UFA AAC Library Sub-committee Meeting Minutes, October 2017

Meeting report from the University Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee\u27s Library Sub-committee meeting at the University of New England

UFA AAC Library Sub-committee Meeting Minutes, April 2018

Meeting report from the University Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee\u27s Library Sub-committee meeting at the University of New England

Use Of A Digital Repository To Support Graduate Education

DUNE: DigitalUNE, the University of New England\u27s library-managed online repository, archives and provides worldwide access to exemplary work by UNE community members. The MS Applied Nutrition program at UNE has collaborated with DUNE to provide a platform for students to share their academic work with peers and colleagues, and to develop nutrition education resources for practitioners around the world. DUNE is hosted on the Digital Commons platform. Uploaded items receive unique URLs, allowing use statistics to be kept regarding how often and where works are viewed. The platform is flexible, hosting and managing myriad formats of digital objects, and allowing for customizability of its hierarchical layout and metadata fields. Placement of student works in DUNE supports key facets of andragogy, and particularly supports the needs of online students. Adult learners benefit when their work is practical and applicable; Applied Nutrition courses are tailored to this population. Students create academic artifacts for their course and potentially for use in their workplace, but placement on DUNE assures their work an audience outside of the course platform. Consequently, students also receive evaluation outside of the assignment, while showing a body of academic work and growth throughout their time at UNE. This larger audience assigns wider impact and meaning to their work. Additionally, global exposure affords opportunities for the work to be utilized by others, potentially creating opportunities for collaboration and recognition. The use of a library-managed platform outside of the CGPS also helps students to have another connection to UNE and allows staff to work across UNE programs.https://dune.une.edu/libserv_facpost/1002/thumbnail.jp

Copyright: Walking The Tightrope

Librarians often struggle with copyright questions from patrons. After winning a copyright consultation with copyright specialist Barbara Ingrassia during the 2015 North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries (NAHSL) Scholarship Raffle, UNE librarians decided it was high time to conquer our fears and create a tool to help with the balancing act that is Fair Use. This poster describes the development and promotion of a Fair Use Checklist.https://dune.une.edu/libserv_facpost/1000/thumbnail.jp

Open Access: Is OA Ok?

Open Access (OA) publishing is growing exponentially across many disciplines. What do UNE students and faculty need to know about it? UNE Librarian Beth Dyer presents its opportunities and pitfalls, with advice on how to approach OA both as an author and a consumer. UNE College of Pharmacy’s Dr. Dan Brazeau talks about his experiences with OA publishing. UNE Librarian Bethany Kenyon discusses UNE\u27s open access digital repository, DUNE: Digital UNE, where UNE community members can deposit and share original content

Comparison helps students learn to be better estimators

This article describes a recent research study that examined the effectiveness of comparison on students’ learning of strategies and concepts for computational estimation

The Maudsley outpatient study of treatments for anorexia nervosa and related conditions (MOSAIC): comparison of the Maudsley model of anorexia nervosa treatment for adults (MANTRA) with specialist supportive clinical management (SSCM) in outpatients with broadly defined anorexia nervosa: a randomized controlled trial

Objective: Anorexia nervosa (AN) in adults has poor outcomes, and treatment evidence is limited. This study evaluated the efficacy and acceptability of a novel, targeted psychological therapy for AN (Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults; MANTRA) compared with Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM). Method: One hundred forty-two outpatients with broadly defined AN (body mass index [BMI] ≤ 18.5 kg/m2) were randomly allocated to receive 20 to 30 weekly sessions (depending on clinical severity) plus add-ons (4 follow-up sessions, optional sessions with dietician and with carers) of MANTRA (n = 72) or SSCM (n = 70). Assessments were administered blind to treatment condition at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months after randomization. The primary outcome was BMI at 12 months. Secondary outcomes included eating disorders symptomatology, other psychopathology, neuro-cognitive and social cognition, and acceptability. Additional service utilization was also assessed. Outcomes were analyzed using linear mixed models. Results: Both treatments resulted in significant improvements in BMI and reductions in eating disorders symptomatology, distress levels, and clinical impairment over time, with no statistically significant difference between groups at either 6 or 12 months. Improvements in neuro-cognitive and social–cognitive measures over time were less consistent. One SSCM patient died. Compared with SSCM, MANTRA patients rated their treatment as significantly more acceptable and credible at 12 months. There was no significant difference between groups in additional service consumption. Conclusions: Both treatments appear to have value as first-line outpatient interventions for patients with broadly defined AN. Longer term outcomes remain to be evaluated