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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.…

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Summoning the Phoenix: Poems and Prose About Chinese Musical Instruments

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"Every musician knows that learning to play an instrument has its challenges and its rewards. There's the embarrassing first day of rehearsal, but also the joy of making friends in the orchestra. There's dealing with slippery concert dress, or simply…

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Decoded

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"In his gripping debut novel, Mai Jia reveals the mysterious world of Unit 701, a top-secret Chinese intelligence agency whose sole purpose is counterespionage and code breaking. Rong Jinzhen, an autistic math genius with a past shrouded in myth, is…

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Leadership Capacity Whereever You Are

A position of power gives the appearance of leadership. A person can occupy a position with authority to supervise and manage, and still fails to lead. Leadership is about the capacity of intentional or unintentional activism in each person to…

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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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Rural and Urban: Two Private Children’s Libraries
A report of ongoing research in China

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Project Genesis:

First experience: In 2011, a fellow Fulbright Scholar introduced Jon Jablonski to private children’s libraries in Wuhan. From 2014 to 2019, he visited 35 libraries in 14 cities.

Smiling Library introduction in 2017: while…

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Signage and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Facilities as Correlate to Utilisation of Information Resources in Federal Universities’ Libraries in South-South Zone of Nigeria

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This study was aimed at investigating the extent to which signage and ICT facilities correlate to the utilisation of information resources in federal university libraries in South-South zone of Nigeria. The correlational research design was adopted…

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Contemporary Chinese Art

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"In this first systematic introduction to the topic, art historian and critic Wu Hung provides a much-needed narrative of the development of Chinese art across all media from the 1970s to the 2000s, a timespan characterized by radical social,…

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A Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture

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This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Non-Fiction).

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