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Libraries and Student Retention

open access: yes, 2016
Mick Williams presented the workshop “Libraries and Student Retention” at the June 2015 Association of Christian Librarians Conference. This article of the same name encapsulates key points that were shared during the workshop’s PowerPoint presentation ...
Williams, Mick
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Academic Libraries in Transition: Current Trends, Future Prospects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Academic libraries are in transition because of changes in the context of higher education. Changes in the world of information are even more radical: the displacement of paper, the primacy of the search engine, the emergence of the digital lifestyle ...
Smith, Gregory A.
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Light‐Programmable Interfaces: From Molecular Photoswitching to Adaptive Membrane Separations

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
This review advances an interface‐centered framework for light‐responsive membranes, linking molecular photoswitches (azobenzene (AZO), spiropyran (SP), diarylethene (DAE), donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASA), photoacid) to integration strategies in polymeric, porous, self‐assembled, and mixed‐matrix systems.
Liangliang Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Librarians as Teachers: A Qualitative Inquiry into Professional Identity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This study explores the development of ???teacher identity??? among academic librarians through a series of semi-structured interviews. Drawing both on the idea of teacher identity from the literature of teacher education and on existing studies of ...
Walter, Scott
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Smart and Sustainable Sizing: Investigating the Sensing Behavior of Glass Fabrics Coated With Waterborne Polyurethane/Graphene Dispersions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Waterborne polyurethane/graphene formulations are developed as piezoresistive coatings on glass fabric to enable flexible strain sensing. The graphene‐enabled conductive network provides a stable electromechanical response under cyclic compression. The coating demonstrates reliable pressure‐dependent resistance changes, highlighting its potential for ...
Vishnu Vijayan Pillai   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rejuvenation and Networking Motivates Librarians to Attend Conferences

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2009
A Review of: Vega, Robert D. and Ruth S. Connell. “Librarians’ Attitudes Toward Conferences: A Study.” College & Research Libraries 68.6 (2007): 503-15. Objectives – To determine why professional librarians attend or do not attend conferences and
Yvonne Hultman Ozek
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Framing Collaboration: Archives, IRs, and General Collections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Collaborative collecting highlights the opportunity for liaison librarians and archivists in academic libraries to develop an integrated and holistic approach to the successful collection of library materials. Yet as academic libraries become the central
Baillargeon, Tara   +3 more
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A Plug‐and‐Play Volume Minimizing Micromixer

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Microscale fluid mixing has numerous applications where rapid and efficient mixing is required, including drug discovery, bio‐analysis and point‐of‐care diagnostics. Conventional soft lithography processes, however, make the integration of robust and reliable mixing difficult to implement in practice, especially across different flow rates ...
Kirill Kolesnik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing Universal Design for Learning Asynchronous Training in an Academic Library

open access: yesPartnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2022
This paper explores the design and initial implementation of online training modules for Universal Design for Learning in the context of academic libraries.
Rachael Lewitzky, Kari Weaver
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Relationship Building One Step at a Time: Case Studies of Successful Faculty-Librarian Partnerships [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Building strong relationships between academic librarians and teaching faculty is paramount for promoting services and resources. While librarians face challenges ranging from new technologies to heightened expectations and fiscal difficulties, the key ...
Diaz, Jose, Mandernach, Meris
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