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The Republic of Korea's public libraries : a critical examination of censorship practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Institutionally, public libraries should be dedicated to protecting and promoting intellectual freedom and thereby be fiercely critical of censorship in their institutions. Unfortunately, the Republic of Korea's (ROK's) public libraries...
Outsourcing the public library : a critical discourse analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
While the majority of public libraries operate under a traditional model - they are publicly funded entities, locally controlled, and managed and employed by public employees, some municipalities have taken a different approach where public library...
The impact of technology on organizational change in public libraries : a qualitative study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation investigated the impact of technology on organization change in public libraries. Over the past 12 to 15 years, public access computers have been introduced into public libraries of all sizes. Once these public access computers...
The use of web analytics on an academic library website
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Academic libraries need to evaluate their electronic services in order to ensure their users' satisfaction. Libraries have been using evidence based evaluation traditionally. These practices have their imitations as they are time consuming and rely...
Perspectives of school administrators related to school library media programs after participating in an online course, "School library advocacy for administrators"
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This mixed methods study examines the experiences of two groups of administrators who participated in the online course, "School Library Advocacy for Administrators," respectively, in the summer of 2005 and the fall of 2006. The course was offered...
Philographica : that which is written or described of love
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
was publicly displayed in a small academic library for two weeks, during which time students and other visitors could be observed interacting with or ignoring the books. A few individuals offered unsolicited feedback that indicated the experience of reading...
A phenomenological study of new adult readers' participation in a community reading program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This research presents a phenomenological study of readers who participated in a community reading program. It examines participatory education in the context of a community reading project hosted by a public library. Narrative interviews...
The Millennials : assessing the next generation of academic librarians
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
who believe they can work with new technologies and evolve libraries in new and exciting ways to meet the needs of students today and into the future. However, there is not a clear understanding of why this generation chose librarianship as a career...
Discovering the social organization of school library work
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The research examines how school library work is socially organized and how social organization affects cooperation with teachers and others in the school. The researcher uses the institutional ethnograph frame of inquiry, providing a way of looking...
Knowledge of copyright issues and strategies used in solving copyright queries among academic librarians in Kenya
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Intellectual property and copyright in particular has become highly regulated through laws and treaties. In spite of stronger copyright mechanisms being put in place in Kenya over the years, copyright infringement has persisted and the library...
The locomotive and the tree: industrial Pittsburgh's late nineteenth-century literary culture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In The Locomotive and the Tree, I challenge the popular myth that the city of Pittsburgh was devoid of literary culture prior to the construction of the Carnegie museum, library...
Using theory of reasoned action (TRA) in understanding selection and use of information resources : an information resource selection and use model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
resources. In order for libraries to provide user-centered services, it is important to examine not only what, but also why information resources are selected and used by users. The present study aims to examine how resource characteristics, library...
The birth and death of a tar baby : Henry Kissinger and southern Africa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Presidential Library, the Western Manuscripts Collection at the University of Missouri, and the Foreign Relations of the United States collections are all heavily drawn upon. Additional information was gathered from newspapers, periodicals, personal memoirs...
Influences of combinatorially selected peptides on inhibition of Gibberella zeae spore germination and cytological modification of emerging germ-tubes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
-display combinatorial libraries against G. zeae macroconidia to identify molecules that inhibit spore germination. Two peptides, f3-16 and f8-18, were identified that significantly inhibited spore germination and germ-tube growth. Experiments were conducted to evaluate...
In vitro and in vivo approaches to tumor targeting by phage display
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
libraries of the type used during this research. In addition, I also report the results of a quantitative assessment of a new enzymatically releasable phage construct....
Computational modeling of sensory circuitry in the nucleus tractus solitarii from arterial baroreceptor and somatosensory inputs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Baroreflex function regulates the arterial blood pressure in our body. The baroreflex is considered to be an integrated negative feedback system. NTS (Nucleus tractus solitarius) is one of key subsystems in this baroreflex ...
Role of failure in the construction of case libraries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
this form of learning by providing case libraries that embed domain-specific principles in the form of stories. The cases not only serve to portray experiences of practitioners, but serve as problem-solving narratives by which an individual can learn from...
Pictures and pixels : digital photographic archives at newspapers, photographic agencies and libraries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
A survey (N = 167) and in-depth interviews were conducted to examine organizational influences on the diffusion of an innovation. Daily newspapers, historical libraries and museums and photographic agencies that handle editorial content were...
The transitional experience of home-schooled students entering public education : how can public schools better serve the home-schooled student's transition to public education?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation studied the transitional experience of home-schooled students in central/south central rural Missouri whose families decided to place them into the public school setting. Since the public school environment is markedly different...
A study of public opinion relative to organizations : reviewing representation of local media and nonprofit organizations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A case study reviewing a local media, its publication and presentation about a nonprofit organization and the similarly-named physical neighborhood it represents. This research...