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Assessing the Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation in South Asia

Description: .This Asian Development Bank (ADB) study examined the economic costs associated with the impacts of climate change and the cost and benefits of adaptation in Bangladesh,Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The study aimed to (i) assess the biophysical impacts of climate change in the region, including individual country impacts, and (ii) estimate the total economic loss to the countries in the region by 2100, taking into account the different scenarios and impacts projected across… more
Date: June 1, 2014
Creator: Ahmed, Mahfuz & Suphachol Suphachalasai
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Bibliography: Usage of E-books With Enriched Bibliographic Records

Description: This bibliography accompanies a presentation for the 2014 Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference. The bibliography contains citations for information related to the usage of e-books with enriched bibliographic records.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Harker, Karen & Sassen, Catherine
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Cataloging Services Survey

Description: Survey instrument administered by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries Cataloging and Metadata Services Department from October 27 through November 17, 2014. The purpose of this research study is to assess how Public Service employees rate the importance of Cataloging and Metadata Services activities, and how satisfied Public Service employees are with Cataloging and Metadata Services activities.
Date: 2014
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; Loafman, Kathryn & Welch, Rebecca
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Climate Change 2014 Mitigation of Climate Change -Summary for Policymakers

Description: The Working Group III contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) assesses literature on the scientific, technological, environmental, economic and social aspects of mitigation of climate change. It builds upon the Working Group III contribution to the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) and previous reports and incorporates subsequent new findings and research. The report also assesses mitigati… more
Date: 2014
Creator: Ottmar Edenhofer; Ramón Pichs-Madruga & Youba Sokona
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CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT

Description: This Synthesis Report is based on the reports of the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including relevant Special Reports. It provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). This summary follows the structure of the longer report, which addresses the following topics: Observed changes and their causes; Future climate change, risks and impacts; Future pathways for adaptation, mitigation and s… more
Date: November 1, 2014
Creator: IPCC
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Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report

Description: This Synthesis Report is based on the reports of the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including relevant Special Reports. It provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). This summary follows the structure of the longer report, which addresses the following topics: Observed changes and their causes; Future climate change, risks and impacts; Future pathways for adaptation, mitigation and s… more
Date: November 1, 2014
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Comparative Analysis of Distributed Digital Preservation (DDP) Systems

Description: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)-funded Chronicles in Preservation project (http://metaarchive.org/neh/) completed this Comparative Analysis of three Distributed Digital Preservation systems to analyze their underlying technologies and methodologies: -Chronopolis using iRODS (http://chronopolis.sdsc.edu/). -University of North Texas using Coda (http://www.library.unt.edu/). -MetaArchive Cooperative using LOCKSS (http://metaarchive.org/). This Comparative Analysis is not in… more
Date: April 2, 2014
Creator: Schultz, Matt & Skinner, Katherine
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Culinary Indexing Reference Sources Questionnaire

Description: Questionnaire for a study gathering recommendations of reference sources for culinary indexing. This questionnaire accompanies "Culinary Indexers' Reference Sources," and results of the study were presented at the 2014 Conference of the American Society for Indexing and the Culinary Indexing Special Interest Group.
Date: 2014
Creator: Sassen, Catherine

Editor's Foreword [Fall 2014]

Description: Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner

Editor's Foreword [Spring 2014]

Description: Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Rominger, Ryan & Holden, Janice Miner

Editor's Foreword [Summer 2014]

Description: Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner

Editor's Foreword [Winter 2014]

Description: Editorial statement introducing the contents of the journal issue and providing other relevant notes.
Date: Winter 2014
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner & Rominger, Ryan
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ETD Lifecycle Management Tools Manual

Description: The IMLS-funded Lifecycle Management of ETDs project has researched, developed, and/or documented a suite of modular Lifecycle Management Tools for curating electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The project targeted the following curation activities: Virus Checking, Format Recognition, Preservation Event Record-Keeping, and Simple ETD & Metadata Submission. This manual describes how to implement Lifecycle Management Tools for those activities. The manual is written for ETD Program Manager… more
Date: September 29, 2014
Creator: Schultz, Matt; Eisenhauer, Stephen & Krabbenhoeft, Nick
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In Search of Charles B. Ward [Presentation Notes]

Description: Notes accompanying a presentation for the 2014 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. The notes and presentation discuss Charles B. Ward (1864-1917) and include a biography and further implications for biography and musical reception history through resources originally created with different purposes in mind.
Date: September 18, 2014
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
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Investment and Growth from Climate Action A Briefing by CDP to Support the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Package

Description: CDP has created this briefing confident that it will provide a useful further contribution to these policy debates.The briefing is launched alongside its global report ‘The A List: The CDP Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014’. CDP’s Climate Performance Leadership Index (CPLI) is an index highlighting companies that exhibit leadership through their actions to mitigate climate change.
Date: October 15, 2014
Creator: CDP - Driving sustainable economies
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Organizational History of The Portal to Texas History, 2014

Description: This one page document is a brief organizational history for The Portal to Texas History for 2014. This document was used for grant submissions to state or federal funding agencies, or private foundations. This document reflects on strategic directions for the program, as well as the number of collaborative partners for the Portal and the number of historic documents in the digital library.
Date: 2014
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
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Sample Core Journal List Spreadsheet

Description: Spreadsheet document accompanying a poster for the 2014 Charleston Annual Library Conference. This spreadsheet is a sample of a core journal list for specialized or small academic libraries.
Date: October 1, 2014
Creator: Crawford, Laurel; Harker, Karen & Marshall, Derek
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