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Promoting Local Cultural Collection Through Digital Curation
This poster presents an attempt to showcase a local coming-of-age ceremony using digital methods and discusses the potential of local libraries and archives to foster a deeper connection with cultural heritage in the digital age.
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Creative Uses of the Historical Documents under the Carleton-In-China Program
The purposes of historical documents (text and photographs) are to preserve the past and also serve as primary resources to understand the life and the society at a moment in time; the additional text materials give more context to the details of the…
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Uncovering Hidden Stories in Photographs from the Carleton-in-China Program, 1936-1939
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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A Magic Steeped in Poison
A tea brewed by Ning leads to the death of her mother and the near demise of her sister. Desperate to save her sister, Ning must compete in a competition to find the greatest shennong-shi—masters of tea-brewing—and win a favor from the princess. The…
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CALA 50th Anniversary Video Celebration
The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)'s 50th Anniversary Video Celebration, featuring CALA members as well as ALA leaders' greetings and their experiences with CALA.
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Chinese Chicago: Race, Transnational Migration, and Community Since 1870
This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Non-Fiction).
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A Fusion of Tradition and Modernity: Chinese Publishing in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This talk is the third session in the CALA Speaker Series: Describing Chinese Rare Books and Cultural Heritage Collections. It can be accessed via CALA's YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/YkHCeKIcyCE. The mid-19th century marked a period of…
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Maya Lin
a 21-year-old college student is pushed into the National spotlight, as she is announced the winner of a competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.. Lin faces discrimination and open criticism as people react to her race,…
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
In a vivid world based on Chinese folklore, Minli and her parents are barely surviving in the valley of Fruitless Mountain. One day, Minli sets out on a quest to bring good fortune to her family. This is one of the books on the CALA/YALSA Taskforce's…
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Digital Reference: A Survey of Its Popularity As A Reference Tool And Technologies Used By The US Academic Libraries
A Survey report for how academic libraries provide and market digital reference, plus, what technologies they used.