders and higher education holders from different regions of Ukraine from various educational institutions and scientific institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: the State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine named after V. O. Sukhomlynskyi, State Institution of Higher Education "University of Management of Education of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine"; Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education named after Ivan Zyazyun National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Institute of Professional Education of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Current problems of the development of processes of digital transformation of education, pedagogy and psychology are highlighted in scientific works. The abstracts of the reports reveal the main ideas, intermediate and final results of the scientific research of the participants of the round table, which will contribute to the active exchange of experience and the application of the positive results of the presented research in the national education system of Ukraine. The collection focuses on the intermediate results of the planned applied scientific research "Information and analytical support of the digital transformation of education and pedagogy: domestic and foreign experience" (2023-2025), which are based on the ideas and findings of modern researchers who, in emergency situations, force majeure circumstances turbulent scientific and educational space (post-pandemic consequences, martial law, total migration, social turbulence, etc.) The materials of the round table can be useful for those obtaining scientific education and scientific degrees and scientific titles, scientists, scientific workers and teachers of educational institutions of various levels of organization, those obtaining higher education and all those who are interested in the issues of digital processes in the scientific and educational space. The authors of the reports are responsible for the violation of the norms of academic integrity and ethical requirements for the presentation of the results of scientific research, for the relevance and reliability of the content and information provided in the theses of the reports based on the current legislation.
Reports on the topic "Collection development (libraries) – united states"
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Akabas, Sharon, Erin Betley, Crystal Eustice, Laura Frost, Steven Gray, Rebecca Jordan, Anne Paxton, Amanda Sorensen, and Eleanor J. Sterling. Systems Thinking Collection. American Museum of Natural History, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5531/cbc.ncep.0023.
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More and more systems-related terms are emerging in the scientific literature, in curricula, and in popular media: systems thinking, systems approaches, systems analysis, systems dynamics, systems mapping, just to name a few. In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, thinking systemically can help us to understand, communicate, address, and educate about challenges we face. Systems thinking is both an approach to seeing the world in a way that makes connections and relationships more visible and improves our decision-making abilities, and a set of methods and tools. This current collection of materials includes a synthesis, exercises, and teacher guidance materials. The synthesis provides an overview of ways to think about systems and of systems thinking tools that can be useful to educators and learners in any discipline. The exercises leverage the content in the synthesis by focusing on two different systems thinking tools: a semi-quantitative modeling tool called Mental Modeler and stakeholder analysis. Students use Mental Modeler to explore the current dynamics of and links between corn and beef production in the United States and use stakeholder analysis to explore a suite of issues ranging from public health initiatives like food labeling to human rights abuses in the fisheries industry. These exercises are the initial building blocks for a broader collection currently under development.
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Lewis, Dustin, and Naz Modirzadeh. Taking into Account the Potential Effects of Counterterrorism Measures on Humanitarian and Medical Activities: Elements of an Analytical Framework for States Grounded in Respect for International Law. Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.54813/qbot8406.
