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  • Uses and Misuses of the Journal Impact Factor

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    Wheeler, Patricia A. and Walker, Alexis
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    The second in a series of articles published in OSU This Week by members of the Faculty Senate Library Committee regarding threats to an open and sustainable system of scholarly communication and potential solutions. Article describes what journal impact factors are and how they are determined and makes recommendations for...
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    Professor of Public Health and Alexis Walker Member, Scholarly Communications Task Force and Petersen

  • The face of Oregon's library community

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    Webster, Janet G. and Cole, Maureen
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    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...
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  • Entrapment of Micro-Algae in Modified Alginate Beads for Oxygen and Nutrient Source

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    Hughson, Jason D.
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    Presented here is an investigation and comparison of two entrapment methods of algae. Conventional calcium alginate bead entrapment is compared to a recently described modified bead entrapment method, utilizing poly(ethylene glycol) and calcium alginate, which results in void or capillary formation within the beads. It is shown that algal growth...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    acid (G) and its C-5 epimer β-D-mannuronic acid (M), obtained from brown seaweeds (McHugh, 1987). The

  • A comparison of three certification systems with the 2005 McDonald-Dunn Forest plan revision

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    Starker, Anna
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    This study compares the requirements of three forest certification systems, the Sustainable Forestry Institute (SFI), the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), with the 2005 McDonald-Dunn Forest Plan Revision. The analysis was done with a series of matrices comparing the requirements of SFI and FSC...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    M. Starker for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Forest Management presented on May

  • Complex questions, evolving answers: Creating a multidimensional assessment strategy to build support for the “teaching library”

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    McMillen, Paula S. and Deitering, Anne-Marie
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    Since 2001, librarians at Oregon State University’s Valley Library have been working to build a “teaching library” supported by a clearly articulated instruction program. From the start, we believed that we needed to assess the “teaching library’s” impact, not only to determine the success or failure of our efforts but...
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  • Militant and nonviolent social movements

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    Robinson, Blake
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    While much has been written about why people join social movements in general, little has been written about why people specifically join either militant or nonviolent social movements. Using the Black Panther Party as an example of a militant social movement and the mainstream Civil Rights Movement as an example...
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    . Francesca Polleta and James M. Jasper touch on this explanation in their essay “Collective Identity and