Teaching Academics to Maximise the Visibility of their Research

Offering guidance and training on increasing visibility of research. Creating an awareness of bibliometrics and providing training sessions. Impact Factors, H Index, Institutional Rankings. Providing information skills training to support researchers. Offering one-to-one customized sessions. Offering training on managing information e.g. EndNote Online

Evaluating Public Access Ombuds Programs: An Analysis of the Experiences of Virginia, Iowa and Arizona in Creating and Implementing Ombuds Offices to Handle Disputes Arising under Open Government Laws

The article begins with a review of literature regarding ombuds, public access laws, and dispute systems design. It follows with case studies of the development of public access ombuds offices in Virginia, Iowa, and Arizona. Finally, this article draws conclusions from those experiences, offering guidance to aid other jurisdictions in designing their own ombuds programs

The Role of Mine Action in Victim Assistance

Of the five pillars of mine action, victim assistance seems to receive the least attention. At the request of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has recently completed a research project with a view to offering guidance on the future role of mine action in mine and UXO victim assistance

Kelly Petrowski and Anyssa Balcazar

IWU Alumni Kelly Petrowski \u2708 speaks with current student Anyssa Balcazar ‘16 during the annual Women\u27s Summit, sponsored by the IWU Council for Women. Illinois Wesleyan alumnae have been offering guidance and mentorship to current female students through the Council for IWU Women, established in 2006. The Council’s signature event is its annual summit. The 2016 summit was held February 26-27, and centered on the theme “At the Table”

Using virtual reality with autistic pupils

In the guide Nigel explores the two main options for VR-HMD; HTC Vive and cardboard VR with a smartphone/device. Focussing on the cardboard VR option, he then offers some guidance on using this technology with autistic pupils and recommends some content for both cardboard and HTC Vive VR devices.Nigel outlines advantages and disadvantages of both options, before focussing on the cardboard VR-HMD and offering guidance on how to set it up and use it with pupils. He also outlines apps and content to use with both the cardboard and HTC Vive options

The Bibliosan 2.0 project: online tools for librarians, researchers and health professionals

This article describes the approach used by the Bibliosan 2.0 team (in a project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health)in developing the Bibliosan 2.0 website (http://bibliosan20.wordpress.com/) aimed at offering guidance and advice toour users for the use of Web 2.0 tools and technologies. To complement the website, we decided to deliver filteredinformation through Web 2.0 tools such as our blog, Twitter, Delicious and Zotero. To do so, we adopted a very targeted,strategic approach in selecting which tools to present, keeping in mind that our audience is made up of librarians,researchers and health professionals

Exploring Cryptocurrency Adoption: A Study of Intention among Lebanese Users

This study aims to comprehensively investigate the determinants of cryptocurrency adoption. Employing a structured questionnaire, the research assesses factors influencing individuals’ willingness to embrace cryptocurrencies, utilizing the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. The study considers key determinants, namely performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions. Employing quantitative analysis, the study focuses on a 272 sample of Lebanese participants, revealing significant effects of effort expectancy, financial literacy, perceived trust, personal innovativeness, and price value on the intention to use cryptocurrencies. The findings contribute both managerial and theoretical insights, offering guidance to enhance strategies for fostering cryptocurrency adoption

Building and Maintaining Strong Foundations: Creating Community Responsive Philanthropy in Nonprofit Conversions

The book is a primer offering guidance for the establishment of health conversion foundations when nonprofit hospitals change status to for-profit

Youth-Led Community Building: Promising Practices from Two Communities Using Community-Based Service-Learning

Little research exists about how youth voice and engagement in community building can be successfully implemented. This article discusses promising practices from an evaluation study of community-based service-learning, sponsored by 4-H/Youth Development. The practices are those that the programs used to promote youth and engagement and voice while also providing service in the form of community building to the communities. The data indicate that youth can lead community building. Implications for Extension include offering guidance on youth-led, asset-based community building, offering an additional model of service-learning, and offering a broad framework for documentation and evaluation to help explain such work

Office design for the multi-generational knowledge workforce

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact the workplace can have on knowledge working for a multi-generational workforce. Design/methodology/approach – A case study analysis is undertaken of Leeds City Council (LCC) workplace in the UK. Findings – The findings from the study show that in the context of LCC there are some key differences between the generations regarding knowledge working preferences for formal/informal meeting spaces. In other aspects, such as knowledge sharing, the generations appear to agree on key aspects such as mentoring and team-based working environments. Practical implications – Corporate real estate managers can use the research findings to assist them in providing a range of workplace settings to enhance multi-generational interaction. Originality/value – This paper fills a gap in current research by evaluating workplace preferences based on generational differences.</p