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Innovative Practices of Libraries in Southeast Asia: A 7-year Study of Exciting, Best Practices. John Hickok, MLIS, MA Instructor / Librarian California State University Fullerton, California, USA. How did this research come to be?. How did this research come to be?.
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Innovative Practices of Libraries in Southeast Asia:A 7-year Study of Exciting, Best Practices John Hickok, MLIS, MA Instructor / Librarian California State University Fullerton, California, USA
How did this research come to be? 2005-2006 = research/travel grant on library conditions in Asia
How did this research come to be? 2007-2011 = continued visits & communication
Two disclaimers of this paper/presentation: • The libraries showcased are only a sampling. There are thousands of libraries in SEA…so it is impossible to mention them all. Libraries visited
Two disclaimers of this paper/presentation: • Since all libraries have different economic circumstances, the libraries showcased are not prescriptive “one-size-fits-all” solutions.
1. Preservation/Conservation Academic
1. Preservation/Conservation Academic Chiang Mai University (Thailand): scanning Buddhist texts http://www.mekongpress.com/subregion/thailand/scanning-the-past/
1. Preservation/Conservation Academic National Univ. of Singapore: historic Chinese papers http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/web/resources/library-initiatives/digitized-collections
1. Preservation/Conservation Academic University of Malaya (Malaysia): historic photos http://ummemory.um.edu.my/ummemory/index.php/about
1. Preservation/Conservation Public/School
1. Preservation/Conservation Public/School National Library of Laos: historic Lao writings http://www.laomanuscripts.net/en/index
1. Preservation/Conservation Public/School National Library of Myanmar: historic palm leaves http://www.nlm.gov.mm/index.php?option=com_library&view=library&cid=3&tid=0&Itemid=91&lang=en
1. Preservation/Conservation Public/School National Library of Indonesia: historic texts http://www.pnri.go.id/KoleksiManuskrip.aspx
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Academic
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Academic U. of Indonesia: union catalog all campus libraries http://www.digilib.ui.ac.id/opac/themes/libri2/
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Academic Brawijaya U.: multi-catalog of campus libraries http://www.digilib.ui.ac.id/opac/themes/libri2/
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Academic Eastern Visayas Library Network: consortium http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evlibnet/
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Academic Provincial University Library Network (Thailand): consortiumhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/evlibnet/
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Academic Indonesia: start of a union catalog (mix of academic & public) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evlibnet/
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Public/School
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Public/School u-Pustaka Portal (Malaysia)…7 public libraries portal http://www.u-library.gov.my/portal/web/guest/u-library_services
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Public/School Manila Pub. Libraries (Phil.)…4-library consortiuml http://publiclibrariesconsortium.wordpress.com/
2. Resource Sharing/Networking Public/School Singapore Public Libraries: “Return on any branch” http://www.nlba.sg/library-professionals/view/library-executive-programme-lep
3. Digital Libraries Academic
3. Digital Libraries Academic USM (Malaysia), VNU-HCMC (Vietnam): e-repositories http://eprints.usm.my/view/types/ & http://www.vnulib.edu.vn:8000/dspace/
3. Digital Libraries Academic Petra Christian U. (Indonesia): multimedia e-repository http://www3.petra.ac.id/desa-informasi/index.php?lang=en
3. Digital Libraries Academic A list of Southeast Asia academic libraries with e-repositories http://aunilo.wordpress.com/repositories/
3. Digital Libraries Academic GMU (Indo), VNU-HCMC (Vietnam), St.Louis U. (Phil): proxy servers http://lib.ugm.ac.id/exec.php?app=site&act=dblanggan ; http://gralib.hcmuns.edu.vn/resources_en/ ; http://libraries.slu.edu.ph/e-journals.php
3. Digital Libraries Public/School
3. Digital Libraries Public/School Singapore Public Library: e-content (newspapers, encyc., etc.) http://newspapers.nl.sg/ & http://infopedia.nl.sg
3. Digital Libraries Public/School “TK Park” Public Library (Thailand): e-books, e-content, etc. http://www.tkpark.or.th/tk/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=21&lang=en
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Academic
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Academic Instant Message Chat Reference assistance: Ateneo de Manila University Library (Philippines) University of the Philippines Diliman Library University of Brunei Darussalam LibraryVietnam National University HCMC Nat. Sci. LibrarySrinakharinwirot University Library (Thailand)
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Academic University of Malaya (Malaysia): required Info. Lit. classhttp://www.umlib.um.edu.my/fcontents.asp?tid=16&cid=27&p=5&vs=en :
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Academic NTU (Singapore): many IL workshops, angromoted online. http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/lib/LIP/programs.htm
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Academic Royal U. of Phnom Penh (Cambodia): required IL classeshttp://www.rupp.edu.kh/center/ls/lbservice/service.php
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Academic Thammasat University (Thailand): training videoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhDyUQegHhk
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Academic University of Brunei: training videoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ1fXWGxVQs
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Academic De La Salle University (Philippines): training videos http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library/tutorials/
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Academic Ramkhamhaeng University Library (Thailand): training videos http://www.lib.ru.ac.th/service/lib_itcorner.html
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Public/School
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Public/School Singapore Public Library: multiple forms of Reference (SMS, etc.) http://m.nlb.gov.sg/
4. Information LiteracyPromotion Public/School Quezon City Public Library (Philippines): IM chathttp://www.qcpubliclibrary.org/askalibrarian.php