The document provides an overview of various science-related topics including undergraduate research opportunities, zoology, physiology, nutrition, science humor, helium crisis, new neighbors in science programs, cognitive exercise, dangers in a local river, scientific illustration, alternative scientific prizes, exclusive online content, Antarctic lake life, winter-ready plants, editorials, and censorship of Canadian scientists.
Ecological sanitation utilizes human urine and composted feces in agriculture as a water-conserving and nutrient-recycling system. A study in central Nepal constructed five eco-toilets and surveyed villagers about sanitation awareness and farming practices to test using human urine for crop growth. Eighty-three percent of respondents were farmers growing vegetables and concerned about water scarcity, high fertilizer costs, and sanitation. A field experiment found cauliflower plots fertilized with urine produced similar yields as chemical fertilizer and higher yields than unfertilized plots, though more testing with different seasonal crops is needed to generalize the findings.
This document is a monthly bulletin from the Freshwater Biological Association that summarizes freshwater news from around the world. It includes updates on activities at the FBA and opportunities for volunteering. Some of the highlighted news articles discuss how warming temperatures are contributing to toxic algal blooms in European lakes, the threat of invasive Asian carp in the Great Lakes, and declining salmon populations. The bulletin also provides information on a new charity taking over management of canals in the UK and how low levels of copper can impact salmon's ability to detect predators.
This document provides steps to certify a wildlife habitat. It outlines 6 steps: 1) provide food from 3 sources like seeds and feeders, 2) provide water from natural or manmade sources like bird baths, 3) create cover with things like ground cover and bird houses, 4) provide places to raise young like nesting boxes or trees, 5) use 2 sustainable gardening practices like reducing lawn area, and 6) get certified by clicking a link and providing contact information. It also lists resources for native plants and gardening.
This document discusses the crisis of water availability for agriculture due to global warming's impact on water resources and the challenge of feeding a growing population with irrigated agriculture. It presents opportunities to address this crisis through improved water management technologies and techniques that allow farmers to use water more efficiently. These include improved irrigation scheduling, regulated deficit irrigation, and remote sensing technologies to better measure and manage water use. Implementing these opportunities could help ensure adequate water resources for food production despite the threats posed by climate change.
The document discusses methods for libraries to unite with remote users. It describes how the speaker started as a distance education librarian in 2008 and gathered data, networked, listened, and created a plan with goals to collaborate and reach out to distance students. Specific methods discussed include internal and external networking within the library and campus, as well as beyond campus. Planning, marketing, and collaboration are also emphasized.
Presentation at ACRL 2015 Conference
Virtual work is often the more environmentally sustainable choice and requires sustainable practices! Learn about the main challenges in leading online teams, strategies for organization and coordination, and online tools useful for collaboration. This panel discussion will feature four librarians who have led and participated in online teams for ACRL, ALA, various state/local committees, and within their own institutions. You will leave this session prepared to join or lead a successful online team.
The document provides an overview of various science-related topics including undergraduate research opportunities, zoology, physiology, nutrition, science humor, helium crisis, new neighbors in science programs, cognitive exercise, dangers in a local river, scientific illustration, alternative scientific prizes, exclusive online content, Antarctic lake life, winter-ready plants, editorials, and censorship of Canadian scientists.
Ecological sanitation utilizes human urine and composted feces in agriculture as a water-conserving and nutrient-recycling system. A study in central Nepal constructed five eco-toilets and surveyed villagers about sanitation awareness and farming practices to test using human urine for crop growth. Eighty-three percent of respondents were farmers growing vegetables and concerned about water scarcity, high fertilizer costs, and sanitation. A field experiment found cauliflower plots fertilized with urine produced similar yields as chemical fertilizer and higher yields than unfertilized plots, though more testing with different seasonal crops is needed to generalize the findings.
This document is a monthly bulletin from the Freshwater Biological Association that summarizes freshwater news from around the world. It includes updates on activities at the FBA and opportunities for volunteering. Some of the highlighted news articles discuss how warming temperatures are contributing to toxic algal blooms in European lakes, the threat of invasive Asian carp in the Great Lakes, and declining salmon populations. The bulletin also provides information on a new charity taking over management of canals in the UK and how low levels of copper can impact salmon's ability to detect predators.
