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This presentation highlighted the pilot project of UIC library’s inclusive metadata practices. The purpose of the pilot project is to identify the “trouble” language of LGBTQ+ subject headings in the current library catalog. After careful…

Presentation on the CALA Academic Resources System (CALSYS) at the 2014 CALA Annual Conference

This presentation shared the experience of how University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Resource Acquisition and Management (RAM) Department adopted a project management methodology to reorganize technical services in an academic library setting. The…

This article demonstrates how taking differences in end-user behavior and differing interdepartmental perspectives on metadata into account can strengthen the digital object workflow to serve a greater variety of users. The University of Illinois…

To build a specialized database with local characteristics is one of the future directions for the academic library at prefectural level in China. The academic library can play an important role in preserving the local cultures. It is also an…

Presentation for CALA Midwest Chapter's 2025 Annual Conference

A Wikidata project on Chinese culture and heritage presented at the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Meeting on December 12, 2023. The talk provided an overview of the project’s scope, primary sources, data models for poets and historical places, and the…

Presentation at the 2025 CALA Canada Annual Conference

Presentation at the CALA Canada 2026 Annual Event

Among the very limited studies that involve Canadian racialized librarians, Chinese has been consistently reported as the largest ethnic group; however, there is a lack of in-depth research focused on this group. Based on the data from the Visible…