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Understanding the Business of Library Acquisitions. Second Edition.
Schmidt, Karen A., Ed. – 1999
This expanded edition provides new information about successfully managing library acquisitions. Chapters include: "Acquisitions, the Organization, and the Future" (Carol Pitts Diedrichs and Karen A. Schmidt); "The Business of Book Publishing" (Patricia Glass Schuman and Charles Harmon); "The Business of Scholarly Journal Publishing" (Gary J.…
Descriptors: Ethics, Information Industry, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Promoting Student Engagement. Volume 2: Activities, Exercises and Demonstrations for Psychology Courses
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Miller, Richard L., Ed.; Balcetis, Emily, Ed.; Burns, Susan R., Ed.; Daniel, David B., Ed.; Saville, Bryan K., Ed.; Woody, William Douglas, Ed. – Society for the Teaching of Psychology, 2011
The purpose of the book is to provide teachers of psychology access to teaching techniques that epitomize "happy tact and ingenuity." The principle influence that teachers have on student behavior occurs in the classroom since, as noted by Erickson and Strommer, (1991), today's students spend relatively little time studying outside of class. When…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Adult Development, Class Activities, Learning Activities
Defining Values for Research and Technology: The University's Changing Role
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Greenough, William T., Ed.; McConnaughay, Philip J., Ed.; Kesan, Jay P., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
Since the end of the Cold War, federal funding for research at American universities has sharply decreased, leaving administrators searching for a new benefactor. At the same time, changes in federal policy permitting universities to patent, license, and profit from their discoveries combined with the emergence of new fields that thinned the lines…
Descriptors: Industry, Private Financial Support, Academic Freedom, College Faculty