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Prying the Doors Open: One Little Library and Its Influence on Life in the Peruvian Amazon
No full textHandoutSince 1999, a small library has remained a steadfast bastion of education and enrichment for families in the Peruvian Amazon. Over the years it has changed hands, fluctuated in size and services, and endured the challenges of survival in the jungle. Functioning as everything from literacy center to tribal oral history headquarters, it has always focused on providing the people with deeper education and experiences than there has ever been access to. I will share about the trials and realities of this unique center from first-hand experience and contributions of past and current directors and patrons
Rethinking Discovery: Searching, Exploring & Learning
No full textPresentation slidesLibrary Discovery systems are a gateway to knowledge. Users interact with them not only to “search and find” in the traditional sense, but also to explore, discovering content serendipitously and learning more about their chosen topic in the process. Tailored to your local user community, discovery systems shape the user experience and the virtual engagement with them
Rapa Nui rock art in context: Steps toward an understanding of the inscribed landscape inside the caldera of Rano Kau Volcano
Get PDFOne of the most important and most studied rock art locales on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is the ceremonial
complex of ‘Orongo, the center of a uniquely Rapanui festival of the birdman and adolescent initiation rites,
located on the southwest rim of the ~1.6km wide, 200m deep caldera of Rano Kau volcano. Some of the other rock
art sites on the rim and in the interior of the caldera have also been studied, but the published data on these sites is
limited primarily to drawings of selected motifs. Little or no information is currently available on the geographic
and topographic contexts of the motifs, the formal and functional characteristics of the sites themselves, and
their place in the cultural landscape. Fifteen rock art sites located in the interior of the caldera are described
and analyzed as the first step in working toward an understanding of the making of the inscribed landscape of the
caldera and its relationship to ‘Orongo and other places on Rano Kau. The analysis shows that some of the rock
art, which includes both petroglyphs and rare pictographs, closely resembles that found at ‘Orongo, hinting at the
possibility of a previously unknown ceremonial center similar to ‘Orongo inside the caldera
What is Digital Pedagogy? Technology in the Library Classroom
Get PDFContains slides, discussion exercise, and resources list.Former URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/4275
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Data Mining in Digital Spaces: Introduction to the Basics
Get PDFFormer URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/43562Data mining is looking for information on large datasets to find trends in information needs. This poster gives a brief introduction to the definition of data mining and big data. Examples of data mining types and the ways that data mining techniques can be used to provide access to information are discussed