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Purdue STARS Performance Analysis
Get PDFThis Sustainability Performance Analysis (SPA) report reviews Purdue’s past and present sustainability performance as captured through STARS reporting to understand sustainability actions and to clearly and objectively identify where Purdue excels and how it might improve performance through the next STARS 3.0 submission
Leading Change in University Libraries and Beyond
Get PDFThis session will provide 3 case studies of leading and managing change in university libraries from Australia and Aoteaora – New Zealand. The speakers will all explore the nature of change in academic library contexts, the approaches taken, goals and benefits achieved. They will have a particular focus on culture change, strategic alignment to organisational priorities, and will share lessons learned. Whilst focusing on academic libraries, they will also look ‘beyond’ with examples of broader change in universities and change lessons that can be applied more widely. Following the case study presentations there will be a panel discussion and Q&A to explore the different scenarios, experiences and learnings
Mākau Moʻomeheu: Cultural Competencyʻs Role in our DEIA Efforts
Get PDFProfessional library and archives associations recognize the value of cultural competency skills in contributing to the advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA). Cultural competency (CC) is the ability to function with awareness, knowledge, and interpersonal skill when engaging people of different backgrounds, assumptions, beliefs, values, and behaviors. In this session participants will be challenged to examine personal perceptions and introduced to strategies that will increase their ability to employ CC. In 2007, the American Library Association (ALA) Committee on Diversity successfully recommended that the ALA Policy on Diversity include goals for inclusive and culturally competent library and information services. In 2012, the Association of College and Research Libraries offered the basic framework for its concept of cultural competence. In 2022, the ACRL Board of Directors approved “Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity: A Framework,” which calls on libraries to have a “have a clear and realistic plan to evaluate cultural competencies within their organizations and must demonstrate openness to critically look inward and make the necessary changes.” The framework refers to the related concepts of cultural humility and cultural fluidity and asserts cultural competency is limited as a construct but acknowledges its ubiquity and its utility. Outcomes of attending this session include the ability to define cultural competency (CC) and how its integration at three levels is required to be successful. Examine critically your interaction with people of different cultures, not limited to ethnicity Identify the five stages and where you and your organization are on the continuum of CC Practice four important skills to employ CC Identify the multi-level model for implementing CC Design methods to improve relations with internal and external communities Combine cultural-mindedness with culturally centered communication skills for effective relationships with all people forming the basis for culturally competent organizations, communities and societies
Social Capital and Value Creation in Learning Communities: Evidence from a Team-Lecture Hybrid (TLH) Instructional Strategy
Get PDFFour cycles of a value creation conceptual framework including: immediate value; potential value; applied value; and realized value, were used to analyze the role of social capital in the creation of experienced and aspired value in collaborative learning. Students’ narratives on team development dynamics in a Team Lecture Hybrid (TLH) instructional design implemented from August 2011 to May 2016 were analyzed. The study covered 201 public affairs and healthcare administration students. in 40 in-class permanent teams, 15 courses, and straddling two US institutions of higher learning. The findings suggested an alignment between social capital and performance in in-class permanent teams. The social interactions created immediate, potential, applied, and realized value, and the results appear to validate the explanatory strength of the value creation framework in relation to social capital as a value creator and as value created in learning communities. The value created from social capital dynamics in the learning community aligns with the anticipated outcomes of TLH and appeared to support the TLH design theory hypothesizing improved performance when we combine active learners and an active instructor in the same learning community. In a mezzo learning environment, both students and their instructor created and benefited from social capital. The recommendation is for value creation drivers uncovered in this study to be given significant consideration when designing objectives, activities, structures, and cultures in learning communities
The Work-Integrated Opportunity and Development Tool: A Practical Approach to Maximizing the Value of Work-Integrated Learning
