Scholarly Commons @ MU
Scholarly Commons at Miami University: Recent submissions
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Rebranding Detroit: music, identity, and perception in the new post-industrial era
(2014)In post-industrial society, economic globalization has overpowered local culture. By establishing a mobilized task force to achieve top levels of efficiency, society has effectively reduced identity and spirit through ... -
Reinforcing community: an Asian cultural complex in an international context
(2014)February 2011, it was the time for the annual Chinese New Year Celebration in the local Cincinnati Chinese community again. This is also the first time I attend this event since I came to States. Sitting quietly at the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
User Studies with Camtasia
(2015-02-12)A presentation on using the Camtasia tutorial creation software to collect and document user studies. -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. -
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 ... -
Heterothermy in Northern Cardinals
(2014-12-10)These data were used in the article on Northern Cardinal heterothermy published in the journal Animal Biologging. -
Cryoprotectants and Extreme Freeze Tolerance in a Subarctic Population of the Wood Frog
(2014-12-01)Two (2) Excel spreadsheets containing raw data supporting publication in PLOS ONE -
Are E-book Big Deal Bundles Still Valuable? [slide deck]
(2014-11-18)The academic e-book market has undergone significant change in the last five years. E-book availability has greatly increased as library demand has grown, with an increasing percentage of library acquisitions preferring ... -
Change as Opportunity: Re-Vamping LibGuides to Better Engage Students
(2014-11-17)Change can be a positive opportunity to evaluate how we engage students with our services and contribute to their success. We will share our experiences surrounding our migration to LibGuides 2.0 and how it presented an ... -
Engrossed, Enraged, Engaged: Empowering Faculty in Transforming Scholarly Communication
(2014-11-10)Librarians are deeply invested in the scholarly publishing lifecycle. This investment, in tandem with an evolving scholarly communication system, has encouraged librarians to become advocates for transformation in this ... -
PRS Composite, Political, Financial, Economic risk tables for all countries from 1984 through 2013.
(2014-10-23)PRS group's Researchers Dataset. The Researchers Dataset provides annual averages of all of the metrics affecting composite (Table 2B), political (Table 3B), financial (Table 4B) and economic (Table 5B) risk for the period ... -
Maps of Ohio's 85 Plus Population by County 1990-2050
(2014-10-13)Maps of Ohio showing the change in the 85 plus population (reported and projected) from 1990 through 2050. -
Maps of Ohio's 60 Plus Population by County 1990-2050
(2014-10-13)Maps of Ohio showing the change in the 60 plus population (reported and projected) from 1990 through 2050.