Monday, August 9, 2010

CALA 21st Century Librarian Seminar Series, Shanxi University I




Chinese American Librarians Association and Shanxi University held the seminar at Shanxi University on May 24-26 2010. In an effort to address emerging issues in the 21st century libraries, speakers introduced their best practices and discussed the most appropriate solutions for these issues.

The team was made up of experienced librarians from seven different public and private academic libraries in the United States including the president of American Library Association, Dr. Camila Alire. Topics included current trends in American academic libraries, digital libraries, cooperative collection development, information literacy and electronic resources management. Librarians and library directors from Dalian, Hangzhou, Beijing, Qingdao, Taiyuan etc. participated the forum.