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The Astonishing Color of After

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Leigh Chen Sanders is a biracial teen coping with her mother's suicide. Leigh is convinced her mother has transformed into a bird and is determined to find her during a visit to her maternal grandparents in Taiwan. In their shared grief, Leigh…

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The Best Kind of Mooncake

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When a stranger from a faraway land arrives hungry, a child's mother gives him their precious double yolk mooncake. This act of kindness prompts other vendors to give enough to help the man get on his feet. With kindness, the favor is returned in a…

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The boy from Clearwater: Book 1

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"Part One: Taiwan, 1930s. Tsai Kun-lin, an ordinary boy born in Qingshui, recounts a carefree childhood despite the Japanese occupation: growing up happily with the company of nursery rhymes and picture books on Qingshui Street. As war emerges Tsai's…

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The CALA Annual Jing Liao Award for the Best Research

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"The pursuit of excellence in research and service was what defined the career of Jing Liao (1954-2011), a long-time CALA member and a devoted and accomplished librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The establishment of this…

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The construction of a Chinese rubbings digital library: an attempt in preserving and utilizing Chinese cultural heritage materials

China is a country with an ancient civilization going back 5,000 years. Keeping records on inscriptions is an important method of preserving the memory of Chinese history and culture. Rubbings are important components of ancient Chinese books, and…

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The CUNY-Shanghai Library Faculty Exchange Program

The librarian exchange between The City University of New York (CUNY), Shanghai University, and Shanghai Normal University took place spring 2010-fall 2011. Eight faculty from each country participated. Discussion and dialogue with Chinese visiting…

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The Development of Academic Data Services in Canada and China: Profiles of Data Services at Fudan University and the University of Windsor.

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A comparative perspective on the development of academic data services at Fudan University in China and at the University of Windsor in Canada.

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The Development of Classification on Women’s Studies in LCC (1910-2010)

A poster at the 2017 Chinese American Librarians Association Midwest Chapter Annual Conference Program

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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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