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Embargoes and Overfishing: The Paper Trail

“How effective are embargoes?
How big of a global environmental problem is overfishing?

Two research projects try to answer these questions by examining legislative, parliamentary and legal sources by focusing on two case studies, one examines the trade embargo on Iran and the other examines overfishing in Somalia.”

Measuring Impact in the Age of Altmetrics

I will be presenting my academic blog post on the emergence of altmetrics as an alternative to traditional journal impact factor ((http://bit.ly/1O46zd5). I’ll address the arguments both for and against altmetrics and discuss my brief examination of the impact of one scholar’s research via traditional citation metrics versus via altmetrics.

Usability Test of Bronxville Public Library

This project evaluates the experiences of users navigating the official website of the Bronxville Public Library. A user testing study was developed and administered by four usability researchers to gather both quantitative and qualitative data and assess the experiential issues of website users.

Walking Tour of Congregation Shearith Israel’s Second Cemetery

Laura Cooper Brown – lbrow266@gmail.com Suzanne Lipkin – slipkin@pratt.edu Overview: Shearith Israel, founded in New York 1654, is North America’s first and oldest Jewish congregation.  This presentation will…

@WeReaders: A Case Study of the Use of Twitter in a Research Survey

WeReaders A Case Study of the Use of Twitter in a Research Survey ewillse   We tested Twitter as an instrument for recruiting participants and generating research data,…

The Donor Party

The Donor Party, www.thedonorparty.com, is a linked open data website created by Pratt SILS students in The Museum and the Network class. It contains a  home-made database and…

A Damsel Without Distress: The Role of Feminism in Barry Deutsch’s Hereville

A social commentary paper on the feminist nature of Barry Deutsch’s graphic novel series, Hereville. Explores the complex depictions of the female characters, weaving in their various impacts on the story’s heroine.

Cyborg Anthropology

My power point was driven to show the future of libraries in the lens of cyborg anthropology. It focuses on Amanda Yoder’s brilliant article The Cyborg Librarian as…

The Biodiversity Heritage Library: Open Access at Work

This research project takes a look at the Biodiversity Heritage Library, which is a subject-specific open-access digital library created and maintained by a consortium of natural history and…

Voces Digital Audio Achive

CentroSILS showcase Presentation Laura Marte Piccini and Alexandra O’Hara will present on Voces Digital Audio Archive, which is a digital archives created by students in LIS 665 Projects…

DPLA Exhibition: The Show Must Go On! American Theater in the Great Depression

The Show Must Go On! American Theater in the Great Depression, is an exhibition created in LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives for the DPLA Digital Curation Pilot. The exhibition was launched on the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in Spring 2014

Hidden Worlds: Masking Gender in Science Fiction

This project conducted network analysis research on an online database of female-identified science fiction writers who wrote under pseudonyms, focusing particularly on those that used pseudonyms that were…

Agricultural Economics of Lebensraum: Beyond Good and Evil

The title of this visualization is the Agricultural Economics of Lebensraum; Beyond Good and Evil. Lebensraum is German for living space, and agriculture was a mainstay for its…