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  • The No Shelf Required Guide to E-Book Purchasing by Sue Polanka

    The No Shelf Required Guide to E-Book Purchasing

    Sue Polanka

    The increasingly important role that e-books and e-readers are playing in libraries makes it essential for librarians to get a handle on the ins and outs of e-book purchasing. Sue Polanka has compiled an expert-authored series of articles for this issue of Library Technology Reports that provide strategies, best practices, and case studies for meeting the unprecedented legal, technological, and vendor challenges that come with e-book purchasing. Articles include:

    “Consortial Purchasing of E-books,” by Susan Hinken and Emily J. McElroy

    “Academic Library Dilemmas in Purchasing Content for E-readers,” by Eleanor I. Cook

    “Open Access E-books,” by E. S. Hellman

    “The E-textbook Revolution,” by William D. Chesser

    “Digital Textbooks,” by Stephen R. Acker

    “Textbooks, Open Educational Resources, and the Role of the Library,” by Greg Raschke and Shelby Shanks

  • Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations: An Ideational Alliance by Vaughn Shannon and Paul A. Kowert

    Psychology and Constructivism in International Relations: An Ideational Alliance

    Vaughn Shannon and Paul A. Kowert

    Constructivist IR scholars study the ways in which international norms, culture, and identities - all intersubjective phenomena - inform foreign policy and affect the reaction to and outcomes of international events. Political psychologists similarly investigate divergent national self-conceptions, as well as the individual cognitive and emotional propensities that shape ideology and policy.

  • Remaking Wormsloe Plantation : The Environmental History of a Lowcountry Landscape by Drew A. Swanson

    Remaking Wormsloe Plantation : The Environmental History of a Lowcountry Landscape

    Drew A. Swanson

    Why do we preserve certain landscapes while developing others without restraint? Drew A. Swanson’s in-depth look at Wormsloe plantation, located on the salt marshes outside of Savannah, Georgia, explores that question while revealing the broad historical forces that have shaped the lowcountry South.

    Wormsloe is one of the most historic and ecologically significant stretches of the Georgia coast. It has remained in the hands of one family from 1736, when Georgia’s Trustees granted it to Noble Jones, through the 1970s, when much of Wormsloe was ceded to Georgia for the creation of a state historic site. It has served as a guard post against aggression from Spanish Florida; a node in an emerging cotton economy connected to far-flung places like Lancashire and India; a retreat for pleasure and leisure; and a carefully maintained historic site and green space. Like many lowcountry places, Wormsloe is inextricably tied to regional, national, and global environments and is the product of transatlantic exchanges.

    Swanson argues that while visitors to Wormsloe value what they perceive to be an “authentic,” undisturbed place, this landscape is actually the product of aggressive management over generations. He also finds that Wormsloe is an ideal place to get at hidden stories, such as African American environmental and agricultural knowledge, conceptions of health and disease, the relationship between manual labor and views of nature, and the ties between historic preservation and natural resource conservation. Remaking Wormsloe Plantation connects this distinct Georgia place to the broader world, adding depth and nuance to the understanding of our own conceptions of nature and history.

  • Becoming a Doctor: Reflections by Minnesota Medical Students by Therese M. Zink

    Becoming a Doctor: Reflections by Minnesota Medical Students

    Therese M. Zink

    Caring for patients is a privilege. Learning how to assist and watch patients as they grapple with the challenges and joys life dishes out is a process. If we are paying attention, we gain insights into our own struggles. Medical students from across Minnesota reflect on their experiences in the anatomy lab and the library, on the hospital wards and in clinic exam rooms. Their musings represent the universal experience of learning to negotiate the path of becoming a physician. Discussion questions are included.

  • Confessions of a Sin Eater: A Doctor's Reflections by Therese M. Zink

    Confessions of a Sin Eater: A Doctor's Reflections

    Therese M. Zink

    Dr. Therese Zink, teacher, clinician and researcher, explores the burden, mystery and privilege of doctoring. As a family physician, the act of listening and holding stories is a vital part of healing for both the patients and the healer. In this collection, Dr. Zink shares stories she gathered while caring for patients in a domestic violence shelter, on the Navajo reservation, in Nazran, Ingushetia (Russia), on mission trips in Latin America and in her clinic in rural Minnesota. Confessions of a Sin Eater lays bare the human heart of the author and reveals the best and worst of our journeys as humans. Discussion questions are included.

