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Integrating An Information Literacy Course And Assessment In The Information Systems Curriculum: A Successful Collaboration Of The Library And Faculty From Singapore Management University, Wei Xia

Research Collection Library

Thispresentation will showcase recent collaborative efforts by faculty and thelibrarian to develop an effective information literacy (IL) course and anassessment plan to measure the learning outcomes. The author collaborated withthe School of Information Systems (SIS) to design a hands-on IL course todevelop research skills in first-year students taking the IS101 (InformationSystems Management) course. Some questions surfaced during the program review.What is the impact and value? Are the students really learning? Answers tothose questions led to transformations of the IL course and assessment.CourseDesignEmbedding IL skills in the schoolcurriculum is the most effective way to deliver just-in-time courses. Beforedesigning the course the …

Building A Successful Institutional Repository: Making Smu Faculty Publications Discoverable, Pin Pin Yeo

Research Collection Library

This two-part presentation will cover the SMU institutional repository and the IRIS Publications system module. SMU launched the institutional repository in January 2010 and has grown the collections since. The IRIS Publications system module was launched in January 2016 with an integrated workflow in acquiring, organizing and disseminating faculty publications. The Library will share the road to building a successful repository, interfacing with the IRIS Publications system module, while embracing the principles of open access.

Coll-App-Orating With Students: Ibeacons And Ar And Gamification, Oh My!, Jiaxin Low

Research Collection Library

Freshmen at Singapore Management University are required to attend library orientation in person before their first term. Traditional workshops were replaced in 2012 by LibQuest, a problem-based activity which received positive feedback from students.

However, due to increasing sizes of each freshmen cohort, we started considering alternatives which were more scalable and sustainable.

In 2015, we collaborated with a student team from the School of Information Systems on a Proof of Concept: a mobile app that allows on-demand library orientation.

In the app, users are tasked to capture “monsters” scattered throughout the library. The app alerts users if there are …

Smu Libraries: “Sensory” In Library Spaces, Nursyeha Yahaya, Salihin Mohammed Ali, Devika Sangaram

Research Collection Library

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Disrupting Standard Practices: Applying The Framework For Information Literacy For Higher Education, Bethany Wilkes

Research Collection Library

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Student Engagement And Collaboration: Creative Approaches To An Evidence-Based Learning Space And Management Framework, Tamera Hanken, Gulcin Cribb

Research Collection Library

Singapore Management University (SMU) Libraries’ learning spaces are managed on the basis of an active collaboration between students and library staff. The SMU Libraries’ experience affirms Logan’s (2012) statement that “…intelligent collaborations between librarians and students is a partnership that enhances both the library and the students” (318). Beyond this, an outcome of the partnership between SMU students and library staff has created an evidence-based learning space design and management framework and brought about learning outcomes for both students and library staff. These collaborations have strengthened competencies ranging from critical thinking, problem solving and research skills to stakeholder management, scenario …

Let’S Work Out! Getting Out Of The Library And Into New Collaborations And Contexts, Bethany Anne Wilkes

Research Collection Library

In order to develop strong campus connections and to expand the reach of library services, it’s important for librarians to engage with faculty and students beyond the library and classroom environments. Some ways in which librarians may do this are through attending campus events, conducting outreach activities in areas such as student resident halls, and by simply visiting campus coffee shops and cafeterias.

Library And Experiential Learning: Taking Collaboration To The Next Level, Yuyun W. Ishak, Vincent Ong

Research Collection Library

To demonstrate the value of academic library, it is imperative to align library’s role and outcomes with the parent institution’s vision and mission (Cottrell, 2011). This paper discusses Singapore Management University Libraries’ initiatives, to tie up library’s instructional services with the university’s vision, especially through collaboration with schools and other departments within the university.

Singapore Management University has a ten-year vision to be an iconic university that provides transformative education for a new generation of graduates. The transformative education translates into an active learning which consists of 3 components: mindset for collaboration, curriculum based on experiential learning, and spaces for …

The Econbiz Partner Network, Thorsten Meyer, Tamara Pianos

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Remaining Relevant: A Public Business Research Library Adopts Best Business Practices To Retain Users, Kristin Mcdonough

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Digital Textbooks And The Library: It’S Ebooks, Jim, But Not As We Know Them!, Lorna Mcnally

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Leveraging Our Knowledge And Expertise In The Implementation Of Faculty Information Systems (Fis), Karen Marsh King

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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The Printless Business Library: Data And Anecdata, Hilary Schiraldi

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Don’T Get Married To The Results: Managing Library Change In The Age Of Metrics, Corey Seeman

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Innovation In Library Spaces And Services – A Case Of Learning Resource Centre, Indian School Of Business, Venkadesan S.

