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The School Librarian English Learner Action Plan

Description: This document outlines nine focus areas that are essential for implementing best practices for ensuring equitable access to materials and cultivating a rich learning environment for English Learners (ELs), and it breaks down each focus area into multiple action items to make gains in the focus area. The project was funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant awarded to the University of North Texas (UNT) Departments of Information Science, Learning Technologies, and Lingu… more
Date: 2024
Creator: Smith, Daniella; Tyler-Wood, Tandra L. & Zhang, Xian
Partner: UNT College of Information
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School Librarians Facilitating the Success of English Language Learners: A Toolkit

Description: This toolkit features resources and research-based strategies for serving English Learners (ELs) in school libraries. The project was funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant awarded to the University of North Texas (UNT) Departments of Information Science, Learning Technologies, and Linguistics, in partnership with the International Association of School Librarians (IASL).
Date: 2024
Creator: Smith, Daniella; Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.; Zhang, Xian; Colby, Diana; Kaz-Onyeakazi, Ijay; Milburn, Stacie et al.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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School Librarians Facilitating the Success of English Language Learners: A White Paper

Description: This white paper, along with the accompanying toolkit, is designed to provide school librarians and other English Learners (EL) stakeholders with an overview of how school librarians can assist ELs and serve as a training aid for the future of the profession as it pertains to serving ELs. The project was funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant awarded to the University of North Texas (UNT) Departments of Information Science, Learning Technologies, and Linguistics, in … more
Date: 2024
Creator: Smith, Daniella; Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.; Zhang, Xian; Colby, Diana; Kaz-Onyeakazi, Ijay; Milburn, Stacie et al.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Editor's Foreword [Fall 2023]

Description: Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Autumn 2023
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Editorial: Should IANDS Endorse a Post-Physicalist Worldview?

Description: Editorial article regarding the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) neutrality statement and whether the organization should extend the existing statement to reflect a specific worldview.
Date: Summer 2023
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Editor's Foreword [Summer 2023]

Description: Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Summer 2023
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Response to Editorial "Should IANDS Endorse a Post-Physicalist Worldview?" [Audette]

Description: Abstract: A sufficient body of empirical evidence exists to fully justify and enable IANDS to relinquish its neutrality position in a totally defensible manner, giving it a priceless opportunity to adopt and advance a spiritual interpretation of reality, one that could greatly enhance its relevance for the troubled times in which we live and allow it to serve as a powerful catalyst for a global spiritual awakening, consistent with its original founding ideals.
Date: Summer 2023
Creator: Audette, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Response to Editorial "Should IANDS Endorse a Post-Physicalist Worldview?" [IONS]

Description: Abstract: In this brief response, we at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) offer our view of post-physicalism, and IONS president Thomas Brophy expresses his view that it makes sense for IANDS to endorse a post-physicalist worldview, which, he suggests, could also be called trans-physicalist.
Date: Summer 2023
Creator: Brophy, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Response to Editorial "Should IANDS Endorse a Post-Physicalist Worldview?": Maybe Keep the Original Statement But Add Something to It?

Description: Abstract: In this response, I suggest that the International Association for Near-Death Studies consider retaining their current statement of neutrality and add a sentence clarifying their stance regarding a post-physicalist worldview as well as their ongoing openness to dialog with authors representing any science-based worldview.
Date: Summer 2023
Creator: Kelly, Edward F.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Response to Editorial "Should IANDS Endorse a Post-Physicalist Worldview?": Why IANDS Should Not Endorse a Specific Worldview [Bush]

Description: Abstract: In this response I explain why I believe the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) should maintain its longstanding commitment to impartiality regarding positions on or interpretations of near-death experiences and related phenomena, declining to endorse post-physicalism or any particular worldview.
Date: Summer 2023
Creator: Bush, Nancy Evans
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Editor's Foreword [Spring 2023]

Description: Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Spring 2023
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Memory in Uncertainty: Web Preservation in the Polycrisis

Description: This information sheet was shared in relation to a presentation for the IIPC General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference held on May 10-12, 2023 in Hilversum, Netherlands. It summarizes the findings of a study by The New Design Congress to investigate web archive practices, tools, integrity, and security. Their research finds that the field of web archiving and its landscape of tools and institutions are out of step with the realities of rising instability and complexity of the 21st century.
Date: 2023
Creator: The New Design Congress
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium
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