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New Directions in Information Organization-A Linked Data Model with BIBFRAME

Discussion on BibFrame, a new direction for organization of information, a linked data model.

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Nest in Springtime: A Mandarin Chinese-English Bilingual Book of Numbers

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This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).

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Needs of Cross-Disciplinary Graduate Programs: How Libraries Contribute to Social Mobility in the Post-Pandemic Era

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This case study presents a unique insight into the relationship between cross-disciplinary graduate programs and social mobility, highlighting how libraries can contribute to the needs of students in these programs during the post-pandemic era. In…

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Navigating the Complexity of Describing Chinese Historical Places Using the Wikibase Platform

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Chinese historical places, with their extensive history spanning thousands of years, serve as profound symbols of the nation's rich cultural legacy. Capturing their historical changes in a consistent data model for describing cultural heritage,…

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Navigating Career Transitions from Staff at Princeton to Manager at Harvard

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Transitioning from a staff role to a managerial position is a significant career milestone, requiring shifts in mindset, skill sets, and workplace dynamics. This presentation explores the speaker’s journey from a staff role at Princeton to a…

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Name Authority Control in Digital Humanities: Building a Name Authority Database of Shanghai Library

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Libraries as a type of social institution have a long history of collecting, preserving and spreading the knowledge of mankind and have cumulated a vast amount of highly structured data conforming to library and information standards. Among these…

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Mystery of the Giant Masks of Sanxingdui

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"It is the first children's trade book about the lost civilization of the ancient city of Sanxingdui and its epic discovery of the monumental bronzes in 1986. "Mystery of the Giant Masks of Sanxingdui" is an important supplemental title on the…

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My Day with Gong Gong

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Young May reluctantly spends a day with her Gong Gong, who only speaks Cantonese. Their day is punctuated with conversations May does not understand and glimpses of favorite foods as they run errands in Chinatown. Gong Gong's warmth and care shine…

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Moving To Next-Gen In 6 Months: A Journey To Alma After 15 Years With Voyager

Agenda:
1. Introduction
2. Quick review of library automation history, why next-gen?
3. Project overview
4. Data migration overview
5. Functional areas

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