4 September, 2017
Universities and Libraries
Changing Landscapes: New Roles for Academic Librarians Source: NITECKI, Danuta A. and DAVIS, Mary Ellen K. IFLA WLIC 2017
NTU Cements 3D Printing Research with Sustainable Fly Ash Geopolymer The Singapore Centre for
3D Printing at Nanyang Technological University has created a geopolymer cement using waste fly ash particles. The team believes that 3D printing of geopolymer could be a breakthrough for faster and sustainable built environment.
Singapore Researchers Closer to Creating New Memory Device Researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have created a thin film material that allows them to control the size and density of magnetic skyrmions.
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In a paper presented during the recently concluded IFLA General Conference and Assembly, two US Librarians highlights how “librarians are redefining their roles as leaders and partners with faculty, administrators, and students� in various fields, including that of Research Data Management and Digital Literacy. More about Developments in RDM: 1. Libraries: Roles and Opportunities on Open Science 2. Data Authorship as an Incentive to Data Sharing 3. Empty Rhetoric over Data Sharing Slows Science
How Licenses Give Access, But Can Also Take It Away Source: Svetlana Yakovleva, IFLA WLIC News
Released during the IFLA Conference, this infographic and literature review examines how licenses and contract agreements are both a necessary part of acquiring access
NTU Team Gets More Beer Out of Spent Grains NTU researchers have developed a technique to do reuse spent brewery grains to brew even more beer by making use of microorganisms. Upcoming Renovation in Mall to Include First eLibrary in a Mall Century Square will reopen next year after renovations, and will include a virtual library on the fourth floor, where users will be able download e-books into their mobile devices under a partnership with the National Library Board.
to digital materials, but also “can represent a step backwards when compared with the experience with physical works” – especially in the context of the absence of “protections for fundamental library and user rights”. More about Resource Access: 1. Distributed Publishers: Collaborating & Facilitating Publishing Across Campus
Learning Information Literacy Across the Curriculum (LILAC) and Its Impacts on Student Digital Literacies and Learning Across the Humanities Source: Jeanne L. Bohannon, E. Jonathan Arnett, Ella Greer. Professional Communication Conference (ProComm), 2017 IEEE International
The research described in this article focuses on evaluating students’ attitudes and research behaviors in hopes of understanding students’ existing information literacy skills and developing pedagogical interventions to increase students’ information-seeking and -using abilities. More about Pedagogy for Information Literacy: 1. Training to Teach Graduate Information Literacy Sessions Using a Team-based Mentorship Approach 2. Data Librarians and MLIS: Professionals' Perceptions of Knowledge Transfer, Trends and Challenges 3. Engaging Learners Through Self-Guided Tutorials: Implementing and Assessing a Flipped Classroom Model for Information Literacy Instruction 4. George Siemens and David Wiley Join Forces for a MOOC About Open Education
Future Forward: The Next Twenty Years of Higher Education Source: Van Davis, Blackboard Blog
A series of interviews of American higher education leaders give insight about the trends and the predictions of the developments in higher education, including how emerging technologies will affect the future of higher education. Read the full report here. More about Future of Higher Education: 1. Libraries and Research: Five Key Themes for Sustainable Innovation in Strategy and Services
'Smart' Campuses Invest in the Internet of Things Source: David Raths, Campus Technology
This article describes how IoT technology is being leveraged by CIOs in partnership with various stakeholders in some universities, and how this ties in with the role that research universities are supposed to play in not just the testing of these technologies, but also in preparing the student population to be able to use them effectively. More about Technology in Higher Education: 1. How Artificial Intelligence will Transform Universities 2. Singapore Banks Make Big Investment in Staff Digital Transformation
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