Monthly Archives: November 2011

November C&RL with my impressions and thoughts

Posted on November 23, 2011 by jjm38

I want to keep my summary of College and Research Libraries articles going, hopefully to benefit colleagues with no time to read every bi-monthly issue, but also perhaps to express my opinion on the research therein.How Unique Are Our Users?… Continue reading →

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Teaching Growth (actually just productivity)

Posted on November 15, 2011 by jjm38

I was updated our digital dossier program with my instructional statistics, when I noticed a nice pattern. Growth… {“dataSourceUrl”:”//docs.google.com/spreadsheet/tq?key=0Ai_LJ8fvp-P-dGZ5TllacHRoNDRLZGstXzQxRWJFcnc&transpose=1&headers=1&range=A1%3AD6&gid=0&pub=1″,”options”:{“vAxes”:[{“title”:null,”minValue”:null,”viewWindowMode”:”pretty”,”viewWindow”:{“min”:null,”max”:null},”maxValue”:null},{“viewWindowMode”:”pretty”,”viewWindow”:{}}],”hAxis”:{“maxAlternations”:1},”hasLabelsColumn”:true,”isStacked”:false,”width”:600,”height”:371},”state”:{},”chartType”:”ColumnChart”,”chartName”:”Chart 2″}… Continue reading →

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Predicting the Winners of the 2014 Fields Medal

Posted on November 10, 2011 by jjm38

I am currently working on a research article on the Fields medal and Abel prize in mathematics. What is interesting is the large clusters of winners around certain factors such as nationality, alma mater, affiliation, and focus of study in… Continue reading →

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