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Item New York City Bed Bug Crisis as Framed by Tourists on Tripadvisor(Tourism Analysis, 2015-06-17) Liu, Bingjie; Pennington-Gray, Lori; Donohoe, Holly; Omodior, OghenekaroIn New York City (NYC), one of the world's top tourism destinations, bed bugs have reemerged as a challenge to the hospitality industry regardless of a hotel's star rating, location, ranking, or other. Given this growing tourism and hospitality management problem, the purpose of this study was to understand how the NYC bed bug crisis was framed on social media by travelers and how it impacted tourist experiences of NYC. Four general narrative frames and 14 subframes were identified in the analysis and the findings confirm that bed bugs have become a real and growing concern for tourists, and they are using social media to report their bed bug experiences. The significance and implications for hotel and destination management are discussed.Item Public Libraries and Social Capital in Three New York City Neighborhoods(© 2008 by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG. The definitive version of this article is available at [LINK]http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00440.x/abstract [/LINK].[BREAK] Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password.IUPUI faculty/staff/students please check University Library resources before purchasing an article. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK] http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian[/LINK]., 2008) Gong, Hongmian; Copeland, Andrea J.; Chen, CynthiaThis study uses the social capital concept to explain geographical variation in public library use. Applying Putnam's social capital theory, we examine how social capital in three New York City neighbourhoods affects usage of local branch libraries. A survey was conducted to understand differences in public library use and social capital in the neighbourhoods. Diversity and segregation indices were included as additional measures of social capital. The study found that neighbourhoods with higher levels of social capital, especially bridging social capital, tend to have higher public library use.Item Sculpture in Gotham: Art and Urban Renewal in New York City(Public Art Dialogue, 2019) Holzman, Laura