scholarly journals Making Digital Curation a Systematic Institutional Function

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Prom
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Electronic Records ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Digital Curation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The University ◽  
Science Departments

Over the past decade, a rich body of research and practice has emerged under the rubrics of electronic records, digital preservation and digital curation. Most of this work has taken place as research activity (often financed by government agencies) within libraries and information/computer science departments. Many projects focus on one format of information, such as research publications or data, potentially de-contextualizing individual records. Meanwhile, most institutional archives and manuscript repositories, which possess a rich theoretical and practical framework for preserving context among mixed analog materials, have failed to extend their capabilities to digital records. As a result, relatively few institutions have implemented systematic methods to capture, preserve and provide access to the complete range of documentation that end users need to understand and interpret past human activity.The Practical E-Records Method attempts to address this problem by providing easy-to-implement software reviews, guidance/policy templates, and program recommendations that blend digital curation research findings with traditional archival processes and workflows. Using the method discussed in this paper, archives and manuscript repositories can use existing resources to incrementally develop digital curation skills, building a collaborative, expanding program in the process. Archival programs that make digital curation a systematic institutional function will systematically gather, preserve, and provide access to genres of documentation that are contextually-rich and highly susceptible to loss, complementing efforts undertaken by librarians, information scientists and external service providers. Over the next year, the suggested techniques will be tested and refined at the University of Illinois Archives and possibly elsewhere.

scholarly journals Primary Insect Types in the Illinois Natural History Survey Collection, Exclusive of the Collembola and Thysanoptera

1980 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 55-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald W. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
International Code ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
The Past ◽  
Illinois Natural History Survey ◽  
History Survey ◽  
The University

In 1927 T. H. Frison published a list of all the insect types in the collections of the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University of Illinois and the Bolter collection. This list contained 1,067 primary types. Type-specimens in the University of Illinois have subsequently been transferred to the collection of the Illinois Natural History Survey. In the past 50 years 2,113 primary types have been added to the Survey's collection, primarily through the systematic research of T. H. Frison in Plecoptera and Hymenoptera; H. H. Ross in Trichoptera, Plecoptera, Homoptera, and Hymenoptera; H. B. Mills in Collembola; and L. J. Stannard, Jr., in Thysanoptera. The acquisitions of the personal collections of J. W. Folsom in Collembola and C. A. Robertson in Hymenoptera added numerous primary types to the Survey's collections. In addition, several active workers have periodically, or occasionally, deposited their types in the Survey's permanent collection upon completion of specific revisionary studies. Recently, Gerdes (1977) and Mari Mutt (1978) have published lists of all of the types of Thysanoptera and Collembola, respectively, in the Natural History Survey collection. In this list only primary types currently located in or on loan from the Illinois Natural History Survey collection are listed along with the original citation for each species. The literature citation for the designation of ach neotype and lectotype is also cited. To clarify the type designation within the bees of the Robertson collection, lectotype specimens have been designated by W. E. LaBerge for those species not previously designated in the literature. The genera under which the species are listed are those under which they were originally described. Where possible the sex of each type is given. The term syntype is used in the sense of Article 73c of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1964) and replaces the term cotype used by Frison (1927). For simplicity, the within each order alphabetically, the genera are arranged alphabetically within each family, and the species are arranged alphabetically within each genus.

Where Do We Go from Here? Reflections on Building Institutional Diversity for Lasting Change

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Yoon K. Pak ◽  
Christopher M. Span ◽  
James D. Anderson ◽  
William T. Trent
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Department Head ◽  
Institutional Diversity ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
Progressive Change ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
The Past ◽  
The University ◽  
Lasting Change

This article illustrates how the departments of Educational Policy Studies (EPS) and Education Policy, Organization and Leadership (EPOL) in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign built institutional diversity for lasting change. It relies on statistical data from the university, college, and department, and an interview conducted with Dr. James D. Anderson, former department head of the two units, and Dr. William T. Trent, a longstanding faculty member of EPS and EPOL, to document the remarkable diversity success developed over the past 30thirty years. The testimonies and data used offer profound considerations of how higher education can and must diversify itself to truly establish the progressive change needed to remedy the grand challenges impacting the world and to educate the next America upon us.

