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2. AI in Indian Libraries: Prospects and Perceptions from Library Professionals
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A. Subaveerapandiyan and Alfian Akbar Gozali
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This study explores the perspectives of Indian library professionals on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in libraries. It aims to understand their knowledge, awareness, and views on AI and its challenges and opportunities. The research adopts a quantitative approach, using a closed-ended survey to collect data from 386 library professionals in academic institutions across India. The survey covers various aspects, including socio-demographic information, AI knowledge, perspectives on AI in libraries, ethical considerations, and adopting AI tools and services. The findings indicate that Indian library professionals are generally aware of AI and its potential benefits in libraries. They believe AI can enhance library activities, improve accessibility, and support decision-making. However, there are concerns about AI replacing human intelligence within libraries. Factors such as user privacy, funding, staff expertise, and alignment with institutional goals are essential when implementing AI applications. Ethical considerations, including bias and discrimination, intellectual freedom, and transparency, are also significant concerns. AI tools like smart shelving and optical character recognition (OCR) are among the technologies already adopted in Indian libraries.
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- 2024
3. From Panels to Shelves: The Evolving Intersection of Comics and Italian Libraries. History, Issues, Perspectives
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Andrea Tosti
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Despite comics' popularity and cultural significance in Italy, its integration into Italian libraries has been slow, problematic, and uneven. This is reflected in the scarcity of academic research on the topic, which demands further in-depth exploration. In the context of Italian libraries, characterized by chronic underfunding and staffing shortages, comics might be perceived as a low priority. However, as essential cultural institutions, libraries must strive to reflect both the contemporary era and the evolving reading habits of their audience. Comics, in this regard, could prove to be -- and in part already are -- a critical resource, a 'booster' for libraries. This article aims to provide a broad and introductory framework for understanding the relationship between comics and libraries in Italy. It will specifically examine the challenges and opportunities associated with this incomplete integration, addressing specific issues such as cataloging, displaying, managing, and promoting comics collections. The first section will explore the historical context of the troubled relationship between Italian libraries and comics, in line with crucial international studies. Following this historical contextualization, the second part will examine the challenges faced by Italian librarians in creating and managing comics collections, including the enduring perception of comics as a medium primarily for children. The research employs a multifaceted approach, combining bibliographic analysis, an anonymous survey, and data from a conference co-organized by the researcher. This research examines the Italian library system's fragmented approach to comics. It aims to understand librarians' perceptions of the medium and how they integrate comics into their collections. It offers insights to enhance the dynamic relationship between comics and libraries in an evolving society.
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- 2024
4. 2023 Brick & Click: An Academic Library Conference (23rd, Maryville, Missouri, November 3, 2023)
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Northwest Missouri State University, Frank Baudino, Sarah Jones, Becky Meneely, and Abha Niraula
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Eight scholarly papers and seven abstracts comprise the content of the twenty-third annual Brick & Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The 2023 paper and abstract titles include: (1) The Reliability and Usability of ChatGPT for Library Metadata (Jenny Bodenhamer); (2) A Balancing Act in the Archives: Increasing Access to the Great Plains Black History Museum Collections (Wendy Guerra and Lori Schwartz); (3) Developing Info Students Where They Are: Personalizing Instruction to Increase Literacy Skills to Meet Engagement (Jorge A. León); (4) Empowering Undergraduates: Building Confidence in Primary Source Literacy (Jaycie Vos and Jess Cruz); (5) Quest for the Best: An Info Lit Strategy for First Year Seminars (Stephanie Hallam, Mary Bangert, and Michael Bezushko); (6) Are We Putting Our Values into Practice? Chat Reference Assessment (Mardi Mahaffy); (7) A Pilot Workshop on AI Art and Libraries at the University of Mississippi (Alex Watson); (8) New Expansions of Open Access to Benefit Research and Researchers (Barbara Pope); (9) Zettelkasten Note-Taking in Zotero for Grounded Writing (Rachel Brekhus); (10) Building Community: Library Leadership of a Common Book Program (Jill Becker); (11) Digital Media and Innovation Lab: A Must Have for Academic Libraries (Navadeep Khanal and Joseph Sabo); (12) Digital Libraries as Digital Third Place: Virtual Programming in the Age of Loneliness (Craig Finlay and Jenny Haddon); (13) Community Engagement: Academic and School Library Partnerships (Melissa Dennis); (14) Launching a Ticketing System With Asana (Hong Li); and (15) Meeting the Needs of Student Parents (Sarah Hebert). [For the 2022 proceedings, see ED623765.]
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- 2023
5. Are Public School Libraries Accomplishing Their Mission? Public School Libraries Do Not Appear to Stock a Balance of Views. Policy Analysis No. 962
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Cato Institute and Neal McCluskey
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Over the past couple of years, school districts nationwide have seen a wave of challenges to books in libraries and on reading lists, as well as rising demands to know what titles are in schools. These challenges and demands have put public school libraries under significant scrutiny and raised fundamental questions about their purpose and operation. This policy analysis discusses the country's public school library situation, including who is supposed to control holdings and how acquisition works. Then it reports on a small experiment to address three questions: (1) Can the public see which books are in libraries; (2) do libraries contain potentially controversial books; and (3) can students access diverse views?
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- 2023
6. Exploring Sustainability in Library Support for Open Pedagogy Collaborations
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Carter, Kate McNally and Santiago, Ariana
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The literature in open education has thoroughly examined the implications of labor and staffing for initiatives around open educational resources (OER). However, less attention has been paid to the reliance on librarian labor for open pedagogy support. This article describes a collaboration between librarians and faculty to support an open pedagogy assignment in which students co-created an open textbook describing the history, politics, and culture of several East Asian cities. Special attention is paid to the scope and level of the support from the Libraries, which included faculty consultations, several instruction sessions, managing the publishing platform, and developing processes to ensure students' rights as authors. The collaboration provides context for a discussion about our current work of developing an open pedagogy service model. Lessons learned can inform similar collaborations at other institutions.
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- 2023
7. Scholastic Home Libraries. Topic Paper
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Scholastic Inc.
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This paper documents the impact of home libraries on academic achievement, economic success, and health. It summarizes research that shows how children without access to reading materials at home are more likely to suffer learning losses when out of school and how home libraries are one of schools' and communities' best tools to combat learning loss. In sum, the paper illustrates the importance of creating a literacy-rich home environment for all children and outlines the essential components of a student home library--a tangible, cost-effective way to afford every child access to a bright, successful future. [This report was prepared by Scholastic Research & Validation.]