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For at least a decade, States, humanitarian bodies, and civil-society actors have raised concerns about how certain counterterrorism measures can prevent or impede humanitarian and medical activities in armed conflicts. In 2019, the issue drew the attention of the world’s preeminent body charged with maintaining or restoring international peace and security: the United Nations Security Council. In two resolutions — Resolution 2462 (2019) and Resolution 2482 (2019) — adopted that year, the Security Council urged States to take into account the potential effects of certain counterterrorism measures on exclusively humanitarian activities, including medical activities, that are carried out by impartial humanitarian actors in a manner consistent with international humanitarian law (IHL). By implicitly recognizing that measures adopted to achieve one policy objective (countering terrorism) can impair or prevent another policy objective (safeguarding humanitarian and medical activities), the Security Council elevated taking into account the potential effects of certain counterterrorism measures on exclusively humanitarian activities to an issue implicating international peace and security. In this legal briefing, we aim to support the development of an analytical framework through which a State may seek to devise and administer a system to take into account the potential effects of counterterrorism measures on humanitarian and medical activities. Our primary intended audience includes the people involved in creating or administering a “take into account” system and in developing relevant laws and policies. Our analysis zooms in on Resolution 2462 (2019) and Resolution 2482 (2019) and focuses on grounding the framework in respect for international law, notably the U.N. Charter and IHL. In section 1, we introduce the impetus, objectives, and structure of the briefing. In our view, a thorough legal analysis of the relevant resolutions in their wider context is a crucial element to laying the conditions conducive to the development and administration of an effective “take into account” system. Further, the stakes and timeliness of the issue, the Security Council’s implicit recognition of a potential tension between measures adopted to achieve different policy objectives, and the relatively scant salient direct practice and scholarship on elements pertinent to “take into account” systems also compelled us to engage in original legal analysis, with a focus on public international law and IHL. In section 2, as a primer for readers unfamiliar with the core issues, we briefly outline humanitarian and medical activities and counterterrorism measures. Then we highlight a range of possible effects of the latter on the former. Concerning armed conflict, humanitarian activities aim primarily to provide relief to and protection for people affected by the conflict whose needs are unmet, whereas medical activities aim primarily to provide care for wounded and sick persons, including the enemy. Meanwhile, for at least several decades, States have sought to prevent and suppress acts of terrorism and punish those who commit, attempt to commit, or otherwise support acts of terrorism. Under the rubric of countering terrorism, States have taken an increasingly broad and diverse array of actions at the global, regional, and national levels. A growing body of qualitative and quantitative evidence documents how certain measures designed and applied to counter terrorism can impede or prevent humanitarian and medical activities in armed conflicts. In a nutshell, counterterrorism measures may lead to diminished or complete lack of access by humanitarian and medical actors to the persons affected by an armed conflict that is also characterized as a counterterrorism context, or those measures may adversely affect the scope, amount, or quality of humanitarian and medical services provided to such persons. The diverse array of detrimental effects of certain counterterrorism measures on humanitarian and medical activities may be grouped into several cross-cutting categories, including operational, financial, security, legal, and reputational effects. In section 3, we explain some of the key legal aspects of humanitarian and medical activities and counterterrorism measures. States have developed IHL as the primary body of international law applicable to acts and omissions connected with an armed conflict. IHL lays down several rights and obligations relating to a broad spectrum of humanitarian and medical activities pertaining to armed conflicts. A violation of an applicable IHL provision related to humanitarian or medical activities may engage the international legal responsibility of a State or an individual. Meanwhile, at the international level, there is no single, comprehensive body of counterterrorism laws. However, States have developed a collection of treaties to pursue specific anti-terrorism objectives. Further, for its part, the Security Council has assumed an increasingly prominent role in countering terrorism, including by adopting decisions that U.N. Member States must accept and