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Item Metadata only Academic and scholarly discussion lists(Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2002) Wordofa, KebedeItem Open Access The Academic Benefits of Reflection Journaling for Pre-Service Teachers: A Quantitative Approach(2023-03-30) Bouton, BobettePre-service teachers are often new to reflection journal writing and do not find the purpose, nor connect it to their own learning. This eight-year quantitative study looked at the academic benefits of reflective journaling by analyzing the number of sentences a student wrote to determine if more reflection corresponded with the overall grade in the course. The study looked at both undergraduate and graduate students, n=849, using a required assignment that did not have a minimum amount of writing to see if students who selected to write more on average received a higher grade in the course overall. The study also looked at template use. The study found statistical significance for both undergraduate and graduate students who wrote more did better in the course and that the use of a template provided a boosting effect to the overall grade. The study looked at the act of writing from a quantitative lens and not from the quality of the writing to assist pre-service teachers in learning to become reflective practitioners. This more quantitative approach to reflective journaling helps provide information to this gap in the literature, while offering a different approach to educators as they work with pre-service teachers.Item Metadata only Adoption of Web 2.0 in academic libraries of top African universities(The Electronic Library, 2014) Wordofa, KebedeItem Open Access Beyond Pay! Making the CASE for Success: Implementing a Center for Adjunct Support & Engagement at Austin Peay State University(Austin Peay State University, 2018-04-24) Chester-Fangman, Christina; Hooper, Michael; Hunt, Kate; Markov, Sergei; Truhon, StephenThe goal of this proposal is to create the Center for Adjunct Faculty Support & Engagement, or “CASE,” at Austin Peay State University (APSU). In learning about issues on campus as part of the Faculty Leadership Program (FLP), our cohort become aware of the large number of adjunct faculty members at APSU and their impact on our students, as well as the inadequate support for adjunct faculty and the difficulties of their recruitment and retention. The mission of the proposed Center is to implement best practices available at other institutions of higher education to support our fellow adjunct faculty. These practices include thorough orientation and training for adjunct faculty, adjunct faculty mentoring, professional development, and the recognition of adjunct faculty. The existence of this proposed CASE will help to 1) improve the learning experience and success of our students; 2) recruit and retain the best possible adjunct faculty at minimal additional cost; and 3) foster a sense of engagement, satisfaction, and belonging to the institution for our more than 350 APSU adjunct faculty members.Item Open Access Creating Value for Business and Society(2024) Vikkie McCarthyItem Open Access Discovering a Silenced Impact: Connecting Students to Their Academic Heritage(2022) Gonzalez, Charles H; Short, DonnaItem Restricted The Evolving Reference Desk: A Case Study(Elsevier, 2019-09) Bowron, Christopher Ross; Weber, Joseph E.Item Open Access A Foundation for Collaboration: Building an Institutional Repository to Preserve and Promote the Legacy of Austin Peay(2016-04-26) Dunkle, Kallina; Garber, Gina; Grogan, Gina; Hiatt, Leslie; Michael, Darren; Nicholson, John; Sanders, Adriane; White-Major, CharlaEncouraging interdisciplinary activity and collaboration at Austin Peay State University (APSU) will support the institution’s mission and vision while enhancing our current academic culture. An institutional repository (IR), which is a tool for consolidating the scholarly output of the university, would provide a much needed foundation for interdisciplinary activity and collaboration and could include a “Call for Collaboration” portal. The benefits of utilizing an IR as well as increasing interdisciplinary activity and collaboration include increasing research on campus by leveraging multiple expertise, allowing for applications to otherwise unavailable grants, and providing opportunities to explore innovative methods to increase student success. Additionally, an increase in interdisciplinary activities and collaborations will increase the enrollment of high performing, transfer, and international students through the enhancement of quality research and high-impact learning experiences, which will also attract high-quality faculty and staff. There are two major obstacles to encouraging interdisciplinary activity and collaboration: a lack of cross-campus knowledge and a lack of resources. Creating an institutional repository would overcome the lack of knowledge by providing accessible information to faculty, staff, and students, while simultaneously creating an opportunity to promote APSU. Additionally, an IR would provide an opportunity for university and community-wide recognition of accomplishments, which would produce healthy competition and increase motivation. After the knowledge is accessible to the campus, then the lack of resources can be addressed through increasing the use of the IR or providing additional support. Implementation of the IR must include buy-in during the early development stages, which may include new internal grants, release-time, or healthy competition. The IR must be able to handle a wide array of archival materials, including pdfs and high quality videos and images in order to house materials such as conference proceedings, theses, field studies, research reports, works in progress, presentations, lecture series, and videos/images of creative activities. The cost of implementing and maintaining an IR will vary depending on the implementation method, and the staff and processes involved in curating the data. Software cost will either come in the form of money paid to a provider who would supply software as well as server space and bandwidth, or in an investment of personnel and physical resources to host the IR on campus. No matter which software option is chosen, there is a secondary cost for curating the data in the repository, which would likely be in the form of staff at the Woodward Library. These costs, however, are far outweighed by the benefits of an IR to the university and its faculty, staff, students, and local community. With an IR that promotes collaborations, Austin Peay can achieve its strategic goals, while preserving and promoting our legacy.Item Metadata only Free medical journals website: an exemplary service(CampusWide Information Systems, 2002) Wordofa, KebedeItem Metadata only A guide to selected and freely searchable bibliographic and full-text databases on the Web(Collection Building, 2002) Wordofa, KebedeItem Open Access Implementing the READ Scale at the Austin Peay State University Library(Elsevier, 2017-11) Bowron, Christopher Ross; Weber, Joseph E.Item Metadata only Information Use in Psychology Research: A Citation Analysis of Leading Journals(Serials Librarian, 2017) Hooper, Michael; Wordofa, Kebede; Gibson, NancyItem Metadata only Library operations and Internet resources(The Electronic Library, 2003) Wordofa, KebedeItem Metadata only Matthews: Library Assessment in Higher Education(Performance Measurement and Metrics, 2016-04-11) Wordofa, KebedeItem Metadata only Online Data Sources and Design Tools for Creating Quick Infographics(Tennessee Libraries, 2016) Wordofa, KebedeItem Metadata only Open access and institutional repositories in agricultural sciences: the case of Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA)(Agricultural Information Worldwide, 2009) Wordofa, Kebede; Ntokwane-Oseafiana, PolokoItem Metadata only Rethinking Plagiarism in Information Literacy Instruction: A Case Study on Cross-Campus Collaboration in the Creation of an online Academic Honesty Video Tutorial(2017) Garber, Gina; Berg, Elaine; Chester-Fangman, ChristinaItem Metadata only Retrospective conversion of card catalogue at the National University of Lesotho Library(African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science, 2001) Wordofa, KebedeItem Open Access Item Metadata only A Successful Reboot: Reimagining an Online Information Literacy Tutorial for a First-Year Experience Program(Chandos Publishing, 2017) Chester-Fangman, Christina; Garber, Gina; Berg, Elaine