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Native communities across the U.S. continue to face significant digital and literacy divides—not from lack of interest, but from enduring gaps in access, infrastructure, and culturally aligned support. This poster explores two national initiatives,…

This article discusses an experience of the University of Central Florida (UCF) Library when hosting a visiting librarian from Tongji University Library in Shanghai, China, in 2015. Unlike most other visiting programs in the U.S., UCF's hosting…

Stories from Queens Public Library. Poster presented at the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Annual Conference 2022 poster session.

To build a specialized database with local characteristics is one of the future directions for the academic library at prefectural level in China. The academic library can play an important role in preserving the local cultures. It is also an…

The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) has created several social media channels since 2012 with CALA members and friends participating from around the world, including the CALA's Facebook public page, WeChat space, YouTube Channel,…

Institutional repositories (IRs) are being used increasingly as infrastructures for self-created digital collections at large academic and research libraries. This paper demonstrates how a small liberal arts college can build an institutional…

CALA President’s Program 2022 - Building Asian and Pacific American Library Leaders for the Future: A Panel Discussion (co-sponsored by APALA)
Date/Time: 6/25, Saturday, 11-1 pm ET (CALA Membership/Poster Session from 11-12 pm and CALA Panel…

Both material resources and knowledge resources are insufficient in rural China. Therefore, the establishment of a family library branch in poor areas is not only an extension of the library services, but also an effective way to guarantee fair…

Wichita State University Libraries recently upgraded its DSpace based institutional repository, Shocker Open Access Repository (SOAR), to the new version 1.6.2 with an XML-based interface “Manakin”. Manakin gives the possibility of creating different…

Would you like to gain useful approaches to discovering partnerships that weave diversity through your library’s community? Harper College Adjunct Librarians will showcase how they successfully built meaningful and constructive collaborations with…