Memorandum on Preventing Needless Strikes, 1978

A memo sent to all consultants about how to prevent strikes, September 15, 197

A First Briefing on MOOCs

This memo is addressed to members of our university (and maybe others) who want to know whether they need to know about MOOCs, and what the first things they would need to know are. MOOCS were the academic buzzword of 2012.1 But what is a MOOC. Do we care? Should we? In this short memo we begin with a list of questions, in no particular order, that we have either asked or been asked. The discussion that follows will contain the answers to these, and other, questions, although there may not be a separate section for each question

Numbers of At-Risk Structures and Roadways in the City of Austin Floodplain

This memo presents information regarding the number of at-risk roadways and buildings in Austin floodplains.Waller Creek Working Grou

Memorandum on The Use of Struksnes Polls to Test Majority Status, 1979

Memo to all consultants, presenting the ways an employer is able to determine a union\u27s majority status. May 21, 197

Memorandum and articles relating to the role of union-avoidance consultants and modern management methods, 1979

West Coast Industrial Relations Association memo to consultants including articles: Hauser, Dedra. “The Union-Busting Hustle: Pinkertons with bats have been replaced by consultants with psychological weapons”. The New Republic, 25 August 1979; Warren, James; Kelly J. Brian. Law memo . Chicago Sun Times, 16 July 1979; AFL-CIO Attack, On Labor Consultants . Labor Relations Reporters, 16 April 1979

Memorandum on Remedies for Violation of National Labor Relations Act, 1979

Memo about types of remedies that employers should anticipate will be sought by the General Counsel in future cases alleging violations of the National Labor Relations Act. Includes a distribution list of consultants, July 20, 1979

The Quick Response (QR) Code: Graphic Potential for Libraries

The convergences of Web-ready mobile tools and applications have changed how we interact with our physical and virtual environments. Web-ready mobile devices (particularly smartphones, but tablets and Wi-Fi ready MP3 players are also on the increase) have supplanted the traditional desktop computer. According to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, a February 7, 2011, press release noted that “Smartphone manufacturers shipped 100.9 million devices in the fourth quarter of 2010...PC manufacturers shipped 92.1 million units” (IDC). For the first time ever, smartphones have outsold traditional desktop computers. This is telling on several levels, the most salient being that our mode of interaction with information in any form (play, work, school, homework, etc.) has shifted from a static environment (wired computer) to a highly mobile one. We are moving (literally!) to on-the-go computing and manage a great deal of our everyday affairs via mobile handheld devices

Using Google Apps to Teach an Online Course

Boise State uses Blackboard as its main content management system. Moodle is another. But we are free to use whatever platforms we choose. I have been teaching the main online UNIV 106 course since 2005. Since then it has evolved from a single, paper-based course into a hybrid of courses taught by several librarians. UNIV 106 is offered several times during the school year and delivered in a variety of formats: some are offered online, some in person; some are paired with English 102 courses (known as PoWeR: Project Writing and Research); and others are offered based on subject-specific areas (see our complete offerings at http://guides.boisestate.edu/univ106). So we have flexibility as to the way and means we can deliver UNIV 106, both in person and online. But Blackboard has been the primary vehicle for delivering online courses at Boise State University. While Blackboard provides a strong means for creating, organizing, and managing both in-person and online course assignments and coursework, I didn’t particularly like its lack of mobile-friendly output, the use of frames (where the web page are broken up into various areas), and lack of an autosave feature

Russell Now Claims Death Threats Never Happened

Memo describing death threats made to union leaders and workers at a Russell Athletic factory in Honduras, and Russell’s refusal to recognize the threats. Discusses the implications of the threats for union activity and labor rights advocacy in the country