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Sustaining and Enhancing Embedded Library Instruction in the Learning Management System
Get PDFThis panel will be a lively discussion of embedded librarianship in the online learning management system (LMS). Panelists will forego simply sharing the approaches of their own libraries and will instead pose a series of discussion questions about key issues of LMS embedded librarianship. Audience members will be active participants in the fast-paced, moderated conversation. Panelists will also share their perspectives about how best to enhance the role of librarians in online learning spaces
If You Build It, Will they Come: Creating and sustaining a borrowable collection of digital equipment
Get PDFLibraries’ ability to deliver information to end users and allow them to create information depends on a technological infrastructure that meets user demand and can evolves over time to reflect user needs. This session will share the experience of one library which has built an extensive collection of digital equipment and include a discussion of how this institution grows, evaluates provides access to and retains this collection
Productive and Social Engagement following Driving Cessation: A Couple-Based Analysis
Get PDFDrawing on interdependence theory, this study examined the cross-spouse impact of driving cessation on productive (work, formal volunteering, and informal volunteering) and social engagement of older couples age 65+ using longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998 – 2010; N = 1,457 couples). Multilevel modeling results indicate that driving cessation reduced husbands’ productive and social engagement, and wives’ productive engagement. Spousal driving cessation reduced husbands’ likelihood of working or formal volunteering, and wives’ likelihood of working or informal volunteering. The more time since spousal driving cessation, the less likely husbands were to work and the less likely wives were to formally volunteer. Results suggest the need for greater recognition of the impact of driving cessation on couples, rather than just individuals, as well as the need for enhanced services or rehabilitation efforts to maintain driving even among couples with one remaining driver
Reshaping retirement policies in post-industrial nations: The need for flexibility
No full textSocial Security programs in post-industrial nations are facing the need for policy reforms. Fiscal shortfalls in current Social Security programs are a major driving force promoting these reforms. At the same time, changes in longevity and the nature of work and retirement also suggest the need for policy reform. This article begins with a broad overview of some of the policy innovations of the Europe Union as a whole, and then focuses more in-depth on policy reforms in three countries that exemplify Esping-Andersen’s (1990) typology of welfare states: Sweden, Germany, and Canada. These three countries have passed policies that promote flexibility in retirement for older adults, including “gradual retirement”, “partial retirement”, and credit for caregiving activities. Keeping older adults in the labor force longer retains the tax base of contributors into Social Security as well as allowing those who want to stay in the labor force more choice. The reforms are discussed, along with their potential usefulness for future Social Security policy reforms in the United States
Are E-Book Big Deal Bundles Still Valuable?
Get PDFThe 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 electronic rather than print format. E‐book acquisition models like patron‐driven acquisition and
short‐term loan have now become commonplace and available from a multitude of consortia, publishers, and
aggregators. With the wide availability of these models, is there still value in buying e‐books through package
deals?
To help answer this question, we will present the results of a usage‐based analysis of Wiley e‐books. Since
2012, Miami University Libraries have purchased Wiley e‐book collections through a consortial OhioLINK
contract. Previously purchased OhioLINK e‐book collections have been accessible to patrons through both
OhioLINK’s Electronic Book Center platform and the publisher platform. The Wiley e‐book purchase deviates
from previous practice by being available to patrons only on the publisher platform and our analysis is
therefore focused on COUNTER e‐book usage reports from the Wiley platform. We also augment the usage
data with title‐level information, such as subject and book type. This preliminary study focuses on the 2012
Wiley collection and its use over a three‐year period (2012‐2014) and will include data‐driven findings
presented in visually useful ways
