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- Contrails Digital Initiative from a Documents Librarian Point of View: NIDLSpring2015Handout
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2015-05-14, 2015-05-15
- Description
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A presentation covering the period 1996-2015 with regards to the the Contrails Digital Initiative (fka Wright Air Development Center Digital...
Show moreA presentation covering the period 1996-2015 with regards to the the Contrails Digital Initiative (fka Wright Air Development Center Digital Collection). Covered are the conception of the project, features of the website over time, technological changes affecting the project, interactions with government officials over the content, changes in the project model based on changes in shallow web indexing algorithms of search engines, and plans for the future. Presented at the Spring 2015 meeting of the Northeastern Illinois Documents Librarians, on May 15th, 2015 in the Cherry Room of Paul V. Galvin Library on IIT's Main Campus.
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- PA 508 Library Instruction
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2010-01-15, 2010-01-15
- Description
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This PowerPoint presentation was given to the Chinese contingent of the Master of Public Administration Graduate Program during Spring...
Show moreThis PowerPoint presentation was given to the Chinese contingent of the Master of Public Administration Graduate Program during Spring Semester 2010. It covers basic research and library skills.
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- Title
- Contrails Digital Initiative from a Documents Librarian Point of View: Contrails NIDL 2015
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2015-05-14, 2015-05-15
- Description
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A presentation covering the period 1996-2015 with regards to the the Contrails Digital Initiative (fka Wright Air Development Center Digital...
Show moreA presentation covering the period 1996-2015 with regards to the the Contrails Digital Initiative (fka Wright Air Development Center Digital Collection). Covered are the conception of the project, features of the website over time, technological changes affecting the project, interactions with government officials over the content, changes in the project model based on changes in shallow web indexing algorithms of search engines, and plans for the future. Presented at the Spring 2015 meeting of the Northeastern Illinois Documents Librarians, on May 15th, 2015 in the Cherry Room of Paul V. Galvin Library on IIT's Main Campus.
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- Title
- Contrails Digital Initiative from a Documents Librarian Point of View
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2015-05-14, 2015-05-15
- Description
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A presentation covering the period 1996-2015 with regards to the the Contrails Digital Initiative (fka Wright Air Development Center Digital...
Show moreA presentation covering the period 1996-2015 with regards to the the Contrails Digital Initiative (fka Wright Air Development Center Digital Collection). Covered are the conception of the project, features of the website over time, technological changes affecting the project, interactions with government officials over the content, changes in the project model based on changes in shallow web indexing algorithms of search engines, and plans for the future. Presented at the Spring 2015 meeting of the Northeastern Illinois Documents Librarians, on May 15th, 2015 in the Cherry Room of Paul V. Galvin Library on IIT's Main Campus.
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- Title
- Contrails: The Evolution of an Air Force Technical Reports Digitization Project: Contrails DLC Meeting Presentation
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2005-10-18
- Description
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A presentation given at the Fall 2005 Depository Library Council Meeting in Washington, D.C. The presentation describes the efforts to make...
Show moreA presentation given at the Fall 2005 Depository Library Council Meeting in Washington, D.C. The presentation describes the efforts to make accessible to the researchers and the public a collection of Air Force technical reports left at IIT by the Crerar Library when they moved to the University of Chicago. Covered is the period 1996-2005.
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- Title
- Completing the Puzzle: Comparable Community Determination for Illinois Municipalities
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2012-07-16, 1998-05
- Description
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In the process of negotiating for new contracts, public safety (i.e. Police and Firefighters) employee unions and municipal managers compare...
