scholarly journals Zombie Journals: Designing a Technological Infrastructure for a Precarious Graduate Student Journal

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel O'Donnell ◽  
Carey Viejou ◽  
Sylvia Chow ◽  
Kimberly Dohms ◽  
Paul Esau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Student ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
The University ◽  
Long Term Preservation ◽  
Annual Turnover

This paper discusses the technical infrastructure and production workflow for the University of Lethbridge Meeting of the Minds Graduate Journal. This infrastructure was designed for an editorial board that anticipated high annual turnover: very easy to understand and train for, able to accommodate differing levels of interest and commitment from year to year, and be “publish and forget”: the long term preservation and discoverability of articles published by the journal had to be ensured regardless of future generations of students’s willingness to support the journal.

The Benefits of Long-Term Environmental Research, Friendships, and Boiled Peanuts

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn E. Gaiser
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Student ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
Integrative Research ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The University

The Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program has enabled me to conduct more broadly relevant science by addressing questions within an interdisciplinary framework and to unravel the causes for surprising ecological phenomena through persistent studies and collaborations. Educational opportunities within the LTER program have connected me to students from grades K–12 to graduate levels in new ways from the field to the classroom, across places from Florida to Alaska, and among disciplines in a collaborative setting. The audience for my research expanded as a consequence of my experiences in the LTER program, and I have learned how to more effectively communicate integrative research to large audiences of scientists, policy-makers, and the public, often through nontraditional media. The LTER program is foremost a network of people, and I have found that science evolves most successfully when ideas and information are shared voluntarily across backgrounds, disciplines, and cultures in a network of cultivated, trusting relationships. The Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) is the LTER site where I am currently the principal investigator, but the LTER program has been a part of my life for most of my career. My experiences in the LTER program began in the early 1990s when I was a graduate student at the University of Georgia, where the Coweeta (CWT) LTER site is based. Although I was not formally a part of CWT, many of my friends and professors were, so the program influenced my development as a scientist. I remember my first field trip to CWT, led by Gene Helfman and Judy Meyer, and the fun of snorkeling in mountain streams where we camped and conducted a few experiments, including examining the effects of rapid consumption of s’mores and boiled peanuts on preschool children (Judy and Gene’s kids). LTER-related activities wove in and out of my graduate student experience, and the rewards of sharing of ideas, data, friendships, and boiled peanuts created in me a lifelong commitment to persistent, collaborative science. This sense of fulfillment, of being part of something larger, was reinforced at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL), where I conducted my research.

Knowledge, meaning, and the world's great challenges

2004 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Future Generations ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
The Core ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Future ◽  
Value Ethics ◽  
The University ◽  
Critical Questioning

The future of Cambridge University is discussed in the context of the current British and global situation of universities, the main focus being on what the core concerns of a major university should be at this time. After raising issues related to core intellectual values (truth-seeking, rationality in argument, balanced judgement, integrity, linguistic precision and critical questioning) and the sustaining of a long-term social and intellectual ecology, four main challenges are identified: uniting teaching and research fruitfully; interrelating fields of knowledge appropriately across a wide range of disciplines; contributing to society in ways that are responsible towards the long-term flourishing of our world; and sustaining and reinventing collegiality so that the university can be a place where intensive, disciplined conversations within and across generations can flourish. The latter leads into questions of polity, governance and management. Finally, the inseparability of teaching, research and knowledge from questions of meaning, value, ethics, collegiality and transgenerational responsibility leads to proposing ‘wisdom’ as an integrating concept. The relevant sources of wisdom available are both religious and secular, and in a world that is complexly both religious and secular we need universities that can be places where both are done justice. Given the seriousness and long-term nature of the conflicts associated with religious and secular forces in our world, it is especially desirable that universities in their education of future generations contribute to the healing of such divisions.

Christina Bratt Paulston & G. Richard Tucker (eds.), The early days of sociolinguistics: Memories and reflections. (Publications in sociolinguistics, 2.) Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1997. Pp. xii, 362.

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-415
Author(s):  
Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Student ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Summer Institute ◽  
Summer Institute Of Linguistics ◽  
History Of Linguistics ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
New Millennium

As a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1970s, I took what everyone called the “Grandfathers” course, which provided an overview of the field through the work of individual scholars (Dell Hymes was the professor). It had a more proper title we all ignored, probably “History of linguistics.” Now, The early days of sociolinguistics provides an updated and more complete version of that course, except that it emphasizes sociolinguistics rather than all of linguistics; it presents substantial information about the development of the field, as seen through the eyes of one scholar after another. As we enter the new millennium, the discussion appropriately now includes “grandmothers” as well as “grandfathers.” This has the flavor of salvage linguistics: get the elders to report what they know before they die (or forget), in order to preserve the details for future generations. This goal is perhaps most obviously visible in the selection by Charles Ferguson. It is not a piece he actually contributed; rather, it is constructed from interviews conducted by his friends, colleagues, and students during his recuperation from a series of severe strokes (77). Given the centrality of Ferguson in the history of sociolinguistics – he is “identified by a majority of the contributors as the principal architect for the field” (321) – his inability to write his own summary of events justifies the remainder of the individual histories.

scholarly journals Developing engineering students’ engagement with Circular Economy practices

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Ormazabal ◽  
Carmen Jaca ◽  
Vanessa Prieto-Sandoval ◽  
Álvaro Lleó
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The University

The Circular Economy has become a topic of high interest for policy makers, scholars, and business managers because it is shown as a new paradigm to achieve the sustainability of our society. However, the main efforts in Circular Economy cannot be reduced to professional or experts’ acts. Nevertheless,  we consider that if we pretend to meet the current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, we have to teach present generations the principles to achieve the economic, social and economic sustainability in the short and long term. This paper enhances the use of guided and official student clubs at the university to teach and engage engineering students with the Circular Economy practices.