This document provides steps to certify a wildlife habitat. It outlines 6 steps: 1) provide food from 3 sources like seeds and feeders, 2) provide water from natural or manmade sources like bird baths, 3) create cover with things like ground cover and bird houses, 4) provide places to raise young like nesting boxes or trees, 5) use 2 sustainable gardening practices like reducing lawn area, and 6) get certified by clicking a link and providing contact information. It also lists resources for native plants and gardening.
This document discusses the crisis of water availability for agriculture due to global warming's impact on water resources and the challenge of feeding a growing population with irrigated agriculture. It presents opportunities to address this crisis through improved water management technologies and techniques that allow farmers to use water more efficiently. These include improved irrigation scheduling, regulated deficit irrigation, and remote sensing technologies to better measure and manage water use. Implementing these opportunities could help ensure adequate water resources for food production despite the threats posed by climate change.
The document discusses methods for libraries to unite with remote users. It describes how the speaker started as a distance education librarian in 2008 and gathered data, networked, listened, and created a plan with goals to collaborate and reach out to distance students. Specific methods discussed include internal and external networking within the library and campus, as well as beyond campus. Planning, marketing, and collaboration are also emphasized.
Presentation at ACRL 2015 Conference
Virtual work is often the more environmentally sustainable choice and requires sustainable practices! Learn about the main challenges in leading online teams, strategies for organization and coordination, and online tools useful for collaboration. This panel discussion will feature four librarians who have led and participated in online teams for ACRL, ALA, various state/local committees, and within their own institutions. You will leave this session prepared to join or lead a successful online team.
This document summarizes a presentation on instructional technologies that will take place at the ALA 2014 Midwinter conference. It provides information on various online tools for teaching including Blackboard Collaborate, Google Hangouts, YouTube, Prezi, Jing, SnagIt, Snipping Tool, and LibGuides. For each tool, it lists the proposed uses, pros, cons, whether the tool is free or costs money, and potential technical issues. It concludes by asking attendees what other tools they use and where to continue the discussion.
The document provides an agenda for a presentation on various Google tools including Google Docs, Books, Scholar, Reader, Custom Search engine, Groups, Wonder Wheel, Timeline Search, and News timeline. It also lists additional Google tools that could be explored like Blogger, recipe search, sites, iGoogle, image search, Picasa, and custom maps. Attendees are thanked and directed to a website for additional resources and a recorded session from the presentation.
This document discusses instructional technology and how it requires teamwork across various departments on a campus. It lists many tools that instructional technology teams use to support teaching and learning such as games, clickers, podcasts, just-in-time instruction, blogs, webinars, tutorials, and workshops. It also illustrates the collaborative process needed with a step-by-step diagram showing the roles of Amy, Lynda, Beth, and Hannah on the instructional technology team.
Presentation for LIS630, spring 2014
Most information is from the Horizon Report 2014 for Higher Ed: http://www.nmc.org/publications/2014-horizon-report-higher-ed
Presentation for Designing for Digital 2016 Conference
https://d4d2016.sched.org/
Library buildings offer users an often overwhelming array of services and resources which arenโt always obvious or easy to find, leading to wayfinding frustrations and service fail points for our users. This presentation will cover basic wayfinding concepts, tools and methods for uncovering problems, and low cost, high impact solutions.
This document summarizes a presentation about wayfinding in libraries. It discusses how two libraries approach wayfinding differently and activities for mapping journeys through a library and identifying wayfinding issues. It also covers typical library wayfinding problems such as naming conventions and visibility. Solutions discussed include interactive maps, adding pictures to indicate areas, and easing emotional barriers. The presentation emphasizes taking a user-centered approach to understanding wayfinding needs.
Panel presentation for the Distance Library Services Conference, Denver 2014
http://libguides.cmich.edu/dls2014/ataglance/panels
Erin Davis, Becky Thoms | Utah State University
Jennifer Hill | Johns Hopkins University
Beth Filar Williams | University of North Carolina Greensboro
Embedded librarianship has been a buzzword for many years now, but librarians have struggled with how to make this process scalable. How do you effectively reach the most students, while still providing meaningful information and interactions? Join us in this panel discussion as we explore three different librariesโ approaches to making embedding in online courses scalable by partnering with faculty early on in the course development process. Through interactive polling, audience members will also share their own experiences and questions for a lively discussion!