  • Display and Interface Design: Subtle Science, Exact Art by Kevin B. Bennett and John Flach

    Display and Interface Design: Subtle Science, Exact Art

    Kevin B. Bennett and John Flach

    Written from the perspective of cognitive systems engineering and ecological interface design, this book delineates how to design interfaces tailored to specific work demands, leverage the powerful perception-action skills of the human, and use powerful interface technologies wisely. This triadic approach (domain, human, interface) to display and interface design stands in sharp contrast to traditional dyadic (human, interface) approaches. The authors describe general principles and specific strategies at length and include concrete examples and extensive design tutorials that illustrate quite clearly how these principles and strategies can be applied. The coverage spans the entire continuum of interfaces that might need to be developed in today's work places.

  • Howie and Ruby: Conversations, 2000-2007 by Howard H. Fink and Rubin Battino

    Howie and Ruby: Conversations, 2000-2007

    Howard H. Fink and Rubin Battino

    This is an oral history of the lives of two psychotherapists, Howard H. Fink and Rubin Battino. Dr. Fink started his career at the beginnings of psychotherapy in this country in the 1950s. He trained with exceptional people like Milton H. Erickson and Fritz Perls. He was one of the developers of Gestalt Therapy and Group Therapy. The oral history includes his training, his service in World War II, and his private practice in Dayton, Ohio. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Psychotherapy. Battino is a licensed clinical counselor who has written 8 books on psychotherapy. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. Their life stories and shared conversations will be of interest to anyone working in the field of psychotherapy. The book is an oral history of sessions taped over a 7 year period.

  • Mathematical Aspects of Logic Programming Semantics by Pascal Hitzler and Anthony K. Seda

    Mathematical Aspects of Logic Programming Semantics

    Pascal Hitzler and Anthony K. Seda

    Covering the authors’ own state-of-the-art research results, Mathematical Aspects of Logic Programming Semantics presents a rigorous, modern account of the mathematical methods and tools required for the semantic analysis of logic programs. It significantly extends the tools and methods from traditional order theory to include nonconventional methods from mathematical analysis that depend on topology, domain theory, generalized distance functions, and associated fixed-point theory.

    The book covers topics spanning the period from the early days of logic programming to current times. It discusses applications to computational logic and potential applications to the integration of models of computation, knowledge representation and reasoning, and the Semantic Web. The authors develop well-known and important semantics in logic programming from a unified point of view using both order theory and new, nontraditional methods. They closely examine the interrelationships between various semantics as well as the integration of logic programming and connectionist systems/neural networks.

    For readers interested in the interface between mathematics and computer science, this book offers a detailed development of the mathematical techniques necessary for studying the semantics of logic programs. It illustrates the main semantics of logic programs and applies the methods in the context of neural-symbolic integration.

  • Logik und Logikprogrammierung: Band 2: Aufgaben und Lösungen by Steffen Holldobler, Sebastian Bader, Bertram Fronhofer, Ursula Hans, Pascal Hitzler, Markus Krotzsch, and Tobias Pietzsch

    Logik und Logikprogrammierung: Band 2: Aufgaben und Lösungen

    Steffen Holldobler, Sebastian Bader, Bertram Fronhofer, Ursula Hans, Pascal Hitzler, Markus Krotzsch, and Tobias Pietzsch

  • The Association Graph and the Multigraph for Loglinear Models by Harry J. Khamis

    The Association Graph and the Multigraph for Loglinear Models

    Harry J. Khamis

    The Association Graph and the Multigraph for Loglinear Models will help students, particularly those studying the analysis of categorical data, to develop the ability to evaluate and unravel even the most complex loglinear models without heavy calculations or statistical software. This supplemental text reviews loglinear models, explains the association graph, and introduces the multigraph to students who may have little prior experience of graphical techniques, but have some familiarity with categorical variable modeling. The author presents logical step-by-step techniques from the point of view of the practitioner, focusing on how the technique is applied to contingency table data and how the results are interpreted.

