Butler Freshmen Hunt for Library Treasure

The libraries at Butler University in Indianapolis have found a unique and fun way to get incoming freshmen into the campus libraries even BEFORE the first week of classes

Student Chamber Music Concert, November 27, 1990

This is the concert program of the Student Chamber Music Concert performance on Tuesday, November 27, 1990 at 6:30 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Quartet in B-flat major, K. 458, "The Hunt" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Duo pour Basson et Contrebasse by Albert Roussel, Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No. 4 by Joseph Haydn, Quartet in f minor, Op. 95 by Ludwig van Beethoven, The Wonderland Duets for two tubas and narrator by Raymond Ludeke, and Octet in F major, Op. 166 by Franz Schubert. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Student Chamber Music Concert, October 15, 1990

This is the concert program of the Student Chamber Music Concert performance on Monday, October 15, 1990 at 6:30 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Works performed were Octet in F Major, Op. 166 by Franz Schubert, Chorale and Prelude No. 8 by Johannes Brahms, Trois Chanson by Claude Debussy, Contrapunctus IX by Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio, Op. 63 by Carl Maria von Weber, Woodwind Quintet by Gunther Schuller, Trio Sonata for Two Flutes and Basso Continuo by Georg Philipp Telemann, and Quartet in B-flat major, K. 458, "The Hunt" by Ludwig van Beethoven. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Information Outlook, July 2006

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Lifetime glucocorticoid profiles in baleen of right whale calves: Potential relationships to chronic stress of repeated wounding by Kelp Gulls

Baleen tissue accumulates stress hormones (glucocorticoids, GC) as it grows, along with other adrenal, gonadal and thyroid hormones. The hormones are deposited in a linear fashion such that a single plate of baleen allows retrospective assessment and evaluation of long-term trends in the whales´ physiological condition. In whale calves, a single piece of baleen contains hormones deposited across the lifespan of the animal, with the tip of the baleen representing prenatally grown baleen. This suggests that baleen recovered from stranded carcasses of whale calves could be used to examine lifetime patterns of stress physiology. Here we report lifetime profiles of cortisol and corticosterone in baleen of a North Atlantic right whale ("NARW" - Eubalaena glacialis) calf that died from a vessel strike, as well as four southern right whale ("SRW" - Eubalaena australis) calves that were found dead with varying severity of chronic wounding from Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) attacks. In all five calves, prenatally grown baleen exhibited a distinctive profile of elevated glucocorticoids that declined shortly before birth, similar to GC profiles reported from baleen of pregnant females. After birth, GC profiles in calf baleen corresponded with the degree of wounding. The NARW calf and two SRW calves with no or few gull wounds had relatively low and constant GC content throughout life, while two SRW calves with high numbers of gull wounds had pronounced elevations in baleen GC content in postnatal baleen followed by a precipitous decline shortly before death, a profile suggestive of prolonged chronic stress. Baleen samples may present a promising and valuable tool for defining the baseline physiology of whale calves and may prove useful for addressing conservation-relevant questions such as distinguishing acute from chronic stress and, potentially, determining cause of death.Fil: Ajó, Alejandro A. Fernández. Northern Arizona University; Estados UnidosFil: Hunt, Kathleen E.. Northern Arizona University; Estados UnidosFil: Uhart, Marcela María. University of California at Davis; Estados UnidosFil: Rowntree, Victoria. University of Utah; Estados UnidosFil: Sironi, Mariano. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Departamento de Diversidad Biológica y Ecológica; Argentina. Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas; ArgentinaFil: Marón, Carina Flavia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Departamento de Diversidad Biológica y Ecológica; Argentina. Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Di Martino, Matias. Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program; ArgentinaFil: Buck, Charles Loren. Northern Arizona University; Estados Unido

Library Lights Out: EWU\u27s Living Learning Communities Sleep Over at JFK Library

Last February I received an unusual phone call. What would you think about a group of students spending the night at the library? asked Dr. Jeff Stafford, associate dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Eastern Washington University. Tell me more, I replied. Shortly thereafter, I received a written proposal from Patricia Wahler, the community advisor (CA) for a student living learning community (LLC) at Morrison Hall at Eastern Washington University. Library Lights Out was Wahler\u27s idea. The Living Learning Communities of Morrison Hall would like an opportunity to utilize the Eastern Washington University library for a community-building program while incorporating educational aspects over the course of a Friday night, her proposal began

Taking root: Librarians help new Forestry students create a learning community

Librarians have studied and discussed library anxiety ever since Constance Mellon coined the term in 1986. While it may be challenging for librarians to imagine any anxiety about coming into a library and using the available resources, students experience a multitude of stressors as they embark on their college journey. Many are taking college-level courses for the first time. Some might have a roommate they know, or not. (Sometimes the ones you know are a bigger problem than the ones you do not.) Some may be juggling a full course load with work or family responsibilities. Many are on their own for the first time in their lives. The library may be a draw for some as a place to study or explore in this new environment. However, getting up the nerve to step outside of what is known, and inside somewhere new, can be quite intimidating

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ENHANCING USERS’ EXPERIENCE WITH SMART MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

The aim of this thesis is to investigate mobile guides for use with smartphones. Mobile guides have been successfully used to provide information, personalisation and navigation for the user. The researcher also wanted to ascertain how and in what ways mobile guides can enhance users' experience. This research involved designing and developing web based applications to run on smartphones. Four studies were conducted, two of which involved testing of the particular application. The applications tested were a museum mobile guide application and a university mobile guide mapping application. Initial testing examined the prototype work for the ‘Chronology of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah’ application. The results were used to assess the potential of using similar mobile guides in Brunei Darussalam’s museums. The second study involved testing of the ‘Kent LiveMap’ application for use at the University of Kent. Students at the university tested this mapping application, which uses crowdsourcing of information to provide live data. The results were promising and indicate that users' experience was enhanced when using the application. Overall results from testing and using the two applications that were developed as part of this thesis show that mobile guides have the potential to be implemented in Brunei Darussalam’s museums and on campus at the University of Kent. However, modifications to both applications are required to fulfil their potential and take them beyond the prototype stage in order to be fully functioning and commercially viable