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A study of subject service in Chinese academic libraries

This article explores the current status and challenges of subject service in academic libraries in mainland China. The authors selected top thirty universities nominated by Chinese University Alumni Association (CUAA) in 2009 and examined their…

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Making our communities greener: A case study of promoting biogas energy by Tongwei Evergreen Libraries in China

Promoting the consumption of new energies, particularly of biogas, in rural areas is a strategic initiative of the Chinese government. The government has incorporated this initiative into many of its rural development plans. Likewise, Tongwei…

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Celebrating diversity, welcoming the world: Developing a Chinese webpage at Rutgers University Libraries

Growing out of a recent project to create multilingual online Welcome pages at Rutgers University Libraries, this paper describes the project, from its origin to the public release of the first group of webpages, with a special emphasis on the…

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Building an institutional repository at a liberal arts college

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…

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Organizational and operational optimization of academic library and information technology

In light of the development of the digital library, the deficiencies of collaboration and integration between the Information Technology unit and the Library on campus have created numerous obstacles to maintaining high-quality and effective digital…

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Using blogs for knowledge management in libraries

This paper describes the concept of knowledge management and its twofold mission in libraries. It introduces the definition and types of blogs and analyzes their technical and cultural characteristics; it also makes a comparison between blogs and…

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21st Century Librarian Seminar

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The Voice of Emerging Leaders

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Building Partnerships Supporting Non-Native Language Speakers

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…

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CALA Academic Resources System

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