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中国商业指南

This is one of the books in the series "Chinese Studies in the West: The Chinese Record," Volume 12 . This series consists of reprints of western books about China in the public domain, with Chinese introductions and translations of the books’ main…

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Talking back to the public library: measuring and conceptualizing the little free library movement

In just one decade, North Americans and others have taken their own initiative to create and maintain an estimated 12,000-plus little free libraries right in their front yards. In the U.S., these “take a book, leave a book” boxes harken back 100…

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对中囯及中囯人的观察

This is one of the books in the series "Chinese Studies in the West: The Chinese Record," Volume 12 . This series consists of reprints of western books about China in the public domain, with Chinese introductions and translations of the books’ main…

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Developing Rubrics for AI tools on Article Databases

As AI tools become increasingly integrated into library databases, librarians at California State University, Dominguez Hills developed a rubric to evaluate these technologies before implementation. Created by the University Library AI Working Group…

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Building Family Branch in Rural Area: An Action to Create the Literary Village

Both material resources and knowledge resources are insufficient in rural China. Therefore, the establishment of a family library branch in poor areas is not only an extension of the library services, but also an effective way to guarantee fair…

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Searchability and Discoverability in Library Resource: Federated Search and Beyond

This article reviews current federated search and discovery products. The authors propose that federated search and discovery services are vital tools to increase searchability and discoverability of library resources, and that they are particularly…

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Implementation and Application of CORAL: An Open Source ERM System

With the rapid increase of electronic databases, e-journals, electronic books, and digital collections in libraries, managing electronic resources is also becoming complex and challenging.

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The Next Generation Integrated Library System: A Promise Fulfilled?

The adoption of integrated library systems (ILS) became prevalent in the 1980s and 1990s as libraries began or continued to automate their processes. These systems enabled library staff to work, in many cases, more efficiently than they had in the…

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Linked Data Technologies and What Libraries Have Accomplished So Far

For the past ten years libraries have been working diligently towards Linked Data and the Semantic Web. Due to the complexity and vast scope of Linked Data, many people have a hard time to understand its technical details and its potential for the…

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