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Because You’re You: Factors Influencing Selection in a Digital Sheet Music Collection
No full textFor this study, we used Google Analytics to evaluate factors influencing user selection of specific works in a collection of digitized sheet music. These factors were: participation in a collaborative index (Sheet Music Consortium), browse list order, inclusion in mini-collections, style of cover illustration, and presence of audio links. Page view data for individual works were grouped by source (the links that directed users to the site) and correlated with the factors being studied. These results were obtained for a sheet music collection but have relevance for digital collections of all types, especially collections of visual materials such as maps, posters, photographs, etc.
Works that were listed in the Sheet Music Consortium had more views/work than non-listed works. Works at or near the top of the Consortium browse listing had more views/work than those further down. Works listed in five mini-collections featured on the collection home page had more views/work from users who had access to these mini-collections (not Consortium users). Works with extensive cover graphics had more views/work than works whose cover designs consisted primarily of words, with or without graphic borders. Works with links to audio versions did not have more views/work than works without such links
Using Wikipedia in information literacy instruction: Tips for developing research skills
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Casaubon's Impotence: A Literary Libel?
No full textArticle from the George Eliot Review, digitized and hosted by the George Eliot Review Online.Publishe
Aubie Asks @ the Libraries Video Series
No full textProduced with assistance from the Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant Program, these videos help to introduce or reinforce information literacy concepts. Librarians show them during instruction sessions and add them to their subject and class LibGuides. A dedicated page on the Libraries’ website allows students to access the videos at their point-of-need. Accepted into the ALA/ACRL Instruction Section’s Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online Project, 2012. PRIMO Site of the Month for May 2012.N
Humans vs. Zombies at the Library: Gauging the Impact of Live Action Gaming Events on Students’ Library Use and Perceptions
Get PDFThis paper describes how a game of Humans vs. Zombies was coordinated and hosted by the Ralph Brown Draughon Library at Auburn University. A survey was designed to discover students’ attitudes and perceptions and evaluate whether hosting such an event was a worthwhile use of library resources. Analysis of survey results revealed value in hosting such an event as a means of orienting students to the library while increasing positive feelings about the library as a social and study space.PublishedYe
An In-pond Raceway System Incorporating Removal of Fish Wastes
Get PDFAn aquaculture system called ?in-pond raceway (IPR)? was studied for
channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) production. The raceway was a
rectangular-shaped box (4.9~ I.2 m x I.2 m high), built from treated
lumber and suspended between walkways of a floating pier. A set of airlifi
pumps located at the head-end of the raceway circulated pond water
into the raceway. The raceway had an approximately 4% bottom slope
along the 49 m length to assist the movement of fish wastes cfeces and
uneaten feed). In 1992 four raceways were stocked with an average of 2078
fingerlings per raceway. Mortalities during the 124-day culture period
averaged 341 j&h (164%) per raceway. The growth rate averaged 1.29 g
day-t with an average food conversion ratio (FCR) of 1.95. The average
total weight of the harvested fish was 297.3 kg per raceway (52.2 kg mm:?).
A total of 201 m3 of fluent containing fish wastes was removed and
sampled. The samples were analyzed for concentrations of total solids,
BOD and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus). The system was intended
to remove settleable wastes with primary and secondary waste collectors.
Soluble wastes were allowed to enter the pond
Performance of single and concatenated sets of mitochondrial genes at inferring metazoan relationships relative to full mitogenome data
Get PDFMitochondrial (mt) genes are some of the most popular and widely-utilized genetic loci in phylogenetic studies of metazoan taxa. However, their linked nature has raised questions on whether using the entire mitogenome for phylogenetics is overkill (at best) or pseudoreplication (at worst). Moreover, no studies have addressed the comparative phylogenetic utility of mitochondrial genes across individual lineages within the entire Metazoa. To comment on the phylogenetic utility of individual mt genes as well as concatenated subsets of genes, we analyzed mitogenomic data from 1865 metazoan taxa in 372 separate lineages spanning genera to subphyla. Specifically, phylogenies inferred from these datasets were statistically compared to ones generated from all 13 mt protein-coding (PC) genes (i.e., the "supergene" set) to determine which single genes performed "best" at, and the minimum number of genes required to, recover the "supergene" topology. Surprisingly, the popular marker COX1 performed poorest, while ND5, ND4, and ND2 were most likely to reproduce the "supergene" topology. Averaged across all lineages, the longest ∼2 mt PC genes were sufficient to recreate the "supergene" topology, although this average increased to ∼5 genes for datasets with 40 or more taxa. Furthermore, concatenation of the three "best" performing mt PC genes outperformed that of the three longest mt PC genes (i.e, ND5, COX1, and ND4). Taken together, while not all mt PC genes are equally interchangeable in phylogenetic studies of the metazoans, some subset can serve as a proxy for the 13 mt PC genes. However, the exact number and identity of these genes is specific to the lineage in question and cannot be applied indiscriminately across the Metazoa.PublishedYe
Unconfined Compression Test
No full textThe unconfined compression test. Collect approcimately 1200g of soil passing through the No. 4 Sieve. Add water and mix soil sample thoroughly. Weigh empty Harvard Miniature Mold and place layer of soil in mold. Compact the layer using 25 tamps. Repeat by adding and compacting two more layers. Remove the mold from the baseplate. Strike ends flush and weigh. Extrude the sample from the mold.N