The document provides guidelines for designing effective e-learning objects and asynchronous instruction. It discusses best practices from sources like the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Project Information Literacy. These include establishing learning outcomes, developing content that limits cognitive load, and ensuring accessibility for all students regardless of location. The document then outlines steps for instructional design using the ADDIE model of analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. Examples are provided for each step, with a focus on incorporating principles of multimedia learning and usability testing.
This document summarizes a presentation about using Twitter in 30 minutes. It discusses what Twitter is, provides some usage statistics, and explores how Twitter can be used both personally and professionally. Options for mobile access to Twitter are also reviewed. The presentation polls attendees on their Twitter usage and willingness to try it. It suggests ways Twitter can be used in academia for networking, professional development, and classroom applications. Questions from attendees are invited at the end.
The document provides an overview of the services, collections, spaces and staff of the UNCG University Libraries. It highlights digital collections and projects, learning spaces, instructional services, and the roles of librarians in leadership, assessment, and technology support. The libraries aim to provide quality resources and environments to support research and learning across the university community.
The document presents information on recycling and alternatives. It discusses statistics like the amount of plastic bottles and waste produced in the US each year. Most of the garbage produced in the US could be recycled. The main alternatives to recycling discussed are opening more landfills, incineration, and shipping waste overseas. Recycling is presented as a better option because it creates more jobs than alternatives and helps manufacturers by providing recyclable materials.
The document provides various facts about the world related to paper recycling, water, spiders, butterflies, energy generation from human movement, marriage, green building, recycling, and health. Some key facts include that 63.4% of paper consumed in the US was recycled in 2009, a spider's web is .003mm in diameter, monarch butterflies journey from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico at 12MPH, and more than one-third of US adults are obese.
DECO Recycling Initative - Professional DocumentNicole Shammo
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1) The document proposes a recycling initiative to collect aluminum cans from off-campus University of Pittsburgh students living in South Oakland. Currently, many off-campus students do not have recycling bins and a large amount of recyclable materials end up in the trash.
2) The initiative would collect aluminum cans manually once or twice a week from designated drop-off locations. Students would be incentivized to participate to increase recycling volumes. The cans would then be melted down and cast into commercial products like flower pots to further promote recycling.
3) Implementing this initiative could significantly increase recycling rates among off-campus students while bringing financial and environmental benefits through aluminum can reuse.
The document discusses various approaches to managing the large amount of waste produced in the United States each year, which is approximately 220 million tons or 4 pounds per person daily. It covers issues with landfill space and pollution, and explores recycling, alternative materials, incineration, and composting as technologies being used or developed to more sustainably deal with waste. Recycling is highlighted as saving energy and resources compared to producing items from raw materials. New bioplastics and eco-friendly food containers are being made from renewable resources like corn or algae as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics.
Recycling and resource substitution are important conservation strategies. Recycling processes household and industrial waste so that materials can be reused. It is necessary because cities generate large amounts of garbage and humans are using resources unsustainably. Common recycled materials include plastics, glass, metals and paper. Recycling aluminum cans saves energy and jobs. Resource substitution means using renewable resources instead of non-renewable ones, like using cardboard instead of styrofoam for food packaging or biofuels instead of petroleum-based fuels. Local and national case studies show the benefits of recycling and substitution programs.
The document discusses recycling efforts at McDaniel College. It describes the recycling bins available in the library and dorms for paper and aluminum cans. It also mentions charging for printing to reduce paper usage and increasing electronic documents. The document discusses McDaniel's participation in RecycleMania, a recycling competition among colleges. It notes areas that could be improved like adding bins in dorms without elevators and providing clearer incentives for students to recycle. Responsibility for recycling is discussed, pointing to various groups on campus. Expanding recycling to other areas like the cafeteria is suggested.
The document discusses recycling efforts at McDaniel College. It describes the recycling bins available in the library and dorms for paper and aluminum cans. It also mentions charging for printing to reduce paper usage and increasing electronic documents. The document discusses McDaniel's participation in RecycleMania, a recycling competition among colleges. It notes areas that could be improved like adding bins in dorms without elevators and providing clearer incentives for students to recycle. Responsibility for recycling is discussed, pointing to various groups on campus. Expanding recycling to other areas like the cafeteria is suggested.
"Recycling our waste, be it on a small scale in the home or office or on a large scale like the nationโs landfills will potentially cut millions of dollars a year โ millions of dollars that can be put into other important programs. Is recycling cost-effective? It saves tax money and has potential to pay you for your old electronics and junk. From analysis, it would seem so.