  • The Whites of Their Eyes: Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington by Paul D. Lockhart

    The Whites of Their Eyes: Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington

    Paul D. Lockhart

    Drawing upon new research and scholarship, historian Paul Lockhart, author of the critically acclaimed Revolutionary War biography The Drillmaster of Valley Forge, offers a penetrating reassessment of the first major engagement of the American Revolution. In the tradition of David McCullough’s 1776, Lockhart illuminates the Battle of Bunker Hill as a crucial event in the creation of an American identity, dexterously interweaving the story of this pivotal pitched battle with two other momentous narratives: the creation of America’s first army, and the rise of the man who led it, George Washington.

  • Team-Based Learning: Small – Group Learning’s Next Big Step: New Directions for Teaching and Learning by Larry Michaelsen, Michael Sweet, and Dean Parmelee

    Team-Based Learning: Small – Group Learning’s Next Big Step: New Directions for Teaching and Learning

    Larry Michaelsen, Michael Sweet, and Dean Parmelee

    Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a unique form of small-group learning designed in and for the college classroom. TBL's special combination of incentives and corrective feedback quickly transforms groups into high-performance learning teams, with no time taken from the coverage of course content. In this issue, the authors describe the practical elements of TBL, how it can look in the classroom, and what they have learned as it has grown into an interdisciplinary and international practice. Chapters discuss: The Essential Elements of Team-Based LearningThe Social Foundation of Team-Based Learning: Students Accountable to StudentsKnowledge is No Longer Enough: Enhancing Profession Education with Team-Based LearningTeaching Skills for Facilitating Team-Based Learning Peer Assessment and Evaluation in Team-Based LearningTechnological Alternatives to Paper-Based Components of Team-Based LearningTeam-Based Learning in Asynchronous Online Settings Importantly, TBL is not about teaching but about learning. Several articles in this volume illustrate this emphasis by using TBL students' own words to reinforce key ideas. This is the 116th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Teaching and Learning, which offers a comprehensive range of ideas and techniques for improving college teaching based on the experience of seasoned instructors and the latest findings of educational and psychological researchers.

  • E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries: Issues and Concepts by Sue Polanka

    E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries: Issues and Concepts

    Sue Polanka

    Without question, reference collections have changed. We are in the midst of a paradigm shift where publishers are focusing on a future with electronic content and full-text interfaces; classic reference sources are being transformed into online interactive products; and the use of print continues to decline. Despite this relentless shift, some libraries cannot afford a complete transformation to e-reference and depend on print and free Web-based sources for added support. Students, however, are turning to search engines and Wikipedia as starting points for their research, leaving vetted content out-of-sight, and consequently, out-of-mind.

    E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries: Issues and Concepts consists of over 20 informative chapters by librarians, publishers, and other industry professionals that propose new ideas for reinventing reference collections and interfaces to fit the needs of today’s researchers. The chapters examine the issues of reference context and discoverability in school, public, and academic libraries, as well as within the reference publishing community. Librarians, publishers, and those studying library and information science are the book’s primary audience, but others in the information industry, particularly those with an interest in reference, will find significant value here as well.

  • Semantic Services, Interoperability and Web Applications: Emerging Concepts by Amit P. Sheth

    Semantic Services, Interoperability and Web Applications: Emerging Concepts

    Amit P. Sheth

    This book offers suggestions, solutions, and recommendations for new and emerging research in Semantic Web technology, focusing broadly on methods and techniques for making the Web more useful and meaningful.

  • Homeland Conflict and Identity for Palestinian and Jewish Israeli Americans by Julianne Weinzimmer

    Homeland Conflict and Identity for Palestinian and Jewish Israeli Americans

    Julianne Weinzimmer

    Weinzimmer examines various ways that homeland conflict affects the diasporic identities of first and second generation Jewish Israeli Americans and Palestinian Americans. Her work builds upon central tenets of conflict theory, collective memory and transnationalism literature, and narrative methodologies. Perceptions of homeland conflict are analyzed from multiple sources: past experiences; family stories; group-level accounts; media coverage; and homeland contacts. Homeland conflict proves to be a constitutive element of identity for both generations within each group, with differences observed not only by generational status but also according to the nature of each group's experiences in both the homeland and the host country.

