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The utility of playfulness in terms of innovation and productivity for business and a life of learning

Creator:: Adams, Jason S.
Abstract:: The purpose of this project was to investigate play and our cultural assumptions as to its usefulness or lack there of. The concepts of hard work versus hard play were explored in order to discover when human beings are operating at their best. In terms of innovation and productivity in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: done for this project have explored the realms of behavior and optimal performance for human beings

Lessons learned about developing and coordinating an instruction program with freshman composition

Creator:: McMillen, Paula S., Miyagishima, Bryan, and Maughan, Laurel S.
Abstract:: In the Spring of 2001, the Oregon State University Libraries began planning for a collaboration with the university’s Freshman Composition Program. In implementing this project, with no additional library resources, and with the majority of library faculty less experienced in working with freshman students, the coordinators of the program learned...
Resource Type:: Article and Preprint
Full Text:: collaboration with the university’s Freshman Composition Program. In implementing this project, with no

Hispanic and farmworker health : a community health survey of Hood River County, Oregon.

Creator:: Carne, David Michael
Abstract:: Hispanics in Hood River County, Oregon account for roughly 25% of the population, with many employed in agriculture. A community health survey was carried out in Hood River County during the winter months of 2001 with the purpose of evaluating the health conditions, needs, and barriers to access of needed...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: clear that Hispanics are by far the most uninsured of any ethnic group. Other factors related to

The People's band: U2 and international activism

Creator:: Peterson, Maxie Jean
Abstract:: The end of the Cold War brought about changes within international political relations that resulted in expanded interest in global civil society. Such developments, like globalization and democratization, have encouraged the growth of social and political organizations. Political scientists have found that these inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations have a significant...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Aid/Live Aid, Artists Against AIDS Worldwide, the Artists Against Apartheid/Sun City project, and

Getting Digitization Projects Done in a Medium-Sized Academic Library: a Collaborative Effort Between Technical Services, Systems, Special Collections, and Collection Development

Creator:: Boock, Michael, Jeppesen, Bruce, and Barrow, William
Abstract:: Cleveland State University Library, a medium-sized academic library serving approximately 15,000 students, is engaged in large-scale efforts to digitize and make accessible online collections of unique Cleveland-related materials. The Cleveland State University Library Special Collections digitization and cataloging efforts use staff from several different library organizational units. The collaboration of...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: library units involved in the digitization project are described. Collaboration, digitization

It takes a village to manage the 21st century reference department

Creator:: McMillen, Paula S. and Rielly, Loretta
Abstract:: Reference services at Oregon State University’s Valley Library have undergone several reoganizations in response to institutional changes, shifting service needs and patron demands. Part of this history includes training for and functioning in team-based management. We have now evolved to a management model which utilizes workgroups and an advisory and...
Resource Type:: Preprint
Full Text:: through such actions as shared jobs, rotating job duties, project work or temporary appointments as well

The face of Oregon's library community

Creator:: Webster, Janet G. and Cole, Maureen
Abstract:: One goal of the Oregon Library Association's Vision 2010 is to promote a strong and diverse workforce throughout all of the state's libraries. The forecasted shortage of librarians in the next decade prompted the OLA Board to request a demographic study of Oregon's libraries. A simple survey was adminstered at...
Resource Type:: Article

Why teach "Research as a conversation" in freshman composition courses?: A metaphor to help librarians and composition instructors develop a shared model.

Creator:: McMillen, Paula S. and Hill, Eric
Abstract:: Ongoing discussion between the Oregon State University libraries' instruction program and the English composition program focuses on improving collaboration between our programs and more effectively integrating the research process into the English composition curriculum. The authors, formerly the library instruction coordinator and the Assistant Composition Coordinator, briefly describe a qualitative...
Resource Type:: Preprint and Article
Full Text:: reference, the results of our study made it clear that students had not actively and critically engaged

The application of geographic information systems for delineation and classification of tidal wetlands for resource management of Oregon’s coastal watersheds

Creator:: Scranton, Russell W.
Abstract:: Resource managers of Oregon’s tidal wetlands require an improved GIS layer for management of existing tidal wetland habitat and areas considered for tidal wetland restoration. A reconnaissance project was initiated, such that interpretations of remote sensing data, the National Wetland Inventory, Oregon Estuary Plan Book and additional management tools were...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: reconnaissance project was initiated, such that interpretations of remote sensing data, the National Wetland

Patterns of age and growth in young-of-year rockfish, sebastes spp., along the Oregon coast

Creator:: Young, Thomas
Abstract:: Rockfish of the genus Sebastes are important components of Oregon reef communities. I examined patterns of age and growth in young-of-year rockfish across two nested spatial scales – local and regional – along the Oregon coast. Using otolith microstructural examination, I examined the relative importance of local versus regional factors...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Thomas H. Young A PROJECT submitted to Oregon State University University Honors College in partial

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The utility of playfulness in terms of innovation and productivity for business and a life of learning

Lessons learned about developing and coordinating an instruction program with freshman composition

Hispanic and farmworker health : a community health survey of Hood River County, Oregon.

The People's band: U2 and international activism

Getting Digitization Projects Done in a Medium-Sized Academic Library: a Collaborative Effort Between Technical Services, Systems, Special Collections, and Collection Development

It takes a village to manage the 21st century reference department

The face of Oregon's library community

Why teach "Research as a conversation" in freshman composition courses?: A metaphor to help librarians and composition instructors develop a shared model.

The application of geographic information systems for delineation and classification of tidal wetlands for resource management of Oregon’s coastal watersheds

Patterns of age and growth in young-of-year rockfish, sebastes spp., along the Oregon coast

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