The digital revolution has transformed the creation, distribution, and consumption of knowledge. From print to digital, new models of knowledge use, transference, and sharing continue to evolve. The result is a staggering increase in the circulation o . . .

The Oviatt Library has a new Mobile Strategy Planning and Project Group whose purpose is to provide a forum and framework for planning and coordinating the Library's services for mobile users using agile project management. This management style uses . . .

Overview: Survey Dates: January 2 to May 2, 2002 / Distribution: Email form on exit / Total transactions: 76 / Total surveys returned: 26 / Return Rate: 34% Service Issues: Users were quite satisfied: Eighty-one percent found the information relevant . . .

Poster presented at the Distance Library Services Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. April 2012.

This study investigates whether SCImago and/or JCR may complement the findings of manual citation mapping studies conducted on gerontological nursing journals in 1996-98 and 2008-2010 for two journals: Geriatric Nursing and Journal of Gerontological N . . .

L.A. as Subject was established nearly 20 years ago as a network of memory institutions, collectors and enthusiasts dedicated to preserving the history of Los Angeles and surrounding areas. The Goals of L.A. as Subject: Improve visibility of and acces . . .

Study the development of two grant funded websites during the grant period of “Women’s Health Resources and Gender Research Differences: Outreach at California State University” METHODS: Observation of improvements in the Women’s Health Research (WHR) . . .

Using the Association of Research and College Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for higher education, we designed this poster presentation tailored towards international students that includes interactive instruction on the consequences of . . .

This poster presented at the New Faculty Retreat describes EndNote, a Citation manager web based program, Web of Science, PolicyMap, IBISWORLD, Digital Collections and Kanopy. Barcodes and URLs were offered for faculty to interact, http://http://bit.l . . .

This Poster illustrates the Web 2.0 enhancements to California State University Northridge’s Innovative Library catalog. Bookmark & Share and Google Book Search Limited Preview are direct links into the service without anyway to measure their use. The . . .

Copyright is an integral part of intellectual, scholarly and creative life. It can also be challenging to navigate at times, especially when it comes to visual media. The Oviatt Library Copyright Team is here to help navigate copyright's twists and tu . . .

The spin probe electron paramagnetic resonance (SP-EPR) method has been successfully used to study the physical properties of phospholipids and their aggregates (Cevc, 1993). Recently, by employing nonlinear least-squares spectral fitting, it has been . . .

Overview: Survey Dates: September 10, 2002 to April 18, 2003 Distribution: Automatic email form from the CSUN IP. Total completed transactions: 361 Total surveys returned: 110 Return Rate: 30% Service Issues: Overall, patrons were quite satisfied: Nin . . .

This poster reports on a recent quantitative study of Google Books' coverage of Hawaiian and Pacific books. A total of 1,500 books were randomly selected from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Hawaiian, Pacific, and general stacks collections. Thei . . .

This study was conducted to assess the reliability and validity of the Humboldt Appreciation of Humor Scale (HAHS). The HAHS was assessed with undergraduate and graduate students from Humboldt State University. The scale is a 21-item Likert-type measu . . .

Trees growing in the hottest/driest parts of their natural range may be better-adapted to hot, dry conditions and hold promise for restoration and resistance to climate change. If drought tolerance and water-use efficiency were heritable genetic trait . . .

I served 27 months as an elementary EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia and found that rote memorization was the dominant teaching strategy. Pohnpeian teachers wanted interactive c . . .

Coast redwood-Douglas-fir forest hold important economic, ecological, and cultural values which will likely be threatened by changing climate and increased drought stress. Restoration thinning has been used by forest managers with the goals of decreas . . .

There is a general sentiment in public discourse that victims are good and innocent, and offenders are bad. This dichotomy is blurred when the victim is somehow socially undesirable, such as people who do not conform to society’s expectation for gende . . .

Siphonophores (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) inhabit pelagic waters where representative species occupy depths ranging from the surface to the abyss. Locomotion by siphonophores is achieved by nectophore muscular contractions, which generate vortex ring wakes s . . .

The Stonewall Riots in June of 1969 started the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights movement in the United States. It took four more years for "homosexuality" to be removed from the Diagnosis and Statistical Manual (DSM . . .

