Jefferson Digital Commons quarterly report: October-December 2017

This quarterly report includes: Assorted assets added to the JDC in the last quarter Grand Rounds Recordings College Within a College (CWIC) Posters Program of Industrial Design Capstones What people are saying about the JD

Taking the Pulse of Health Sciences IRs: An Environmental Scan of Medical Schools\u27 Institutional Repositories

The authors are health sciences librarians from three different medical schools. In November 2017 we created a 21-question survey to submit to member libraries in the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL). Currently, the Association includes 149 libraries in the United States and 7 in Canada. Our goal is to gather results from the membership at the end of 2017 and to analyze the results in early 2018. The survey we designed will attempt to paint a picture of how Association members see the current IR landscape. The survey is broken down in different parts including: General information regarding IRs (asset count, type of IR, creation date, etc.) Staffing and workflow Impact of open access policies or mandates Types of assets currently deposited Recent IR changes and future plans This presentation will include some of the more interesting survey findings that show trends in the medical and non-medical IR landscape and some preliminary conclusions of the survey

Challenges and Opportunities for Medical Institutional Repositories

Thomas Jefferson University Library and University of Massachusetts Medical School Library have two important things in common: successful institutional repositories and experienced library leaders that developed them. Please join Dan Kipnis and Ann Koopman of Thomas Jefferson University, and Lisa Palmer of University of Massachusetts Medical School for a free webinar on institutional repositories (IRs) at medical schools. Speakers will explore how each organization decided to start an IR, how the IRs have evolved, unique IR collections, successful partnerships, challenges and opportunities, and the future of medical IRs

A Journey into the City. Migrant Workers' Relation with the Urban Space and Struggle for Existence in Xu Zechen's Early Jingpiao Fiction

In contemporary China, rural-urban migrants constitute a new urban subject with entirely new identity-related issues. This study aims at demonstrating how literature can be a valid field in investigating such evolving subjectivities, through an analysis of Xu Zechen’s early novellas depicting migrants’ vicissitudes in Beijing. Combining a close reading of the texts and a review of the main social problems characterising rural-urban migration in China, this paper focuses on the representation of the identity crisis within the migrant self in Xu’s stories, taking into account the network of meanings employed by the writer to signify the objective and subjective tension between the city and the countryside

Diversity and Stratification in California’s ECE Workforce

Using data from the California Early Care and Education Workforce Study, this policy brief finds that the ethnic and linguistic diversity of California’s Early Care and Education (ECE) workforce is stratified by educational level and job role. In other words, diversity is disproportionately concentrated in some areas of the field. The brief discusses the implications of these findings for workforce development, higher education, and the ability of ECE programs to address the needs of diverse children and families

Disparities in California’s Child Care Subsidy System: A Look at Teacher Education, Stability and Diversity

Using data from the California Early Care and Education Workforce Study, this policy brief focuses on disparities in staff professional preparation, stability, and diversity between licensed child care centers that receive public funding solely through vouchers, and those that receive it through a contract with Head Start or the California Department of Education

Disparities in California’s Child Care Subsidy System: A Look at Teacher Education, Stability and Diversity

Using data from the California Early Care and Education Workforce Study, this policy brief focuses on disparities in staff professional preparation, stability, and diversity between licensed child care centers that receive public funding solely through vouchers, and those that receive it through a contract with Head Start or the California Department of Education

Diversity and Stratification in California’s ECE Workforce

Using data from the California Early Care and Education Workforce Study, this policy brief finds that the ethnic and linguistic diversity of California’s Early Care and Education (ECE) workforce is stratified by educational level and job role. In other words, diversity is disproportionately concentrated in some areas of the field. The brief discusses the implications of these findings for workforce development, higher education, and the ability of ECE programs to address the needs of diverse children and families

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Learning Together: A Study of Six B.A. Completion Cohort Programs in ECE (Year 2 Report)

During the Year 2 interviews of the Learning Together study, the students resoundingly reported that the cohort model enabled them to access and succeed in a B.A.-level education in a way that would not otherwise have been possible. The students reported progress in overcoming the challenges described in the Year 1 report, and decreasing their reliance on some of the program supports as they progressed through the program. The students also identified the importance of employer support in successfully pursuing their educational goals.The Learning Together  study focuses on four California counties’ (Alameda, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, and San Francisco) efforts to expand bachelor’s degree opportunities in early care and education (ECE) for working adults. The student cohort model – in which small groups of ECE students with similar interests and characteristics pursue a bachelor’s degree together and receive targeted support services – has emerged across the country. The Learning Together study is supported by: First 5 Alameda County-Every Child Counts, First 5 Santa Barbara County, First 5 San Francisco, the WestEd – E3 Institute, and the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation