Academic Librarians and the Road to Success: Facilitating Undergraduate Achievement Through Information Access

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Given
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Literacy Programs ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
The Road ◽  
Premier Cycle ◽  
Access Problems ◽  
Role Of Information

Presents qualitative interview data exploring academic librarians’ perceptions of undergraduates and the role of information resources, design of physical space, and information literacy programs in facilitating academic success. Findings point to information access problems given the university’s socio-political context, varied definitions of success, and frustrations with technology and space planning.Cette étude présente des données d’entrevues qualitatives explorant les perceptions des bibliothécaires universitaires au sujet des étudiants de premier cycle et le rôle des ressources informationnelles, de l’aménagement de l’espace physique et des programmes de littératie contribuant à la réussite universitaire. Les résultats orientent vers les problèmes de l’accès à l’information selon le contexte sociopolitique universitaire, les différentes définitions de la réussite et les frustrations ressenties envers la technologie et l’aménagement de l’espace. 

scholarly journals Exploring European Heavy Goods Vehicle Crashes Using a Three-Level Analysis of Crash Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Schindler ◽  
Michael Jänsch ◽  
András Bálint ◽  
Heiko Johannsen
Keyword(s):  
System Development ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Crash Data ◽  
The Road ◽  
Access Problems ◽  
Heavy Goods Vehicles ◽  
Causation Analysis ◽  
Level Analysis ◽  
Blind Spots

This paper addresses crashes involving heavy goods vehicles (HGV) in Europe focusing on long-haul trucks weighing 16 tons or more (16t+). The identification of the most critical scenarios and their characteristics is based on a three-level analysis: general crash statistics from CARE addressing all HGVs, results about 16t+ trucks from national crash databases and a detailed study of in-depth crash data from GIDAS, including a crash causation analysis. Most European HGV crashes occur in clear weather, during daylight, on dry roads, outside city limits, and on non-highway roads. Three main scenarios for 16t+ trucks are characterized in-depth: (1) rear-end crashes in which the truck is the striking partner, (2) conflicts during right turn maneuvers of the truck and a cyclist riding alongside and (3) pedestrians crossing the road in front of the truck. Among truck-related crash causes, information admission failures (e.g. distraction) were the main causing factors in 72% of cases in scenario (1) while information access problems (e.g. blind spots) were present for 72% of cases in scenario (2) and 75% of cases in scenario (3). The results provide both a global overview and sufficient depth of analysis in the most relevant cases and thereby aid safety system development.

A Framework for the Implementation of Eco-Efficient Business Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 220-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maha Shakir
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Current Issue ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
The Road ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
A Current

Environmental sustainability is an important issue for many individuals, businesses, and governments nowadays. One of the road blocks to sustainable practice is cost, which is an important consideration, particularly for business. The eco-efficiency movement was initiated to address this concern. This chapter reviews the eco-efficiency concept and explains why it is becoming a current issue for many organizations today. The chapter further aims to understand eco-efficient implementation strategies and methods, and the important role that information systems play in creating the required organizational capabilities for these implementations. A framework of eco-efficiency implementation is developed through mapping eco-efficiency strategies to different implementation methods. The framework illustrates how each method is suitable for a particular eco-efficiency strategy. With the understanding that information systems form an integral part of most eco-efficiency implementations, the role of information systems in creating eco-efficiency capabilities is highlighted to enrich the framework.

A Framework for the Implementation of Eco-Efficient Business Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 198-212
Author(s):  
Maha Shakir
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Current Issue ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
The Road ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
A Current

Environmental sustainability is an important issue for many individuals, businesses, and governments nowadays. One of the road blocks to sustainable practice is cost, which is an important consideration, particularly for business. The eco-efficiency movement was initiated to address this concern. This chapter reviews the eco-efficiency concept and explains why it is becoming a current issue for many organizations today. The chapter further aims to understand eco-efficient implementation strategies and methods, and the important role that information systems play in creating the required organizational capabilities for these implementations. A framework of eco-efficiency implementation is developed through mapping eco-efficiency strategies to different implementation methods. The framework illustrates how each method is suitable for a particular eco-efficiency strategy. With the understanding that information systems form an integral part of most eco-efficiency implementations, the role of information systems in creating eco-efficiency capabilities is highlighted to enrich the framework.