scholarly journals The use of metadata systems for the preservation of digital records in cultural heritage institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Tlou Maggie Masenya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
South African ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Global Access ◽  
Long Term Preservation

Many studies concur that most of the world’s heritage resources, including digital records, are highly vulnerable to loss, and some cannot be recovered due to neglect or mismanagement. Strategies are thus needed to ensure long-term preservation and global access to digital records of enduring value. Metadata systems have been regarded as a suitable strategy to support digital preservation processes and prevent digital records loss within cultural heritage institutions. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the adoption of metadata systems in cultural heritage institutions in South Africa. This study utilised literature review to critically examine the use of metadata systems for the preservation of digital records in cultural heritage institutions. Although various preservation systems and strategies are being developed to enable description, discovery and delivery of digital records, the findings revealed that South African cultural heritage institutions’ level of metadata system adoption is low. This is due to lack of awareness about metadata schemas and standards, lack of technical expertise, inadequate funding and lack of technological infrastructure. Several recommendations are made to enhance preservation of digital records, including increasing awareness and the implementation of metadata systems, schemas and policies.

scholarly journals Findings from the Condition Surveys Conducted by the University of Kansas Libraries

1997 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Baird ◽  
Jana Krentz ◽  
Brad Schaffner
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
University Of Kansas ◽  
Preservation Planning ◽  
Entire Collection ◽  
The University ◽  
Purchasing Policy ◽  
Long Term Preservation ◽  
Shed Light

As part of establishing a strategic plan for preservation at the University of Kansas (KU) Libraries, a task force was organized to conduct two collection condition surveys. One survey focused on materials returning from circulation, and the other looked at the general collections. Materials returning from circulation were surveyed to determine their condition because most preservation efforts at KU are “use” driven. The survey of the entire collection shed light on the physical condition of KU’s overall holdings. This information aided in long-term preservation planning. Survey data from the more than 4,000 volumes were entered directly into a computer database using laptop computers. This facilitated quick data entry, improved the accuracy of the information, and made data analysis easier. The results of the survey have had far-reaching effects in determining library policy, from influencing a decision to switch to a paperback-preferred purchasing policy, to increasing awareness of space and facility concerns throughout the libraries, to heightening user awareness of preservation issues.

scholarly journals The Digital Archive at University Iuav of Venice: Electronic Invoices and Digital Decrees

Atlanti ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Monica Martignon
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Digital Archive ◽  
The University ◽  
Long Term Preservation ◽  
Italian Legislation

The report of the experience conducted by the University of Venice in the process taken towards digital born archives required by the recent Italian legislation: two different document types for two different approaches. The report explains the simplification results obtained and some critical points, especially in relation to long-term preservation.

scholarly journals The Determination of Value in Archival Science and the Ever Evolving Theories of Records Selection

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lekoko Kenosi ◽  
Trevor Moathodi
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Student ◽  
Archival Science ◽  
Long Term Preservation ◽  
Storage Facilities

The task of purging some records and retaining others for long term preservation in an archival repository has not been an easy one for records professionals. This task is even made more difficult by the fact that what is destroyed as useless by today’s standards can prove to be of invaluable use tomorrow. Ideally, archivists would want to keep everything to avoid such errors of judgment. However, the reality of limited storage facilities and the rate at which records are generated makes it impossible to preserve each and every record produced. This paper, co- authored by a graduate student and his mentor, discusses theories of records selection to help shape the difficult decisions of “to keep” and “what to eliminate” in an archival repository. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/el.v23i1.12116 Eastern Librarian Vol.23(1) 2012 pp.24-36

Philology in the preservation of audio documents

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Bressan
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Music ◽  
Physical Nature ◽  
Physical Object ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Long Term Preservation

Sound recordings have proven to be irreplaceable primary sources for disciplines like linguistics, musicology, ethnomusicology and sociology. Their fragile physical nature has activated a number of counter-actions aimed at prolonging the life expectancy of their content. Methodological issues have been raised in the past three decades, considering the relationship between the physical object and its (digitized) intangible content, which is not only complex but develops over time. This article re ects on the role of the emerging discipline known as ‘digital philology’ in the long- term preservation of audio documents, pointing out how some concepts (such as authenticity, reliability and accuracy) may require a ‘customized’ (as opposed to a ‘ready-made’) approach in the preservation work ow – mainly depending on the type of the archive: unique copies, eld recordings, electronic music, oral history, to name some representative cases. The set-up of the laboratory for sound preservation at the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale (CSC) of the University of Padova, Italy, represents one customized approach in which conscious methodological decisions support philologically informed digitization e orts. The methods affect the results, and ultimately the consequences are not merely technological but cultural.

scholarly journals Chemistry and Cultural Heritage*

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Maria J. Melo ◽  
Austin Nevin ◽  
Piero Baglioni
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Lemon Juice ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Systematic Design ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cleaning Agents ◽  
Sustainable Conservation ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Long Term Preservation

Abstract The conservation of works of art makes them accessible, and will ensure the transfer of cultural heritage to future generations,. For long term preservation, the development of effective and sustainable conservation materials is of fundamental importance. Although in the past traditional approaches in restoration have used highly effective natural materials for cleaning, modern research has focused on the systematic design of materials and methodologies. For instance, during the nineteenth century conservators reported the use of materials such as vinegar, wine, lemon juice, and today saliva is still used in cleaning applications. Although it is now recognized that these materials contain components that are effective cleaning agents, until recently there has been a lack of systematic studies regarding the control of their structure and reactivity.

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