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A Librarian Exchange: Lin Hu of Sichuan University

May 24, 2010 · All locations, podcasts · Comments Off

Lin Hu In 2008, ASU Libraries and Sichuan University Libraries signed an agreement of collaboration and cooperation.  As part of the agreement the two libraries set up a visiting librarian program. It was ASU Libraries pleasure to host our first visiting librarian from Sichuan University Libraries this spring. We welcomed Lin Hu, presently Deputy Director of Information Consultation and Research Center at Sichuan University.

In this podcast interview, Lin talks about his experience at the ASU Libraries as part of our librarian exchange program.

We are also joined by Librarian Qian Liu.

Lin also discusses achieving his dream of attending a Phoenix Suns NBA Playoff game and his appreciation for player Steve Nash.

 
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For more related information, please listen to any of our podcasts in the “China Initiatives Series”:

Host: Fred McIlvain

Guests: Lin Hu, Qian Lu

Shelter and the Storm: Agnes Smedley at Yaddo (Podcast)

February 13, 2009 · Hayden Library, podcasts, Tempe campus · Comments Off

EP90 Agnes SmedleyCurator Karrie Porter Brace talks with Fred about the new exhibit Shelter and the Storm: Agnes Smedley at Yaddo located on the 4th floor of Hayden Library. The exhibit, drawn from University Archives material, reviews the life and the controversy of ASU Alumna Agnes Smedley, advocate for the oppressed, radical, war correspondent, and spy. Agnes Smedley had the longest residency at the artists’ colony Yaddo in Saratoga springs, NY.

Highlights of the program include information on Yaddo, Agnes’s travels to China and South Asia, her failed attempt at Chinese citizenship, accusations of espionage by General Charles A. Willoughby, and her burial in Beijing.

 

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The exhibit is on display through the end of the Spring 2009 semester and concurrent exhibits about Yaddo and its other notable artists-in-residence can be found at the New York Public Library, Harvard University’s Houghton Library, University of Maryland Library, and Stanford University Library.

For more information please see:

Daughter of Earth: Agnes Smedley Online Exhibit
The Lives of Agnes Smedley by Ruth Price
Agnes Smedley, the life and times of an American radical by Janice R. MacKinnon and Stephen R. MacKinnon
Agnes Smedley manuscript collection
Daughter of earth: a novel by Agnes Smedley

Host:
Fred McIlvain
Guest:
Karrie Porter Brace

Episode 90
Running Time: 24:38

Library Channel News for September 2008

September 4, 2008 · All locations, podcasts · Comments Off

Fred McIlvain presents the News from the ASU Libraries.

 
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Stories:

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New Library Web URL: The ASU Libraries can now be found at the new address lib.asu.edu.

Upgraded Chat Service: ASU Libraries launched a new version of our popular “Ask a Librarian Chat” service.

New Lecture: Matthew Harp interviews Labriola Center Curator Joyce Martin about about the upcoming lecture with Wilma Mankiller – “Challenges Facing 21st Century Indigenous People” 7:00 p.m. on October 2, at the Phoenix, Heard Museum Steele Auditorium.

ASU China Book Drive Meets Goal:

Host: Fred McIlvain

Running time: 7:20

Book Drive to Benefit Students Affected by Sichuan Earthquake

July 21, 2008 · All locations · Comments Off

Materials can be dropped off at libraries on all ASU campuses

The Arizona State University Libraries are calling on local schools, individuals, and organizations to donate new and used English-language materials to help rebuild school libraries in Sichuan Province, site of the 8.0 earthquake that shook that region on May 12. As of May 22, the death toll stood at 51,151 and another 288,431 people were injured. The quake destroyed many schools and thousands of other buildings.

A partner of leading Chinese university libraries, the ASU Libraries plans to send the books to Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan. That school, now operating in tents, lost 278 students and six teachers in the quake. Arizona State University’s sister institution and strategic partner Sichuan University is located only 60 miles away from the epicenter of the earthquake.

The ASU Libraries are partnering with the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) on this drive. University Librarian Sherrie Schmidt and ULS director Rush Miller will travel to China in September to present some of the books to school officials.

