Celebrating diversity, welcoming the world: Developing a Chinese webpage at Rutgers University Libraries

Celebrating diversity, welcoming the world: Developing a Chinese webpage at Rutgers University Libraries

Growing out of a recent project to create multilingual online Welcome pages at Rutgers University Libraries, this paper describes the project, from its origin to the public release of the first group of webpages, with a special emphasis on the development of the Chinese document. To provide a theoretical background, existing library science studies regarding international students are reviewed selectively. A number of relevant linguistic and technological issues encountered in the project are discussed in detail, which may be helpful to librarians undertaking similar projects. As the trend of multiculturalism and internationalization continues in the U.S. higher education institutions and academic libraries, this project can be considered as a new way to provide practical help to international students and scholars, as well as a significant step forward to engage local and global communities.

Lo, Mei Ling

Sun, Li

Womack, Ryan

Wu, Connie

Yang, Tao

CALA Occasional Paper Series

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English

text; journal article

12/12/2017

7/1/2009

11 pages

Lo, M. L., Sun, L., Womack, R., Wu, C. & Yang, T. (2009). Celebrating diversity, welcoming the world: Developing a Chinese webpage at Rutgers University Libraries. CALA Occasional Paper Series, No. 5 (July), 1-11.