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Item Impact factors in open access : the value, frustrations, and new paths forward(2023) Friedman, Steve C.The age-old metric associated with traditional print academic journals— the journal impact factor (JIF)—has carried over into some electronic open access journals (OA). JIF receives a fair share of criticism (e.g., easy to manipulate, relied on too much for academic promotions), but while some OA journals continue to embrace the system to validate their relevance, others are embracing new metrics, such as alternative journal impact factors (A-JIFs). This essay examines the suitability, validation, and problems with journal impact factors and alternative measures of impact and considers whether traditional metrics can continue to be a useful measure of impact. The piece concludes with the suggestion that qualitative and quantitative measures will need to be employed and perfected to ensure impact factor methods can achieve better validation. Academic librarians will need to be especially aware of all these methods as they advise their tenure-track faculty on the preferred publishing methods and metrics available to them.Item Attitudes of Missouri leaders on energy parks environment and land use(1976) Leuthold, David A.; Cranor, John D.; Nagle, Steve M.This is a report on attitudes toward various programs related to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. As part of its "Future Directions" program to determine long range policy, the agency asked the University of Missouri to gather data on attitudes toward various proposals. These data are to be utilized in the deliberations in the Department on the most appropriate policies to adopt.Item Major household appliances : changing location requirements and opportunities for Missouri(University of Missouri, 1970) Stark, Jerrold L.Home appliances have become commonplace in modern homes for labor saving and convenience. Nearly every home is equipped with at least one appliance while many homes have five, ten or even fifteen or more separate units. While the term "appliance" includes a multitude of products of various sizes and uses, this study will consider only eight larger appliances: Refrigerators Ranges Freezers Dishwashers Clothes Washers Water Heaters Clothes Dryers Room Air Conditioners The manufacture of these larger appliances has been historically concentrated in the northeastern portion of the United States. Although manufacturing plants have recently been established in the Midwest, South, and Far West, only a limited number are located in Missouri. The purpose of this report is ( a) to examine the important locational factors for the manufacture of larger home appliances and (b) to determine the advantages offered by Missouri to appliance manufacturers.Item My story : William John Krause, II(William John Krause II, 2019) Krause, William J., II, 1942-"The following are my answers to a series of 52 questions prompted by StoryWorth, Inc. The questions and answers were organized into a digital format in the order that they were received and are presented here. StoryWorth, Inc. provides a platform that enables family members to share stories and preserves them for family members and future generations. Storyworth sends each participant in its program a weekly email with a question about his or her life; allows the user to reply to each question or develop one of their choice; and then saves each answer in a collection of replies. This platform provides an easy way to record family stories, thus preserving family histories."Item The white-tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)(2013) Krause, William J., II, 1942-; Krause, Winifred A.This video discusses the history, biology, and habits of the white-tail deer population in Missouri.