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A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Bringing Our Expertise to Enhance the Digital Collections Workflow
In the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Library, the Resource Acquisition & Management (RAM), and the Special Collections & University Archives (SCUA) departments collaborated on the new workflow for digital collections, incorporating the…
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ALA UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Task Force
This field report explores the recent planning and work underway by the American Library Association’s United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Task Force.
Tags: American Library Association, American Library Association UN SDG Task Force, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals
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Factors Influencing the Choice of Librarianship as a Career Among Students in Tanzania
This study examined factors influencing the choice of librarianship as a career among students in Tanzania. A quantitative research approach, the descriptive survey study design, was adopted for this study. Data was collected using online…
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Teaching a cataloging/metadata course in a changing world: Experience and reflection
The authors use a case study to discuss their experiences and perspectives in teaching a cataloging and metadata course in a library school.
Tags: Catalogers, Cataloging, Course content, Effective teaching, Information Organization, Library schools, Metadata, Teaching
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Writer as Migrant
This book has won the 2009 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Non-Fiction).
Position: 432 (416 views)
Uncovering the Loss of Contextual Information in Data Sharing: An Analysis of Missing Metadata in Research Data Repository
Presentation at the 2024 CALA Midwest Annual Conference
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Popular Periodicals in East Asia and Pacific Oceania
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Lost in Translation: the Treatment of Chinese Classics in the Library of Congress Classification.
This paper describes the nature of the Chinese Classics
and the inappropriateness of classifying the collection as literature within the Library of Congress Classification scheme. The practical and philosophical reasons for the inadequacy of Library…
and the inappropriateness of classifying the collection as literature within the Library of Congress Classification scheme. The practical and philosophical reasons for the inadequacy of Library…
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Examining the Core Values of Libraries Using the New Economic Model of Open Access
Based on Francis Heylighen's theory of new economic model of open access, this paper discusses the significance of open access to the core values of library in providing "universal and equitable access to information, ideas and works of imagination."…
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The Legend of Auntie Po
Mei and her father work in an 1885 Nevada logging camp. Mei enjoys cooking for her camp family, developing feelings for Bee, and telling tall tales of…