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- 2023
8. Civic Roles of Libraries in Combating Information Disorders in Social Media: A Scoping Review
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Joseph Marmol Yap, Agnes Hajdu Barat, and Peter Kiszl
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This study used scoping review as an approach to examine and determine the extent of studies undertaken in civic engagement roles of libraries and librarians in times of rapid growth of information disorders in the social media environment. The research identified concepts, and methods by providing a systematic examination of academic and scientific literature published in the field. The scoping review was prepared based on Joanna Briggs Institute Manual for Evidence Synthesis. After careful synthesis, a total of 22 documents were analyzed, and found that most research done in this area apply qualitative methods. The main concepts captured revolve around democracy, public sphere, civic engagement, and critical literacy. It is hoped that this scoping review provides a background understanding of the related concepts that appeared in this study. This study helps Library and Information Science (LIS) educators and librarians to discuss and collaborate in strengthening the practice of critical and information literacy.
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- 2024
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9. Seeds in the Classroom: The Place of the Arts in Education
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Samina Mishra
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This article examines the role of the arts in education through a detailed sharing of a research project, Hum Hindustani, on children and citizenship. Using examples of work co-created with children in art workshops for the project, the article offers an understanding of the place of the arts in the classroom to provoke a larger conversation that can lead to meaningful ways of engaging with children. It looks at questions of children's voice, authenticity and positionality to argue for a reflexive teaching practice that can challenge pedagogies that emphasise tests and results, and instead allow for the development of the whole individual.
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- 2024
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10. Learning behind the Bars: Implications for 'Learning-for-Development'
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Akin, Gulden
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This study aimed to determine the learning patterns and experiences of incarcerated adults within correctional settings and how their prison learning transforms their lives after they are released. In this qualitative research, semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain the opinions of eight formerly incarcerated people who experienced educational practices during their serving time in prison. The snowball sampling technique was used to reach the target group of the study. Thematic analysis method was used during the data analysis process. The results of the paper, which are limited to the opinions of the participants in the study, showed that the change in the educational level of the prison population had led to a transformation in group dynamics among inmates in Turkey. Although former inmates experienced a permanent transformation in their lives after attending literacy courses, they could not carry on their religious practices after being released due to the struggle to make a living. Inmates who were not interested in educational programmes within prison managed their own learning processes as self-directed learners. Moreover, although inmates are certified through vocational training programmes, they have challenges in finding jobs when they re-enter society. Educational disruptions due to COVID-19 demonstrate that it is urgent to transform the prison education system into a technologically enriched learning environment in Turkey.
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- 2023
11. Reviewing a 5-Year Grant-Funded Campus OER Initiative: Reflections, Successes, & Challenges
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Christina Boyle
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Open Educational Resources (OER) have continued to gain traction in higher education, assisting with ever-rising costs of publisher textbooks and supporting pedagogical innovation. Starting in 2017, NY state legislature has allocated funds annually to be split between its two public university systems to support and incentivize the adoption of OER. The author's institution, an included public college, has secured portions of this funding each year. This paper will focus on the initial five years of the state-funded OER initiative at the City University of New York (CUNY) College of Staten Island, with reflections on the successes of the program, the overall process of the annual grant cycle on campus, challenges that arose in the burgeoning OER program, and suggestions for future considerations. The main aim of this paper is to highlight the impact of state funding on the establishment of a library-facilitated OER initiative, to serve as a example for other institutions who are seeking to build an OER program.
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- 2023
12. How to Become a Successful College Student: The Tools, Habits, and Skills Needed to Foster College Readiness
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Scotty Dunlap, Brian Dudak, Scotty Dunlap, and Brian Dudak
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This book is your one-stop shop for the academic tools and habits needed to make your transition from high school to college a resounding success! The shift from high school to college can be a challenge, with many students finding the skills that had previously worked so well no longer seem to be enough. "How to Become a Successful College Student" outlines the strategies you need to "level up" your current processes in order to foster learning and retention of information in a new and rigorous environment, while also addressing topics that affect your experience outside of the classroom, such as financial literacy and career preparation. Learn how to pick a major, the benefits of getting out of your comfort zone, how and when to ask for help, and much more. Each chapter ends with a reflective activity designed to assist in creating an overall strategy personalized to fit YOUR specific higher education and career needs. This guide is a must-have resource for anyone who wants to maximize their higher education experience.
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- 2023
13. The Power of Board Games for Multidomain Learning in Young Children
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O'Neill, Daniela K. and Holmes, Paige E.
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The authors conduct a broad, cross-cultural review of the literature in fields such as psychology, education, speech-language pathology, early intervention, and library science concerned with board games and learning in young children. They include experimenter-developed and commercial board games and children's learning in mathematics, science, and language, as well as social, emotional, and cultural understanding. The authors discuss findings related to teaching and the classroom, speech-language therapy, intervention programs, and home and community settings such as libraries. Pointing to the nascent nature of the research in many areas, they highlight how board games, especially those featuring cooperative play, can foster multidomain learning and offer promising avenues for future research.
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- 2022
14. Voices on the Margins: Libraries, Community Agency, and Black Public Spheres
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Johnson, Elizabeth and Culverson, Donald
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Scholars of library and information sciences have addressed the critical roles of libraries in energizing the public sphere, or the social spaces in which ideas and opinions are exchanged. But seldom is the discussion of race, racism, and marginalization examined in public libraries. The concept of the public sphere represents a critical foundation for examining the roles libraries play in illuminating voices in the civic culture of a society. Who is the public, and why are their voices important? How can libraries respond to the reconfiguration of contemporary publics? How should libraries engage in the production, organization, and distribution of information access? Drawing from public sphere perspectives, this paper explores not just how libraries can be more responsive to the changing political, economic, social and educational climates of the 21st century, but also how expanded conceptualization of public roles might contribute to democratic revitalization.
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- 2022
15. Social Media Representations of Makerspaces
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March, Laura, Arnsberg, Emily, and Melo, Marijel
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Libraries across the world have increasingly established makerspaces and incorporated making-related activities into their programming. Yet little is known about how this proliferation translates digitally. In response, this study uncovers how libraries construct virtual representations of makers and makerspaces through their social media content and the evolution of content across time. This research analyzed 36,756 social media posts created between 2012-2021 and identifies statistically significant changes in quantitative metrics, uncovers the themes present in posts, and describes the identities and topics featured. Revealing these digital representations of makers and making is important because this content can replicate oppressive structures by influencing who uses these spaces and what is created.
