CUNY Libraries Faculty Collaboration for Information Literacy Project Survey 2014

CUNY, one of the largest urban universities in the United States, comprises eleven senior colleges, seven community colleges, five graduate and professional schools, and an honors college. The University’s system is a federation of 31 libraries, with more than 350 faculty and professional staff. As faculty members, CUNY librarians provide students and departmental faculty with a high level of professional library services, at the same time doing research, publishing, teaching, and leading information literacy programs. In the fall semester of 2013 the CUNY Office of Library Services decided to conduct a university-wide survey to explore and identify best practices for collaboration between University faculty and librarians teaching Information Literacy in subject courses. Previous research has shown that collaborative relationships between library and subject faculty is a fundamental key to creating effective student-centered Information Literacy (IL) programs. The students value IL more when it is presented within the disciplinary environment, and their ability to learn IL skills is linked directly to the disciplinary context in which they learn them. We believe that librarians who collaborate with faculty have a greater chance to develop IL instruction that is resonant with the course objectives and make a greater impact on student learning

Searching for a Sense of Control: The Challenge Presented by Community Conflicts over Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

The growth in the number of concentrated animal feeding operations ( CAFOs ), particularly those involved in swine production, has brought with it increased community concern and outright conflict in many communities across the United States.\u27 Most commentators have focused upon anticipated outcomes to explain the contentiousness of CAFO-related disputes.2 Meanwhile, even though the social dynamics that contribute to the development and escalation of conflicts over CAFOs parallel those exhibited in other kinds of community conflicts, little research has systematically examined the social dynamics associated with CAFO conflicts. One exception to this deficiency is recent work conducted by a team of researchers that examined CAFO-related disputes in Pennsylvania in order to make recommendations for alternative models for the resolution of such disputes.4 The researchers found that Pennsylvania stakeholders\u27 perceived loss of direct and indirect control in the decision-making processes governing CAFOs was at the root of these conflicts.5 This Article highlights stakeholders\u27 concerns about the procedural fairness of the governmental decision-making surrounding CAFOs, including the negotiation, passage, and implementation of the Pennsylvania Nutrient Management Act ( Act 6 ); decisions regarding CAFOs\u27 requests for permits; and townships\u27 adoption of CAFO-related ordinances. The Article argues that these perceptions of procedural unfairness are among the primary factors contributing to Pennsylvania stakeholders\u27 perception of loss of control. Alternative mechanisms for the resolution of CAFO-related disputes, therefore, must respond quite explicitly to the need for procedural justice. In Part I, based on interviews with stakeholders in Pennsylvania, this Article will describe the model of how conflicts over CAFOs arise and will provide an overview of the stakeholders\u27 perceptions regarding uncertainty, risk, unfairness, threats to identity, and mistrust, and it will demonstrate the effect of these cognitive and affective responses upon perceptions of control. In Part II, the Article will explore the procedural justice implications of the central issues of fairness, identity maintenance, and trust, as well as stakeholders\u27 preferences for more productive resolution of CAFO-related conflicts. Finally, in Part III, the Article will propose five community participation and dispute resolution processes that have the potential to increase the reality and perception of procedural justice for all members of the communities affected by decision-making regarding CAFOs. The analysis in this Article is intended to help policy makers, regulators, and the disputants themselves to anticipate the social dynamics of these conflicts and to make informed choices about how to address them constructively

Guest Artist Recital: Barbara Lockard, Mezzo-Soprano; Harold Gray, Piano; July 23, 1974

Centennial East Recital HallTuesday EveningJuly 23, 19748:15 p.m

Relationship Between Maternal Mental Illness and the College-Age Daughters' Personal-Social Adjustment

Family Relations and Child Developmen

Relationship of Predicted Counseling Effectiveness to Philosophical Orientation and Value System among Counselor Trainees

Student Personnel and Guidanc

Classification cards applied to team and individual learning.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit