Articles & Presentations

Presentations

• Chow, A; Lou, D (2022) ALA, “A Library of Technology things - SJSU iSchool’s Library Technology Integration (LTI) Lab”, ALA 2022 Annual Conference presentation. Available at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19FoNxVq8oJbHJBTFRrJN7FHFriXJAD6PCXNhh6hWQNs/edit?usp=sharing
• Chow, A; Kanth, G; Lou, D (2022) “A Technology Library of Things - SJSU iSchool’s Library Technology Integration (LTI) Lab”, California Library Association 2022 Conference presentation.
• Lou, D (2022) “Know Your Neighbors” , part of Developing Leaders in California Libraries - 2022 Capstone Projects , California Library Association 2022 Conference presentation. Available at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jpreexul9l770MtsKpq7pBq1EVAojItVxJA0vTvtsaA/edit?usp=sharing
• Lou, D (2021) Engaging Community With Bots: Robots & Chatbots!, Internet Librarian 2021 Presentation. Available at https://pheedloop.com/IL2021/site/sessions/?id=SESSVLKPC68B21T2X
• Lai, D; Lou, D (2020) Reimagining Library Services, Transforming Local Goverment(TLG) 2020 Presentation. Available at: https://www.transformgov.org/tlg2020/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Thur_Palo-Alto-1.pdf
• Lou, D (2020) Building Innovative Futures, Internet Librarian 2020 Presentation. Available at: https://pheedloop.com/cilil2020/site/sessions/?id=SESEZVVI90DHFIO2Q
• Lou, D (2020) Advancing Community Digital Literacy, NAO congress 2020 Presentation. Available at: https://www.robotteca.com/2020-nao-congress
• Lou, D. (2019) Robotics in Libraries, Library 2.019 Presentation. Available at https://sas.elluminate.com/drtbl?sid=2008350&suid=D.4F0ACEA45E0F47EC7CBA7820BE2240
• Lou, D. (2019) AI Bot For All Library Platforms & Devices, Internet Librarian 2019 Presentation. Available at: http://internet-librarian.infotoday.com/2019/Monday.aspx
• Lou, D. (2019) Robots & Libraries, Internet Librarian 2019 Presentation. Available at: http://internet-librarian.infotoday.com/2019/Monday.aspx
• Lou, D. (2019) Enabling Engaging, Interactive Learning Experiences, Internet Librarian 2019 Presentation. Available at: http://internet-librarian.infotoday.com/2019/Tuesday.aspx
• Lou, D. (2019) Robotics & AI in Libraries: Its Happening!, Computers in Libraries 2019 Presentation. Available at: http://computersinlibraries.infotoday.com/2019/program.aspx#12660 (Accessed: March 15, 2019).
• Lou, D. (2019) Robots, AI, & Challenges, Computers in Libraries 2019 Presentation. Available at: http://computersinlibraries.infotoday.com/2019/program.aspx#12704 (Accessed: March 15, 2019).
• Lou, D. (2019) Web-based AR. Simple!, CODE4LIB 2019 Presentation. Available at: https://wiki.code4lib.org/Code4Lib2019_Lightning_Talks#Day_3_-_February_22.2C_2019 (Accessed: March 15, 2019).
• Lou, D. (2019) Bring robotics technology to community, CODE4LIB 2019 Poster Presentation. Available at: https://2019.code4lib.org/posters/ (Accessed: March 15, 2019).
• Lou, D. (2018) Robot Meets Library, Internet Librarian 2018 Presentation. Available at: http://internet-librarian.infotoday.com/2018/Sessions/A301-Robot-Meets-Library-12134.aspx (Accessed: March 15, 2019).

Awards and Accomplishments

• Robotics in Libraries programs developed by Dan Lou won the 2020 Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation award
• Robotics in Libraries programs developed by Dan Lou won the 2019 Urban Libraries Council Top Innovation Award
• The Robo Dojo (previously known as Coding with the Robot) Program developed by Dan Lou was selected as California State Library LSTA Copycat Grant in 2018 and in 2019

Articles

• Lou, D. (2023). Using Python Scripts to Compare Records from Vendors with Those from ILS. Code4Lib Journal.(55); https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/17022
• Lou, D. (2019), “Two fast prototypes of web-based augmented reality enhancement for books”, Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 36 No. 10, pp. 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-08-2019-0057 Free full text available at http://fishbb.github.io/article/ARBarcode.html
• Lou, D. (2019) Lessons from the “Robo Dojo Master”: Robotics and AI in Libraries. 2018. Urban Libraries Council. https://www.urbanlibraries.org/blog/practices-and-thoughts-on-robotics-and-ai-in-libraries (accessed 2019 Sep 15).
• Markman, C., Hess, M., Lou, D., & Nguyen, A. (2019). VR Hackfest. Information Technology and Libraries, 38(4), 6-13. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v38i4.11877
• Lou, D. (2019) Create Efficient, Platform-neutral, Web-Based Augmented Reality Content in the Library. Code4Lib Journal.(45); https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/14632
• Lou, D. (2019) The The story of “literacy” in American Libraries Direct, American Libraries Magazine. Available at: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/latest-links/story-literacy-american-libraries-direct/ (Accessed: March 15, 2019).