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Estimating the amount of carbon dioxide gas removed from the atmosphere by the Bryant Park tree population
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Notes from the Editor
Get PDFI am very pleased to welcome you to the second issue of the 30th volume of Urban Library Journal, which is a collection of proceedings from the LACUNY Institute held on Thursday, May 9, and Friday, May 10, 2024. The theme of the Institute was “Moving Beyond the Challenged Librarian: Then and Now.” It explored challenges faced by librarians and information professionals across our profession. Presentations delved into the complexities surrounding intellectual freedom, censorship, and the role of librarians in navigating these challenges
True Experimental Research Design
Get PDFThis assignment, created by Mustafa Demir of the Law and Police Science Department at John Jay College, tasks students with designing a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the impact of body-worn cameras (BWCs) on police use-of-force incidents in a city of the student\u27s choice. Students must gather setting and demographic data from open data sets, such as those available from the Census Bureau, to inform their research design
Collaborative AI: OER Materials for Exploring AI as a Partner Rather than a Tool
Get PDFThe Collaborative AI Open Educational Resource (OER) explores how artificial intelligence can act as a creative and analytical collaborator rather than a tool. Centered on the Balanced Blended Space (BBS) framework and the philosophy of the Center for Holistic Integration (CHI), the OER includes curriculum materials, theoretical models, and live research environments. It offers an interesting approach to blending physical, virtual, and conceptual spaces through shared human–AI agency and invites ongoing participation in interdisciplinary meta-projects
“Watch me!” The impact of training experience on dogs social referencing human emotional cues
No full textDogs utilized human facial expression and vocal tone to drive decision making during a novel object choice task, displaying a preference for negatively valenced objects. Training experience was not correlated to dog likelihood to social reference
Factors associated with intimate partner violence among non-binary individuals assigned male at birth (NBAMAB)
No full textOne hundred-fifty partnered Nonbinary assigned male at birth (NBAMAB) people completed an online survey assessing experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV), and associated factors, including mental health, internalized and anticipated stigma, and relationship power and functioning. The results contribute to understanding of IPV among NBAMAB people, with further research suggested
Phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation of bunchgrass lizards of the genus Sceloporus from Mexico with the description of a new species
No full textMolecular data continue to serve as an invaluable tool to assess species limits and patterns of cryptic diversity, particularly in areas harboring high levels of biodiversity. The Sceloporus scalaris group, known as bunchgrass lizards, contains 13 described and one undescribed species distributed throughout high elevation biotas of Mexico. However, recent studies suggest that diversity in the group may be substantially underestimated. We collect new sequence data from four independent loci to determine the evolutionary distinctiveness and phylogenetic relationships of an isolated population of bunchgrass lizard in the Sierra San Juan (SSJ) in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Concatenation and coalescent-based phylogenetic and species delimitation analyses suggest that this population represents a distinct evolutionary lineage allied to the S. scalaris group. We describe the new SSJ population as a new species to better account for its morphological and evolutionary distinctiveness. Divergence within the species occurred during the Neogene and Quaternary, most likely due to range shifts associated with mountain uplift and glacial-interglacial cycles. Our results provide additional evidence that supports the importance of the Mexican highlands as a biodiversity hotspot which maintains cryptic lineages awaiting discovery
Building a Professional Learning Community to Improve Technical Services Librarians’ Teaching Preparedness: Assess, Act and Reflect
Get PDFThis action research was conducted to address the gap between having all librarians prepared to teach and technical services librarians’ unpreparedness to teach in a university library system. The implemented intervention was developing a professional learning community among technical services librarians with a variety of teaching experiences to improve teaching preparedness by sharing, discussing, and reflecting. The learning topics covered library teaching basics, motivating students, self-assessment, planning to teach, using Wikipedia for critical thinking, embedded librarianship and credit-bearing courses, teaching and research, and building a teaching portfolio and librarianship portfolio. A qualitative approach, including the implementation journal, reflective writing, and interviews, was employed to assess the learning process and outcomes. Process analysis showed good attendance, a challenge in scheduling due to time conflicts, and practical knowledge transfer. Outcome analysis demonstrated that the professional learning community had a positive impact on participants’ teaching attitudes, motivation, and self-efficacy. The action research offered two implications for professional practice for academic libraries, including valuing gap analysis to identify organizational problems and valuing internal librarians’ talents to promote organizational learning. This action research added to the literature on the effectiveness of a collaborative, bottom-up, democratic, professional development approach to improve the quality of technical services librarians’ professional lives
\u3cem\u3ePeople Ex Rel. King v. Gallagher\u3c/em\u3e and the Forgotten Legal Struggle over Racial Segregation in New York State Public Schools
Get PDFIn 1883, in People ex rel. King v. Gallagher, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought on behalf of an eleven-year-old African American girl who sought admission into her neighborhood public school in Brooklyn and thereby challenged the legal segregation regime governing New York’s public education system. The case, largely forgotten today, had a profound impact on subsequent legal efforts at school desegregation. This article examines the development of African American legal rights to public education in New York State in the nineteenth century and early efforts to challenge the exclusion of Black students from public schools. It describes the King litigation and its place in the development of civil rights law, focusing on its role in entrenching the “separate but equal” doctrine