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Using guppies to bring ecology and evolution to low-income communities
(2017)
This project proposes the development of a Trinidadian guppy population specifically for use in outreach in the fields of evolution, ecology, and neuroethology. Guppies are an ideal system for this project because there ...
Measuring Similarity Between Mathematics Research and Its References Using Bibliographic Coupling
(2019-07-12)
1 Introduction
Originally formalized in the 1960s [1], Bibliographic Coupling is a metric used to determine the similarity between two pieces of research by measuring the amount of overlap in their references. Applied ...
"Life is Hard for Us": Drinking Water at the Epicenter of Cholera in Haiti
(2018-04-04)
Guillene, along with her husband and young son, returned to Meye, Haiti from the Dominican Republic shortly before the cholera epidemic began, the origin of which lay just down the road: the United Nations military base. ...
International News Resources Assessment
(2018-10-01)
The project was a needs assessment of the library's international news resources. It provided the U-M Library with a better understanding of the news landscape internationally, and how the library can best meet the needs ...
Intellectual Property and Public–Private Partner Motivations: Lessons from a Digital Library
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-09)
Cultural institutions such as libraries and museums are characteristically associated with public interests, broadly considered here as encompassing both the public good and public goods.These institutions often engage in ...
Public Access for Federally Funded Research
(2016-12-06)
This presentation covers A memo released by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on February 22, 2013 stating that:
−Each Federal agency with over $100 million in
annual conduct of research and development ...
Finding the Public Domain: The Copyright Review Management System
(2016-10-26)
This white paper discusses the Copyright Review Management System (CRMS), supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services over three National Leadership Grants. Led by the University of Michigan in collaboration ...
Challenges and Opportunities in Customizing Library Repository User Interfaces
(2018-03-14)
Just how good (or how bad) are the Web-based interfaces encountered by library users these days? Having invested in the creation of significant digital collections, how can libraries enhance usage of those collections? How ...