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- 2022
16. Playful Learning Landscapes: Promoting Literacy through Youth Engagement and Culturally Relevant Design
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Todaro, Rachael, Hassinger-Das, Brenna, Zosh, Jennifer M., Lytle, Sarah R., Golinkoff, Roberta M., and Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy
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High-quality language interactions not only support children's language development, but also promote better long-term academic outcomes. Language learning is the single best predictor of later growth in language, literacy, mathematics, and social development. However, many families do not have access to educationally enriched spaces that spur high-quality language opportunities. This leads the authors to ask what educators and policymakers can do to expose children to high-quality interactions that promote literacy skills. The Playful Learning Landscapes (PLL) initiative, which is presented in this article, was founded on the premise that children from all communities should have access to beautiful, enriching, and culturally relevant play environments that help them thrive. Working with community members, the authors co-designed public spaces that promote the kinds of adult-child conversations that lead to literacy learning.
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- 2022
17. State Tribal Collaboration Act: 2022 Agency Report
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New Mexico Public Education Department
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The New Mexico Public Education Department's (NMPED) mission is to ensure all students in New Mexico receive the education they deserve and that students are prepared for college, careers, and lifelong learning. To do this, the department is focusing on supports, sustained learning and outreach to districts, charter schools, tribal education departments, parents, students, and communities, while also focusing on leadership, productivity, building capacity, accountability, communication internally, and externally and fiscal responsibility. accountability, communication internally, and externally and fiscal responsibility. The State-Tribal Collaboration Act (STCA) reflects the commitment of the NMPED to work with tribal leaders on government-to-government basis and provide guidance for the implementation of Indian Education Act. The STCA signifies a milestone achievement that the State and the 23 sovereign nations, tribes, and pueblos accomplished together and will pave the way for the future benefit and longevity of cooperative and productive State-Tribal relationships. The STCA is a regulatory requirement located at Subsection C of Section 18.11.1 NMSA 1978 and requires that the NMPED issue this report. The report includes: (1) the policy the state agency adopted pursuant to the State-Tribal Collaboration Act; (2) the names of, and contact information for, the individuals in the state agency who are responsible for developing and implementing programs of the state agency that directly affect American Indians or Alaska Natives; (3) the current and planned efforts of the state agency to implement the policy set forth in Subsection A of Section 3 of the State-Tribal Collaboration Act; (4) a certification by the state personnel office of the number of managers and employees of each state agency who have completed the training required by Subsection B of this section; (5) a description of current and planned programs and services provided to, or directly affecting, American Indians or Alaska Natives and the amount of funding for each program; and (6) the method the state agency established for notifying employees of the state agency of the provisions of the State-Tribal Collaboration Act. [For the 2021 report, see ED628102.]
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- 2022
18. Educated Arabs' Reading Interests and Preferences Before, during and after the Pandemic
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Al-Jarf, Reima
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This study explored the reading interests, and preferences of educated Arabs such as students, faculty and professionals, the types and number of books they read before, during and after the Pandemic (between 2012 and 2022). Data were collected from Twitter threads, hashtags and surveys and responses to the question "What are you currently reading". The Twitter data analysis showed that the preferred book titles with the highest percentages were novels/fiction (31.5% before the Pandemic and 41.5% during the Pandemic); Islamic books (22.5% before the Pandemic and 12% after the Pandemic);(iii) self-development books (12.5% before the Pandemic and 20% during the Pandemic). 80.7% preferred to read paper books and 19.3% electronic books. In most surveys, between 50%-60% of the respondents do not read at all. In 2 surveys, between 76%-80% do not read. The highest number of books read was during the Pandemic as 32.5% read 5 books and 38.5% read more than 20 books. The status of reading after the Pandemic was like that before the Pandemic (43.4% did not read). Even graduate and undergraduate students. 31% of graduate and undergraduate students read nothing outside their course textbooks. For enhancing students' reading interests, preferences and the types and amounts of books read, the study recommended using book clubs, BookTok, encouraging students to visit libraries, using online courses, blogs, and mobile apps for discussing books read, integrating global topics in the school and college curriculum and others.
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- 2022
19. Experiences of Graduate Students in Turkish Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic Process
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Bi?çer, Nursat, Alan, Yakup, and Can, Fatih
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The aim of this study is to reveal the experiences of graduate students in the field of Turkish education during the pandemic process. Phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. The sample of the research consists of graduate and doctoral students studying at different universities. Easily accessible case sampling was used to determine the study group. The data of the study were collected with the interview guide prepared by the researchers and given the final shape after the expert opinion was taken. The study group was reached by using internet tools (Zoom) and data were collected. The content analysis of data was made. As a result of the research, it was seen that during the pandemic process graduate students experienced advantages such as increased technological opportunities, accessing to online materials easily, time saving and efficient studying opportunities. However, disadvantages such as inefficient lessons, lack of interaction, inability to focus on lessons, data collection problems, and inability to benefit from libraries were also revealed as problems experienced by graduate students. Students expect technological opportunities to continue, but to ensure normalization in some issues that cannot be resolved with these opportunities. They think that face-to-face education is more qualified, communication is better, and research can be done more effectively.
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- 2021
20. Literacy Sponsorship: Implications for Teacher Roles, Student Book Choice, and Equitable Literacy Access
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Jerasa, Sarah E., Ely, Lauren, and Hutchison, Laveria
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Teachers hold significant power to determine which books or printed materials students might access, choose, or reject. It is important to consider how teachers' objectives, understandings, or perspectives serve as literacy sponsorship and implicitly privilege or suppress which texts, genres, or authors students access. This case study examines one teacher's literacy sponsorship roles that manifested as an expert, provider, and gatekeeper bookmobile checkout program. Acknowledging and exploring teachers' roles as literacy sponsors are imperative to understanding and addressing literacy equity. This study confirms the need for teachers to consider how text guidance, suggestions, or choices for students are forms of literacy sponsorship and potentially withhold or promote implicit notions of reading habits, topics, or attitudes about literacy practices.
