Demonstrating Library Impact Through Acknowledgment: An Examination of Acknowledgments in Theses and Dissertations

Academic libraries are increasingly seeking ways to demonstrate their impact on student learning. Acknowledgments - formal statements of indebtedness – in graduate theses and dissertations provide a rather unexplored area for demonstrating impact of the academic library on student learning. This study uses quantitative and qualitative methods to characterize acknowledgments of the Texas A&M University Libraries (TAMU Libraries) in theses and dissertations, both overall and for three disciplines specifically: civil engineering, geography, and history. This study also searched for mentions of the TAMU Libraries throughout the entire body of theses and dissertations. Overall, acknowledgments to the TAMU Libraries in theses and dissertations were less than 1%, though acknowledgments were found in all three disciplines with over a quarter of the history theses and dissertations containing an acknowledgment to libraries. There was no statistically significant difference found between the numbers of acknowledgments in theses versus dissertations. Acknowledgments to the TAMU Libraries were found in the theses and dissertations of 28 different departments. Mentions to the TAMU Libraries – not necessarily a formal acknowledgment – were found throughout the text of theses and dissertations with most concentrated in the acknowledgment, method, and bibliography sections.     

We May Be Teaching Information Literacy,but Are the Design First Year Students Actually Getting It?

The purpose of this study was to examine the outcomes of information literacy instruction for the Design first year students at the Temasek Polytechnic Library. Also of interest was whether or not the librarian was being seen as easily approachable, and if the students were deeming the lessons to be worthwhile. A participant action research approach was used, with the data being collected from multiple choice tests delivered via the institutional learning management system, group exercises, and a diagnostic assessment that was delivered before the workshops. It was found that the students did see the librarian as someone who was eminently approachable, and the majority of them found the lessons to be of value. It was concluded that the use of a diagnostic tool can be very useful in highlighting the gaps in students' knowledge, and that it would be beneficial to use it for all information literacy instruction at TP. Suggested future research could include a study of how much the students retain of IL skills into their third year of study.     

Information-seeking behavior of economics graduate students: If you buy it,will they come?

The information-seeking behavior of social science graduate students has been the subject of many studies, but none have concentrated only on the economics graduate student population and their unique needs. The purpose of this focus group study was to use group discussions to understand the actual online behavior of graduate economics students when conducting research. The results provide insight and information about the skills and characteristics of economics graduate students, their first steps in conducting research online, their use of publicly available and library resources, challenges to finding information, and resources used to overcome these challenges.     

Evaluation of Internet Information Sources by High School Students in Ghana

The Internet clearly presents the opportunity for students to expand their knowledge at a fast pace, since they are able to access enormous amount of information. However, accessing the Internet also has its downside since not all information is of good quality. The study explored how 12th grade students at a high school in Ghana evaluated online information sources. These students and the head of the Information Communication Technology department respond to self-administered questionnaires and a semi-structured interview, respectively. The study found that most of the high school students did some kind of an evaluation of online information sources, however, they were not applying the right criteria. The study further revealed that students were not introduced to evaluation criteria at school and this had contributed to the gap in their evaluation competencies.     

中英美出版产业国际竞争力的演进比较

通过对中美英的国际贸易规模、结构、国际竞争力指标等多方面的统计分析,发现经过10年的高速发展,中国传媒类产品的国际竞争力已超越英美,但竞争优势在缩小;中国传媒类服务的国际竞争力与英美等国差距巨大;英美传媒产业数据表明传媒产业的服务化已成为国际趋势;美国在核心传媒服务——版税和许可费服务方面专业化程度高,在国际上具有垄断性优势。     

从中美合著论文状况看中美科技合作

用文献计量学方法,采集、整理和分析了大量数据,对中美科技合著论文的总体规模和比例及其变化、学科分布、机构分布和期刊分布等历史情况和现状进行了统计排名与评价,对国际科技合作绩效评估方法进行了初步探讨。     

冲突教育视野下的大学生心理健康教育途径研究

冲突是大学生人际交往过程中必然出现的现象,但其负面作用并非无解.将冲突作为教育素材,可有效挖掘学生真正的意愿,明晰学生心理压力的来源,进而为心理健康教育人员提供精准、有效的心理辅导参考依据.以冲突教育为视野,对冲突的教育价值进行深层次的解构.基于心理学视角对大学生冲突行为进行归因分析.基于冲突的教育价值和冲突行为的产生...     

振兴东北老工业基地对高层次人才的需求与研究生教育

介绍了东北老工业基地的产业结构现状以及产业结构的变化和调整对高层次人才需求的影响;提出了为满足新形势下高层次人才的需求,必须提高研究生的培养质量以及培养的途径和方法。     

培养健全人格的高校思想政治教育目标探析

大学生的健全人格的培养在高校思想政治教育中具有重要意义,而对大学生健全人格内涵的理解是高校思想政治教育实现健全人格这一目标的基本理论保证,在此基础之上,进一步规范基于高校思想政治教育要求的健全人格这一目标的层次解读、要求分解和实现机制等。     

高职院校大学生学习责任心的现状调查与分析

高等职业教育是整个教育不可分割的重要组成部分,社会的飞速发展让职业教育承担了更为严峻的使命.培养"高素质、强技能"的综合型人才是职业教育的根本目标.学习责任心在整个人才培养过程中扮演着重要的角色.文章采用整群抽样和分层抽样的方法对350名高职学生进行学习责任心的调查.采用27％高低分组的原则对数据进行分析,得出高职生的...