This is from an article that appeared on All Green Website: http://www.allgreenrecycling.com/blog/is-recycling-cost-effective/"
Recycling involves collecting recyclable materials like glass, paper, metal, and plastic from communities and processing them to be used again. The recycling process includes sorting, cleaning, and preparing materials to be sold to manufacturers who use the recycled materials to make new products like paper towels, bottles, and cans. Recycling provides significant benefits like conserving natural resources and energy - it can save 95% of the energy required to make new aluminum and creates 36 jobs for every 10,000 tons of recycled waste compared to just 1 job from incineration. The U.S. recycles around 33% of its waste each year.
The average American generates a lifetime of 90,000 pounds of trash and babies produce a ton of garbage annually. Recycling just 10% more materials could save enough energy to heat 1.5 million homes or provide electricity to 1.8 million Americans for a year. If every household recycled one bottle out of every ten used, 200 million pounds of plastic waste could be kept out of landfills each year. Plastic bottles take 700 years to decompose in landfills and Americans drink 167 water bottles each but only recycle 23% on average, leaving 38 billion bottles in U.S. landfills annually.
This document summarizes a presentation on instructional technologies that will take place at the ALA 2014 Midwinter conference. It provides information on various online tools for teaching including Blackboard Collaborate, Google Hangouts, YouTube, Prezi, Jing, SnagIt, Snipping Tool, and LibGuides. For each tool, it lists the proposed uses, pros, cons, whether the tool is free or costs money, and potential technical issues. It concludes by asking attendees what other tools they use and where to continue the discussion.
The document provides an agenda for a presentation on various Google tools including Google Docs, Books, Scholar, Reader, Custom Search engine, Groups, Wonder Wheel, Timeline Search, and News timeline. It also lists additional Google tools that could be explored like Blogger, recipe search, sites, iGoogle, image search, Picasa, and custom maps. Attendees are thanked and directed to a website for additional resources and a recorded session from the presentation.
This document discusses instructional technology and how it requires teamwork across various departments on a campus. It lists many tools that instructional technology teams use to support teaching and learning such as games, clickers, podcasts, just-in-time instruction, blogs, webinars, tutorials, and workshops. It also illustrates the collaborative process needed with a step-by-step diagram showing the roles of Amy, Lynda, Beth, and Hannah on the instructional technology team.
Presentation for LIS630, spring 2014
Most information is from the Horizon Report 2014 for Higher Ed: http://www.nmc.org/publications/2014-horizon-report-higher-ed
Presentation for Designing for Digital 2016 Conference
https://d4d2016.sched.org/
Library buildings offer users an often overwhelming array of services and resources which arenโt always obvious or easy to find, leading to wayfinding frustrations and service fail points for our users. This presentation will cover basic wayfinding concepts, tools and methods for uncovering problems, and low cost, high impact solutions.
This document summarizes a presentation about wayfinding in libraries. It discusses how two libraries approach wayfinding differently and activities for mapping journeys through a library and identifying wayfinding issues. It also covers typical library wayfinding problems such as naming conventions and visibility. Solutions discussed include interactive maps, adding pictures to indicate areas, and easing emotional barriers. The presentation emphasizes taking a user-centered approach to understanding wayfinding needs.
Panel presentation for the Distance Library Services Conference, Denver 2014
http://libguides.cmich.edu/dls2014/ataglance/panels
Erin Davis, Becky Thoms | Utah State University
Jennifer Hill | Johns Hopkins University
Beth Filar Williams | University of North Carolina Greensboro
Embedded librarianship has been a buzzword for many years now, but librarians have struggled with how to make this process scalable. How do you effectively reach the most students, while still providing meaningful information and interactions? Join us in this panel discussion as we explore three different librariesโ approaches to making embedding in online courses scalable by partnering with faculty early on in the course development process. Through interactive polling, audience members will also share their own experiences and questions for a lively discussion!
The document provides guidelines for designing effective e-learning objects and asynchronous instruction. It discusses best practices from sources like the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Project Information Literacy. These include establishing learning outcomes, developing content that limits cognitive load, and ensuring accessibility for all students regardless of location. The document then outlines steps for instructional design using the ADDIE model of analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. Examples are provided for each step, with a focus on incorporating principles of multimedia learning and usability testing.
