Scholarly Publishing Services e-Books

The Scholarly Publishing Services unit in the Purdue Libraries publishes and provides access to publications and other scholarly materials.

This series contains e-Books published through the Purdue Libraries Scholarly Publishing Services unit.

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More Than a Memory: Exploring Purdue University's History Through Objects

Kristina Bross

More Than a Memory: Exploring Purdue University's History Through Objects extends a 2014 undergraduate effort, which resulted in the publication Little Else Than a Memory: Purdue Students Search for the Class of 1904. Purdue students in 2016-2017 academic year sought to understand the history of Purdue University and to recover the student experience more than 100 years prior, at the turn of the twentieth century. This research, conducted primarily within Purdue Archives and Special Collections, includes choosing, investigating, and analyzing the material objects those students left behind.
Little Else Than a Memory: Purdue Students Search for the Class of 1904

Kristina Bross

Through their individual studies, the authors of the biographies inside this book were led in interesting and very different directions. From a double-name conundrum to intimate connections with their subjects’ kin, their archival research was rife with unexpected twists and turns. Although many differences between modern-day university culture and the campus of 1904 emerge, the similarities were far more profound. Surprising diversity existed even at the dawn of the twentieth century. Students intimately tracked the lives of African Americans, women, farm kids, immigrants, international students, and inner-city teens, all with one thing in common—a Purdue education. This study of Purdue University’s 1904 campus culture and student body gives an insightful look into what the early twentieth-century atmosphere was really like—and it might not be exactly what you’d think.

Completely produced by students in the Purdue University Honors College, this book contains ten essays by undergraduate students of today about their forebears in the class of 1904. Two Purdue faculty members have provided a contextualizing introduction and reflective epilogue. Not only are the biographical essays written by students, but the editing, typesetting, and design of this book were also the work of Purdue freshmen and sophomores, participants in an honors course in publishing who were supervised by the staff of Purdue University Press.
Visual Merchandising Handbook: Translating Theory to Practice - Lab Guide

Meghan E. Norris

This manual is geared towards entry-level students in visual merchandising and was developed at Purdue University to support the CSR 323 course. It is intended to complement and support course lectures and field trips to local businesses to help foster crucial connections among important academic and applied concepts.
International Service Learning Reflection Journal

Margaret Sass

Service Learning, a subset of service engagement, is a course-based, credit-bearing educational experience in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs; use knowledge and skills directly related to a course or discipline; and reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of personal values and civic responsibility.

This handbook in the Purdue University Learning and Service Engagement Series (PULSE) provides a guide for reflections and critical thought for students studying abroad. It provides a framework for students to understand their own personal cultural paths, examine what they are learning about the country being visited, and about their own development.

The handbook is structured around the following student activities:
- Take the pre-entry reflection prior to your international trip.
- Finish the pre-entry assignment if required by your professor.
- Fill out the daily journal or weekly journal based on your professor’s instructions.
- Complete the final reflection assignment if required by your professor.
- Complete the re-entry assignment if required by your professor.
- Complete the re-entry reflection and the Public Affairs Scale after your return from your international trip.
- Complete the re-entry assignment if required by your professor.
Legal Forms for Service Learning: A Handbook for Service Learning Practitioners and Administration

Margaret Sass

Service Learning, a subset of service engagement, is a course-based, credit-bearing educational experience in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs; use knowledge and skills directly related to a course or discipline; and reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of personal values and civic responsibility.

This handbook in the Purdue University Learning and Service Engagement Series (PULSE) provides a guide for what types of legal forms should be used, with example forms, within the Service-Learning environment.
Professional Development Reflection Journal for Travel Abroad

Margaret Sass

This handbook provides a guide for reflections and critical thought for professionals traveling abroad. As you experience a new foreign country, you will be reflecting through questions regarding how you react and feel about the culture and events around you. Some questions will also be related to the logistics of your activities. This handbook provides an opportunity for you to understand your own personal cultural path throughout your traveling experience, to examine what you are learning about the country you are visiting and about yourself. You have now entered a new world of opportunity. Take advantage of this academic expedition and explore! The handbook contains a range of self-assessment tools designed to be used as follows: Complete the Pre-entry Reflection prior to your international trip. Complete the Pre-entry Assignment. Choose one of the items on the Multicultural Teamwork activity page. Fill out "What is your level of Cultural Competence?" Complete "Plan of Action for Cultural Competence." Fill out the Professional Experience Daily Journal. Fill out the Personal Experience Daily Journal. Complete the Final Reflection Report. Complete the End of Travel assignment. Complete the Re-entry Reflection assignment.
Self-Development Reflection Journal for Students

