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Adult Education and Training Programs for Older Adults in the U.S.: National Results and Cross-National Comparisons Using PIAAC Data
(2015-02-18)
Skill upgrades over the lifecourse are increasingly important in a knowledged-based global economy. This study examined the relationship between participation in adult education programs and labor market outcomes for adults ...
Using Google Glass to Teach Privacy (and sharing)
(2015-02-22)
Google Glass is Google’s latest consumer technology and is a wearable, head mounted computer that acts like a voice-activated, hands free smartphone. Hailed by some and reviled by others, Glass provides a peek into the ...
Enhancing the SCSEP Network: Collaborations, Innovations, and Promising Practices
(2015-01-08)
Using a mixed methods approach, this study sought to identify innovative and promising practices in providing employment and training services to older workers. Given current economic and demographic realities, understanding ...
With the Help of Students and Donors
(2015-01-30)
This poster featured reflections on the first eighteen months of a long-term student-powered project to digitize a large and still-growing cultural heritage collection. Included were strategies developed for anticipating ...
This Could Take a While
(2015-01-30)
Reflections after the first year of a student-aided digitization project. The Bowden Postcard Collection contains a staggering 480,000 postcards, spanning the entire 20th century and the entire globe. The project already ...
Evangelists and Pragmatists Finding Common Ground: ISSSS members’ views on open access publishing
(2015-01-22)
The issues surrounding open access (OA) publishing in academia are complex, sometimes misunderstood, and frequently debated among faculty and other stakeholders. In this study we explored the opinions of members of the ...
Teaching Communities of Faculty About Scholarly Communication
(2015-01-27)
This article by Jennifer Bazeley and Jen Waller originally appeared on the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog as “Faculty Learning Communities are a positive way for libraries to engage academic staff in scholarly ...
Faculty Learning Communities are a Positive Way for Libraries to Engage Academic Staff in Scholarly Communication
(2015-01-27)
The stakes and politics of research and scholarship are different depending on discipline, department, and institution, and as such, increasing awareness of scholarly communication is fraught with difficulty. Librarians ...
User Studies with Camtasia
(2015-02-12)
A presentation on using the Camtasia tutorial creation software to collect and document user studies.
Describing and Assessing Leadership for Person-Centered Care: Final Project Report
(2015-01-22)
This report provides brief highlights from a study of leadership in nursing homes with a person-centered or traditional approach to care.