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A southern Chinese city through the eyes of a British missionary: Preliminary analysis of the text of a historical travelogue

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Walks in the City of Canton is a book written by John Henry Gray of Christ's College, Cambridge who came to China and stayed as a missionary for many years, and it was published in 1875. This project did a preliminary analysis of the text of this…

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The Life of Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee: a Scholar, a Library Leader, an Ambassador

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A video on the life of Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, one of the founders and a past president of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA). It accompanies the Spotlight on CALA Members featuring Dr. Lee and it is created on the occasion of celebrating…

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Academic Libraries’ Support of Student Learning through Designing a Library-based Research Information Literacy Course

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This poster illustrates the process of designing a credit information literacy course as a viable alternative to the traditional one-shot library instruction mode. The poster showcases the significance of building a semester-long information literacy…

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Embedded Librarian Practice: Transparency in Teaching Threshold Information Literacy Concepts to Social Work Students

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Embedded librarianship has been one of the core practices of the library profession that academic librarians have successfully used to develop and strengthen collaborative relationships within their subject areas. This approach has proven to be…

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Shaping the 21st-century information professional: A convergence of technical and “Soft” skills for workplace success.

The information world has been in a continuous state of flux, affecting what skills and competencies an information professional needs. Therefore, school curricula have to be able to cover today's needs and also be adaptive enough to accommodate…

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Inclusive museum and its impact on learning of special needs children

This study investigates the effect of learning in museums, an informal environment different from the traditional classroom, on children with special needs. The purpose of the project is to examine how the museum experience influences learning and…

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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…

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2010 Annual Program

This is a presentation titled "Managing Change in the Information Age" held in Texas Library Association 2010 Annual Conference.

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中国笔记:在北京、南京和广州之间四个月的内陆旅行及有关当前战争的观察和思考

This is one of the books in the series "Chinese Studies in the West: The Chinese Record," Volume 11 . This series consists of reprints of western books about China in the public domain, with Chinese introductions and translations of the books’ main…

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Born of Collaboration: The Evolution of Metadata Standards in an Aggregated Environment,

This article is a case study that discusses the successful collaboration between three different departments within our university library to improve metadata for increased usability. The collaboration combines library faculty and staff knowledge of…

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