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- 2023
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21. Arts-Based Educational Research Trajectories: Career Reflections by Authors of Outstanding Dissertations. Studies in Arts-Based Educational Research. Volume 6
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Bickel, Barbara, Irwin, Rita L., Siegesmund, Richard, Bickel, Barbara, Irwin, Rita L., and Siegesmund, Richard
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This book offers reflections from Arts-Based Educational Research (ABER) scholars who, since 2005, were awarded the American Educational Research Association ABER Special Interest Group's Outstanding Dissertation Award. The book includes essays from ten awardees who, across diverse artistic disciplines, share how their ABER careers evolve and succeed--inspiring insights into the possibilities of ABER. It also examines the essential role of mentorship in the academy that supports and expands ABER scholarship. Drawing from dissertation exemplars in the field, this book allows readers to look at how ABER scholars learn with the world while creatively researching and teaching in innovative ways.
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- 2023
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22. 2021 Fact Book: Arkansas Public Higher Education
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Arkansas Division of Higher Education (ADHE)
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This publication provides governmental and higher education decision-makers a statewide perspective of Arkansas public higher education finance for the 2021-23 biennium, as well as trends for the past several years. It also contains a detailed financial profile of each institution and presents a basis for comparative assessments of revenue sources and expenditure patterns. The Fact Book contains seven sections: (1) the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board recommendations for appropriations for the 2021-23 biennium; (2) 2021-23 legislative appropriations; (3) funding history of Arkansas higher education; (4) history of current fund revenues and expenditures; (5) history of unrestricted educational and general and auxiliary revenues and expenditures; (6) history of athletic revenues and expenditures; and (7) miscellaneous supplemental information. The Financial Profiles section of the 2021 Fact Book relies on Series 17 information submitted by institutions of higher education for revenue and expenditure breakouts. Also, in an effort to assist the reader in analyzing specific trends, Section 5 focuses on individual institutions with profile sections that contain five years of data. [For the 2019 Fact Book, see ED602459.]
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- 2021
23. Library as a Learning Organization: The Influence of Leadership Skills on Organizational Citizenship Behavior at Vietnamese Libraries
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Tran, Quan Hoang Nguyen
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Purpose: This study aims to investigate the impact of leadership skills (technical, human and conceptual) on organizational citizenship behavior in Vietnamese libraries and the role of organizational culture as the mediator. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative approach was chosen to gather data from 356 participants working in various libraries in Vietnam. The validity of the measures was assessed through regression analysis and SPSS software. Findings: The results showed that leadership skills do have a significant impact on organizational citizenship behavior, but only human skills had a significant effect on bureaucracy culture. The study also revealed that bureaucracy culture played a significant role in affecting organizational citizenship behavior of organizations. Furthermore, bureaucracy culture was found to mediate the relationship between human skill and organizational citizenship behavior of organizations. Originality/value: This study makes a valuable contribution to the field by exploring the influence of three types of leadership skills on organizational citizenship behavior and the role of leadership in promoting organizational culture. The findings of this research can help organizations understand the importance of leadership skills and organizational culture in promoting good citizenship behavior among employees. The research implications are discussed and can be used to inform decision-making and future research in the field.
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- 2023
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24. Supporting Scotland's Schools through Library Innovation
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Tulloch, Pamela
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An increasingly important element of the learning journey for children around the world is the vital role school libraries play in supporting literacy, health, and wellbeing, as well as improving attainment across the curriculum. The Scottish Government established the School Library Improvement Fund (SLIF) administered by the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC). Supporting creative and innovative projects, the Fund is available to all state-run nurseries, primary schools, and secondary schools and is part of a range of measures put in place to improve and invest in Scotland's school library facilities. This article discusses how the SLIF: (1) plays an important role in helping school library services achieve the key aims of "Vibrant Libraries, Thriving Schools"--the national strategy for the development of school libraries in Scotland; and (2) supported over 30 projects throughout Scotland--many championing inclusion and development, paramount during the difficult pandemic learning period.
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- 2023
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25. The Impact of Responsibility Center Management on Academic Libraries: An Exploratory Study
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DeLancey, Laura and deVries, Susann
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The goal of this study was to build knowledge about the perspectives of library leaders who have experience with a responsibility center management (RCM) budget model and how the model guides library allocations and planning. The study also sought to provide advice to other library leaders whose institutions may consider adopting an RCM budget model.
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- 2023
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26. Content Warnings and Censorship
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Antelman, Kristin
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Applying a content warning to metadata and archival descriptions is a practice that libraries increasingly embrace, even though the American Library Association considers content labeling to be censorship under the Library Bill of Rights. The language used in a content warning, such as "offensive" or "harmful," carries important implications for the responsibility the library assumes and the actions it might take. Before deciding to apply a content warning, libraries should consider a range of questions posed by such warnings and be prepared to respond to the inherent conflict they create with librarianship's commitment to intellectual freedom and anti-censorship.
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- 2023
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27. Peer Genius Bar: Using the Wisdom of the Crowd to Learn Technology Tools
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Hands, Africa S.
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Teaching technology when technology moves at the speed of light can be a challenging task. In addition to the fast-paced changes in this field, students possess a range of skills, experiences, and attitudes about technology such that there is no common baseline for content and activities. This article reflects on a technology-related crowdsourcing exercise implemented in a graduate professional course. The collaborative learning exercise fosters autonomy and peer-to-peer learning and has resulted in the exploration of more technology tools than could be shared by one instructor.
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- 2023
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28. An Exploration of Journals Requested by Health Sciences Libraries through DOCLINE Interlibrary Loan during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
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Bakker, Caitlin J., Koos, Jessica A., Hoogland, Margaret A., Rand, Debra, and Alpi, Kristine M.
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COVID-19 challenged information exchange globally, including interlibrary loan (ILL). This project explored DOCLINE ILL borrowing data from 15 academic, hospital, and association health sciences libraries before and during the pandemic to understand gaps in ILL coverage. We reviewed aggregate filled and unfilled borrowing data from March to August in 2019 and 2020. We compared these time periods to each other and to system-wide fill rates. We normalized journal titles, added journal price and language, calculated descriptive statistics and odds ratios, and conducted 2-proportion z-tests of differences. In our sample of 14,891 requests, the odds of requests being unfilled were 2.7 times higher in 2020 than in 2019. While the proportion of non-English language content requested did not change, a significantly higher proportion went unfilled in 2020. The rate of unfilled requests for older items also rose significantly between 2019 and 2020. Our findings support the conclusion that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly influenced ILL article request fulfillment in health sciences libraries. Libraries should consider collection development strategies to increase the accessibility of articles held only in print, and those with specialized print collections may want to prioritize digitization of older materials. Future research on the availability, utility, and expense of the materials more likely to remain unfilled should inform publisher backfile prioritization as well as consortial and individual library collection development practices.
