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The Next Generation Integrated Library System: A Promise Fulfilled?

The adoption of integrated library systems (ILS) became prevalent in the 1980s and 1990s as libraries began or continued to automate their processes. These systems enabled library staff to work, in many cases, more efficiently than they had in the…

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Implementation and Application of CORAL: An Open Source ERM System

With the rapid increase of electronic databases, e-journals, electronic books, and digital collections in libraries, managing electronic resources is also becoming complex and challenging.

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Searchability and Discoverability in Library Resource: Federated Search and Beyond

This article reviews current federated search and discovery products. The authors propose that federated search and discovery services are vital tools to increase searchability and discoverability of library resources, and that they are particularly…

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对中囯及中囯人的观察

This is one of the books in the series "Chinese Studies in the West: The Chinese Record," Volume 12 . 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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Talking back to the public library: measuring and conceptualizing the little free library movement

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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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中国商业指南

This is one of the books in the series "Chinese Studies in the West: The Chinese Record," Volume 12 . 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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中国

This is one of the books in the series "Chinese Studies in the West: The Chinese Record," Volume 10 . 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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HathiTrust and Local Digital Stewardship: A Case Study in How Massive Digital Libraries Affect Local Digital Resources Decisions

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This article reviews the influence that massive digital libraries like the HathiTrust Digital Library can have on local, smaller institutions’ digitization, preservation, and curation programs. The history of HathiTrust’s digital preservation efforts…

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Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America

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This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Fiction).

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