This document summarizes a presentation about using Twitter in 30 minutes. It discusses what Twitter is, provides some usage statistics, and explores how Twitter can be used both personally and professionally. Options for mobile access to Twitter are also reviewed. The presentation polls attendees on their Twitter usage and willingness to try it. It suggests ways Twitter can be used in academia for networking, professional development, and classroom applications. Questions from attendees are invited at the end.
The document provides an overview of the services, collections, spaces and staff of the UNCG University Libraries. It highlights digital collections and projects, learning spaces, instructional services, and the roles of librarians in leadership, assessment, and technology support. The libraries aim to provide quality resources and environments to support research and learning across the university community.
The document presents information on recycling and alternatives. It discusses statistics like the amount of plastic bottles and waste produced in the US each year. Most of the garbage produced in the US could be recycled. The main alternatives to recycling discussed are opening more landfills, incineration, and shipping waste overseas. Recycling is presented as a better option because it creates more jobs than alternatives and helps manufacturers by providing recyclable materials.
The document provides various facts about the world related to paper recycling, water, spiders, butterflies, energy generation from human movement, marriage, green building, recycling, and health. Some key facts include that 63.4% of paper consumed in the US was recycled in 2009, a spider's web is .003mm in diameter, monarch butterflies journey from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico at 12MPH, and more than one-third of US adults are obese.
DECO Recycling Initative - Professional DocumentNicole Shammo
ย
1) The document proposes a recycling initiative to collect aluminum cans from off-campus University of Pittsburgh students living in South Oakland. Currently, many off-campus students do not have recycling bins and a large amount of recyclable materials end up in the trash.
2) The initiative would collect aluminum cans manually once or twice a week from designated drop-off locations. Students would be incentivized to participate to increase recycling volumes. The cans would then be melted down and cast into commercial products like flower pots to further promote recycling.
3) Implementing this initiative could significantly increase recycling rates among off-campus students while bringing financial and environmental benefits through aluminum can reuse.
The document discusses various approaches to managing the large amount of waste produced in the United States each year, which is approximately 220 million tons or 4 pounds per person daily. It covers issues with landfill space and pollution, and explores recycling, alternative materials, incineration, and composting as technologies being used or developed to more sustainably deal with waste. Recycling is highlighted as saving energy and resources compared to producing items from raw materials. New bioplastics and eco-friendly food containers are being made from renewable resources like corn or algae as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics.
Recycling and resource substitution are important conservation strategies. Recycling processes household and industrial waste so that materials can be reused. It is necessary because cities generate large amounts of garbage and humans are using resources unsustainably. Common recycled materials include plastics, glass, metals and paper. Recycling aluminum cans saves energy and jobs. Resource substitution means using renewable resources instead of non-renewable ones, like using cardboard instead of styrofoam for food packaging or biofuels instead of petroleum-based fuels. Local and national case studies show the benefits of recycling and substitution programs.
The document discusses recycling efforts at McDaniel College. It describes the recycling bins available in the library and dorms for paper and aluminum cans. It also mentions charging for printing to reduce paper usage and increasing electronic documents. The document discusses McDaniel's participation in RecycleMania, a recycling competition among colleges. It notes areas that could be improved like adding bins in dorms without elevators and providing clearer incentives for students to recycle. Responsibility for recycling is discussed, pointing to various groups on campus. Expanding recycling to other areas like the cafeteria is suggested.
The document discusses recycling efforts at McDaniel College. It describes the recycling bins available in the library and dorms for paper and aluminum cans. It also mentions charging for printing to reduce paper usage and increasing electronic documents. The document discusses McDaniel's participation in RecycleMania, a recycling competition among colleges. It notes areas that could be improved like adding bins in dorms without elevators and providing clearer incentives for students to recycle. Responsibility for recycling is discussed, pointing to various groups on campus. Expanding recycling to other areas like the cafeteria is suggested.
"Recycling our waste, be it on a small scale in the home or office or on a large scale like the nationโs landfills will potentially cut millions of dollars a year โ millions of dollars that can be put into other important programs. Is recycling cost-effective? It saves tax money and has potential to pay you for your old electronics and junk. From analysis, it would seem so.
This is from an article that appeared on All Green Website: http://www.allgreenrecycling.com/blog/is-recycling-cost-effective/"
Recycling involves collecting recyclable materials like glass, paper, metal, and plastic from communities and processing them to be used again. The recycling process includes sorting, cleaning, and preparing materials to be sold to manufacturers who use the recycled materials to make new products like paper towels, bottles, and cans. Recycling provides significant benefits like conserving natural resources and energy - it can save 95% of the energy required to make new aluminum and creates 36 jobs for every 10,000 tons of recycled waste compared to just 1 job from incineration. The U.S. recycles around 33% of its waste each year.
