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Copyright offices: Best practices in academic libraries
Copyright offices and their staff and those either assigned to respond to copyright questions or who have that role by default are generally library based. The responsibilities, credentials, reporting structure, staffing, ... -
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...Copyright myths, misnomers, and misconceptions
Copyright law permeates almost every aspect of librarianship and does much to help academic libraries offer a wide variety of services and resources to patrons. Unfortunately, there are many myths and misconceptions about ... -
Failure is an option! What we can learn from unsuccessful scholarly communications initiatives.
. Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge (ACRL, 2023) was conceived as an open textbook of scholarly communication librarianship, which we hope may be a vehicle to increase instruction on SC topics in LIS ... -
Copyright considerations: Creation & sharing
Scholarship in the Sandbox provides multiple ways that the library can support experimentation, productive failure, and amazing successes outside of our traditional roles of teaching and providing access to resources. This ... -
Data archive for "Controlling Carbodiimide-Driven Reaction Networks Through the Reversible Formation of Pyridine Adducts"
Carbodiimide-driven anhydride formation from carboxylic acids is useful in a variety of non-equilibrium systems. While multiple strategies to control deactivation rates (anhydride hydrolysis) have been reported, control ... -
Substance Use Disorders Among Older Ohioans - The Need for Policy Change
Nearly four million older Americans are struggling with substance use disorders (SUDs). This report reviews the current political landscape surrounding this crisis at the local, state, and federal levels. Recommendations ... -
Teachers in control of their own professional learning!
Joel Malin explores a bottom-up, self-directed, evidence-informed approach to professional learning. -
Itinerancy and shelter in the 21st century: exploring dignified living solutions for unsheltered communities
According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the numbers of homeless individuals has been on the rise since 2017, increasing 2% between 2019 and 2020 alone (“State of Homelessness: 2021 Edition). With statistics ... -
Symbiosis: Revitalizing Houma tribal identity through community cultural spaces
Earth’s climate has altered over time. There have been seven glacial advance and retreat cycles in the last 650,000 years, with the abrupt conclusion of the last ice age marking the start of the con temporary climate era ... -
Empowered networks: exploring digital equity & spatial subversion in the rohingya refugee settlements
This thesis aims to re-investigate effective placemaking in the humanitarian context, particularly in the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. It will explore the impact of design in promoting digital equity within ... -
Evaluating cross cultural courtyard housing for social well being in Manhattan, New York
My inspiration towards working on housing living community emerged from the environment where I grew up in Bangladesh. I lived in a neighborhood where people avoided community places and lived alone. Housing affects both ... -
Rust belt revitilization: retrofitting communities through transit oriented development
The American Railway system increased rapidly in the late and early 19th century altering the dynamics of surrounding cities and their role in urbanism. Railways, a product of the Industrial Revolution, fundamentally ... -
Designing a green middle school as a 3-dimensional textbook: a thesis
The Teaching Green Building (TGB) initiative is gaining traction as a method to include the users of a building in conversations about environmental issues by means of the building's architectural design. If built ... -
Intersections In The Architecture Surface: The Facade as an Interface for Ecological Development
Intersections In The Architecture Surface is an extensive inquiry into the facade and transitional interior/exterior thresholds that control the ecological conditions of the built environment and how we interact with ... -
The void in between urban neighborhood: the urban context of Dhaka
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one of the most crowded cities on earth, is almost three times as dense as Manhattan. The city’s edge is constantly evolving to respond to the never-ending needs. In this thesis, I ... -
Redefining architectural solutions for mental health: Issue 001 : leveraging biophilic design
The connection between architectural design and mental health is significant, yet largely goes unrecognized. Although hospitals are capable of helping treat mental health, an argument can be made that, in many cases, these ... -
Herspace: redefining urban retail space for women
The thesis ‘HERspace’ examines the intersection of gender equity and bazaar/retail architecture in the postcolonial world, with a particular focus on women's right to commercial spaces. Drawing on the works of postcolonial ... -
Exploring the future of ecology and missing middle housing in a dispersed metropolis
As complex beings we are striving for improvement and change. Idealists planned for Garden or Radiant cities to alleviate the filth and disease of crowded industrial cities. Development spurred by the automobile created ... -
The implications of mass timber in high-rise buildings with a focus on innovative hotel design
In the 21st century, the focus of architecture has moved toward sustainability. Sustainability has become a fundamental aspect of each architecture design and there are several certificates including LEED or Passive House ...