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- 2023
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29. The Application of Micro-Video Technology in the Promotion of Digital Reading in Children's Libraries under the Background of Media Fusion
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Xiao, Suchao
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Digital reading is now an important way for children to read. This article defines the concept of children's digital reading based on the current situation, reading needs, and research progress of reading promotion methods. Aiming at the problem that only simple matching method is used for entity extraction in BAG model, this paper proposes an entity extraction method based on reference words and an entity graph construction method based on problem-related entities. Experiments on data sets verify the effectiveness of the model. The results show that the BAG model is improved by 2.4% on the verification set and 4.1% on the test set, which proves the effectiveness of the improved method. Based on the graph convolution algorithm of the central node, the local subgraph convolution and the global graph convolution are connected in the entity graph behind the central node, so that the model can obtain local and global information at the same time and enhance the reasoning ability of the model.
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- 2023
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30. Bio-Networking among Librarians, Parents, and Children in a Modern Children's Library: A Phenomenological Study
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Guirguis, Bernadette M. and Alsheikh, Negmeldin
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Purpose: This study aimed to understand how parents and librarians describe their lived experiences in a modern children's library that aims to create a triad bond through the organization of multiliteracy events and activities. Design/methodology/approach: The study used a phenomenological case study approach using two semistructured interviews, the first with parents (n = 5) and the second with library staff (n = 5), to record their lived experiences in creating and attending literacy events and activities. Findings: The findings indicated multiplicities of transformative and heterotypic spaces that juxtapose different yet compatible and vicarious experiences for librarians, parents and their children. The virtual and interactive features of the library fuel children's curiosity and creativity and afford them authentic materials through a creative blend of local heritage and technology-mediated multimodal literacies. Moreover, the librarians engage in constant program evaluation and upgrades. The library environment creates a vibrant bio-network for disseminating literacy through creativity and ingenuity and affords an affinity space for community socialization. Research limitations/implications: This study has some limitations and delimitations. The data for this study were collected during the pandemic, which affected the sample size. Moreover, the children's views were not considered, which could broaden our understanding of the phenomena. Furthermore, the study relied on interviews as the sole source of data; other sources, such as archival data and documents, could enrich the data and increase the study's rigor. Finally, the study is confined to only one site. Practical implications: The study found that a "living library" philosophy with an enthusiastic and attentive staff that caters to patrons' interests draws parents and children to visit. Additionally, unexpected fun activities that occur when sufficient children are present keep them engaged and motivated to stay and learn more. The study suggests that librarians, architects, school leaders, policymakers and educators should consider how to conceptualize, design and experience a modern library space that prioritizes literacy activities and incorporates technology to inspire children's innovations. The findings can be applied to both public and academic libraries. Originality/value: The findings from this study could provide researchers, teachers, administrators, librarians and artificial intelligence with a viable orientation to envision new ways of reconceptualizing public and school libraries to create affinity spaces for the literate community, especially in a non-western context such as the United Arab Emirates.
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- 2023
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31. An Understanding of Ways West African Students Achieve Community College Education: Lessons Learned on Motivation, Success, and Barriers to Success
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Mulbah, James K.
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The purpose of this study was to examine ways foreign-born graduates of West African descent (WAD) at a midsize community college achieve college education and what lessons we learned about their motivation, success, and barriers to success. The researcher used qualitative research methodology for this study, which was designed to measure this population's motivation, success, and barriers to success. Some key findings: Affordable tuition and a faculty mentorship program were two cross-cutting themes between participants' motivation and success. Eighty percent of the participants attributed their motivation and success to affordable tuition and a faculty mentorship program at the mid-size community college. Six participants also mentioned diversity on campus as their motivation. Five participants stated their motivation and success was due to access to the library. Fifty percent of the participants attributed their motivation and success to persistence/self-determination, learning environment, and goal setting prior to enrollment. The lack of financial aid was the number one barrier to seven participants' success. Community college students (WAD) in the United States will be the direct beneficiaries of this study. Community colleges, too, will benefit as they will use the data to design programs to enhance their enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. This study provided data on WAD graduates' motivation, success, and barriers to success at a mid-size community college. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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32. Fostering Comfort and Inclusivity in Library Environments: Exploring Factors Influencing the Avoidance of Reading within the Library
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Adebowale Jeremy Adetayo, Abiodun Olusegun Odunewu, Wosilat Omolara Oyeniyi, and Modupe Atinuke Otuyalo
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The cross-sectional study explores the reasons behind students' avoidance of library reading. Of the 164 participants, the research uncovers a complex interplay between personal preferences, environmental influences, and social dynamics that shape reading behaviors. Contrary to expectations, students express a preference for classrooms settings and challenge the assumed importance of quiet library environments. The influence of strict regulations on library engagement also emerges as a noteworthy finding, suggesting the need for adaptable and welcoming spaces. The acceptance of digital resources among library avoiders reflects the growing role of online platforms in education. Design recommendations emphasize creating diverse reading spaces, balancing noise zones, and integrating nature-inspired environments.
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33. Alif Laila Book Bus Society and the Camel Library Project in Pakistan
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Reza, Fawzia
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Schools are often where children first develop a love for reading. However, in many rural towns and villages in Pakistan, opportunities for formal schooling are either unavailable or limited. Thus, children are unable to attend school in person to develop their literacy skills. In this article, the author discusses how a local non-governmental organization, the Alif Laila Book Bus Society (ALBBS), recognized this challenge and initiated several innovative ways to promote literacy for children who do not have access to educational materials.
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34. Taking a Closer Look at the American Library Association's 2022 Rainbow Book List
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Suzuki, Tadayuki, Diuguid, Darryn, and Ward, Barbara A.
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Every year, the Rainbow Round Table Committee from the American Library Association (ALA) selects quality lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual+ (LGBTQIA+) books for the ALA's Rainbow Book List. The committee evaluated approximately 450 titles published in the United States and Canada between July 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, and selected 122 titles for children and young adults for the 2022 Rainbow Book List, the 15th year the list has been compiled. This article presents annotiations of the 16 picture books that have been organized according to five different categories: (1) significant figures and role models; (2) family and family dynamics; (3) body positivity and gender identity; (4) language; and (5) special events and simple daily lives.