The average American generates a lifetime of 90,000 pounds of trash and babies produce a ton of garbage annually. Recycling just 10% more materials could save enough energy to heat 1.5 million homes or provide electricity to 1.8 million Americans for a year. If every household recycled one bottle out of every ten used, 200 million pounds of plastic waste could be kept out of landfills each year. Plastic bottles take 700 years to decompose in landfills and Americans drink 167 water bottles each but only recycle 23% on average, leaving 38 billion bottles in U.S. landfills annually.
Wnl 112 green libraries by mithu anjali gayanKishor Satpathy
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Paper Presented during International Conference on Whatโs next in libraries? Trends, Space, and partnerships held during January 21-23, 2015 at NIT Silchar, Assam. It is being jointly organized by NIT Silchar, in association with its USA partner the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Colorado School Garden Lesson Plan b1: Renewable vs. Non-Renewable Resources Part I (4th Grade & Beyond) - Outdoor Lesson Plans and Activities
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The document proposes putting recycling containers in every dorm room on campus to make recycling more convenient and intuitive for students. Currently, there are only recycling bins in dorm buildings, not individual rooms. Students have admitted to throwing away recyclables because it is difficult to store and transport them to bins. Providing reusable recycling bags in each room would allow students to easily separate and store paper and bottles/cans until emptying the bags into outside bins. Other universities have implemented this approach successfully. The $5,000 grant could fund enough bags for the entire school. Making recycling easier would increase participation and benefit both the environment and Clark through reduced waste and pollution as well as money returned for recyclables.
The document discusses the importance of teaching solid waste education (SWE) in classrooms. It emphasizes that consumption practices are putting strains on the environment and that a fundamental change in attitudes around waste is needed. SWE educates students about consumption, natural resources, the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), and current waste management practices. Teaching SWE is important because students will be future leaders who can make a positive impact and schools produce a large amount of waste. SWE also teaches lifelong lessons while saving money. The document provides examples of ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle waste to help the environment.
The document introduces a sustainability toolkit created by UAL Libraries to support sustainability research. It outlines a workshop using the toolkit, including an activity where participants map the journey of materials and another where they frame research questions using the three pillars of sustainability. The toolkit aims to promote object-based learning, critical frameworks, and collaboration around sustainability research.
Recycling has become one of the most important means of conserving the environment. Some of its benefits are maintaining environment cleanliness, preserving wildlife and reducing pollution. Recycling can also translate to more jobs and revenues for cities.
This module discusses comprehensive solid waste management at schools. It begins by having students analyze their school's current waste management systems and identify the types of waste generated. This includes looking at purchases, products sold, different waste streams, reuse and recycling options, and waste collection and disposal processes. The goal is for students to understand their school's waste challenges and make improvements to reduce environmental impacts through waste reduction, reuse, recycling and proper disposal.
Brown University and Yale University both send their food waste to local pig farmers, reducing waste and costs. Carleton College appointed its first environmental coordinator, launching recycling and composting programs. While still maintaining some green aspects, Dartmouth College has lost ground in sustainability efforts due to lack of support from senior administrators. Emory University has made major progress in using electric and alternative fuel vehicles across its fleet thanks to support from its president. The University of Michigan is working to implement sustainability measures across its decentralized schools and programs.
The document discusses opportunities libraries found while transitioning services online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Merritt College library expanded their roles, with librarians becoming experts in online instruction and supporting faculty. They saw increased demand for library instruction.
Oregon State University strengthened partnerships between the library and student support services to provide laptops, digital course materials and other resources for students struggling during the pandemic.
Texas Tech created a new virtual Graduate Support Center with the College of Education to continue supporting students amid online learning. Librarians shared strategies for redesigning services virtually with limited budgets.
part of the Webinar: Putting Emerging LIS Competencies into Education and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities.
November 19th, 2020 15:00 - 16:30 CEST via Zoom.
