INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP, 4(1), 1-2 

ISSN: 2474-3542 

 

Editorial: Launching the Sixth Issue with a Strengthened 

Partnership with Shanghai International Library Forum 

 

I am delighted to announce the launch of the sixth issue with a strengthened partnership between 

the IJoL and Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF). Four papers which were presented in 

the ninth SILF and published in its conference proceedings have been selected into this issue after 

extensive reviews and revisions. These papers include two Featured Articles and two Reports from 

the Field as follows: 

Le at Pennsylvania State University examined the managerial and leadership attributes 

through a study on the library directors from the fourteen public and private universities in the Big 

Ten Academic Alliance.  

Yi reviewed related literature and analyzed the usage data of Online Streaming Videos 

(OSV) databases at California Sate University of San Marcos. The findings indicate that the OSV 

collection is a valuable teaching and learning resource.  

Ma and Yu reported their experience and observations of conducting real-time online 

library instructions to students enrolled in the distance education programs through a collaboration 

between Charles Sturt University in Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong.  

Xie at Dartmouth College Library discussed a special collection project on the Papers of 

Charles Daniel Tenney, including the discovery, digitization, publication and utilization. The 

author examined the value of librarians partnering with faculties and colleagues to promote digital 

humanities.  

Beyond these SILF papers, there are three additional articles included in the section of 

Featured Articles. Chen, Shan, Li, Wang and Liu proposed an agglomerative-adapted partition 

approach for large-scale graphs based on the ontology structure and RDF data. The algorithm 

developed can be applied to the storage, data retrieval and semantic reasoning of large-scale RDF 

graphs.  

Xiong et al. conducted a membership survey to all members of the Chinese American 

Librarians Association (CALA) to identify their awareness, perception and usage of the 

associations’ policies and services. The results and findings have implications for CALA and other 

associations to build a stronger organization.  

Nagra and López-Fitzsimmons introduced the organic learning in undergraduate library 

instructions, reference and research consultations based on the Association of College & Research 

Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy framework. They argue that the organic learning strategies 

and practices prepare undergraduate students for their academic success and lifelong learning. 



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This issue also includes a news article by Feng reporting the ACRL 2019 conference held 

in Cleveland, OH, US.  

In the end, I would like to thank our authors, reviewers, editors and SILF organizers who 

have made significant contributions to this issue. 

 

Guoying Liu, University of Windsor