A Tale of Two Outliers: Evidence-Based Management in Non-ARL Research Libraries and Pre-NARA Presidential Libraries

Administrators in libraries of all types face the challenge of managing and planning in times of static or declining funding and rapidly changing technology. What tools do they use to gather and employ data for decision-making and evidence-based management? Are the same tools and techniques useful for all types of libraries? Although there are established measurements and metrics for academic libraries, there are few, if any, for others such as hybrid presidential libraries which are not part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) system. This column identifies the metrics used by the pre-NARA presidential libraries and compares them to metrics used by a subgroup of Carnegie Research 1 and Research 2 libraries, those that do not participate in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) statistics program. It identifies similarities and differences.     

Broadening Impact for Library Exhibitions and Speakers

Libraries curate exhibitions and host speakers to promote collections and engage communities. Traditional library exhibit spaces present information gaps for visitors. To bridge these gaps, the University of Florida (UF) created and deployed innovative technologies, the Community Engagement Engine (CEE) for iPads (handheld and kiosks). The CEE facilitates visitor's registration as well as questions and comments sent directly to curators with automated email responses with relevant materials. The CEE allows libraries to aggregate visitor information for targeted outreach and assessment. This article discusses the CEE for innovative community engagement, including considerations for other institutions interested in engaged exhibitions programs.     

Center Stage: Performing a Needs Assessment of Campus Research Centers and Institutes

Outreach to research centers and institutes is often overlooked in academic libraries. This article discusses a needs assessment conducted by the Liaison Services Department at the University of Houston Libraries that reviewed library services to centers and institutes at the University of Houston's main campus. The assessment was conducted for two purposes: to build collaborations with centers and to determine how the libraries might create new services and/or market existing services to meet the centers and institutes' growing research needs.     

山东省“互联网+”科技服务业发展对策研究

科技服务业与互联网相融合能够引导企业实现转型升级,提升企业的创新能力,对于构建可复制的商业模 式和加速科技投资主体发展具有深远的意义。基于互联网与科技服务业融合发展的背景及定义,分析山东省科技服务 业现状,在剖析当前发展中存在的问题、制约因素以及面临的机遇与挑战的基础上,针对山东省“互联网+”科技服务 业融合发展需求提出畅通科技服务与互联网融合发展机制、强化行业监督管理、推动数据资源开放共享和发展“全方 位”科技咨询服务、新型孵化器和众包创新中心等多种服务模式的对策建议。     

英语非限定动词的列表对比投影教学

本文阐述了列表对比投影辅助教学具有的系统性强、普遍性强、信息量大等特点,仔细探讨了这种教学方法在非谓语动词教学过程中所发挥的作用及其应注意的问题。     

Proactive and Prudent: A Report of a Holistic Cyclical Electronic Resources Review Pilot at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

In 2016, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library piloted a cyclical review process for five academic departments. The goal was to go beyond the traditional library portion of a department’s accreditation/program review and holistically assess electronic resources for these departments and provide recommendations for changes when necessary. This article describes the need for this kind of review, the process used to review Engineering and Computer Science resources, suggestions and decisions made as a result of the review, reflections on the experience, and hopes for the future.     

网络条件下大学生思想政治工作刍议

加强网络条件下的大学生思想政治工作,是新时期思想政治工作创新和发展的要求。针对网络的本质和网络对大学生的影响,我们应当认识到位、加强研究、科学指导,在网络条件下切实做好大学生思想政治工作,把握好工作的前提、抓手、着眼点和着力点。     

现代设计中视觉传达的形式美法则的解读

视觉传达设计是“给人看的设计,告知的设计”,怎样将视觉传达与设计完美结合,就成为一个摆在设计者面前的新课题。文章从形式美法则理论基础着手。通过分析视觉传达功能及特征,指出：运用形式美法则来协调和处理各个视觉要素的关系：运用视觉的信息传递的引导以求达到设计的形式上的完美与和谐。     

Variability of creativity judgments

The Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT), developed by Amabile [Amabile, T.M. (1982). Social psychology of creativity: A consensual assessment technique. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43, 997–1013], is frequently used to evaluate the creativity of productions. Judgments obtained with CAT are usually reliable and valid. However, notable individual differences in judgment exist. This empirical study shows that creativity judgments for advertisements vary, depending on (1) the level of two underlying components of creativity — originality and appropriateness, (2) the creative ability of the judges, i.e. variations in their ability to be original, and finally, (3) instructions or training that they received about the topic of creativity assessment. Effects of advertisements' appropriateness and judges' ability to be original on individual differences in creativity judgments are discussed.     

Dangerous liaisons: Reflections on a pilot project for state-mandated outcomes assessment of written communication

This study details the development and results of a campus-based writing assessment plan that was mandated by a state-wide university system in order to explore the “value-added” from a writing program curriculum to undergraduate students’ competence with written expression. Four writing samples (two timed essays and two conventional essays) that are produced before, during and at the close of enrollment in the writing program are scored for critical thinking, genre knowledge, rhetorical skills, and mechanics. The results indicate that local campus student achievement related to writing is comparable with performance captured by nationally normed technologies and larger assessment projects at similar state universities. The data also suggest significant performance difference related to the institutional position of students’ instructors as well as students’ own enrollment status. The article concludes that while the data produced by this research project are compelling, the policy and political implications of the undertaking suggest greater sensitivity to the institution's culture and program direction as well as its impact on instructor morale, student learning environment and the place of composition studies in the university.