scholarly journals Instructional Coaching for Implementing Visible Learning: A Model for Translating Research into Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Knight
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Instructional Coaching ◽  
University Of Kansas ◽  
Educational Innovations ◽  
Instructional Coaches ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Foundational Research ◽  
Research Initiatives ◽  
The University

Visible Learning has been one of the most influential research initiatives conducted in education in the past few decades, and at the same time, instructional coaching is becoming one of the most popular forms of professional development. This paper considers how the implementation of Visible Learning may be supported through instructional coaches by: (a) offering a brief summary of the central tenants of Visible Learning; (b) summarizing the foundational research on instructional coaching conducted at the Kansas Coaching Project at The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning; (c) describing what those findings reveal about effective instructional coaching practices; and (d) pointing out how the research findings suggest that instructional coaching should be used to support the implementation of Visible Learning or any other educational innovations.

EMDR With Recurrent “Flash-Forwards”: Reflections on Engelhard et al.’s 2011 Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Bellecci-St.Romain
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Standard Protocol ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Returning To Work ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Court Appearance

“Translating Research Into Practice” is a new regular journal feature in which clinicians share clinical case examples that support, elaborate, or illustrate the results of a specific research study. Each column begins with the abstract of the study, followed by the clinician’s description of their own application of standard eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) procedures with the population or problem treated in the study. The column is edited by theEMDR Research Foundationwith the goal of providing a link between research and practice and making research findings relevant in therapists’ day-to-day practices. In this issue’s column, Lisa Bellecci-St. Romain references Engelhard et al.’s (2011) study examining the impact of eye movements on recurrent, intrusive visual images about potential future catastrophes—“flash-forwards.” Illustrating the findings by Engelhard et al., Bellecci-St. Romain describes the successful use of the EMDR standard protocol in two cases—a woman fearful of returning to work even after past memories are cleared and a young man in early sobriety whose reprocessing of the past is interrupted by concerns of an imminent court appearance. The case examples are followed with a discussion of the importance of recognizing and targeting flash-forwards as present triggers in the three-pronged EMDR standard protocol.

scholarly journals UCAV PW-124 – A DESIGN EFFORT UNDERTAKEN AT WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Aviation ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Zdobyslaw Goraj
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Mission Design ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Acoustic Signature ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
The University

This paper presents a conceptual design project developed at the Warsaw University of Technology and focused on an unmanned aerial vehicle being able to fly at low and medium altitude, with a special emphasis put on selecting the platform best suited for the planned mission. Design and research activity necessary to complete the project successfully is based on the international experience gained by the university team within a number of the past very successful projects, mainly projects supported by European Union within the V and VI scientific frameworks. The project deals with a highly maneuverable unmanned aerial vehicle of low gust sensitivity and reduced radar, infrared, and acoustic signature. Aircraft mission, power unit, aerodynamics and many design details are shown and discussed.

scholarly journals Using phenomenography to inform curriculum development in the areas of Digital Curation and Digital Sustainability

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Reeves
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Digital Curation ◽  
Outcome Space ◽  
Professional Practitioners ◽  
The University ◽  
Digital Assets

A British university is proposing to introduce two new postgraduate certificate qualifications in Digital Curation and Digital Sustainability. The proposed courses are intended to formalise this knowledge into a curriculum that enables professional practitioners working in related areas to develop their knowledge of how to manage digital assets in a sustainable manner. This case study sought to investigate the knowledge and skills required by digital professionals working in the areas of Digital Curation and Digital Sustainability at the university. The roles and responsibilities of these professionals were diverse, and the sample included specialists in the areas of digitisation and preservation of archive film and photography, copyright for digital assets, database and web development, bid writing, and managing digitisation projects. A phenomenographic methodology was used to identify the variations in how these professionals understood their work, and the categories of description emerging from the study identified them as researchers, specialist advisors, technical specialists, service providers, and perpetual students. The data analysis and resulting outcome space suggested that a problem-based learning curriculum would provide an effective way of preparing students to succeed as professionals in the areas of Digital Curation and Digital Sustainability.

scholarly journals Management and Support of Shared Integrated Library Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Vaughan ◽  
Kristen Costello
Keyword(s):  
Las Vegas ◽  
Host Institution ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Funding Support ◽  
The University

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) University Libraries has hosted and managed a shared integrated library system (ILS) since 1989. The system and the number of partner libraries sharing the system has grown significantly over the past two decades. Spurred by the level of involvement and support contributed by the host institution, the authors administered a comprehensive survey to current Innovative Interfaces libraries. Research findings are combined with a description of UNLV’s local practices to provide substantial insights into shared funding, support, and management activities associated with shared systems.