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35. Civic Education through Artifacts: Memorials, Museums, and Libraries
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Thoilliez, Bianca, Esteban, Francisco, and Reyero, David
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While civic education may not always be explicitly included in school curriculums, it can still be imparted through various non-teaching practices and in different places. In this article, we will delve into three potential educational spaces--memorials, museums, and libraries--that are commonly found in Western democracies. We will explore the significance and scope of each of these spaces and discuss their respective ethical, political, and aesthetic responsibilities. Additionally, we will examine how they possess agency and can influence the educational process, recognizing that even non-human entities, such as nature itself, can play an important role in shaping our understanding of civic education.
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36. Improving Job Seeking Outcomes at the Baldwin Public Library: A Qualitative Inquiry
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Cletus D. Kuunifaa
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Employability is key to libraries as they continue to diversify their services to include career services to meet the job seeking needs of community members. In fulfilling this crucial role, public libraries face challenges in providing career services for their community members. This dissertation probed and sought ways to continuously improve job seeking outcomes for patrons in the Baldwin Public library. Improving the job seeking outcomes for patrons is an important first step to put job seekers back into the workforce by ensuring that patrons have the capability to improve their assets in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes they possess in order to gain initial employment, maintain or obtain new employment if required. Less examined in the literature is the notion of employability with the focus on how people navigate entry into employment and what challenges they face through the job-search process. This knowledge gap is further exacerbated by the concept of information poverty which can restrict individual's presentation of employability assets because of lack of access to assess job related resources online. Not all community members are aware that libraries play a role in the workforce system and are constrained by this lack of information or how to access library services. After describing the background, context, and framework, a qualitative, participatory action research methodology was employed using a phenomenological research approach to better understand the experiences of patrons' job seeking outcomes. The dissertation findings included library as a learning center, programs as symbol of family ties, library as resource for the community, time constraints/Inconsistent library hours affecting attendance and suggested library programs of interest. A proposed action plan is intended to not only improve and support the job seeking outcomes of patrons but also designated ways of sustaining the career programs for community members to hone their skills in order to get jobs. It was recommended to repeat the study at similar libraries and to intentionally select participants that were not well represented in this research study to ascertain the findings. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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37. Excerpts from 'Beyond the Classroom Walls' (2022)
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Bruce, Bertram C.
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We have elaborate systems of formal instruction--schools, universities, and training institutes--all to facilitate learning within the walls. At the same time, there are ample opportunities for learning in the wild--in nature, libraries, and museums, online, in play and work, and through daily interaction with others. But the potential for democratic education is severely constrained when classroom learning is isolated from learning and activities beyond. "Beyond the Classroom Walls: Imagining the Future of Education, from Community Schools to Communiversities" shows why education must connect to the larger world and how to make that happen.
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38. The Librarian's Guide to Learning Theory: Practical Applications in Library Settings
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Ann Medaille and Ann Medaille
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Demonstrating how learning theories are applicable to a variety of real-world contexts, this book will help library workers better understand how people learn so that they can improve support for instruction on their campuses and in their communities. From makerspaces to book clubs, from media facilities to group study spaces, from special events to book displays, libraries support learning in numerous ways. In this accessible handbook, Medaille unchains the field of learning theory from its verbose and dense underpinnings to show how libraries can use its concepts and principles to better serve the needs of their users. Readers will discover: (1) concrete ways to improve library instruction, spaces, services, resources, and technologies; (2) succinct overviews of major learning theories drawn from the fields of psychology, education, philosophy, and anthropology, among others; (3) summaries of the most relevant aspects of each theory and instructional methods, showing how the various theories interact and support each other; (4) chapters organized into 14 learning topics, including motivation, self-regulation, collaboration, and inquiry; (5) discussion of a range of instruction situations from information literacy instruction to the teaching of maker or media skills; and (6) teaching librarian's tips, reflection questions, and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter.
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39. Cultural Capital Growth and Students' Reading Achievement: A Growth Mixture Model
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Sisi Dong
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Cultural capital is a key term from the Social Reproduction Theory, and it is defined as the codes and practices that parents pass on to their children (Bourdieu, 1984). Previous empirical studies have confirmed the importance of cultural capital, and it is positively related to students' reading achievement (e.g., Kosutic, 2017; Noble & Davis, 2009). However, few previous studies considered cultural capital from a person-centered perspective, not to mention considering it as longitudinal nor measuring its growth during students' elementary years. It is also less known how socioeconomic status (SES) relates to cultural capital and how these two factors influence students' reading achievement together. The goal of the current study was to answer the following research questions: for each cultural capital indicator (i.e., parental expectations, the number of books owned by the child at home, and library vising frequency), how many latent trajectory classes are there? What are the patterns of these trajectory classes? How does SES predict the membership of the trajectory class of cultural capital indicators? Last but not least, how does the membership of latent trajectory classes for each cultural capital indicator predict children's reading achievement in fifth grade? The current study used a United States national public use dataset, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Program, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11. The target population was elementary school students and their parents. The sample size for the current study was 18,174. After applying appropriate weights, the sample could represent the whole United States students enrolled in kindergarten in 2010. Cultural capital was measured by three items from the parent interview survey: parental expectation of their children's educational attainment, frequency of library or bookstore visit, and the number of books at home. Kindergarten year SES is a continuous composite variable based on household income, both parents' education level, and occupation. I conducted preliminary analyses for descriptive and correlational results. I used growth mixture modeling to answer research questions related to culture capital indicators' latent trajectory classes. The current study uncovered diverse patterns of cultural capital indicators. Specifically, I identified five latent trajectory classes for parental expectations, and two latent trajectory classes for the number of books owned by the child. However, I identified no unobserved subgroups for visiting a library/bookstore during the previous month, which suggested homogeneity within the population. The results also suggested that there was no growth of possibility of parents taking the child to visit a library/bookstore from first grade to fifth grade. SES significantly predicted latent class membership for parental expectations, as well as membership for the number of books at home. In addition, SES positively predicted the intercept of the latent growth model of library/bookstore visiting. The current study also indicated that the membership of parental expectations latent trajectory classes could predict students' fifth grade reading achievement, as well as the latent trajectory class membership of the number of books. The intercept of the indicator of library/bookstore visiting during elementary years positively correlated with students' fifth grade reading achievement. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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40. Awareness, Attitude and Ethical Concerns among Faculty Members in Nigerian Universities on Open Educational Resources (OERs)
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Fadehan, Olukemi and Okiki, Olatokunbo
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Based on a descriptive research design, this study examined the variables of the levels of awareness, attitude and ethical concern in relation to faculty members in Nigerian universities and Open Educational Resources (OER). Against the backdrop of the five hypotheses raised and tested, findings indicated significant status-induced differences in how faculty members perceived OER and their ethical concern towards it. The analysis further showed that the benefits of OER ([beta] = 0545) contributed more to the prediction of ethical concern. Moreover, academics' awareness, attitude, and willingness contributed significantly to the emergence of OER initiatives. The study highlighted further academic staff benefits of OER in Nigerian universities. Consequently, it is recommended that universities and libraries need to fully embrace OER initiatives focusing on policy development, even as libraries undertake more aggressive awareness and advocacy programmes on OER among faculty members.
