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The Past is Prologue: Telling our Stories about Textbook Affordability Programs
(2017-11-09)
Conversations about textbook affordability and open educational resources are gaining traction and visibility across the nation with advocacy by student groups, state legislators, and leaders in higher education. Responding ...
They Really Like Us!: Move From Outputs to Outcomes with Your Library's Research Consultations
(2017-10-18)
Learn how librarians at East Carolina took an evidence-based approach to those academic library standbys: one-on-one research consultations. This poster presentation will share our experiences developing a post-meeting ...
Know your FSB from your KGB: Researching Soviet/Russian Intelligence in America
(2017-10-19)
In light of last year’s election-related hacking, and the popularity of programs such as The Americans, the topic of Russian intelligence activity in America is once again prominent in the news and in popular culture. This ...
Sci-Hub: What Is It, and Why Does It Matter to Academic Libraries? An Interview with Michael Levine-Clark and Peter Katz
(2017-10-27)
Piracy of subscription-based scholarly literature has reached a new peak
with the advent of Sci-Hub and other sites like it. Sci-Hub is a collection of
over 68 million items led by and compiled by a researcher from ...
Collaborating With Your Campus Community To Execute Your Library’s High Impact Educational Practices
(2017-10-18)
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) LEAP report identified ten high impact practices that contribute to student success and retention. Librarians in the Research & Instructional Services department ...
Uncommon Conversations: What is Open Access Button? An interview with Joe McArthur
(2017-12-11)
Articles published behind a paywall in commercial journals are often inaccessible to potential readers who are not affiliated with a subscribing institution. Open Access Button is an application that assists readers in ...
North Carolinians and Amendment One: Religious Participation and Individual Voting Practices
(East Carolina University, 2017-12-14)
In 2012, North Carolina residents passed the Amendment One Same-Sex Marriage Ban, which made same-sex marriage illegal at the state constitution level. The goal of this study is to use an integrated sociological perspective ...
Changes in zooplankton community, and seston and zooplankton fatty acid profiles at the freshwater/saltwater interface of the Chowan River, North Carolina
(2017-08-16)
The variability in zooplankton fatty acid composition may be an indicator of larval fish habitat quality as fatty acids are linked to fish larval growth and survival. We sampled an anadromous fish nursery, the Chowan River, ...