Show moreIn the process of negotiating for new contracts, public safety (i.e. Police and Firefighters) employee unions and municipal managers compare the essential elements of their contract (i.e. wages) with those of other “comparable” municipalities. The wages, benefits and working conditions of other “comparable” municipalities are used to provide evidence supporting the positions taken on both sides of the negotiating table. The problem is that negotiating teams rarely employ a consistent and accurate method to determine which municipalities should be compared to their own. Negotiating teams make their own determinations of comparability, which must be defended should arbitration proceedings become necessary. However, most of the methods of comparability determination currently employed by negotiating teams are extremely simple and are lacking a sound analytical basis. These methods are inadequate in terms of accuracy, and would be difficult to defend in arbitration proceedings. The method outlined in the following report provides a sound analytical basis for comparability determination. The recommendation is to employ the use of Comparability Tables. Comparability Tables : The Tables provide a list of which communities are most comparable to each particular community, and how comparable they are. This solution is augmented by three supporting elements which help to address the weaknesses apparent in the Comparability Tables. The three supporting elements are a Dissimilarity Matrix, Factor Analytic Rankings, and Factor Analytic Tables. Dissimilarity Matrix : The Matrix provides a comparability determination for communities not listed on a particular community’s Comparability Table. Factor Analytic Rankings : The Rankings allow a determination of why two communities are or are not comparable. Factor Analytic Tables : The Tables allow a quick reference to the particular characteristics of each community. The Comparability Tables, along with the supporting elements, provide negotiating teams with a list of comparable communities that is more accurate and defensible than the lists provided by other methods. This method describes which communities are comparable, how comparable they are, and why they are comparable. Negotiating teams who employ this method of comparability determination can approach their negotiations confident that their choice of comparable communities is accurate and can stand up to an arbitrator’s inquiry.
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- Title
- Double Jeopardy: Womersley, McDonald, and WADC TR 56-614
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2016-05-17
- Description
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An Air Force technical report, known by two titles and closeted from public view not once but twice, was freed of restrictions via Freedom of...
Show moreAn Air Force technical report, known by two titles and closeted from public view not once but twice, was freed of restrictions via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the staff of the Paul V. Galvin Library in 2015. This allowed the report to be scanned and posted online as part of Galvin's Contrails digital initiative. This presentation follows the history of the report and its importance in the field of hemodynamics. The report has been cited under one title at least 200 times, and under the other title at least 100 times, and continues to be cited under both titles to the present day. Theories are presented that explain the emergence of the two varying titles, the role of government restrictions on public availability of the report played in the continued inconsistency of citations, and the variation of the patterns of citations based on the type of publications in which the report was cited. In summation, this presentation will provide an anecdotal example of the damage inflicted on scientific research by arbitrary government restrictions on the availability of taxpayer funded research, illustrating the value of the successful FOIA request.
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- Celebrating Our Successes Mini-Conference 2016
- Title
- Contrails: The Evolution of an Air Force Technical Reports Digitization Project: Contrails ISL Brochure
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2006-05-04
- Description
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A presentation given at the 2006 Illinois State Library Annual Government Documents Conference held May 4th, 2006 in Springfield, Illinois....
Show moreA presentation given at the 2006 Illinois State Library Annual Government Documents Conference held May 4th, 2006 in Springfield, Illinois. The presentation describes the efforts to make accessible to researchers and the public a collection of Air Force technical reports left at IIT by Crerar Library when they moved to the University of Chicago. Covered is the period 1996-2006.
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- Title
- Contrails: The Evolution of an Air Force Technical Reports Digitization Project
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2006-05-04
- Description
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A presentation given at the 2006 Illinois State Library Annual Government Documents Conference held May 4th, 2006 in Springfield, Illinois....
Show moreA presentation given at the 2006 Illinois State Library Annual Government Documents Conference held May 4th, 2006 in Springfield, Illinois. The presentation describes the efforts to make accessible to researchers and the public a collection of Air Force technical reports left at IIT by Crerar Library when they moved to the University of Chicago. Covered is the period 1996-2006.
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- Title
- Contrails: The Evolution of an Air Force Technical Reports Digitization Project: Contrails ISL Meeting Presentation
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2006-05-04
- Description
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A presentation given at the 2006 Illinois State Library Annual Government Documents Conference held May 4th, 2006 in Springfield, Illinois....
Show moreA presentation given at the 2006 Illinois State Library Annual Government Documents Conference held May 4th, 2006 in Springfield, Illinois. The presentation describes the efforts to make accessible to researchers and the public a collection of Air Force technical reports left at IIT by Crerar Library when they moved to the University of Chicago. Covered is the period 1996-2006.
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- Title
- PA 508 Library Instruction
- Creator
- Ahrens, Aric G.
- Date
- 2010-01-15, 2010-01-15
- Description
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This PowerPoint presentation was given to the Chinese contingent of the Master of Public Administration Graduate Program during Spring...
Show moreThis PowerPoint presentation was given to the Chinese contingent of the Master of Public Administration Graduate Program during Spring Semester 2010. It covers basic research and library skills.
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