While many of the papers and analyses below are centered on library settings, the principles discussed are universal themes. They can be applied to a multitude of both non-profit and for-profit settings.
Sustainable Information Societies
Information is an ever-evolving concept; so, with its constant changing, how are we to build and create a supposed “information society?”
Sustainability: Maintaining Relevancy Through Adaptation
It is crucial for organizations to be steady and reliable in an age of uncertainty and confusion, while adapting to embrace new ideas and take risks to stay relevant.
Quantitative Data Analysis
The following analysis presents the results of 53 focus group design from a research methods class. The research question posed is: when designing focus groups, which food and beverage choices do students see as appropriate and enticing?
Negotiations Without Giving In
Review of Roger Fisher’s Getting to Yes: Negotiating Without Giving In. Fisher presents the idea that traditional means of negotiating are both outdated and ineffective.
Methodology Analysis
Libraries are often dismissed as no long relevant… but here’s all the reasons why they’re maintaining (and perhaps gaining?) relevancy in the modern world.
Managers Versus Leaders
Managers and leaders aren’t the same thing, and every work place needs both. While a rare person who can successfully fulfill both roles exists, the soft skills required for these tasks vary. A good manager isn’t always a good leader; and good leaders don’t always make good managers.
Library Strategic Plan
A hypothetical strategic plan for a very real small-town library in Oklahoma.
Communications and Public Relations Strategy
Communications and public relations are integral to growth and support for any organization; utilizing social meeting is an effective strategy if you make a plan.
Information Behavior Analysis
An exploration of information-seeking theories and models, applied to a search for healthcare outside of employment.
Information Behavior of Young Adults
Encouraging teens (and showing them how) to seek out appropriate and reliable information for themselves not only helps them mature, but also them up to become better-adjusted adults later in life.
Data Mining As An Asset, But Not A Solution
While allowing companies and groups to access simple information as a way to statistically analyze and better understand human behaviors can lead to convenience, the ways in which artificial intelligences begin to know you can be deeply unsettling.
Executive Briefing: Innovative Libraries
A study of how library innovations–in particular, an on-demand book printer–can benefit libraries and show real value to stakeholders. Real value is often overlooked in favor of the perception of real value; however, innovative measures can bring the behind-the-scenes to light.
Asset Management Database Analysis
Through the lens of a hypothetical Allergen Avoidance Makeup Database, this study seeks out ways to implement an asset management plan and on-going effectiveness.
Hannah Moore, MLIS 