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Library Technology Center Debuts at North Georgia College
The article reports on the opening of the Library Technology Center at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega to crowds of students, faculty, staff and community members on August 19, 2008. A brief overview is given on the history, graduate programs, and student population of the university. The college library needed more and better seating and public computing, library instruction spaces and collection space. These factors, combined with limited Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility and inadequate electrical, lighting and life-safety systems, created a compelling case for a library building project
Using iSkills and SAILS to Assess Information Literacy: What Do We Know and What Do We Do Now?
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Information Literacy across Disciplines: Sociology, Modern Languages, Nursing, and Library Science
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Stability of Gas-Phase Tartaric Acid Anions Investigated by Quantum Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, and Infrared Spectroscopy
In an effort to understand the chemical factors that
stabilize dianions, experimental and theoretical studies on the stability
of the tartrate dianion were performed. Quantum chemical calculations
at the coupled cluster level reveal only a metastable state with a
possible decomposition pathway (O<sub>2</sub>C–CHÂ(OH)–CHÂ(OH)–CO<sub>2</sub>)<sup>2–</sup> → (O<sub>2</sub>C–CHÂ(OH)–CHÂ(OH))<sup>•–</sup> + CO<sub>2</sub> + e<sup>–</sup> explaining
the observed gas-phase instability of this dianion. Further theoretical
data were collected for the bare dianion, this molecule complexed
to water, sodium, and a proton, in both the meso and l forms
as well as for the uncomplexed radical anion and neutral diradical.
The calculations suggest that the l-tartrate dianion is more
thermodynamically stable than the dianion of the meso stereoisomer
and that either dianion can be further stabilized by association with
a separate species that can help to balance the charge of the molecular
complex. Mass spectrometry was then used to measure the energy needed
to initiate collisionally induced dissociation of the racemic tartrate
dianion and for the proton and sodium adducts of both the racemic
and meso form of this molecule. Infrared action spectra of the dianion
stereoisomers complexed with sodium were also acquired to determine
the influence of the metal ion on the vibrations of the dianions and
validate the computationally predicted structures. These experimental
data support the theoretical conclusions and highlight the instability
of the bare tartrate dianion. From the experimental work, it could
also be concluded that the pathway leading to dissociation is under
kinetic control because the sodium adduct of the racemic stereoisomer
dissociated at lower collisional energy, although it was calculated
to be more stable, and that decomposition proceeded via C–C
bond dissociation as computationally predicted. Taken together, these
data provide insight into the gas-phase stability of the tartrate
dianion and highlight the role of adducts in stabilizing this species