SLA Social Science Division Blog

Welcome to Our New Members!

The Social Sciences Divsion Board would like to welcome our new members:

Sally Wellman
Sophia Guevara
Mary Miles
Mary Beth Kren
Claire Guimbert
Martin Burrows
Eve Morin Desrosiers
Brad Liefer

Resources of Interest

Division Chair Marilyn Bromley thinks this report will be useful for many social science collections. Have a look!  

 "Faced with challenges from disruptive technologies, an uncertain future for its traditional publishing model and a titanic global recession, the market for social science and humanities publishing has still managed to grow, according to Social Science and Humanities Publishing 2009-2010, a strategic market report from Simba Information.This intelligence provides a comprehensive, analytical look at the overall landscape of the social science and humanities publishing market, including: Simba’s exclusive analysis and projections of market size and structure; trends affecting publishers, societies and libraries; including dissemination of content, innovative technology; and new experiments in publishing; perspective on the demand for social science and humanities products ;Revenue and market share rankings of leading publishers; detailed profiles of leading social science and humanities publishers worldwide."

Resource of Interest: Cost Benefit Analysis and Crime Cotrol

Non-profit Section Chair Nancy Minter suggests this new item, which may be of interest for social science collections:

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Crime Control

Edited by John K. Roman, Terence Dunworth, and Kevin Marsh

Criminal justice programs, to be adopted in today's climate, need to demonstrate not only efficacy but return on tax dollars invested. Cost-benefit analysis, the economist's tool for determining the price of outcomes, yields a single metric that allows different interventions to be compared directly. Yet CBA is difficult, even controversial, to apply to crime control, as it involves placing monetary value on intangibles such as pain, suffering, well-being, and human life. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Crime Control guides researchers through cost collection, design of bias-free studies, measurement of effects, approaches to estimating program benefits, and methods for combining the elements into a unified analysis.  $26.50. It is available for order online.

 

Congratulations to DSOC Webmaster!

Our incoming webmaster, Melissa Gustafson is proud to announce the birth of her son Sam! Sam was 8.13 ounces born on September 13, 2010 in Seattle, Washington.  His father is Melissa's husband, James Gustafson. Melissa works at the Battelle Seattle Research Center in Seattle, Washington. Congratulations, Melissa!

 

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