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University Librarian Ginny Steel welcomes attendees to the third annual Library Research Forum and provides brief opening remarks.

This presentation considers the historical Chinese precedent of shū huà (classical 書畫; simplified 書画) “text/image” to describe and explain an innovative instructional design concept using the new UCLA learning management system Bruin Learn. The scholar-official social class or “literati” communicated in calligraphic image and text hybrids of ink on paper. Chien-Ling Liu Zeleny (history of science and medicine) and I will demonstrate live UCLA curriculum comprised of image and text inscribed digitally in long-scrolling Canvas pages with embedded digital content and tools supported by the Digital Library Program. The approach allows for immediacy of perception and embodied knowledge production.

Using previous research on derogatory terms in LCSH, we investigate their prevalence and use in UC Library Search at UCLA. We discover how users, cataloging practices, and system behavior work in real life

By using HathiTrust, curators from a European museum library located several books in our university collection that had been looted by the Nazis during World War II. We did not find any discussion of similar experiences among North American libraries, nor any professional guidelines for repatriating material. I will share some historical background of Nazi book policies, how these books reached our library, the repatriation process we developed, and why and how we are publicizing this case as broadly as possible.

Come see a shortened version of the grants presentation! We will go over the who and the what! Come by to hear all about how grants work here at the Library!

Completion of UCLA Cyrillic Project to Add Non-Latin Parallel Script to Bibliographic Records via Batch-Process Automation in OCLC.

This presentation shares why and how a group of Chinese/East Asian studies librarians started a multi-institutional project to undertake a Chinese Studies Scholars Oral History Project and describes the current status of the project and plans for its future development.

Demonstration of the Bruin Learn tool, Leganto, which helps faculty create and organize their own course reading lists, including materials on Course Reserves, Library resources, as well as open web content. Please attend if you work closely with UCLA instructors in any way that incorporates access to materials and/or Bruin Learn. After a short demonstration, we will discuss ways we can support Leganto's adoption and continued use at UCLA.