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Interim report from the January 2016 meeting.

Le Yang is the Associate Vice Provost & University Librarian (VPUL) at the University of Oregon Libraries, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. Mr. Yang joined CALA in 2013 and was the President of CALA for 2017-2018.

The program committee invites library leaders and information science scholars to speak about the Internet technology driven library and information service.
Panel speakers:
Dr. Brad Eden, Dean of Valparaiso University Library
Dr. Hao-Ren Ke,…

With the questions of how ARL academic libraries collect, present, and make searchable open web resources, this paper analyzes all ARL academic libraries' websites and finds that all of them are collecting valuable open web resources and presenting…

The purpose of this paper is to propose a complete system, including technology development and publishing model, which addresses the existing issues of publishing music-related ETDs. The paper shares the practice of utilizing the system developed by…

Digital collection assessment has focused mainly on evaluating systems, metadata and usability. While use evaluation is discussed in the literature, there are no standard criteria and methods for how to perform assessment on use effectively. This…

Digitized special collections and institutional repositories present unique challenges to libraries struggling to identify marketing strategies that will entice patrons to these services. These collections, which do not have the same mass appeal as…

Facing a complex metadata environment, it is challenging to implement strategies for optimizing metadata workflows in digital repositories. Running scripted applications and batch processing cost libraries additional resources, while not reducing…

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide the findings of a survey of current technologies used in creating information literacy online tutorials in academic libraries. It also aims to inform readers of the technological tools available to…