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Building New Interfaces for Shocker Open Access Repository

Wichita State University Libraries recently upgraded its DSpace based institutional repository, Shocker Open Access Repository (SOAR), to the new version 1.6.2 with an XML-based interface “Manakin”. Manakin gives the possibility of creating different…

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Using Wikidata to Create Knowledge Graphs for Library Collections

As a Linked Open Data (LOD) platform for structured data, and a community-building knowledge base, Wikidata stores people, spaces, times and other entities, and their semantic relationships. Wikidata Knowledge graph is a knowledge base that…

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Promoting Chinese Cultural Heritage in the Working Environment and the Community

As Chinese American librarians, it is our mission to promote Chinese cultural heritage to help maintain our identity and roots. To integrate this vision into the working environment as well as the community requires dedication, creativity and…

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Beyond Translation -- Translating VRA Core 4.0 into Chinese

Forming its shape in 1996, VRA (Visual Resources Association) Core, now in its 4.0 version, has established itself as the internationally recognized metadata standard for describing works of visual culture and their surrogates. It has been integrated…

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Spotlight on CALA Members: Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee

Spotlight on CALA Members featuring Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, one of the founders and a past president of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA). It accompanies the video "The Life of Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee: a Scholar, a Library Leader, an Ambassador"…

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Metadata Evolution: Adapting with Linked Data, BIBFRAME, and AI

Libraries today face rapid technological and landscape changes, necessitating a proactive approach to metadata management. This poster explores practical strategies for adapting to these shifts through the implementation of linked data and artificial…

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Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Library Metadata Workflows: A Case Study from UCF

This presentation explores the use of artificial intelligence to enhance metadata creation and management at the University of Central Florida. Focusing on the automated generation of FAST subject headings for institutional repository and library…

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Chinese Culture and Heritage: A Wikidata Project

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…

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Bridging Gaps: Assessing Diversity Initiatives in GLAMs – a DLF Inquiry

The Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) Diversity Subgroup of the Library Federation Committee on Equity and Inclusion (DLF CEI) conducted an online survey in spring 2022 on the diversity and inclusion efforts of GLAM organizations. The…

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BIBFRAME Experiment: Exploring the Transition to Linked Data

This presentation shares BIBFRAME experiments conducted at the University of Central Florida Libraries as part of ongoing efforts to explore the transition from MARC to linked data. It introduces BIBFRAME and Sinopia, reviews national and local…

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