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- Collection: International Journal of Librarianship (IJoL)
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More Than a Number: Measuring Value and ROI in a Library Microgrant Program
The objective of this study was to identify whether the internal microgrant program at the University of Houston Libraries provided a suitable return on investment. This study identified three criteria for assessing return on investment from library…
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Evolution of Western Library Catalogs: The Rising Expectations of Users
This paper traces the historical development of library catalogs from primitive catalogs in ancient times to current next generational catalogs, which are summarized into three stages: the agricultural catalog stage, the industrial catalog stage and…
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Represent Changes of Knowledge Organization Systems on the Semantic Web
Traditional knowledge organization systems (KOS) including thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, subject heading systems, name authorities, and other lists of terms and codes have been playing important roles in indexing, information…
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Linked Data in a Nutshell: A Starter Kit of Selected Annotated Bibliography and Resources for Academic Librarians: Part Two
It has been a decade since Tim Berners-Lee coined Linked Data in 2006. More and more Linked Data datasets have been made available for information retrieval on the Web. It is essential for librarians, especially academic librarians, to keep up with…
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Linked Data in a Nutshell: A Starter Kit of Selected Annotated Bibliography and Resources for Academic Librarians: Part One
It has been a decade since Tim Berners-Lee coined Linked Data in 2006. More and more Linked Data datasets have been made available for information retrieval on the Web. It is essential for librarians, especially academic librarians, to keep up with…
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Name Authority Control in Digital Humanities: Building a Name Authority Database of Shanghai Library
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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Linked Data Technologies and What Libraries Have Accomplished So Far
For the past ten years libraries have been working diligently towards Linked Data and the Semantic Web. Due to the complexity and vast scope of Linked Data, many people have a hard time to understand its technical details and its potential for the…
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2017 Shenzhen International Conference on Libraries and Digital Humanities
The University Town Library of Shenzhen hosted the three-day International Conference on Libraries and Digital Humanities from December 6th to 8th, 2017.
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CALA’s 21st Century Librarian Seminar Series – 2017 BALIS Conference
On September 13 and 14, 2017, four Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA, an affiliate of American Library Association) members went to Beijing, China, to attend BALIS conference and give a presentation to BALIS members (Beijing Academic…
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The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
Evan Pao and his family move to Haddington, Virginia, a southern town obsessed with their ties to the Civil War. As a Chinese American, Evan searches…