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  • Collection: 2021 CALA Annual Conference

Libraries as Catalysts for Serving Diverse Communities

CALA_2021-annual-program-info.pdf
What do you know about race, art, civil rights, and the socio-political forces that guided the hip-hop generation? Have you heard of the Building a Pipeline of Community Connection that helps to build a staffing model that fosters diversity, equity…

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Knowledge Management Initiatives at Illinois State Fire Academy Library

Knowledge Management Initiatives at Illinois State Fire Academy Library.pdf
The Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a state statutory fire academy that provides training, education, information, and research to firefighters. The IFSI Library provides fire and emergency library and…

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Uncovering Hidden Stories in Photographs from the Carleton-in-China Program, 1936-1939

Carleton-in-China Program.pdf
From 1937 to 1939 Paul Clifford Domke was one of two “Carleton-in-China” representatives appointed by Carleton College, in accordance with an arrangement with The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) dating from 1922, to teach…

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IFLA LibPub SIG and the Library Publishing Database

IFLA Library Publishing Database Project.pdf
Library publishing activities are growing worldwide. In 2018, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Library Publishing Special Interest Group (LibPub SIG) was established aiming to create a global library…

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Tips and Challenges of Virtual Multicultural and Multilingual Programs

Tips and Challenges of Virtual Multicultural and Multilingual Programs.pdf
Queens is one of the most linguistically and ethnically diverse county in the nation. 48% of its residents were born outside of the US, and more than 100 languages are spoken at home in Queens. Queens Public Library at Flushing has the collection of…

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Use of Open-Source Software to Enhance the Institution's Service

Use of open-source software to enhance the institution's service.pdf
Choosing the right Integrated Library Management Systems (ILMS) software is the most important step in the library automation process. To choose the right software librarians, need to analyze features in the module of each software and choose the…

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Assessing the Professional Development Needs of Chinese American Librarians: A Survey

Assessing the Professional Development Needs of Chinese American Librarians.pdf
The purpose of this project is to assess the professional development programs developed by the Chinese American Librarian Association (CALA). The Assessment and Evaluation Committee will examine the efficacy, acceptability and helpfulness of the…

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

Embedded Librarian Practice.pdf
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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Accessing the Website of the Chinese and American Librarians Association: A Survey

Evaluating the usability of the CALA website.pdf
CALA Assessment and Evaluation committee 2019-2020 has conducted a usability survey to evaluate CALA website and understand the CALA website users ‘experiences with and
perceptions about the website. This poster is a report of the survey findings.…

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Changing Nature of Cataloguing Librarians in Academic Libraries

Changing nature of cataloguing librarian roles in academic libraries.pdf
The shifting research and scholarly landscape, the transformation in higher education, and advances in technology have been reshaping the profession of cataloguing librarianship in academic settings.

There has been a trend in the cataloguing…

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