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41. Exploring Literacy Practices of Families Enrolled in the Imagination Library Book Gifting Program
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Prahl, Alison
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Book gifting programs such as Imagination Library aim to foster a love of reading and increase children's exposure to books and academic success. This study is a conceptual replication of previous studies focused on the Imagination Library program. To examine home literacy practices and caregiver perceptions of the Imagination Library, 149 families enrolled in Imagination Library in a central Texas county completed an online survey. Results indicated that the majority of respondents were extremely satisfied with the program and engaged in daily shared book reading. Though tips for sharing books with children are provided for program participants, the majority of respondents indicated not knowing about the tips. Parental education level significantly predicted daily reading, even when controlling for length of enrollment in the Imagination Library program which was not a significant predictor of daily reading. This study extends the literature on book gifting programs and has implications for book gifting program development and for other communities that implement Imagination Library.
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42. Online Resource Library to Engage Youth in Conversations about Social Inequities
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Marcos Silva
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This action research looked at the low comfort levels among young people when engaging in conversations about social inequities. Additionally, this research investigated the development of youth voice, agency, and engagement from youth who were involved in creating an online resource library surrounding these topics. The research consisted of 2 cycles. Cycle 1 had three data sources that included interviews with the creators of CEdu (pseudonym), the online resource library utilized for this study, an analysis of documents and the work platform for the online library, and a survey gauging youth's comfort levels when engaging in conversations about social inequities. The participants included the creators of the CEdu platform and a group of youth, ages 14-21, not involved in the creation of the online platform. Cycle 1 data collection informed the research design and action steps during Cycle 2. Cycle 2 action steps included a five-session workshop series aligned with CEdu, the online resource library. Moreover, the youth creators of CEdu were co-creators of Cycle 2 action steps. Cycle 2 findings emphasized the need for social justice education in school settings. Additionally, findings spoke to the need for practitioners to use youth's experiences to create personal connections when learning about social inequities and the need to develop youth voice and agency, as it builds confidence when civically engaging. Implications generated by this research include increasing peer-to-peer communication and dialogue when engaging in conversations about social inequities, developing youth connections to social justice issues, and creating safe spaces for youth to explore their identity and values surrounding social inequities. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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43. Student Preferences for Reference Services at a Remote Biological Station Library
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Thomas Gerrish and Scott Martin
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During the 2020 and 2021 summer semesters, the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) transitioned to hybrid classes that were primarily distance learning with two-week inperson sections. The library offered both synchronous and asynchronous reference assistance over the summer term. An analysis showed that students favored using the UMBS LibGuide over synchronous virtual reference help via Zoom. Students further preferred face-to-face interactions over virtual formats, and their preference for LibGuide assistance may carry into the post- COVID-19 classroom. This finding suggests that students prioritize convenience and immediacy over personalized assistance in the Zoom platform. Thus, in providing reference assistance to student populations in the field sciences, balancing face-to-face interactions with convenience and immediacy should be a priority. Recommendations based on the success of the 2020 and 2021 field seasons were suggested for reference interactions in future field courses.
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44. Identities and Ideologies in Collection Development Practices within the U.S. Children's Librarianship
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Vazquez, Sujei Lugo
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Collection development is at the core of the work of children's librarians, an ongoing activity that shapes collections as well as library spaces, services, programming, and communities. The process of collection development includes the consideration of several factors that impact the evaluation, selection, and acquisition of books available for children. This research examined the phenomenon of children's librarians' collection development practices during the period of 2019 to 2021, as well as influential factors and the impact of children's librarians' identities and views into the decision-making and selection process. Using Gramsci's Hegemony and Patricia Hill Collins's Critical Race Theory Domains-of-Power frameworks, this study reviewed if and how current collection development practices enact, replicate, challenge, or critique white hegemony in libraries and children's librarians as one of the functionaries of such white hegemonic structures. This multiple case study qualitative research focused on five U.S. public library sites, where data was collected via semi-structured interviews with children's librarians, library collection development policies, and picture book children's collection samples. Factors like the U.S. political landscapes, COVID-19 pandemic, George Floyd's murder and Black Lives Matter protests, community and patron requests, book reviews in journals, book awards and book lists, along with children's librarians social geographies, childhoods, and identities were identified as influential to collection development practices. The study presented IBPOC and white women children's librarians as participants in collection development, but findings show the presence and power of whiteness, womanhood, and internalized oppressions in children's librarianship. Research results assisted in viewing and situating the children's library collection as part of a larger ideological and structural discourse, and the role of individuals and communities in the systems of power. By bringing Critical Race Theory and Gramsci's Marxism into the field of children's librarianship, it contributes to the body of work done in the field and encourage more studies that will explicitly use these frameworks to move beyond diversity by addressing racism, power, and dominant ideologies and their presence in the macro and micro levels in society, libraries, and children's rooms. Although dismantling white supremacy and dominant ideologies is an ongoing and challenging process, this work encourages children's library workers to be mindful, to reflect, to critique, to challenge their work and practices as we move towards collective liberation. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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45. Curricular Violence and the Education of Black Children: Working toward Positive Peace through Pro-Black Practices
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Eliza Braden, Susi Long, Kamania Wynter-Hoyte, Gloria Boutte, Jennipher Frazier, Sabina Mosso-Taylor, and Dinah Volk
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This article responds to the endemic, intergenerational, and pervasive racism endured by Black children in the USA and the need to reimagine classrooms as cultures of peace where Black histories, literatures, accomplishment, oppression, resistance, resilience, and joy are taught as central to the curriculum. To do so, the article shares a five-year study of practices developed by 12 teachers working with university educators to construct Pro-Black pedagogy for children from ages five-to-nine. The article opens with descriptions of renewed efforts in the USA to ban books and deny the teaching of whole histories and how that constitutes curricular violence in the lives of Black students. The study is anchored in Black Critical Theory as it encompasses understandings of anti-and Pro-Blackness in the education of young children. With decolonizing methodologies guiding data collection, analysis, and representation, findings are shared in the form of (a) practices used by the teachers to help students grow in their understanding of Black brilliance, resistance, and resilience; (b) tensions encountered; and (c) positive outcomes. The article closes with implications to guide the examination of curriculum and school structures as an essential element in Pro-Black curricular transformation.
