7 research outputs found
NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Paper 21: Technological innovation and technical communications: Their place in aerospace engineering curricula. A survey of European, Japanese, and US Aerospace Engineers and Scientists
Aerospace engineers and scientists from Western Europe, Japan, and the United States were surveyed as part of the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Questionnaires were used to solicit their opinions regarding the following: (1) the importance of technical communications to their profession; (2) the use and production of technical communications; and (3) their views about the appropriate content of an undergraduate course in technical communications. The ability to communicate technical information effectively was very important to the aerospace engineers and scientists who participated in the study. A considerable portion of their working week is devoted to using and producing technical information. The types of technical communications used and produced varied within and among the three groups. The type of technical communication product used and produced appears to be related to respondents' professional duties. Respondents from the three groups made similar recommendations regarding the principles, mechanics, and on-the-job communications to be included in an undergraduate technical communications course for aerospace majors
User services for digital libraries
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Examination of the Internet Public Library as dynamic, collaborative teaching laboratory
The Internet Public Library (www.ipl.org) is a collaborative online learning environment
that involves LIS faculty and students as well as working librarians around the world. Over
the past twelve years, the IPL has become more collaborative with the introduction of new
technologies and cultural changes. The IPL team consists of a variety of people from
around the world: LIS faculty, IPL staff librarians, masters and doctoral students, working
librarians, and technology specialists. Through the IPL, library and information
professionals are being prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities of the digital
environment: the dynamic nature of information technology, changing social and cultural
norms, and an abundance of freely available content are presented in the digital reference
environment. Extensive training material has been prepared by the IPL staff and feedback
is provided to students by IPL staff, faculty and volunteers. In addition to the learning
environment, the IPL also offers a test bed for research related to collaborative online
learning environments. For examples, questions such as the role of Web 2.0 resources such
as Wikipedia, Facebook, MySpace and other social computing sites will be explored
Serial Cuts vs. Public Service: A Formula
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Machine-Readable Files for Serials Management: An Optimizing Program and Use Data
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A Longitudinal Survey of the Information Seeking and Use Habits of Some Engineers
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MacKie-Mason (2006). “Online Fund-Raising Mechanisms: A Field Experiment.” The B.E
Abstract We implemented the first web-based online field experiments of fund-raising. We embedded our experiment in the Internet Public Library to test four mechanisms: Voluntary Contribution (VCM), Premium, Seed Money and Matching. Although the gift size is not significantly different across mechanisms, the Seed and Matching mechanisms each generate significantly higher user click-through response rate than the Premium mechanism. Because this is one of the earliest embedded, web-based field experiments, we report our methodology findings in some detail. Cookies work better as participant assignment techniques than pop-up windows and elicitation of geographic information. Participant clickstream data that nominally demonstrate a desire to donate is a poor predictor of actual giving. JEL Classifications: C93 (Field Experiment), H41 (Public Goods