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Establishing a Vibrant Information Literacy Program in the Absence of Curriculum Mandate: A Case Study

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This article describes how the Skillman Library at Lafayette College uses internal grants to successfully integrate information literacy into upper-level courses. There is a general consensus among faculty grant recipients that …

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Modeling Time-to-Acceptance for ISI-Indexed Journals in the Profession of Library and Information Science

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There are many factors affecting review duration after a paper has been submitted to a journal. Developing a time-to-acceptance model of each journal for the whole time span from submission to acceptance can help researchers when they are selecting…

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The Experience of International Students at Cross-Border University Libraries

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This article describes the results of a small research study investigating international student library use and perceptions in a cross-border setting. The graduate degree program at the center of this study is a binational joint degree M.A. program…

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Building a Specialized Database of the Culture of Yi People

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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…

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The Role of Chinese American Librarians in Library and Information Science Diversity

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With a goal to examine the role of Chinese American librarians in Library and Information Science (LIS) diversity in the 21st century, the authors conducted a study funded by the ALA (American Library Association) Diversity Research Program between…

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The Development of Data Science Education in China from the LIS Perspective

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The aim of this paper is to introduce the development of data science in higher education in China, including the policy and educational programs at various levels. We investigated the data science education of five LIS (Library and Information…

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Conference Report and Journal Launch, Beijing, China

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June 8-9, 2017, the National Science Library of China (NSLC) hosted the first Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery conference and Big Data Analysis for Decision-Making workshop. This meeting took its name from the Journal of Data Analysis and…

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Book Review of the Data Librarian's Handbook

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The Data Librarian’s Handbook, by Robin Rice and John Southall, London: Facet Publishing, December 2016, 192p. Paper $69.52. ISBN: 978-1783300471.

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Book Review of Volume One of Curating Research Data: Practical Strategies for your Digital Repository

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Curating Research Data, Volume One: Practical Strategies for Your Digital Repository, Eds. Lisa R. Johnston. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017. 294p. $65. ISBN: 978-0838988589.

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