Scholarly Commons @ MU
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Copyright and Open Educational Resources: Creation, Licensing, and Use
Copyright permeates almost every aspect of the creation and use of Open Educational Resources (OER). Given academic librarians role in championing the OER movement and promoting the ethical and responsible re-use of ... -
Open Access and Institutional Repositories
This presentation explores open access issues related to institutional repositories. -
Modeling Impact of Natural Hazard- Induced Disasters on Income Distribution in the United States
Economic damage due to hurricane activities has been shown to impact income inequality in the coastal states of the United States. We consider 17 other natural hazards, in addition to hurricanes, that affected the ... -
A new analysis of VIX using mixture of regressions: Examination and short-term forecasting for the S & P 500 market
A novel approach to the analysis of S & P 500 market fluctuations is proposed using a K‐component mixture of regressions model. The Barndorff‐Nielsen and Shephard stochastic model is employed where the estimates of jumps ... -
On Two Mixture-Based Clustering Approaches Used in Modeling an Insurance Portfolio
We review two complementary mixture-based clustering approaches for modeling unobserved heterogeneity in an insurance portfolio: the generalized linear mixed cluster-weighted model (CWM) and mixture-based clustering for ... -
Examining the Impact on Mortality Arising from Climate Change: Important Findings for the Insurance Industry
In this paper, we analyze the impact on overall mortality rates for the general US population arising from climate change and the weather events resulting in property damages for the period 1968–2013. We develop a fixed ... -
Impact of Social Service Staffing on Nursing Home Quality and Resident Outcomes
Social service staff play a key role in nursing homes and are responsible for providing psychosocial services to residents and their families. This brief report highlights findings from a study that utilized national data ... -
A Critical Political Economy of Web Advertising History
Using the United States as a case study, this chapter outlines the history of web advertising from a critical political economy of media approach. As part of the broader privatization of the internet in the 1990s, U.S. ... -
Data Curation: Tips and Tools for Today
In the past year we have seen how quickly and easily scientific data can be removed from government websites and rendered inaccessible to the public. Libraries have a responsibility to step into the breach and provide safe ... -
Affordable Course Materials: Impact on Student Learning
This poster provides an overview of the OER adopt/adapt program, the SGID method, and data from 2.5 years of implementing the assessment. Data indicates trends in student learning that occur with the implementation of OER. ... -
Using LibGuides to Promote Communication Between Public and Technical Services
Chapter 8 of Reengineering the Library, an ALCTS Monograph (edited by George Stachokas). -
Managing and Utilizing Usage Statistics
OhioNET webinar presented April 2018. Now that you’ve got your usage data, what can you *do* with it? This session takes the next step in this series by exploring options for storing their usage data and guiding attendees ... -
Troubleshooting E-Resource Access
OhioNET webinar presented December 2018. The hardest phrase for many library staff members to utter has to be “Sorry, I can’t help you with that.” As more and more of the content we provide access to comes in the form of ... -
Managing and Implementing License Agreements for Electronic Resources Part II
This ALCTS Webinar was part 3 of the six-part series, Licensing Electronic Resources to Serve the Library's Mission. This webinar (part two of two) covers the following topics: Coordinating licensing with collection ... -
Purchasing Accessible E-Resources: Tips for Licensing and Procurement
Presented at the ALAO Annual Conference 2018. Academic libraries are proponents of access for all. Student success is dependent on the ability of academic libraries to provide equitable access to its resources for all ... -
Transfer Code of Practice and Alerting Service (Charleston 2018)
Presented at the Charleston Conference 2018. Libraries, publishers, and intermediary vendors strive to disseminate the most current information to their patrons and clients through the metadata in their catalogs, services, ... -
Transfer Code of Practice (ALA Annual 2018)
Update on the Transfer Code of Practice presented at the NISO Annual Update meeting held at ALA Annual 2018 in New Orleans, LA. -
Assessing Participant Satisfaction and the Impact of Senior Centers in Rural Northwestern Ohio Counties
This study assessed satisfaction among current senior center users in the Northwestern Ohio area and measured the impact that centers have on the lives of participants. Specifically, it assessed satisfaction with four ...