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Using internal grant to foster faculty-librarian collaboration
As colleges and universities begin to globalize their curriculums and to include global readiness in their institutional missions, New Jersey City University (NJCU) has provided grants that strongly encourage faculty and librarians to collaborate on…
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Using blogs for knowledge management in libraries
This paper describes the concept of knowledge management and its twofold mission in libraries. It introduces the definition and types of blogs and analyzes their technical and cultural characteristics; it also makes a comparison between blogs and…
Tags: Blogs, Knowledge management, Libraries
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The theory analysis of faculty participation in institutional repositories
Institutional Repositories (IRs) are an innovative mode of scholarly communication, and IRs’ diffusions will likely follow the general rule of innovation diffusion while maintaining their own characteristics. In order to provide a credible guide 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…
Tags: Academic Library, American, Chinese, Exchange, Faculty, International, Librarian
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Organizational and operational optimization of academic library and information technology
In light of the development of the digital library, the deficiencies of collaboration and integration between the Information Technology unit and the Library on campus have created numerous obstacles to maintaining high-quality and effective digital…
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Making our communities greener: A case study of promoting biogas energy by Tongwei Evergreen Libraries in China
Promoting the consumption of new energies, particularly of biogas, in rural areas is a strategic initiative of the Chinese government. The government has incorporated this initiative into many of its rural development plans. Likewise, Tongwei…
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Involving Users in the Library Space Planning: a Case Study of a Branch Library in a Research University
As library functions are evolving, many academic libraries are redesigning or renovating their library space to meet the changing needs of their users. This case study describes how a branch library in a Canadian research university reached out to…
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From the Ground to the Cloud: A Practice at California State University, East Bay
Cloud computing has been actively discussed in recent years, and is making its way into the library field. It has advantages when libraries work with constrained financial resources. This article describes the procedures that the University Libraries…
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Endnote Blog: an Effective Alternative to Troubleshooting Endnote
The EndNote Blog has been an effective alternative to traditional ways of troubleshooting issues related to the use of EndNote. The Blog has resolved many common issues related to EndNote that are frequently encountered by many of our users. Better…
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Management, endNote, EndNote blog, Library
instruction, Reference management, Reference tools, Research
assistance, Research services, Research support, Research tools, Troubleshooting
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Celebrating diversity, welcoming the world: Developing a Chinese webpage at Rutgers University Libraries
Growing out of a recent project to create multilingual online Welcome pages at Rutgers University Libraries, this paper describes the project, from its origin to the public release of the first group of webpages, with a special emphasis on the…
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CALA Newsletter, No. 108, Spring 2013
The CALA Newsletter is the official publication of the Chinese American Librarians Association, and it disseminates information about Chinese American…