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46. Lizard People in the Library. PIL Provocation Series. Volume 1, Number 1
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Project Information Literacy and Fister, Barbara
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As "research it yourself" becomes a rallying cry for promoters of outlandish conspiracy theories with real-world consequences, educators need to think hard about what's missing from their information literacy efforts. Setting aside the fact that the people most likely to share misinformation haven't been in a classroom for decades, most students in the past fifty years have received instruction under various names: media literacy, digital literacy, news literacy, information literacy, civic literacy, critical thinking, and the umbrella concept of metaliteracy. It's constantly being reinvented to meet perceived crises of confidence, largely driven by the emergence of new technologies. But the present moment demands serious consideration of why decades of trying to make information literacy a universal educational outcome hasn't prevented a significant portion of the population from fervidly embracing an elaborately populated world of disinformation while rejecting "mainstream media." It's time for a thorough revamping of the purpose of inviting students to engage in inquiry as a civic practice. Educators, including librarians who teach, will need to dive deeply within themselves to confront and clarify their own beliefs and assumptions about how they know what is real and what isn't. It will take work. This article shares some promising places to start.
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47. Digest of Education Statistics 2019. 55th Edition. NCES 2021-009
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National Center for Education Statistics (ED), American Institutes for Research (AIR), de Brey, Cristobal, Snyder, Thomas D., Zhang, Anlan, and Dillow, Sally A.
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The 2019 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 55th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The purpose of the "Digest" is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. It contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. Seven chapters are included: (1) All Levels of Education; (2) Elementary and Secondary Education; (3) Postsecondary Education; (4) Federal Funds for Education and Related Activities; (5) Outcomes of Education; (6) International Comparisons of Education; and (7) Libraries and Use of Technology. Each chapter is divided into a number of topical subsections. Preceding the seven chapters is an introduction that provides a brief overview of current trends in American education, which supplements the tabular materials in chapters 1 through 7. The "Digest" concludes with two appendixes. The first appendix, Guide to Sources, provides a brief synopsis of the surveys used to generate the "Digest" tables; the second, Definitions, is included to help readers understand terms used in the "Digest." [For "Digest of Education Statistics 2018, 54th Edition. NCES 2020-009," see ED601992.]
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48. Capacity Assessment of Latin American and Caribbean Partners: A Symposium about Open-Access, Technological Needs, and Institutional Sustainability. Report of Symposium and Recommendations
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Council on Library and Information Resources, St. Hubert, Hadassah, Isasi, Jennifer, Fuller Medina, Nicté, and Montañez, Margie
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In April 2020, the authors, CLIR [Council on Library and Information Resources] fellows in the second cohort of Data Curation for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, virtually convened "Capacity Assessment of Latin American and Caribbean Partners: A Symposium about Open Access, Technological Needs, and Institutional Sustainability." The symposium provided a forum for stakeholders from institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean to share strategies for digital archiving and cultural preservation and to identify common areas of need. The goal of the symposium was for the stakeholders to formulate a set of questions for funders, libraries, archives, and others based in the United States, Canada, and European nations to consider when evaluating grant proposals for digital projects, or when considering post-custodial archival work with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors sought to develop recommendations and equitable practices to enhance cultural engagement through collection development that fully acknowledges Latin American and Caribbean organizations as equal partners with a voice in decision making for projects and grant funding.
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49. The Association of the Home Literacy Environment and Parental Reading Beliefs with Oral Language Growth Trajectories of Spanish-English Bilingual Children
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Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria and Mesa, Carol
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Purpose: This study examines the extent to which the Home Literacy Environment (HLE) as measured by reading habits and resources, library use, and subscriptions or materials, as well as parental reading beliefs predict both language skills (i.e., vocabulary) at kindergarten and students' trajectories of growth from kindergarten (K) to grade 3 (G3). Method: The sample included 259 Spanish-English bilingual children and their parents living in Arizona. We measured HLE and parental reading beliefs with a questionnaire administered to parents during the kindergarten year. Children completed measures of English and bilingual Spanish-English vocabulary in grades K to G3. Results: Findings indicated that library use and reading habits and resources predicted skills at kindergarten, but not growth. Across all language outcomes, library use was the consistent factor associated with skills in kindergarten. Conclusion: Given that HLE was associated with variability in children's vocabulary skills at kindergarten but not with vocabulary growth, this suggests that timely HLE supports are essential. Supports around library use show promise, given their significant associations with vocabulary skills in Spanish-English bilingual children. [This paper was prepared by the Task Force of the Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC) consisting of Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado (Convener), Carol Mesa, Ann A. O'Connell, and Laida Restrepo.]
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50. Pedagogical Analysis of the Baroque Period Piano Repertoire: Example of Italy
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Yücetoker, Izzet
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The aim of this study is to access editions of Italian Baroque works in place; to examine the availability of these works in terms of gaining techniques for playing in piano education, to gain new works aimed at different pedagogical stages in the field and to acquire new but unknown works in piano education repertoire. This research was carried out with the literature review model. During the first three months of the research, 158 baroque period composers were found among 2173 Italian composers. 50 composers composing on keyboard instruments were reached among 158 baroque composers. For this research study, the library of Dipartimento delle Arti dell'Universita di Bologna the Sala Borsa library, the Giovanni Martini Conservatory library and international museum and library of music in Bologna were visited and the works of composers made on the keyboard instruments were found. The number of works performed by composer on keyboard instruments is quite high. However, according to the objective of the project, it is aimed to perform pedagogical analysis by selecting one work from each composer. For analysis, created to the work evaluation forms prepared by the researcher. 50 works analyzed according to this form. While 48 Italian works can be used in piano education, 6 Italian works are not suitable for piano education. However, in order to use these works in piano education, these must be arranged from organ to pianoforte. An example of this is presented in this study.
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