Donated materials, English language books, CDs, and DVDs in literature, history, science, and the arts, must be in good condition and appropriate for children in grades 7 through 12.
“Rebuilding School Libraries, Sichuan Earthquake” and can be brought to any of the following ASU Libraries: Hayden Library, Noble Science and Engineering Library, and Music Library, on the Tempe campus, the Library at the Downtown Phoenix campus, the Library at the Polytechnic campus, and Fletcher Library at the West campus. Donations will be accepted from July 21 through August 15, 2008.

Those needing more information or assistance with their donation may call 480-965-3417.

Allison and Ralph Go to China: China Initiatives Series Part Four

February 14, 2008 · All locations, podcasts · Comments Off

Tammy Allgood welcomes Allison Leaming, business librarian, and Dr. Ralph Gabbard, associate director, of Fletcher Library at the West campus for a travelogue about their trip to China in late spring of 2007. Ralph and Allison visited Chinese libraries and met people interested in developing international partnerships with the ASU Libraries. Many outstanding institutions were toured including the National Library of China, Tsinghua University Library, Liaoning University Library, Sichuan University Library and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. They will also discuss their experiences with the people, places and culture of China.

 

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Allison and Ralph
Host:
Tammy Allgood

Guests:
Ralph Gabbard
Allison Leaming

Episode 67
Running Time: 14:51

The Sichuan University Library: China Initiatives Series Part Three

November 29, 2007 · All locations, podcasts · Comments Off

In the third part of our China Initiatives Series we are pleased to welcome Sichuan University Librarian and Professor Dr. Yao Leye and Assistant Librarian of Chinese Studies Qian Liu as they discuss the similarities and differences between the sister libraries of Arizona State University and Sichuan University. They also discuss Dr. Yao’s reaction to the Confucius Institute Exhibition, library collections and development policies, digitization, and the Million Books Project.

 

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More Information:

Sichuan University Co-building Confucius Institute with ASU

Sichuan Library Location

Host:
Tammy Allgood

Guests:
Yao Leye
Qian Liu

Episode 62
Running Time: 14:46

The Confucius Institute: China Initiatives Series Part Two

October 18, 2007 · All locations, podcasts · Comments Off

Join host Fred McIlvain in a discussion with Mariko Silver, Director of Strategic Projects, Office of the President and Dr. Stephen H West, Director of the Center for Asian Research and Co-Director of the Confucius Institute as they discuss the opening of the Confucius Institute at ASU as well as other strategic initiatives with China.

In conjunction with the opening of the Confucius Institute, the ASU Libraries will host the Confucius Institute Exhibition debuting Oct. 8 on the Tempe campus in the Noble Science and Engineering Library. The Confucius Institute Exhibition will contain artifacts from China, as well as display photos and information about Confucius and his influence on Chinese history and culture, and showcase the Sichuan province and its capital city, Chengdu. It will also convey the importance of the Confucius Institute collaboration between the two universities, feature Sichuan University and its libraries, and highlight ASU’s Center for Asian Research.

 

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Host:
Fred McIlvain

Guests:
Stephen H West
Mariko Silver
Ralph Gabbard

 Confucius Institute Print

An Introduction to the ASU Libraries China Initiatives

September 21, 2007 · All locations, podcasts · Comments Off

The Forbidden City

In this week’s episode, host Tammy Allgood and Ralph Gabbard kick off a new series on the ASU Libraries China Initiatives. Ralph, associate director of public programs at the Fletcher Library on the West campus, shares with us his history of working with universities in China and how that has developed into a more formalized program with the ASU Libraries. These initiatives include the establishment of agreements with several major universities in China, an exhibit to be held in the Noble Science and Engineering Library on the Tempe campus highlighting the new Confucius Institute, and a potential library symposium to be held in China to share information about innovative library services with Chinese librarians. This is the first of several podcasts that will be available in the upcoming months featuring these exciting projects.

 

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Host:
Tammy AllgoodGuest:
Ralph Gabbard		 Street scene in Chéngdū

Episode 51
Running Time: 15:29

Photos by Ralph Gabbard

Bottom: Street Scene in Chéngdū