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Yes or No: Supporting Academic Programs

A lightning talk at the 2017 Chinese American Librarians Association Midwest Chapter Annual Conference Program

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2017 Shenzhen International Conference on Libraries and Digital Humanities

The University Town Library of Shenzhen hosted the three-day International Conference on Libraries and Digital Humanities from December 6th to 8th, 2017.

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From the Ground to the Cloud: A Practice at California State University, East Bay

Cloud computing has been actively discussed in recent years, and is making its way into the library field. It has advantages when libraries work with constrained financial resources. This article describes the procedures that the University Libraries…

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Assessing the Appropriateness of Your Collection

It has been over 30 years since the initial publication of the WLN Collection Assessment Manual. This manual established a comprehensive framework for collection assessment, incorporating Collection Depth Indicators/Codes as well as the Divisions,…

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If You Build It, They will Use It: Creating Effective Course-level Library Guides

Bridging resources and users is one of the core responsibilities for a subject librarian in an academic library. A library research guide, which typically presents related resources and finding aids, is a straight way to link resources and users.…

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Designing an Honors Thesis Deposit Workflow: Balancing Student Agency, Metadata Quality, and Library Capacity

This presentation describes the development of a three-stage honors thesis deposit workflow at a small liberal arts institution, guiding students through manuscript preparation, metadata creation, and submission. By involving students in the creation…

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Needs of Cross-Disciplinary Graduate Programs: How Libraries Contribute to Social Mobility in the Post-Pandemic Era

This case study presents a unique insight into the relationship between cross-disciplinary graduate programs and social mobility, highlighting how libraries can contribute to the needs of students in these programs during the post-pandemic era. In…

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Summer at Squee

From Newbery Honor–winning author Andrea Wang, a new middle grade novel about a Chinese American tween who attends a Boston-based Chinese cultural overnight camp—and the many ways it transforms her. This book is the recipient of the 2025 CALA Best…

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The Many Meanings of Meilan

Twelve-year-old Taiwanese American Meilan Hua struggles to fit in when her family moves from Boston’s Chinatown to a small town in Ohio. When Meilan discovers the meanings of her Chinese name, she inhabits different personas to deal with her…

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