OIKLScan issue #9

2 October, 2017

Universities and Libraries University of Arkansas Libraries Break Ground on High-Density Storage Facility

The University Libraries of the University of Arkansas is now constructing a storage facility aimed at storing up to 1.8 million books.

Expedition Led by NTU Goes After Mystery Quakes

A professor at NTU’s Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) is leading an international expedition to shed light on the causes behind two major earthquakes in the region in 2012.

Video: Digital Arts Students Use Augmented Reality to Enhance Library Experience

A group of digital arts students at the Pratt Institute has collaborated with the Pratt Library to create and showcase the use of Augmented Reality in libraries in an interactive exhibition.

Case Study: Building a Successful Reading Culture Through a Singapore Secondary School Library Source: Chin Ee Loh, Mary Ellis, Agnes Alcantara Paculdar and Zhong Hao Wan. (IFLA Journal)

This research, conducted by faculty from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), presents a case study of the kinds of strategies, programmes and design that works to encourage reading. As a result, five factors were identified that contributed to the creation of a successful reading culture within the school.

More about Library Planning and Strategy: 1. Library Design Report: Encouraging Activity in Today’s Libraries 2. Creating Connections: How Libraries Can Use Exhibits to Welcome New Students

Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Through Innovative Program Source: Stanford News

Stanford University Press has pioneered a publishing program that allows scholars to publish and peer review papers that include digital tools such as interactive data mapping, narration and slideshows. This is the first such

Online Courses ‘More Time-Consuming’ to Prepare For, Study Says An Australian study has shown that it takes longer to plan and create online courses as compared to traditional courses in Universities.

CIC Consortium for Online Humanities Instruction II: Evaluation Report for First Course Iteration The second CIC Consortium for Online Humanities was set up in 2016, and this report documents the experience of the participating institutions in developing courses during this Consortium.

Inspiring Future Changemakers To Collaborate For Social Impact The inaugural Social Impact Festival (SIF) 2017 was organised by the Singapore Management University’s (SMU) Lien Centre for Social Innovation, and deliberately shaped to allow participants the option to choose the programmes they wanted to be part of and to hear from socially minded changemakers.

program that allows publications with these tools to be published with peer review.

In addition, in a partnership with Stanford University Libraries, has also been exploring how to copyright the interactive works and ensure that they are archived and accessible in the future despite the constantly changing online environment.

A Splendid Torch: Learning and Teaching in Today’s Academic Libraries Source: Council on Library and Information Resources Reports

This web-only report, published by the Council on Library and Information Resources, features six essays on various topics, focusing on the contributions that today’s academic libraries are making to teaching and learning.

Topics include the continuing evolution of the learning commons, information literacy instruction, digital humanities teaching in libraries, spatial literacy, collaboration in digital special collections, and 3-D printing and pedagogy. View the full report here.

Individual Articles in the Report: 1. The Continuing Evolution of the Learning Commons 2. Perspectives on Librarian–Faculty Collaboration in Information Literacy Instruction 3. Exploring How and Why Digital Humanities is Taught in Libraries 4. Map Libraries in Universities: A Case Study of Multiple Perspectives From One Institution 5. New Opportunities for Collaboration in the Age of Digital Special Collections 6. 3D Printing and Pedagogy in the Library

Mapping the Territory for a Knowledge-Based System Source: Ulrich Schmitt, Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence Technologies and Applications 2017

This conference paper about Knowledge Management (KM) attempts to address the lack of effective tools for “for selecting, structuring, personalizing, and making sense of digital resources” available under existing KM frameworks.

The paper suggests that a new way to “visualize the Personal and Organizational Knowledge Spaces” using “computer-based methods of collective intelligence to provide a visual meta-perspective” is needed, and explains how they developed this novel concept.

Using Liberating Structures in Academic Libraries for Increased Productivity, Employee Engagement, and Inclusion Source: Mark Bieraugel, College & Research Libraries News

This article describes using “Liberating Structures” to hold meetings, in order to increase engagement and productivity at meetings. Specifically, it notes that these Liberating Structures can “build time and structure for quiet, individual reflection”, which is usually missing in meetings.

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