carry out under the U.N. Charter. Some counterterrorism measures are designed and applied in a manner that implicitly or expressly “carves out” particular safeguards — typically in the form of limited exceptions or exemptions — for certain humanitarian or medical activities or actors. Yet most counterterrorism measures do not include such safeguards. In section 4, which constitutes the bulk of our original legal analysis, we closely evaluate the two resolutions in which the Security Council urged States to take into account the effects of (certain) counterterrorism measures on humanitarian and medical activities. We set the stage by summarizing some aspects of the legal relations between Security Council acts and IHL provisions pertaining to humanitarian and medical activities. We then analyze the status, consequences, and content of several substantive elements of the resolutions and what they may entail for States seeking to counter terrorism and safeguard humanitarian and medical activities. Among the elements that we evaluate are: the Security Council’s new notion of a prohibited financial “benefit” for terrorists as it may relate to humanitarian and medical activities; the Council’s demand that States comply with IHL obligations while countering terrorism; and the constituent parts of the Council’s notion of a “take into account” system. In section 5, we set out some potential elements of an analytical framework through which a State may seek to develop and administer its “take into account” system in line with Resolution 2462 (2019) and Resolution 2482 (2019). In terms of its object and purpose, a “take into account” system may aim to secure respect for international law, notably the U.N. Charter and IHL pertaining to humanitarian and medical activities. In addition, the system may seek to safeguard humanitarian and medical activities in armed conflicts that also qualify as counterterrorism contexts. We also identify two sets of preconditions arguably necessary for a State to anticipate and address relevant potential effects through the development and execution of its “take into account” system. Finally, we suggest three sets of attributes that a “take into account” system may need to embody to achieve its aims: utilizing a State-wide approach, focusing on potential effects, and including default principles and rules to help guide implementation. In section 6, we briefly conclude. In our view, jointly pursuing the policy objectives of countering terrorism and safeguarding humanitarian and medical activities presents several opportunities, challenges, and complexities. International law does not necessarily provide ready-made answers to all of the difficult questions in this area. Yet devising and executing a “take into account” system provides a State significant opportunities to safeguard humanitarian and medical activities and counter terrorism while securing greater respect for international law.
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Ley, Matt, Tom Baldvins, Hannah Pilkington, David Jones, and Kelly Anderson. Vegetation classification and mapping project: Big Thicket National Preserve. National Park Service, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/2299254.
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The Big Thicket National Preserve (BITH) vegetation inventory project classified and mapped vegetation within the administrative boundary and estimated thematic map accuracy quantitatively. National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program provided technical guidance. The overall process included initial planning and scoping, imagery procurement, vegetation classification field data collection, data analysis, imagery interpretation/classification, accuracy assessment (AA), and report writing and database development. Initial planning and scoping meetings took place during May, 2016 in Kountze, Texas where representatives gathered from BITH, the NPS Gulf Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network, and Colorado State University. The project acquired new 2014 orthoimagery (30-cm, 4-band (RGB and CIR)) from the Hexagon Imagery Program. Supplemental imagery for the interpretation phase included Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) 2015 50 cm leaf-off 4-band imagery from the Texas Orthoimagery Program (TOP), Farm Service Agency (FSA) 100-cm (2016) and 60 cm (2018) National Aerial Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery, and current and historical true-color Google Earth and Bing Maps imagery. In addition to aerial and satellite imagery, 2017 Neches River Basin Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data was obtained from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and TNRIS to analyze vegetation structure at BITH. The preliminary vegetation classification included 110 United States National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) associations. Existing vegetation and mapping data combined with vegetation plot data contributed to the final vegetation classification. Quantitative classification using hierarchical clustering and professional expertise was supported by vegetation