• What is #LODLAM?! Understanding Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives [and Museums] 

  Hitchens, Alison (2015-01-29)

  This session provides an overview of linked data and then explains how it can be used in libraries and archives to share our unique data on the web and to enrich the user experience by using linked data ourselves. This ...

• Investigating BIBFRAME: New Bibliographic Framework Initiative 

  Hitchens, Alison; Rudnik, Aida; Carr, Christopher (2016-01-28)

  This item represents one section, as presented by Alison Hitchens, of the following presentation: Hitchens, A., Rudnik, A., Carr, C. (2016, January 28). Investigating BIBFRAME. Session presented at OLA Superconference, ...

• Bibliometrics and Research Impact at University of Waterloo: An Exciting Campus Partnership 

  Hitchens, Alison; Bèlanger, Annie (University of Waterloo, 2017-04-03)

  In 2012, the Bibliometrics Working Group at the University of Waterloo, composed of the Library, the Office of Research, Institutional Analysis and Planning (IAP) and faculty representatives, began its work. In 2015, a new ...

• Missed connections: looking for everything in the archives 

  Robichaud, Danielle (Active History, 2017-06-26)

  Archivists are commonly asked by researchers to produce everything available about a particular topic. While understandable from a researcher standpoint, fulfilling the request is a challenge. Unlike library holdings, ...

• Pyrenyl Derivative with a Four-Atom Linker That Can Probe the Local Polarity of Pyrene-Labeled Macromolecules 

  Farhangi, Shiva; Duhamel, Jean (American Chemical Society, 2016-02-04)

  The fluorescent probe 1-pyrenemethoxyethanol (PyMeEGOH) was designed to replace commercially available 1-pyrenebutanol (PyButOH) as an alternative fluorescent label to probe the internal dynamics and interior polarity of ...

• Textes missionnaires dans l’espace francophone 

  Poirier, Guy (Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d'études de la Renaissance, 2015-05)

  Guy Poirier aborde, dans cet article, les points de réflexion qui ont amené à la création du partenariat « Textes missionnaires dans l’espace francophone », et notamment les questions liées aux nouvelles études sur les ...

• Case Studies with Mathematical Modeling of Free-radical Multi-component Bulk/Solution Polymerizations:Part 2 

  Dorschner, David; Jung, Woosung; Riahinezhad, Marzieh; Duever, Thomas; Penlidis, Alexander (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

  In Part 2 of this series of two extensive overviews of multi-component polymerization case studies, we again present mathematical modeling results with experimental confirmations. Part 2 represents a refinement and ...

• One box to search them all: Implementing federated search at an academic library 

  Gibson, Ian; Goddard, Lisa; Gordon, Shannon (Emerald, 2009)

  Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present how, in May 2008, the Ad Hoc Committee on Federated Search was formed to prepare a preliminary report on federated searching for a special meeting of Librarians Academic ...

• Once you get them, how do you keep them? Millennial librarians at work 

  Gordon, Shannon (Emerald, 2010)

  Purpose: To draw attention to the unique characteristics of Millennial librarians. These characteristics are related to larger issues having current and future relevance to Millennial librarians, colleagues of other ...

• Evolution of a summer research/writing workshop for first‐year university students 

  Guise, Janneka L.; Goosney, Janet; Gordon, Shannon; Pretty, Heather (Emerald, 2008)

  Purpose: To describe a framework for a summer research/writing workshop for new university students, and its evolution over time and across institutions. Design/Methodology/Approach: The University of Toronto at Scarborough ...

• Why libraries aren’t dead: open access and the evolving liaison role 

  Gordon, Shannon (The Editorial Board of the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2011)

  This is the second in a series of commentaries from members of the Open Access Interest Group of Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques (CHLA / ABSC). Devon Greyson’s inaugural contribution ...

• Seeing Double at Memorial University: Two WorldCat Local Usability Studies 

  Fahey, Sue; Gordon, Shannon; Rose, Crystal (The Editorial Board of Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2011)

  Obtaining user feedback is valuable yet often overlooked, so when Memorial University Libraries launched OCLC’s WorldCat Local discovery tool for Fall 2010, usability testing was a logical next step. Two branches, each ...

• Reflective Peer Mentoring: Evolution of a Professional Development Program for Academic Librarians 

  Goosney, Janet; Smith, Becky; Gordon, Shannon (The Editorial Board of Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2014)

  For librarians engaged in teaching and learning, reflection has the potential to create opportunities to examine one’s instructional practice, identify and address challenges, and find new instructional pathways. It can ...

• Mobile Device Use in Pharmacy: A Multi-Institutional Study 

  Duncan, Vicky; Vokey, Sherri; Gordon, Shannon; Helwig, Melissa; Chatterley, Trish (The Editorial Board of the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2015)

  Although there are studies that explore the use of mobile devices by physicians and pharmacists, there has not been a study to date that examines the prevalence and usage patterns of mobile devices amongst pharmacy students ...

• Optimal sampling methods for modelling the occupancy of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in the Canadian Barrenlands 

  Swanson, Heidi K.; Artym, Kyle; Baker, Leanne F. (Canadian Science Publishing, 2017)

  In occupancy models, imperfect detectability of animals is usually corrected for by using temporally-repeated surveys to estimate probability of detection. Substituting spatial replicates for temporal replicates could be ...

• Food, health, and complexity: towards a conceptual understanding to guide collaborative public health action 

  Majowicz, Shannon; Meyer, Samantha B.; Graham, Julianne L.; Shaikh, Arshi; Elliott, Susan J.; Minaker, Leia M.; Scott, Steffanie; Laird, Brian; Kirkpatrick, Sharon (BioMed Central, 2016-06-08)

  Background: What we eat simultaneously impacts our exposure to pathogens, allergens, and contaminants, our nutritional status and body composition, our risks for and the progression of chronic diseases, and other outcomes. ...

• Development of a strategic plan for food security and safety in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Canada 

  Laird, Brian; Fillion, Myriam; Douglas, Vasiliki; Van Pelt, Linda; Archie, Diane; Chan, Hing Man (Taylor & Francis, 2017-06-08)

  Background. Current social and environmental changes in the Arctic challenge the health and well-being of its residents. Developing evidence-informed adaptive measures in response to these changes is a priority for ...

• The effects of Eriophorum vaginatum on N2O fluxes at a restored, extracted peatland 

  Brummell, Martin; Lazcano, Cristina; Strack, Maria (Elsevier, 2017-09)

  Restoration of extracted horticultural peatlands commonly includes distribution of vegetation and propagules from 10 nearby undisturbed sites over the recently-exposed surface. The resulting growth includes both mosses and ...

• On a general mixed priority queue with server discretion 

  Fajardo, Val Andrei; Drekic, Steve (Taylor & Francis, 2016-10-01)

  We consider a single-server queueing system which attends to N priority classes that are classified into two distinct types: (i) urgent: classes which have preemptive resume priority over at least one lower priority class, ...

• Controlling the workload of M/G/1 queues via the q-policy 

  Drekic, Steve; Fajardo, Val Andrei (Elsevier, 2015-06-01)

  We consider a single-server queueing system with Poisson arrivals and generally distributed service times. To systematically control the workload of the queue, we define for each busy period an associated timer process, ...

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