Expanding services in a shrinking economy: desktop document delivery in a dental school library     

Barbara A Gushrowski 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2011,99(3):196-201

Question:

How can library staff develop and promote a document delivery service and then expand the service to a wide audience?

Setting:

The setting is the library at the Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD), Indianapolis.

Method:

A faculty survey and a citation analysis were conducted to determine potential use of the service. Volume of interlibrary loan transactions and staff and equipment capacity were also studied.

Main results:

IUSD Library staff created a desktop delivery service (DDSXpress) for faculty and then expanded the service to practicing dental professionals and graduate students. The number of faculty using DDSXpress remains consistent. The number of practicing dental professionals using the service is low. Graduate students have been quick to adopt the service.

Conclusion:

Through careful analysis of capacity and need for the service, staff successfully expanded document delivery service without incurring additional costs. Use of DDSXpress is continually monitored, and opportunities to market the service to practicing dental professionals are being investigated.  相似文献   

Healthy Birth Practice #3: Bring a Loved One,Friend, or Doula for Continuous Support     

Jeanne Green  Barbara A. Hotelling 《The Journal of perinatal education》2014,23(4):194-197

All women should be allowed and encouraged to bring a loved one, friend, or doula to their birth without financial or cultural barriers. Continuous labor support offers benefits to mothers and their babies with no known harm. This article is an updated evidence-based review of the “Lamaze International Care Practices that Promote Normal Birth, Care Practice #3: Continuous Labor Support,” published in The Journal of Perinatal Education, 16(3), 2007.  相似文献   

Peer Play Interactions and Learning for Low-Income Preschool Children: The Moderating Role of Classroom Quality     

Rebecca J. Bulotsky-Shearer  Elizabeth R. Bell  Tracy M. Carter  Sandy L. R. Dietrich 《Early education and development》2014,25(6):815-840

Research Findings: The present study examined the degree to which the association between interactive peer play and academic skills was dependent upon the level of classroom quality for a representative sample of culturally and linguistically diverse urban Head Start children (N = 304 children across 53 classrooms). Peer play interactions within the classroom were assessed by teacher assistants in the fall of the year; observations of the quality of classroom instructional, emotional, and organizational support were conducted in the middle of the year; and norm-referenced direct assessments of literacy, language, and mathematics skills were administered in the spring. Findings from multilevel models indicated that disruptive and disconnected peer play behaviors early in the preschool year were associated with lower literacy and language skills regardless of classroom quality. However, interactive peer play early in the year was associated with higher mathematics outcomes when children were enrolled in classrooms characterized by high instructional support. Practice or Policy: Implications for early childhood research, practice, and policy are discussed.  相似文献   

Literacy,poverty and schooling: what matters in young people's education?     

Barbara Comber 《Literacy》2014,48(3):115-123

This paper draws upon several decades of literacy research in schools in high‐poverty environments to explore what matters in young people's education. In dialogue with themes from Kevin Marjoribanks' work, such as student aspirations, family environments and teacher expectations, key insights are summarised. Referring to longitudinal case studies and a current ethnographic project, the interplay between literacy, poverty and schooling, and young people's aspirations and education outcomes is explored. Although the work of educators in high‐poverty communities continues to be highly demanding, there are some schools and teachers making a durable positive difference to learner dispositions and literate repertoires. Teacher expectations and discursive practices are crucial in this process.  相似文献   

Buros Bulletin     

Barbara S. Plake  Jane Close Conoley  Jack J. Kramer  Linda Ulrich Murphy 《Educational Measurement》1989,8(4):20-21

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CHARACTER EDUCATION: RECLAIMING THE SOCIAL   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Barbara J. Duncan 《Educational theory》1997,47(1):119-130

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The effects of peer coaching cycles on teacher use of a complex teaching skill and teachers' sense of efficacy     

Barbara L. Licklider 《Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability》1995,9(1):55-68

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Threes and eighty-threes: Growing together     

Mary G. Eshelman  Barbara B. Bert 《Early Childhood Education Journal》1981,8(3):7-10

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Getting infants off on the right foot     

Barbara Michalak 《Early Childhood Education Journal》1974,1(5):6-14

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Research abstracts     

Donald P. Ely  Barbara Minor 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1980,28(2):150-152

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