Browse Items (1071 total)

Automatic Subject Heading Assignment for Online Government Publications Using a Semi-Supervised Machine Learning Approach

As the dramatic expansion of online publications continues, state libraries urgently need effective tools to organize and archive the huge number of government documents published online. Automatic text categorization techniques can be applied to…

Position: 243 (466 views)

Information Representation

Research Fronts in Library and Information Science (LIS) in the West is a volume in the book series titled Research Fronts in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the West. Based on the analysis of a significant amount of recently published research…

Position: 201 (480 views)

Beyond Traditional Librarianship: Engage Teaching Faculty through an International Educational Exchange Program

BeyondTraditionalLibrarianship_Fu.pdf
Presented at the American Library Association 2016 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, June 26, 2016.

Position: 166 (497 views)

Giving Voice to Chinese American Railway Workers : CALA CRRW Task Force as Coordinator and Facilitator

CALA_IRONChinese_40X40_WANGCHENHE2016_ver04.pdf
A continue exhibit to demonstrate the undocumented story of thousands of Chinese migrants, who played an instrumental role in the construction of the nation's first transcontinental railway in the 1860s.

Position: 58 (570 views)

Scholarship Achievement

CALA_GIN_40X40_YWANG2016.pdf
Presented at the 2015 CALA Annual Conference Poster Session "Showcase of CALA members' Achievements," June 28, 2015.

Position: 85 (549 views)

Outreach to Peer Advisors in the STEM Disciplines to Increase Awareness of Library Resources

Dinalo_Crotty_Wang_CALA2015.pdf
Improve STEM student success by increasing engagement with library resources through the use of a train the trainer model with peer advisors (mentors/tutors). This project is aimed at assessing whether or not the train the trainer model can lead to…

Position: 347 (436 views)

Inspiration and Participation: Promoting Diversity within the Organization and Beyond

CALAposter_2010.pdf
The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) is an ALA affiliated ethnic librarian association. The value of diversity is essential to the accomplishment of its mission, objectives, and strategic goals. This poster session will present how CALA…

Position: 130 (515 views)

Promoting Library Advocacy, Diversity, Family Literacy, and Global Outreach

CALAposter_2011.pdf
The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), an ALA affiliate, participated in the 2011 Poster Session at the Diversity and Outreach Fair to showcase its mission, programs, and services for diverse audiences of all ages. The presentation…

Position: 32 (604 views)

Deciphering the Myth: Where to Publish

Deciphering_the_myth_Where_to_publish.pdf
Handout created for the CALA Membership Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference 2014, Las Vegas, NV. June 29, 2014.

Position: 138 (512 views)

A Glimpse into CALA’s 1980 and 2013 Membership

The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)’s total membership has increased to 559, including 260 life members and 299 annual members, as of June 30, 2013. It covers all states in the US and 7 other countries and areas (Australia, Canada,…

Position: 326 (443 views)