PurposeThe authors received a grant to develop a digital educational tool to facilitate student engagement with online primary sources. Students and faculty were interviewed prior to developing the tool's specifications to ensure a user‐centered focus. This research paper seeks to report the results of a user needs assessment that explored students' use of primary sources and their learning preferences, as well as faculty's pedagogical goals for student work with primary sources.Design/methodology/approachFaculty, graduate, and undergraduate students enrolled in humanities courses at the University of Colorado at Boulder were interviewed to help guide the development of this tool. The interview transcripts were analyzed to uncover several key findings.FindingsThe results of the user needs assessment suggest that primary sources have great potential to excite students' enthusiasm and enhance their learning experiences; however, these materials present several challenges that prevent students from using digital primary‐source collections to the fullest extent. Educational technology may be able to help students overcome these difficulties, but only if the technology is easy‐to‐use and designed to support faculty's pedagogical goals.Research limitations/implicationsThis study employed a semi‐structured interview methodology to collect the relevant data. Its central research questions could be explored in greater depth using other user‐centered design methodologies, such as artifact and task analyses.Practical implicationsThis research will be used to inform the development of a digital educational tool for student use with primary sources.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the growing body of research on user needs for effective work with online primary sources in university‐level humanities education.
Purpose -To present a case study of a digital initiative for cartographic materials in order to provide a reference for other institutions embarking on similar projects. Design/methodology/approach -Describes the technical and practical details of the processes involved in georeferencing and providing online access to scanned aerial photographs. Findings -In the short time that the site has been live, the Map Library has already seen a marked increase in reference queries from both local and national users. Practical implications -From a practical standpoint, the project would not have been a success without collaboration between map, metadata, and systems librarians. Originality/value -To date, little has been published about digital initiatives projects providing online access to historical aerial photographs, a distinct and complex subset of cartographic materials. It is hoped that this case study will allow other institutions to learn from the approach and experience of the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries.
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This report presents the results of the U.S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for 7 standard reference samples I-131 (trace constituents), T-133 (trace constituents), M-132 (major constituents), N-43 (nutrients), N-44 (nutrients), P-23 (low ionic strength), and Hg-19 (mercury).the samples were distributed in October 1994 to 131 laboratories registered in the U.S. Geological Survey sponsored interlaboratory testing program. Analytical data that were received from 121 of the laboratories were evaluated with respect to: overall laboratory performance and relative laboratory performance for each analyte in the seven reference samples. Results of these evaluations are presented in tabular form. Also presented are tables and graphs summarizing the analytical data provided by each laboratory for each analyte in the seven standard reference samples. The most probable value for each analyte was determined using nonparametric statistics. One hundred eighty-five USGS and non-USGS laboratories are registered in the program, which can currently provide eight standard reference sample types: 1. Trace constituents. 2. Major constituents. 3. Nutrients. 4. Low ionic strength. 5. Mercury. 6. Whole water (water with suspended sediment). 7. Acid mine drainage. 8. Sediment (bed material) for major and trace constituents. When sufficient data are available, a most probable value is statistically determined for each analyte in the SRS. Though this is not a laboratory certification program, participation in this continuing quality assurance program is mandatory for all laboratories providing water-analyses data for USGS data storage or use (publications). Federal, State, municipal, and university laboratories can participate even though they do not provide data to the USGS. Analyses of these SRS provides the means to alert participating laboratories of possible deficiencies in their analytical operations, and also provides reference materials for in-house quality control programs. Participating laboratories are identifed only by a confidential code number. A library of SRS, from previous evaluations, are available on request. Participating laboratories can request previous SRS for further testing, continuing quality assurance, and quality control programs by contacting:
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