Margaret Sass

This handbook provides a guide for reflections and critical thought for students engaged in their freshman year of college. As they experience these new sites and feelings, they will be reflecting through questions regarding how they react and feel about the events around them. Some questions will also be related to the logistics of their activities. Through the engagement of this book, freshman students will be able to reflect upon their experiences their freshman year and gain a broader understanding of the world around them.

The handbook contains a range of self-assessment tools designed to be used as follows:
- Complete pre-entry reflection. Complete the college experience.
- Complete multicultural activity.
- Fill out “what is your level of cultural competence?”
- Look over goal setting guidelines.
- Have fun and fill out the bucket list!
- Complete the plan of action for cultural competence—learning more about ethnicities.
- Start the self-development daily journal.
- End of the year with the self-analysis and the overall reflection
Service Learning Reflection Journal

Margaret Sass

Service-Learning, a subset of service-engagement, is a course-based, credit-bearing educational experience in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs; use knowledge and skills directly related to a course or discipline; and reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of personal values and civic responsibility.

This handbook in the Purdue University Learning and Service Engagement Series (PULSE) provides a guide for reflections and critical thought for students engaged in Service Learning courses. As you experience community service, you will be reflecting through questions regarding how you react and feel about those service learning events. Some questions will also be related to the logistics of your activities. Based on the methods used at Purdue, the handbook is also intended be of use to instructors at other institutions interested in leading their students through Service Learning projects.

The handbook contains a range of self-assessment tools designed to be used as follows:
- Take the Public Affairs Scale prior to your community service assignment/project.
- Complete the pre-service learning project plan – this will assist with the planning process of your service learning project.
- Fill out the daily journal or weekly journal based on your professor’s instructions.
- Complete the final reflection assignment if required by your professor.
- Complete the Public Affairs Scale after you completed the community service assignment/project.
Service Learning Reflection Journal for Kids: Tools and Activities to Help You with Your Service Learning Project from Beginning to End

Margaret Sass

Service Learning, a subset of service engagement, is a course-based, credit-bearing educational experience in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs; use knowledge and skills directly related to a course or discipline; and reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of personal values and civic responsibility.

This handbook in the Purdue University Learning and Service Engagement Series (PULSE) provides a guide for reflections and critical thought for young students engaged in Service Learning courses. As you experience community service, you will be reflecting through questions regarding how you react and feel about those service learning events. Some questions will also be related to the logistics of your activities. Based on the methods used at Purdue, the handbook is also intended be of use to instructors at other institutions interested in leading their students through Service Learning projects. Through these guidelines children will be able to gain a broader understanding of the world around them through their Service Learning activities.

The handbook contains a range of self-assessment tools designed to be used as follows:
- Take the Public Affairs quiz before you start your project.
- Fill out the “What do you think?” sheet.
- Fill out the Service-Learning Project Plan.
- Fill out the Community Service Log Form if your teacher assigns it.
- Fill out the daily journal or weekly journal based on your teacher’s instructions.
- Complete the Final Service-Learning Project Assignment if required by your teacher.
- Do the Picture Perfect drawing assignment.
- Complete “The End” quiz.
- Finish the “Last thoughts about Community Service” sheet.
Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success: Final Research Report (March 2012)

James L. Mullins, Catherine Murray-Rust, Joyce L. Ogburn, Raym Crow, October Ivins, Allyson Mower, Daureen Nesdill, Mark Newton, Julie Speer, and Charles Watkinson

This report briefly presents the findings and recommendations of the "Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success" project which investigated the extent to which publishing has now become a core activity of North American academic libraries and suggested ways in which further capacity could be built. The research described (consisting of a survey, some case studies, three workshops, and a set of further reading recommendations) was mainly conducted between October 1, 2010, and September 30, 2011. It was supported by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Libraries Studies, made to Purdue University Libraries in collaboration with the Libraries of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah.

Related resources to this document are the preliminary report of November 2011 which contains appendices that describe the research activities in general and an HTML version hosted on Comment Press that allows community comments to be posted.