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The Flamingo: A Graphic Novel Chapter Book
A little girl visits her Lao Lao and builds fun and fantastical memories during their beach vacation in this beautifully rendered, nearly wordless graphic novel. This is one of the books on the CALA/YALSA Taskforce's "Stories Beyond Borders: A…
Position: 673 (299 views)
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee
Despite both gender and racial barriers during her time, Hazel Ying Lee was determined to fly. This charmingly illustrated and moving account details how Lee became one of the first Chinese American women to fly for the U.S. Women Airforce Service…
Position: 629 (318 views)
The Experience of International Students at Cross-Border University Libraries
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…
Position: 948 (187 views)
The Evolution of library reference services: From general to special, 1876 – 1920s
This study examines the origins and evolution of general and specialized reference services in American libraries between 1876 and the early 1920s. Through a historical chronological analysis of published journal literature, the author identifies the…
Position: 230 (472 views)
The Evaluation Experience of Authentication Systems in Pratt Institute Libraries
In the past decade, electronic resources have dramatically increased, posing a challenge for academic libraries to explore technologies for authentication to improve accessibility and usability, thereby providing better services for patrons. In this…
Tags: Academic Libraries, Authentication technologies, Electronic resources, OpenAthens, Pratt Institute Libraries, Product evaluation, Security
Position: 693 (289 views)
The English Conversation Group for International Students
The English Conversation Group (ECG) at the Leddy Library has been offering virtual sessions for the first time in the program’s history since the Fall 2020 semester during COVID-19 pandemic. Using virtual teaching technology, the ECG is trying to…
Tags: Blackboard, English Conversation Group, International students, Library instruction, Virtual teaching
Position: 243 (466 views)
The Effectiveness of a University’s Single-Session Information Literacy Instruction
Purpose – The purpose of this paper it to determine the effectiveness of “single‐session” information literacy instruction as it was integrated into the curriculum of a general education course at Monmouth University, New Jersey.
Position: 99 (534 views)
The Dreamweavers
Mei and Yun’s grandfather is known for his mooncake creations, but when a prince visits and tastes them, grandfather is arrested for how terrible they are! The two twelve-year-old twins must travel through the City of Ashes to the emperor's palace to…
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The Dragon's Promise
This is the second book in the Six Crimson Cranes duology. When a terrible curse befalls her six brothers, Princess Shiori of Kiata must embrace her magical abilities in order to save them in this folklore-inspired fantasy adventure. Along the way,…
Tags: Teen
Position: 646 (308 views)
The Downstairs Girl
Clever, quick-witted, pun-loving Jo Kuan works as a housemaid by day and secretly writes as the town’s newspaper advice columnist by night. Everyone wants to discover the identity of the forward-thinking author of “Dear Miss Sweetie,” but what would…
Tags: Teen; Heritage
Position: 490 (380 views)
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A Taste for Love
High school senior Liza Yang and her mom can agree on one thing: baking. That is, until Liza realizes that the annual junior baking competition…