Toward a new understanding of immigrant information behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Ndumu
Keyword(s):  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Information Behavior ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Us ◽  
Role Of Information

PurposeImmigration dominates much of the current US sociopolitical discourse. The research on US-based immigrant information behavior, however, remains scant. To understand the role of information in immigration, this study explores information overload among Black immigrants in the US.Design/methodology/approachThe researcher developed a literature-derived information overload scale to investigate participants' information access along with experiences and response to information overload.FindingsResults suggest that participants experience information overload due to behavioral (e.g. the demands of needing, seeking, or using information), quantitative (i.e. volume or length), and qualitative (e.g. authority, diversity, or urgency) indicators. Most participants mitigate information overload by turning to intermediaries and filtering resources.Research limitations/implicationsThe information overload scale can advance knowledge of the role of information in immigrant acculturative stress.Social implicationsLIS researchers and practitioners can utilize findings to foster social inclusion and well-being among immigrants.Originality/valueScholarship on immigrant information behavior must reflect the centrality of information in migration and how it shapes integration and acculturation.

scholarly journals The Role of Information Literacy in Higher Education: An Initiative at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco.

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aziz El Hassani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
American University ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Role Of Information

This paper, part of which was presented at the 12th annual AMICAL conference at the American University in Bulgaria held in Blagoevgrad, on 29 May 2015, reports on a doctoral research project which explores the meaning and role of information literacy in higher education and lifelong learning. It also highlights an information literacy initiative at a Moroccan university, namely Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, and how its academic library strives to promote it. Living in an age of information tsunami and technological advancement, issues of information access, evaluation, retrieval and effective use, have become significantly critical in our societies. Directing the attention to the issue of information literacy and framing the best practices on how they can be best blended into the learning process of students are of paramount importance. Like other libraries across the globe, Mohammed VI Library at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco has realized the importance of information literacy and has worked in various ways to address this issue. This paper will describe the university strategy of teaching Information Literacy to graduate and undergraduate students in a number of ways. Recommendations to improve and support this initiative, including incorporating information literacy and skills across the university's curriculum, and fostering more effective partnerships between the Al Akhawayn university library and the teaching faculty, will be also discussed in this paper.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK FOR OPTIMIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF ROAD TRAFFIC

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
Vadim A. Petrushin ◽  
Petr Yu. Bugakov
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
The Road ◽  
Geographic Information Technologies ◽  
Role Of Information

The article presents a study of the role of information and geographic information technologies in the road industry. The relevance of software development is justified. The content and structure of the created software are provided. The formula for the optimal time of the traffic light timer is developed. Collected statistics that are used in this software.

The Role of Crushes on the Road to Autonomy

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 18-19
Author(s):  
MICHAEL S. JELLINEK
Keyword(s):  
The Road ◽  
On The Road

School Success and School Engagement of Immigrant Children and Adolescents

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frosso Motti-Stefanidi ◽  
Ann S. Masten
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
School Engagement ◽  
School Success ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
The Individual

Academic achievement in immigrant children and adolescents is an indicator of current and future adaptive success. Since the future of immigrant youths is inextricably linked to that of the receiving society, the success of their trajectory through school becomes a high stakes issue both for the individual and society. The present article focuses on school success in immigrant children and adolescents, and the role of school engagement in accounting for individual and group differences in academic achievement from the perspective of a multilevel integrative model of immigrant youths’ adaptation ( Motti-Stefanidi, Berry, Chryssochoou, Sam, & Phinney, 2012 ). Drawing on this conceptual framework, school success is examined in developmental and acculturative context, taking into account multiple levels of analysis. Findings suggest that for both immigrant and nonimmigrant youths the relationship between school engagement and school success is bidirectional, each influencing over time the other. Evidence regarding potential moderating and mediating roles of school engagement for the academic success of immigrant youths also is evaluated.

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