data collected from 304 plots surveyed between 2016 and 2019 and 110 additional observation plots. The final vegetation classification includes 75 USNVC associations and 27 park special types including 80 forest and woodland, 7 shrubland, 12 herbaceous, and 3 sparse vegetation types. The final BITH map consists of 51 map classes. Land cover classes include five types: pasture / hay ground agricultural vegetation; non ? vegetated / barren land, borrow pit, cut bank; developed, open space; developed, low ? high intensity; and water. The 46 vegetation classes represent 102 associations or park specials. Of these, 75 represent natural vegetation associations within the USNVC, and 27 types represent unpublished park specials. Of the 46 vegetation map classes, 26 represent a single USNVC association/park special, 7 map classes contain two USNVC associations/park specials, 4 map classes contain three USNVC associations/park specials, and 9 map classes contain four or more USNVC associations/park specials. Forest and woodland types had an abundance of Pinus taeda, Liquidambar styraciflua, Ilex opaca, Ilex vomitoria, Quercus nigra, and Vitis rotundifolia. Shrubland types were dominated by Pinus taeda, Ilex vomitoria, Triadica sebifera, Liquidambar styraciflua, and/or Callicarpa americana. Herbaceous types had an abundance of Zizaniopsis miliacea, Juncus effusus, Panicum virgatum, and/or Saccharum giganteum. The final BITH vegetation map consists of 7,271 polygons totaling 45,771.8 ha (113,104.6 ac). Mean polygon size is 6.3 ha (15.6 ac). Of the total area, 43,314.4 ha (107,032.2 ac) or 94.6% represent natural or ruderal vegetation. Developed areas such as roads, parking lots, and campgrounds comprise 421.9 ha (1,042.5 ac) or 0.9% of the total. Open water accounts for approximately 2,034.9 ha (5,028.3 ac) or 4.4% of the total mapped area. Within the natural or ruderal vegetation types, forest and woodland types were the most extensive at 43,022.19 ha (106,310.1 ac) or 94.0%, followed by herbaceous vegetation types at 129.7 ha (320.5 ac) or 0.3%, sparse vegetation types at 119.2 ha (294.5 ac) or 0.3%, and shrubland types at 43.4 ha (107.2 ac) or 0.1%. A total of 784 AA samples were collected to evaluate the map?s thematic accuracy. When each AA sample was evaluated for a variety of potential errors, a number of the disagreements were overturned. It was determined that 182 plot records disagreed due to either an erroneous field call or a change in the vegetation since the imagery date, and 79 disagreed due to a true map classification error. Those records identified as incorrect due to an erroneous field call or changes in vegetation were considered correct for the purpose of the AA. As a simple plot count proportion, the reconciled overall accuracy was 89.9% (705/784). The spatially-weighted overall accuracy was 92.1% with a Kappa statistic of 89.6%. This method provides more weight to larger map classes in the park. Five map classes had accuracies below 80%. After discussing preliminary results with the parl, we retained those map classes because the community was rare, the map classes provided desired detail for management or the accuracy was reasonably close to the 80% target. When the 90% AA confidence intervals were included, an additional eight classes had thematic accruacies that extend below 80%. In addition to the vegetation polygon database and map, several products to support park resource management include the vegetation classification, field key to the associations, local association descriptions, photographic database, project geodatabase, ArcGIS .mxd files for map posters, and aerial imagery acquired for the project. The project geodatabase links the spatial vegetation data layer to vegetation classification, plot photos, project boundary extent, AA points, and PLOTS database sampling data. The geodatabase includes USNVC hierarchy tables allowing for spatial queries of data associated with a vegetation polygon or sample point. All geospatial products are projected using North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 15 N. The final report includes methods and results, contingency tables showing AA results, field forms, species list, and a guide to imagery interpretation. These products provide useful information to assist with management of park resources and inform future management decisions. Use of standard national vegetation classification and mapping protocols facilitates effective resource stewardship by ensuring the compatibility and widespread use throughout NPS as well as other federal and state agencies. Products support a wide variety of resource assessments, park management and planning needs. Associated information provides a structure for framing and answering critical scientific questions about vegetation communities and their relationship to environmental processes across the landscape.
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Ley, Matt, Tom Baldvins, David Jones, Hanna Pilkington, and Kelly Anderson. Vegetation classification and mapping: Gulf Islands National Seashore. National Park Service, May 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/2299028.