Sustainable Outreach

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Chumbley ◽  
L.S. Chumbley
Keyword(s):  
Web Search ◽  
State University ◽  
Iowa State University ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
The Past ◽  
Group Lessons ◽  
Outreach Effort ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The University ◽  
Enhanced Learning

Over the past decade numerous institutions have developed programs geared toward providing scanning electron microscopy capabilities for use by teachers and educators in K–12 classrooms. Perhaps the longest continually running outreach effort began at Iowa State University in the mid-1990s. Termed Project ExCEL, the Extended Classroom for Enhanced Learning, this effort employs a web-operable SEM, termed the WebSEM, which was developed in cooperation with RJ Lee Group. Lessons have been conducted in a number of states around the U.S., as well as several international locations. Several other sites also exist; perhaps the most successful at maintaining a steady user base and marketing itself is Bugscope at the University of Illinois. A summary and listing of other sites most easily found by a simple web search is included in reference.

Report of the Archaeology Committee of the African Studies Association for the Year 1966-1967

1968 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
J. Desmond Clark
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
African Archaeology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Pan African ◽  
The University ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Number Of Individuals

The Committee for the year consisted of seven members: J. D. Clark, Chairman; Glen H. Cole; Brian M. Fagan; W. Creighton Gabel; F. Clark Howell; Glynn L. Isaac; and Frank Willett. On their taking up appointments in the United States, it was with pleasure that we welcomed, in January, Messrs. Fagan and Willett to the small group of archaeologists actively engaged on research in Africa. The two retiring members -- J. D. Clark and F. Clark Howell -- will be replaced on the Committee by C. M. Keller; W. Creighton Gabel has been appointed chairman for 1967-1968. During the past year the Committee has concerned itself with (1) collecting and regularly disseminating information on current research and teaching and on the interest generally in African archaeology in America; (2) promoting discussion on general developments and trends in African archaeology; (3) promoting urgent research projects in connection with dam construction; and (4) training and liaison. The results under each of these heads are described below. In order to discover the extent and nature of later archaeological (post “neolithic”) research presently in progress, a circular was distributed to a number of individuals both in Africa and in the United States. The response was excellent and resulted in valuable summaries of current work together with suggestions for future work. Most of the research is being done by local nationals and expeditions in Africa and, thanks to the regular meetings of the Pan-African Congress on Prehistory and Quaternary Studies, the majority are known to each other and are in regular communication. This circular supplements that previously distributed to individuals and institutions in this country, and its results have been mimeographed and circulated by the University of Illinois at Urbana.

Preservation and Access for Born-digital Electronic Records: The Case for an Institutional Digital Content Format Registry

2020 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-428
Author(s):  
Kyle R. Rimkus ◽  
Bethany Anderson ◽  
Karl E. Germeck ◽  
Cameron C. Nielsen ◽  
Christopher J. Prom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Records ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Institutional Knowledge ◽  
University Archives ◽  
Digital Formats ◽  
The University ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Access Program

ABSTRACT Since 2014, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library has taken custody of a growing number of collections of “born-digital” records, largely through the University Archives. These collections comprise a panoply of digital content formats, ranging from those in common use to obscure varieties from the early days of personal computing. As such, they pose a challenge to digital preservation and access. Knowing what software to use to open files in formats that have fallen out of use is often difficult, let alone installing obsolete software on contemporary operating systems. At the same time, the sheer bulk of collections, as well as an accelerating rate of born-digital accessions from faculty and campus offices, makes it difficult to assess these files at the time of acquisition. These challenges suggest the need for preservation policies on digital formats in collections of electronic records, as well as for firsthand knowledge of the software required to facilitate curator control over and patron access to these collections. This article presents an overview of an evolving approach taken by archivists and librarians at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to build the policies, technical knowledge, and systems for an effective preservation and access program for electronic records. Their implementation of a local digital content format registry, while young, suggests that archivists and digital preservationists would benefit from further development of tools and practices focused on born-digital formats, and the thoughtful integration of institutional knowledge with international format registries.

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