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From Panic to Process: Developing Workflow and Selection Criteria for Accessing Text and Data Mining Corpora
At the University of Houston Libraries, every request for data, text collections or access to text mining environments resulted in panic! There was no established workflow and steps had to be retraced and reestablished each time a new request came…
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From RDA to Semantic Web: A Progress Report
Introduced the changes and progress for organization of information in libraries from RDA to Semantic Web.
Position: 81 (628 views)
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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From The Reference Desk To The Inbox: How We Streamlined The Workflow For Special Image Requests
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Front Desk
"Author Kelly Yang tells a story about the family of Chinese immigrants who has been struggling with every day’s life, from the view of a ten-year-old girl who takes over the front desk of a motel that her parents manage. With her parents, this…
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Front Desk
Mia Tang is the daughter of Chinese immigrants working and living at Calvista Motel. She tries to help her family as they settle into their new home and neighborhood. Mia's kindness, creativity, and courage build community as she confronts bullying…
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Fundraising for the 1990s: The Challenge Ahead -- A Practical Guide for Library Fundraising: From Novice to Expert.
This book discusses Dr. Lee's successful fundraising experience at the Ohio University.
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Future of Academic Libraries in the Digital Age: Trends, Discovery and People in the Digital Age
Digital information is a constantly developing field. The first title in the Chandos Digital Information Review series, Trends, Discovery, and People in the Digital Age, summarises and presents key themes, advances and trends in all aspects of…
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Getting to know SCUA
David Benjamin joined the UCF Libraries as Head of Special Collections & University Archives in September 2015. David comes from the University of Arizona where he was the Assistant Director of the Volkerding Study Center at the Center for Creative…
Tags: African Americana, Book Arts & Typography, CALA, CALA chapters, CALA Southeast Chapter 2016 Fall Program (Orlando), Caribbean West Indies, Chinese American Librarians Association, Floridiana, Special Collections & University Archives, Travel & Tourism, UCF Libraries, University Archives
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Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
Gordon Chang, a history professor at Stanford and co-director of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North American Project, wrote the remarkable book Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad which…
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A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix
In 1826, sheltered and obedient Xiang is destined for a submissive life as the wife of a rich businessman. Defying her mother’s expectations, Xiang…