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The Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) vegetation inventory project classified and mapped vegetation on park-owned lands within the administrative boundary and estimated thematic map accuracy quantitatively. The project began in June 2016. National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program provided technical guidance. The overall process included initial planning and scoping, imagery procurement, field data collection, data analysis, imagery interpretation/classification, accuracy assessment (AA), and report writing and database development. Initial planning and scoping meetings took place during May, 2016 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi where representatives gathered from GUIS, the NPS Gulf Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network, and Colorado State University. Primary imagery used for interpretation was 4-band (RGB and CIR) orthoimages from 2014 and 2016 with resolutions of 15 centimeters (cm) (Florida only) and 30 cm. Supplemental imagery with varying coverage across the study area included National Aerial Imagery Program 50 cm imagery for Mississippi (2016) and Florida (2017), 15 and 30 cm true color Digital Earth Model imagery for Mississippi (2016 and 2017), and current and historical true-color Google Earth and Bing Map imagery. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration National Geodetic Survey 30 cm true color imagery from 2017 (post Hurricane Nate) supported remapping the Mississippi barrier islands after Hurricane Nate. The preliminary vegetation classification included 59 United States National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) associations. Existing vegetation and mapping data combined with vegetation plot data contributed to the final vegetation classification. Quantitative classification using hierarchical clustering and professional expertise was supported by vegetation data collected from 250 plots in 2016 and 29 plots in 2017 and 2018, as well as other observational data. The final vegetation classification includes 39 USNVC associations and 5 park special types; 18 forest and woodland, 7 shrubland, 17 herbaceous, and 2 sparse vegetation types were identified. The final GUIS map consists of 38 map classes. Land cover classes include four types: non-vegetated barren land / borrow pit, developed open space, developed low – high intensity, and water/ocean. Of the 34 vegetation map classes, 26 represent a single USNVC association/park special, six map classes contain two USNVC associations/park specials, and two map classes contain three USNVC associations/park specials. Forest and woodland associations had an abundance of sand pine (Pinus clausa), slash pine (Pinus elliottii), sand live oak (Quercus geminata), yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), wax myrtle (Morella cerifera), and saw palmetto (Serenoa repens). Shrubland associations supported dominant species such as eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia), yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), wax myrtle (Morella cerifera), saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), and sand live oak (Quercus geminata). Herbaceous associations commonly included camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris), needlegrass rush (Juncus roemerianus), bitter seabeach grass (Panicum amarum var. amarum), gulf bluestem (Schizachyrium maritimum), saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), and sea oats (Uniola paniculata). The final GUIS vegetation map consists of 1,268 polygons totaling 35,769.0 hectares (ha) or 88,387.2 acres (ac). Mean polygon size excluding water is 3.6 ha (8.9 ac). The most abundant land cover class is open water/ocean which accounts for approximately 31,437.7 ha (77,684.2 ac) or 87.9% of the total mapped area. Natural and ruderal vegetation consists of 4,176.8 ha (10,321.1 ac) or 11.6% of the total area. Within the natural and ruderal vegetation types, herbaceous types are the most extensive with 1945.1 ha (4,806.4 ac) or 46.5%, followed by forest and woodland types with 804.9 ha (1,989.0 ac) or 19.3%, sparse vegetation types with 726.9 ha (1,796.1 ac) or 17.4%, and shrubland types with 699.9 ha (1,729.5 ac) or 16.8%. Developed open space, which can include a matrix of roads, parking lots, park-like areas and campgrounds account for 153.8 ha (380.0 ac) or 0.43% of the total mapped area. Artificially non-vegetated barren land is rare and only accounts for 0.74 ha (1.82 ac) or 0.002% of the total area. We collected 701 AA samples to evaluate the thematic accuracy of the vegetation map. Final thematic accuracy, as a simple proportion of correct versus incorrect field calls, is 93.0%. Overall weighted map class accuracy is 93.6%, where the area of each map class was weighted in proportion to the percentage of total park area. This method provides more weight to larger map classes in the park. Each map class had an individual thematic accuracy goal of at least 80%. The hurricane impact area map class was the only class that fell below this target with an accuracy of 73.5%. The vegetation communities impacted by the hurricane are highly dynamic and regenerated quickly following the disturbance event, contributing to map class disagreement during the accuracy assessment phase. No other map classes fell below the 80% accuracy threshold. In addition to the vegetation polygon database and map, several products to support park resource management are provided including the vegetation classification, field key to the associations, local association descriptions, photographic database, project geodatabase, ArcGIS .mxd files for map posters, and aerial imagery acquired for the project. The project geodatabase links the spatial vegetation data layer to vegetation classification, plot photos, project boundary extent, AA points, and the PLOTS database. The geodatabase includes USNVC hierarchy tables allowing for spatial queries of data associated with a vegetation polygon or sample point. All geospatial products are projected using North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 16 N. The final report includes methods and results, contingency tables showing AA results, field forms, species list, and a guide to imagery interpretation. These products provide useful information to assist with management of park resources and inform future management decisions. Use of standard national vegetation classification and mapping protocols facilitates effective resource stewardship by ensuring the compatibility and widespread use throughout the NPS as well as other federal and state agencies. Products support a wide variety of resource assessments, park management and planning needs. Associated information provides a structure for framing and answering critical scientific questions about vegetation communities and their relationship to environmental processes across the landscape.
