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Reading Preferences of Suburban Library Patrons
This is the first part of an on-going study examining the reading behaviors of adult library patrons. Using multiple years’ circulation statistics from four public libraries in the north suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, we try to identify the trends in…
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Blockchain Technology and LIS Services
This presentation will discuss the unique features and latest developments/applications of the Blockchain technologies. We will also explore concerns regarding this new technology, i.e. whether or not the library and information services should…
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Designing flipped information literacy sessions with the Assessment-as-Learning Model
This presentation will focus on how an information literacy librarian teamed up with a Biochemistry professor and designed two flipped information literacy sessions to teach undergraduates how to read and find primary literature. We used the…
Tags: Assessment-as-Learning Model, CALA, CALA Midwest Chapter, CALA Midwest Chapter 2016 Annual Program, Information literacy, Information Literacy Competency Standards
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Lessons learned from a two-year experience in information literacy assessment for general education courses
Paper Presentation overview: From fall 2015 to spring 2017, librarians at the IU Kokomo Library collaborated with program directors in speech communication and writing programs to assess information literacy in the general education curriculum in…
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Making Sense of eBook Access and Use Limits across Multiple Collections
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has a collection of over seven hundred thousand eBooks across numerous platforms, available to download in multiple methods, and with a variety of purchase options. This presentation explains how UIC makes…
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Introduction to Linked Data
Linked Data is a powerful semantic web technology that makes knowledge and information spaces of different knowledge domains sharable, exchangeable, interoperable, and more. It is increasingly being used in libraries. This presentation is primarily…
Tags: Libraries, Linked Data, Semantic Web
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Rules of Engagement: Seven Things to Remember When Engaging Student Populations
The presenter will discuss seven key issues librarians and library professionals should mindful of when developing student programming and interacting with student populations. This presentation will provide a basic framework for those who are…
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TensorFlow and its implications to libraries
TensorFlow, which stemmed from group research within Google, is a machine learning library made open source at November in the year of 2015. With TensorFlow, data flow chart can be constructed, and then executed after a session is launched.…
Tags: Artificial intelligence, CALA, CALA Midwest Chapter, CALA Midwest Chapter 2016 Annual Program, Machine learning
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Artificial Neural Network to Improve Library Services
Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is a biologically inspired Machine Learning model that simulates how cells are connected in human brains to make a complicated decision. In topology terms, it can be represented by an acyclical network with explicit an…
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Engaging communities through conversations
In 2015, The American Library Association (ALA) partnered with The Harwood institute for Public Innovation to offer the Public Innovators Lab for Libraries. By serving as a public innovator and having a better understanding of our communities, we not…
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CALA MW 2005 annual program photos
Photos from the annual program of Chinese American Librarian Association middle west chapter in 2005