Through focusing specifically on the relevance of spatial organization of territory and women’s rights concerning reproduction, a case that can exemplify the age-old struggle of the belief of the majority governing the private lives of all would be th . . .

The membrane protein Anabaena Sensory Rhodopsin (ASR) is a prokaryotic retinal containing photoactive protein, from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, undergoes a conformational change upon absorption of light. This causes the release of an associated so-called t . . .

Is a vertical file of newspaper clippings and ephemera still relevant in the digital age? This poster describes the changing nature of vertical files, pamphlets, and other ephemeral collections in the 21st century using the Humboldt State University L . . .

With No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Common Core there are misconception on literacy, specifically, false research being promoted for corporate greed. We are not saying that skills based literacy is useless but it should not be the main nor the only a . . .

One of the most popularly craved foods in the United States is chocolate. Yet, current definitions and ways to assess chocolate craving vary from study to study. The purpose of this investigation was to create a reliable and valid measure that can be . . .

Data and historically significant factors which are thought as primary. The poster also considers comparison internationally in recent time.

A primary consequence of increasing atmospheric CO2 is the lowering of ocean pH and associated stress on calcium carbonate bearing organisms. Coastal regions are vulnerable to low-pH due to seasonal upwelling which periodically introduces CO2–enriched . . .

This study is intended to investigate food insecurity among international students, who are working on campus, and to provide greater understanding of the barriers for them and/or their families in accessing SNAP benefits. Twelve individuals who had e . . .

Due to the incompatibility of the Standard Model and General Relativity, tests of gravity remain at the forefront of experimental physics research. At HSU, undergraduates and faculty are developing an experiment that will test gravitational interactio . . .

This research attempts to observe the effects organic decomposition has on the soil pH and aims to determine if pH levels are altered when remains are frozen opposed to unfrozen. Weekly qualitative observations and soil tests were conducted on six nat . . .

This research represents the preliminary results of a longer term project in Sequoia National Park, California. I used temperature dataloggers to investigate western pond turtle behavior to better understand their natural history and thus inform monit . . .

This case study took place in a diverse school setting. We implemented critical multicultural literature to 3rd and 4th graders. Our question is: How do students respond to critical multicultural pedagogy and literature? We used dialogue journals, lit . . .

This research project is about mothers of children with autism. Interviews were conducted with 12 different mothers, and were carefully transcribed and analyzed. The focus of the research is on the way that they see themselves as mothers, either good, . . .

In 2006 the California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 32, or the California Global Warming Solutions Act. AB-32 appointed the Air Resources Board as lead agency to implement a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions back to 1990 levels by 202 . . .

The research aimed to compare the capabilities of two single strains of bacteria in their ability to hydrolyze a common peptide found in the seawater. The research is important in adding to knowledge of the carbon cycle, and how organic matter is proc . . .

I used scale analysis to estimate the half-pounder frequency among wild and hatchery steelhead from the Trinity River 2011 and 2012 smolt years and compare those estimates to the half-pounder frequency from 1993 until 2008. Hatchery steelhead from 201 . . .

A paradigm shift that utilizes water reuse strategies such as sewer mining is necessary as water resources become more stringent. Sewer mining is the beneficial reuse of wastewater before it is conventionally treated and discharged. This novel hybrid . . .

Our objective of this study was to assess the effects of simulated acid rain on web-spinning spider assemblages in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, and we hypothesized that acid rain would decrease the richness and abundance of web-spinning spider ta . . .

One major contemporary environmental issues is the pollution of heavy metals into waterways. However, removal of heavy metal ions via bioremediation may be a possible solution. Using modified C. vibrioides paracrystalline RsaA surface layer proteins ( . . .

Idealism is defined as believing that desirable consequences can, with the “right” action, always be obtained. This involves decreasing the amount of negative outcomes and increasing the amount of positive outcomes. Due to the lack of a reliable and v . . .

Although college students have access to many free or low-cost services, a majority do not take advantage of these resources. For decades, researchers have sought solutions to this misalignment of service availability, need, and utilization. Impeding . . .

At Sonoma State University, information literacy is embedded throughout the General Education (GE) learning outcomes. However, too often a student’s work shows that they struggle to deeply engage with information they find. The skills gap between find . . .