OUR@Oakland: Recent submissions
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Strategies for Staying Sane While Providing Research Support and Instruction in High Enrollment or Research-Intensive Programs
(2020-01-28)Managing the duties of an academic liaison librarian can be a challenge, especially when the liaison departments have high student enrollments. Two librarians from separate comprehensive Michigan universities assigned to ... -
Minutes of the Formal Session of the Oakland University Board of Trustees, December 9, 2019
(2019-12-09)A. Call to Order| B. Roll Call | C. President's Report - President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz; Michael J. Westfall, Vice President, University Advancement; Amy Tully, Associate Dean and Director, School of Music, Theatre & Dance ... -
Designing for engagement: Using the ADDIE model to integrate high-impact practices into an online information literacy course
(2016)In this article, the authors share how a team of librarians used the ADDIE instructional design model to incorporate best practices in teaching and learning into an online, fourcredit information literacy course. In this ... -
Advancing research data management in the social sciences: Implementing instruction for education graduate students into a doctoral curriculum.
(2017)Research data management (RDM) skills are vital yet often untaught in graduate programs, especially in the social sciences. In this article, my co-author and I presented a case study of how a Research Data Librarian and ... -
Academic librarians’ educational factors and perceptions of teaching transformation: An exploratory examination
(2019)Objective – As information literacy instruction is an increasingly important function of academic librarianship, it is relevant to consider librarians’ attitudes about their teaching. More specifically, it can be instructive ... -
From information experts to expert educators? Academic librarians' experiences with perspective transformation and their teaching identities
(2017)As information formats, needs, and access change, post-secondary students need to be prepared to make sense of the morass of content they encounter – for academic, professional, and personal purposes. Academic librarians ... -
Academic librarians’ teaching identities and work experiences: Exploring relationships to support perspective transformation in information literacy instruction
(2020-01)Academic library leaders have a vested interest in quality library instruction, but strategies to ensure this happens can vary across environments. In this study, the author analyzed data collected using King’s Learning ... -
Instructional modalities and perspective transformation: How academic librarians’ experiences in blended/hybrid, and online instruction influence their teaching identities
(2020-01)As librarians’ instructional responsibilities diversify, it is useful to consider what factors influence how they see themselves as educators. In this research, the author used a survey instrument grounded in transformative ... -
FASB Lease Accounting Standard Update 2016-02: An Exploration of Similarities and Differences to IFRS 16
For accounting professionals across the globe, certain rules and regulations are put in to place to maintain the ethical and transparent practices of financial accounting. U.S. companies follow the regulation process of ... -
The Differing Attitudes Towards Mental Health in the United States and South Korea
This thesis project explored the differing attitudes towards mental health in Eastern and Western countries, with a narrowed-down focus on the United States and South Korea. This thesis aimed to find out if there is a ... -
Short-term continuous cultures of Gammarus sp., Tigriopus californicus, and Nannochloropsis sp.
The key components of my Honors College thesis addressed the following questions: can stacked rectangles of corrugated plastic sheeting make suitable habitat for a continuous culture of amphipods (Gammarus sp.), can a small ... -
Fall 2019 University Libraries eNewsletter
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Minutes of the Meeting of the University Senate, December 5, 2019
(2019-12-05)A Informational Items: Program Modifications; Provost’s Updates | B.Roll Call | C. Approval of the minutes of September 19, 2019 | D. Old Business: None | E. New Business: new Graduate English as a Second Language Policy; ... -
Contemporary Human Resources Issues for the Modern LGBT+ Adult
Individuals within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender plus (LGBT+) community have been discriminated against in employment and related factors since the early 20th century. Discrimination has appeared in subtle ... -
Minutes of the Formal Session of the Oakland University Board of Trustees, October 14, 2019
(2019-10-14)A. Call to Order | B. Roll Call | C. President's Report - President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz; Ronald P. Watson, Associate Vice President for University Human Resources; Joi M. Cunningham, Assistant Vice President for Academic ... -
A Computational Analysis of Black Hole Interiors
This project will explore the interiors of black holes using computer simulations. Currently, photographs are being released of black holes, but because of their powerful singularities where even light cannot escape, the ... -
Analysis of Gear Tooth Profiles for use in a Mechanical Clock
This project explores the differences in two gear teeth profiles, involute and cycloidal, and determines which profile is more advantageous for use in a gear train like that found in a mechanical clock. Involute gear teeth ...