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Embedded Librarian Practice: Transparency in Teaching Threshold Information Literacy Concepts to Social Work Students

Embedded librarianship has been one of the core practices of the library profession that academic librarians have successfully used to develop and strengthen collaborative relationships within their subject areas. This approach has proven to be…

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What does it take them just to get a job? An analysis of employability skills of today’s LIS graduates: Implications for LIS curricula.

The information world is changing every day and so
are the skills and competencies that an information
professional needs. The school curricula, however,
cannot be changed so fast. Therefore, a good
curriculum has not only to be able to cover…

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Shaping the 21st-century information professional: A convergence of technical and “Soft” skills for workplace success.

The information world has been in a continuous state of flux, affecting what skills and competencies an information professional needs. Therefore, school curricula have to be able to cover today's needs and also be adaptive enough to accommodate…

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Inclusive museum and its impact on learning of special needs children

This study investigates the effect of learning in museums, an informal environment different from the traditional classroom, on children with special needs. The purpose of the project is to examine how the museum experience influences learning and…

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The Evolution of library reference services: From general to special, 1876 – 1920s

This study examines the origins and evolution of general and specialized reference services in American libraries between 1876 and the early 1920s. Through a historical chronological analysis of published journal literature, the author identifies the…

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Social media and participatory culture: opportunities and challenges for reforming the contemporary museum

About the book: Produced by The University of South Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science, this volume of the Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics (ARCHI)is the polestar publication for cultural heritage scholars,…

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2010 Annual Program

This is a presentation titled "Managing Change in the Information Age" held in Texas Library Association 2010 Annual Conference.

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AI-Powered Chat Service for Teaching and Learning

This poster will present our interdisciplinary initiative to develop a new 24/7 chat service using a chatbot model in an academic library. The primary goal of this chatbot service is to help students and faculty find open textbooks across various…

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中国笔记:在北京、南京和广州之间四个月的内陆旅行及有关当前战争的观察和思考

This is one of the books in the series "Chinese Studies in the West: The Chinese Record," Volume 11 . 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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Interagency Cooperation: Children's Fire Safety Literacy Reading and Discussion Program Initiative at Illinois Fire Service Institute Library

This is part of the CALASYS Mini-grant program. 
Awarded by the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) Library, which is the statutory fire academy library and the only fire…

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