Get PDFWork-integrated learning (WIL) is a core feature of Business degrees and is increasingly common across other disciplines. Although the benefits of WIL are often promoted, students can struggle to connect learning from their WIL experiences to their progress and development, making it difficult for them to identify targeted learning opportunities, and communicate their WIL progress and achievements to prospective employers. Recognizing these challenges, this article offers an approach for those engaged in WIL that helps them benchmark and measure progress at different points in the process, thereby helping students and their Higher Education Institutions (HEI) to identify development needs and opportunities both before, during, and after the WIL experience. This article presents a tool kit for those engaged in WIL that enables measurement of students’ goals, motives, values, expectations, and competencies, at different points in the WIL activity (pre, mid, and end), alongside staged reflective exercises. Using internships as an illustrative case, this article considers the value that the approach affords for both individual students and HEIs, and will be of interest to university educators, careers services, and other professionals responsible for creating value through WIL initiatives
The Ravine of Memory: Babyn Yar Between the Holocaust and the Great Patriotic War
Get PDFThe Nazis and their collaborators buried over 100,000 victims at Babyn Yar, a ravine in modern-day Ukraine. Most of the individuals were Jewish, making this area one of the most infamous mass murder sites in history. The Ravine of Memory starts when the travesty ends, telling the story of the ravine’s memory and forgetting in Soviet literature and culture—in Russian as well as in Yiddish. This book challenges the prevailing binary conceptions of Babyn Yar as exclusively a Holocaust or a “Great Patriotic War” story. It is neither the exclusive product of Soviet censorship nor individual dissidents. Babyn Yar is more than a physical space where untold horrors took place. Symbolically, it is the ultimate meeting point of so many disparate threads of Soviet culture: the state and the artist, the Jew and the non-Jew, and the Holocaust and the Great Patriotic War. Ultimately, it is a place that reveals the frailty and courage of those who bear witness to atrocity.https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/purduepress_ebooks/1078/thumbnail.jp
Primary source analysis: Using digitized time-motion study films in the undergraduate business classroom to build primary source literacy
Get PDFThis paper details a study conducted in the context of a large Midwestern university’s undergraduate business class, employing the ACRL RBMS-SAA Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy in a guided in-class activity using digitized primary sources. Students participated in an introductory lesson pertaining to primary sources and their connection to business, followed by viewing and analyzing digitized clips from Frank and Lillian Gilbreth’s time-motion studies. In addition, they completed a reflective discussion board post, illuminating their connections to the ACRL RBMS-SAA Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy core ideas of the analytical, ethical, theoretical, and practical. Potential affective experiences were also examined through Varnalis-Weigle’s affects of experience. This study examines how the core guidelines were met, which affective experiences were realized, and how the use of digitized primary sources can encourage the use of original physical sources among undergraduate business students
The Evolution of Traffic Signal Detection Technology
Get PDFHow has traffic signal actuation changed over time? Originally, a traffic signal’s main purpose was to assign the right-of-way to vehicles for collision avoidance, and now they are crucial tools to manage traffic flow, alleviate congestion and provide safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. This presentation will explore early detection methods, evaluate current technology, and explore the future of detection technolog
Defining a Management Structure for University Space Analog Research Programs
Get PDFTo learn how humans can safely and effectively live on the surface of the moon or Mars, missions are conducted on Earth that simulate operations on the surface of other planetary bodies. These missions, called space analog missions, require substantial mission planning and organizational management to ensure safe and effective research and operations. The American Public University System’s Analog Research Group developed and tested management structures and philosophies that enable scalable, replicable, and safe analog missions. This fully online research endeavor’s management and internal organization offers a model that academic institutions and private industry can implement to contribute to space exploration research and education by developing their own space analog research programs
Tell Your Story, Demonstrate Your Value with KPIs
Get PDFPurdue University Administrative Operations Integrated Analytics (AOIA) is an analytics leader in the Big Ten that fields requests from other universities about data and reporting. Learn how AOIA was established, how key data and reports were created, and ways AOIA helps demonstrate the value of Administrative Operations. Reports and KPIs covering capital projects, space, staffing, and more will be shared