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On Occasion of the 9th Anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center: Art of the Americas. Inter-American Development Bank, May 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006228.
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It is uncommon to find in Washington, D. C. such a wide variety of works in a single collection from which 25 pieces were displayed that reveal the artistic talent and creativity of the people from the Americas. The works were chosen from the IDB Art Collection and represented Argentina, Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Suriname, United States, and Uruguay with twenty-three artists including Robert Rauschenberg (United States), Canadians Mayureak Ashoona and Kananginak Pootoogook, Rodolfo Abularach (Guatemala), Fernando de Szyszlo (Peru), Maxwell Taylor (Bahamas), and George Struikelblok (Suriname).
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Selections from the IDB Art Collection: In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month 2006. Inter-American Development Bank, August 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006430.
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Celebrating the United States Hispanic Heritage Month, the exhibition presented a selection of 40 works from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Art Collection that have been acquired over the last few years, including painting, drawing, sculpture, graphics, and folk art pieces from most countries of the Americas.
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New Visions: 2008-2011: A Selection of the Latest Acquisitions from the IDB Art Collection. Inter-American Development Bank, November 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005967.
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This catalog belongs to the exhibition that celebrates the 19th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center, originally inaugurated on May 15th, 1992 by the President of Chile, Patricio Aylwin. On this occasion the IDB Cultural Center is pleased to present an exhibit of the artworks that became part of the Collection through the acquisition fund, gifts and permanent loans. It features 25 art works by 17 artists featuring: Federico Martino, Sebastián Spreng, and Susana Sulic (Argentina); Gastón Orellana (Chile); Ana Isabel Díez Zuluaga and Omar Rayo (Colombia); Silvia Elena Monge Puig (Costa Rica); Niurka Barroso (Cuba-Canada); Carmen Herrera and Emilio Sánchez (Cuba-United States); Julio Valdez (Dominican Republic); Geovanny Verdezoto (Ecuador); Luis González Palma (Guatemala); Mireille Délice (Haiti); Antonio López Sáenz and Alberto Alejandro Millares Méndez (Mexico); and Naúl Ojeda (Uruguay).
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Emergency contraception in Zambia: Setting a new agenda for research and action. Population Council, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh1998.1019.
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This report summarizes the activities and findings of the first phase of the operations research study, “Enhancing Access to Family Planning Services through the Introduction of Emergency Contraception.” Launched in September 1997, the study was designed to explore a broad range of issues relating to emergency contraception within a developing country context. With financial and technical support from the United States Agency for International Development, the World Health Organization, the Canadian Public Health Association, and the British Department for International Development (DFID), the study consists of an initial exploratory exercise and a subsequent research phase. The report is divided into four sections. The first recounts the events and circumstances leading to development of the study and describes the roles of participating organizations. The second follows with a summary of the outputs and principal data collection activities during Phase One. The third details the research findings of Phase One and outlines implications for future programmatic activities. The fourth describes results of a national workshop held on March 10, 1998, to disseminate the results of Phase One data collection activities and identify areas for future research and action.