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Chaos To Discovery: Engaging Academic Staff In The Use Of A New Learning Tool, Chris Moselen

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Infopills For Virtual Classrooms, Carolina Sanmartín

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Exchanging Books For A Venture Accelerator: Sustaining Rosenfeld Library Through Smart Space Transformation, Angela K. Horne

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Professional Development And The Academic Business Librarian: A Knowledge-Competence Framework, Akbar Hakim Harun

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Text-Mining In Business Schools: A Case Study, Hilary Craiglow

2016 ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference & Meeting

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Information Seeking Behavior Of Expats In Asia On Facebook Open Groups, Priyanka Sharma, Sumita Govindan

Research Collection Library

With the rise of the global economy and an increasingly mobile global workforce, expat communities are commonplace the world over. Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) play an increasingly important role in keeping people connected, facilitating the formation of virtual communities based on interest, stage of life, profession and other commonalities. These virtual communities, much in the same way as traditional communities, feature social transactions of different kinds, including information seeking. Using content analysis, our study seeks to delineate patterns of information seeking on three Facebook groups for expats in terms of the categories of information sought and shared, speed of responses …

Managing Volume In Discovery Systems, Aaron Tay

Research Collection Library

The well-established measures of recall and precision are becoming increasingly relevant in WSD systems. Given the way that most people search, which is the simple keyword box that searches all text anywhere in the record, WSD systems will lead to increasingly large recall as we provide access to more linked items. Do we need to be careful about the sheer volume of items to which we can provide access via WSD systems? Do we want these systems to become another Google, where precision of results is not always as accurate as we would like? Are we too obsessed with the …

It Takes A Village To Raise A Child: Change As A Community Affair, Gulcin Cribb

Research Collection Library

This presentation is part of a panel discussion on Repositioning Libraries: Technology, Space, Policy.

Kwa Chong Guan [Singapore, Chairman Of National Archives Board, Historian], Kwa Chong Guan

Digital Narratives of Asia

Kwa Chong Guan is a Senior Fellow of S Rajaratnam School of International Studies and was the man who recognised the importance of Oral History Centre and the National Museum. In 1980s, he led the expansion of the old National Museum to its current three museums and their consolidation under the National Heritage Board. He shares with DNA, ISL the importance and functions of archives and offers a glimpse into his career in the public service and Singapore’s history before the era of Sir Stamford Raffles.

Framing Digital Literacy: The Acrl Framework, Bethany Anne Wilkes

Research Collection Library

The Association of College and Research Library’s (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education is a key document for developing and guiding information literacy programmes. In this opinion piece the author posits that the Framework is inclusive of themes and elements that support digital literacy as well, whether it is viewed as a unique literacy or as part of the broader literacy of information literacy. The paper explores the background of the Framework, definitions of digital literacy, and the ways in which the Framework connects to digital literacy. The author argues that the Framework is a relevant guide for …

Building Community: Synergy And Empowerment Through Staff Development And Marketing In A Small Rural Academic Library, Bethany Anne Wilkes

Research Collection Library

This paper presents two collaborative programs at a small academic library that leverage the insights, engagement, and interests of our most important asset: our staff. Two new library committees, the Staff Training Advisory Group and the Marketing Team, extended planning, accountability, and partnerships to paraprofessional staff members. The onset and associated activities of these two committees yielded not only direct results in terms of staff training programs and marketing initiatives, but also resulted in creating a more collaborative culture and shared purpose in our library. This paper examines how the overlap of these two committees created a convergence that fostered …

Demo: Real-World Deployment Of Seat Occupancy Detectors, Nguyen Huy Hoang Nguyen, Gihan Hettiarachchi, Youngki Lee, Rajesh Krishna Balan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Detecting occupancy of seats in library is important for librarians to check seats’ usage, and for students to find available seats in crowded time. In our prior work [1], we presented in-lab micro benchmarks to show feasibility of capacitive sensing for seat occupancy detection. In this demo paper, we present larger scale real-world deployment of occupancy detection system and its performance.

A New Iris: Better Integration Of Research Outputs And Tracking Of Research Impact, Pin Pin Yeo

Research Collection Library

SMU moved from an in-house research publications solution to a commercial solution with integrated workflows for research management. The Library is the module lead for the Publications Module. The new Integrated Research Information System (IRIS) went live with the Publication Module as the first module in July 2015. The presentation covers the features of the new IRIS, the challenges of going live with the module, the benefits of the new IRIS. IRIS comes with new functionalities and integration with Scopus, Web of Science, and SherpaRomeo. This gave the Library opportunities to improve workflows, to review the system, to put in …

Health-Y Sharing Of Human Data, Sarah Olesen

Library Events

Data from research with humans is not published or shared at the same rate as other disciplines. But as more funding agencies and journal publishers, including those responsible for human studies, encourage and incentivise researchers to publish these data, more are seeking to do so. Human data often include personal and sensitive information that makes them subject to privacy laws and the human research ethics standards that govern research institutions. In many cases, human data can be published and shared safely and ethically with great success when it is planned for, participants are informed, and privacy is maintained by confidentialising …

Research Consultations And Co-Location Adds Value To The Reference & Information Services And Instruction Continuum: Towards To Holistic Learning Experience At The Singapore Management University Library, Rajendra Munoo

Research Collection Library

Research Librarians at the Li Ka Shing Library perform multifunctional roles in the areas of collection, information, learning, research and outreach. In this presentation, participants will learn more about the information and learning roles where the former includes the provision of reference and information services and the latter involves the design, development and delivery of instruction and information literacy programmes as part of their student and faculty engagement strategy. They will also learn more about the library’s grounded service offering through a learning roadmap for every student which encompasses the following components: Matriculation [Orientation] > In Class Instruction [Information Literacy] > Research …