Browse Items (40 total)

  • Collection: CALA Midwest Chapter

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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Springing into Assessment

The current trend and practice of library assessment can help better our services, instruction, and collection development. Though important, many libraries and librarians struggle with how assessment practices fit into their day-to-day tasks, and…

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Talking back to the public library: measuring and conceptualizing the little free library movement

2016 CALA MW_williams.pdf
In just one decade, North Americans and others have taken their own initiative to create and maintain an estimated 12,000-plus little free libraries right in their front yards. In the U.S., these “take a book, leave a book” boxes harken back 100…

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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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The Development of Classification on Women’s Studies in LCC (1910-2010)

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

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The Role of Chinese American Librarians in Library and Information Science Diversity

This keynote speech is about diversity in the Library and Information Science field, more specifically regarding Chinese-American librarians.

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The Use of Digital Media by Uyghur Diasporas

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

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Thinking about the future: trends and signals for the library of the future

ThinkingAbouttheFuture.pdf
Thinking about the future of our profession and the communities that we serve can seem like a daunting challenge. But there are steps we can take right now – exploring the trends and signals we encounter in our everyday lives – that can help us begin…

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Together We Make It Work! – Metadata Collaboration in UIC Libraries

This presentation is a case study that discusses the successful collaboration between different departments within our university library to improve our metadata. The collaboration combined library faculty and staff knowledge of metadata standards…

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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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