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Covid-19 Experiences And Futures Forecasting: Experiences From Singapore Management University Libraries, Bethany Wilkes Oct 2020

Covid-19 Experiences And Futures Forecasting: Experiences From Singapore Management University Libraries, Bethany Wilkes

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No abstract provided.


Engagement For Research Data Management & Research Data Repository At Smu, Danping Dong, Pin Pin Yeo Oct 2020

Engagement For Research Data Management & Research Data Repository At Smu, Danping Dong, Pin Pin Yeo

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At SMU, we had put in place a Research Data Policy and launched a Research Data Repository in 2020. We outline the process, the activities and timeline. We identified the stakeholders and what kind of engagement was done with some key stakeholders.


Wtf Online: How Smu Libraries Took A Bite Off The Pandemic, Sumita Govindan, Rajendra Munoo Oct 2020

Wtf Online: How Smu Libraries Took A Bite Off The Pandemic, Sumita Govindan, Rajendra Munoo

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Pandemic! Pandemonium! Possibilities! Keep Calm And Carry On Strategies At Singapore Management University (Smu) Libraries, Rajendra Munoo, Zhenyan Li Oct 2020

Pandemic! Pandemonium! Possibilities! Keep Calm And Carry On Strategies At Singapore Management University (Smu) Libraries, Rajendra Munoo, Zhenyan Li

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Initiative For Open Abstracts (I4oa) Launches To Promote Discovery Of Research, Helen Duce, Ginny Hendricks, Bianca Kramer, Vincent Larivière, C. J. Maccallum, Cameron Neylon, Silvio Peroni, David Shotton, Cassidy Sugimoto, Chee Hsien Aaron (Zheng Zhixian) Tay, Stuart Taylor, Bryan Vickery, Ludo Waltman Oct 2020

Initiative For Open Abstracts (I4oa) Launches To Promote Discovery Of Research, Helen Duce, Ginny Hendricks, Bianca Kramer, Vincent Larivière, C. J. Maccallum, Cameron Neylon, Silvio Peroni, David Shotton, Cassidy Sugimoto, Chee Hsien Aaron (Zheng Zhixian) Tay, Stuart Taylor, Bryan Vickery, Ludo Waltman

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The Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA) calls on scholarly publishers to open their abstracts, and specifically to deposit them with Crossref. Unrestricted availability of abstracts will boost the discovery of research. 40 publishers have already agreed to support I4OA and to make their abstracts openly available. I4OA is also supported by a large number of research funders, libraries and library associations, infrastructure providers, and open science organizations.


Face The Fake Facts: The Roles Of Academic Librarians In Advancing Critical Engagement With Information, Bethany Wilkes Sep 2020

Face The Fake Facts: The Roles Of Academic Librarians In Advancing Critical Engagement With Information, Bethany Wilkes

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Fair Use & The Digital Environment: Academic Libraries, Covid-19, And Digital Transformation, Bethany Wilkes, Nazimah Ram Nath Sep 2020

Fair Use & The Digital Environment: Academic Libraries, Covid-19, And Digital Transformation, Bethany Wilkes, Nazimah Ram Nath

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Open Opportunities: Maximize Open Access To Support Research, Teaching, And Learning At Your Library, Bethany Wilkes Sep 2020

Open Opportunities: Maximize Open Access To Support Research, Teaching, And Learning At Your Library, Bethany Wilkes

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No abstract provided.


Breaking Out Of Your (Hold) Shelf, Unleashing Your (Printer) Daemons!, Ron Bulaon Sep 2020

Breaking Out Of Your (Hold) Shelf, Unleashing Your (Printer) Daemons!, Ron Bulaon

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Using Thunderbird (email client) for printing hold slips has been effective for most situations. Yet this doesn’t mean that we cannot explore other options, especially when you encounter sudden changes that caused email headers to be printed on the hold slips unintentionally. After realising that the cause was an unwanted software update, we decided to create a tool that can be maintained within the resources of our team and to make it free from unwanted changes. In this presentation we'll be sharing the technicalities of our break out story from the accustomed solution, by developing our own python based Printer-Daemon …


Turning The Covid-19 Pandemic Into Opportunities For Digital Transformation: Sharing The Singapore Management University Libraries Experience, Bethany Wilkes, Rajendra Munoo Aug 2020

Turning The Covid-19 Pandemic Into Opportunities For Digital Transformation: Sharing The Singapore Management University Libraries Experience, Bethany Wilkes, Rajendra Munoo

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No abstract provided.


How A Young University Can Launch And Grow A Digital Repository, Pin Pin Yeo Jul 2020

How A Young University Can Launch And Grow A Digital Repository, Pin Pin Yeo

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Learn how SMU, a young university under 50, launched a digital repository back in 2010 and opened their research and scholarship to discovery by the world.
Get tips on how to improve the visibility and profile of your institution’s research and scholarly publications, to provide access to full text articles (wherever possible), to organize the university’s records for research and publications and how repositories discoverability drove some great individual successes for the faculty. This case study is very useful to better understand the importance of a good repository.


Preparing First Year Students For Online Learning In Digital Academia: Smu Libraries’ Peer Advisors Step Forward, Zhenyan Li, Constance Tan, Shubhangi Gupta Jul 2020

Preparing First Year Students For Online Learning In Digital Academia: Smu Libraries’ Peer Advisors Step Forward, Zhenyan Li, Constance Tan, Shubhangi Gupta

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With the new normal being online learning or a hybrid thereof, the academic community is quickly trying to upskill themselves including librarians. But what about incoming first year students? Who and what support networks are being created to help them navigate the different facets of online learning? In this presentation, participants will learn about SMU Libraries’ Library Peer Advisors (LPA) initiative. LPAs provide peer-to-peer support by students for students in areas such as citation help, effective use of databases and introducing new students to the physical libraries through tours. Research shows that peer-assisted learning is beneficial in providing supportive social …


How A Young University Can Launch And Grow A Digital Repository, And Why It Should, Singapore Management University, Pin Pin Yeo May 2020

How A Young University Can Launch And Grow A Digital Repository, And Why It Should, Singapore Management University, Pin Pin Yeo

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In 2010, Singapore Management University (SMU) was just 10 years old with aspirations to keep growing and attain a global reputation. But how could the University highlight the hard work taking place in its schools and institutes? A core group of stakeholders decided that a digital repository was crucial to making the institution’s intellectual output openly discoverable in order to achieve a more globally visible profile. This case study shares SMU’s journey, as well as tips that can help other young institutions launch a digital repository and open their research and scholarship to discovery by the world.


Stakeholder Engagement: Singapore Management University Libraries, A Case Study, Gulcin Cribb Feb 2020

Stakeholder Engagement: Singapore Management University Libraries, A Case Study, Gulcin Cribb

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The presentation covers stakeholder engagement and uses the case study of how engagement is done at Singapore Management University Libraries.