On July 22, 2021, Dr. Lian Ruan, David Ehrenhart, Diane Richardson, and Shuyi Liu presented at the American Library Association International Relations Round Table (ALA IRRT) Pre-Conference on the topic “Libraries Adapting to the COVID World: The Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) Library Practice”.
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In May 2021, Dr. Lian Ruan made a pre-recorded poster presentation on the topic “International Outreach Services at Illinois State Fire Academy Library” at the Medical Library Association (MLA) ’21 vConference from May 10-27, 2021.
On October 20, 2020, Head Librarian and CALA Executive Director Dr. Lian Ruan was invited to make a pre-recorded presentation entitled “Research Collaboration on DH: A Publishing of Special Issue of Library Trends” at the China DH 2020 (Shanghai) Conference in the "Construction and Service of Collection Resources from the Perspective of Digital Humanities" Sub-forum, organized by the Shanghai Library.
In October 2020, Head Librarian Dr. Lian Ruan and Shuyi Liu attended the virtual conference of 2020 Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF), organized by the Shanghai Library.
In May 2020, Head Librarian Dr. Lian Ruan, Shuyi Liu, and Dr. Xingye Du submitted a poster and a short paper entitled “Research Collaboration on DH: A Publishing of a Special Issue of Library Trends” to the conference DH 2020 (Shanghai) -- Benevolence and Excellence: Digital Humanities and Chinese Culture, and the poster and paper were accepted. The short paper will be included in the conference proceedings and will be available in the CNKI database. Head Librarian Dr. Lian Ruan was invited to give a pre-recorded online presentation.
On May 11, 2020, Dr. Lian Ruan and Shuyi Liu presented at the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) Midwest Chapter Professional Development Virtual Conference on the topic “Developing the International Library Community in the Digital Age through Collaboration and Partnership”.
2020年10月20日,美国华人图书馆员协会执行会长、IFSI图书馆馆长阮炼博士应邀参加由上海图书馆举办的2020年中国数字人文年会(DH2020) “数字人文视域下馆藏资源建设与服务”分论坛线上会议,并做了预先录制的题为“数字人文研究合作:《图书馆趋势》专辑的出版”的演讲。
2020年10月,阮炼博士和刘舒仪参加了由上海图书馆举办的2020年上海国际图书馆论坛线上会议。
2020年5月,阮炼博士、刘舒仪和杜杏叶博士向2020年中国数字人文年会(DH2020)提交了一篇短论文和学术海报,主题为“数字人文研究合作:《图书馆趋势》专辑的出版”。这次会议的主题是“积淀与超越:数字人文与中华文化”。论文和海报均被录用,并将收录于会议论文集和CNKI。IFSI图书馆馆长阮炼博士应邀为网络会议的在线报告进行了预先录制。
2020年5月11日,阮炼博士和刘舒仪在美国华人图书馆协会(CALA)中西部分会职业发展大会上作了报告,主题是“通过合作与伙伴关系发展数字时代的国际图书馆社群”。