Global sustainability goals have led to the development of the green building movement. The Green
Building Program, stemming from the movement, has had unprecedented success as it provides a quantifi able
metric to people’s efforts towards sustainable development. Sustainable development and green buildings are often
used interchangeably. Although, sustainable development...
Report analyzes subscription costs and impact factors for journals in which OSU Department of Fisheries & Wildlife faculty most frequently published from 2000-2005. Includes a spreadsheet with journal title, subscription cost, impact factor, publisher, information about whether the journal is published by a non-profit or commercial publisher, and cost per...
The Norwegian-Swedish Crisis of 1905 is unique because the two
kingdoms, united in a dual monarchy, separated peacably. The thesis
raises three questions: why did Norway want independence at all, why
was the secession peacable, and can any of the factors which solved
the Crisis of 1905 be injected or...
Spreadsheet represents the journals in which faculty in the Botany and Plant Pathology Department most often published from 1999-2004. Includes journal title, cost, impact factor, publisher, information about whether the journal is published by a non-profit or commercial publisher, average number of pages over a 5 year period, and cost...
Spreadsheet created to provide Public Health Department faculty at Oregon State University with cost comparison information for the journals in which they most often published in 2003-2005. Includes journal titles, cost, impact factor (2004), and publisher information.
What constitutes ecopoetics is a subject of interesting and worthwhile debate, but generally speaking, ecopoetics is a term for the environmentally-driven, innovative writing that has followed our nation’s move from primarily rural to primarily urban economies and communities; that has been informed by the science and technology of the Industrial...
As community colleges have responded to shifts in funding structures,
demands from an aging population, the emergence of for-profit competitors, the
development of globalization, and the increasing use of technology, the role of
faculty has evolved and new leadership opportunities have emerged. This study
examines informal faculty leadership at a...
This report is a brief overview of the status of Oregon’s oyster aquaculture in the mid to late 1970s, including discussions of trends in harvests and research into oyster breeding.
The fifth and final article 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 discusses how deposit of articles in institutional repositories increases the availability of...
Despite a recent decline, during the past decade there has been a dramatic increase in sales
and permit registrations for off-highway vehicles (OHVs) in Oregon. These vehicles include
quads and three-wheel ATVs (Class I), dune buggies, sand rails, and 4x4 vehicles (Class II),
and off-highway motorcycles (Class III). This report...