  • Raman Spectroscopy, Fullerenes, and Nanotechnology by Maher S. Amer

    Raman Spectroscopy, Fullerenes, and Nanotechnology

    Maher S. Amer

    Two fundamental discoveries have recently started a new era of scientific research: the discovery of fullerenes and the development of single-molecule imaging capabilities. The discovery of fullerenes with their unique properties, highly versatile nature, and many potential applications in materials science, chemistry, physics, opto-electronics, biology, and medicine has launched a new branch of interdisciplinary research known as "nanotechnology." This technology revolutionized the multibillion-dollar field of opto-electronics and is a key to wireless communications, remote sensing, and medical diagnostics, and still has a lot to offer. The development of single-molecule imaging and investigating capabilities provided the means for studying the reactions of complex material systems, and biological molecules in natural systems. The real importance of these discoveries is that they, synergized together, put forward the platform for what can be called "the next industrial revolution" in human history: "nanotechnology."

  • Healing Language: A Guide for Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Counselors by Rubin Battino

    Healing Language: A Guide for Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Counselors

    Rubin Battino

    This book is about using healing language and is for all health-care professionals such as physicians, dentists, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and counselors. There are many scenarios with suggested healing language for conditions like life-challenging diseases.

  • Assessment in the Second Language Writing Classroom by Deborah J. Crusan

    Assessment in the Second Language Writing Classroom

    Deborah J. Crusan

    Assessment in the Second Language Writing Classroom is a teacher and prospective teacher-friendly book, uncomplicated by the language of statistics. The book is for those who teach and assess second language writing in several different contexts: the IEP, the developmental writing classroom, and the sheltered composition classroom. In addition, teachers who experience a mixed population or teach cross-cultural composition will find the book a valuable resource. Other books have thoroughly covered the theoretical aspects of writing assessment, but none have focused as heavily as this book does on pragmatic classroom aspects of writing assessment. Further, no book to date has included an in-depth examination of the machine scoring of writing and its effects on second language writers.

    Crusan not only makes a compelling case for becoming knowledgeable about L2 writing assessment but offers the means to do so. Her highly accessible, thought-provoking presentation of the conceptual and practical dimensions of writing assessment, both for the classroom and on a larger scale, promises to engage readers who have previously found the technical detail of other works on assessment off-putting, as well as those who have had no previous exposure to the study of assessment at all.

  • Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision: Fundamental International Themes by John R. Cutcliffe, Kristiina Hyrkas, and John Fowler

    Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision: Fundamental International Themes

    John R. Cutcliffe, Kristiina Hyrkas, and John Fowler

    The Routledge Handbook of Clinical Supervision provides a global ‘state of the art’ overview of clinical supervision, presenting and examining the most comprehensive, robust empirical evidence upon which to base practice.

  • Nursing Models: Application to Practice by John R. Cutcliffe, Hugh McKenna, and Kristiina Hyrkas

    Nursing Models: Application to Practice

    John R. Cutcliffe, Hugh McKenna, and Kristiina Hyrkas

    Presents a comprehensive explanation of the major nursing models that influence nursing practices. This title focuses on the applications of nursing models to many areas of nursing practice and shows how models can influence the way nurses think and act and how the patients, their families and communities can be enhanced as a result.

  • Social Studies: Current Trends by Ronald G. Helms Ph.D.

    Social Studies: Current Trends

    Ronald G. Helms Ph.D.

  • Social Studies for the Elementary School by Ronald G. Helms Ph.D.

    Social Studies for the Elementary School

    Ronald G. Helms Ph.D.

  • Social Studies for the Middle School by Ronald G. Helms Ph.D.

    Social Studies for the Middle School

    Ronald G. Helms Ph.D.

  • Social Studies for the Secondary School by Ronald G. Helms Ph.D.

    Social Studies for the Secondary School

    Ronald G. Helms Ph.D.

 

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