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  • Collection: CALA Midwest Chapter

Blockchain Technology and LIS Services

This presentation will discuss the unique features and latest developments/applications of the Blockchain technologies. We will also explore concerns regarding this new technology, i.e. whether or not the library and information services should…

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Designing flipped information literacy sessions with the Assessment-as-Learning Model

2016 CALA MW Annual _Yan He.pdf
This presentation will focus on how an information literacy librarian teamed up with a Biochemistry professor and designed two flipped information literacy sessions to teach undergraduates how to read and find primary literature. We used the…

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Lessons learned from a two-year experience in information literacy assessment for general education courses

Information Literacy Assessment.pdf
Paper Presentation overview: From fall 2015 to spring 2017, librarians at the IU Kokomo Library collaborated with program directors in speech communication and writing programs to assess information literacy in the general education curriculum in…

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Making Sense of eBook Access and Use Limits across Multiple Collections

The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has a collection of over seven hundred thousand eBooks across numerous platforms, available to download in multiple methods, and with a variety of purchase options. This presentation explains how UIC makes…

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Introduction to Linked Data

Linked Data is a powerful semantic web technology that makes knowledge and information spaces of different knowledge domains sharable, exchangeable, interoperable, and more. It is increasingly being used in libraries. This presentation is primarily…

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Rules of Engagement: Seven Things to Remember When Engaging Student Populations

The presenter will discuss seven key issues librarians and library professionals should mindful of when developing student programming and interacting with student populations. This presentation will provide a basic framework for those who are…

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TensorFlow and its implications to libraries

TensorFlow, which stemmed from group research within Google, is a machine learning library made open source at November in the year of 2015. With TensorFlow, data flow chart can be constructed, and then executed after a session is launched.…

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Artificial Neural Network to Improve Library Services

Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is a biologically inspired Machine Learning model that simulates how cells are connected in human brains to make a complicated decision. In topology terms, it can be represented by an acyclical network with explicit an…

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Engaging communities through conversations

2016 CALA MW_Kwong_EngagingCommunities.pdf
In 2015, The American Library Association (ALA) partnered with The Harwood institute for Public Innovation to offer the Public Innovators Lab for Libraries. By serving as a public innovator and having a better understanding of our communities, we not…

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Escape or Trap? Incorporating Escape Room Learning Experience for Information Literacy.

Conference program abstract of presentation on how to utilize an immersive learning games platform, Breakout EDU, for an information literacy course.

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