Greening Your Library provides tips for making libraries more environmentally friendly. It recommends establishing paper recycling programs and purchasing energy efficient equipment to reduce electricity usage. Specific suggestions include setting printers and copiers to automatic duplex, recycling ink cartridges, and installing motion sensor lights or compact fluorescent bulbs to save energy. The document emphasizes that these small changes can help conserve natural resources and reduce pollution while also saving libraries money over time.
Presentation from the RethinkIt Conference Jan 2018
https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/studio
https://rethinkitlibrariesforanewag2018.sched.com/event/CynO/breakout-session-1a-transforming-physical-library-spaces-and-places
This document discusses user experience (UX) design. UX focuses on understanding users, their needs, abilities, and limitations to design products and services that delight users. The document outlines several UX methods like personas, prototyping, and usability testing that are used to gain insights into users and improve their experience. It also provides examples of how UX design has been applied at Oregon State University Libraries and Press.
This document discusses lessons learned by a library manager in integrating sustainability practices into daily work. It provides examples of internal and external sustainability efforts at Oregon State University Libraries, including establishing a sustainability committee, supporting staff training and projects, promoting recycling and composting, and collaborating with students. The manager acknowledges challenges in securing funding, complying with policies, burnout, and lack of follow-through from some. Overall it promotes creating a culture where sustainability is a priority and opportunities exist to involve staff and students.
The document discusses implementing HTML5 video on webpages. It provides information on how to add video with the <video> tag, which allows built-in video playback across browsers without requiring Flash. It demonstrates how to specify video formats and codecs for browser compatibility and includes captions. Resources for converting video and adding captions are also referenced.
This document discusses emerging technologies that can be used for online learning. It lists tools for asynchronously collaborating online using Google Docs and Dropbox; synchronously learning using Blackboard Collaborate, Google Hangouts, and Skype; creating and sharing knowledge through websites, blogs and wikis; making multimedia content and handouts; conducting research using tools like Google Scholar and Twitter; and staying organized with apps like Evernote. The document also briefly mentions emerging trends like MOOCs, mobile apps, publishing and game-based learning.
Beth Filar Williams is the Coordinator of Library Services for Distance Learning at UNCG Libraries. The document discusses embedded librarianship and poses questions about how libraries can embed services physically and virtually to better serve user needs. Embedded librarianship involves collaborating directly with academic departments and classes by contributing to course pages and assignments. The discussion considers how libraries might embed services in more locations beyond the physical library and how to encourage users to seek library help.
This document summarizes a webinar session on sustainability in libraries, highlighting several presentations and initiatives. It encourages joining a LinkedIn group on sustainability librarians to learn more. It provides information on presentations at conferences on topics like academic librarians and sustainability, promoting libraries as sustainability partners, and open access. Initiatives at various libraries are also mentioned, such as renewable energy kits, Kill-A-Watt meter lending, and a sustainability focus at an upcoming conference. People are encouraged to collaborate on future presentations and discussions.
Our panel presentation on Sunday, June 24, 2012, from 10:30 - 12:00 in room 207C of the Anaheim Convention Center.
http://guides.library.msstate.edu/divingin
Sanborn maps were large scale, detailed fire insurance maps of towns and cities in the United States, primarily from the late 19th century to the 1950s. They show the size, shape, and construction materials of buildings and were regularly updated. While originally created for insurance purposes, Sanborn maps are now used widely by historians, genealogists, urban planners, and others to explore the development of communities over time and better understand their historic built environments.
This document summarizes a presentation about e-learning initiatives at various university libraries. It highlights three case studies: 1) synchronous online instruction workshops and asynchronous tutorials, 2) using videos synchronously and asynchronously, and 3) an asynchronous semester-long online instruction course. The document provides details about implementing online instruction at UNCG Libraries, including the technologies used and topics covered in webinars. It also discusses lessons learned, such as the importance of marketing, collaboration, engagement techniques, and addressing technical issues.
online workshop by UNCG Libraries.
Related to tools in our Instructional Tech Toolkit
http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/reference/instruction/tech_toolkit_homepage.aspx
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This presentation was provided by Rebecca Benner, Ph.D., of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
Gender and Mental Health - Counselling and Family Therapy Applications and In...PsychoTech Services
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A proprietary approach developed by bringing together the best of learning theories from Psychology, design principles from the world of visualization, and pedagogical methods from over a decade of training experience, that enables you to: Learn better, faster!
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In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
Level 3 NCEA - NZ: A Nation In the Making 1872 - 1900 SML.pptHenry Hollis
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The History of NZ 1870-1900.
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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