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Librarians in Virtual Reality: An Immersive Empathy Project

Lightning Talk at the 2024 CALA Midwest Annual Conference

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Ten Blocks to the Big Wok: A Chinatown Counting Book

Mia and her Uncle Eddie have adventures throughout Chinatown as they travel to the Big Wok restaurant for dim sum. Accompanying the lively and colorful illustrations is text in Mandarin and English as Mia, her uncle, and a neighborhood cat journey…

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Information literacy in vocational education: a course model

Vocational education has undergone major changes in recent years. The need for incorporating information literacy into the vocational school curriculum exists, given the nature of the mission of this particular type of educational institutions. Over…

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The construction of a Chinese rubbings digital library: an attempt in preserving and utilizing Chinese cultural heritage materials

China is a country with an ancient civilization going back 5,000 years. Keeping records on inscriptions is an important method of preserving the memory of Chinese history and culture. Rubbings are important components of ancient Chinese books, and…

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Research and development of digital libraries in China: major issues and trends

This paper presents an overview on research and development of digital libraries in China, introduces three digital library prototypes being built, and analyses problems and countermeasures of Chinese digital libraries construction.

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Internet resources for Tibetan medicine

Tibetan medicine has a history of over one thousand years. With the recent fascination with Tibet and Tibetan culture, Tibetan medicine is receiving greater attention from the public, scholars, and the media. In the past few years, researchers and…

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China digital library initiative and development

The construction of digital library systems and digital library resource databases by utilizing advanced information technologies has become not only a tremendous challenge but also an important opportunity to information enterprises and large-scale…

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